Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A+ | 8136 USERS: C YOU GRADE IT L'chaim!
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2009.04.08
When we return from commercial, Ben, Locke, Sun and Frank are together in Ben's old living room, and Sun tells Locke that what he's saying is "impossible" like it's her first time on the island. Locke says, "But here I am. I don't know how; I don't know why, but I'm sure there's a very good reason for it." Frank says, "As long as the dead guy says there's a reason, well then I guess everything's going to be just peachy." Hee. He's not done. "And forget about the fact that the rest of your people are supposedly 30 years ago. Now the only ones who are here to help us are a murderer and a guy who can't seem to remember how the hell he got out of a coffin." He begs Sun to return to Hydra and the plane with him, but Locke warns her that if she leaves with Frank, she'll never again find Jin, then adds, "I'm all the help you need." Who's cock of the walk, now? Frank's leaving no matter what, but Sun can't abandon this course while there's any chance she can find her man. Frank says, "Well, for God's sake, watch your back," then walks out. Bye, Frank. You watch your back, too!
After Frank's gone, Sun asks Locke how to find Jin, but Locke tells her Ben has something to do first. Locke tells him to get to it, so Ben pulls the bookcase from the wall and enters his super seekrit room, goes to the closet, pushes the clothing aside and opens a panel behind it. The wall beyond seems to be solid stone with various carvings in it. It's not a wall though, it's a door and Ben struggles to push that open, too. Once inside, he lights a lantern and descends a handful of steps to a short tunnel through which he has to crawl. At its end, he can again stand. He puts his lantern down next to the murky puddle at his feet, kneels down, and fishes around in it, until he... finds the drain stopper? No. Really. He pulls it out and the water drains away. Clockwise. Not that that matters. Ben's voice shakes as he tells the hole where the puddle used to be, "I'll be outside." He grabs his lantern and rises to his feet as we jump to...