SPOILER ALERT – Lost Season 6 Premiere and Beyond, Somewhat

I finally got around to watching Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (Lost producers) on Jimmy Kimmel Live from the night of the Lost Season 6 premiere, and OMG! They revealed things!

They mention what we already know (assuming you’ve seen “LA X” (the Season 6 premiere)): that John Locke is the Smoke Monster. However, they also state that John Locke is not possessed by the Man in Black! This means the statue-fighting-the-Smoke-Monster hieroglyphic was not evidence that the Smoke Monster is the Man in Black as I suggested in a previous blog posting, but rather was foreshadowing Jacob’s fight with Fake John Locke. I was sure Fake John Locke was the Man in Black, even more so after seeing “LA X.” The interactions between Jacob and Fake John Locke seem blatantly like the interactions between Jacob and Man in Black (oh, right, I was calling him Guy-in-Black…whatever). Therefore, perhaps Guy-in-Black is to the Smoke Monster/Fake John Locke as Jacob is to Richard, or perhaps to the leader of the Island (Charles Widmore, Ben). That is, perhaps the Smoke Monster answers to Guy-in-Black as the leader of the Island and Richard answer to Jacob. (These thought might have been inspired by this blog.)

Very interestingly, Kimmel suggests that Sayid is now possessed by Jacob. Since I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, I thought Sayid actually came back to life…I should’ve known better – of course that can’t happen, as we learned when John Locke was “resurrected.” The producers, however, imply that Kimmel might be on the right track in some way. Therefore, assuming Sayid is possessed by someone, I think there are two possibilities.

As Kimmel said, Sayid might be possessed by Jacob. This makes a lot of sense, since Jacob told Hurley to get Dying Sayid to the temple, so perhaps that is where Jacob intended on inhabiting Sayid’s corpse. Alternatively, perhaps Guy-in-Black has inhabited Sayid. Since Guy-in-Black is not inhabiting John Locke’s body, he is free to inhabit another body. Or maybe it’s someone else entirely…Or maybe Sayid was resurrected. The latter is doubtful, but still possible.

The producers mentioned that there will be numbers in the next few weeks, which is exciting of course, because numbers are fun! Yay! They also announced that the Lost series finale will air on Sunday May 23, 2010.