Re: 4th Season Lost - Meet Kevin Johnson - 5 star poll - SPOILERS

Steven L. sent the following on 3/25/2008 3:00 PM:
> Jim Gysin wrote:
>> Steven L. sent the following on 3/21/2008 12:30 AM:
>>> George Avalos wrote:
>>>> "Meet Kevin Johnson"
>>>> 3-20-08 Lost
>>>>
>>>> 5 stars (Phoenix)
>>>>
>>>> 0-1 stars (Cleveland)
>>>
>>> 4.0
>>>
>>> Overall pretty engrossing.
>>>
>>> Liked seeing Mr. Friendly again.
>>>
>>> The scenes of Libby were disappointingly short.
>>> The flag going up on the suitcase-bomb made this the third episode in 
>>> a row with fake suspense.
>>>
>>> Evidently "the island" has powers that extend way beyond the island. 
>>
>> It might just be that the island's effects linger for a while after 
>> leaving the island, as opposed to the island having such a grand reach.
> 
> Ben told Juliet that Jacob could cure her sister's cancer, even though 
> her sister lives in ****tland and had never been to the island.
> 
> And please don't tell me you think Ben just made up that story.  We 
> can't just pick and choose those parts of the Lost mythology we want to 
> believe in, and dismiss the other parts as "long cons" or lies, just 
> because they don't fit our theories.

Sorry, but while I agree that we don't want to make careers out of 
picking and choosing, the one thing we have been shown time and time 
again is that *nothing* Ben says should be taken at face value.

-- 
Jim Gysin
Waukesha, WI