Theory going back to that old rumor that LOST was almost called The Circle. . .

If time is like a record spinning round and round. . .

Is it also like a merry-go-round?

Can you ride it round and round and round - in an endless circuit?  Retreading the same ground over and over - switching horses - sometimes seeing the view from on high and sometimes from down low. . .

As you pass by the people surrounding the merry-go-round may be different - different faces - different actions - but they're all still part of the carnival around you.

And you can ride for as long as you like. . .

But the ride only ends once.  And it's where you end up that matters.

Crackpot theory #2 (non-serious)

If all the supposing is right and Sayid. . .

. . .is now Jacob.

Considering poor Sayid's track record as the 'Adam Cartwright' of LOST. . .

By which, I simply mean that everyone he falls for. . .dies (poor Sayid - he could give Sawyer a run for his money on the 'Most Miserable Luck' Award). . .

Perhaps. . .the defeat of the Smoke Monster is simpler than we thought. . .

Official new crackpot theory - The Island is. . .

I'm sure ten people thought of this before me. . .and other people I've talked to have definitely added pieces that made it much better.  The good parts are probably theirs.  The bad parts that make no sense - those are all mine of course.

The Island is. . .a prison for the creature known as the smoke monster, aka MIB, aka Flocke.

Jacob is the jailer/guardian responsible for ensuring that this entity doesn't leave the island.

Jacob is allowed to pull people to the island (possibly from other dimensions) to aid in his mission.

Those people that he pulls there become The Others.

The Others goal is to ensure that MIB doesn't leave the island but MIB can take on different forms - can look like anyone.

When the plane crashed, even though they knew that Jacob was drawing some or all of those people there, they couldn't be sure who died in the crash.

Because the MIB can take on the form of anyone dead - anyone who had been in the plane crash could be the MIB as far as the Others knew - because they couldn't be sure that the original person didn't die in the crash - and get replaced by MIB.

It would follow that since anyone could in fact be the MIB, you wouldn't want to let anyone leave the island if it was your job to ensure that he stayed there.

That would explain why they went to such extreme measures to ensure the Losties were kept there - they couldn't let them leave in case the MIB had infiltrated somehow in his efforts to get home.

Yes, I'm sure this'll all be blown out of the water by next week. . .but this was my best guess as this point.  :)

E.T.A. - It would also explain why the more they wanted to leave - the less the Others trusted them - because MIB's greatest desire is to leave the island - which ironically according to the definition Jack once applied to Juliet - makes MIB one of them.

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Weekly Quiz - Post your guesses (if you want to. . .)

One week to go!!!

So, I will post my weekly quiz and anyone who wants to post their answers in the comments can play for bragging rights. . .it's sort of a tradition by now.  :)  A tradition that very few people observe but still. . .five questions to start - five points per correct guess.

Let's start with an easy one:

1.)  Did Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley, Miles, and Jin survive the ginormous white flash of light that may or may not have been an explosion?  (We'll leave Sayid and Juliet for another question)

A) No.  It was a hydrogen bomb - no one could survive that - even on Lost.
B) No.  The versions of them that visited the 70s have become so much beautiful dust.  But there's still hope for the child-versions of themselves growing up back on the mainland - or err, somewhere.
C) Yes.  It wasn't an explosion at all you see. . .but a time flash. . .or the record skipping. . .or Jin finally catching a break on this show.
D) Yes.  They survived and we now get to watch Sawyer walllow in grief while Kate wallows in Sawyer and Jack grows another beard and cries some more.
E) Other.  This is Lost - you have to have an Other. 

2) Did Sayid survive being shot? 

A) Yes.  Sayid is made of win.  He can survive anything.
B) Yes.  At least until the bomb went off and they all died together so it was sort of a moot point.
C) No.  Sayid was dead and his body will remain behind when everyone flashes off together ala Charlotte.
D) No.  Sayid lived long enough to realize he was stuck on the island with Jack, Kate, and Sawyer forevermore - so he decided life wasn't worth living and wasted away.
E) Other. . . .

3) Did Juliet survive?

A)  Yes.  Unfortunately, after a chain jerked her down to the bottom of the pit and various large pieces of metal fell on her pinning her to the ground. . .and then of course there was an explosion (maybe). . .she just wishes she was dead.
B)  Yes.  And Sawyer will find her again and they will live happily ever after.
C)  Yes.  But Jack's reset worked so she doesn't know Sawyer. . . fortunately she also doesn't know Jack or Kate so it's sort of a wash.
D) No.  Dead is dead.  Poor Juliet.  Now, she just has to wait around for the cruel writers to kill off Sawyer so that their ghosts can haunt the island together.
E) No.  But she'll be ba....ack.
F) Other

4)  Will someone be pregnant in the premiere?

A) Yes.  The reset worked and Claire's pregnant again.
B) Yes.  Kate's bound to end up pregnant on this show sooner or later - why not the premiere?
C) Yes.  But it's Juliet - in flashback - and it's just to make us cry  - again.
D)Yes.  But it's one of the actual married people on the show. 
E) No.  They've at least spared us that.

5) Will we see the island at all in the premiere?

A)  Yes.  We'll open on the island.
B)  Yes.  But not til the very very end.
C)  Yes.  The whole episode will take place on the island.
D) No.  Because Jack's reset worked and they never went to the island.
E) No.  But they'll talk about it. . . a lot.
F) Other.

Okay, I'll stop.  And maybe I'll have better questions next week.

Disclaimer:  I really like Jack, Kate, and Sawyer.  These quizzes just bring out the worst in me.  :)

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