Maybe it's just a coincidence, but the same Trojan Horse statue from Ben's house in "One of Us" (season 3) can be seen in this episode (when Desmond is speaking to the librarian in Oxford).
Re: Trojan horse statue (already seen in Season 3)
interesting.
Maybe a prop issue thing, but if not, the whole Trojan horse theme of hiding inside something and then getting to where you want to be secretly... does this ring a bell with any of the plotlines so far?
Re: Trojan horse statue (already seen in Season 3)
Good pick-up, baldlocke. I think you could be on to something. The Trojan Horse was used by the Achaeans to gain entrance into the city of Troy and strike the final blow in the Trojan War. Perhaps the most famous Achaean leader was Odysseus, who had much in common with Desmond, including a wife named Penelope, who was the object of his quest in The Oddyssey. Interestingly, the Trojan War, which separated Odysseus from Penelope, might have been avoided altogether had Odysseus not feigned lunacy to avoid honoring an oath. Sound familiar?...both Widmore and Desmond himself refer to him as a coward.
As for the Trojan Horse, it's appearance in Ben's study may be more than coincidental. I've been thinking for some time that Ben may be working against Richard and the Others. Although Richard clearly wants the O6 to return to the island with John's corpse, I think Ben will be tagging along as well, with a little surprise. My guess (purely speculation) is that John is not actually dead, and Ben has convinced him to return to the island alive. Talk about your Trojan Horse...imagine Richard's surprise if he were to discover that Locke-in-the-box wasn't a deadLocke after all, but a live Jeremy Bentham.
Trojan horse statue (already seen in Season 3)
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