Lost 6.01/6.02: LA X, Part 4

Quick random thoughts:

Possible: 1. Purge 2. Trap smokey in cabin 3. When does he escape?

Jacob asked Ilana to help him. She was the entire reason Sayid was on the plane. AND it was by force, when Jacob is all about free will. I don’t know what this means about Jacob’s purpose for Sayid, but just sayin.

Mom suggested in the parallels vein, that Kate will still end up delivering Claire’s baby, just now in the back of a taxi while holding her hostage! Nice

After a long discussion, we pondered the idea: MIB = Moses, Richard = Aaron, Jacob = the false idols, the remaining question: Who is God? Moses (Ben even CALLS Flocke Moses) comes down from the mountain to see Aaron (Richard, the man chosen to speak for the head guy) has given the impatient Israelites golden idols to worship (in mom’s words “fell for Jacob’s shenanigans”). Moses is pissed that they just couldn’t wait for him to come back after speaking to God. He busts a tablet. (I am VERY disappointed in ALL of you!) Moses also just wanted to get to the Promised Land (HOME), but in the end was prevented from doing so.

The Temple folks: Who are they and what are they worried about? Mom suggested they are actually afraid of Jacob, now that he’s dead, maybe he can do something. Smokey was the guardian of the Temple, suggesting he was the friendly force around here. I don’t know that this can hold up. It’s just as sensical that they are just afraid because now that they KNOW Jacob can be killed and has been, they are on their own. The Kierkegaard book found at the entrance is titled after this Bible verse: Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling… The book has other relevance as well, and we discussed the whole idea of trusting in the absurd, which I have no time to explain, argh!

Hopefully more in a while…