S6E15 RECAP

L: Lo! . . . was probably the reaction of half of the viewers who thought this back story episode was a stinker, when in fact it answered several daunting questions such as who were Jacob and MIB (brothers), who were Adam and Eve (CrazyMom and MIB), and who created the donkey wheel (MIB and the Roman Others).

O: Obnoxious . . . was probably the vagueness of the answer of what the island is all about. The mysterious "life force" pool which no one is to enter, but CrazyMom was the guardian of, had no context to the 815ers struggles on the island. It was a Star Wars type of answer, but without an application to the actual characters. It also does not explain where the island is located, why people want the light force, how they can get the light force, how they can harness the light force (since people can not add it to their own), and how to fight the smoke monster.

S: Story line . . . the concept of a standard mystery, or a science fiction genre, has started to stumble towards an awkward fantasy explanation for the previous five years of island stories. And this is why some viewers are growing weary and upset that the show is winding up for a major disappointment, with more weak or vague resolutions of the significant issues. It does add one twist to the relationship between Jacob and Smokey. They are not really brothers. Jacob buried his brother. Smokey was the unholy creation of MIB's dead soul and the island spiritual waters. There is no reason why Smokey could not have destroyed Jacob sooner, or why it is still attached to the island.

T: Time line . . . this episode put the island past back to the Roman era, around 250 BC. That means that the Jacob-Smokey conflict has lasted for more than 2000 years without a resolution. It also brought in no reference to "time travel" as a dynamic for Jacob or Smokey to prove their point about humanity.