Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 1374 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Live Alone; Die Together
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 16 | Aired on 2009.05.13
Island; 2007: Locke and the band of buggered arrive at the ruins of the Lost-aways' beach camp. He tells everyone to take a break. "Considering what I have planned for ya, you're going to need it." Locke calls Ben's attention to the old hatch "quarantine" door and notes that's where he and Ben first met. Isn't it romantic? When he asks Ben if he can ask him a question, Ben quips, "I'm a Pisces." And because it's Ben, that's funnier because it's not true. Locke wants to know what happened at the cabin when Ben first took him to meet Jacob. Ben confesses he was talking to an empty chair, but it still shocked the liar-liar-pants-afire pants off him when things started flying around the place. Ben pisses, moans and finishes his admission with a, "So yes, I was lying. That's what I do." Hee. Locke considers this, says, "All right then," and goes to leave, but is stopped when Ben asks why Locke wants him to kill Jacob. Locke crouches back down and speaking slowly, clearly and bitingly says, "Because, despite your loyal service to this island, you got cancer. You had to watch your own daughter gunned down right in front of you. And your reward for those sacrifices? You were banished. And you did all this in the name of a man you'd never even met." While Ben lets this sink in, Locke adds, "So the question is, Ben, why the hell wouldn't you want to kill Jacob?" We're treated to the music of Cindy This Is An Important Moment as the camera cuts to Sun. When she spots Aaron's cradle (lovingly made by John Locke, long ago and far away) still lying on its side, she stops to right it, and finds Charlie's Drive-Shaft ring nestled inside the now dirty blanket. Our girl's all about the bling, so she can't resist feeling it up. We jump to...