I notice that the character named "Mikhail Bakunin" will be featured in the upcoming episode.
I'm not sure if any of the following is considered "spoiler" or not, but just to be safe...
Spoiler for Possible Spoiler:
Lostpedia.com lists "Mikhail Bakunin" as the character commonly referred to as "Patchy." Interestingly, this is yet another reference to a philosopher (i.e. Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Burke...). Mikhail Bakunin was a Russian Revolutionary and is one of the "fathers of Anarchism" according to wikipedia (
Mikhail Bakunin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I'm still not 100% convinced that each of these historical figures necessarily tells us something about their corresponding characters, but I think its very interesting. Any thoughts?