Comments on: Desmond’s flashback was not a dream

By: patience

patience — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:11:14 +0000

I completely disagree with you, desmondo. You dont know what your talking about. By the way, the contract is up by the end of season 3 but they have plans for at least 100 episodes. I know there is business in television, but don’t pretend like you know what your talking about. The premise of the show is a mystery and It does have an explanation, whether it is rational or not, I dont know. The creators haven’t moved past the show, maybe JJ Abrams has but he was never a big part of the show anyway. I will tell you how to effectively keep people watching television: Give them a bunch of crappy pop singers and tell them their votes will deceide who the next American Idol is. Lost wasn’t created as a way to experiment on television viewers, you have to much Dharma on the brain.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:38:42 +0000

Was Desmond a Coward for turning the key?

By: marco

marco — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:27:19 +0000

i think that the whole flashback in this episode wasnt a dream and that it actually happened, but i think as the jeweler said desmond is supposed to end up on the island, so no matter what he did like trying to save the man in the red shoes; or saving the bar tender guy, he would end up in the same position as he was! so instead of playing back all of what we already know like the fact that he met libby, crashed on the island, the whole suit malarky and eventually turning the fail safe key, they just jumped to where desmonds story began in season 3, with him in the jungle.

again i thought a brilliant way to show the relevance and the importance of fate in this series!!!

brilliant episode though!

By: kyle

kyle — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:14:19 +0000

joe stole my theory!

By: desmondo

desmondo — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:15:25 +0000

I think it’s all bullshit and none of it has any rational explanation. The whole plot is created to keep the viewers guessing and more importantly keep the viewers watching. The creators have already move past this series and are simply keeping it afloat for as long as the contract dictates. The show is completely meaningless and ambiguous and is one big marketing experiment to see how to most efficiently keep people watching the tube.

By: theOtherdave

theOtherdave — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:23:47 +0000

!!Whewwwwwww!!
I LOVE all of these theories; Mark’s, joe’s, Jamie’s and Toeknee’s have great ones.
But I am still confused and a little unsure of ‘time travel’. I was one of many who believed he experienced his past as a dream. Do I really think Lost has become this complex? I am overwhelmed by the theories here. Could Desmond’s episode really offer that much complexity of cause for all that is happening (not just to Desmond but to the Losties too)? If it did and many people here think so, then applause to the writers for this. Because if any of these theories are on the right track then the show REALLY is better than great.
My gut tells there is something a little off though-something doesn’t seem right- something simpler, maybe(?).
I wished I could offer a good theory myself but just don’t have the brain power to do so. Wait…what if Desmond can see both forward and backward, but backward is experienced and not just ’seen’. What if his mind only makes up images (Ring Lady) and Ring Lady explainations to counter the incomprehensible. But when he sees the future they are just images. Like the difference between still photos and video?
Ok I got 2 brain cells to work for that theory.
Man I can’t wait till tonight!

By: Hammer

Hammer — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:58:59 +0000

I am guessing that she is doing it 1996 because that is when Dez is supposed to let Pen go…that is when he was attempting to get a ring and marry her. Which changes the “future”. I believe that is the key to the whole episode. If he marries her, he doesn’t do the contest, etc…

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:09:42 +0000

Hammer:

Yep, very true. The red shoe reference had slipped my mind.

I was thinking of a reason why whoever the Ring Lady represents intervened in 1996 and not in 2004. It could be that Charlie just doesn’t figure on the agenda they are working to. Lots of lives and deaths are inconsequential as far as They are concerned and the Ring Lady was effectively saying “Don’t waste your time, it won’t be your fault when it happens”. Desmond, however, isn’t as going to accept that as a solution, but either way it doesn’t matter to RL.

By: Hammer

Hammer — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:51:30 +0000

Jamie-

I don’t think he’s lacking perspective…the old woman told him via the guy in the red shoes that Charlie or anyone else can only be saved for the moment. Whether she lied is different question…

By: Hammer

Hammer — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:22:36 +0000

Hey…the must have read my comment about the photos!!! haha