I think a lot got answered last night and it is setting up for the final battle beween good and evil.
A lot of what happened last night reminded me of the story of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Flocke is "evil incarnate" as the samurai said, and "if you let him say even one word" than it is already too late. And just like the snake influenced Eve, Flocke has taken a hold of Claire. While Flocke is influencing people by promising them whatever they wanted (Sayid) or promising death (the people who stayed behind in the temple), Jacob is building an army of his own "free-willed candidates" who can not be influenced. I think they keep each other in check on the island and Jacob's death due to the loophole (Free will, more specifically Ben Linus' free will) threw the whole balance out of whack. With ten episodes left, I'm sure that the writers will touch on this a bit more.
By the way, I think that Jack will be Jacob's "Adam". Last week, Hurley had specific instructions to turn the lighthouse thing to 108 degrees. When they showed the notes on Hurley's arm for a brief second, a lot of it was illegible, but the last line of the instructions said "Adam @ 108". And we all know what Jack did when he started to turn the wheel that way.
Are y'all watching these episodes or y'all just skimming through it?