Everything you need to know about the seasons-long mystery. <\/p>
If you can cast your mind back to when you first watched <\/span>Lost<\/span>, among the many mysteries it offered (was that a polar bear?!?!), one of the most enduring was Smoke Monster, or the Man in Black if you prefer. <\/span><\/p>\n We get snippets of information here and there throughout the series\u2019 run, but it isn\u2019t until the season 6 episode Across the Sea that we get at least a good chunk of the story for the Smoke Monster\u2019s origin, and its brother, Jacob.<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s everything you need to know about his origins, his intentions and his story throughout <\/span>Lost<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n *Major spoilers ahead.*<\/strong><\/p>\n Claudia, the Man in Black\u2019s mother, was shipwrecked on the island and gave birth to twins (Jacob being the Man in Black\u2019s twin brother), with the assistance of a woman from the Island, played by Allison Janney. That woman kills their mother though, and raises them herself on the Island.<\/span><\/p>\n When the boys are older, the Man in Black (the Boy in Black?) discovers the other survivors of their mother\u2019s shipwreck \u2013 known as Claudia\u2019s People, but in reality, were part of a Roman legion \u2013 and a vision of his mother\u2019s ghost convinces him to join with her people, against the wishes of his new foster mother.<\/span><\/p>\nHow did the Man in Black become the Smoke Monster?<\/b><\/h2>\n