This LOST episode was a lot different from the rest, and just dealt with the history of the island. So, we will not be breaking this recap from on and off island. Overall I thought it was an OK episode, but overall was a lot slower then previous episodes, but I also believe this episode is necessary to end the show.
The show opens pregnant woman speaking Latin washes up on shore. She is found by Allison Janney, who helps her into a familiar set of caves. After telling her that they are alone on the Island, the woman (Claudia) starts giving birth. Her baby Jacob arrives, then there's a surprise: a twin brother! Jacob is wrapped in white cloth, and MIB in black...hahaha.
Claudina only came up with 1 name, so Flocke (MIB, Smokey, ect) remains nameless. The joyful moment doesn't last long as Allison turns to Claudina and bashes her head in with a rock. Yea, she's THAT crazy.
Time passes and Jacob and Nameless are little boys. Jacob is that blond haired child the smoke monster kept seeing in the woods. His brother finds a game and he starts setting it up. Jacob can't lie to save his life, and his Mother scolds him for it, but then she laughs with Nameless about what an honest little tool Jacob is. She clearly prefers the more ambitious and complicated of the two boys. One day they see men in the forest, and she tells them that men kill and maim and are generally destructive, something Nameless repeats someday as Smokey. She shows the boys a random hole in the middle of the Island with shining light coming out of it, and says they have to protect that.
Nameless is shocked by what he sees, but can't stop himself from asking questions. Like where is he from? Why can't they go into the light? Why do they have to protect it? and so on. Eventually Nameless sees the ghost of his mother and she takes him to a village of humans. Then she tells him everything and he is pissed at his "Mother." He asks Jacob to go with him, but Jacob's the good son even though mommy doesn't love him enough (sound like someone we know, Jack) and refuses to go.
Thirty years later, we see the Jacob and Nameless as we've seen before, and they play their game together and seem to like each other. Nameless is not impressed with humans, but he wants to use them to get off the Island. Eventually Jacob tattles to Mommy and she comes down to see that they've made a well, which leads to the light. Nameless's plan is to put a wheel into the light that will somehow let him off the Island.
Mother bashes Nameless' head into the wall after he hugs her all nicely. She quickly runs off to make Jacob the new guardian of the Island. To do this he must drink from the wine bottle that Jacob used to explain the Island in an earlier episode. Mother apparently knows that Nameless is going to kill her, so she sends Jacob to get firewood, and Nameless stabs her with the special dagger that they keep trying to get people to stab one another with. Oh, so that's why people think that'll work.
Jacob then shows up and goes nuts when he sees what he has done. He beats the shit out of Nameless (how many times has this guy got his ass kicked?). Mother told Jacob earlier that walking into the beautiful light would be 'worse than death', so he decides this would be perfect for Nameless. He throws him towards it, but as he does Nameless hits his head on a rock and seems to die. When Nameless's body hits the light the Smoke Monster comes flying out.
Nameless' corpse is found and placed with Mother's, and it turns out they're Adam and Eve from season 1 in the caves. Ok, that was a lot of chew on, so let's think about this for a minute.
Questions:
- So MIB isn't really Jacob's brother, but has his form. Was it all to just fuck with Jacob? Is he part evil, part Locke, and part nameless?
- What is the light?
- Why is drinking that wine special?
- Did the light go out when the smoke monster came out?
Theories:
- Jack will be the new Jacob (obvious right?)
- Neither MIB or Jacob are really good. Could it just be boredom? Who is to say that Jacob isn't looking for a replacement for MIB? Maybe MIB is the real good guy, because he doesn't want anyone else to experience his life, which is "worst then death".
As always put your theories, thoughts, and questions in the comment section.
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