ACHTUNG! (baby): What you’re about to read contains spoilers for Lost’s Season 6 opening episode. Do not attempt to grow a brain if you haven’t seen it yet.

So last night was the premiere two-hour event. At first, it seemed a bit chaotic. Clearly, the idea is that we do not yet know whether the bomb scenario did in fact save them from ever going to the island. As far as I can tell, what we are seeing may either be happening or a possible happening. I like to think that what they are showing on the plane and at LAX is what would have happened had they never crashed. The idea being that we will see that not going to the island would be a very bad thing or that they will have to go back at some point.

What I think is interesting is how Boone’s sister wasn’t on the flight, and Michael and Walt (and Vincent) were never shown, but why was Desmond there, brutha? That seems to imply that he was never needed on the island to push the button and thus the reason why the plane didn’t crash. And then what happened to Christian Shephard and Locke’s knives? It’s as if they are still on the island. So it isn’t as simple as “the plane never crashed and this is what happens instead.” It seems more like parallel universes developing.

Now, what about Jacob? It seems like Jacob and the Anti-Jacob are able to inhabit dead bodies that are on the island. The Anti-Jacob is in Locke’s body and Jacob is now in Sayid’s body (maybe?). Also, the Anti-Jacob is the smoke monster, apparently.

I’m going to be very disappointed if there is no episode about The Black Rock before the end.