I’m not much of a TV watcher, but one show I did get hooked on is Lost. Tonight is the big finale of the fifth (and penultimate) season, and they’re starting to run out of time to come up with more crazy stuff – they’re actually starting to answer some of the questions about what’s going on with the island now.

Anyway, I’ve had my own theories about what’s happening, and I wanted to blog a bit now so I can totally brag about it later on if I’m right.

In the last episode, Locke indicates at one point that he doesn’t believe Jacob even exists, and has started to take his merry band of followers to go and see him. He then says he’s actually going to kill Jacob. (I suppose disproving his existence is akin to killing… but I digress.)

Not only do I think Jacob exists, but I think that Jacob is actually Jack. Why?

• His family members (Christian and Claire) seem to be connected with the island.
• Jack made it back to the past, which means he could have been on the island already (as Jacob) when they first crashed on the island.
• Jack could be short for Jacob.
• The whole temporal consciousness thing may explain why people couldn’t see Jacob.
• I heard on an interview once that Jack is the only cast member who knows what happens in the story… there must be some reason why it’s him. (maybe from filming certain scenes, etc)

The incident that should be happening on tonight’s show may be the thing that turns him into Jacob. Can’t wait! (I’ll probably end up totally wrong and pulling out my hair for the next six months as I wait for the next season to start, but that’s entertainment I suppose.)