I was rewatching this episode the other night and I noticed something I hadn't before. When Ben says good-bye to Alex and closes her eyes, his hands are completely covered in black ash. I cannot think of anything else he did that would have blackened his hands other than when he released Smokey. Suppose he had to dig to through the depths of the earth and ash to call him? Just curious as to what he has to do to release Smokey that would blacken his hands. IMO, the director definitly wanted us to see the ash all over Ben's hands when he closed her eyes.
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