After a lengthy hiatus (both between seasons and after the birth of Evangeline) I’m back.
A day late.
A dollar short.
Until something else gets in the way. ;-)
Here’s a brief recap of things we probably all saw (The Numbers) and some of my pet theories.
Things we all saw/Things that relate to previous storylines:
- The Numbers
4 – Locke
8 – Hugo
15 – Sawyer
16 – Sayid
23 – Jack
42 – Jin
- Music
Search & Destroy by The Stooges. I’m an Iggy Pop fan but I think we can all see the foreshadowing of what that means for the Man in Black and Sawyer.
- Don’t Tell Me What I Can’t Do!
That statement from Man in Black (over Locke’s lips) coupled with Ilana’s statement to Ben that maybe MiB can’t change the way he looks makes me wonder about the secondary effects of MiB fudging the “rules” suggested by the little kid.
Bets on who that kid is anybody? Reborn Jacob? I’m open.
Things I think I think:
- The Substitute
Obviously Locke is a substitute teacher so that’s one meaning.
Locke’s body as a substitute for MiB’s original plans, if ever he had any.
Sawyer as a substitute for MiB’s original escape. Same caveats as above.
Any other hidden double meanings I’m missing?
- Zipper Time
Folks on Lostpedia are calling this narrative device a “flash sideways” and note some of the audio characteristics of the transitional sounds used in the Season 6 episodes. Judge for yourself.
I have my own, similar pet theory: both timelines are working towards a combined resolution that probably/likely turns on another “incident”.
We’ve been told by the producers that the timelines aren’t alternate realities but I think Daniel Faraday’s metaphor of a skipping record (pre-”incident”) is still at play, only now the needle is either playing both sides of the record or two records or ping-ponging spots on the same record.
Hey, it’s not perfect, but it’s what I’m thinking.
Anyhow, I contend that both storylines are true, accurate and even concurrent.
Maybe one is even influencing the other.
Maybe not.
Either way I think that the choices in both stories are somehow playing us towards a resolution that leaves us with only ONE of each of our characters.
Hence: zipper time
That’s all I’ve got tonight.
Better timing next week.
Better thinking next week.
Better blogging as we know more.
Oh, and DAMN ABC and their “the time for questions is over”! I have more questions than ever and we’d better see answers in the last 12 episodes.
Season 6 is 25% complete!
Until next Tuesday!
