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Episode Title: The Man Behind the Curtain
Episode Number: 320 Production Number: Air Date: 5/9/07 Synopsis: ""The Man Behind the Curtain" - Ben begrudgingly begins to introduce Locke to the secrets of the island, beginning with the mysterious Jacob. Meanwhile, Juliet's secret goes public. Guest starring are M.C. Gainey as Mr. Friendly/Tom, Tania Raymonde as Alex, Andrew Divoff as Mikhail, Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, Marsha Thomason as Naomi, Sterling Beaumon as young Ben, Jon Gries as Roger Linus, Carrie Preston as Emily, Doug Hutchison as Horace, Samantha Mathis as Olivia and Madeline Carroll as Annie. "The Man Behind the Curtain" was written by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Drew Goddard and directed by Bobby Roth." (ABC Press Release 4/23/07)
Flashback: Ben
OMG Moments: There are several in this episode!
- Ben shot John!
- We "see" Jacob. (Picture of Jacob If you watch the episode closely enough, you will see right after Ben is pushed back against the wall, the camera pans to the right and we see a very quick glimpse of Jacob)
- Jack, along with Juliet appears to be working for the good of the survivors
New Clues:
- With Richard being on the island before Ben, and Ben's mother being there, could this be signs of clones?
- Did anyone see the sign with "Portland" where Roger ran through the woods? J
- Jacob is real and talked to John. Do ghosts exist on the island?
Questions:
- Why does Ben want to know what "Jacob" said to Locke so much?
- Has Ben never heard Jacob speak? Is he mad because Locke has heard Jacob and he hasn't?
- Why doesn't Richard age...and yes that was him in the jungle when Ben was still a boy. It doesn't make sense. Would Ben seeing his mother and seeing "Richard" be proof of clones?
- Will Jacob "help" John? What was the powder that Ben stepped over and John sniffed? It looked like gunpowder.
- How did that one canister that Ben opened "purge" the entire island? Or did the "natives" unleash an assault with multiple canisters? (I think they used more than one canister, but I could be wrong. Anubis 5/10/07)
- Was the cassette shown to Juliet in real-time?
- Why does Jacob need Locke's help?
Trivia: Carrie Preston, guest starring as "Emily" is Michael Emerson's real life wife. With news from the official podcast that we're going to find out that Ben has loved someone before, could this be method casting? (She was his mother.)
Theories: Annie is the younger sister of Ben but was killed in The Purge. (Sorry, she wasn't.) Alex is there, but Rousseau isn't. Maybe it is Alex who will use the dynamite (the whole crate!) Ben's flashback? wait wait wait... Ben's claims that he was born on this island. Now we know that it is impossible to give birth on the island. Or Ben's mother was already pregnant when she arrived on the island? Still we know that it is probably impossible to leave the island, but some people outside know about it so they can bring in food and supplies. [NOTE: Ben might have come there as a child (son of a Dharma employee). It's reasonable to claim you've lived somewhere all your life if you've lived there 40 to 45 out of 50 years. And remember what a liar he is.]
Jon Gries as Roger Linus. Was Roger "Workman" Ben's brother? Close,but no cigar, Roger was none other than Ben's father. Is the title "The Man Behind the Curtain" a reference to the wizard of Oz? In that case, is it all fake? (Good call to WoO reference, you called it almost spot on!)
