If you don't watch Lost then I've cut this because it will be totally boring to you!
As episodes go, this is right up there with my favourites! And not just because it was a F/Locke-centric episode but because for the first time this season, it feels to me like things are shifting towards some kind of conclusion. Terry O'Quinn was all kinds of awesome as both the 'good' and 'bad' incarnations of John Locke, making me feel great sympathy for the character in one moment and be a little afraid of him the next.
It was funny though, because as Sawyer and Flocke walked into the cave, I suddenly had this weird 'I don't want to watch any more' moment. Not because I wasn't loving it, but because I wasn't sure that after 6 years of waiting, I was ready to find out the answers after all.
Loved:
*Helen! It was wonderful to see Katey Sagal back again, I always hoped we'd see more of her and I was thrilled that she and Locke were going to get married. Her mention of 'destiny' just proved to me that they are the perfect couple!
*Smokey's eye view rampage across the island, pausing at the barracks and ending with Flocke picking up the knife.
*The Indiana Jones/Raiders of the Lost Ark style music
*The way Sawyer saw through Flocke straight away.
*Hurley & Rose
*The graveyard, Locke's 'funeral' on his beloved island and Ben's speech.
*The return of the 'Big box o' knives' (from my favourite ever scene in Lost!)
*The black and white stones
The names in the cave- So very creepy!
*Ben and Locke as collegues. I hope we see more of this interaction.
*Richard. He seems so wrong footed now, and I did think for a minute that Flocke was going to kill him.
Didn't like:
*Just how many times we had to see John kicked while he was down, so to speak. I know it was probably necessary but it just seemed a bit unfair.
*The boy in the jungle. Creeped me out big time.
Questions:
*Why was Kate not one of the numbers? She was touched by Jacob, on the original list but missing from the cave roof?
*Why did/does Jacob need candidates? Does the island really need protecting?
*Will Ilana, sprinkle Jacobs ashes over Sayid and will this give the other others a happier outlook?
*How did Flocke turn from man into smoke monster?
*Is '42 - Kwon' Sun, because she successfully had her baby?
*Why is Ben not considered a 'candidate'?
*Will my head explode by the end of this series?