Except Ben's memory is going to be wiped.

I'm going to be disappointed if the conclusion of Lost is essentially "definition circular see circular definition".

Every time I open this thread I get more and more annoyed at what awfulness has happend. The show was f'n amazing only a couple of episodes ago and now I'm down in the dumps about it.



I'm sorry guys, I just cannot buy what these characters have done, and even if I could, it means that I now hate these characters for being so f'n annoying and stupid.

True....but the Others seem to keep pretty good records of anyone and everyone associated with the Island. Jack's refusal to operate on Ben may not be a matter of public(Dharma) record; but the fact that someone named Jack Shepard was there at the same time as someone named Sayid Jerral shot him will be........not a stretch to put 2 and 2 together for a smart guy like Ben.

Breaking the circular cycle may just be the whole point of Lost.


:D

Did anyone happen to take a very close look (i.e. pause) at the large hieroglyph at the back of the lower temple where Ben encountered Smokey for "judgement"?

It depicts Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead, who is kneeling to Smokey, presenting him with an offering, most likely a soul.

Also, remember when the woman asked Lipidus, "What lies at the shadow of the statue?"... well, take a look at this wiki entry about the Egyptian belief of shadows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul.

This further reinforces my theories about the Atlantis/Egypt mythology being the basis of the whole "mystery". :)

However, I totally won't rule out the possibility that the island itself is the underworld. (Smokey being the cumulative energy of the harvested souls.)

Also, ever notice how Richard seems timeless (even perhaps immortal)... and he has a LOT of eyeliner... take a look at the heiroglyph of the eye of Horus (king of the gods on earth), the son of Osiris, who is the other Egyptian god of the underworld. Richard just might be Horus...

Which brings us to Ken's theory:

The island is the gateway to the underworld, where souls are judged, as depicted in the hieroglyphs in the temple, and as we witnessed via Smokey and Ben.

That was a great episode.

A couple new theories of mine:

1. Richard (who doesn't actually wear eyeliner, it's just his eyelashes) is what Locke now is. The island resurrected him so now he doesn't age. Locke now won't age.

2. The new losties (Ilana and friends) have been "infected" by whatever "infected" Rousseau's crew. They've been changed into others.

Just FYI, Nestor Carbonell's eyelashes are naturally very dark. He does not wear eyeliner.

Bah! Pirate Bill beat me to it. :)