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Wild speculation: Jacob asked Locke to help him way back in the season 3 finale. What if Locke's method of help is killing Jacob? Perhaps the cabin is actually a prison for him and death is the only release. Given that Locke and possibly Christian were brought back to life by the island, Jacob just might benefit in the same way. And THEN, AFTER he dies, AFTER he's reborn, we'll see his physical form.
A lot hinges on just what the deal is with Locke, Christian, Alpert, the smoke monster, and Jacob. How do they relate?
And I could easily be wrong about this as well, but I don't think Jack will die. At least not yet. He has to meet his dead father face-to-face first. Then again, they were willing to drop the Libby storyline like it was nothing...
And jeez, Alpert and the Others seem utterly perplexed by the time travel thing. The one time Alpert looked calm and understanding, he was under orders from Locke to help Locke. Had they never before tried to move the island? Or was it only this second-to-latest move done by Ben that screwed up time?
I like how the compass formed a causal circle. It's a cool kind of headache. They did Sayid's return nicely, I thought. Kate works well as the voice of sanity. And I loved Ben's reaction to Locke's plan at the end of the episode.
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I wonder if we're stuck in Rome.
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