The producers have repeatedly dismissed the theory that the characters are dead or playing a part of one of the character's dreams.
I believe the characters are teetering between life and death. The smoke, and perhaps the hallucinations (like Shannon seeing Walk soaking wet) represents each character's facing his or her own past or an unresolved personal issue. The consequence of not doing so is possibly passing from life to death.
I am far less of a fan of this show that I was when I first started watching. I am pissed off that the background stories on the tailies are meaningless now because they are all dead (except one-- Rose's hubbie). It doesn't matter that Libby was also a co-resident of the assylum with Hurley and she gave Desmond the sailboat? Walt's "gift" is unexplained and rendered unimportant? How could Rousseau be living on that island all that time and not make mention of a sister island nearby?
The introduction of the new annoyingly vaccuuous dude and his equally annoying girlfriend is explained that they were living on another part of the island. So they are able to encamp with the losties without arousing any suspicion? Are we going to be subjected to their flashbacks now too?
I wish I took acid when I was younger. Better flashbacks.
I could go on and on. The only way this show can start being interesting again is for Hurley to eat Claire's baby.
Outahere!
Jim
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