The First Appearance of Jacob!

So i've been re-watching Lost with Elijah (my oldest), and we're up to Season 3.09. There have been many things that i've wanted to comment upon since my last post, but time has been limited (as usual). i will say a couple of things:

1. In episode 3.08 we see the first appearance of JACOB. You may also have noticed that 3.07 was the first mention of Jacob by Danny boy; noting that "Jack wasn't even on Jacob's list." Right away they show us the "God loves you as he loves Jacob" flash in the Clockwork Orangesque scene with Carl.

We, of course, see that later; as noted in a previous post on the Dharma videos. Well in 3.08 he is clearly, unambigously the dude in the red shoes (go back and watch, right before the below screen capture they show his face straight on... it's him)...

But is he the dude who gets crushed (and is thus just impervious to lasting harm and will resurrect... a clue for Season 6), or did he wear the red shoes cause he knew some dude with red shoes was gonna get crushed and wanted to convince Desmond.

Clearly he is the one who filled in ol' What's-her-name (i always seem to forget... grey haired lady, former Other's leader, remember???)... If he IS the dude who was crushed then this means he was either

a). Indestructible, in which case there is no problem with the end of Season 5. or,

b). Desmond planning to "rewrite history" (Penny's words haha), and actually marry her, was causing an eventuality resulting in the death of Jacob; which thus was explained by Grey Haired Chick (why can't i ever remember her damn name?!?!?!) as an inevitability. This would have then been swallowed up and never happened once Desmond actually went through with not marrying Penny... this also explains the end of Season 5 if you think about it... The bomb essentially would have done the same thing and swallowed up that potential course of... fate?

2. The other episode i want to comment on is 3.05 where Eko dies. At the very end the Temple God morphs into Yemi (again), and after Eko's shpeel about how he never sinned and isn't sorry, he looks at him (super-pissed off), and says "You speak to me as if i am your brother..."

...to which Eko replies "who are you!?! WHO ARE YOU!?!?!"

Of course the Temple God in smoke form then kills him (tragically); because the Island didn't change him as it had changed others that have been sparred, Sawyer, Sayyid, et al.

Some things to think about...