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"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" is the seventh episode of Season 5 of Lost and the 90th overall. It was originally broadcast on February 25, 2009. Locke's fateful mission off the island as Jeremy Bentham is revealed.
Synopsis
Off-Island (2007)
On the Island (?)
Trivia
General
Production notes
Bloopers and continuity errors
- Locke never calls himself "Bentham" to Walt or Hurley, but when Walt visited Hurley in "There's No Place Like Home," they both knew him by that name.
Recurring themes
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| Animals • Black and white • Character connections • Children • Coincidence • Death • Deceptions and cons • Dreams • Economics • Electromagnetism • Eyes • Fate versus free will • Games • Good and bad people • Imprisonment • Isolation • Leadership • Life and death • Literary works • Mirrors • Missing body parts • Nicknames • The Numbers • Pairings • Parapsychology • Parent issues • Pregnancies • Psychology • Rain • Redemption • Relationships • Religion • Revenge • Salvation • Secrets |
- There is a close up of Locke's eyes when he wakes up in Tunisia. (Eyes)
- Ben kills Abaddon and Locke. (Life and death)
- Walt says that he has been having dreams about Locke. (Dreams)
- Abbadon mentions that he was an orderly when Locke was in the hospital before. (Character connections)
- Locke is involved in a car addicent. (Car accidents)
- Charles says that if Locke ever needs to contact him, all he has to do is dial 23 on the phone that he was given. (Numbers)
- The date on the LIFE magazine cover is April (4) 19, 1954. (The Numbers)
- Caesar deceives Ilana about gun he finds, saying that it was a flashlight. (Deceptions and Cons)
- The Tunisian license plate shown contains "342" and "6346". (The Numbers)
- Locke tells Widmore it has been 4 days since Locke met 17-year-old Widmore on the island. (The Numbers) (Time)
- Hurley calls Abbadon evil. (Good and Bad People)
- Abbadon tells Locke that no matter what he did or will do, he will go back to the island. (Fate versus Free Will)
- After his accident, Locke awakes at same hospital that Jack works at. (character connections)
- Ben kills Locke after convincing him not to commit suicide, then stages it to look like a suicide. (Life and Death) (Crimes) (Deceptions and Cons)
Storyline analysis
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| A-Missions • Crimes • Economics • Leadership • O-Missions • Relationships • F-Missions • Rivalries • S-Missions |
- Ben shoots and kills Matthew Abaddon. (Crimes)
- Ben strangles Locke to death. (Crimes)
- Jack berates Locke for his "delusions" of being "special." (Rivalries)
- Kate asks Locke if he's ever been in love, and he tells her about his relationship with Helen. (Relationships)
- Widmore explains that Ben exiled him from the island. (Rivalries)
Cultural references
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| Art • Automobiles • Games • History • Literary works • Movies and TV • Music • Philosophy • Religion and ideologies • Science |
Literary techniques
- Both Ben Linus and Charles Widmore have people watching all of the Oceanic plane crash survivors off the island. (Irony)
- Both Linus and Widmore are attempting to protect the island from the other but both want Locke to lead it. (Irony)
- Locke tells Jack, "We have to go back." (Regularly Spoken Phrases)
- Ben tells John he cannot die because he has too much "work to do." (Regularly Spoken Phrases)
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| Comparative: Irony • Juxtaposition • Foreshadowing Plotting: Cliffhanger • Plot twist Stock characters: Archetype • Redshirt • Unseen character Story: Flashbacks • Flash-forwards • Flash sideways • Framing device • Regularly spoken phrases • Symbolism • Unreliable narrator |
Episode references
- Locke wants to see Helen, whom he finds out has died. ("Orientation")
- Ben mentions that Jack has booked round trips from L.A. to Sydney. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
- Widmore mentions that he met Locke when he was seventeen years old. ("Jughead")
- Locke finds himself injured on his back in the desert in Tunisia. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
- Locke refers to Alpert telling him he was going to have to die. ("Because You Left")
- The 1954 LIFE Magazine cover talks about the Hydrogen bomb. ("Jughead")
- Hurley refers to his meeting with Abbadon at Santa Rosa. ("The Beginning of the End")
- Hurley refers to seeing/communicating with other dead people. ("The Beginning of the End") ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2") ("Because You Left")
- Locke refers to Christian telling him to say hi to his son. ("This Place Is Death")
- Locke writes his "suicide" note to Jack. ("316")
Unanswered questions
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- For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham/Theories
- Why did Ben kill Locke?
- How did Ben force Widmore off the Island?
- If Widmore was on the island for 30 years, where was Penny?
- Why didn't Locke/Bentham ask Walt to return with him?