Analysis of Epilogue, "The New Man in Charge"

Wow. It's been a while since I've done this. I'm a little rusty. I've been writing a post about the Finale, "The End" and my thoughts on the entire series, and the aftermath of everything for a few months now, but I still haven't even come close to finishing all of my thoughts and theories on the whole matter, so that's going to have to wait for bit. So, before I finished doing all of that, I figured I'd brush up on some LOST because I've been thinking about it again a lot lately.

I haven't bought the LOST Season Six DVD Set as of yet, and I have the first Five Seasons already, so I'll be holding off from buying the LOST Complete Collection Box Set for at least a little while, but I had a chance to watch  the 12-Minute Epilogue, titled "The New Man in Charge," online a few weeks ago when it was leaked, and now that the DVD has finally come out, I figured I'd do some writing about it. This is the last new footage that I will probably ever write about LOST, so that's kind of sad. Well, that is unless they come out with something new, which I could see ABC/Disney doing, so maybe that's a lie. 

After I finish this, and my post about the Finale and everything else, I'm going to be dong a re-watch of Season Six, in the same style that I've done Seasons before, and then a re-watch and analysis of the entire Series, which will be different than everything else I've done. I plan to focus on analyzing each episode with the knowledge of having watched the entire Series, which should be interesting and a lot of fun. I really want to go back and reflect on everything, because I feel like then, and only then, will this entire experience come to an end. But, let's be realistic, this whole thing is never going to be over for me. I'm going to be watching and thinking about LOST for the rest of my damn life, so deal with it. It comes with the territory now.

From Lostpedia

He's Our You, Initial Reaction

I was really glad to see Sayid back in the mix again, as we've seen so little of him this season. Although, I was a little disappointed with certain aspects of this episode. I'm also wondering if Sayid going rogue means we're not going to be seeing him for a while. Obviously, I wouldn't be very happy with that, considering Sayid and Desmond are my two favorite characters, and having them both out of the show would suck in my opinion.

Questions:

• Is young Ben Linus really dead? Can he die or is he somehow reborn like John Locke?
• Did Sayid change the future? How can he change it without it being paradox?
• If he did, and the purge didn't happen, then what happened to Dharma?
• Are the DeGroots in Ann Arbor, Michigan? Are they the be-all, end-all to the decision making on the island?
• Was the book, A Separate Reality, a hint that we are somehow in a separate reality?
• Why was Richard Alpert dressed differently, with long hair, when he met Ben? Have they been in contact since their first meeting?
• Who lit the Dharma van on fire and sent it into the barracks? Did someone help Ben?
• Why is Oldham out in the middle of the jungle by himself?
• How did they find out that Sayid was the one who killed Peter Avellino?
• Did Ben hire Ilana to bring Sayid to Guam so that he would get on the Ajira Airways flight?
• Is Jack the whipping boy now?

Notes:

• Sayid tripping his face off is fucking hilarious. Any time that Sayid is funny it's great because it's such a rare occasion that he lets it all hang out.
• The book that Ben gave Sayid was A Separate Reality by Carlos Castinada.
• Sayid was drinking MacCutcheon's Whiskey at the bar with Ilana.
• The truth serum that was given to Sayid appeared to be liquid LSD on a sugar cube.
• Right now, I'm not even sure that I care if it's a paradox if Sayid did, in fact, kill young Benjamin Linus, that was just too fucking awesome.
• Radzinsky and Phil really annoy me. I wish they would just die already.
• Oldham is their Sayid? Really? This dude didn't seem very creepy or threatening at all. In fact, he didn't even lay a hand on Sayid other than to put a sugar cube in his mouth. Sorry, not very impressed with that one.
• It was interesting to see young Sayid, as we never have before, and to know that he has a brother. We've never really learned anything about Sayid's family and childhood.
• It was nice to get back to the traditional flashback again.
• Young Benjamin Linus creeps me the fuck out.
• Ilana wanted Sayid. Even I have a man-crush on off-island, suave Sayid.
• Yeah, don't protect baby Ethan. Let the kid die.
• I don't like the "He's our you" line being the title of the episode. It had little and almost nothing to do with the episode. That guy was not their Sayid.
• I'm surprised Kate doesn't know anything about cars.