Jacob's Cabin

The day is finally here, ladies and gentlemen. Today is the day it finally ends. I woke up this morning and felt kind of bummed. I don't want Lost to end, it's like losing a friend. One thing is for sure, it's been a memorable six years.

No matter what happens tonight there is going to be a bunch of people that will be disappointed with the ending, because they didn't answer all of their questions. I've known for a long while that they can't possible answer everything and still make good TV. In fact, I didn't really want them to do an "all answer season," that would've been pretty boring. But I think we've had a sufficient amount of answers given, and I'm actually pretty satisfied. Sure, there are some fuzzy subjects, and maybe some things when re-watching the series that might not add up, but those are things you will still be able to theorize about, which has been one of the best parts about watching Lost from the first day it aired.

One thing I just can't understand, is how everyone is saying "if the end is crappy, it will ruin the whole series for me." A. The only way it could ruin the entire series for me is if it turns out to be Hurley's dream, or they are in a mental institution, or all in a snow globe type of ending. And that still probably wouldn't ruin the entire series. I would still love Lost, I just wouldn't love the ending. B. If you've been watching Lost this whole time just for the very last episode, I feel sorry for you. I've been thoroughly entertained for years watching Lost, and the last episode won't change all of the good times I've had watching the show. C. Bitches gon' bitch.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not making excuses for the show. I think this season has been great! There has been some thing's that I would've done differently, but not much. I'm super excited for The End, it's going to be awesome. I'm mostly intrigued by what is going on in the Sideways universe right now, if you can even call it a universe. I think that is going to be the big reveal for the last episode, the relation between the Sideways and the Island timeline. The thing that I wan't to happen the most, is character resolution. That is really what has made the show good. Mythology is great but when it comes down to it, Lost is about the survivors of Oceanic 815. How does their story end?



It's almost pathetic to think about how much I love Lost. But it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one out there. It's been a great journey, I've been with you from the very beginning and it's definitely a bittersweet ending. Fair well, Lost. You shall be missed.

First of all, Lost is awesome. I might as well leave it at that, but I'll go ahead and say some other stuff that you don't care about. I haven't blogged for a few weeks now. I really have no one to blame but myself, but I'm going to blame school. It's the end of the semester and other things have been occupying my time. So I'm going to keep this one short and sweet. But next week prepare to have your faces melted off with sweet-awesome bloggyness (yes, bloggyness), because I won't have anymore lame projects and papers. So, by no means have I given up on Lost.

Things are getting pretty crazy over in Flashsideways land. Desmond is playing a huge part in this now. I was wonder what kind of role he'd play because he was hardly even in season 5, but Eloise Hawking said that The Island wasn't through with him. Desmond is one of my favorite characters and The Constant is also one of my favorite episodes. Last weeks "Happily Ever After" was sort of a Constant part II in my opinion, and I though it was pretty darn awesome. The end of "Everybody Loves Hugo" was insane. Desmond runs over John Locke in the Wheelchair?! That was nuts. Is he trying to give him a glimpse of his other life? Or is it something else? I don't know but I'm eager to find out.

Next weeks trailer is the best episode trailer I've ever seen. If you didn't see it, here you go. I know some people don't like watching these things because they might have spoilers, but I don't think they ever give anything away. But either right now or next week, you need to watch this thing.

"They're certainly not showing any signs that they are slowing!" - True statement

While on The Black Rock, a storm hits. One of the slaves sees the island and the statue and thinks that the Devil is guarding the island, or something like that. The next thing you know the ship is flying towards the statue Taweret on a huge tidal wave. 



The ship wrecked a mile inland, and MIB later tells Richardo that his ship did indeed brake it. Well, I'd like to think that it was the giamongous tidal wave that did most of the damage. It's just hard for me to believe that not only did the ship stay mostly intact after crashing a mile inland on an island, but before it did that, it toppled down a hundred foot plus statue. Either that or it was just really poorly built and The Black Rock really does stand up for it's name. 

Cheese curds... Oh yeah, umh... ... In the lastest episode of Lost entitled
"Dr. Linus," there are some bombs, some Bens and some blackmail. Here we go. 

Initial Thoughts: This episode was probably one of the most dramatic episodes since season one, at least that I can remember. There wasn't a whole lot revealed and it didn't really have many "shockers" until the end. But the acting and the internal struggle of Ben was unmatched. When the writers said that this season was going to be similar to the style of season one, I really didn't know how they were going to do that.  But this episode was a really good example of how they did, especially at the end when they went into slow-motion piano playing mode. I almost shed a single tear. 

