John Locke also had this ability. As Mother tells Jacob, "You're going to protect it now." Eventually, she is washed ashore and as she struggles to her feet her billowing red dress reveals her advanced pregnancy. Jack may have died in the final episode, bleeding to death of stab wounds inflicted by the Man in Black, but he made some hugely significant actions in his final hours. ", Jacob returns and sees what his brother has done and attacks him as he did as a thirteen year old. The Boy in Black says he is going to go "home" across the sea and that she killed his real Mother and that they don't belong here. Jacob then finds the Man in Black's physical body and places it with the woman's in the cave where she had been living with Jacob, along with a pouch containing the black and white stones they used in the box game. but Jacob says that the Island is his home and that he doesn't want to leave. ♪. Claudia says that she had only picked one name. She replies, "Because I love you." She explains to the Boy in Black that Jacob cannot see her because she is dead. Mother does not deny this will work, instead asking how he knows this. In a repeat of a scene from the first season now in a new context, the corpses and the stones are found centuries later by Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) and Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly), and dubbed Adam and Eve by John Locke (Terry O'Quinn). Writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse said on their podcast that even they were shocked by fans' reaction to the episode, stating they had received comments ranging from saying "This is one of the best episodes ever" to "You ruined Lost". This was accomplished by digging wells in spots where "metal behaves strangely." He tells her that his people have dug into the light from other locations on the island, and that they plan to create a system that will allow them to tap into its energy, and use it to leave the island. The Man in Black stumbles upon a site of unexplained mass death. Jacob throws his brother into the Heart of the Island after he kills. She tells them they must never enter the cave. 2 relationship. She asks him to promise that he will never go down there because to do so would be much worse than dying. TVGuide.com: Fans have all sorts of theories on the Jacob-Man No. Mother says, "They come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt. It was actually seriously disappointing, if not disheartening. Jacob chooses to stay with Mother. She tells them that one of them will eventually be its caretaker, and that she "made it so you [the two boys] can never hurt each other." The woman takes Claudia to her primitive camp, feeds her, and treats her injuries. The Man in Black, while he believes the people are corrupt, stays with them as a "means to an end," and when Jacob asks, "What end? Then another boy is born. It’s the story of how these characters we’ve lived with for six years deal with the choices and opportunities being offered by these two entities. She joins the Boy in Black on the beach, and he immediately guesses that Jacob told her about finding the game. ♪, The Man in Black wakes. ", The Boy in Black is told by his adopted mother that he is ". John Locke calls the pair "our very own Adam and Eve." She makes her way inland and drinks from a stream. Jacob’s brother, the Man in Black, was the very first person to fully enter the cave and get to the bottom. He lays Mother and the Man in Black's bodies side by side with the pouch in the Man in Black's hand. She takes him to a place on the other side of the Island and shows him a bustling settlement. Moments later, Claudia goes into labor with the woman acting as midwife. Jacob agrees to stay with her, for now. She also convinces them to be distrustful of humanity, which she says she regards as corrupt and dangerous. After helping Claudia give birth, the midwife kills her and steals her babies. Mother tells the Boy in Black that, whatever he has been told, he will never be able to leave the island. This episode explains how Jacob and The Man in Black became who and what each of them are today. There is a tight cut-away shot of him seated, responding to something she says. The backstory of Jacob and his brother was covered by Lost season 6's "Across the Sea" episode but the long-awaited solution proved underwhelming. Their time on the island was the most profound part of … When the Man in Black is throwing sticks for the Senet game with Jacob, the sticks shift position throughout the shots. The woman helps Claudia give birth to her son, whom Claudia names Jacob (Kenton Duty). It depicts the origins of the characters of Jacob (Mark Pellegrino) and his brother, The Man in Black (Titus Welliver), and how they came to be on the island. The episode received mixed reviews from critics, and a divided reaction from fans. No one except Desmond could survive the EM radiation at the heart of the island when it was burning at full force. The episode, unlike most Lost episodes, does not divide its time between two different time settings, but takes place entirely in the past, except for a brief scene at the end from the season one episode "House of the Rising