The story goes something like this: we take a break from the lives of Jack, Kate, Sawyer and the artist formerly known as Locke to explore the history of the island. Well, the history of the island’s two oldest residents. The nature of that body of land remains a mystery, and probably will beyond the series finale. This episode took us back to the birth of Jacob (Mark Pellegrino) and the Man in Black (Titus Welliver). From their mysterious birth to their life with their surrogate mother (played by Allison Janney) to their discovery of a well-lit water tunnel that leads to the “island’s heart,” or more appropriately its source of energy. The two struggle with their existence, ultimately coming to blows over whether or not they should leave. That seems to be a problem that’s going around on this island.
As they fight it out to see who will win — black or white (have these guys never listened to Michael Jackson, this all could have been solved so easily) — we get to have a few of our questions answered. Of course, mirroring a bit of dialogue from Allison Janney’s character, for every answer that is given, another question arises. Lets go through a few of these together. Warning: This is where the spoilers begin.

- Is the light the same thing that Ben used when he turned the wheel to move the island? If the woman killed everybody, how did Ben and the others find the light and how much do him and the others (such as Widmore and Eloise) know about it?

- We see Jacob bury his dead brother. So who is the smoke monster? Is he Jacob's brother come back from the dead in smoke form? Or something different?

- Jacob's "mom" made it so the brothers couldn't hurt each other and also made Jacob the keeper of the Island. Who/What gave her these powers? How did Jacob learn what to do after she died? That contraption in the lighthouse looked complicated - was he given a handbook?

- Was the "mom" bad or just misunderstood?

- The light is described as "life, death, rebirth, the source and heart of the island". So why does it appear to be bad?

- Young Smokey could see his dead mom but Jacob could not. Their "mom" said Smokey was special. Is this what she meant? Hurley can also see dead people. Will this make him a good 'candidate'?





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