The Substitute

Okay....Episode is called, "The Substitute"

Smoke man/Fake Locke is in a "substitute" body, Real Locke gets buried.

Locke in alternate timeline gets fired and hired as a "substitute" teacher.

Jacob brought everyone on the island to find a "substitute" or replacement for him to protect the island.

Do we believe fake Locke? He's apparently trapped against his will on the island and needs Sawyer or someone else as recruits to get off.

Ilana said that fake Locke is trapped in his current body.

Lost numbers came up next to the Lost passengers.

4: Locke
8: Hurley
15: Sawyer
16: Sayid
23: Jack
42: Sun/Jin

Maybe the Shepherd on the list was Kate after a future wedding. The reason for this guess was that when Jack operated on Ben in the Season 3 episode, “The List,” one of the others yelled, “But he’s not even on Jacob’s List"

Crossed out names, were passengers that were ruled out as "substitutes"

Ben Linus is a European History teacher.

Hurly owns a temp agency, with Rose running it.

Locke passes on Jack's offer for a free consult, accepts his condition.

Locke seems to have a much healthier relationship with his father. (Did you catch his picture in Locke’s cubicle?)

Who was the boy? Why was fake Locke aggravated/scared of him?

Sawyer's favorite book is "Of Mice and Men".....

What else did we learn?

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