LOST: The Final Season (Spoilers)

[Shayuri]

The alternate timeline where they didn't go to the island doesn't seem to me to be exactly 'what would have happened?' There are signs of meddling.

Desmon's temporary presence, for example. And Charlie's sense that he's 'supposed' to die.

My current, very loose, theory is that the splitting of timelines is perhaps something that Jacob sneakily arranged as a mechanism by which he could effect a resurrection of sorts. A kind of "backup reality" in which he was never killed by Ben. Of course, the island is sunken, and he may still be dead in that line...but there seemed to be something special in how Smokey fixed things for Ben to kill him. Some reason why it -had- to be done that way, or it wouldn't work.

The merging of the two lines to resolve back into an uninterrupted singular history would seem to be the direction of the plot, and ultimately the culmination of all the machinations of all the various entities throughout the show. I'm quite keen to see what is revealed in the process.

 

[RangerWickett]

The island goes boom, which kills Charles Widmore before he can sire Penny. Thus Desmond's life takes a very different path.

The island went boom, so all the folks evacuated before the incident never went back. Hence Ethan Goodspeed, son of Horace, grows up in America.

 

[Quantum]

Warning, minor spoilers.

Last night's new episode revealed that Jack had a sister.

This is news to me. I'm seen most episodes and at least for the ones I've seen they never said anything about him having a sister, at least to my recollection.

So was there an episode that showed Jack had a sister?

If not, then this is just a new piece of information with which they're going to have to show. And I wish they hadn't said anything about him having a sister. Because I'd like them to concentrate on what had already happened in the series prior to this and shouldn't have jsut magically added a sister at the last minute to create some other connection to the island.

 

[RangerWickett]

We found out that Claire was Jack's (half-)sister something like 2 or 3 seasons ago. When Christian Shephard went to Australia, he was trying to go see his daughter. The mom rebuffed him, so he got drunk and died.

I don't recall if Jack knows that they're related.

 

[LightPhoenix]

We found out that Claire was Jack's (half-)sister something like 2 or 3 seasons ago. When Christian Shephard went to Australia, he was trying to go see his daughter. The mom rebuffed him, so he got drunk and died.

I don't recall if Jack knows that they're related.

He does; I think it was last season when they were off the island, Claire's mom told him.

 

[Fast Learner]

Yup, Claire being Jack's (half) sister is definitely old news.

 

[Quantum]

Regarding the infection...

I wonder if the smoke being has anything to do with it. He might even be the reason why children can't really be born on the island.

 

[RangerWickett]

Ha. Just when I'm sure the show is headed nowhere, they go and have a good episode centered on characters I like. And hurray, Kate isn't one of the numbers! This proves our assumption that she's unimportant and can die in a fire!

 

[Mark]

We don't know that we saw all of the names and numbers, do we? Are we of a mind that the only candidates are those who we saw Jacob touching in the specific montage, and that that was all of them entriely? If so, it must be significant that Monster Locke doesn't know which Kwon is meant by the chalk writing.

 

[Banshee16]

So who is the kid in the jungle? Is it possible Jacob has reincarnated? He's a kid on the island, and will grow up and return to power? He told Locke that Locke (or whatever he is) knows the rules, and "he" can't be killed.

What if the island is some kind of prison? Obviously, given various signs, including the black and white rocks on the scale, and things in previous episodes, Jacob, and whatever the being is that inhabits Locke are opposites....good and evil. Locke keeps talking about being trapped, and at the start of the episode ending last season, they had a discussion on the beach during which the guy in black told Jacob something about the world only needing to end once, or something along those lines...

Maybe the island is a prison for this evil being, and Jacob was his warden? As long as Jacob's around, he can't leave. Only with Jacob dead can he get off the island. Maybe there's a balance, and Jacob actually can't die...which would force Locke to act quickly, while Jacob is down, in order to get off the island.

Richard Alpert obviously knows something. Hopefully at some point he's going to have an opportunity to tell someone what's going on...at least before Locke kills him.

Banshee