There was way too much in the fourth last installment of Lost Season Six last night to fully digest after just one viewing, but here's the question that nagged at me toward the end of it:
Was Jack right about Fake Locke (aka Man in Black) being unable to kill the candidates directly? Had faithless Sawyer not pulled the wires out, would the bomb have simply fizzled when the timer ran out, just as the Black Rock dynamite did when Richard tried to get Jack to kill him with it? Granted, that was a different scenario - "the island's not done with you yet" - but we've heard and seen a few instances where the Man in Black appears bound by rules of some sort that prohibit him from knocking off candidates. Therefore, was it Sawyer's actions that resulted in the death of so many regulars? And if that's the way things work on the Island, then how did the Man in Black know that Jack would find the C4 in his backpack before the timer ran out? If Jack doesn't find it, then Sawyer doesn't pull out the wires and the sub sails merrily on its way to freedom and salvation... right?
I hope this (admittedly small in the grand scheme of Lost) mystery gets resolved in the few remaining hours we have left. It does seem rather central to the conflict that's at the heart of Season Six, after all.
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I think they'll address the rules of the island in the next episode, at least to some extent. As for the backpack that was likely just a plot oversight / necessary contrivance.
Overall definitely my favorite episode of the season thus far - you know how much i love it when main characters die!
Like when Buffy died at the end of Season xxxx (sorry, can't remember which one it was and am in too many different conversations right now to go look it up)?
You're just cackling with delight because your least favourite Korean couple is no more... or are they? There's always the Sideways world version of them to follow still!
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