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I’m usually good about not watching promos for upcoming TV shows that I love. I hate being spoiled about anything, even if it’s simply a bunch of half second shots of random scenes. I don’t want to see it! But I’ve never quite been able to stop from watching the LOST promos every chance I get and as tonight’s episode wrapped up, I couldn’t help but notice the helicopter flying directly into the storm next week.

“Well, that’s cool, it totally plays into the Mirror Moon Matter theory!”

Long story turned into a simple sentence, some dude came up with an idea, researched it, discovered some pseudo-science that the creators of LOST have admitted being interested in, and came up with a damn convincing argument as to what the hell is going on in LOST. Well, kinda. I should say, the best argument yet, by far.

If you hate LOST, stop right here and I’ll see ya tomorrow. But if you’re as obsessed with the show as I am, you need to go read everything in that link above. I’ll wait. Yeah, I know, it’s long. But it makes sense! Oh, come on, you still need convincing in order to read that much? How about this:

Things The Theory Answers
The black smoke
How to get on the island
How to get off the island
Why the button had to be pressed every 108 minutes
The whispers
Why the missile took an extra 31 minutes to reach the island
How crazy things, like the Black Rock and Yemi’s airplane, ended up in the middle of the island
Why various characters can see and interact with things that aren’t there, like teenage Walt, the horse, Jack’s dead father, Jacob’s cabin, etc.
Things that are “clues” or “shout outs” to the theory, such as character names, the four-toed foot, the Apollo Bars, DHARMA’s name, etc.
Why the LOST logo twirls like it does at the start of each episode
The hieroglyphs
And more…

So there. Go read it and join me below.

Not a bad idea, huh? I’ll be the first to admit it’s not foolproof and I don’t think we’ve figured it all out yet, but I’d be willing to bet good money that once everything is said and done, this theory will at least have gotten the basic foundation accurately.

Now obviously detractors are going to say, “give me a break, this is waaaaaaaaaaay too complicated for a TV show and there’s no way people will get this.” To which I’d calmly point out “duh.” If you think they’re going to go that in depth during the series finale, well then you’re a moron. However, this has never been a show aimed at the “average” fan. They’ve gone out of their way to provide more clues (and answers) to people on-line through games and puzzles (even I’m not that dedicated of a fan, though.) They’ll obviously find a way to both easily explain it on-air while giving the more hardcore fans more answers on-line.

Now you might say, “but this is pseudo-science. It’s all hogwash. It can’t make sense and thus I shall use my advanced knowledge of physics to smack this theory to pieces!” Again, you’re totally correct. But you know what? You could do the same thing with Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, ER, The Unit, Friends and Seinfeld. All of these are TV shows and there’s a basic assumption and understanding between them and us. We get to be entertained by exaggerated stories in exchange for checking our damn common sense at the door. Even if we were to create intergalactic battleships in space, would there really be fire explosions when they’re hit? Would they really bank when they turn, as if they were fighting gravity like a plane? No. Hell, would a 20-something year old really be able to afford the apartments the characters in Friends live in? Is New York really void of African Americans. NO! So get over it and don’t use this mentality as a crutch to dismiss this theory.

However, there are some things still lacking. In fact, I like to think of this theory as totally nailing down the geographic abnormalities on the island. Yet there are other key things it’s yet to explain.

Things The Theory Doesn’t Answer
The numbers
Why everybody is so bizarrely interconnected (this simply could be for dramatic purposes, but still.)
How my favorite brutha can see the future
How Miles can talk to ghosts
What the fuck the writers were thinking when they killed Eko
And I’m sure much more that I can’t really think of right now

Is this the end-all be-all of LOST? Hardly. But it’s damn fun to try and piece this puzzle together, no?