Holy. Living. God.
That episode was absolutely astounding. I had my doubts early this season, but LOST remains one of the best-written, complex, imaginative, emotive shows on television - if not ever.
I was absolutely blown away by tonight's episode. Ever notice that the Locke-centric episodes always seem the most affective/affecting?
The conversation that Locke and Jack have in the hospital is basically a microcosm for their entire dynamic throughout the show: blind faith vs. logical empiricism. When Locke shatters Jack's logic/reason-based world, he begins the slow descent into instability (remember, he ends up abusing drugs and suicidal).
I think the big questions of the episode were:
Did Ben know that Locke would come back to life once back on the Island? (my guess is no)
Should we be rooting for Widmore or Ben in this coming "War"? All the evidence now is pointing to Widmore being the "good guy," but the opposite was true of last season. Plus, Widmore isn't exactly nice to our buddy Desmond (our very own Odysseus!), and DID try to have everyone on the island exterminated... plus, his henchman's name (Abaddon) means "destruction" in Hebrew...
More likely, neither of them are either totally good or totally evil (although Ben does seem pretty evil at times, doesn't he?).
Another note: IIRC, Tunisia is one of the 8 "points" on the octohedron grid that AREN'T in the water (see my post from last week about "the numbers"
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...t=lost+episode)