The Incident

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What is the name of Jacob's nemesis?
  2. What are Jacob's nemesis's intentions?
  3. What is Ilana's relationship to Jacob before he visits her?
  4. Why is Ilana bandaged?
  5. What is in Hurley's guitar case?
  6. Who does Jacob mean when he says "they are coming?"
  7. What happens after Juliet detonates the bomb?
  8. Is Juliet dead?

Answers Given:
  1. What healed Locke? From this episode, we can assume that Jacob healed Locke for his own purposes.
  2. How does the Island heal? It seems Jacob heals who he sees fit.
  3. What exactly happened in the incident? The Incident was caused by Dharma drilling into a massive electromagnetic pocket.
  4. How does Richard Alpert not appear to age between Ben's childhood and thirty years later? Jacob has blessed him with the ability not to age.
  5. Why does Jacob not like technology? It seems to simply be a personal preference, but now doubt has been cast on the assumption that the reaction to Locke's flashlight was Jacob.
  6. Where are Rose and Bernard? Rose and Bernard have been living in the jungle for three years, not wanting to join the Dharma Initiative.
  7. How does Locke instinctively know where the Monster is? Locke is not truly Locke, but Jacob's nemesis.
  8. Why did Ilana and Bram ask Frank "what lies in the shadow of the statue? Ilana and Bram knew that who knew the answer would be someone they could trust. Richard replies with "Ille qui nos omnes servabit" which translated means "He who will protect/save us all."
  9. What is in the crate? Locke's body.
  10. Why is Locke intending to kill Jacob? Locke is really Jacob's nemesis.

Follow the Leader

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 by Gideon

Questions Raised:
  1. What is Richard talking about when he says that he watched Jack, Kate, and Hurley die?
  2. Why is Locke intending to kill Jacob?

Answers Given:
  1. What happened to the hydrogen bomb? The bomb is in the tunnels underneath the Dharma barracks.
  2. Where has Sayid gone? Sayid has been in the jungle.
  3. How does Richard get past the sonic fence? As seen in this episode, there are tunnels that cross under the island.