The Timeline X scenes this week pretty obviously parallel events in regular Benry’s life, which is kind of unusual. This lends credence, in my mind, to the “Smokey’s Funhouse” theory, but we’ll get to that in due time.
LOST Revisited: 6-7 “Dr. Linus”
Anyway, we meet Principal Reynolds, who is absolutely hilarious. He’s played by William Atherton, who you may remember as Walter Peck in Ghostbusters. There’s absolutely nothing likable about the character, and thus he cracks me up. Due to budget cuts, he’s assigning Benry to supervise detention, even though he’s supposed to be holding History Club. In the Teacher’s Lounge, he gripes to Arzt and Locke, which makes this the best school ever. Locke suggests that Benry X would make a good principal, and it’s all very reminiscent of Benry’s preparation for the Purge. Principal Reynolds is totally getting a face full of gas!
