We are just a little over a week away from the premiere of season 6.  I don’t know about you, but it seems like it’s been an eternity since the end of season 5.  I’ve watched season’s 1-5 at least five times now, just waiting for February 2nd to get here.

In a recent interview with several of the cast members, they all made one similar statement, ” We are 7 episodes away from the end and we don’t see the end in sight” and “we can expect to get a lot of answers however, there’s also going to be a lot more questions”.  As all of you, I’m expecting the writers to solve all the prominent mysteries but I personally would like all the mysteries solved even the smallest ones. Well we can only hope.

So let’s get started where we left off, as we still have a few characters we haven’t mentioned yet.

How could Ben be the leader of the others for so long and yet he’s never even met Jacob?  Let’s look back a little, remembering when young Ben was taken to Richard after he was shot? Richard took him into the temple saying he’d lose his innocence and that he’d never be the same.  We also know Ben is able to summon the smoke monster and it was the smoke monster that judged Ben after his daughter Alex was killed.  So is it safe to say that the smoke monster has been grooming Ben since he was a young boy to kill Jacob?  Does the smoke monster possess Ben at times?  That ol smokey is the one that’s been giving the list’s to Ben all these years, that smokey is really the man in black?  Ben and smokey are somehow connected.  That’s why Jacob said, “what about you?” to Ben right before Ben stabbed him.  Jacob didn’t know anything about Ben.

It’s starting to look obvious to me that Richard works for both Jacob and the man in black.  Did Richard come to the Island on the Black Rock?  We know he doesn’t age and that he gives Jacob the credit, but why?  What did he do to receive such a gift?  Or is Richard the smoke monster?  You know he always dresses in dark colors.  Richard is the one who gave all the list’s to Ben.  Ben just thought they were from Jacob. Or is Richard, smokey and the man in black all one in the same?

Let’s take a second look at John Locke.  As a young boy Richard paid Locke a visit, in that visit we see a picture of the smoke monster Richard asks if he drew it and Locke says yes but he hasn’t even been to the Island yet.  This signifies that Locke is the loophole.  As we previously thought Jacob isn’t Locke’s father, the man in black is!  The fake Locke is also the man in black.  If you think about it we don’t see fake Locke and smokey at the same time.  John is known by the Lostie’s, the Others and is accepted by both – which is why the man in black uses his son’s body (Locke ). He knew no one would reject him.

When Ben was being  judged by the smoke monster, Alex appeared warning Ben that if he hurt Locke in any way she would hunt him down and kill him.  Alex also told Ben to obey Locke, that’s how fake Locke knew Ben would kill Jacob. The smoke monster can take on human shapes to speak but fake Locke knew because he is the smoke monster.  We also don’t see fake Locke here because he said he was going to get rope, when really it’s because he is smokey.

Soon, our journey to the end will begin and hopefully we will get all the answers we desire and then some. But until then, Widmore’s words are just echoing through my mind, “the wrong side is going to win”.

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