As the countdown continues to the end of LOST, the ball keeps rolling in yet another roller coaster episode. I never really liked the Ben-centric episodes as much as everyone else did, but I had a feeling I would love this one after we see Ben complain about coffee filters in "The Substitute", and I was right. We see Ben in the flash-sideways as a rather ordinary history teacher who still believes in his job, not quite different from Ben as when he was the leader of the island. Emerson gives a great performance in both the sideways and island story, especially in his rambling confession to Illana, but my personal favorite scene was in the b-story with Hurley, Jack, and Richard. When Jack just sits there with Richard in the Black Rock while the dynamite is about to blow, Jack makes the same face from the beginning of "Through The Looking Glass Part 1" where he is standing on top of the bridge about to fall. In both scenes he closes his eyes, and it just reinforces my conclusions...Jack is one crazy dude..who's Awesome!!! Cant wait till next Tuesday, where we will hopefully see more Jack faces!
