Speaking of that, why did Desmond run over Locke. I don’t think it was specifically to show him his island life, because there are so many alternative (and less deadly) ways to show someone their past than ramming them with your car at full speed. I believe it was either to get him to the hospital to meet Jack or to get revenge because he is conscious in both timelines and sees Locke as the smoke monster. We do see in one of the two sneek peaks for next week’s episode (The Last Recruit) that Locke is being wheeled to the same hospital as Sun is, and we can presume Jack works there. Maybe Desmond’s plan is to round as many people as he can up and have his own mini summit of trying to spark their memories. Either way, Desmond was pretty creepy in bizarro 2004. I still won’t discount the possibility that Locke in 2004 will become the vessel for the Smoke Monster to escape from, which may be a reason Desmond is trying to eliminate him.
Speaking of remembering memories. Libby, much like Charlie and Daniel, seem to have a greater insight into the island life, which may be because they’re dead. They are the ones who initiate the talk of this life and show it to someone who is still alive on the island. Libby, specifically, didn’t even require a near death experience, like Charlie and Desmond did, but merely needed to see a commercial. This show is showing us that love will indeed be one of the core components of the ending, as each person is united to their island life by the person the love (Desmond with Penny, Daniel with Charlotte, Charlie with Claire, Hurley with Libby).
We find out about the whispers, which is one of the only things I ever predicted right in the history of this show. So the whispers are not the Others but in fact the dead souls who cannot move on. I think the whispers serve as warning for the living, because we always seem to see them before someone is dying or trouble is approaching. They may be trying to right the wrongs that they’ve done or they may just be helping out old friends. Either way, I think this makes the island a metaphorical purgatory, rather than a metaphorical hell or heaven. People who die remain there because they have issues that were left unresolved, which means the island is a waiting room for all the dead. This may relate to the island being a cork and not allowing them off, and they cycle will most likely be broken with the defeat of the Smoke Monster or with his escape, allowing them to leave as well.
As always, there is the issue of the kid who is scoping out the Man in Black. I think now more than ever that the kid is young Jacob, and his changed appearance makes me think that he is getting older and older until he eventually becomes the Jacob we know. I’m sure the change in appearance was intentional and not a continuity error, which tells us something about the boy and his ever changing appearance. UnLocke is visibly disturbed everytime he sees him, which means the boy may serve as a reminder that he is stuck on the island and can never leave. I think it might be some sort of rebirth on Jacob's part, and if anything the upcoming Jacob/M.I.B centric episode will probably be the one where we find out this boy's identity. His clothing suggests he's from somewhere deep in the past, probably even before the Black Rock landed on the island, which makes me think "Across the Sea" will reveal his ultimate identity. But for now, the newest episode looks intense. Namaste!
"Why so serious, Flocke"
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