LAST EDITED ON 02-05-10 AT 05:27 PM (EST)I don't think the Incident destroyed the island either. How could a bomb that can sink as island leave all of Dharmaville intact? Houses, swingset. . .
There is a connection between Christian and Locke, not only that they both arrived on the island in a coffin but wasn't DeadLocke wearing Christian's shoes? We know Jacob could travel freely on/off the island but have speculated that Smokey can't - or can he but he needs a vessel? For all we know, there is a giant ash ring around the island that Smokey can't cross but if he falls from the sky. . . loophole!
Now that we know that Smokey can make himself look like other people (only dead people?) it makes me wonder about all of those times we saw a smiling Locke emerge from the jungle out of nowhere and with some sort of knowledge. Was it Real-time Locke or Smokey Time-traveling Locke?
Wasn't there an ash ring around Jacob's cabin?