Yes. I just saw in the TV section that Robocop was just on (I'm catching up on 3 days of news so I can't say when) but I thought it was great that he was so Borg-like.

I like this. But ultimately, I don't think the answer is going to be directly cribbed from any one source. Some meat will be added to the bones, but the whole thing will be left ambiguous enough to draw resemblances to all these old traditions.

Or Jacob and his nemesis ultimately switch places, or succeed one another in some manner.

"No accent" isn't wrong; it's a proper way to say that one speaks with the accent of a native speaker of the particular idiom, and not inflected with some coloration foreign to it. Moreover, when I see a show with people speaking the audience's language I generally do not regard it as significant. I see it as a type…

It could have been the Black Rock. Objects approaching the island without a carefully plotted course have a tendency to be afflicted by sudden violent disturbances causing them to explode, etc.

@tabernacle:

Smtrnu: really good. Of course, the titans were the subject of a prophesy, which here we don't have, except for "all of this has happened before…"

"Which God are you referring to?" —Amanda Greystone
(Wait, this isn't the black rock / white rock thread, is it?

Matthew Abbadon appears at the station as a visiting law enforcement official from another juridiction, but no one is sure whether it is Baltimore PD or Fringe Division. Yet more mysteries.

Re: Locke promising Ben control of the Island:

I think the idea was that Principal Reynolds, if he were forced out of his position by Ben revealing the whole scandal, would not have any positive influence to offer Alex even if he wanted to. He would become a disgrace and his recommendation all but worthless. Hence, if Ben pulled the trigger on his scheme, he would…