Its the oldest of battles, Good vs Evil. Light vs. Dark. And Free will vs. Fate.
The MIB is still a confuddling character to me, because after this weeks episode they try to show you the "other side of the arguement".(Im going to play devil's advocate here for a moment, no pun intended)
Lets for argument-sake take away the categorizing colors of black & white. You could argue; What if Jacob was the evil being? The MIB makes compelling arguements against and is also very persuasive. Which then turns into a a whole "he said -she said" push-pull between Jacob and the MIB.
I dont know how I feel about the idea of Richard being "baptized". I guess its a valid observation. We'll have to wait and see if we were right during next weeks "enhanced" episode.
So, i did a little research because im obsessed with looking for little hints and "easter eggs" of information as the producers call it. I thought that maybe there was some importance in us seeing the section of the Bible that Richard was reading while he was in prison: "St Luke". Upon looking it up I found that Luke was invited to become one of the evangelist & disciples to spread the word of Christ. However the word evangelist is NOT synonymous to disciples.
Evangelist:travelling missionaries, occasionally solemnly set apart...They were endowed with a special charisma to preach to those unacquainted with the Christian Faith and pave the way for the more thorough and systematic work of the pastors and teachers. But their office, as such, seems to have extended no further
Now, I see this as foresight for what would happen later on in the hour. So i guess maybe had i paid MORE attention in CCD I could have seen that eventually this would be Richards "job". Thoughts?
The cork and the wine: AWESOME metaphor. Especially at the end when the MIB smashed it, to symbolize his escape.
In that same scene I thought it was interesting to discover (for the most part) WHY the "survivors" are there. REDEMPTION. The same theme that becomes more and more obvious with each episode. Jacob says that the MIB collects those [people] who are corruptible and would do his bidding to kill Jacob. And then Jacob's reasoning for bringing them to the island is for them to right their previous wrongs; "the past doesnt matter here" <--- thats not a direct quote but it was something like that ;) HENCE what I think the flashsideways are (somehow). They are a glimpse into how they would redeem themselves. Double-HENCE why i am ruling out Sayid and Kate to be Jacobs next replacement. In their parallel lives they fell victims to their same poor judgements.
There is still much more to discover with the LOSTies and the island:
Who will be the winning candidate?
WHAT are the specific identifying qualities of each Survivor that brought them there? And why have they been chosen (some of them) since they were kids?
Will Locke/MIB Smoke Guy get off the island?
Will Claire reunite with her son?
Will Jack stop whining?
p.s. please feel free to invite people. You never know what we can uncover. Oh! And yes Kristen, this is a private blog!
ReplyDeleteClaudette, Did you notice in the scene where Jacob gave Richard the white rock to gave to MIB...it was very rough looking and the next scene when MIB had it, it was smooth? I thought I was being super observant and that it was showing us a passage of a long period of time, but it seemed that Jacob and MIB were having their conversation in the original Richard era.
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