Well, her body was on the freighter when it blew up, so if she does come back, I'll be a little creeped out.

Oh yeah! I forgot that too......

But, she could 'come back' in the sideways version where the plane landed in LA.

This site provides an interesting take on who THE candidate might be..

(Although not a definite spoiler, don't read if you don't want to ruin any potential surprises)

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/04/lo...wn-candidates/

What an episode. So sad. At least we know who isn't a candidate anymore... :(

IM SO MAD about Sun and Jin...ugghhh...I feel bad for their daughter..

I was screaming NO at the top of my lungs last night for several reasons...

but also a thought occurred to me.

Could that boy we keep seeing and is looking at UnLock...could that be Aaron somehow?

It was also nice to see Bernard.

I definitely teared up a few times. Wahhhh! There can't be no more Jin and Sun!

Tonight's episode sounds exciting. I've spoiler-fonted anything that isn't considered open.

ABC's description of Across the Sea is simply, "The motives of John Locke are finally explained." Also, none of the regulars from the first five seasons will be in tonight's episode. It's Jacob-centric, and it features a woman who is speculated to be the mom of either Jacob or Man In Black. I think we'll definitely be getting some answers.

Can't wait! :D

I still have questions!!! Aaaarrrggghhh!!!! :frustrated:

now we know where the smoke monster came from and now the question is why

My speculations about the episode:































As usual, the underlying questions the episode posed are about destiny versus free-will -- does everything happen because it is supposed to or does it happen because we make it? One brother represents destiny, one represents self-determination. One represents obedience, one represents defiance.

Prior to the fake-mother's interference (because she truly didn't believe in her heart that the right thing would happen without her intercession), neither Jacob nor the man in black were wholly good or bad. Both of them were hurting because she killed their real mother, but man in black was brave enough to strike out on his own. Jacob felt that the woman was all he had.

I believe that the golden light represents hope, and the island is the cork keeping hope in the box like Pandora's box. Evil had already been unleashed into the world, but if the island keeps "hope" then it keeps it alive in all of us. If it leaves, then hope inside all of us dies and we are lost.

That's very insightful. All I kept thinking was "Jacob is a punk." I like your thoughts better. I couldn't find you to write on your wall during the episode either. :mad:

This episode really made me like MiB more if I could ignore that he's killed so many people. What I couldn't figure out is if the smoke monster is really Jacob's brother, or if it took the form of Jacob's brother after he died? It could be that we still don't know the smoke monster's true identity.

^^ I was wondering the same thing.

Based on the "burial" scene where Jacob arranges the body of his "mom" and his brother, I'm leaning toward Smokie having taken the form of the brother, and not the brother actually being Smokie. It was probably an additional torment to Jacob for the monster having chosen that form seeing as he "killed" his own brother.

How come we haven't seen Benjamin Linus in a while? Did something happen to him? I can barely keep this show straight anymore. Thank God they recap it every week.