I love when a story can take the bad guy and make you feel sorry for him. I will give Darlton credit for making me feel sorry for the MIB.  He didn’t chose his fate and essentially he just wanted to get the heck off of the island to see what else is out there.  Reminds me of a kid raised in a small town that just wants to leave and explore the world but then gets stuck through circumstance out of their control but never loses the yearning to leave.  MIB never gives up his quest to leave.  Can’t say I blame the guy!

1.  Claudia is wearing the dreaded red.  I love the contrast here of her in the red dress but the color may have doomed her from the start.
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2.  This was a new use of the reflection.  I can’t help but think that there was more meaning than just New Mother showing up, but then again this is Lost so it could just be nothing.
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3.  I keep waiting for the reemergence of Locke’s wacky paste that he used on Boone so he could have a “vision quest.”  But New Mother didn’t give Claudia time to do anything really before she smashed her head in and stole her babies!  Didn’t see that one coming.
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4.  I noticed watching back that there appear to be graves inside of the cave.  Note the crosses in the background.  Could these be from New Mother’s original crew?  My guess is that she was like Danielle and that they got the “sickness” and she killed them.  Or she went nuts and killed them.
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5.  Black and white from the start.  Can you imagine (moms out there) if twins were really this big when they were born?  She’d probably be screaming a lot louder than that!
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6.  New Mother has set these two boys up from the start to fight amongst themselves.  She gives MIB special treatment (ie: the game) then tests Jacob by asking what he’s doing to see if Jacob will rat out his brother.  Which he does.

7.  New Mother has to know about the Others living on the island yet she lets the boys run around freely.  Makes me think that she has some sort of bargain with them that makes them leave them alone.

8.  When Jacob and MIB are watching the Others kill the boar it reminded me of Jin and Eko in a similar position.
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9.  THIS is the reason they are there, really?  I’m going to try and be positive here.  We’ve devoted almost 6 years to this show and I’m going to be a woman of faith and assume that since Darlton wrote this episode there is going to be more involving this cave.  I really hope.
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10.  The way New Mother describes the light really reminds me of birth or the light at the end of the tunnel during birth.  She says that the light is bright and the warmest light you’ve ever felt, that a little of it is in all of us.  Very symbolic.  But she says it’s not enough for regular men – is that where the science comes in?  We can’t just accept and live in the light?

11.  Nice red flowers by the entrance.
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12.  I think that MIB is the protector and/or the balance of this light and especially now that he has part of that light in him.  Jacob isn’t the protector as much as he has to keep MIB there.  That is why Danielle called the “monster” a security system because he really is protecting the island.  Although he may want to leave, he can’t or the the balance of dark and light would go out and it’s Jacob’s job to keep him there to keep the balance.

13.  A few words on Claudia appearing to MIB.  First of all it reminded me of the “vision” Charlie had back in Season Two of Claire and his mother.  Second, I think that New Mother is actually appearing to him.  I’ll say that I think she’s her own version of the smoke monster and that part of that being is the ability to appear as the dead.  It goes along with how New Mother is pitting these two against each other.  Why would she do this?  Perhaps there has to be that balance between good and evil in order to keep the light on the island.  Maybe like Jacob said, people have to chose to be good and New Mother wants MIB to chose to stay on the island.
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14. Here’s the infamous dagger.  The dagger that can supposedly kill MIB and the same dagger used to kill New Mother.
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15.  OK weird-o mom putting a spell on the wine she gives to Jacob.  I looked back and when Jacob gives Richard “everlasting life” he also has him drink the wine.  But perhaps MIB smashes the bottle not only because it symbolizes his being stuck there but also because he can’t drink the wine, it’s too late for him.

16.  There is no way New Mother pulled MIB out of the well, filled it with dirt and then proceeded to kill and burn all of the Others. Further proof that she’s special as well, perhaps another form of a smoke monster?  Maybe that is also how she knows so much about the light, what is down there, what it feels like and also what happens when you go into the light.
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17.  I understand that there has been a lot of talk amongst them, but MIB stabs New Mother before she has a chance to speak to him in the cave.  perhaps it’s a little more open to interpretation regarding not letting MIB talk before you can kill him?

18.  MIB asks Jacob a very good question – why did New Mother bring him back to the light?  Perhaps she wanted Jacob to throw MIB in there.

19.  I think that MIB is still alive, even though we saw his body.  My theory is that by throwing him into the light he had his “rebirth” and shed his earthly form, if you will.  The smoke is still the essence of him much like now that he’s in Locke’s body he still has his memories and feelings.

20.  The young Jacob that is appearing to MIB has blood on his hands which makes me think it’s symbolic of Jacob essentially killing him.  But he’s watching him mockingly perhaps because he knows that MIB cannot leave the island and that he has to follow whatever rules HE made up for this game.
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21.  The cave also put me in mind of the Cave of Voices from the Dark Tower series.  There was also a portal there where they could travel to other worlds.

22.  Jacob represented the man of faith while MIB was the man of science.  It’s ironic that MIB eventually took over Locke’s body who was the original 815 man of faith.

23.  In watching this one back I didn’t dislike it nearly as much as I did initially.  The writing was excellent and Jacob and MIB were really great in their roles.  So I’m going to chalk this one up to poor acting on New Mother’s behalf.  I still have faith that this Tuesday and then the finale are going to be amazing.  If this show had not been amazing we would have never stuck with it for this long and one bad episode isn’t going to damper my spirits.

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