The Story of Season 6. A Theory

Elsewhere, we talked about the island and the likelihood of it metaphorically being the Underworld as a good place for the story of LOST. But if that's true, how does the story end?

Well, the Underworld is where souls go to be judged before they enter Heaven or Hell. What is the Balance, you might ask? With the S5 Finale it's becoming more clear. Did you live your life with passion and purpose? Did you exercise your power of choice, and with free will were you able to rise above the destiny that fate lay in your way?

For each LOST survivor (it's becoming clear Jacob picked / touched all of them), that destiny appears to have begun with a father figure. And no one on the island has so far been able to over come it. In fact, all Losties' deaths have to-date been failures in that regard.

Will anyone rise above their fate and choose to live freely, without fighting their past? So far Locke has appeared the worst failure; dying as he lived as the perfect patsy. But there's still hope. Not in resurrection. After all, in the Underworld, dead is dead. And Locke sure ain't going back to the mainland. No, hope lies for Locke in the future. Because there are after all, two Lockes. We know the first story. It ended in failure. We don't know the second. And while Locke may be fooled one time, don't ever tell Locke what he can't do.

We can't help but believe that the man of science and the man of faith still have a chance at redemption if their story threads can somehow come together. And that is how I believe the season will end; a convergence of both approaches by Locke and Jack, proving that in appreciating portions of the other regarding fathers, souls and science, they are able to overcome their pasts, unify the island, restore harmony midst chaos, and find redemption.

It only needs to end well once. And Jacob will be free to give up his physical body, and join his specter 'brother' (it is Nemesis that is the specter, not Jacob) to converge with the rest of the gods. Because we know it's an evolution for the gods as well. But free will is the key. After all, it's humanity's most divine gift.