The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham (25 Feb. 2009)

John Locke, now alive again and back on the island after the second plane crash, flashes back to his return to civilization, where he is brought in by Charles Widmore and asked to convince the Oceanic 6 to return to the island.

Director:

Jack Bender

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator), J.J. Abrams (creator),

Stars:

Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Jeremy Davies

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume (credit only)
Jeremy Davies	...	Daniel Faraday (credit only)
Michael Emerson	...	Ben Linus
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford (credit only)
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin Kwon (credit only)
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun Kwon (credit only)
Ken Leung	...	Miles Straume (credit only)
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Juliet Burke (credit only)
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke
Alan Dale	...	Charles Widmore
Malcolm David Kelley	...	Walt Lloyd

Storyline

In the aftermath of Alija Flight 316 crashing on the island, John Locke inexplicably appears, back from the dead, and tries to bring the survivors together, two of whom include the shady Ilana (who was with Sayid on the flight) as well as a fellow man, named Caesar, who try to make sense of what is going on. Locke flashes back to the time months earlier when he moved the island and was transported to the deserts of North Africa, and was found by Charles Widmore who asked Locke to convince the Oceanic 6 to return to the island.

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Plot Keywords:

airplane ticket | mental institution | mental hospital | home | returning from the dead | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic Spanish

Release Date:

25 February 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was to be the eleventh episode of the season. It was aired earlier to game the sweeps ratings with stronger episodes. (See Goofs.)

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Goofs

Though Walt asks "why do they call him Jeremy Bentham?" while visiting Hurley in the Santa Rosa Hospital, when John Locke visits Walt in NYC, we never see him inform Walt that he is named or should be referred to as Jeremy Bentham. How would Walt know to whom the characters are referring to if they use the name Jeremy Bentham?

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Quotes

Caesar: My name's Caesar. What's yours?
John Locke: My name is John Locke.

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Crazy Credits

The Producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the people of Hawaii and their Aloha spirit.

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Connections

References Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

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Soundtracks

"End Title"
Written by Michael Giacchino
Performed by Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

User Reviews

"I remember dying"

It's amazing how this series keeps topping itself. I thought that the previous episode, "316", was the best of Season 5 so far, but "The Life And Death Of Jeremy Bentham" is arguably on an even higher league (we're talking "The Man From Tallahassee" league here). The mythology of LOST is getting thicker and thicker, and the lines between good & evil, life & death, past, present & future, are getting blurrier and blurrier. And yet the basic format of TLADOJB is rather simple: a series of one-on-one conversations between John Locke and a number of other characters, both new and old. Terry O'Quinn has always been one of the very best actors on the show, and here EVERYONE opposite him rises to his level. This episode is unusual, shocking and brilliant. ***1/2 out of 4.