Some Thoughts On Lost Before Tonight

A few thoughts on Lost before the episode tonight. I was going to post something anyways, but Doc Jensen's EW article today got me thinking (lots more in the article and definitely worth a read even though most went WAY over my head)...

I always thought of Locke as being in a constant battle with Jack and with Ben. His battle with Jack is based on the Man Of Science/Man of Faith differences. His battle with Ben is more of a head game and power struggle. I have sort of been feeling lately that Locke could be related to one of the two. Here's why:

 

For Ben: Ben and Locke's mother both share the same last name: Emily. Though we know that Ben's Emily died during childbirth, might she have been reborn on the island? Maybe that's why Emily Locke has to resort to drugs and a mental institution. Also, Locke is Ben's successor. Might she have been the person who brought them the gift of leading The Others? Does she allow them to see Jacob when no one else can? If Christian can be alive on the island and have the chance of being reborn, why not Ben's mom? And if she did go back into society, might the drugs/rehab be because she's so distraught over Ben/not being able to go back/Locke's destiny? Seems a little far-fetched, but I could see it.

 

For Jack: It ends up Christian fathered quite a few children. We don't know that Anthony Cooper is actually Locke's dad. We assume so. But we never know where his lies begin and where they end...and he seemed to get Locke's mother in on the game as well. Emily Locke's Lostpedia page says that: At the age of sixteen, Emily was hit by a car on her way to visit the man she was dating, whom her mother disapproves of because he is "twice her age". Couldn't that just as well be Christian (love all the Daddy issues on this show with every character)? Jack and Locke have been locked in a yin and yang struggle from the beginning. Jack and Locke both seem to have a real connection with Christian and with the island. And while Jack has always seemed to be the leader for the Losties, Locke has taken over as the leader for the Others. In some ways, Jack's decision to leave killed Locke. Now he's got to redeem himself by bringing him back to life. Imagine if it turns out that they were brothers...oh boy.

 

Doc Jensen brings up two new, bombshell theories that can throw this all off: Locke as Jesus and Jack as Jacob.

The Locke as Jesus connection is pretty obvious. The sacrifice, death, rebirth (though you could almost say the same thing about Jack). The following. Convincing other to believe and to have faith that things will turn out OK. But how about this one (also from Emily Locke's Lostpedia page:  she told her son that he was very special, and that he had no father because he was "immaculately conceived". Immaculate conception? Sound familiar?

And Jack as Jacob. That would be CRAZY. This may be a stretch but Jensen does say: The Others, who speak Latin, get their orders from Jacob, a derivation of ''Jacobus.'' Which in French is Jacques. Which in English is...Jack. Yep, I'm calling it. Jack = Jacob. And I'll explain what that means to the future of Lost in next week's episode, when the show returns to the Jack-in-the-Dharma-days storyline. Wouldn't that be something?

Excited to see Locke's episode tonight (also excited to maybe find out why Walt wasn't on the plane...). He's actually one of my least favorite characters on the show, but one of the most fascinating and intriguing. And he may be coming back to life tonight.