OMG it was kick butt.  It was so good!? And thanks to Erin for sending in this tip.  The Tail Section has posted a picture of Jacob. (Above is the official pic from ABC, below is disputably a fake copy – pohotshopped to look like Locke maybe?)

Am I the only one who missed this last night?  I don’t remember seeing him at all!?

I read alot of people are trying to figure out who Jacob is.  Lots of people say it’s Locke – okay, how cool would THAT be.  Is it Dennis Hopper (it totally looks like Dennis Hopper)?  Someone suggested Kris Kristoferson.

UPDATE: I got some more info on last night’s epsiode….but BEWARE, IT CONTAINS WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER SPOILERS…  This is from www.thelostdiary.com  my FAVORITE Lost re-cap source. 

Locke is one of the two most indispensable characters on “Lost” (Henry Gale being the other). Those two characters, more so than any others on the show, are connected with what is happening on the island. They are the ones that are most rooted in the entire essence of the show; the island itself. Juliet, Desmond and Hurley are up there, Sayid and Sun, too. But those two are the heart and soul of the show right now.

And the opposite is true for so many other characters. Charlie, for example, has nothing to do with anything (which is the main reason I hate him). Is there any mystery to him? Anything unsolved? Does he bring anything to the table? And most importantly, if we just lifted him off the show, would anything be missing? He is completely and utterly dispensable. So is Claire, Jin, Kate, Sawyer (sorry Lauren) and in a lot of ways even Jack.

**MILD SPOILER ALERT. READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH AT YOUR OWN RISK**

From what I’ve heard (try as I might to avoid it), five characters die before the end of the year. Charlie, Claire, Jin, Kate and Sawyer are the most dispensable characters, as I just mentioned. Could it be them?

**OK, YOU CAN COME BACK NOW**

So in summary, Jacob will “help” Locke. The show needs him.

On to Jacob now — who or what is he? Why couldn’t Locke hear what he was saying to Henry Gale? Why couldn’t Henry Gale hear what he was saying to Locke? What was that powder around Jacob’s home? Is he trapped there somehow by Henry Gale so that no one else can talk to him? How many questions can I ask about a character we saw for about a second and only said two words?

I feel like I learned a lot this week, a lot of new questions were certainly raised, and some good ones were answered. But, like I said, I don’t think Locke is really dead, so the cliffhanger doesn’t really do much for me. I give the episode an A.

Discuss … I’m a LOST junkie!