Yeah, he talked to them (Hurley, Jin, Miles) in the jungle last episode and believe that they're from the future because Hurley didn't know who the president was.

And what about Desmond?

HAHAHAHAHA

I was wondering about Desomnd the entire episode too.

And what happens to Claire and Charlie in all of this?

Claire is supposedly going to be regular cast in the last season.
Charlie might just be Hurley visions or flashback.
or I have no fucking clue because the bomb just rewrote the whole book.

ugh....this is going to kill me for a year....A YEAR!

More or less. They've got a lot of questions to answer.

Now I'm going to have to track down the book Jacob was reading.

ok. I'm going to stop reading this thread now.

halp! I've been spoilt.

stoooopid show.
(in my opinion)

That's ok, the beauty of it is, you don't have to watch it! :)

Obviously it's not Locke, it's probably Jacob's rival.

It was all hinted at in the opening.

So I'm thinking that Jacob somehow overthrew the original leaders and found all the secrets, that kind of a thing...and has been manipulating everything since then. Next season will all go into the history of the others, the island, and the war that destroyed the statue etc.

I'm thinking when the statue was built, jacob was not a leader of anything...maybe just a lowly worshiper of whatever the hell they worship.

Because the statue is definitely way, way older than the 1500s....which was the opening scene.

That ship was the Black Rock, the one that ended up in the middle of the jungle.

& it seemed that Jacob hadn't been in charge very long in that opening scene, like the other guy was bitter etc.

As far as everything else goes, and even what I just said...I have no idea...

all guessing...

I am still on the edge of my seat! Eeek!

All the artwork looks Egyptian...so, maybe they'll be transported to Karnak!

May I also add...I missed the first 5 minutes of the show...so I missed all that 1500s stuff....

Hmm....or maybe...where was it that Locke was dropped?

The episode opens as Jacob (Mark Pellegrino) sits on the beach of the island near the large statue of a four-toed figure, where he is visited by another man. The man comments on a boat on the horizon, suggesting that Jacob has brought it to the island. The man states that no matter who comes to the island the same thing happens over and over and that the man will find a loophole and find a way to kill Jacob.

Tunisia, Ben was too, if memory serves

I'm glad I have a lot of Lost to catch up on, to keep me occupied while we wait.