I'm not really too concerned about the more "mystical" explanations of Lost..... like was their mother some kind of witch? Demi-god? I mean, Jacob was mortal till he took on the role, you know. How did the man in black have all that knowledge? "He had it inside of him since he was born"? Well, that's explanation enough for me, to an extent. The more mundane aspects of the show, however, like why so-and-so did what, when such-and-such happened, THAT is what I want answered.

I am kind of thinking though.... because earlier on Jacob was like, "this island is keeping evil trapped", but then in the flashback, they weren't keeping evil in, they were trying to keep evil OUT and keeping the light and goodness in (it's light and goodness so..... who knows where it came from, but it's light and goodness!) When the Man in Black floated into it, did he corrupt it? Because now they are trying to keep Smokey off the island.

I did not think that there was enough characterization done in the episode for us to think that the mother loved the man in black more than Jacob (as Jacob claimed) and they really didn't do enough with MIB's intrinsic knowledge, it seemed more like, "you had the tendency to lie while Jacob had the tendency to obey" kinda thing.

They kinda sorta set up Jacob's and MIB's "game" of whether or not people are inherently good or bad when they had their conversation in the village, which was neat, but why did they even start doing that in the first place? What made Jacob so adamant about keeping MIB on the island, when really his only true duty was to protect the light, unless the light got corrupted or the light is inside MIB and really MIB is a nice guy even though he looks like a jerk, even though their "mother" said, "never go in there, it's worse than dying" so..... yeah.

Got some overall questions, but the detailed answers we really don't have.

I also really hate how they are always like, "any answers will only give you more questions." It's like, uh.... we're on a DESERTED ISLAND there is only ME AND YOU AND SOME BABIES what else am I going to do???? Huh? Turn over some stones? Poke the fire? Yeah, how about you tell me what the deal is!

I am totally behind MIB's actions, especially when he said, "I don't know because YOU NEVER TOLD ME." It's like, uh, duh lady, c'mon!

But I think it means (hopefully) that the writers are at least somewhat self aware of how they answer questions.... or rather, how they don't.

Finally. I was waiting for MIB to be a good guy and Jacob is an imbecile. I think I got my prize not jumping on conclusions like labeling someone evil with little knowledge. I also felt better that I am on the same wavelength with LOST writers. Reading comments bashing LOST all over web and seeing people still misunderstood basic things, writers must be feeling accomplishment.

I totally got what I want. Now those people obeyed one man without knowing why would have felt pretty dumb. Jack needs to watch this episode so badly.

Don't take "simply lead to another question" phrase in an absolute way.

Asking where mother comes from is very easy to answer. From her mother's belly. This will simply lead to another question but why ask? (You may still ask it, there are some popular explanations: Adam&Eve and/or evolution... But I doubt any answers would be satisfying, because we will still be asking why/where/how.)

On the other hand, we will get the answer about origins of black smoke and light. Jacob is an imbecile. I think it will be Desmond, who goes into light and figuring things there without getting affected by side effects. (we will be with him, yay!)

I think, Widmore represents greedy mankind. Jacob is an imbecile.

I hate to explain LOST, because it is something I don't fully understand myself. I don't feel bad about it, because writers are not giving key elements to reveal the truth. Jacob is an imbecile. We have Old Boy, Sixth Sense and many other stories where whole truth reveals itself inside 30 seconds. Lost has more than 2 hours left.

Now it is funny, what if Mother is not crazy. Maybe she was right in her own story. Jacob is an imbecile. Maybe we would think she was right about her doings in an episode devoted to her story. o_O

I have faith in LOST writers. They will answer right questions not all. Like what happened to some animals on the island. What happened to Vincent, polar bears, the horse Kate saw and cows? We know what happened to the dharma logoed shark, right?

PS. Jacob is an imbecile.

Jack stepping up was pretty obvious- they were setting it up for a long time, him "stepping into the shoes" of Locke. Though it would have been cool to have a bit of a twist at the end with that.

So, glad Jacob explained how some names get crossed out. It's good to know that not all of those people wound up dying.

And Widmore got what was coming. I'm glad that Ben shot him. That's probably one of the few Ben actions that I endorse completely.

I'm sure there's some other stuff, but I'm mostly excited waiting for the finale. It's been a good run, I think.

Also, I plan on watching the Jimmy Kimmel Live after, the commercial said he'd have a lot of good stuff.