Lost!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Yeah, I hardly think they would be revealing the true, true nature of the island with 8 episodes to go. That's the primary mystery of the show. When we heard that, we likened it to watching a procedural show and having the mystery "solved" with 20 minutes left. That mystery ain't solved yet, Dr. House - the patient will start coughing blood in 5... 4... 3...

And for that matter, I'm not convinced this has all been leading up to good v. evil. (But maybe that's wishful thinking, because I don't want it to be!) There have been many, many instances of confusion regarding who is on the right side, who is doing the right thing. "Jacob is the devil. No, wait, it's MIB." We haven't seen clear evidence that either is necessarily good. What we've seen of the pair is the same thing that we've seen of the rest of the Losties. People generally believe that they're using the right means to get to the right end. Unlike the Lost visual metaphors, there is very little black v. white for these characters. Only gray, gray, gray.