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The writers and producers constantly get interviewed about whether or not they're making it up as they go along and they've always admitted to having a general outline of how things are going to play out on the show, but obviously they fill in the actual plotline particulars when it's time and tweak and change when appropriate.
They've admitted to killing Libby off when they did to add to the shock value or Ana Lucia's death (someone the fans never warmed to) and keeping on Ben's character for longer than they expected to due to loving the actor. Eko died before he was supposed to because he wanted to do other things back home and they killed off Nikki and Paulo before ever really letting them do anything because the fans completely hated them and how they were thrust into the show.
Yeah, Jack was seeing visions of his dad. Someone already linked the Lost webisode with Christian that sheds more light on this.
All of these visions, especially the ones that full out interact are manifestations of the island. Keep in mind the main character of Lost is the island.
The smoke monster and any real island mythos is essentially the one ultimate mystery that isn't going to be explained until the very end.
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