LOST: The Final Season: Episode 15: Across The Sea

There's a lot going on at work right now so I'm just getting around to this LOST recap so here goes:
OK...what to make of this episode...

 

My first thought on watching this episode is "Oh snap, it's the mom from Juno." We learned right away that Jacob and MIB are indeed brothers. I thought it was great to see a time on the island before Dharma, before Richard, before the others, etc. Right from the start, I was wondering where this woman and her people were coming from other than just "across the sea." How did they reach the island? Were they drawn there? Was Jacob's birth predestined to occur on the island making him the protector that brings everyone there in the future? Just a thought...

So the woman who MIB describes as his "crazy mom" kills his birth mother and raises him and Jacob on the island. She forbids them from going near or taking to the other people from across the sea. MIB wants to know where he's really from and goes to live with them. Meanwhile, their "crazy mom" showed them a tunnel of divine light which she says must never be found by regular humans or else the light would go out and the world would be damned. She warned them that going into the tunnel would result in a fate "worse than death." At the end of the episode, that's just what MIB does (after his crazy mom tried to kill him) and that's how he became the smoke monster.

What we learned from this episode:
We learned the origin of the wheel that moves the island and how it works in conjunction with the divine light and water source surrounding it. We also learned that the electromagnetic anomalies of the island were there all along. We learned that Adam and Eve are "Crazy Mom" and MIB. There goes the theories that it was Rose and Bernard or two of the other Losties. But how can Adam be MIB if he's currently alive and well? Is he a ghost? Finally, we saw that the backgammon game or an ancient version of it was being played in secret by Jacob and MIB since they were teenagers. "Crazy mom" didn't want them playing this game.

Mysterious happenings

• Crazy Mom has Jacob drink some merlot and then tells him they are now the same.
• Jacob buries Crazy Mom and MIB with the black and white stones.
• Crazy Mom manages to cover up the well that was dug by the people from across the sea.
• Crazy Mom manages to kill all of the people from across the sea.

Question: What is it about MIB that the crazy mom saw when he was born that startled her so and clearly favors Jacob over him? Unlike Jacob and Esau from the Bible, Jacob is born first. There goes the whole birthright storyline possibility. This is all about MIB wanting to "go home" wherever his people came from. Another interesting question is why MIB wants to go home so badly. If he never knew the land across the sea, how does he know what he's missing?

OK so there are only two episodes left, one being the series finale. They're going to have to explain a lot more in a short period of time so how that's going to happen I would like to see. It will probably be one bombshell after another...very action packed and comprehensive. I was told that message board posters were not too thrilled about this episode but I've been so busy with work I haven't read them yet. I'll check out what they have to say this weekend.

Here's to an explosive new episode next week and an epic series finale on May 23rd.
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