Well, I’m finally done with Season 5. Now you don’t have to worry about spoilers, Dan, at least not for me. I appreciate your keeping quiet. It must have been hard to watch me flounder with weird theories.
The first ten minutes of The Incident were awesome. The music, the visuals, the shocking dialogue, the understated emotions played superbly by two fine actors, answers to lingering mysteries, new mysteries revealed: all made for classic television – LOST in a nutshell.
The last ten minutes of The Incident were likewise amazing. So much action and raw emotion, several major twists, all setting up the ultimate cliffhanger with questions we’re dying to have answered.
The rest of the episode was good, but not up to the opening or closing. The bulk of the episode dealt with four ideas. (1) Who will support Jack in his quest to nuke the island, who will support Kate in her quest to stop him, and who just wants to get outta there? Loyalties and emotions shift. I must say Juliet’s waffling was irritating, but her line “If I never meet you, I never have to lose you.” was heartstabbing. Eventually, everybody gets on board with Jack’s plan, even Kate. And it was nice to see Miles and Chang united. (2) Jacob fiddling in the lives of the Losties at various times was intriguing at first, but once we got the idea, we got the idea. A couple of fascinating questions did arise: Did Jacob resurrect Locke after his fall? If so, given later developments, why?? Was Jacob responsible for Nadia’s accident? (3) The survivors of Ajira flight 316 are Jacob’s allies. Jacob recruited Alana, who already seemed to know him when he contacted her in the hospital [Did she have plastic surgery? If so who was she really? My guess is Ana Lucia, or possibly Libby.] They need to be able to identify Jacob once they arrive, thus the question about the shadow of the statue, and the possibility that Frank might be him. Alana’s sidekick asked Miles the same question when they kidnapped him in Some Like it Hoth. [So did they think Miles might be Jacob???] (4) Locke v.2 is not really Locke. I had already suspected as much (see my last post).
So here’s my theory: Jacob’s companion on the beach (aka Locke2 aka Christian2) is a deity, the Island incarnate. Jacob is an evil entity who has somehow gotten control of the island and uses it for his own fun and games. The Island deity can’t kill him, and can’t get rid of him, but a mortal can. Thus Ben becomes a pawn in the grand game.
We shall see.
The first scene of the finale is such a game changer. It blew my mind, totally out of left field. I am hoping we see more of both Jacob and un-Locke/Nemesis/Esau/He Who Shall Not Be Named in S6.
ReplyDeleteI agree about Juliet. The whole divorce/fear of losing Sawyer motivation was very rushed, and just thick enough not to collapse under the pressure of the episode. But the emotion of the final sequence was intense.
Your thoughts about Ilana w/ plastic surgery, etc. are stunning. I had never been able to reason out anything about her before (is she working for Jacob, or un-Locke? Which one is the "he" who is no longer in the cabin she refers to? (I do hope it's not really Ana Lucia, ugh.)
Your concise theory in sum is on target logically, and compiled much more quickly than I was able to get my head around the events. Also, your foresights about both Renaissance-Locke not actually being Locke and Jacob mayhaps being the true evil one are astute, moreso than I was.
See two posts on my blog for further thoughts.