“Aww yeah.” That phrase was uttered at least a dozen times throughout this last episode. And in a variety of ways actually. I’d like to take you through as many as I can remember.

  1. “Dude on horseback” was almost Aww Yeah, but not quite… then as soon as I heard the English dude start speaking, I thought, “Aww yeah, I can’t wait to see one of those YouTube Face-Morphs for Widmore!” The casting of that actor was flawless.

  2. When Ben sees the picture of the Survivors and doesn’t recognize them, I said, “Aww YEEAH!” cause it must mean something has changed… that what Ben originally experienced is different from what has been affected by Sawyer and Co!

  3. But a moment later I remembered what Richard said about Ben forgetting everything after he’s taken to the temple… I was like, “aww… yeah, that’s right… hmmm. So maybe it’s not an alternate universe.” We all keep reading into those Dharma Welcome signs… is it possible the only reason they’re there is because the art department accidentally left them up?

  4. When Ben starts pushing his coats aside to open that door, you know I said aww yeah! That little water thing Ben did was pretty cool, but my gut tells me trying to figure out how it actually works would be a waste. My only guess is that since smoke can’t travel through water, this is how Smokerino is caged. But then that begs the question: had it been let out of its cage all the other times we saw it? By who? Ben? Why?

  5. So now we know Charles Widmore‘s history with the Island. Seems like he was banished sometime in the nineties after he started playing around with the Dharma Sub and an outsider… maybe one of the Oceanic ladies… Juliette? Kate? If so, that affair would probably start in 1977 with the younger horseback riding Widmore.

    Okay so by the end of Season 4 he’s been searching for the Island for… about 10 years? Aww… yeah… that’s not as long as I thought. (that one sounded more like an um yeah than an aww yeah)

  6. But wait a minute, wait just one gawt damn minute. Ben steals Alex in 1987(88?)… and then brings her to The Others’… out in the forest? They’re not living in Otherton yet? So when was Dharma gassed? Had to have been after 87 right? Something doesn’t seem right with the timeline. So Danielle and crew shipwrecked on an Island still populated with the Dharma Initiative?…………. something about that… doesn’t… hmmmmm…… sounds like we might be dealing with……. alternate universes! Awwww YEAH!!!!!

  7. And Ben… I know some of you are haters, and I respect that, I do… but can we at least give that dude one low earthy Aww Yeah for some of the ‘good’ this episode has revealed. Awwwwwwwwwww Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhh. In fact, at the suggestion of @sarahsamudre, I’ve updated my post, Henry Gale or Ben Linus?: A List of the Good and Evil. Take a look at where he stands now. Let me know if you agree.

    I think the most interesting thing we learned is that he can’t kill children. He’s fine with adults, but seems to believe the children are our future. My guess is his painful past makes him especially sensitive to kids. Maybe he’s afraid adults will always abuse or corrupt them. Awwwwwwww… Yeah, that’s pretty sad, don’t you think? Is that why The Others were so concerned with kidnapping the Oceanic 815 children?

  8. Okay, who called it? Someone here on my blog said Ben was going to get beaten up at the dock by Desmond. That’s why he was so bloody. @iitzelhv was that you? Anyway, thank god he didn’t succeed in killing Penny… at least I hope not. You all know, I’m a pretty big Ben fan, but even I kinda got into the pounding. With each punch I caught myself muttering through clenched teeth… you guesses it… “aww- yeah- aww- yeah- aww- yeah”.

  9. For being ancient, Egyptian, cracked and covered with weeds, Temple Perimeter, you got a definitive and practically operatic…. AWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEEEEEAH!

    Okay so what we thought was the Temple, is actually a wall. But not an ordinary wall you can just climb over. This thing seems to be a Goonies style maze, chock full of Wrooby Twaps, no doubt. Did you catch how far the Temple itself actually is? Over a mile! Is that a mile of maze you think? Or a mile of travel after they pass the wall? Man that deserves another aww yeah… and as I was watching the episode, it totally got one.

  10. “What lies in the shadow of the statue?” awwww… uuuuuuhhh… huh? That moment was a bit too cryptic even for me. And actually most of that stuff was… especially the big metal crate. Most likely it’s a secret password question used to identify their team. Probably a group of strangers hired by Widmore to be on that flight. But since she might have also been talking about the 4 toed statue I think an Aww Yeah may have slipped out. I’m torn on whether these are gonna be the people who end up shooting at Sawyer and Co. in the dueling canoes. It’s starting to feel more and more like it’s gonna be Ben, Locke, and Sun. Who do you think is gonna get Juliette’s bullet. Here’s my guess: if it’s the Ajira Losties then “Big Blue” is going… otherwise… Sun.

  11. The hieroglyphs inside The Temple Wall got a long series of very clipped and almost whispered Aww Yeahs. They began the moment Ben started looking around the chamber… but sadly ended when the smoke monster started doing that powerpoint presentation. Or rather, they changed… into a series of whiny Aww No’s. I think the occasional Aww Man may have even slipped in.

  12. Who didn’t squeak out a small aww yeah when Alex appeared at the end? Mostly cause we knew the episode was setting it up, and it’s always nice when one of your theories pans out. But I also thought the moment was an important part of Smokerino’s mythology.

    I don’t think that was actually a resurrected Alex. I think it was Smokey… similar to the way it appeared to Eko as Yemi. And I don’t think Ben actually saw his mother on the Island as a child… I think that was also the Smoke Monster. I think Kate’s Horse was, too. I think Hurley’s nuthouse buddy was (on the island at least). And I think Christian is. I don’t think Eye Patch McGee was, though. I think he was just badly wounded by the sonar fence and then healed by the Island.

    So I know what you’re thinking… is it possible that Locke is also the Smoke Monster? He could very well be. It would certainly add a level of significance to that Grim Reaper getup he was wearing when the Ajira survivors found him alive. Remember? He was wrapped up in a black robe… for some strange reason.

So did I like this episode? Aww, come on guys, don’t make me say it again. lol. How about instead, you tell me what you thought of the episode. What was your biggest Aww Yeah moment? Was it Caesar being blown away?

This Lost Post is coming soon. Hopefully later today. I still haven’t watched the episode, so pleeeeeaase no @reply spoilers via Twitter.

Until then…

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