[Scotswife]

Did you see the beginning of the show when Jacob and the other dude were talking, and the dark haired guy said he wanted to kill Jacob and would find a “loophole?”

so -I’m thinking dark haired dude is the smoke monster, because we’ve seen the sm imitate appearances of others before.

So - Locke is dead. New Locke has to be dark haired dude who found a “loophole” - (which is why Richard tried to enforce the one visitor only rule)

Jacob pretty much egged Ben on.

I think that Alana - similar to Jacob and dark haired dude - is some sort of super-being - immortal whatyamacallit.

[cherry]

I'm confused about Alana......when did she become more than just the cop taking Sayid back to the states?......I like her a lot.....but then again I liked AnaLucia,Charlie,Juliet,and Daniel, and the black preacher dude....forgot his name......

all I want is a happy ending....James with Juliet....Dez with Penny and their son......Daniel happy!...

[WV Mountain Mama]

Smoke monster being Locke. Wow. Never in a million years... the loophole comment made me think that something weird was going on, and I figured that the first scene was important or it wouldn’t have been on.

Here’s a question. What happened to the kids that were taken? I did see a couple of shows in season one and didn’t a brother and sister get snatched? Shouldn’t they be with Richard?