"Hey :D i see you point and i also wondered why the season 5 ending was the opposite corlour, i first thought it was because of the nurclear* bomb but now i think it because something big is upcoming. The bomb has exploded and everything is back as it was when flight 815 crashes and boone and charlie, shannon, ana lucia, mr. Eko, libby, locke ( don't know if i forgot any ) are still alive, and they are all trying to figure out how to get off the island

Ps: claire are not missing in my theory and the island is back on normal time :D "

"I think so too. It could be also like a Backgammon game between these two. I think Backgammon is the oldest game ever in history and even goes all the way back to Egyptian times. I don't think they are playing a game of backgammon but the concept is the same. I also think that Jacob=good and Mystery Man=bad. I think that Jacob will let Mystery Man think he has won and then Jacob will return and prove Mystery Man wrong......I hope. "

"Maybe Jacob's enemy (boy do I wish that guy had a name) wants to kill him had something to do with their conversation that they had in the first scene of the finale. I can't remember exactly what they said, but I think they were disagreeing on human behavior and how people always end up destroying themselves. Jacob wanted the ship to come to the island, ?man didn't because of those reasons I just said. Maybe that conversation is part ot the twist that Jacob is for mankind, he seems all knowing and I can't understand how he didn't know Ben would kill him."

"I am confused about Jacob having a backup plan, why would he want to be a bunch of ashes? Do you think he knew that he would be thrown in the fire and be ashes? If he didn't then Locke/?man won, he's got a body and Jacob is a bunch of ashes. Maybe a body isn't so important to these two whatever they are."