LOST Revisited: Pre-Game for “Dr. Linus”

It’s a Small World: So, this is what I’ve been focusing on. As I mentioned in the recap, Look-a-Locke indicated to Sayid that he could give him his heart’s desire. Even though all he wants in Nadia, and she’s dead in our Timeline. (By the way, I’ve realized that I have a habit of referring to the standard Lost Timeline as “our” Timeline. I think this makes me sound crazy.) The idea that Smokey created Timeline X appeals to me for a variety of reasons. First, it gives us a very important reason why we’re seeing this other Timeline at all. It ties in Timeline X to the proper Timeline, instead of making it an extended “What If?” scenario. Second, it explains a lot of the inconsistencies that we’ve seen in Timeline X.