Lost: Episode 6:15 Across The Sea

after watching this episode i no longer thing that the man in black and jacob represent good and evil i think they are Life and Death, that is why nether of them seem to be all good or all bad, because with life and death there is good and bad, and jacob (representing life) is mainly good but there seems to be something about him. look at what he can do he gave Richard everlasting life and his temple can restore life to the dead, whereas the Man is black can turn into the smoke monster and kill anything in his path or can turn into people but only if they themselves are dead.

I thought it was a good episode but what I really wanted to know, which was not answered, was what exactly are Jacob's powers. I mean he is supposedly more powerful than MIB so what can he do, White Smoke maybe? I just wished they revealed that in this episode.

I also would like to have seen some sort of timeline, like how long did the "mother" or Jacob hold the title of protector of the island.

Finally, I want to know what all the rules are in this "game" that Jacob and MIB have been playing for the past few centuries.

Been looking forward to reading this! First off, great review as usual ROR! :)

I have to agree that this was a very poor episode. I was expecting a lot of revelations but when you think about it, we got nothing. I'm sure the light coming from the island and Jacob's involvement in the characters lives will be revealsed so I'm not too worried about that but the whole thing just left me with more questions than answers!

The man in black created the wheel to get off the island how? Because he's special. What a crappy explanation! We didnt find out how that light turned him into the smoke, who built the statue Jacob lived in, why they actually need to protect the island or dozens of other things that I was expecting to find out!

The only good thing we learnt from this one was a better understanding of why the smoke mosnster wants off the island. However, we didnt need 40mins just for that! The whole Adam and Eve thing felt forced as well...IGN's review pointed out that Jack actually said the remains looked 40-50 years old so I find it hard to believe the show's creators were planning all this from day one!

In fact, as much as I love Lost, I'm now more convinced than ever that they're always been making it up as they go along!

IM ALWAYS LOST WITH LOST.

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im wondering how much better this episode would be recieved if the light in the cave were just a little bit softer. it looked so cheesy and so lame it took me right out of it. and because that is the reason the island must be protected, a lot was riding on it's reveal. (im wondering if that is where they built the temple?? over the cave) even tho it had been a long time coming - Locke saying in season 1 when he saw the smoke monster that he "saw a big bright light and it was beautiful" - it just just left me with an "eh" feeling.

i never much cared for adam and eve. i never thought it mattered who they were because hey! their dead! - tho if you just take it as 'the cave is the tomb of jacob's family' then i guess thats pretty cool.

all of the "reveals" they gave us i didn't have a problem with. i just had a problem with how they were represented. like the review said, good acting, good story, poor presentation. we would be alot more willing to accept the answers they gave us had they been presented in a much better fashion.

this just didn't feel like i was watching an episode of "LOST". the colors seemed off, the pacing was different, it seemed messy and unfocused. i couldn't shake that instinct while watching this. it seemed like they brought in special guest writers and directors to do this. this episode did not feel like it fit in with the rest of the series.

Ab Aeterno accomplished that feeling and was pretty much set up in the same way. except book ended by present-time scenes.

im not saying i could've done a better job from scratch but i don't know how one could read that script and go "yes. yes this is how we want to show people what we've been hiding from them for so long. this is the way to do it"

I think it was a waste of an episode. The entire thing was a flash back, and it gave us more questions than answers. Why this, why that, and so on. I mean, they have 2 and 1/2 hours left, they better make up for it with this finale or people are going to freak the [frick] out lol. As much as I like the flash sideways in the season, I think there isn't time for them to put them in, they have a lot of ground to cover just on the island reality.

Jacob had mommy issues just like Jack has daddy issues. Thought that was kinda interesting.

@ Televizion I don't think Jacob is the true dark one. He may have thrown the first punch both times aginst MIB but he had good reasons. He was defending/avenging his mother, which is what he now does for the island. But I do agree that Jacob definitely has a bit of an edge to him.