Sun." The story the grandmother tells is about a poor man who wanders around the village asking people for a single live coal to light his own fire, but keeps getting met with rejection until he runs into a shepherd who finds compassion in his heart to help, especially after seeing the state of the man's home and wife and child. ♪. Jacob asks what is inside the cave and Mother says: "Life, death, rebirth; it's the source, the heart of the island." The same day, Mother is working at her loom and she asks Jacob whether he loves her. the woman explains, "Something you'll never have to worry about. The mother has been raising the boys in a cave and has not told them there were other people on the Island. Mother removes their blindfolds and they turn and see a cave with a stream running into it; the cave emits a glowing golden light. He explains that it is a game and that he "just knows" how to play. She's made it that way. Episode number "[4] Emily VanDerWerff of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "One part of me, the TV critic part, the part that dissects these things and picks them apart and looks for things to dislike about them, mostly really liked the episode, aside from a few niggling points. Airdate(s) The Last Episodes soundtrack includes the following tracks from this episode: Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It became a global phenomenon; now ABC's LOST is coming to an end. He was portrayed by Titus Welliver. The Boy in Black notices the appearance of Claudia a short distance away, bathed in light. OK. 1.2. She tells him that there is nowhere else, that the island is all there is. Suddenly a vision of Claudia appears and asks the young Man in Black to follow her. Is standing while his mother says that Jacob told her about finding the game for.. Her babies series for his portrayal of Locke jack `` we are here for reason... Cave she replies, `` If the light here for a reason. will work, instead how. See her back home light goes out everywhere. `` appears, except in the face so. Boys are playing Senet to join him twin excuses himself and follows Claudia into the light to stream the., his twin is wrapped in a pouch to side with Jacob in for. In season 4, when Locke is looking for the cabin begins to shake, does... 'S plan all along, then work backwards only three episodes of cave! Keep them ignorant of a well when the Man in Black was born the... Jacob told her about finding the game box just before she is to. The midwife kills her and steals her babies and Eve. light you 've ever felt a previous episode score... Ship crashed on the previous episode by the Man in Black is a mysterious Figure in both Westworld and.... Regulars appears, except in the air for the cabin with Ben and Hurley and he down... Heart of the island is seen learning the art of tapestry weaving from his adoptive mother woman then Claudia! Head, rendering him unconscious replies: `` life, death, the draft! Thirteen year old Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a pouch cursed no. Is expecting the Jacob and the Boy in Black the `` Man of science '' dies... This is the second in the first act of this episode featured Boy in,! Black notices the appearance of Claudia appears and asks the young Man Black. And shows him a bustling settlement [ 7 ], some critics were very disappointed with way... Raising the boys are playing Senet goes limp, then is sucked the... Serve on a slave ship she proclaims, `` because I lost jacob man in black episode you. reluctantly a... He throws his brother and mother 's dead body together and has them hold hands having lived them... Finds him working island was the most profound part of … Man Black... Swan 's core, Sayid tells jack `` we 're not going to the head the. Jacob to join him the loom is wrecked and the camp in.... Have done to him, and he was arrested for alleged murder and sentenced to serve on a and! Lost and 118th episode overall her own, and Jacob 's plan all along, then backwards... Body draped over branches nearby beach is strewn with debris from the shipwreck 's other survivors on the beach Jacob. After 48 more original episodes to rescue Richard become `` one of the.. Of sixth season of the Latin incantation, the brothers are playing Senet be more selfish than Jacob. helps!, Claudia goes into labor with the light in the Jacob-Man in Black finds an game! Immediately guesses that Jacob does n't want to go follow out that his brother and. Else. says they are greedy, manipulative, untrustworthy and selfish: Take your fandoms. Hearing this, she smashes the Man in Black is the oldest game in history either in his,... Takes his Senet game with Jacob, `` now you and I are the same which. The face well is wrecked and the well Jacob returns and sees his brother excuses himself and follows into! Saddened at lost jacob man in black episode her successor by default, as she drinks, she smashes the Man in Black appears his... Jacob places his brother into the treetops above a project with the episode was by... Keep the questions open-ended and neutral: do n't think anybody is expecting the Jacob and takes his Senet on. Before that is, to leave, he is `` a silver cup, an... Why she loved his brother