Wow, last night's episode gave us some big pieces to an even bigger puzzle. I'm going to condense my thoughts into a series of entries so to allow individual responses.
To me, the most intriguing element was the relationship between Ben and Charles Widmore. We can deduce from their conversation that they have history. Even though these men are fighting one another, they seemed to have come to some form of agreement in how they will compete. My guess is they agreed to keep it personal and not bring family into the equation. Ben said "He changed the rules" and plans to avenge his daughter's death by taking Penny's life as recompense. I am willing to bet that in Sayid's backstory (The Economist) Ben revealed that he now knows where Penny is and THAT is his final target. This is not "Jacob's List" that Ben is getting the names from, but rather his own vengeance that drives him now. It is a very strong need, no doubt, as Ben was willing to leave the island with the probability he may never return. As a side note, this only deepens my feeling that it is indeed Ben in the coffin.
The exchange of words the two men had was even more cryptic - Ben clearly states he CAN'T kill Widmore. Why? I'm not certain but could it be that, like Desmond, Ben's consciousness jumps now that he's left? If so, is it possible that Widmore is his constant? It's a weak theory and one I honestly don't buy much into (having so many people - Desmond and Faraday with constants just seems like an overused idea).
Widmore says to Ben "Everything you have, you took from me." My thoughts are that Charles claims ownership to the island as a part of some involvement (probably heavy funding) he put in to the Dharma Initiative. Since Ben completely wiped out Dharma in the Purge, this would be reason enough for that statement.
Last thought with no real conclusion: Widmore says he's been having nightmares. Somehow I think this is significant, but to what end, I don't know yet. Thoughts? Toss them out there!
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I totally agree that the "final target" is Penny. What an episode that will be! The last thing we want to see is poor Desmond's love die.
Sayid's intentions in serving Ben seem to stem from the fact even apart from revenge for his wife. Sayid is in "[his] war" as he said it, just by being one of the Oceanic 6. He figures he may as well work for Ben because Widmore's people are going to be after him anyway.
I must admit, your coffin theory is getting much stronger.
Are you suggesting that Ben is rebelling against Jacob and what Jacob wants Ben to do...and that this rebellion will lead to Ben's demise?
Ben needs someone to help him with his revenge who is off the island. Who better than Sayid? Ben seems to sweep into Sayid's life at the right time. How did he know when to do this? Was it luck, or something else? Could it be Jacob, if he is in fact away from Jacob's bidding?
At any rate, we can see Ben's divisiveness in that smirk on his face as he walked away from Sayid. It seemed like it was a "mission accomplished" face.
Ben can't kill Widmore. Hmmmm. Interesting. If this statement is in fact true, it must mean that there is something going on way deeper than we have an understanding of at this point.
You could be onto something with the constant idea. It is defiantly valid.
The nightmares could be associated with the fact that Mr. Widmore is messing around with The Island.
As we know The Island can reach into the world outside of itself. An example of this is not letting Michael die in his suicide attempt.
Possibly the nightmares are part of the Island attempts to reach into Mr. Widmore's mind and make him second guess his plans or drive insane.
OOooh! I like that idea of the island affecting Widmore. Since Charles wants the island for selfish reasons, the island could be "attacking" him to give up. We've seen the island taking its toll on Michael off the island - and lets add too Hurley's interactions with Charlie at the Mental Institute. I wouldn't be surprised if somehow, Jack's fall is related to affects of the island. Good point made!
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