Geekscape Lost Recaps: The Candidate
I thought last night’s episode was great. No complaints here. There’s not a lot that comes to my head that isn’t already obvious. I’ll fill up this post with significant things you should know, as well as theories.
As a side note, if you haven’t read about Lost’s recent finale time-extension, here’s the news: it’s airing for two and a HALF hours now. It will air Sunday from 9:00 – 11:30, with a retrospective of what’s happened from 7:00 to 9:00.
Jack
Last night we found out that Jack is THEE candidate, and after 13 episodes, Jack finally cries. Even though he is Jacob’s replacement, I don’t think he can kill NotLocke himself. After all, before there was none of him left, Sayid told Jack “it’s going to be you.” How would Sayid know this? The only answer I can think of is that maybe Desmond told him.
Locke
Desmond may have very well run Locke over with his car to help him remember the island. If that’s the case, it seems to be working. As you may or may not remember, Locke told Jack, “Push the Button. I wish you would have believed me.” Back in season 2, no one opposed the Button as much as Jack did. This lead to:
Locke: “Why do you find it so hard to believe?”
Jack: “Why do you find it so easy?”
Locke: “It’s never been easy, Jack.”
NotLocke
He sure was mad when nothing happened after the sub sank. My questions is, how did he know it sank? Can he see other parts of the island? Or was something supposed to happen? It’s clear now that ALL of the candidates, or maybe just Jacob’s replacement, need to be dead before he can leave the island. Once he’s done with them, he plans to fly off the island with the Ajira plane. This is possible due to Locke having taken flying lessons. Take THAT, “convenient plot device” naysayers!
THEORY OF THE WEEK!
Desmond will kill NotLocke. Jack can’t kill him and NotLocke can’t kill Jack. It’s up to Desmond, who the rules don’t apply to, to end the battle between good and evil. But can a good exist without evil? “It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.” -Jacob
