Lost

rhinohelix · 2010-03-25T17:21:00.000Z

MrCoffee:

So who was Jack’s/Claire’s dad in the island? When jin asked claire if the she was all alone in the island she said she was with her father and a “friend”.

They were both FLocke, although she knew it wasn’t John Locke.

cheapfilms · 2010-03-25T17:43:10.000Z

I really like that the actor for the Man in Black was following Terry O’Quinn’s cadence and delivery for this episode. Also, damn, Nestor Carbonell was interesting to watch in the past.

RobotPants · 2010-03-25T18:44:09.000Z

Shiroko:

So the shape-shifting was related to Jacob imprisoning him somehow. He couldn’t shape-shift if you notice. He could jump into dead bodies. Most of them were bodies on the island physically (Aside for Richard’s wife).
Probably killing Jacob removed some of the imprisoning effect making him stuck in the last body. In this case Locke’s body which he needed to kill Jacob.

Except he’s not jumping into the bodies. We saw Locke’s actual, taxidermied body at the same time as UnLocke was having Ben kill Jacob in the statue.

MrCoffee · 2010-03-25T18:50:28.000Z

rhinohelix:

They were both FLocke, although she knew it wasn’t John Locke.

But the way she said it sounded like it was 2 different people.

rhinohelix · 2010-03-25T18:55:02.000Z

MrCoffee:

But the way she said it sounded like it was 2 different people.

To be more clear, it’s my opinion they was both MIB looking like Christian and MIB looking like Locke, although she knew it wasn’t Locke himself.

cheapfilms:

I really like that the actor for the Man in Black was following Terry O’Quinn’s cadence and delivery for this episode. Also, damn, Nestor Carbonell was interesting to watch in the past.

I thought I noticed this, too. It really does work well.

In this week’s episode it seems that both Jacob and MIB were both just getting started with the manipulating people gig, as they both displayed a lack of subtly and planning they exhibit later. MIB straight up copies Richard’s wife and then gives him the knife; Jacob pummels Richard like he was practicing to audition for the Patrick Swazye part in Roadhouse. Nothing like the plans-within-plans-within-plans both are doing 137 years later.

Incendiary_Lemon · 2010-03-25T19:57:36.000Z

Does Hurley see dead people or is it simply Jacob?

mystery · 2010-03-25T20:23:18.000Z

An eerily accurate Twitter.

MrCoffee · 2010-03-25T20:59:11.000Z

mystery:

An eerily accurate Twitter.

I don’t get it.

Incendiary Lemon:

Does Hurley see dead people or is it simply Jacob?

He talked to Charlie back at the mental institute and also to Ana Lucia when he was escaping from the cops with sayid.

baren · 2010-03-25T21:41:30.000Z

I think we have to assume that the inmate in his mind from way back in the day is also a dead person.

Bill_Dungsroman · 2010-03-25T22:19:07.000Z

RICHARD: WEEPING HOBO SETTLER OF THE CANARY ISLANDS

Jesus what a boring character. I WAS PROMISED DESMOND, BRING ME MORE DESMOND.

Rasputin · 2010-03-25T23:31:20.000Z

Easy there, brother.

Paul_cze · 2010-03-26T02:23:52.000Z

If there is one thing sucking about this season, it is the lack of Desmond.

arctangent · 2010-03-26T05:47:14.000Z

MrCoffee:

He talked to Charlie back at the mental institute and also to Ana Lucia when he was escaping from the cops with sayid.

Yes, but were they really Charlie and Ana Lucia, or Jacob pretending to be them? Signs point to the latter.

jerri_blank · 2010-03-26T05:50:55.000Z

Um, I have a crappy memory, but Jacob’s not known to take the form of dead people, is he? I thought that was just a MiB thing.

Jazar · 2010-03-26T06:02:00.000Z

Did Hurley see dead people before coming to the island? I know Miles had the power since he was a kid.

jerri_blank · 2010-03-26T06:11:33.000Z

The borrowing from, or homages to, Kings The Dark Tower series are getting more explicit. Recall the first line of The Gunslinger:

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

King’s man in black had several names and took several forms. The Lost guys seem pretty happy for theirs to do the same.

Man, I wish these guys were making a DT miniseries or something.

Shiroko · 2010-03-26T06:48:06.000Z

When I come to think about it, Adrian Sheperd can’t be MiB. Since in season three Hurley sees him in the cabin. And the cabin is surrounded by black powder thingy to block him from getting there. No?

Jazar · 2010-03-26T06:52:07.000Z

Shiroko:

When I come to think about it, Adrian Sheperd can’t be MiB. Since in season three Hurley sees him in the cabin. And the cabin is surrounded by black powder thingy to block him from getting there. No?

No I think the powder circle was broken a long while ago it seems.

zengonzo · 2010-03-26T07:04:15.000Z

Rasputin:

Okay, time for wild theorizing! The Others referred to the Smoke Monster as a “security system.” When Jacob died, he said, “They’re coming.” So, what if Smokey is supposed to be a security system for the island. Jacob is the watchtower or warden, Smokey is the muscle, ensuring the island continues to plug evil in the bottle. They’re supposed to be a team, working together.

I’d dig this solution.

MatthewF · 2010-03-26T07:53:48.000Z

Paul_cze:

If there is one thing sucking about this season, it is the lack of Desmond.

And yet they keep his name in the opening credits of every episode. Damn them for giving us false hope!