And then I didn't know what to say, really. It seemed a moot point to review an episode where the entire show was undone by a hydrogen bomb and a temporal paradox.
And so I waited this long, the day of the premier, to say what it is I have to say. I waited so long, in fact, that I forgot the password to my blogger account, which is why all my other season 5 posts can be found here.
So even a couple lifetimes after the fact, I still have mixed feelings about the Incident. Parts of it I thought was Lost at it's finest; parts of it wanted to make me throw my remote at the television. It was both the strongest finale to date and a disappointment.
Obviously, seeing Jacob and the intact statue was the win, and every flashback that featured him was pretty gripping.
The 2007 storyline where they're off to kill the Wizard also featured much Locke/Ben/Alpert goodness, and Frank and Iliana did not disappoint in their scenes, but, man.
Shit sure fell apart back in 1977.
Broken hearted people should not be in possession of that much destructive power; that's the lesson I took away from the latter half of this episode. Two things saved what would have otherwise been a stupefying turn of events:
#1: Miles points out the obvious. His line about how what if they're about to cause the very Incident they seek to prevent. Nobody listens to him, of course, 'cause he's just a noob, but there is this wonderful "We had not considered that, Dude" look that flashes across everyone's face.
#2: Sawyer is not buying any of this bullshit. Until of course he does. But, of all the Losties, he seemed the most resistant to the Nuking of the Island. First he refused Kate. Next he confronted Jack. Then, when Juliet again changed her mind, he called her on it. It doesn't work out for him at all, of course, but I loved him for trying, just the same.
The final scene at the Swan site was a gorgeous set piece of chaos and a nice counterpart to Season Two destruction of the Swan.
The final scene at the foot of the Statue was riveting, electronic theatre. It's all here; revenge and plots and deception and bitterness and destiny. This is Shakespeare for people who hate Shakespeare.
"And I say thee, Benjamin, what about you?"
I get the feeling that Jacob could have said just about anything here and lived; he could have used any other tone of voice for his rebuttal and he would have walked away. This leads me to believe that it's all part of some sort of crazy plan of his; coupled with his dying words, 'They're coming', and thwarted look of fury on Not-Locke's face as he kicked him into the fire, I'd say there was definitely a plan.
Gee. Too bad Juliet just nuked the entire show.
I'm usually pretty good at coming up with dramatically sound theories; I figured out the Matrix movies before the third one dropped, proved me right and sucked; and I always knew that Snape was good.
But I must say I have no idea what's going to happen now.
Which is why I'm going to watch this preview another 10 times.
Can't wait.
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