Magic Lamp

Thanks to Andy for telling me about this!

quick note: Desmond is wearing a wedding ring on his left hand when he talks to Jack on the plane. That probably means in the “LA X” timeline, he married Penny, and went against Widmore’s wishes. Here’s the question: Does Widmore exist in this timeline?

I’ll get a picture up as soon as I can.

Update:

Here’s the ring:

The Last Episode of LOST Airs on May 23rd. Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof announced that on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Spoilers ahead

Who was in that cabin that had the ash all around it?

If it was Jacob, why was he in there? Why would someone put ash around the cabin, if he was unable to be harmed by the Man in Black?

If it was The Man In Black in the cabin, it’s obvious they’d want to contain him, so it all point to him being the one stuck in that cabin.

The problem with that theory is something that was revealed in last night’s season premiere: The Man In Black is the smoke monster. We saw the smoke monster numerous times over the last few years, so the Man in Black couldn’t have been in the cabin. If he had been, the circle of ash would have kept him in there.

SPOILERS

You know what we should be really asking ourselves about the sideways timeline?

If the island is underwater, what the heck happened to Jacob and the Man in Black?

I don’t think we’ll find out until later, but my suspicion is that since The Island is underwater, the Man in Black is now back “home”, and whatever that means, it can’t be good.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

It’s great to see LOST back, and it was great seeing the new episodes!

OK… a bunch of random thoughts:

It appears that the narrative Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (the producers of LOST) are going to use this season is dual timelines: One where Flight 815 never crashed, and the other which picks back up where last season left off. Are these timelines going to converge?

One of the biggest questions was answered: What was the smoke monster? The Man in Black. Of course, in true LOST fashion, a new question cropped up. He told Ben that he wanted to go home… Where, exactly, is “home”?

Another more minor question was also answered: The ash. The ash was used quite a bit during the premiere, and we saw that it was indeed a protective mechanism. At least, it should have been… didn’t quite work out that well. The real question is, what was the ash at the cabin protecting? Was it Jacob? I think at this point we have to assume it was, but then… why was the ash circle found to be broken when Ilana saw it last season?

Killing the Man in Black will be difficult…. notice how the bullets bounced off of him? Anyone attempting to kill the Man in Black will they themselves be killed. I don’t think he can kill them otherwise. I think of all the survivors, Sayid and Sawyer in the most trouble in this regard.

The real big thing was seeing Sayid come back from the dead. Did you notice how Miles had a weird look on his face when he was near “dead” Sayid? He realized that something wasn’t quite right. I think this bodes well for Locke… he could be back from the dead too.

Another interesting thing was watching Richard’s reaction when he realized that it wasn’t really Locke. Especially when “Locke” said something about the shackles, which apparently alluded to the slave ship, the Black Rock.

I also thought it was interesting that the “Man in Black” said the Locke realized he had a “pitiful life” before they got to the island. In a way, all the main 815ers did. Locke had an unhappy life after his marriage, Sawyer turned out to be a killer, Kate was on the run, Hurley was bad luck for all those around him, Sayid was a torturer.

One of my big questions is: Does Christian Shepard’s lost coffin have an significance?

That’s it for now. I’m going to watch everything again pretty soon, and write some more thoughts after I do.

What did you think of tonight’s show?