ben linus-related stories
Posted Jul 10th 2009 4:28PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Lost, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Comic-Con

Comic-Con is coming up, and the lucky people who get to go are going to see a lot of very cool things. Included in that list of things is this Benjamin Linus bobble head doll from
Bif Bang Pow! It shows Ben will his arm in a sling and bruises all over his face. It's a limited edition and it costs $17.
If you squint, it could pass for Keanu Reeves.
[via
The Daily What]
Posted Jun 27th 2009 10:46AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free

In the
season finale of Lost, we saw the mysterious Jacob get stabbed by Ben. Of course, we have no idea if that means Jacob will be killed or just injured (maybe he can't even die like a normal person can), but if he is indeed not on the show anymore, actor Mark Pellegrino has secured another gig.
Michael Ausiello over at EW.com says that
Pellegrino will play the devil on The CW's Supernatural.
Continue reading Jacob is coming to Supernatural
Posted May 15th 2009 10:03AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Lost, Subtle Subtitles, Contests and Giveaways, Reality-Free

If you haven't seen our game before, we give you a picture from a recent episode of a TV series and you provide the caption!
Last time it was a picture from the season finale of
Heroes. Our winner is
Chris, with this caption:
"Yeah, I see what you mean ... you can't just shave off the unibrow, it just looks weird."This week's picture is from the season finale of
Lost. Ben and "Locke" confront Jacob in the statue, and a lot of bad things happen.

Posted May 14th 2009 8:42AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Episode Recaps

(S05E16/S05E17) "See you in Los Angeles." - Jack
I'm not really sure where to begin, but I think this is a pretty good starting point: holy crap. Just like every season finale before this one, Lost has once again left us all with our jaws on the floor and our brains on overdrive. This changes everything. The big question? How does it change everything? Is it January yet?
Continue reading Lost: The Incident, Parts 1 & 2 (season finale)
Posted May 13th 2009 11:03AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Lost, Interviews, Reality-Free

As the creeptastic Ben Linus on
Lost,
Michael Emerson has been the puppet master on the island. He spends his days murdering people, causing others to murder different people, playing mind games and just generally making life more difficult for the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 and everyone else whom he encounters.
Ever since he was going by the name, "Henry Gale," Ben has been a fan favorite on the series. Recently, I was able to grab a few minutes of his time to chat about this week's season finale of
Lost and the evolution of Benjamin Linus. He even gives me some parenting advice!
The interview follows after the jump, and as we do discuss this week's finale, I should probably give you a
spoiler warning right now. However, since it's
Lost, he's not able to give too much away. FACT: The smoke monster is real, and is deployed against any actor who dares to speak too freely about the show-- so I got what I could.
Continue reading Michael Emerson: The TV Squad Interview
Posted May 7th 2009 8:04AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

(S05E15) "I have a purpose now." - Locke
I can't believe how fast this season of Lost has gone by. There's probably a time-travel joke buried in that realization somewhere, but my head is still spinning from "Follow the Leader," so I'm not really in clever witticism mode. Honestly, I'm speechless. For the most part, this wasn't one of my favorite episodes of the season. But for me to be at a loss for words at one of Lost's sub-par installments - well that says something about the quality of this show. "Follow the Leader" was a lot of set up for next week's two hour finale and the events that have been set in motion (even though it seems they always happened) are mind-numbing.
Continue reading Lost: Follow the Leader
Posted Apr 30th 2009 7:46AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

(S05E14) "Well, I got some bad news for you Jack. You don't belong here at all. She was wrong." - Faraday
After listening to Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof ranting in last week's Lost audio podcast, I didn't expect "The Variable" to be this much of a game changer. Everything we thought we knew about the island, time travel, and course correcting - it all got turned upside down. I think it's safe to say that the 100th episode of Lost is going to be remembered for more than just its milestone significance.
Continue reading Lost: The Variable
Posted Apr 16th 2009 8:01AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

(S05E13) "That douche is my dad." - Miles
I've been waiting for an episode like this. We've gotten close to nothing when it comes to backstory on the freighter folk and had it not been for the writer's strike, I'm guessing that "Some Like it Hoth" (or at least something Miles related) would have aired during season four. Last time we got any substantial info on Miles' orgins was "Confirmed Dead" and all that filled us in on was ghost whisperin' powers and his conscience - ripping people off doesn't come easy for him. We got a helluva lot more info this time around.
Continue reading Lost: Some Like it Hoth
Posted Apr 9th 2009 8:08AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E12) "Well... John, we don't even have a word for it. But I believe you call it 'the monster'" - Ben
Wow, I'm not quite sure where to begin. This wasn't one of the best episodes of Lost (for lack of a better term, it was safe), but I walked away from it feeling enlightened. It's not often that Lost leaves you with more answers than questions.
That being said, I still have a ton of f%#k&$g questions.
Continue reading Lost: Dead is Dead
Posted Apr 8th 2009 1:36PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Lost, Video, Reality-Free

