Ben&Lock

While looking back at some of the articles I have written about "LOST" and its characters, I discovered that I have written several articles that were either about the character, Kate Austen, or in which she featured heavily. One would think that she is such a compelling character. But I do not think so. I suspect that my problem with Kate was that I found her to be one of the most badly written characters on this show and in the history of television . . . and she was the female lead. And I find that disturbing. My past dislike of the character (which I eventually overcame) went up a notch...

References: The flag coming out of the bomb harkens back to old Looney Tunes cartoons where a gun would fire and a flag with the word “bang” written on it would come out.

Respuestas: Tom a.k.a. Mr. Friendly likes to get friendly with high class Latino male escorts. I, for one, am not surprised. I knew he was gay when he told Kate that she was “not [his] type”. I bet Tom volunteered to go on missions off the Island a lot. It’s got to be pretty lonely being the only gay Other. At least Juliet could hook up with Goodwin and Ben could watch sullenly. Tom could have none of that. He was...

References: The power station that Goodwin worked at and that Faraday and Charlotte were traveling is named the Tempest. William Shakespeare’s final play was named The Tempest. The protagonist of the play, Prospero shipwrecks on a mystical island with his daughter Miranda. Prospero hones his magical powers on the island much like John Locke. Caliban, one of Prospero’s servants, was born on the island and believes that it belongs to him. He acquaints Prospero with the island much like Ben.

Respuestas: I just want to start off by saying that Michael Emerson’s portrayal of Ben is nothing...