I wish all the episode titles were also titles of Weezer songs. What would be some other good ones? Only in Dreams? Say it Ain’t So? Island in the Sun!
Anyways, wow, I really can’t believe that most people didn’t like this episode. People are bashing this left and right on the boards and all the critics are as well. I actually really enjoyed it and thought it provided an amazing origin story to the characters Jacob and the man we’ve come to know as The Man in Black. We found out they are twins, which is by itself a cool revelation. Anyone remember Bad Twin? I wrote a short little review of it here.
My only disappointment is I believe this is the last mythologically-driven episode we’ll ever get because the writers believe we only need to get character resolutions. To me, after 6 years of questions about a Mystery Frickin’ Island, anything that tells us more about the history of the place is cooler than if a character who says 1 line per episode reunites with another character who says 1 line per episode. But that’s just me. I have several gripes with this season as a whole so far (too much time in the Temple, alternate timeline crap) but this episode was solid.
There is one piece that I think most people are missing about this episode, however. The Mother is in fact both the Protector and the Monster on the Island. She needed both Jacob and MIB to be her replacements.
She has obviously been there for a long time, and she never ages. She also seemed to have to die by the ancient dagger that was once provided to Richard as well as Sayid to kill the Monster. She had to have some powers to purge the other people that MIB went to live with, she couldn’t have killed all of them herself. She definitely had monster-like characteristics. She says “Thank You” when she dies, because she is finally free of her job and now her “adopted” sons can be her replacements. One good side to Protect the Source, and one evil dark side to be the security system or Monster that kills all the greedy, corrupt people seeking to use the Island’s power.
Since Jacob has been killed, I believe Jack will be his replacement and either Sawyer or Desmond will be Man in Black’s replacement. Why is Desmond in that well? I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he’s so close to the light again. Perhaps this is the sacrifice he has to make.
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Do you think the mother was literally the smoke monster, or just a monster in how she treated people?
I’m not sure if the smoke monster needs a replacement. What if Locke keeps the position and Jack takes over for Jacob?
A correction for you…Richard was given the dagger to kill Jacob, not smokie. Apparently, the knife can kill either of them…as long as you don’t let the victim speak first, as the man in black didn’t allow his mother.
I will make a post when it’s all over. I’m done theorizing since no one can completely predict what the writers are going to do since they make up “the rules.” I’m just along for the ride.
Yeah I think she was literally the smoke monster.
Good call about Richard. Seems like that was part of the “Rules” between Jacob and his bro. His brother seemed to make up rules and just knew how to play that board game his mom left for him.
I also thought that Mother might be both.