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“What was truly devastating to him was the loss of his power.  They allowed him to keep the title of Emperor, but without any power it was meaningless.”

Ben knew well the significance of his history lecture, for in another reality, he had been Emperor, only to be stripped of power and exiled off the Island.  Likewise, Richard knew the power of immortality, but it carried no value for him.  Death had more meaning.

For both men, power was an illusion, and they gave it up.  They surrendered:  To Ilana’s forgiveness, to Jack’s faith.

Ben’s exile is over now.  Richard’s life has just begun.  They discovered something more potent, more meaningful, more triumphant than power:  They discovered purpose.

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Previously, on Lost: Ben has a freakout and kills Jacob, who later sends Jack and Hurley to the Lighthouse where Jack has a freakout of his own. Ol’ Smokey freaks out in the Temple, killing a whole bunch of Island extras, while Ben is eyewitness to the aftermath of Sayid’s freakout at the Temple Spring wherein the now-evil Iraqi leaves Dogen and Lennon bobbing around in the dirty water like oversized rubber duckies.

This week, on Lost: It’s all about power – both real and imagined – and the power of redemption. AlterniBen – Dr. Linus – gets a second chance in LA X, while his Island Prime counterpart learns the power of forgiveness. But before either of them can do so, they both have to learn the power of weakness and of fear.

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Ok, so before I jump right into my recap, I have to admit to a foot-in-mouth moment. I was wrong about the whole lighthouse, wheel, we’re seeing Dogen’s life thing. But I wasn’t wrong about Dogen being brought to the island and (possibly) being a candidate. I’m disappointed in the sloppiness of that scene. If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, check out my last recap here (and the comments).

I was wrong.

There, I said it.

Moving on. To the darkest and most compelling episode this season thus far. I must admit, it’s been hard to avoid other recaps and analyses this week, but I did it….and can’t wait to read what everyone else thoughts of this week’s episode.

Sundown.

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It is held together with 108 stitches.

“The one constant through all the years… has been baseball…. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.”  On the Island, there can be only memories of all that once was good, and dreams of what might be good again.  As Kate could tell us, the Island is not Iowa, and it most definitely is not Heaven.  Charlotte Lewis knew the truth:  “This place is death.”

Death comes suddenly, from the Smoke Monster.  Death by blunt force trauma.  Death by suffocation.

Death comes slowly, from Jacob.  Death through strangulation of a father’s spirit, of never again watching a son play the game he loved, of never again giving him a father’s embrace.

Corruption, slavery, and death are the terms of indenture on the Island.  They are the Smoke Monster’s legacy.  They are Jacob’s desire.  They are the Candidates’ destiny.

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Previously, on Lost: In the past couple of weeks, Sayid’s been beaten up, shot, drug through the jungle of mystery, bled out, carried roughly through an ancient Temple, tossed in the dirt, thrown in a pool full of brown evil, drowned, seemingly killed, come back to life and almost poisoned. In other words, he’s akin to the Island’s Rasputin - one hard-to-kill son of a bitch, soon to be hell-bent on some undead evil.

“It’s time to prove to your friends that you’re worth a damn. Sometimes that means dying. Sometimes it means killing a whole lot of people.”

- Dwight, Sin City: The Big Fat Kill

This week, on Lost: We open, again, on LA X - on AlterniSayid, to be precise - as his cab pulls up to a house. He exits with flowers in his hands. Gee, I wonder who those are for? A knock on the front door produces the beautiful woman whom we all expect - Nadia, grinning and happy to see Sayid. They hug it out. Inside, he’s greeted by two bouncy moppets. His children? Nope, they call him Uncle Sayid, asking where he’s been. Sydney, on business, says he. It’s right about then that his brother, Omer, walks in and questions why he’s bringing his wife flowers. “They can be for you,” Sayid says quick-wittedly. So, AlterniSayid doesn’t get the girl, after all. Nadia has shacked up with Sayid’s brother. Looks like this alternate reality is about to get good.

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This is my live reaction and recap video of episode 6 of season 6 of LOST, “Sundown,” which aired March 2, 2010 on ABC. This episode focused on Sayid’s life off the island in the flash sideways and gave us a deeper look into the life of the samurai guy at the temple. In the end, the man in black (Locke) convinces Sayid to join his side and insane dramatics ensue.

What did YOU think about this episode?

Leave your thoughts in the comments below and on my Twitter!

-Adam

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(Mirror, Mirror: Cultural Themes in LOST 6.05 can be read here).

His reality is controlled by dark forces.  A man of science, he must learn to stretch his mind beyond the constraints of logic.  His followers are many, and they know he is a natural leader, like his father before him.  He is tempted to assume command, but his people’s true leader is caught in a parallel dimension, a mirror universe.  He must apply every available resource to a single end:  bring the commander back from the mirror world.  First Officer Spock?  No, his name is Dr. Jack Shephard.  The leader he has been dispatched to transport across spacetime is not Captain James Tiberius Kirk, but the only man who can vanquish the dark forces of  the Island.

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