In the Flash sideways we had already known that Ben Linus was a school teacher from "The Substitute," but that was about it. Ben apparently has a doctorate in modern European history, or something like that. So it's DR. Linus, please show some respect. Alex is one of Ben's best student's for some strange reason, and he helps her study for the AP test.  Some shady biz-nas went down in the sick room and Alex tells Ben about it. Time for scheming Ben to take charge and capitalize on the situation. What I liked about this is that Ben was basically in the same situation when Alex died on the island, except to a lessor degree. Ben could either try to call the principals bluff and risk "torching" Alex, or he could step down and lose power. We all know that on the island Ben tried to call Keamy's bluff and that didn't work out to great for him. It was good to see him make the right decision in this flash sideways. 

Meanwhile on the island, Ben is put into custody by Ilana after Miles uses his psychic skills and finds out that Ben did kill Jacob. Ilana makes quite a clever contraption to tie Ben up to a tree and then forces him to dig his own grave. That is a bummer. I would probably just have them kill me if someone told me to dig my own grave. Anyway, out of nowhere appears Locke. Or as I'm going to refer to him as in this episode, Darth Locke. Darth Locke uses the force and frees Ben from his leash and tells him to meet him on the Hydra island, where they are planning their escape. Ben escapes, but chooses to stay with team Jacob.

These are not the Losties you're looking for.

On the other side of the island, Jack and Hurley run into good ol' Richard Alpert. Richard seems to be having a hard day. He wan'ts to die, but can't. He says that because Jacob touched him (Jacob is sounding more and more like a pervert with every episode. First peeping tom and now this.) his touch is considered a gift and he can't die. They travel to the black rock where Richard plans on blowing himself up. They don't go right out and say it, but it is implied that Richard came from the black rock, most likely as a slave. Hence the, "good to see you out of those chains" comment from MIB. No huge surprise but yet not clear yet. Jack takes this opportunity to show how bad A he is, with an old fashion show-down... dynamite style. 

Jack wins the show-down, I guess, and Richard's faith is slightly restored. Obviously Jack has a purpose on the island. They decide to start from where they came from, the beach. They are then reunited with Ben, Frank, Ilana and crew. This was a very happy scene. Happy music, happy hugging, and happy dancing probably. But this is Lost and they can never end on a happy note. Just as you thought the episode was over, no, wait, something pokes out of the ocean and starts spying on the Losties. I honestly thought it was going to be the terminator in the sub, but it was our good old buddy Charles Widmore.

Questions: After this episode there are only a few questions on my mind. So basically none of the candidates can die? What the heck? So they could never die the whole time we've know them? Or is it just Jack that can't die? Because Dogen seemed to think he could when he tried to swallow that pill. Also, Sayid seemed pretty much dead at one point and he's a candidate. Or is that why he didn't die? Another question is when Ben talked to his dad in the FS and they talked about being on the island. Well we are lead to believe that the incident was the cause of the fork in the timeline, which seems likely because Ben was about 14 when the incident happened. But then why did he leave? 

As I stated before, this really was a dramatic episode. I've always been a fan of Ben, so it was good to see him get some redemption. And I just loved seeing him scurry into the jungle while Ilana was chasing him. Classic. Well, that's all for this week folks. Until next time, I'm Miles Straume and I am now a rich son of a gun.

Well I slacked on this week, folks... My bad. Don't worry, it won't happen again.

All I have to say about this episode is...
END OF ACT I

The end scene was pretty epic... Yes, epic.
Here's a refresher.

To hell with Dharma Beer, it's all about the Dharma Whiskey in the latest episode of Lost. In this Locke-centric episode entitled "The Substitute," new insights were revealed about Jacob, MIB and the numbers, along side some intense entertainment. Shall we discuss?

Initial Thoughts: This episode was leaps and bounds better than "What Kate Did." I was fairly positive it would be, nonetheless I was relieved when it was. If I were to rate this episode, I'd give it a 23 or maybe a 42. I think the whole MIB storyline is probably the most intriguing part of Lost right now. In my opinion the personification of the smoke monster was a brilliant idea. It's not the island's ghost or nano technology, it's human... or at least used to be. To be quite honest, during past seasons, I thought the monster wasn't going have much to do with the end story. Boy was I wrong. Second of all, I think this episodes flash-sideways was actually quite entertaining. I was semi on the fence with the whole idea, but this episode made me think twice. It has a similar feel to that of the first season, where they did a lot of character building. I like it. As far as it connecting to the island timeline, I think I'm just going to take it for what it's worth and stop worrying about it. Also, I know that sooner or later it will connect, and this being the last season, I really want it to surprise me. So as for now I'm not even going to touch parallel universe theories. M'kay?

