It's Tuesday, which means it's LOST day. In anticipation of tonight's episode I reviewed last week's show notes on Lostpedia.com. The episode was called "Ab Aeterno" and it may have been one of the best episodes of LOST yet. In the episode it is revealed that...Hold on! Spoiler Alert!
If you are a LOST fan and haven't watched the episode yet then stop here. Come back after you watch it to finish reading. I only learned what the definition of Ab Aeterno is anyway so nothing too exciting.
So in the episode it is revealed that there are two dominant forces at work on the island. One which believes that people are inherently evil and one which believes that people are inherently good. I am in the latter camp. People are brought to the island, it seems, as a game to prove which force is more powerful. The good side seems to give the participants the free will to choose for themselves while the bad side tries to manipulate them into following his will. If that sounds a lot like God versus the Devil, do not be surprised. There are numerous references and allusions to religions and ideologies in LOST.
I learned that Ab Aeterno is Latin for "from eternity." The phrase is used to mean "since the beginning of time" perhaps implying that the struggle between good and evil has existed from the very beginning.
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