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Karen and Andreas discuss Episode 5.13 – “Some Like It Hoth”:

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“Dead is Dead” is currently the highest rated episode of the season:

Previously, on Lost: Gentle Ben was shot down by Sayid back in 1977. In order to save his life, Sawyer took little Ben over to the Others and Richard Alpert said that if he took Ben and saved him, he would never be the same again – he would always be one of them. Sawyer said whatever, and so Richard took Ben’s failing body into his arms and entered the Temple. Later (speaking in standard temporal terms anyway) Ben is at a standoff with Keamy, the merc sonofabitch that Charles Widmore sent to the Island to get Benjamin. The mercs had his stolen/adopted daughter, Alex, at gunpoint, and Ben tried to call the bluff. Bad move. Keamy put a bullet in poor Alex’s brain. In 2008, Sun, Lapidus and Ben returned to the Island on Ajira Airways flight 316, and Sun aimed to go over to the main island to find Jin. Before she could leave, though, she felt the need to wallop Ben over the head with an oar. Sure, why not. Soon, Ben was laid out on a cot in the Hydra station, as John Locke – now fully resurrected from the dead – watched over him.

Yeah, it’s kinda complicated. Hope you’ve been keeping up.

This week, on Lost: It’s all about the Benjamins.

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Oh Ben, what have you done?  He broke the rules by coming back (according to Widmore) and he used the guise that he was coming back to be judged.  So Locke gave him the little *push* he needed to go to Old Smokey for the judgment but I think Ben ended up worse than he started.  Was he judged, yes he was.  But what he ended up with was instructions by the one person he loves the most telling him to do what he dreads the most – following Locke.  Can I get a “HA HA!”  Be careful what you wish for people because you may get more than you bargain for, just ask Ben.

Click here for my initial thoughts.

1.  I don’t know how long Ben will follow Alex’s instructions and Smokey, or whatever entity appeared to him, may have known this.  Setting Ben up to fail?

2.  I love how Ben “Dr Phil’d” Frank by asking him how the plan of having a boat of commandos come to the island worked out for him.  Dr Phil always asks people who are making bad life choices how it’s working out for them.  But Frank does make a good point to Sun.

3.  I’m not loving the Mediveal Widmore look.

4.  When Widmore questions Richard on why he saved Young Ben Richard says two items of interest.  First he says that Jacob wanted it done followed by “The Island chooses who the island chooses.”  I took this to mean that Jacob IS the island and therefore if Jacob chooses Ben to live then The Island chooses Ben to live.  What this means… Jacob somehow is a manifestation of the energy of the island?  The second item of note is that when Richard tells Widmore that Jacob wanted Ben saved Widmore doesn’t question this.  I assume that this means Widmore cannot talk to Jacob.  I don’t think everyone can talk to Jacob, only a few chosen few.  I still question whether Ben could really talk to Jacob and that is why he was so shocked that Locke could hear Jacob.  Only a special few can hear what Jacob says.

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Here are some HD screencaps of the scene where Ben finds the home of the smoke monster.

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Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse prehash Some Like It Hoth and take fan questions:

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From TVbythenumbers.com:

Lost pulled a record low for new episodes, at least in the 18-49 demographic where it entered the sub-4.0 range with a 3.7/9 and only 8.29 million viewers.   This can’t be chalked up to being hit harder by Idol than last week, because Idol was down from last week too.  And it can’t really be chalked up to the 8pm comedy block lead-in because that was pretty much on par with last week (even though the 18-49 numbers for both Scrubs and Better Off Ted were likely series lows for original airings).

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