Been marathoning Season 5. Faux!Locke, aka Smokey, aka "Esau" just made his appearance. Kinda cool knowing this now.

The ep where Locke dies. Kate is telling him no, and being an absolutely nasty bitch about it. Die, Kate.

Such a sad depressing ep. Even O'Quinn plays it as sad and pathetic.

One thing I had never wondered: does he try to kill himself because he's sad and alone, or is he hoping that Richard was right and that he had to die in order to bring everyone back, and sacrificing himself to save the rest of the losties?

Okay, alternate-timeline!Ben as a European History teacher who throws a hissy fit over the coffee grounds is the best thing this show has ever done.

And it makes me really sad that alternate-timeline!Locke has a more or less decent life -- he ended up with Helen, and in fact is marrying her, and seems to be dealing with his broken spine. Of course, this being LOST, it'll probably all go to hell, but as of right now, I'm so sad for him that he was murdered by Ben* in the "real" timeline, and probably died feeling like the biggest failure ever, but in the alternate timeline, things are good.

*Ben saying he was sorry he murdered Locke made me laugh for a full minute. I fucking love Ben.

As for the Island! Of! Mystery! shit, I am SO OVER IT. I'm really tired of the commercials that say "Questions will be answered," when, in true LOST style, they're just raising more fucking questions.

Also: REUNITE SUN AND JIN NOW DAMN IT. (When is sweeps week? I assume it'll happen then.)

Okay, alternate-timeline!Ben as a European History teacher who throws a hissy fit over the coffee grounds is the best thing this show has ever done.

Does that work in any potential "real world" context, or is that a definite bleed through?

I'm hoping that some of the off-island stuff will stay as is. Locke being the biggest one at this point. And Hugo - a seriously fucking happy Hugo would make me happy.

I'm hoping that some of the off-island stuff will stay as is. Locke being the biggest one at this point. And Hugo - a seriously fucking happy Hugo would make me happy.

I *really* want Locke to be happy, and I just don't think the show is going to go there. And while I got used to Minear breaking my heart, I think I've gone soft, because it's going to make me really sad when the alternate timeline collapses or disappears or whatever.

So, little boy: Aaron? Ghost of young Jacob?

Richard being that scared really freaked me out. Businessman Hurley was so cool, especially since only just recently we saw him start to man up.

Finished rewatching season 5, and it's amazing the amount of things that are mysteriously and confidently said, when in fact the person making these omniscient statements are completely clueless and hiding their own ignorance.

Throughout this ep, I was really nervous about Sideways!Locke and Island!Sawyer. Terrified that Richard was about to die (hey, someone on the show sustains pain and debilitation from an injury for more than the duration of the blow itself, amazing!).

Richard being that scared really freaked me out.

Oh, yeah! That was pretty unnerving.

I'm glad Rose being so wise and competent was not due to the Island. Rose is just that good.

Okay, alternate-timeline!Ben as a European History teacher who throws a hissy fit over the coffee grounds is the best thing this show has ever done.

That was AWESOME. I had been waiting to see what AlternaBen would be like.

Ben saying he was sorry he murdered Locke made me laugh for a full minute. I fucking love Ben.

ME TOO. "This is the weirdest funeral I've ever been to."

And Hugo - a seriously fucking happy Hugo would make me happy.

I loved Hugo so much!! He's so...Hugo.

So, little boy: Aaron? Ghost of young Jacob?

He looked Jacobean to me. But also Claire-esque, which could mean he's Aaron.

Richard being that scared really freaked me out.

Locke wants to kill everyone! And yet Jacob may be sort of a dickhole. I'm preeeeetty sure he's still supposed to be the good guy, but I don't know anymore. Also, Jacob loved numbers, and he loved the Numbers. But that probably doesn't mean anything. Unless it means everything.

I'm glad Rose being so wise and competent was not due to the Island. Rose is just that good.

I'm enjoying the alternate timeline for novelty's sake a lot more than I thought I would. I've stopped caring what the point is.

Weirdest dream last night. Something about Frank Lapidus having every molecule in his body rearranged and going home to make love to his wife, and because of the island he was all virile? and stuff, while his wife is all "Why bother, it'll only last two minutes" and then it turns out that the wife is young and Frank is old(er), and then she says something whacked about sorry for having to do it in front of a mirror, and it turns out Frank's wife is a guy in disguise on a secret mission. I guess this is what happens when I watch DW's The Runaway bride.

You know, it wasn't 'til I read the thread that I even remembered that we had the Crazy!Claire cliffhanger - THAT'S how much I love a good Locke episode.

It is sad that he has such a good life in the alterna-verse because I also think that it's all going to go to hell.