LOST Lunch Thursday: He's Our You

So, I have a very regular lunch schedule at work. On Mondays I go out, on Tuesdays I eat at my desk, on Wednesdays I knit with the Knit Wits, and on Thursdays I meet with a random assortment of LOST-obsessed coworkers to talk about the latest episode. There's nothing wrong with that, right?

Okay, so on to Wednesday's episode. If you watch the show, but haven't seen Season 5 Episode 10: He's Our You, look away!

This whole season has been incredible, as far as I'm concerned. I almost gave up on the show, and then this season has made me feel like every hour I've spent watching has been worth it. Anyway, I've read on multiple blogs that LOST fans are divided as to whether little Ben lives or dies. Our group unanimously believes that he lives. AND, we all pretty much believe that this is the defining moment, the ultimate betrayal, of his life.

Remember when Charlotte was dying, she said she remembered Farraday telling her not to come back to the island. A whole series of events that technically shouldn't have happened yet...

I'm starting to think that that plotline was actually developed just to help us understand this whole thing with Sayid and Ben. When Ben gets captured by the Losties in Season 2 with the hatch, he already knows Jack, and Hurley, and Kate from the Dharma initiative in the 70s....and he already knows he's been shot by Sayid. Crazy!

So, Sayid is thinking he needs to kill Ben to save the Island and to stop the whole Dharma massacre, but instead, he is the reason that Ben becomes what he becomes.

Or at least that's what my Thursday LOST lunch group thinks :)

And, by the way, we also think there's something way weird with Ethan's mom. And I still can't get over the fact that Sun didn't flash! But I'll leave that for a different post.