LOST Season Six is entering production and the first bit of spoilage has leaked onto the web. Maybe. Actually, it could be said that the LOST gang is the best player in the game when it comes to saturating their casting calls with artful misdirection. When LOST is looking for a ruthless Widmore operative, for instance, they call for a "corporate recruiter." Keeping that in mind, the details of this casting call – unearthed by EW's spoilermaestro Michael Ausiello – may speak loudly considering what we know about the players in LOST's game. First, the casting call.
Lennon: Scruffy, edgy, charismatic, and slightly stir-crazy, Lennon can be deferential when it’s called for. He’s the spokesperson/translator for the president of a foreign corporation. He’s a wily negotiator, and far more powerful than his lowly position would seem to indicate. Recurring.
Taking this at face value, one might think Lennon works for Widmore, Paik, or even the Hanso Foundation. Using our imaginations a little bit, Lennon could even be connected to the seemingly godlike beings that inhabit LOST's magical island. Jacob, as it were, was scruffy, edgy, and charismatic – and 'slightly-stir-crazy' maybe LOST casting shorthand for something slightly superhuman – someone or something possessing a slightly exaggerated point of view. Considering that idea puts "far more powerful than his lowly position would seem to indicate" in an entirely new context.
My prediction: Lennon is the representative of whatever force Jacob answers to, that is none too happy about the Jughead incident. Perhaps the gateway to the over-arcing mythology of LOST season 6. Or perhaps, he's just what we think he is. After-all, some of these casting notices turn out to be personae non gratae. Since season 6 is still so far away, why don't we have a little fun and speculate.
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