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- Season 5 overviewJan 21-May 13, 200917 episodesSeason 5 episodes1. Because You Left Jan 21, 2009
- Jack and Ben urge the rest of the Oceanic 6 to return to the island to save those left behind.
- 2. The Lie Jan 21, 2009
- Hurley and Sayid find themselves on the run after trouble at the safe house.
- 3. Jughead Jan 28, 2009
- Locke finds out who has been attacking the survivors.
- 4. The Little Prince Feb 4, 2009
- The dramatic shifts through time endanger the remaining island survivors.
- 5. This Place Is Death Feb 11, 2009
- Locke shoulders the burden of ending the island's increasingly violent movements through time.
- 6. 316 Feb 17, 2009
- The members of Oceanic 6 discover how to get back to the island, but not all of them want to return.
- 7. The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham Feb 25, 2009
- Locke's mission off the island as Jeremy is revealed.
- 8. LaFleur Mar 4, 2009
- Sawyer concocts a lie with some of the other island survivors.
- 9. Namaste Mar 18, 2009
- Sawyer is forced to perpetuate his lie when some old friends drop in unannounced.
- 10. He's Our You Mar 25, 2009
- A survivor goes rogue, endangering the lives of everyone on the island.
- 11. Whatever Happened, Happened Apr 1, 2009
- Kate takes drastic measures to save Ben's life when Jack refuses to help.
- 12. Dead Is Dead Apr 8, 2009
- Ben must try to call the smoke monster to atone for sins of the past.
- 13. Some Like It Hoth Apr 15, 2009
- Ben being taken from the infirmary raises suspicions.
- 14. The Variable Apr 29, 2009
- Daniel Faraday comes clean about what he knows of the island.
- 15. Follow the Leader May 6, 2009
- Locke solidifies his position as leader of the Others.
- 16. The Incident May 13, 2009
- Jack's determination to formulate a plan of action.
- 17. The Incident May 13, 2009
- Jack's determines to formulate a plan of action.
Apr 2, 2009 · How does Cassidy play into all of this? The Kate and Aaron relationship merely felt like a plot contrivance before this episode, and now it feels much more organic. But the best thing about the episode was the way it played with our expectations about how the show’s theories of time travel worked.
Apr 2, 2009 · Miraculously, Ben isn’t dead. Jin takes Ben back to camp, where Horace is organizing a search party to go after the escaped Hostile (Sayid) as well as the mole from the DHARMA initiative...
Tropes in this episode include: AB Negative: Kate reveals she's a Universal Donor and volunteers to give young Ben some of her blood via transfusion. Armor-Piercing Response: Kate is upset with Jack for refusing to fix Ben’s injuries.
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Previously on Lost
1. Cassidy visits Sawyer in prison and shows him a picture of his daughter. ("Every Man for Himself") 2. Kate helps out Cassidy at a gas station after she almost gets caught conning a man. ("Left Behind") 3. On the helicopter, Sawyer whispers something in Kate's ear and then jumps from the helicopter. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3") 4. On the Searcher, Kate tells Jack that she wants to take care of Aaron. ("The Little Prince") 5. Kate meets with lawyer Dan Norton at his office, who say...
This is Kate's last flashback episode and the final traditional flashback episode centered around an Oceanic 815 survivor.The episode was first broadcast on April 1st, 2009 (i.e., March 32nd), and it shares the central theme of the story March Has 32 Days from Mystery Tales No. 40, the comic book that was one of Richa...This episode title has a grammatically incorrect superfluous comma.This is the second Kate-centric episode title to start with the word 'Whatever', after Whatever the Case May Be.Bobby Roth returns to direct this episode, his first since "The Man Behind the Curtain".Naveen Andrews (Sayid) and Yunjin Kim (Sun) only appear in footage reused from "This Place Is Death".Michael Emerson (Ben) and Patrick Fischler (Phil) appear without speaking any lines.A "Lost: On Location" for this episode is available on the Season 5 DVD.Recurring themes
1. Roger discusses his bad parenting. (Parent issues) 2. Cassidy tells Kate that Sawyer never so much as lifted a finger to try to call Clementine. (Parent issues) 3. Hurley and Miles discuss the effects of time traveling and how to alter the future. (Time) (Fate versus free will) 4. Nicknames: (Nicknames) 4.1. Miles calls Hurley"Tubby," "Idiot," and "Dingbat" and Sawyer "Boss." 4.2. Sawyer calls Kate "Freckles" and Jack"Doc." 4.3. Hurley calls grown-up Ben"Big Ben" and young Ben "Little Ben....
Cultural references
1. Back to the Future: Hurley looks at his hand, waiting to see if he disappears. In this movie, Marty McFly's hand starts to disappear as he was being erased from existence because he had interfered with his parents' past, preventing his mother from falling in love with his father. Seconds after this reference is made, Sawyer comes in in a rush calling Jack "Doc", the same thing McFly used to do in the movies when looking for Doc Brown. (Movies and TV) 2. Catch a Falling Star: Kate sings thi...
Literary techniques
1. The episode is called "Whatever Happened, Happened". (Regularly spoken phrases) 2. Sawyer saves Ben's life, only to have Ben threaten to kill him later in life. (Irony) 3. Jack refused to save the young Ben because of who he would become; as a result, Kate had to take Ben to Richard, which is what will make Ben the man Jack hated. (Irony) 4. Cassidy asks Kate if Sawyer, "that son of a bitch" is still alive. (Regularly spoken phrases) 5. Juliet says she couldn't "fix" Ben. (Regularly spoken...
Episode references
1. Hurley questions why Ben didn't remember Sayid in 2004. ("One of Them") 2. Jack references being locked in a cage by Ben. ("A Tale of Two Cities") 3. Sawyer and Cassidy had a child together, whom he subsequently set up a bank account for. ("Every Man for Himself") 4. Jack tells Kate he saved Ben's life for her, after she asked him to. ("I Do") 5. Jack mentions saving Ben's life before. ("Not in Portland") 6. Kate visits Cassidy, whom she had previously met before the crash. ("Left Behind")...
Episode allusions
1. Kate sings "Catch a Falling Star" to Aaron. ("Raised by Another") ("Maternity Leave") 2. Juliet tells Kate she will have to tell Sawyer where Kate's taking Ben, but she will give her a head start. Kate's father did a similar favor for her, as did Kate to Sun. ("What Kate Did") ("Ji Yeon") 3. Juliet mentions that the doctor is in the Looking Glass. ("Through the Looking Glass") ("LaFleur") 4. "Whatever Happened, Happened" was previously said by Daniel on two occasions while trying to explai...
Apr 6, 2009 · There are two schools of Lost viewer – the people who remembered Ms. Hawking from her episode with Desmond, and the people who were utterly confused when she showed up again, and wondered...
Apr 11, 2009 · Recap of Lost Season 5 Episode 11 titled Whatever Happened, Happened. This is a Kate-centric and you know what this means: lots of good scenes with Sawyer and the potential to make one go NUTS wondering “WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO HER CHARACTER?” .
May 14, 2009 · From the final official Lost podcast of the season, producers and writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse revealed that this finale would give fans all the tools they need to form together a proper theory of what the show is all about and possibly how it may end. Well, they certainly did do that with the season closer and many theories of old ...