I like how Jacob/MiB are mirroring Jack/Locke even more.
During the birth scene The Mother seems very happy and relaxed at Jacob's birth, and it's only when MiB is born that she grows concerned and murders Claudia. I know later in the episode she claims this is because she couldn't let Claudia take the babies back to her people, but I think that's only half right.
I think Jacob is correct in that he was unimportant. If it had just been him who was born I think Mother would have let Claudia leave unharmed; it was only MiB she was interested in.
Of course, Jack and Locke are similar to the boys. Jack isn't particularly special like Locke, who had an intuition for the island (and in S1 could sense the approach of rain, like Mother could). Jack is like Jacob; someone who has been told to stay and protect the island and will, simply because he has no other choice.
Speaking of "special", I thought it was interesting to see the language and terminology used by the Mother and the boys. These simplistic terms like "good people", "bad people", "special people" is just how the Others talk millennia later. Which lead me to think about Walt and his "special"ness. The MiB seemed to have some kind of psychic ability as a man (in that he intuitively knew about technology and how to tap into the Source - interesting that the smoke monster is a man of science, not a man of faith!) and maybe Walt was similar. Perhaps the Others abducted Walt simply to determine whether he was going to become a major threat like the MiB...
Anyway, rambling over! I enjoyed the episode, though I'd hoped for something a little more shocking and revelatory. I suspect, however, they gave us this relatively quiet episode to allow us a rest before the colossal finale episodes coming up.
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During the birth scene The Mother seems very happy and relaxed at Jacob's birth, and it's only when MiB is born that she grows concerned and murders Claudia. I know later in the episode she claims this is because she couldn't let Claudia take the babies back to her people, but I think that's only half right.
I think Jacob is correct in that he was unimportant. If it had just been him who was born I think Mother would have let Claudia leave unharmed; it was only MiB she was interested in.
Of course, Jack and Locke are similar to the boys. Jack isn't particularly special like Locke, who had an intuition for the island (and in S1 could sense the approach of rain, like Mother could). Jack is like Jacob; someone who has been told to stay and protect the island and will, simply because he has no other choice.
Speaking of "special", I thought it was interesting to see the language and terminology used by the Mother and the boys. These simplistic terms like "good people", "bad people", "special people" is just how the Others talk millennia later. Which lead me to think about Walt and his "special"ness. The MiB seemed to have some kind of psychic ability as a man (in that he intuitively knew about technology and how to tap into the Source - interesting that the smoke monster is a man of science, not a man of faith!) and maybe Walt was similar. Perhaps the Others abducted Walt simply to determine whether he was going to become a major threat like the MiB...
Anyway, rambling over! I enjoyed the episode, though I'd hoped for something a little more shocking and revelatory. I suspect, however, they gave us this relatively quiet episode to allow us a rest before the colossal finale episodes coming up.