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As Christian Shephard said: Jack: And everyone else, they're all dead too? Christian: Everyone dies, Jack. Some before you, some long after you. Jack: Are they all here now? Christian: Well, there is no NOW here.

Ok, I must have missed a few parts as I was washing dishes as well.

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the mother was both Jacob and the MiB incarnate.

makes sense.

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The creators have come out and said that the Egyptians discovered the Island long ago

ok that is what I thought. I read a little on screenrant and it said the same thing. I just thought that the figure (Tawaret) had a significance since she was fertility god.

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Whitmore and Dharma actually had no role at all in anything.

??? did you watch all the episodes

Really on what scale did they provide anything to the story? If Jacob would have brought Desmond to the island to eventually take the stone out, why didn't he just tell Richard or Desmond himself to do it so he could kill MIB and be done with it and preserve the island. All Charles did was want to get back to the island. He did and didn't provide any help to the story. Really just a fluff piece for intrigue.

The Dharma Init. was the same. They were there but actually had no actual part in the story beside fluff. They were just there to "try" to harness the power.

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Time travel on the island. WTF? Never explained.

If the Jughead exploded and took out the Swan station. What happened to the future? In Fringe, it would change all the timelines and create an alternate universe. I believe JJ Abrams "fixed" that in Fringe.

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Made sure the survivors came to the Island and put a ton of events into motion.

If Jacob could see that far, why didn't he just tell everybody what they needed to know in the first place.

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Jacob couldn't do it, and neither could MIB. He couldn't take the cork out without being killed.

He could have just told Desmond when he got to the island...

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The Island is basically the gates of hell. If the Island sank and was destroyed, darkness would have consumed the Earth. It's not surprising then that spirits of the dead would hang out in a place like this.

So it's basically like the river Styx.

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Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:11 am to Hu_Flung_Pu

Also the actor for Jacob likes to play super supernatural characters.

Do you see what I did there?

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Posted by CocomoLSU

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Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:17 am to Hu_Flung_Pu

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If Jacob could see that far, why didn't he just tell everybody what they needed to know in the first place.

It didn't work like that. Jacob (and MIB) could guide the people, but they couldn't actually do things...it was like they were playing the game (chess, or backgammon since it was popular on the show) and the survivors were the pieces. And they were opposites, so for every time Jacob could show himself to someone or communicate to them, MIB could also do his thing to manipulate them as well.

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Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu

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Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:23 am to Hu_Flung_Pu

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The Dharma Init. was the same. They were there but actually had no actual part in the story beside fluff. They were just there to "try" to harness the power.

I realize they were there to set off the motions for Desmond to not push the button and get the plane down. I guess it's just "off" for me because the show was so involved with them and that is all that is really involved with their story line. They are basically the group that the MIB was with along time ago.

The numbers went to flop also.

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