My Serious, Logical Thoughts on What They Died For

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Refers to those who have died of the LOSTaways most notably the Kwons and Sayid the most recent victims.

Ben finally gets revenge for his daughter on Widmore by killing him. This is strange because Ben also invaded Widmore while he was in bed and when Widmore inquired if Ben would kill him Ben said “We both know I can’t do that”. Well, apparently Ben killing anybody is not against the rules so why could he not kill Widmore at his home but could kill him on the island?

QUIZ QUESTION: What cereal did Jack give to Claire in this episode?

Jacob states what we have known all along that these characters were lost in their personal lives. LOST has several meanings: lost literally in geographic space, lost in time and lost in their personal lives.
What did Ben mean when he said that when he summoned the monster that the monster was actually summoning him? Also who told Ben how to summon the monster? Jacob perhaps? Sounds likely until you know that Ben had never actually seen Jacob until the day he killed him.
We learn what we have known all along that Sayid did not kill Desmond showing that there was still at least some humanity left in Sayid. The plan of Widmore was to use Desmond to do something in an electromagnetic experiment. Was it to kill the monster using electromagnetism? He could still do that if Jack and the rest can find him.
We see the monster knock out Richard, but I do not believe that Richard is dead though we never see him again after the monster knocks him. I think it is against the rules for the monster to kill him just like he could not kill Desmond. Why? I do not know. Surely Locke-ness would have killed Desmond if he could rather than just trapping him in a well. Why would he get Sayid to do it if he could to it himself? Strangely Locke-ness has no problem killing other people such as the pilot of Oceanic 815, Eko and Widmore’s men. What makes it ok to kill some but not others? Are some people bad and others good?
Kate was crossed off the list because she became a mother. Perhaps this showed that Kate had something she cared deeply about off the island and that she most likely would not take on the role of Jacob because her heart would not be 100% in it.
I think we see now that Locke was mostly right in what he believed rather than Jack. The man of faith triumphs over the man of science. Jack sees that now and he himself has become a man of faith – a believer in the island. That is why he takes over the role of Jacob now. Strange that the drink that turns Jack into another Jacob is simply water. Also the ghost of Jacob is now materialized in this episode so that he is not just a ghost and can interact with the world around him. Notice how all the LOSTaways can see Jacob. The body count is so high now that it is easier to count survivors of Oceanic 815 than those who are dead. Here are the ones I remember:

Cindy with 2 kids
Hurley
Jack
Kate
Sawyer
Claire
Rose
Bernard
Aaron
Walt
(Vincent)

So that is 12 people and a dog. Did I miss anybody? The last we saw of Bernard and Rose they were in the past. We have no idea if they were transported into the future with the others when the H bomb detonated. If they remained behind in the past and lived out their lives they may be dead.

The alternate Desmond apparently can see the other timeline very clearly as does Hurley. That’s why Hurley knows Anna Lucia from his visions of the other timeline. Desmond it seems gets people to see the regular timeline by causing a traumatic event in their lives that may resemble an event they had in the regular timeline. Somehow this triggers a window into the regular timeline. Once this window has been opened then you continuously get to see the other timeline – that is, the more you remember from it. The regular timeline then seems to be the dominant timeline and the other timeline is a less timeline. That is why those in the regular timeline do not see visions of the alternate timeline. Now what is this thing with Jack getting cuts on himself that mimic what happened to him in the regular timeline. One way to explain this is that Jack is doing it to himself while he sleeps because he is dreaming about the regular timeline. Another explanation is that the alternate timeline is nothing more than a dream of one of the LOSTaways in the regular timeline. That would explain a lot. Another explanation is that the regular timeline is somehow bleeding through into the alternate timeline.

Notice that Jacob says we are getting close to the end and the final episode is called The End.

MY PREDICTION
Somehow DHARMA will be involved in the final episode. I do not know how. My prediction for the final episode is that it ends with Jack taking over the role of Jacob and the monster is still there trapped on the island. In the final scene we see another plane crash in the future and Jack introduces himself.

ANSWER
Super Bran

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