And now, my big question - is "Smokey" an "it?" In other words, is there only one monster. Consider the appearances. The first time we got a clear look at Smokey, it was as a thin, wispy, fast-moving streak (from "Exodus, Part 1", the penultimate episode of the first season). (The moving image below was taken from "Amber's" myspace page, http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=441550).
Then, in last season's "The 23rd Psalm," we got a longer, closer look at the...whatever, when it approached and confronted Eko. Before it began projecting images from his past, it looked like...(Thanks to the Lost Wikipedia entry, lost.wikia.com/wiki/The_Monster, for these images).
At the time, I figured this just indicated an increased effects budget from ABC. But then, in this week's "The Cost of Living," Smokey had both appearances. The thin wispy version streaked past Eko as he followed the Yemi doppleganger. Then the big, thick, morphing cloud version loomed, attacked and ultimately killed Eko.
There is also an implication, found on the Swan hatch map (see the link to the right) of something patrolling the island called "Cerberus."
In Greek mythology, Cerberus was a three-headed giant dog that guarded the doorway to the underworld. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus. Could the multiple heads of "Cerberus" be a fast-moving scout, a "beautiful" bright light as seen by John Locke, and the vicious enforcer that killed the pilot of flight 815 and, most recently, Eko? Why should we assume that the island's oddities are singular? The polar bears were not...
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I like your thoughts about there being different smokeys. It would make sense, since the only time Eko showed any fear was before the last smokey killed him. This leads me to believe that the other, thin smokey is just some sort of scout. Also, we don't hear the metalic/machine sort of sounds unless it's the violent smokey (as in Locke getting dragged through the woods and Eko getting killed).
What does seem clear to me, though, is that there is plenty about the Island that the Others either don't know or can't control. I found it odd that when Sawyer was waking up strapped down to the table before the whole "8" rabbit thing, we heard the Others talking about the sky turning purple and wondering why their communcation devices don't work anymore. It was as though they had no understanding of what had happened in the hatch with Desmond, Locke, Charlie and Eko. Plus, Ben seemed genuinely surprised that our castaways had a boat. Since that boat had been around for a few years, you would think they would have known about it. So as much as the Others are keeping us in the dark about their purpose, they are themselves in the dark about a significant part of the Island.
On a side note, killing Eko was a terrible idea. I'm very angry about this. Why do that? He's one of the characters we want to see. There is no plotline worth sacrificing your most well-liked character. Terrible move by the writers.
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