This week's episode of LOST continued the plot developments of the first two weeks. The main premise seems to be the metaphysical connection to the outside world. Locke expects Jack to make a "leap of faith" and press the button. Desmond has been stuck on the island for years, afraid the whole thing is a mind game, but also afraid to abandon his post and not "save the world." Like all of us, the LOST characters must decide for themselves if the universe has reason--if our lives have reason--or if it's all a random sequence of numbers (or worse yet, the arbitrary machinations of a perverse and manipulative deity).
What is the island? Is it even an island? Again, the references to The Prisoner abound. The whole concept of subjecting people to mind games was a major theme of The Prisoner, in which Number 6 was tested on a weekly basis.
Many fans theorize the island could be a Dyson sphere. The geodesic dome also hints at that. However, if that's the case, how did the Black Rock come ashore? Plus, the guy in Australia, Toomey, along with the crazy patient in the asylum, had heard the numbers broadcast while they were at a Navy listening post in the South Pacific. It doesn't seem likely they were receiving radio waves from space.
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