Who’s Jacob??
Let’s think back to the fall season finale. In that show, we heard Pickett reference someone named Jacob who had a list on which Jack was not. (Read my entire recap of that episode here.) We’ve been speculating for a while now about who this Jacob could be.
Doc Jensen at EW.com has published his theory about who Jacob may be. Read it after the jump.
Popular speculation among Losties is that Jacob could be Ethan’s replacement, sent to execute his neglected list-compiling. In other words, there could be another Other on the beach, an Other who might be known to us, but by a different name. Maybe… hunky but disgruntled castaway Paulo? DOC JENSEN INSTA-THEORY: Remember when Paulo and Nikki went with Locke, Desmond, and Mr. Eko to the Pearl Station? Remember that seemingly silly comedy beat inside the Pearl Station, in which Paulo emerged from the bathroom, right before the castaways saw that one-eyed guy on the TV monitor? And remember how Patchy seemed to anticipate this surveillance, reaching up to tear down the camera inside his Hatch just as it panned toward him? Could it be that Paulo/Jacob snuck into the lavatory to send an urgent message to fellow Other Patchy, to tip him off that he was about to be spied upon by the castaways?
Aha! So, it’s Paulo?? I’m not sure I’ll be able to take it if Paulo suddenly becomes a central character on the show. I guess I have nothing against him personally; I’m just still a little peeved that he and Nikki can just hop into the show like they’ve been there the whole time. At least the Others popping up made some sense. They had been there the whole time because the island is their home. It bothers me that Nikki and Paulo are crash survivors who have evidently been there the whole time, but we’re just now being introduced to them. It would make sense to me that we would have already met the crash survivors who matter during the first season. But, alas, I’m not a writer for the show. Anyway, it would be MUCH better in my opinion if Jacob turned out to be a major character whom we already know, love, and trust. That would be the ultimate surprise.
Jensen goes on to expound upon the meanings of names in Lost, and it’s great stuff. If you’re interested, click here for the entire article.
Lost, theories, Jacob, Paulo, the Others
December 8th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
That is an interesting theory, but I hope it is not true. To have this character suddenly forced on us and then have him turn out to be an Other would be annoying. I agree with you that Jacob should be someone we already know.
May 13th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
no its not paulo because he was hiding diomonds in the toilet. jacob could be locke and bens real dad. but im not sure