Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 3515 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Ben, The Two Of Us Need Look No More
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 10 | Aired on 2009.03.25
Marina; 2007: You know how a few scenes have been reused this season, but when they are the second time, they're slightly different. This is another one of those. We see Ben tell Sun that there's someone who's going to get them back to the island. Kate leaves in a snit. It's all the same, if a bit shorter. What's different is that when Sayid leaves, he says to Ben (rather than Jack), "If I see you again, it will be extremely unpleasant for us both." Now, maybe this is just a new technique the writers/directors/editors are using this season, but maybe when wee Ben handed Sayid a copy of Castaneda's A Separate Reality, it had multiple meanings. Now sure, it could just refer to the LSD trip on which Sayid is embarking, but maybe there are multiple timelines -- multiple realities -- now. Just stew on that for a while. I know I am. Anyhow, we jump to...
A bar; 2007: Ilana takes a seat next to Sayid, who orders another MacCutcheon. Ilana tries to make small talk with him about the price of the Scotch ($120.00 a shot), but Sayid is grumpy and she really has to work it. Finally, he asks her if she's a "professional." Yo girl, he just called you a 'ho. She doesn't take offense at this, which should be his first clue that she's clearly someone coming to kill or arrest him, but as Ilana notes, Sayid looks sad, and he finally decides to welcome her company. As they talk, he confesses that he's between jobs. He quit his last one, because he's trying to change. Er...wasn't your last job saving the world by building one house at a time? The conversation turns to temptation, because we don't have all night, and Ilana gets Sayid to buy her a shot of MacCutcheon. We then jump to...