Finale spec
I am going to call this “speculation” as opposed to “theory” — after watching last night’s episode, I am nowhere NEAR ready to actually theorize yet. I need to rewatch it a few dozen times to do that!
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE LOST S3 FINALE YET, GO NO FURTHER!!!
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I think that Locke is in the coffin. Most of the board spec has said they think it is Ben, but I honestly can’t imagine them EVER getting Ben off the Island, dead or alive. And it would make sense — there were NO attendees of his funeral, yet Jack felt compelled to be there and was upset when he read the obit. Plus, Jack and Locke are yin and yang — they are each other’s antagonist. They have both been leaders of the Lostaways, but both have continually led the groups in opposite directions. IF their being rescued was some kind of life altering mistake, then that means Locke was RIGHT. Locke dying before Jack could make it right again would be devastating to him.
Second speculation (which is more theoretical) regarding Jack’s allusion that his father is alive in this futureflash — right now, I’m leaning towards alternate realities. Desmond was told by Ms. Hawking that “the universe has a way of course correcting.” Desmond did not alter his decision to leave Penny, because of what Ms. Hawking said to him — but on the Island, he repeatedly tried to stop Charlie’s death…even though he knew it would alter things and would become an inevitability. What if their rescue disrupts this natural course? And either sets them back to a time right before the crash, or changes what happened before the crash.
So so so many things to play with for the next 8 months, eh? Must go rest my brain now…