I think we can all agree, though, that Michael is dead like a dead thing.
At this point, I'm not convinced Michael (or Jin) is dead. Why would Hurley tell Walt that he was protecting the people on the island by lying, and he told Walt that included his father? Why wouldn't he just tell Walt that Michael was dead? Isn't it crueler to give him false hope?
I think at that point in the future (which is at least a couple years after Hurley and Sun go to Jin's grave) Hurley knows that Michael and maybe Jin are actually alive. I think either Locke/Bentham visited him that month too, or he heard it from the various island dead he keeps in touch with. And (memfault) chopper guy confirmed it is possible to talk to the dead.
People are calling season 5 ZOMBIE SEASON.
that's because the creators keep joking that the final season will be the zombie season...
Aha! That explains it.
Speaking of the creators, they kept the big Ben Moves the Island scene secret by giving it the codename
Frozen Donkey Wheel.
Hee.
Point of interest.
Ben Moves the Island
I really wanted to be moved by his grief during that scene -- since he knew he was being exiled from the island -- but the fact that, just prior, he let the boat blow up and evinced not one shred of guilt, made me not give a damn about what he was losing.
Ben doesn't really seem to feel guilt at all, now that I think about it. Has he ever shown the capacity for guilt?
I'll buy that he was emotional over the loss of his daughter, and I loved his snide remark to Locke about how he's sure HE won't have any trouble with those pesky emotions!
Hey, has anyone been able to check out Octagon Global Recruiting yet? I saw the "commercial" last night, but couldn't get on the site.
I really wanted to be moved by his grief during that scene -- since he knew he was being exiled from the island -- but the fact that, just prior, he let the boat blow up and evinced not one shred of guilt, made me not give a damn about what he was losing.
I'm convinced Ben knew that moving the island would have the same effect that Keamy dying would, and nothing was going to stop him from moving the island. I was sort of hoping that's where they were going to go with it (or have Locke put on the device, and then have the boat blow up when the island got moved).
Hey, has anyone been able to check out Octagon Global Recruiting yet? I saw the "commercial" last night, but couldn't get on the site.
The site doesn't have much else but the commercial and a page to sign up for e-mail updates. Based on the location and dates, it looks like they're doing something at Comic-Con.
From McSweeney's: The Opening Act from the Original, Unused Teleplay of Lost's Pilot Episode.
Ha ha ha.
I'm convinced Ben knew that moving the island would have the same effect that Keamy dying would, and nothing was going to stop him from moving the island.
Oh, good point!
