obviously the island is powerfull, with my friends we got a theory of time travel, and redemption, i dont know, sounds strange, but maybe the more important issue is that nobody canhave children on the island, remeber back to the future…

Doc- Very happy to have a place to see your work.

I think your right about that. I was all excited about this last Mobisode, showed it to my husband. He was like “so what”? I thought he would like this one. I had never even told him about the other ones. He is a casual fan only. The only thing about Lost he sees is what is on ABC.

I have been checking out Lostpedia. Thats a really good site. I like the was it’s set up.

Thanks for sending me over to it guys.

I’ve just seen this and I’ve been reading the Mobisode 13 thread over at XXXX: XXX.XXXXX.XXX!

I’m gobsmacked over this one!!

After reading some of the other posts (especially Dave’s one about Chrisitan being dead in a way we might not understand yet…) I think it sort of makes sense. Does anyone remember if Jack saw Christian’s body before leaving Sydney? Because if he did then maybe my theory doesn’t fit then.

I’m not too sure about the several Smokey thing – I believe there’s only one, and he acts differently with people because it punishes wrong-doers and helps or at least leaves alone “nice” people.

I think I’ll stop theorizing and just watch the next fringing episodes (with hope that they will actually write new ones…hope this strike won’t last forever, and I really hope it stops soon enough to have the 16 episodes in a row)

As for Christian, the producers said he’s dead in a way we may not understand yet…

Just watched the movie “Solaris”, and some of Doc’s comments reminded me of that film, in which a planet absorbs the memories of the astronauts orbiting it (similar to how the smoke monster “scanned” Eko’s memories?), then constructs a living, physical being based solely on those memories. Could be something similar here, that is, if this mobisode is for real.

I think it’s very possible that, with this mobisode, the writers are TOTALLY SCREWING WITH US. “Christian” seems very out of character, almost happy go lucky. I think it’s a gag.

Whoever worked at the funeral parlor and packed the coffin obviously realized Christian’s corpse had better shoes then his white tennis shoes, so pulled the ol’ switcheroo.

I want to take it at face value; in real time – the time of the crash.

Christian’s alive. He is not smokey. He is not Jacob. Not an apparition. The simple answer is that the coffin was empty; no body. We all know the island can heal or kill.

Christian has no connection to Vincent so Vincent is not hallucinating (hum…but they do drug dogs when air traveling – doggy downers). I still believe that Christian is not an hallucination.

Jack is not dreaming and it’s not a memory from the future.

I’m hoping it was an alternate opening…Now THAT would have really been freaky…Totaly Weirdness, right from the “git go”! Maybe too over the top for the mainstream…Love it!

Three reasons I don’t think it’s a dream. First, it’s a bit of a let-down premise, even for these mobisodes. Jack would probably be dreaming of his Dad, sure, okay. It doesn’t go much past that. Secondly, if it’s Jack’s dream, how does he know Vincent? (Do we see him see Michael and Walt at the airport before they check Vincent? I’m pretty sure we don’t but correct me if I’m wrong.) Third, the director (good ol’ Jack Bender) seems to go out of his way to establish Vincent’s POV, which seems like an odd choice if you want to suggest Jack is dreaming.

The reasons why I think it’s the smoke monster have all pretty much been mentioned. I’d only add that Christian is wearing the same outfit we see him in later (chronologically) in “White Rabbit” (someone asked about the sneaker). Also, trying to understand the monster/island’s motives is tricky. It seems to test people, and give them a chance. And it didn’t actually kill Shannon, only led her to the spot where she was killed by Ana Lucia. Not like when it thrashed Eko to death. Here it seems to know Jack is a leader, and this early on, the survivors need a leader.

And maybe Jack and Locke being at odds isn’t really being at odds, if you get my drift.

Anyway, this could mean that Christian Shephard is Jacob, I don’t know, but this was the best mobisode. Sorry for my ramblings. Great to see you back, Doc!

anyways, I think that this mobisode is only to show Jack’s motivations since the beginning of the show…he dreams that his dad is on the island and basically tells him that “he has work to do” or that he has to make him proud. It’s like what Jack owes hinm for turning him back to drinking. “he has something to fix” from Tale of Two Cities…that’s why he hallucinates his dad in the pilot…it’s just a combination of residual sub-conscious “projections” (the island is notorious for dipping into your sub-conscious) and his lingering guilt.

“SO it begins” means that this is where Jack’s eventual struggle begins…he can’t let go of the past….compare to locke first waking up on the island, he’s happy and excited….he wants no connection to his past. All Jack is trying to do the entire time is relive his past the right way….anyways, that’s my partial-theory of this mobisode….

sorry for the rambling.

Ok so what are all of the mobisodes mean? They obviously aren’t a cohesive story, nor are they reveals. Cool canon, but like those “sneak peaks” we got during S3 hiatus, seem pretty pointless (to an extent) and not really revealing. I know that they can’t reveal too much as not all people are going to see these, but certainly some tie ups could have happened, like what Locke really did in the Flame or sub (which I doubt we’ll get answers for) or Did Ben really push that button? Although, I have a theory that during Lock Down there is a safety built in to auto reset in case people get trapped and can’t push the button, but it’d be nice to see that. Certainly the casual fan would probably care less about these mobisodes. I guess it did keep us busy for the wait, so that’s a good thing.

LOL @ little sentinel smokies. You make them sound almost cute Doc. I just can’t wait to find out what they really are.

Your theory is a good observation, but isn’t new. To dig deeper into this theory head over to Lostpedia goodness
http://lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Monster/Theories#Multiple_.22Monsters.22

I’m not making any guesses. Those damn writers (I say that with love!) keep causing me to wonder what the hell is going on.

I’m still sticking with what Darlton say – C’ian is dead!

There are tons of examples that show Smokey’s inconsistencies with either helping or hurting the Losties. I would also love to see what Locke saw after his first encounter with it.

This is going to be the longest week ever.

I know all I say looks like non-sense, I’m just throwing ideas for you guys to chew on

* Christian’s coffin was empty the whole time
* Cristian apparition on the island is of the very same nature (whatever the way it works) as Anthony’s appearance (to Locke, remember that WTF moment at the end of season 3? Of course you do).

I prefer this to the “Christian is Smokey theory” because in that case he probably wouldn’t have said “my son” talking about Jack. It constrats with Yemi’s “You speak as if I were your brother” – which I believe is more likely to be a Smokey trick.

The only thing that doesn”t seem right is that Christian seems very aware of what’s going on as opposed to Cooper who *thought* he knew (he thought he was in hell or purgatory etc) but actually didn’t have a damn clue (but can we blame him for that? )

What do you think?