Lost Observations: Whatever Happened, Happened

Well, it’s that time again! Another new episode of Lost is airing tonight, and I can’t wait!

I’m assuming you’ve seen Whatever Happened, Happened, so let’s just get to it. This post won’t be nearly as long as others, because this one was pretty straight-forward to me.

• Finally, we get to see Cassidy’s story, and we find out what Sawyer whispered to Kate before he jumped from the helicopter! Speculation was that he told her about Clementine and Cassidy, but now we know for sure.

• Oddly enough, I don’t trust Cassidy for some reason. She’s been known to pull off a few cons in her day, too. Something just doesn’t sit right with me about her.

• I love Miles. I love his caustic humor. I love the fact that he and Hurley basically got into the exact debate that has been happening in chat-rooms around the world. I can see both sides of this. How does one sort out the “real” rules of time-travel, exactly? But, I totally followed Miles explanation of people’s past, present and future. And, I understood his pain. I loved the part when he gave Hurley the gun and asked him to shoot him. ”Please.” Ha! And, my response to Hurley’s question about whether or not Ben remembered Sayid from his past is, “Who knows? Maybe he did. Like we’ve ever been able to trust Ben Linus.”

• I don’t like Kate. I never have. That being said, the reason she gave for returning to the island (to find Claire) almost redeems her. Almost.

• So, Ben is taken to the Others to be saved. In exchange for this, he will “lose his innocence” and not be able to “remember this.” Remember what, exactly? Isn’t his innocence on the way out? He stole his dad’s keys and set a van on fire to free a presumed Hostile. Right? This supposed memory loss is convenient and just ambiguous enough to cover a lot of things. Interesting.

• And, is it just me, or did Roger “Work Man” Linus seem like a “changed” man when his son’s life was hanging in the balance? This man was not the man who sat in the van with the Older Ben when The Purge started. Maybe Ben’s life was always in danger and Roger went back to being a terrible person after the threat was gone?  Or, has the interference of the Losties changed him?

• As for the What Happened, Happened Theory, I’m still not 100% on board. I don’t think it includes every minute detail. I don’t think it’s a constant (no pun intended…oh, who am I kidding!? I totally intended that pun). I do think the major things happened. But, I think my main beef with it is the implication of the world “always.” Sayid didn’t “always” shoot Ben. He didn’t shoot Ben until after the plane crash. At least on his time-line. Desmond can change things. Faraday can change things. And, if it can be changed, it didn’t always happen, did it?

Or maybe it did.

Either things change or they don’t. They can or they can’t.

Or, maybe they used to, but now they aren’t. And, if so, was it always that way?

I guess we’ll find out soon enough.