Lost Revelations

I felt it would be fitting to write my next post on the first episode of season 6 of Lost. First of all, let me share my feelings about the season opener:

HOLY CRAP!! WTF! WHAT THE? HOW'S THAT POSSIBLE? HUH?!?!

Ok, so now that that's out of the way, let's get on to an intelligent conversation and analysis. Lost's season opener was crazy, but it was some what fulfilling. After waiting so long for an answer to the end of season 5, we now have it (or some of it...and more questions!).

Warning, spoilers coming your way!

Ok, so we now know there are two different time lines occurring about 3 and a half years apart.

The first time line consists of Oceanic Flight 815 not crashing on the island, and instead lands as scheduled at LAX. Here are some assumptions/facts/queries about this timeline:

1. The hydrogen bomb seems to have worked and has reset the passage of time.
2. The island is seen as a sunken land mass under the surface of the sea. I am assuming that this is because of the hydrogen bomb and not because of the "special powers" of the island. The explosion may have caused a fault to slip and sink the island into the sea. This is probably the geologist and realist coming out in me, so we will have to wait for answers.
3. Jack is shown to be bleeding when he goes into the bathroom of the air plane. Not at all sure why.
4. Desmond was on the plane, but he was never on Oceanic flight 815 to begin with. He came to the island via sail boat. I am assuming that since the island is no more, Penny was never born as both Eloise and Charles Widmore die. Therefore, Desmond never meets Penny and goes off on a totally new path. How's that sound?
5. Shannon was not shown with Boon on the plane. Boon says he never succeeded in bringing his sister back with him, a complete change from the original plot. Is this part of the grand scheme of things or could they not get the actress who plays Shannon to come back?
6. When Sawyer tells Hurley to be careful about saying he's a lottery winner as people will try to con him, Hurley replies that it won't happen as he is the luckiest man in the world. Strange, as Hurley was once the unluckiest man in the world.
7. Jin is in trouble! I wonder what all that money in his bag is for. Was he planning on leaving Sun, or was this a job for her father?
8. Michael and Walt are no where to be seen on the plane. What's with that?
9. Kate's on the run and Claire is in the middle of it. Who knows where this will end up.
10. The coffin housing Jack's dad is missing. What can this mean?
11. Since there is no island, Juliet never goes there. That leaves Juliet to maybe make an appearance in this new time line. But will she? ABC's new show "V" has started and I am not sure we'll see much of her.
12. Jack gives Locke his bussiness card, saying "nothing is irreversible". While Jack is saying this to Locke about his spinal injury, I can't help but feel that this is an allusion to what they just did (change the course of time) or to what they might do in the future.
13. Since (at least with my theory) that Penny was never born, I will assume that Daniel Faraday was never born and he will not be making any appearances. Although, I hope i'm wrong as I liked Daniel. Coolest physicist I've ever seen.
14. Since the island is submerged, the numbers can no longer be broadcast from the radio tower, meaning that Hurley can never hear them. This may be the reason why he is lucky now.

Time line 2 follows the castaways as they are thrust back into the future, to their own "real" time. Here's my analysis:

1. Sad we lost Juliet, but the story must go on.
2. Interesting that Jacob appears to Hurley and tells them to go to the temple to save Sayid. I'm wondering if Jacob has a plan up his sleeve.
3. The Temple is pretty awesome. It reminds me of a Mayan or Aztec pyramid. This may be reminiscent of the fact that the island has moved in the past and was home to many past cultures. I'm gonna put out the theory that the island was once Atlantis...maybe.
4. Who is Dogen, the Japanese guy who seems to be in charge of the temple?
5. Why was the spring water muddy? What answer did Dogen give for this?
6. So, the man in the black shirt (mib) is the smoke monster and is the fake John Locke. He must have been planning this for quite some time as it seems he is only able to reincarnate himself as dead people. Realizing that Locke is the now the leader of the others, he compels Locke to leave the island and bring back his friends. He hopes that Locke will die so he can assume his identity. It must be Locke as he is in a key position. He can gain access to Jacob and he can persuade Ben to kill Jacob, which ends up happening.
7. I'm wondering if Jacob can assume the identity of the dead too, and if the bodies we saw Jacob and "mib" in earlier were other dead people.
8. I would hate to be Richard right now. He has just led a fake John Locke to Jacob, Jacob is dead and the temple shoots a flare into the sky. He must be one confused guy. Then to top it off, fake John comes up to him and says "nice to see you out of those chains Richard". Richard replies "you" and then fake John knocks Richard out and takes him away. So, those chains may imply that Richard was once a slave, maybe one that came on the ship, the Black Rock, or something completely different.
9. Sayid is back from the dead! Is it really Sayid though, or could it be Jacob! We'll find out soon.
10. Death Count: Daniel Faraday, Juliet and Charlotte are dead.

So, hopefully many of these questions will be answered during next week's episode, so stay tuned! If you would like to watch Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse talk about this season on the Jimmy Kimmel show, check out part 1 and part 2. In this interview they have set May 23, 2010 as the date of the final episode. Also, check out Lostpedia's rendition of the episode.

For your viewing pleasure I present season 6 deleted scenes (kudos to the creator):