4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
The secret of the numbers is finally revealed? Locke, Shepard, Reyes, Ford, Kwan, and Jarrah all correspond to a number which Jacob tagged them with at a young age? While I doubt that's the totality of this major mystery I am happy to see the numbers return in a big way tonight. It would make sense that the Kwan on the list is Jin considering all the other candidates are male. I wonder if Frank is numbered somewhere on that ceiling.
If I had to guess which of our heroes will take the place of Jacob at the end of this series I would have to put my money on Jin at this point. While Sayid is the obvious front runner, with his recent death/resurrection Jin's survival of the freighter explosion seems even more suspect. The boat exploded with him on it and then he floated in the water for who knows how long before being rescued by the French team.
Richard is scared out of his mind. I did find it interesting that Smokey the Nemesis decided not to kill him when he had him at his mercy. Speaking of scared I think Sawyer might not be as good at reading people as he thought he was considering the mental state of his new friend. Smokey might not be afraid in the same way that John Locke was but he obviously feared the apparition of the boy he saw in the jungle.
It seems that I was on to something at the end of season 5 when I posited that Jacob, Smokey, and the Island itself represented three distinct sources of power in this series. With Jacob gone and 8, 15, 16, 23, or 42 yet to stand up and take his place it seems the island is doing its part to protect itself in the meantime.
If I had to guess which of our heroes will take the place of Jacob at the end of this series I would have to put my money on Jin at this point. While Sayid is the obvious front runner, with his recent death/resurrection Jin's survival of the freighter explosion seems even more suspect. The boat exploded with him on it and then he floated in the water for who knows how long before being rescued by the French team.
If both Jacob and Smokey need to be replaced in order for balance on the island to be restored it would make narrative sense for Jack to become Jacob and Sawyer to become Smokey. It seems like Smokey is grooming Sawyer to replace him (not escape with him as promised) and their is no one on the island that Sawyer hates more than Jack. Plus I got the feeling that Smokey and Jacob were friends long before they were immortal (sort of) enemies.
The off island flash sideways while interesting are starting to frustrate me. I know they will connect to the island in some way big, I just really want to figure out how they connect. Locke as a teacher is a natural fit, if only he could turn life experience into a bona fide certification! Something about Benjamin Linus as a high school European History teacher really spoke to me. It's the perfect job for someone with dictatorial aspirations that never quite got to hit their mark. I say that of course as a middle school World History teacher, which is obviously much different.
2 comments:
I have to say that your comment about being a h.s. history teacher left me in stitches. I'll tell you why in person!!! I'm going to copy your blog and send it to my sister-in-law Denise - hopefully she will give me some thoughts too
Steve you boggled my mind. Which I am 99% sure is the point of all of your Lost posts. I cannot believe you know so much about these characters. More power to you. On a different note, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts. And you have now become, at least in my mind, the craziest of the family. And I am taking the cross country walker into consideration.
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