Ep. 6 - The Man Who Killed Me

Sorry I didn't do a blog last week. So here's a few words about it now:

Firstly, I believe Ben went to the docks to try and find/kill Penny and got a wallop from Desmond.
Speaking of Desmond, he said to Jack, "They're playing a game and we're all pieces." That's what I'VE been saying (see Ep. 1 recap).
Lastly, they come upon Jin in Dharma gear, driving the VW so obviously they have landed on the Island in the past. But since Locke fixed The Wheel are they going to be stuck there now?

And now on to this week's episode:

We discover that Three Kings man is a guy named Ceasar and he and Ilana (the guard escorting Sayid) are working together. They seem to be well schooled on the Island as he is rooting around in an office looking for stuff.

Ilana mentions that they came upon a man in the suit who has just bought a new car from the profit he's made on your dreams oh wait that's not Steve Winwood, it's LOCKE! Wow, so he indeed has risen from the dead. Can't wait for Jack to see him.

Locke tells Cesar, "I remember dying." We know from Ep. 5 that Locke hanged himself... but why? Richard told him that in order to get the O6 back to the Island he would have to die. And Christian told him, "That's why they call it sacrifice."

We see that when Locke turned the Wheel he ended up in Tunisia, just like Ben. So with all the variables in relation to the Island and the way it works, it seems that anyone who leaves via the Wheel ends up in Africa. Hmmm, a constant for the Island.

So Locke gets hauled into a Tunisian hospital by some locals who snap his leg back into place! Ouch. He wakes up to find none other than Charles Widmore at his bedside, with Abadon lurking in the shadows.

Widmore is amazed to see Locke be the same age he was when they first met 50 years ago. Locke tells him that for him it was only four days ago. He also reveals that indeed when someone leaves the island they end up in the Tunisian desert, because that's the exit. Widmore says that he was the original leader of the Others and was exiled by Ben. So now we know why they are at odds over the Island... the question is why did they not get along?

Widmore goes on to reveal that the reason Locke needs to return to the Island is, "There's a war coming and if you're not on the Island, the wrong side will win." Whoa, war is coming? Between who and over what?

Widmore tells Ben that Abadon will take him anywhere he wants to go en route to convincing the O6 to return with him.

We discover Sayid in the Dominican Republic building houses for charity. Locke lies to Sayid about Widmore manipulating him. (Again, why are these people STILL lying to each other?!) If they would tell each other the whole truth about what's going, they would discover that Ben and Widmore are jerking them all off and they can do what they want or turn the tables on them both.

Locke finds Walt in NYC (as we knew from the previous season) but Walt tells Locke he's been seeing him in his dreams back on the Island in a suit and people are trying to hurt him. (That seems to be resurrected Locke tangling with the 316 survivors?) Ben seems to be always lurking in the background.

Locke then goes to Santa Rosa (hey that's near me) to visit Hugo. Great line when Hurley says, "Now you're dead?" Hurley also exclaims to Locke that Abadon is evil and starts to freak out, making the orderlies take him back inside. (Since he ended up on the Ajira flight can we assume it was Charlie who convinced him to go?)

Abadon tells Locke, "I help people get to where they need to get to," for Widmore and that Locke's path, "leads back to the Island."

Then all of a sudden BANG! Abadon takes three in the chest, Locke freaks out, drives away and gets in a mad car wreck. That had to be Ben, no?

Locke wakes up to a bearded Jack and freaks him out even more when he tells him hi from his dad. Locke gets all depressed and decides he should hang himself.

Just as he's about to, Ben bursts in and saves him... awwww. Not so fast Lazurus... Ben chokes him to death instead.

Ben, "I'll miss you John, I really will."
My girlfriend, "No you won't you asshole!"

Back on the Island Cesar asks the resurrected Locke to explain how the O6 disappeared from the plane when they went through the Flash. Locke plays dumb, of course. We find out that some of the 316 got hurt, including Ben, who is lying unconscious.

Locke informs Cesar that he knows him because, "He's the man that killed me."

Awesome!

So the O6, now in contact with Jin, should soon be reunited with the other Losties. Locke is now stuck with the 316 and a pair of mysterious folks who seem to be working for someone, presumably Widmore, who would've known that Locke failed to convince Sayid to go, so he had him arrested.

But are they ALL stuck on the Island in the past and if so, who will they run into?

And as for that war that's coming, again this smells like a game.

Speaking of which, can you smell Penny and Des returning to save the day?

Stay tuned.

Until next time...