It seems to me there are too many references to time in LOST for it to not be a pivotal part of the overall mythology. There was even a scene very early on where Sayid and Hurley are on the beach and hear a song on their radio, and Sayid says radio waves can travel far and come from anywhere- and Hurley says “or any time”.

That line has all ways been really spooky & freaky and that was the only point of the scene, for hurley to say “or any time.”

I think you’re dead on right.

That line has all ways been really spooky & freaky and that was the only point of the scene, for hurley to say “or any time.”

It was the scene in Man from Tallahassee where Ben was looking at pictures on the wall of Alex. It was clear to me, from the way they filmed the shot, that the only real reason to show that was for us to get a glimpse of that clock. The writers are clever and wouldnt waste a few minutes of airtime on Ben glancing at pictures without a reason (i.e. to show that clock). The time changes back and forth multiple times. I think the island is in a constantly changing location in time. As someone else pointed out, the brainwashing video said ‘only fools are enslaved by time and space’

thats a good point,but only FOOLS are enslaved in time. and if clocks are moving time so randomly, then why would the others choose to keep them? and i have just watched that episode and the clocks dont look like they are special enough to change time to each different location, maybe ben staring at the pictures is to show us how much he loves alex, becuase most pictures were of her. and i think the clock thing hsas no relavence to the show. but good theory

I see your point, but I actually think the whole point of that shot was to show the clock’s constantly changing time. The island is not enslaved by time or space- meaning it is constantly changing location in time and space. The “fools” enslaved by time and space would be people in real time, not those on the island.

It seems to me there are too many references to time in LOST for it to not be a pivotal part of the overall mythology. There was even a scene very early on where Sayid and Hurley are on the beach and hear a song on their radio, and Sayid says radio waves can travel far and come from anywhere- and Hurley says “or any time”.

thats a good point,but only FOOLS are enslaved in time. and if clocks are moving time so randomly, then why would the others choose to keep them? and i have just watched that episode and the clocks dont look like they are special enough to change time to each different location, maybe ben staring at the pictures is to show us how much he loves alex, becuase most pictures were of her. and i think the clock thing hsas no relavence to the show. but good theory

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Dragonfly:

Awesome theory! I was thinking that the island existed in all times simultaneously, but I think your idea makes more sense especially with the way the clock was moving in that episode!

Only fools are constrained by time and space…I hope you’re right.

what episode were the clocks moving in & how did u notice it?

yer, wat ep was that, i no the only fools are enslaved bit backwards ws not in porland ep, but whcih one is the movin clock ep

It was the scene in Man from Tallahassee where Ben was looking at pictures on the wall of Alex. It was clear to me, from the way they filmed the shot, that the only real reason to show that was for us to get a glimpse of that clock. The writers are clever and wouldnt waste a few minutes of airtime on Ben glancing at pictures without a reason (i.e. to show that clock). The time changes back and forth multiple times. I think the island is in a constantly changing location in time. As someone else pointed out, the brainwashing video said ‘only fools are enslaved by time and space’

i thought he died in the car accident.

well i think that maybe widmore (penny’s dad) is jacob, and she found out somehow from him des is on the island, so thats how she new about the anomaly, to detect the anomaly, tahts what wud make sense to me, or he may not be jacob, but a sponsor of the initiative and gets yearly check ups and was told thst the only station carryin on work is the swan, which he was told had des in, or he planned the route in the solar race around the world so des crashed on the island, and penny cud move on

I also like the latest theory, it has always been curious to me why Sayid and Hurley heard Big Band music on their radio (season 1?). However, Ben did have a videotape from the Red Sox winning the World Series which (in island time) is very recent.