Immediately after “The Incident” aired, several friends and I had a lengthy discussion about who, or what, Jacob and the Man in Black are. We considered the possibilities. On the one hand, Jacob has been portrayed as the “good guy,” while the Man in Black is the “bad guy.” We also considered the possibility that [...]

In “The Substitute” we finally get to see The List, a source for all of the speculation about a grand scheme. Presumably, Jacob has acted as the god of Fate for all of the chosen castaways. He spun their threads, measured them out, wove them together and, most likely, decides when each thread of life [...]