Lost 6.01/6:02: LA X, Part 2

Good lord, I still haven’t been able to go out there and see what other people think, but here’s more crap from my brain.

I need to cover some of the Island stuff, obviously. I like that the writers created another reason for allowing Jin to chill with Danielle’s bunch in the 80s. I was satisfied with the “cuz we want to see the Danielle story first hand, so why not!” answer, but adding the idea that it motivates the leadership and powers of Hurley and allows them to know where to go is so cool.

The List. How old is this list? Hurley, Jack, Kate, Jin, and Sayid were on it, then, since they were willing to bring in Miles and Sawyer even though S “took out 4 of them,” it’s probably safe to say they might be on it as well. It’s probably the list of people we saw Jacob touch in the finale, which would include Sun and Locke, not Miles that we’re aware of, so why save him?

The water: “not clear.” They didn’t seem experienced with unclear water, so it must be a rare-if-ever occurrence, which supports the idea that Jacob’s death caused it. I think Jacob made the water holy to the point that it purifies even itself, but when he died that protection was gone and it became regular dirty old water. The water thing may be a confirmation of Season 1 theories that the people healed faster and were stronger because of some element, probably the water. Surely Jacob would have blessed the whole spring which would come up in more than one place, maybe at the caves, for example.

Healing process: I assume we are seeing what Ben went through as a child, with the exception that the water was clear. Supposedly the water makes you “forget” and makes you “one of us.” But if the water was not working when Sayid was drowned in it, then what has healed him and made him forget? The Temple peeps seemed surprised at his resurrection, which implies Ben and Richard weren’t lying: Dead is dead. So what is in Sayid? Initial response was Jacob, but I’d think Jacob will be in someone else at the end (Ben? Jack? Aaron?), and too much body-hopping seems gratuitous. And if dead is dead, then this isn’t exactly Sayid. Hm. I have mixed feelings about this. Sayid needed to be put out of his misery. He was likely never going to be able to redeem himself, although maybe his extracting and modifying the bomb was the act that saves him (although again the larger implications of that bomb could be that the entire world is altered from that point forward, which is typically self-centered and short-sighted of the losties, eh?). But what is it that is in him at this point? If Jacob, why and how? If not Jacob, what and why?

This brings up Smokey. Many previous theories had Smokey as the Man in Black, or as a third entity to help balance MIB with Jacob, or even as both MIB and Jacob, depending on the circumstances. The actions of Smokey were definitely sometimes bizarrely contradictory until the idea of two opposing forces came to light. Smokey seems much less erratic if you consider him as being on the side of MIB. MIB has lied about his identity before, so would he lie about being Smokey as well? I don’t necessarily think so, although it was a bit interesting that they didn’t actually SHOW Flocke becoming Smokey. Should we take his word? I think so mainly because it would feel like such a rip to find out otherwise. BUT it would NOT feel like a rip to see that Jacob can be a type of Smokey as well. I don’t think this is the case, but I wouldn’t be disappointed if it was true. I think the Smoke Monster IS the Man in Black.

What do we know about the Cabin? It was supposedly built by Horace so that he, Amy, and Ethan could get away from Dharma life. The blueprints were still on his body, so did he ever finish it before Ben killed everyone in the Purge (which is generally considered 1992ish)? Ilana in 2007 was under the impression that it was Jacob’s place, as was Ben in 2004. Which implies that at one time the Cabin WAS Jacob’s. How and why? In 2004 we see an entity inside, but we also see a cloud of smoke, implying it could have been Smokey (which may mean it was MIB all along). Richard in 2007 seemed fully accepting that the Foot was Jacob’s place (and it appeared to have been for a very long time). How long had Richard been aware of that? Had he lied about the Cabin? Why? Why did Ilana believe that same thing? The Cabin was surrounded by ash, which we know to be something Smokey cannot pass, which implies someone was being protected from Smokey. But if Smokey/MIB can’t kill Jacob anyway, why would Jacob need to be surrounded by ash in a cabin? The other side of this is that Smokey was trapped inside, but that can’t be true because we know Smokey was out at times that someone was supposedly there. Is ash a weakness of Jacob’s as well? Was he trapped in there? Wait, was maybe the MIB part of MIB trapped IN the Cabin while the Smokey part of MIB was out running wild?

What do we know about Smokey? He was active on the the Island, near the Temple (although not necessarily IN the Temple), when Danielle’s team arrived in the 80s. (Damn, so much more to say here, but have to go!)

The hourglass: looked like sand and ash, (black/white? light/dark?) probably the same stuff that Richard asked Locke to claim when Locke was a foster kid. I always thought that didnt quite look like beach sand OR ash, but was probably some mix of both. Interesting this length of time. How much was it? Does it vary? Do you have to keep the person underwater for that length of time no matter what and if they drown then too bad, but if they don’t then it was meant to be? Obviously Jacob isn’t the one who decides, since Dogen believed Jacob wanted them to save Sayid and then he died.

Well, have to go for now…barely got anything out again!