Season 3 Episode 19

Season 3 Episode 19 The Brigg

Really good episode… especially because a lot of my predictions came true.

Let’s run through the episode on “Locke” time starting 8 days ago.

After seeing his dad Ben explains to Locke the next step:
Ben:”… we’re leaving first thing in the morning; all of us.”
Locke: “Where are you going?”
Ben: “We’re going to a new place; well and old place actually.”

At the new/old place we see that Cindy and the kids from the tail section are still alive and well. The rest of the Others are very interested in Locke:
Cindy: “Don’t mind them, there are just excited you are here.”
Locke: “Excited?”
Cindy: “We’ve been waiting for you.”

Ben is finally out of the wheelchair
Ben: “I believe I have you to thank for this John.”
Locke: “Me?”
Ben: “A week ago I couldn’t fell my toes; but the minute you showed up I started to feel pins and needles.”

Flash back to my blog for Season 3 Episode 13, and I quote myself:
“Did he crash on his own? Or is Ben telling the truth that he showed up in the big box? (I truly don’t believe there is a big box; I think he used it as a metaphor to explain how things just seem to happen on the Island).”

Well well well
Ben: “Why do you think you brought him here?”
Locke: “Oh…oh…oh… the magic box. Ok Ben how about you show me the…”
Ben: “The magic box is a metaphor John.”
DAMN!!! I amaze myself sometimes.

So Ben wants Locke to kill his dad but he couldn’t get it done. He then chats with Richard:
Richard: “He wanted to embarrass you.”
Locke: “I’m sorry?”
Richard: “Ben knew you weren’t going to kill your own father. He put you in front of everyone in our camp just so they could all watch you fail.”
Locke: “Why?”
Richard: “Cause when word got back here that there was a man with a broken spine on the plane who could suddenly walk again, well people here began to get very excited because that… that could only happen to someone who is extremely special… we’re looking for someone to remind us we are here for more important reasons.”

Richard then gives Locke Sawyers file to show him why Sawyer will want to kill his dad. I’ve been trying to figure out for weeks what other show I’ve seen Richard on. The show was “Suddenly Susan” and he played Luis Rivera (had an accent on the show).

Next thing you know the Others are packing up and moving again. Ben tells Locke not to follow them unless he kills his father and brings the body with him.
Locke: “But you can’t leave me.”
Ben: “Don’t tell me what I can’t do John.”
This line from Ben is significant because Locke has used it sever times. For example in Season 1 Episode 4 when the man in Australia tells him he can’t go on the walkabout:
Locke: “Hey, hey, don't you walk away from me. [The wheelchair revealed]. You don't know who you're dealing with. Don't ever tell me what I can't do, ever. This is destiny. This is destiny. This is my destiny. [yelling] I'm supposed to do this, dammit. Don't tell me what I can't do. Don't tell me what I can't. . .”

So away Locke goes and takes his dad and puts him in the Black Rock. He then goes and gets Sawyer.
Sawyer: “Ok Tarzan, so now that you’re back from your ‘blow up everything that can get us off this Island’ tour how about you tell me why you joined up with the damn enemy”

He lures Sawyer to the Black Rock by saying it is Ben he has. He then locks Sawyer and Cooper in the Brigg together. Rousseau then makes an appearance. What does she need the dynamite for?

Now before we go any further let’s once again flash back to my blog for Season 3 Episode 13, where I shall quote myself again:
“There is still a strong theory that Anthony Cooper is the real Sawyer. The real Sawyer meaning the con man who killed James “Sawyer” Ford’s parents.”
And once again Jones is money in the bank.

So how did Locke’s dad get to the Island?
Cooper: “I’m driving down I10 through Tallahassee when BAM someone slams into the back of my car. I go right into the divider at 70mph. The next thing I know the paramedics are strapping me to a gurney stuffing me into the back of an ambulance and one of them actually smiles at me as he pops the IV in my arm. And then nothing, just black. The next thing I know I wake up in a dark room tied up, gag in my mouth and when the door opens I’m looking up at the same man I threw out a window. John Locke, my dead son… he’s dead because the plane he was flying on crashed in the Pacific.

Now before everyone starts freaking out about this “The Island is Hell” crap; be serious. It’s all smoke and mirrors. I promise you, the island is not hell. I’m pretty sure if Juliet was in hell she wouldn’t have taken a sub to get there.

And on that note, Sawyer kills Locke’s dad. If they were in hell, how would you kill someone who is already dead?

As Locke is about to leave, Sawyer asks him if it was really true that he was a cripple.
Locke: “Not anymore.”
Meaning not physically of course, but now that his father is dead, not mentally either.

Back on the beach the Losties are dealing with the “Naomi” situation. They decide to bring Sayid into the loop. And why exactly was Sayid digging that hole?

Sayid: “You told my friends the wreckage of flight 815 was discovered. Did you mean the partial wreckage?”
Naomi: “No. They found the entire plane off the coast of Bali in an ocean trench 4 miles deep. They sent down cameras on these little robots to survey the wreck. The bodies were all there.”
Sayid: “So if you weren’t looking for us who were you looking for?”
Naomi: “Him.”
Sayid: “Desmond?”
Naomi: “My company was hired by a woman named Penelope Widmore. I don’t know why, I never met her. She gave us a set of coordinates. We’ve been conducting a differential GPS grid search ever since.
Sayid: “You knew about the Island?”
Naomi: “Island? We were given coordinates in the middle of the bloody ocean. We thought it was a fools errand, till 3 days ago. I was flying back to the ship when all of the sudden the clouds cleared and I saw land. The instruments started spinning. I realized I was going down so I grabbed my shoot and I bailed.”

Kate finds out about Naomi and tells Jack. As she’s spilling her guts…
Juliet: “We should tell her.”
Jack: “No.”
Kate: “Tell me what?”
Juliet: “We should tell her.”
Jack: “Not yet.”
Looks like Jack knows all about Juliet being the mole. Maybe the two of them are planning a counter attack.

And since Sawyer has the tape Juliet left Ben things are gonna get sticky I’m sure.

Next week: Season 3 Episode 20 – The Man Behind the Curtain – Ben flashback preview
Maybe we’ll get to meet Jacob??

That’s it for a week. “I’m on my own journey now.”