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
Tunnels Under Dharmaville: While Sayid removes the bomb's core, Richard tells Jack that he met John Locke in 1954 and that he said he was to become their leader. He's gone off-island three times since then to visit him, and Locke's never seemed particularly special to him. "Do you know him -- Locke?" Jack laughs softly. "Yeah. Yeah I know him. And if I were you, I wouldn't give up on him." Oh, Jack. I hate it when you make your haters right. We jump to...
The Shore; 2007: Locke wants to know why Ben hasn't yet told Richard that Locke plans to kill Jacob. He doesn't understand Ben's newfound cooperative spirit. Ben explains how his dead daughter scared him straight. Locke wants things crystal clear. "So you're willing to do whatever I say, no matter what it is?" Ben says, "Yes." Locke gloats about not having to work to convince Ben. "I'm not going to kill Jacob, Ben." He pauses for effect. "You are." When Ben looks at him in wearied disbelief, Locke's return gaze could flash-freeze whatever Linus has in place of a soul. Locke then turns, and marches ahead. Commercial.
Thursday, October 20, 2005; Los Angeles: Sayid and Noor "Nadia" Abed Jazeem Shamar Jarrah arrive at an intersection, and as they wait in the California sunshine, they debate how to celebrate their anniversary. Sayid proposes Paris. Which, really dude? You sure? Right now, Nadia's only concerned with finding her sunglasses, so she's still digging in her purse when the happy couple gets the walk signal, and starts across the street. Sayid is called back by JACOB, who says he thinks he's lost. Get it? Sorry. (Not really.) As Sayid looks at Jacob's map, Nadia turns around in the crosswalk to crow about finding her shades, and a car, which we've been told is driven by one Ishmael Bakir, kills her in a hit and run, which is as cartoonishly delightful as the death of Juliet's ex-husband...er, unless of course you're Nadia or Sayid, I suppose. We learned Ishmael's name and that the hit and run was anything but an accident, from one Mr. Benjamin Linus, who claimed Bakir was working for Charles Widmore, and Ben claimed this while he was recruiting Sayid to work for him as an assassin, so remember, I'm just filling in the story, not swearing any of this is true. I've got enough sins on my soul, thank you very much. I'm not testifying to Ben's words. No way. No how.