LOST Season 6 Episode 9 "Ab Aeterno"

Well ladies and gentlemen, this was an episode I had been looking forward to ever since they released the title and centric character many weeks ago. A Richard Alpert episode that would hopefully give us the full history of why he is the man he is today. I also wanted a lot of information about how Jacob and the Man in Black(Smokey) started everything way back then.

... And holy crap did this episode ever deliver everything I wanted and more.

In case anyone wasnt aware, the episode title "Ab Aeterno" is a latin term and it means "since the beginning of time." And boy did they ever stick to that title because we went way back to the beginning of time in 1867 and saw Richard Alpert riding a horse trying to save his wife, Isabella's life. We found out why Richard was a slave on the Black rock ship, and how lucky he was that he learned just enough English not to be hanged. All the slaves were under the impression that they were going to hell and even thought that the Statue on the island was the devil. The Black Rock crushed the statue when it crashed on the island answering yet another question that we all had about how the statue got destroyed.

There are a lot of debates going on about whether or not this ship was the ship we saw coming to the island in the Season 5 finale when we saw Jacob and MIB (Man in Black/Smokey) having their first televised conversation. I think it was the Black Rock in both instances, because we have seen many times the sky go from daytime to nighttime or vice versa right before people crashed on the island (For Example: The Ajira Flight that the Oceanic 6 came back on). Whether or not it is the same ship is irrelevant anyway, the only thing that matters is that the Black Rock is ship wrecked and Richard is now the only one left alive thanks to Smokey wiping everyone else out.

I think a key discovery I made in this episode tells us how Smokey takes the form of so many people. We know that if someone is dead Smokey can take his body and become that person (For example: John Locke).. Well on the Black Rock we see Smokey come up to Richard and start flashing at him almost like taking photographs of him. I believe this is Smokey getting inside Richards head and getting images from his head... so Smokey got the image of Isabella from Richard's head and eventually turned into her which would make it easier for him to manipulate Richard into killing Jacob. MIB(Smokey) eventually convinces Richard to kill Jacob with the knife and says the same quote that Illana told Ben when Ben was about to kill Smokey... "as soon as you see him stab him, dont let him say anything or it will be too late." Apparently both Smokey and Jacob can be very convincing with their words. Richard ends up talking to Jacob and during that conversation Jacob reveals some heavy stuff about the mysterious island...

Jacob says that the island acts as a CORK to keep evil out. when I heard this I immediately shouted at my TV... because we here at Po's basic knowledge blog accurately predicted the CORK theory several weeks ago, so if you scroll down this page you will see my theory on the CORK... go ahead and scroll down right now and read it, its located under the blog for episode 6 "Sundown"... go ahead and read it so you know I aint lying.. ill give you some time.. ready GO..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Ok now that you have read that, I can move on. After hearing all this about the CORK, it makes me wonder about the alternate timeline we have going on. If the island is indeed under-water like we saw in the season premiere, does that mean that the CORK(the island) has been destoryed and that "evil/Smokey" is out free in the world?? It will be interesting to see how all of this ties together, but for the first time all season I see a glimpse of how they could tie together the alternate time line with the real time line.

*** Random side theory: We all now know that Jacob lives under the Statue. It has always confused me then why he would have a cabin in the woods. I now think that all the scenes we saw with the cabin didnt have Jacob inside at all, but instead it was Smokey. This is why the cabin was surrounded by ash.. to make sure Smokey stayed inside. Maybe Smokey was trapped in there at certain times and that would explain how Jacob would be able to leave the island all the time like when he was out touching our Oceanic 6. It would also explain why Christian Shepard appeared in the cabin so many times (It was Smokey in his body). And may finally have answered the question of why we heard the mysterious "HELP ME" come from the cabin when Locke and Ben first went inside. I really hope they explain everything about "Jacob's" cabin. Because by turning into Christian Shepard and telling Locke he has to move the island it would prove that even when trapped by Jacob, Smokey was still manipulating people into doings things as part of his master plan to one day kill Jacob.

A lot of symbolic things going on at the end of this episode. Richard was going to go join Smokey, until Hurley and Isabella convinced Richard to stay with Team Jacob. And then the final scene when Jacob sat down with MIB(Smokey). I love the fact that these two always talk like they are best friends yet hate each other to death (Exchanging good mornings, always offering food to the other one, playing jokes on the other by handing each other white/black stones, etc). Jacob handed MIB the bottle of wine, and MIB said he would eventually figure out a way to kill Jacob... he then smashed the bottle of wine and shattered it which I think was symbolic of him killing Jacob, and seeing all the wine go free from the bottle was symbolic of MIB one day becoming free of the island. THE END.

Next Week's episode is called "The Package" and will tell the flash-sideways of Sun & Jin...

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LOST Season 6 Episode 8 "Recon"

A stunner right off the bat here, Sawyer being a cop! Wow. And even though I know other characters are going to be tied into others flash-sideways, it was still a big surprise to see Miles working as Sawyer's partner. A very solid flash-sideways again this week, Sawyer is still on the hunt for Anthony Cooper and seems to have become a cop so he could easily track down the man responsible for making his life hell. I wonder if Sawyer will actually catch Anthony Cooper because of John Locke, much like the way Locke helped Sawyer kill Anthony Cooper on the island. Everyone keeps saying the flash-sideways are irrelevant, but each week the flash-sideways are tying into the island timeline more than people know. We see Sawyer track down Kate at the end of the episode, and he remembered her from the elevator at the airport. We also see a connection being re-established between Sawyer and Kate on the island, so similarities are happening here.

