Category Archives: Season 6

Poll: What did you think of 6×11 Happily Ever After?

Posted on April 6, 2010 | 2 comments

Desmond Hume Henry Ian Cusick LOST 6x11 Happily Ever After

Desmond in 6x11

What did you think of Happily Ever After, the Desmond-centric, Darlton-written, Jack-Bender-directed episode?

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Official video podcast, featuring Michael Emerson

Posted on April 6, 2010 | 2 comments

Michael Emerson talks about Ben’s flash-sideways in Dr. Linus, accompanied by great clips from that episode.

Emerson expresses perfectly what it is about the flash-sidways scenes that is so intriguing:

It kind of gets you in the heart, I think, to think that had our lives been just a little different, as a result, so many things would have changed, and how easy it would have been to just have simple happinesses and not be on the front lines of some cataclysmic battle between good and evil.

The video also has a clip of part of the memorable scene where Ben confesses to Ilana, and she forgives him. and it contains more of Emerson’s insightful comments about his character.

A must-see for Michael Emerson fans.

If the video above doesn’t work, you can watch it here: Video podcast with Michael Emerson

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Posted in 6x07 Dr. Linus, Ben (Michael Emerson), Official video podcasts

The Question of Free Will in LOST

Posted on April 5, 2010 | Leave a comment

Flocke gesturing at Sun in 6x10 The Package

Did you notice how in the last episode, 6×10 The Package, Flock said that he wanted Sun to make a free choice to join him?

Sun, to Locke: You killed those people at the Temple.

Locke: Those people were confused. They were lied to. I didn’t want to hurt them. Any one of them could have chosen to come with me. And I’m giving you that choice Sun, right now. I would never make you do anything against your will. I’m asking you. Please. Come with me.

That reminded me of the way that Jacob had talked about choice:

Jacob to Hurley, in The Incident: All you have to do is get on that plane. It’s your choice, Hugo. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to.
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Jacob to Ben, in The Incident: Benjamin, whatever he’s told you, I want you to understand one thing. You have a choice.

Ben: What choice?

Jacob: You can do what he asked, or you can go.

We saw something similar with Dogen, Lennon, and Jack in What Kate Does:

Dogen wraps a capsule in a piece of paper, and says something in Japanese.

Lennon, to Jack: He says you have to give your friend this pill.

Jack: Are you serious? Why don’t you give it to him?

Lennon: Because it won’t work unless he takes it willingly, and he won’t take it willingly from us.

What are we to make of this? Could it be that the MiB/Flocke, Jacob, and Dogen were all equally bound by some rule which says they should not force people to do anything against their will? Does forcing people to take action somehow undermine the validity or power of those actions, as Lennon suggested? What is so special, in the Island world, about choices that are made freely?

Or was Flocke just b.s.-ing Sun? After all, when Sun did make her choice — to turn Locke down — instead of accepting her choice, Flocke ran after her, which suggests he might have intended to try force instead.

Flocke running after Sun

Also, to what extent can Zombie Sayid be said to have made a free choice to join Locke?

Screencap of Locke gesturing at Sun is from Lost-Media.com. Screencap of Locke running after Sun is from Lostpedia.

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Schedule for LOST Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Posted on April 5, 2010 | Leave a comment

Desmond in 6x11 Happily Ever After

Again this week there will only be the new episode, and no pop-up-enhanced rerun of last week’s (6×10 The Package) — the rerun will again be bumped by a Dancing With the Stars results show.

U.S. Schedule for Tuesday, April 6, 2010:

9:00 – 10:02 New episode 6×11 Happily Ever After

Official ABC description: “Desmond wakes up and realizes he is back on the island.”

Behind the cameras, they brought out the big guns for this episode — it was written by Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, and directed by Jack Bender.

The Press Release has a major spoiler about a guest star: Press Release for 6×11 Happily Ever After.

(Show is an hour earlier for Central Time)

Screenshot of Desmond is from the 6×11 Sneak Peek

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Sneak Peek # 2 6×11 Happily Ever After

Posted on March 31, 2010 | Leave a comment

This scene on the Island features Desmond and someone else. I’m not going to say who, as this scene is a bit spoiler-ish. Watch the clip lif you want to find out!