John Locke doing an Evil Kneivel out of his van was super funny to me. I'm sorry, but it was. I hope I'm not the only one who thought so. Anyhoo, the sprinklers come on and it's a lot like the first season when Locke is basking in the rain. Later Helen says something to John about having his dad come to the wedding or something like that. Also on his desk at work there's a picture of Locke with good old Anthony Cooper (see image below). It seems that John has a better relationship with his dad in the flash-sideways, which begs the question, how would blowing up the island do this? Even the "Jacob's touch" theory (mentioned by Darth Vader Don in the comment section) is under question because Jacob didn't touch Locke until after his dad pushed him out of the building. And then there's Ben and... Ah crap, timeline theory... moving on. Generally Locke seems to be pretty happy in this timeline. He even accepts that he can't do some things. Although part of me still misses the man of faith. Oh, and Randy's still a douche.


Here's another easter egg you might have noticed. The lady that interviews Locke for a job, (the first lady, not Rose) was the psychic in the episode "Tricia Tanaka is Dead" were Hurley's dad take's him to convince him he's not cursed. It seems that they are bringing back everyone single actor that has ever been on Lost. I'm Serious. Mark my words, Nikki and Paulo are going to be in a Flash-sideways sooner or later. Mark em'!


Alrighty, on the island some weird shiz is going down. For example Sawyer is binge drinking and listening to Iggy Pop and the Stooges. Crazy, I know. He joins up with the MIB and they embark on a magical journey. So first off, a kid appears out of nowhere with blood on his hands and again later to tell MIB that he broke the rules and he wasn't supposed to kill him. This kid is weird. Who is it? I think the most obvious answer is young Jacob judging by his appearance. But it's seems almost too obvious. Another theory I've heard it that it's an older Aaron. Who knows. What do you think?

Number	Name	Information
10	MATTINGLY	Probably the US army soldier whose uniform was stolen and used by an Other in 1954.
20	ROU?	Probably Alex Rousseau or Danielle Rousseau.
29	BRENNAN	Probably the Brennan from the science expedition.
31	RUTHERFORD	Probably Shannon Rutherford.
33	MARTIN	Probably Karl Martin.
42	KWON	Sun-Hwa Kwon and Jin-Soo Kwon both met Jacob when during their wedding when he congratulated them and advised them to keep their promises. Both were touched by Jacob simultaneously notably on their shoulders. The Man in Black indicated one of them was a candidate but was unable to identify which one. KWON may also refer to Ji Yeon Kwon, the daughter of Sun and Jin, who was conceived on the Island.
55	BURKE	Probably Juliet. Her death occurred after Jacob's, so her name would have to have been crossed-off before her death or after her death by Flocke. Could also be her late ex-husband,Edmund Burke.
64	GOLDSTEIN	Unknown.
90	TROUPE	Probably Gary Troup, a deceased survivor and author of Bad Twin
115	BARGAS	Unknown.
117	LINUS	Probably Ben Linus, or his father Roger Linus
119	ALMEIDA	Unknown.
147	LEWIS	Probably Charlotte Lewis, or her parents David and Jeanette.
171	STRAUME	Probably Miles Straume.
175	COSTA	Unknown.
195	PACE	Probably Charlie Pace.
197	SKECKLER	Unknown.
202	HARGGUS	Unknown.
222	O'TOOLE	Unknown.
231	AMISTAD	Unknown.
233	JONES	Probably the US army soldier whose uniform was stolen and used by Charles Widmore in 1954.
251	YARIS	Unknown.
272	ORALINGO	Unknown.
282	AGUELLA	Unknown.
285	JENKINS	Probably Steve Jenkins, a survivor who died in the flaming arrow attack.
291	DOMINGO	Unknown.
301	MARS	Probably Edward Mars, a survivor who died shortly after crash.
313	LITTLETON	Probably Claire or Aaron.
317	CUNNINGHAM	Probably the US army soldier whose uniform was stolen and used by an Other in 1954.
321	FERNANDEZ	Probably Nikki Fernandez who was on board Oceanic Flight 815 but later killed.
335	HENDERSON	Probably Rose Nadler, the only known Henderson (maiden name).
346/396	GRANT	Unknown.
761	FARADAY	Probably Daniel Faraday.
	AGUILA	Unknown
	CHANG	Probably Pierre or Lara. Miles is separately listed under Straume.
	GARNER	Unknown.
	GOODSPEED	Probably one of the many of Goodspeeds, who include Horace, Amy, Olivia, and Ethan.
	LACOMBE	Probably the Lacombe from the science expedition.
	PICKETT	Probably Danny Pickett or Colleen Pickett.
	REYNOLDS	Unknown.
	SULLIVAN	Probably Sullivan, a survivor who died in the flaming arrow attack.
	...ZKI	Possibly Stuart Radzinsky or George Minkowski.