Which of Lost's Latest "Thumps" Trumps the Rest?

Apr 22, 2009 10:43 AM ET
by Matt Mitovich

Ben's near-death and Jin's return to the living are among this season's thumps.

Happy Thumpday!

As Lost catches one last breath this week before unfurling the final four episodes of Season 5, we thought it a good time to assess the 13 end-of-episode "thumps" served up thus far.

Review below the list of moments that wowed us before the screen went to black, and then vote for the one that slammed you deepest into the sofa (or beanbag chair, if you've been appropriately channeling the '70s).

Feel free to elaborate on the thump you're stumping for in the comments section.

Which of thes Season 5 "thumps" has been the best?

"Because You Left": Desmond, to whom the "rules" don't apply, wakes up with the memory of a mission to find Daniel Faraday's mother.

"The Lie": Mrs. Hawking warns Ben that he only has 70 hours to recruit the Oceanic Six, or "God help us all."

"Jughead": A bloody-nosed Charlotte collapses, sending Faraday & Co. into a state of panic.

"The Little Prince": Jin is alive! And discovered by a young Rousseau!

"This Place Is Death": Locke — under the tutelage of Christian Shephard — turns the donkey wheel to leave the island.

"316": Returned on the island, Jack, Kate and Hurley bump into Dharma jumpsuit-clad Jin.

"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham": On the mainland, Ben talks Locke out of killing himself ... only to then strangle him to death.

"LaFleur": Sawyer, after three years living la vida Dharma, locks eyes with Jack, Hurley and, of course, Kate for the first time since they left the island.

"Namaste": Dharma prisoner Sayid is brought a sandwich by a young Benjamin Linus.

"He's Our You": Sayid guns down Young Ben.

"Whatever Happened, Happened": Ben wakes up in the infirmary to see a resurrected Locke staring him in the face.

"Dead Is Dead": After staring down the Smoke Monster, a wide-eyed (reformed?) Ben seems relieved (shocked?) that "he let me live."

"Some Like It Hoth": Daniel, thus far MIA from 1977, "arrives" on the island via the Dharma sub.