On the way home from work today, my mind was wandering back to last night's episode. I kept coming back to two different scenes--one being John walking out of the jungle with the bullet in his leg, and the other being his comment about killing Jacob. This may be a bit confusing, but when I explained it to my husband, he got what I was trying to say.
This is my question: As far as we know, there are two John Locke's on the island right now: Past John with the bullet in his leg, and our present John as the new leader. How do we know, though, that there are only the two? How do we know that the John we see now is actually his 'present' self?
What if John with the bullet in his leg is the past, and so is the John we've been seeing as the new leader? What if John's real 'present' self is the man in the cabin, what if John is Jacob?
From what little glimpse we had of Jacob so long ago, the still frame only ever looked like John Locke to me. When John heard Jacob speak to him saying "Help Me..."..he was the only one to hear him. Maybe Jacob/John was trying to communicate to his past self (and possibly could have done so through his thoughts)..
My thought is that the season might end with John seeing himself in the cabin, realizing who Jacob really is...(in a way that we won't see it, but it will be a shocked look on John's face...him knowing, but us left to speculate---at least until next season.)
So, to sum up---I think that our John now is a past version of himself, and that present John is Jacob. It would explain the miraculous healing of his legs--since Jacob/the island can heal people.
Please comment!! Discuss!!
