Lost 6.05: Lighthouse: Second Thoughts

OK, it occurs to me I don’t always blog the things I say out loud. So for example, I said Tuesday night that the writers have still not said MIB’s name. The build up to this name is so huge at this point. Whatever it is, apparently the writers believe it is a huge reveal. It’s hard for me to guess at this point what could possibly be revealed in a name that is so important that it should be guarded so closely. I mean, it’s not Voldemort. Or is it? Obviously it could be something that will give away the whole game too early (a name that is tied to a character in some other piece of literature, the plot of which is the ending of Lost? A historical figure who did a particular thing that will give away who the good guy really is?). Really, I guess that’s the only option. It could be lameness on the part of the writers, but I’m not counting on it. Also, I would almost be happy if he was nameless in the end. His name may be as ever-changing and forgotten as smoke, even to MIB.

In other names, I saw one was “Friendly.” Why did it never occur to me Tom’s actual last name was Friendly? Did they facetiously name him Mr. Friendly then later decide it might as well be his canon last name?

These last two paragraphs remind me, Claire called MIB her “friend” and Jacob had called him an “old friend” and definitely the relationship with Richard was something like old friends. Just pointing it out.

Adam and Eve. Hurley, as usual, speaking for the fans: Are our Losties going to be Adam and Eve via the time-traveling loophole? Of course, quite possibly. I’ve been saying either Jacob or MIB was a woman and these are actually their bodies. Why not!? The black and white stones indicate they may have at least been aware of the rivalry, though. And these are the guys that we’ve been told are the proof that Darlton knew where they were going with this all along.

The Lighthouse. OK, so why DIDN’T anyone see it before? It’s a frakkin Lighthouse. Hurley says, “I guess we weren’t looking for it.” Actually, in Looking Glass world a thing that was built to be seen would be the exact thing no one would ever see. Am I right? OK, but what’s the real answer?

Dogen pops into Jack’s life in the sideways world! It’s a guarantee Sawyer and Juliet meet now, as little sense as it might make! WTH was Dogen doing in LA? WTH was Rose doing with a job in LA (as the extras said)? These people are clearly all going to cross paths. Fate/the Island/Jacob/divine chi draws them into each others’ orbits, hopefully in happier ways, but where would the fun be in perfection? Give me some crazy! [I do like R’s idea that maybe this Timeline is something of a reward Jacob bestows after they actually do save the Island. (I worry that you just told me part of the damn end, actually.) He wiggles his way back into their pasts and helps them at other important moments, and this new future occurs. In fact, what if some of the moments we already saw WERE those moments? Idk. Hard to make that work. Meh.]

Jacob says they need to help someone get to the Island? Widmore? Ellie? The real leader? Someone who can actually stop MIB?

Jacob, I still maintain that a dude who is willing to draw people in to kill each other just to prove a point isn’t all that great a guy. And the fact that he’s popped into the Losties lives seems like cheating. Back to the Job thing, I didn’t think “God” was awesome either. He let Satan kill the man’s entire family to prove Job wouldn’t curse God. Seriously? The “greatest” being in the universe, the purest good that ever existed, allowed 12 innocent children to be slaughtered to prove a little point. Jacob is not “white.” He’s probably the “good guy,” sure, but he’s getting to his point in gray ways. What IS his point? He told MIB he wanted to prove humanity was good. MIB is telling people the Jacob wants to protect the Island, although there’s nothing to protect it from. Although in real life, people have lots of objectives sometimes, it helps to have one clear main one in storytelling, so what is Jacob’s? What actual facts do we know about him? He summons people to the Island. He watches them throughout their lives. He pushes them to some goal. He knows they will likely be eliminated one by one throughout the process. He encourages free will, or at least pays good lip service to it. None of this feels like Island-protecting. What else? Most everything else we “know” is actually interpretation from Richard, Ben, MIB, Ilana, etc. Still thinking, but super sleepy…

Jin. Why was he going back to the Temple, again? I mean, now it’s because he lied to Claire and needs help. And MIB meets up with them. Jin gets to lead the Destructors to the Temple. Nice. The Temple is about to be smashed. Jacob successfully led Jack and Hurley away from it, of course. Jack is too important. We got the big foreshadowing of this from Season 3 when no one would accept it. Sawyer and Kate were pawns in the greater game that was securing Jack. Get used to it people. And back to Jack’s world, actually, we are all aware they probably picked a blue-eyed kid for a reason. Juliet could, of course, easily be the kid’s mom.

Damn, I’m tired for now. Night night.