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When we last left our castaways on
Lost, Ben had just woken up and seen that Locke was sitting next to his bed. Locke obviously has a ton of questions for Mr. Linus, such as "why did you strangle me to death," and Ben had a look of surprise on his face.
So fans are wondering if Ben is shocked to find out that Locke is alive (because he was, you know, dead) or if Ben killed Locke knowing that he would come back to life some day (I just realized how crazy that sentence must sound to people who don't watch the show). Well, after the jump is a sneak peek at tonight's new episode, courtesy of
Kristin over at E!(SPOILER!)
Continue reading Here's a clip from tonight's Lost - VIDEO
Posted Apr 7th 2009 6:10PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Lost, Reality-Free

Remember a couple of weeks when we told you that
Lost producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse and ABC were holding a
contest for fans of the show to give the season finale a quirky name? Every season finale of the show has gone by a code name: season one had "The Bagel" and last season was "The Rattlesnake in the Mailbox." What will this season's finale be called?
The winner has been revealed and it's ... "The Fork in the Outlet." Who knows if this will be literal (after all, what the heck does "The Bagel" have to do with the season one finale?), but I think we're in for something "shocking." I've never put a utensil in an electrical outlet before, but I did touch a light switch with wet hands once and got a jolt. Never again.
I kinda like some of the entries that didn't win, especially "The Droids You're Looking For," and "The Fifth Toe." Maybe they should have named it "Scotty, Beam Me Up," to tie in with J.J. Abrams' new
Star Trek flick, also in May.
Posted Apr 2nd 2009 1:25PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
Lost continues to impress me. I really do think it's one of the great TV dramas of all-time, and
last night's episode was rock solid. Except for one thing I'm going to be nit-picky about.
OK, so Sawyer and Kate bring young injured Ben to the Others so they can save him, and Richard tells them that, yeah, I can save him, but he won't remember what happened to him and he'll lose his innocence. Up until now we (and Hurley and Miles, in one of the episodes best scenes) were wondering why Ben didn't remember that Sayid shot him as a kid when he became an adult. And the writers quickly solve this by just having his memory erased?
That seems really, really...lame.
Continue reading A question I have about last night's Lost
Posted Apr 2nd 2009 12:44AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

(S05E11) "Maybe there's something they can do." - Juliet
At the risk of sounding clichéd, I'm gonna say it anyway - all the pieces are coming together. While I didn't particularly care for any of tonight's flashbacks (personally, I've never really gotten into Kate at all), what happened on the island in 1977 was mesmerizing. It's looking more and more like the Oceanic 6 (plus Juliet, Miles, etc.) were directly responsible for, well ... everything.
Continue reading Lost: Whatever Happened, Happened
Posted Mar 26th 2009 12:31AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

(S05E10) "A twelve-year-old Ben Linus brought me a chicken salad sandwich. How do you think I'm doing?" - Sayid
Hands down, no doubt about it - best episode of the season. "He's Our You" was much more of a traditional Lost episode, in the sense that we had regular ol' flashbacks. There's been a lot of questions about Sayid (we haven't seen too much of him this season), and this was probably the most sensible way to do it - lay out his current predicament while flashing to all the moments that got him there. Who likes sandwiches?
Continue reading Lost: He's Our You
Posted Mar 25th 2009 1:35PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Lost, Video, Reality-Free

Needless to say, this video contains possible spoilers.
So last week's episode of
Lost ended with a little Ben delivering a sandwich to Sayid, who was caught by Jin and put in a jail cell. It's hard to say how this is going to play out. We do know that Sayid has always been an independent guy and doesn't like being all cooped up and confined. So will he screw up Sawyer's plans? Will he accidentally expose Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley, Juliet, and Miles? Will he try to escape? And how does junior Ben Linus fit into all of this? Is he already planning things at this age? Does he already know, somehow, about the Oceanic passengers and John Locke? And most importantly, does the kid playing Ben have that weird Michael Emerson stare down pat yet?
The answers after the jump, courtesy of Kristin over at E! It seems like all that camp has to eat are damn sandwiches.
Continue reading Here's a sneak peek at tonight's Lost - VIDEO
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