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Wow. Thinking through last night’s Lost, it’s hard to know where to even begin. Here are some initial thoughts about it, although I’m sure tons of people who are way smarter than me will be able to dissect it much better than I ever could.

In the beginning…

• Mother: “Every question I answer is going to lead to another question. You should rest, just be grateful you’re alive.” A warning upfront from the writers: Don’t overthink this thing, just sit back and enjoy the story for what it is. Sorry, we crossed that bridge a long time ago.
• Claudia: “How did you get here?” Mother: “The same way you got here, by accident.” Jacob and the Man In Black’s mother may be the “Eve” from Season 1, but this isn’t a story that directly parallels the Creation story in the Bible. This is a story that has been going on for a long time before Jacob and MIB were ever born. But I think it’s interesting that Mother uses the phrase “by accident”, as opposed to being brought to the island on purpose. Whereas the Losties were chosen, selected, marked and numbered as Candidates, Jacob and MIB are products of mere chance. I think this is significant.

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Random thoughts, theories, and questions from last night’s Lost:

• “Because it’s going to be you, Jack.” The last words of Zombie Sayid before he became Pop-Goes-The-Sayid. A confirmation that Jack is “the candidate”, the numero uno choice to become the next Jacob, a job he seems more than willing to assume.
• “You’re a candidate.” Sideways Jack to Sideways Locke, explaining that Locke could be able to walk again with a new experimental procedure. But…
• I wondered a couple of weeks ago if Jacob and the Man In Black exist in the Sideways world. Such a premise might not be so farfetched after all. Last night’s Sideways storyline showed a guilt-ridden Locke who couldn’t forgive himself for incapacitating his father, Anthony Cooper. Even when he had a chance to walk again, Locke chose the punishment of the wheelchair, a penance that not only caused physical and financial hardship but strained his relationship with true love Helen. By not letting go of that guilt, by not realizing that his father is gone and what’s done is done, is Sideways Locke setting himself up for the same tragic ending that his Island counterpart experienced? More on that in a second.

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