Some questions from S5 finale rerun

[propita]

1) If Ben is "The Loophole," was Jacob goading Ben to kill him--or honestly giving him the choice?

2) After being stabbed, Jacob says (I think) "Help me" and "They're coming." At the second statement, didn't FakeLocke/FLocke/MIB look at first worried, then pissed? Was that cause he knew it was Jacob's people brining Locke's body?

3) Is Smokey connected Jacob or MIB? If MIB, is that why Locke was picked, cause he seemed to connect with it before? If MIB, is that why Ben didn't seem to really control it, because he was actually Jacob's follower?

4) Did Ben even know about the MIB? Did Richard?

lots more questions, but if someone can answer those and/or post others, it'd be fun to read in the next week.

 

[Morpheus 02]

Another question...what happened to the statue & when?


They said in the re-run that Ben was telling the truth when he said that the statue was already destroyed when he arrived in 1973. So the "incident" didn't destroy it...what did? And when?

 

[Hober Mallow]

3) Is Smokey connected Jacob or MIB?

Smokey is MIB. At least, that's what's implied by this season's events.

Think about it. Locke is never around when Smokey is. Sun and Lapidus return to the main island, hear the Smoke Monster noise in the woods, then all of a sudden meet Christian. Christian/Smokey tells them, "Wait here for John Locke." Then he leaves, Fake Locke appears with the Ajira survivors, waits for Ben to wake up, then the two return to the main island. They meet up with Sun and Lapidus, and Ben tries to summon Smokey. Then when Ben hears a rustling in the trees and thinks Smokey is coming, John pops out. Smokey never comes, because Smokey has been there the whole time, as Locke.

Then Locke floors Ben with, "That's okay, I know where it lives." Even Ben didn't know that. When asked how John could know this, his answer is, "I just know."

If that's not enough evidence for you, when they go looking for Smokey, Ben falls through the floor into a hidden chamber. Locke tells Ben, "Hold on a sec, I'll be right back." A moment after disappearing, Smokey appears, judges Ben, then appears as his daughter, telling him to do everything Locke tells him or he'll be destroyed." Smokey disappears, and John reappears by amazing coincidence only a moment later.

Speaking of the episode in which Ben is judged ("Dead is Dead," I think) having just rewatched it, I think I've picked up on something I couldn't have noticed before knowing that John wasn't John. It's right after Ben asked John how he could possibly know where the Smoke Monster lives. John turns to him and says (I'm quoting from memory here), "You hate this, don't you? Having to ask questions you don't know the answers to. Blindly following someone in the hopes that they'll lead you where you want to go." Ben says, "You're right, I don't like it one bit." And fake Locke answers with, "Now you know what it was like to be me." Obviously we could apply that to the real Locke, but what if Fake Locke was being sincere at that moment? What if we was referring to himself and Jacob and the rest of his backstory that has yet to be revealed? When I saw that exchange for the second time, knowing John wasn't really John, that conversation really caught my attention. In fact, the whole episode kinda reads differently after you've seen the finale.

Another question...what happened to the statue & when?


They said in the re-run that Ben was telling the truth when he said that the statue was already destroyed when he arrived in 1973. So the "incident" didn't destroy it...what did? And when?

All we know right now is that it was still intact when the Black Rock arrived. We can surmise is was already in ruins in the 1950s, since none of our guys saw it when they were in that time period.

 

[Spot's Meow]

I posted this in the other thread on it but I'll ask here too, when was this rerun?? I have been looking for it yesterday and today and my guide shows Lost only next week.

 

[Alpinemaps]

It was on in Lost's regular spot this past Tuesday night.

 

[Spot's Meow]

Since when is Lost on Tuesdays? I just keep getting more and more confused. Hey, it's like watching Lost!

 

[Jaron]

Somebody at ABC turned the frozen donkey wheel and now Lost is on Tuesday.

 

[Morpheus 02]

Somebody at ABC turned the frozen donkey wheel and now Lost is on Tuesday.

So is it going to be popping at all kinds of different nights, with repeats (including season 1) appearing when new episodes should be showing?

 

[Canadave]

Somebody at ABC turned the frozen donkey wheel and now Lost is on Tuesday.

So is it going to be popping at all kinds of different nights, with repeats (including season 1) appearing when new episodes should be showing?

And midway through episodes, it will flashback to earlier broadcasts.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I'm glad I watched the rerun with the annoying little explanations. I need them! I totally missed a) that Jacob touched all the 815 survivors; b) that he apparently resurrected Locke from the dead after daddy dearest shoved him out the window (the squish sound that Locke made when he hit sounded pretty unsurvivable); and c) that Jacob's nemesis = Loophole guy = New Locke.

Another question...what happened to the statue & when?

I figure the series finale will feature one big-ass KABOOM!