Predictions for episode two?

So I've decided that the night of the original airdate, a posting will go up exactly like it did last week. Then, sometime in between the Tuesdays, I'll post something to the effect of "What's going to happen now?"

I really want this to be interactive! Leave comments, share your thoughts, you know, pull a Disney channel and "express yourself."

So let's see what happened. A quick recap:

-John Locke is dead. There is now something else parading around as Locke.

-Jacob's posse goes into the foot statue and shoot Locke, who is unharmed...? The smoke monster comes out and attacks the posse. They die.

-Juliet dies. Sawyer blames Jack.

-They go to the Temple and meet a whole group of new people who Hurley had been told by Jacob would be able to save Sayid. Instead, Sayid dies.

-The group finds out Jacob died and FREAKS OUT and goes into total lockdown mode.

-Richard Alpert may or may not be dead and if he's dead, the fake Locke killed him.

-Sayid comes back. But is it really Sayid?

If you missed it (it aired right after the show), you should definitely watch Jimmy Kimmel's interview with the writers of Lost, it's pretty cool. They play "coincidence or not?"http://abc.go.com/watch/jimmy-kimmel-live/93521/250056/jimmy-kimmel-live-22?cid=fullepisodeaccess Their part starts at 22:10.

So let me make a short list of things that I'm like "WHAT?!" about:

1. John Locke. Just, in general. Specifically, who is this new John Locke?

2. Is Sayid really alive again?

3. Who are these new people at the Temple?

4. Where are they going at the end of the episode? And how's Richard doing? Is he alive?

5. Why was Desmond on the plane? And where were other supporting characters?

6. How are these timelines going to ever meet?

Things that were brought up in the interview:

-Michael and Walt were not on the plane. And Shannon was not on the plane. These things are important!

-There IS meaning behind "LA X" as opposed to "LAX" (the title of the premiere episode)

-John Locke is NOT possessed by the man in black. He IS the smoke monster.

-Something is possessing Sayid. But it might not be Jacob. It might be though.

Alright. Let's not get too ahead of ourselves. First thing is first.

John Locke.

Now, I've heard some realistic arguments that John Locke is the man in black and I think that it makes sense. But then the writers had to go and say no.

We have two different bodies - the smoke monster/"Locke" and the MIB. So who is that MIB? Does he even have anything to do with...anything? And is he really all that bad? I think that throughout the show, black and white have been very important, that kind of goes without saying. After thinking about it though, I don't know if I even remember it being spelled out as white=good and black=bad. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

So what if...and this is very premature...what if Sayid's return is actually the MIB? Maybe? Just an idea.

Because after seeing Sayid die then come back to life, and then hearing that he's actually possessed by something, I thought, maybe Jacob? Maybe Jacob knew all along that this group would kill Sayid and that he would then be able to take over Sayid's body? But then Jimmy Kimmel was like, nope and the writers were like, ehh probs not. So I don't know anymore.

And the lockdown after finding out that Jacob is dead? They're surrounding the Temple with the sand stuff that protected the man from the smoke monster (well, tried to). So the smoke monster is out to get them? So that means that the fake John Locke is out to get them. And Richard definitely knew what those sparks were for. And he DEFINITELY knows who the fake John Locke is. So now we need to figure out when Richard Alpert would have been in chains and who John Locke is. And it'd be pretty nice to find out why Richard Alpert doesn't freaking age. Orrrrr...after watching the episode again...what if Richard Alpert is now inhabiting Sayid? If Richard Alpert did die (which I still don't toootally believe), it is possible that he is now Sayid. After showing a closeup of Richard being carried off, followed by a brief closeup of Locke's dead body, they cut straight to Sayid's. Coincidence? Perhaps.

So possible suspects for Sayid: MIB, Richard Alpert, Libby (jk but that'd be cool), Charlie (jk again, but that'd be cooler).

So really...I don't know anything. That show was insane. But we're in for one crazy seasons, that's something I know for sure. What are your thoughts so far? Leave a comment below!

**If you've read a bunch of stuff from interviews or something that will ruin all the fun in speculating and making things up, please don't ruin it for the rest of us! Thanks!