lost theories with groen:
i still had the theory after jacob died that jacob was actually the black smoke initially. That is why ben had to kill him (and not the possessed lock) and then the guy that was speaking to jacob at the end of the previous season took over losts physical form and he knew that to become the monster he had to manipulate ben to do it.
the man in black (ake locke) is and always has been the smoke moster.
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_man_in_black
Ben was manipulated to kill Jacob because the smoke monster/man in black couldn't do it himself.
i havn't watched ep 8 and 9 yet.
i also wonder thought if jacob was the black smoke then how did he get off the island to meet the main chars before they came. that must mean that he can get off the island.
- we know jacob can leave the island. The smoke moster can't.
also hope faraday makes another appearance, i enjoyed the episodes with him in it.
- Tis a shame he got killed off so easily, i wouldn't be surprised if he appears in some other form in the remaining episodes, flash sideways for instance.
also i thought that some of the people like richard are stuck in a time loop but other are not, that is why they know what was going to happen, but that has been broken now with the explosion of the nuke on the "energy buildup"
- Well we know Richard is basically immortal/ageless. A time loop seems out of place though.