Something just occurred to me.
Jacob talked to Hurley. Even though he was dead.
Obviously we all saw this in the premiere. BUT. The thing is, I was convinced that all of the dead people talking to Hurley or otherwise wandering around in the jungle were manifestations of the smoke monster. I mean, I think we all agree that Alex was, right?
So, my first thought was OMG WAS JACOB ACTUALLY SMOKEY?????
But that doesn’t make sense, because I think we’ve established that Smokey can’t be in two places at once. That’s why Flocke disappeared when Alex saw Ben, and why Smokey didn’t come out and Flocke did instead when Ben summoned the monster. And when Jacob saw Hurley, Smokey was busy being Flocke.
So, what’s going on?
Some people have theorized that Jacob can also take on the form of dead folks, like Smokey does. A lot of people seem to think that he’s Christian. But I’m entirely convinced that Smokey was Christian. He’s the one who told Locke to move the island and told him that he had to die, which is what set him on the path for Ben to kill him, and for Smokey to take on his form. He also told Sun and Lapidus to wait for Locke and to listen to him. And since Ben was knocked out when Flocke first appeared, I believe that Flocke was not yet around when they met Christian.
So, one theory could be that I’m wrong, and that Jacob is actually Christian, and can take on the form of dead characters, and we have no idea who is who at any given time.
Another theory is that while Smokey can take on the form of dead people, Hurley can also actually communicate with dead people, Smokey and his powers aside. And the question of which dead people are which is still up for grabs. This one makes more sense, though it’s still confusing.
And I suppose the answer could also be that Jacob is God, and so killing him doesn’t really make him gone, and he can communicate with whoever he wants at any given time, beating heart or no, unlike mere mortals.
Thoughts?
I thought he could see Jacob because he can actually talk to dead people. He talked to dead people off the island, which I always sort of took as confirmation. Those couldn’t be Smokey, could it? I know we were meant to question whether it was real since he was in a mental hospital after all, but I thought that he could.
