So, last night’s episode of Lost, “Sundown,” 6X06, was quite frankly fucking amazing. From baseballs to boomerangs, it was dark, epic, and just gorgeous in it’s depths. You’re watching it and even though it’s the final season of this show, you’re thankful that we’re still in the first half.
We’re not quite to the end, you remind yourself. There’s so much more to savor. There’s still time…
Not for Sayid though!
So many questions! Again, the Others: What exactly is their power structure or hierarchy of leadership? If Ben was the leader of the Others for a significant portion of time, how is it that he doesn’t know crucial things about Smoke Monster, but Dogen does? We know that Richard Alpert was both consigliere to the “leader” but also a go between said leader (be it Ellie, Widmore, or Ben) and Jacob. And then there’s Dogen…
Or there was Dogen, anyway.
Seemingly fate didn’t just bring Dogen to the Island, Jacob did directly. So where does Dogen rate on the power structure compared to someone like Richard Alpert? And if it’s Dogen’s continuing living presence that kept the Locke-ness Monster out, what was going on with the ash that temporarily protected Bram under the statue?
And Ilana seems to know quite a bit, presumably having gotten her info from Jacob himself. So she’s technically an expert, right? Does she know as much as Richard Alpert, or more? Those too should really do a coffee and sit down. And answer some of my questions. For example: Why is the Man in Black recruiting?
Regardless, I have a feeling that the story of the Others is going to be one of those many mysteries that we’re always left a little curious about.
Also, Claire?
Still nuts, but I feel like, to me, her story just got a whole lot more interesting…
The Flash Sideways world: Keamy and Omary, whatever. A perfect depiction of them, as they would be in that world, certainly.
And this episodes sideways flashing gave us a fascinating continuation of Sayid’s story, but from a different perspective, from another angle. And with Jin’s appearance there, are we going to start seeing the threads of the Sideways world coming together?
That said, let’s get back to what matters: this episode might as well have been called “FUCK YEAH SAYID.”
Sayid, fan favorite, everyone’s favorite Iraqi with an Iranian passport, killer with a heart of gold. He’s seeking answers about his place in the world, and getting into fights with Japanese masters of weird and ancient temples.
He’s making deals with the devil, getting infected with “the darkness,” and then delivering messages…
When there’s no more room in Hell, SAYID WILL WALK THE EARTH.
Team Jack had better hope a coconut falls on Sayid and knocks him out for a few episodes, or they’re fucked.
The magical thing about this show’s rules for Sayid is that at the start of every episode that’s Sayid-centric, they set up some evil thing that Sayid is supposed to do or have done. Then you slowly get to that moment and you realize, “Oh, no, Sayid’s not going to actually do that. That was just a red herring, making me think he would. TV MAGIC!” And then Sayid actually goes and does that seriously horrible thing, unflinchingly. Like: Sayid’s going to go vaguely evil, says the Temple Others, or Sayid actually tortured that women whose husband locked him up in a pantry in France, or Sayid’s going to torture Sawyer. Or, the mother of them all: Ben insists that Sayid’s a killer, which hurts Sayid’s feelings and makes him cry. And then he goes back and time and shoots the motherfucker in the chest when he’s a little kid.