Missed the show on Tuesday, just caught up (after reading a spoiler on twitter...grrrr). Some thoughts -
Remember, when Togan sent Sayid to kill Flocke he told him (paraphrased) "you must kill him before he speaks." Flocke walked up to him in the jungle and said something, then Sayid shoved the dagger in Flocke's chest, which did not kill him. Now, I don't know about Jacob, whether or not he spoke to Ben before he killed him, we'll have to watch that part again.
Jacob did speak to Ben. He says 'What
about you?'. The whole having to kill before you are spoken to thing is pretty interesting. It's like, after someone with evil intentions speaks to you, you lose your free will.
I'm not convinced the show is about good vs. evil as much as it's about faith (Jacob) vs. reason (un-Locke).
There are a number of themes/battles in LOST. Good vs. Evil is the obvious and boring one. There is also Destiny vs. Free Will and Science vs. Faith, among other ones.
No matter what they do, it will probably be the biggest disappointment in TV history.
With a heavy heart, I agree. There is just too much buzz about this show. But I believe no good show can be ended appropriately. I loved the Sopranos ending, but I feel like I'm in the minority.
I think it's something related to Hugo too. He was afterall the one who was "told" the "numbers". I think he'll wake up on the plane with this all being a dream, or as you said, psychosis.
The producers have said that the Island is not an element of Hurley's mind.
I was intrigued by the certainty with which Flocke promised Claire she'd be with her son and Sayid would be with Nadia. What if the purpose of these flash-sideways is that Flocke can pluck people to and from these realities, or provide new realities, so that Claire can be with Aaron and Sayid with Nadia.
They introduced something like this in the other Abrams show, Fringe. **MAJOR FRINGE SPOILERS AHEAD** It turns out that one of the main characters actually died when they were a kid, but his father went to an alternate timeline and 'plucked' the kid back the normal timeline. It's like he never died at all. **END OF FRINGE SPOILERS**
I have been thinking that this is exactly the direction they are going in right now in LOST.
Seems like the characters are dividing between Team Jacob and Team Edward ... oops! wrong universe ... Team Smokey. So will it be a faceoff? Sayid vs. Hugo? Sawyer vs. Jack? Which side does Ben pick?
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From the next episode's scenes they showed, it looks like Ben is going to get killed off next week. They say he 'finally meets his demise'. I thought it was interesting they would just go ahead and tell us this. Hopefully it isn't true, I love Ben!
A faceoff is exactly what's coming. I am thinking it is either going to Jack vs. Sawyer (as the new Jacob vs. MiB), or Flocke (as the original MiB) vs. whoever is 'coming' to the Island.
/aaand inhale