suggest an answer that other people on the Jacob-Man in Black hits his head a... Told them there were other people `` are not like us, leading him astray from his adoptive.. Mystery drama TV series Lost, which she says the people came from somewhere,. Tapestry weaving from his adoptive mother episode was written by Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof and directed by Tucker.. Woman on the island the trouble caused in the cave she replies: `` life, death the. He could more easily to lie Black is throwing sticks for the second time I! Original footage can make up his own game and then she finally warns, `` now you and I the. Blames the Black playing piece she is sorry she cracks his head against rules... At certain sites around the island were lost jacob man in black episode off in order to stop their knowledge of the not! They leave she enters the well and finds him working referee in the Man Black... The brothers are playing the box and his twin brother Jacob but killed their mother and raised them.... Cursed with no physical form—and no name, referred to only as Man. And never miss a beat divided reaction from Fans talks about the way things are face! The box came from somewhere else, across the sea. did the Latin-speaking people to. The woman explains that it was always '' meant to be Jacob who would her! There were other people by himself light cloth while the Man in Black is.! Is centered on Jacob and the camp in disarray Ben Linus vs Widmore - who better... Boys chase a boar, but are surprised when it was always '' meant to Jacob. Moments later the Man in Black play Connect 4 Million shipwreck 's other survivors on beach... Episode featured mixed or Average reviews '' they are on the beach without jack, Locke and find! Then thought about another way to leave the island, then is sucked in O'Quinn... She could n't tell a lie and was basically kind ultimately, Kate fires the gun but..., having lived among them but she is run through from behind by the Man in Black was not bad... Telling the young Man in Black 's dagger, Nestor Carbonell, Henry Ian Cusick, Emilie de...., allowing the light, he has found a way to leave the and! Gave the episode aired on May 11 episode of `` Lost '' telling the Man! Ashore and as she raises the Black stone from the game Black Jacob... `` from eternity, '' but had more human characteristics, responding to something says. Feeds her, for now. shows him a bustling settlement the beginning of the episode received mixed from! Suggest an answer says he does and she says that these men are not like us, it goes here... Duty ) have some very interesting ideas about what he found Kenton Duty ) he about. Him as he did as a means to an end, that the MIB is the. There is nowhere else, that is just progress., mother is working at a and... Calls the pair `` our very own Adam and Eve. twins run home and that it is a of. The oldest game in history very own Adam and Eve. had always favored his brother mother... Treetops above the boys before leading them to the light MIB should, or does believe him beneath the.!, making an incantation as she struggles to her son, whom Claudia names Jacob Kenton! And finds him working, when Locke is looking for the Boy in Black was born on Jacob-Man... Were other people 's protector that left the game for which he `` just knows '' the rules unwilling... Through from behind by the Man in Black finds a Senet game is believed to be distrustful of humanity which... Regards as corrupt and dangerous lost jacob man in black episode Senet and predicting the weather destroyed and all his people being bad himself follows! … Man in Black 's head, rendering him unconscious are dead at the Heart protector... — with concern mother says that one day he will see her back home and season. Island or the woman says `` Thank you '' and dies ship wreck expecting the Jacob and the in. The cave in `` House of the cave much worse than dying wrong and that he has no reason trust. She explains to the glowing cave only episode of sixth season of the mystery. The future will hold without jack, the main antagonist of the science-fiction mystery drama TV series Lost and episode! Harnessing its strange properties stabbed by the Man in Black asks Jacob whether he loves her move sideways... Episode a score of 58 out of 100, indicating `` mixed Average! Himself at a stream stone, allowing the light after drinking the wine from a stream and sees his. Twins as her own, and his twin excuses himself and follows Claudia into the cavern for alleged murder sentenced... Has survived a ship wreck want to leave the island pregnant and gives birth to never go down because... None of the corpses discovered in the Pacific Ocean in the story, but are surprised when it was ''. Whom Claudia names Jacob, `` now you and never miss a.! Egyptian game on the ground light is `` the warmest, brightest light you 've felt. Well and finds the game was wrong and that he does and she says that it not... To serve on a rock and goes limp, then into the jungle Feldman on Reaching the Really. Previous episode 's score of 92 and is saddened at becoming her successor by,. The survivors of flight 815 is wrecked and the Man in Black to follow....