I think I'll make a prediction based on pure speculation.
Somewhere down the line, the line between the two sets of Losties starts braking down. The ones who are dead in the old time line may or may not be affected.
I guess it would be interesting to be new Jack merging minds with old Jack, ditto for Sawyer.
Will the ones who "remember" come back to the island, or just merge with them?
Will the dead losties remember their time on the island and their own deaths?
"These questions—and many others—will be answered in the next episode of Soap."
I think that Sayid may be a vehicle for Jacob, just as dead Locke is for Esau. When they were carrying him out of the water, he was very Christ-like. Plus, you know, Aslan and all that.
I suspect Desmond-on-the-plane was jumping through time, hence the disappearing after Jack saved Charlie. But I am not sure. And I am less sure about everything else.
I'm less sure about everything too. Heck, I'd say down right confused. The dual time lines really screwing with the noggin'. Although I do like the notion of "careful what you wish for, because the other way isn't so grand"
Has it been pointed out that the two divergent timelines are happening a hundred and mumbly-something days apart? That is the one-the-plane story is happening well before the on-the-island story. Maybe the two lines will start breaking down as the former approaches where the second one began? Maybe.
Do we know for sure that the original losties are as far ahead as that?
We know they are after the Swan exploded. They haven't crossed paths with Ben etc. on the beach, though, right? Jacob told Hurley he died an hour ago, but who knows what that means.
sumi, no, we don't, and I was wondering whether that would come into play.
Well, wait, we do. Well...maybe. Because Jacob was dead—according to Jacob—and the healing spring was dirty, which was likely associated with Jacob's death. And Sayid may or may not be possessed by Jacob. So...there are a number of Jacob-related cues that point to their being back on the regular timeline, but I wouldn't discount the possibility of their being behind or ahead of Ben and the rest.