I was pleasantly surprised to see the Widmore storyline off and running so soon. Normally they would show us Widmore coming to the island in one episode, and then we wouldnt see him again for 5-6 episodes, so seeing him right away was great. It would seem that Widmore knew that Sawyer would be coming to Hydra Island, as his people were expecting him to show up. Sawyer was captured and taken to Widmore where they made a deal that seemingly would set up Smokey(Locke) to be captured. I still cant tell who's side Widmore is on, but the upcoming confrontation with Smokey(Locke) is very enticing to me.

Well, it looks like we have another huge mystery developing here. There was a big focus on what was TRIPLE LOCKED in that room on Widmore's submarine. Sawyer stopped and asked what was in it, but of course we got no answer. Hopefully we get an answer sooner rather than later, but some preliminary guesses are that it could be a person?? Desmond? Or something that will be used to kill Smokey(Locke)? Who knows.

People seem to be questioning Sawyer's motivation in all this... what gets lost in all this chaos is the fact that Sawyer has actually been on the island the entire time- not many remaining sane people can say that. He originally crashed in 2004. Spent almost a year on the island before he started time traveling. Then spent 3 more years living in the Dharma Initiative. Then flashed back to 2007 after the bomb "went off". And now is trying to leave with Kate on the submarine. So Sawyer has been one of the few people who have been stuck on the island since Season 1.

Next weeks episode looks very interesting, and has been an episode I have been waiting for for a long time now. The back story behind the mysterious Richard Alpert will be revealed, and along with that maybe some long time mysteries of the island will be unleashed.

Good Luck to everyone on their March Madness bracket, and enjoy this openeing weekend of games because it truly is the most exciting weekend of the sports year. Until next time....

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LOST Season 6 Episode 7 "Dr. Linus"

Sorry this blog is going to be so short, but I am currently on Spring Break and we finally have some good weather, so i barely have time to punch a blog out this week.

As always I really enjoyed the performance done by Michael Emerson this week. He has evolved so much from the evil, hated Ben Linus- to a guy who we all actually felt sorry for while watching him digging his own grave.

It was a very Season 1-like atmosphere at the end of the episode, seeing everyone reunite on the beach was very emotional and was a great way to end an episode... well ALMOST end the episode.

The episode ends with a submarine heading straight for the island. We look down into the submarine and there sits Charles Widmore!!! Holy crap what a stunner that turned out to be. Widmore has FINALLY found the island and I think he has something up his sleeve to create chaos. Some major storylines are about to unfold here people, just be patient.

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LOST Season 6 Episode 6 "Sundown"

** Quick reminder- Po's Spring Break Poker Tourney is this Saturday March 6th @ 630pm, be there...

Onto this week's episode, big shocker right off the bat with Sayid's brother being married to Nadia. Everything else seemed to be the same about Sayid's past, including his love for Nadia. Very good to see Keamy back, and then dead within 5 minutes of appearing. I think Jin was captured because it had something to do with the watch that Mr Paik gave to Jin before he got on the Oceanic Plane. If you can remember from Season 1 they explained exactly what the watch meant so ill have to go back and watch that episode before they give us Jin and Sun's flash-sideways in a couple of weeks.

Now time for the on-island circus... Im very pissed that Sawyer was absent from another episode, usually when they keep a character off the show for a couple of weeks they always have something big planned for them so hopefully thats the case here. The week after next is a Sawyer episode so we may not see him until then.

I think the conversation between Sayid and Dogen in the temple was an interesting one. It was all about making choices and giving up things that you love for a greater cause. Dogen said Jacob saved his sons life so long as Dogen agreed to come to the island to serve his purpose. Sayid then said that Jacob drives a hard bargain, im not sure he even knew how true his own statement was because it was Jacob who touched Sayid right before Nadia was killed by the car.
This makes me wonder if Richard doesnt age because he made a deal with Jacob that if he came to the island Jacob would give him eternal life.

Pretty cool ending scene with Smokey going crazy and killing everyone he didnt like at the temple. Very powerful scene at the end with Smokey standing tall and his disciples following behind him. Clarie and Sayid have clearly been claimed and are now with Smokey... as for Kate, she just seemed to be following behind not really understanding what was going on. I dont think she has joined Smokey, I just think she is staying close to Claire because she wants Claire to go back to Aaron.

So it seems that our sides are becoming clear. Smokey, Claire, Sayid, (maybe Sawyer?), and the rest of the Others- against the group who hid in the temple walls... Illana, Lapidus, Sun, Ben, and whoever else is on the "good" side... Jack, Hurley, Jacob. Illana seems to know ALOT about the island and figures to be a very prominent character in future episodes.

Jacob knew in advance that madness was going to happen at the temple and thats why he got Hurley and Jack out of there. Jacob wants Jack to be the candidate that takes over on the island, and Jacob needs Hurley because Hurley is the only one who can communicate with Jacob now.

Random Side Theory: After listening to all of Smokies complaints about being trapped on the island, I think the island is acting as some kind of ''cork"(like on a champagne bottle) that keeps evil from going out into the real world. Thats why its so isolated and so difficult to travel to. This is a random theory that needs more support, but hopefully ill get it in future episodes.

Things are really going heat up in the next few episodes, as next week's episode is called "Dr. Linus" which seems to be referring to the fact that Ben is now a teacher in the flash-sideways.
After that we have a Sawyer episode and then a Richard episode, so the month of March is going to be a very interesting ride. See you all Saturday for my poker tourney, and next week for another episode of LOST- "Dr. Linus"

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