- Yes, Jacob basically caused Sayid’s wife to die — the only case where he actually caused something
bad vs helping the others
— Most of the others were touched to get them to become the people they need to be to come to the island. But Sayid and Hurley are touched/affected to get them to go back to the island

- Clearly, Richard is clearly the “man behind the throne” regardless of who’s in charge — Eloise, Ben, John

- Not just Vincent, but how did Rose and Bernard get to 1977??
- I think you’re mistaken about Rose and Bernard — they definitely will have some key role to play

- Yes, every time we see someone who clearly looks “good”, they wind up being “gray” at best

- Jacob was speaking Russian to Illiana — basically said, “Hello, how are you?” She seemed glad to see him

- I wonder when we’ll find out how she got hurt — maybe some time blast from the incident or perhaps she was another person who “transported” off the island

- I think Jacob was in the cabin, but it could also be a manifestation of the smoke monster — perhaps indicating that different people are trying to “control” the group by being Jacob

- Yes, I think Locke would have been dead if Jacob had not come by

- Jacob touched people to get them to become who they needed to be to get to the island
— A couple exceptions — Sayid is affected (negatively) to get him to go back to the island
— Hurley is also touched to get him to back to the island
— Also the various people Hurley has seen through the years may all have been Jacob or smoke monster manifestations

- Interesting too that later Sayid spends years killing people for Ben that were supposedly responsible for killing his wife, but all he did was kill Whidmore’s people, not the one truly responsible

- The other linkeage we’ll see at some point is Aaron — he’s definitely important somehow

- Kate’s obviously less enthused about “resetting” since it means she’ll be headed to prison and would never meet Jack or Sawyer

- The guitar is definitely Charlie’s, meant for Hurley to take back to the island for either Charlie (resurrected) or Aaron (somehow will be significant)

- Still don’t know why Sun didn’t wind up with all the other people who came back to the island

- What’s the progress that Jacob refers to at the beginning — perhaps Jacob wants to be killed.
— Perhaps he then gets to be resurrected

- “They’re coming” — could be the hostiles, the 815 survivors, the Iliana people, others

I agree. With LOST, it’s best not to make any clear-cut opinions on who’s good and who’s evil.

I hadn’t thought of Prospero from the Tempest. Good thought!!

Can you imagine Ben’s face when he comes out of the base of the statue’s foot and sees the real John Locke’s body?!

Wayne

Wayne