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1. skweez
   Comment 1, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

   Ha! First. Let’s see if all the 100′s of posts were correct about Michael NOT making it back to civilization

2. Gup
   Comment 2, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

   I think that Michael did get back to civilization at some point. Where else would he have gotten that nice haircut?

3. Katie
   Comment 3, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

   Is this the last episode of the season?

4. deangoodes
   Comment 4, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

   Katie, it’s going to be 4 or 5 weeks before they start putting on new episodes again.

5. intolost
   Comment 5, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

   Go, Sayid! He’ll get all the info out of Michael. Heh….Man, 4-5 weeks with no new LOST episodes. : (

   Wonder who we’ll lose tonight….Juliet? Claire? Jin?

6. rdizzle
   Comment 6, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

   I have a feeling this is gonna be a good one! Can’t wait for my Lost-sushi night. BTW, this might be for a different thread, but I bought the LOST game for my PS3… it sucks. don’t get it. lol.

7. Rita
   Comment 7, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

   Yea!! It’s almost here!! Everybody ready????

8. Rita
   Comment 8, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

   This hopefully will put an end to our “where’s Walt-o” game. In honor of last week’s Chinese ambassador, and Jin, who I think will die this week (or soon), we are having Chinese food tonight for our “LOST dinner”. OK, so there are no Korean take out places around here in Michigan’s Thumb (Yes, we really call it that. Just look at a map!). Can’t wait for the episode to start!!

9. Trixanna
   Comment 9, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

   I am stuck at work and I want to get a LOST fix somehow! I need LAA NOW!!!!! I am so excited about tonight’s episode!!!

10. Fara-dayo
    Comment 10, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

11. Rita
    Comment 11, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I guess this is where the ability to gas everyone at once would come in handy. Maybe that door is still open.

12. jaime
    Comment 12, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Alright…here we go!!!! Very excited for my last official episode. I guess the next one is set to air on April 24th and I have Cubs tickets for that night…what do i choose? Lost, Cubs, Lost, Cubs….we’ll see.

    I have feeling we will be seeing Michael back on the main land, whether it be a FF or a FB, and hopefully we will learn how he seemed to so easily infiltrate the freighter folk.

13. Angel
    Comment 13, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    I think that Michael did make it back to civilization but something happened and he came back. Ben must have gotten his hands on Walt and is using him to get Michael to do things for him. Today we are probably going to find out why Michael is working for Ben again. Cant wait!

14. Angel
    Comment 14, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

15. Rita
    Comment 15, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

16. katesFriend
    Comment 16, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    can i discuss someone credited in the episode? it says it on my ondemand tv listing

17. Rita
    Comment 17, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    katesFriend wrote:

    can i discuss someone credited in the episode? it says it on my ondemand tv listing

    Please don’t until after the episode. It would seem spoilerish and I don’t want to be spoiled!! Thanks.

18. katesFriend
    Comment 18, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    no problem! that’s why i asked! thanks for responding, rita

19. leah
    Comment 19, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    i bet your all glued to the tv now eh?some of us have to wait till sunday……….

20. leah
    Comment 20, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    …..going to get a head start on all the posts .when ever ya ready……..

21. Rita
    Comment 21, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    leah wrote:

    …..going to get a head start on all the posts .when ever ya ready……..

    Sorry you have to wait Leah. Don’t think I could do it!!

22. Angel
    Comment 22, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    ______________________

    That could be true but you never know. If they have good weapons or some device, they can do some damage.

23. Matt
    Comment 23, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Uh, U.S. people: How long until you guys actually see the episode? I live in Australia and we don’t even get another episode until April bloody 17, so I’d like to know how many hours from now you see it, so I know when to look up spoilers. I’m just that pathetic. I know. :P

24. Rita
    Comment 24, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Angel wrote:

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    ______________________

    That could be true but you never know. If they have good weapons or some device, they can do some damage.

    *************************

    Like the island gas chamber.

25. jaime
    Comment 25, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    #########################################

    Frank is a bit of a mystery to me…is he good or bad?
    Why was he replaced by the other pilot Seth?
    Why did he memorize the flight manifest?

    When he went to deliver the lima beans to Sayid and Desmond he ran into Keamy
    Keamy: Do not be late upstairs
    Frank: I’ll be there

    Where would the two of them go?

26. Rita
    Comment 26, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Matt wrote:

    Uh, U.S. people: How long until you guys actually see the episode? I live in Australia and we don’t even get another episode until April bloody 17, so I’d like to know how many hours from now you see it, so I know when to look up spoilers. I’m just that pathetic. I know. :P

    ****************

    It comes on here at 9:00 eastern standard time.

27. jaime
    Comment 27, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Do we get an enhanced version of Ji Yeon tonight?

28. Rita
    Comment 28, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    jaime wrote:

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    #########################################

    Frank is a bit of a mystery to me…is he good or bad?
    Why was he replaced by the other pilot Seth?
    Why did he memorize the flight manifest?

    When he went to deliver the lima beans to Sayid and Desmond he ran into Keamy
    Keamy: Do not be late upstairs
    Frank: I’ll be there

    Where would the two of them go?

    ********************

    Exactly! I think he was replaced by the other pilot for 815 because he has a drinking problem.

29. Rita
    Comment 29, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    jaime wrote:

    Do we get an enhanced version of Ji Yeon tonight?

    I don’t think so. I’m bummed but I will get over it when the new episode starts!

30. leah
    Comment 30, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Rita wrote:

    Matt wrote:

    Uh, U.S. people: How long until you guys actually see the episode? I live in Australia and we don’t even get another episode until April bloody 17, so I’d like to know how many hours from now you see it, so I know when to look up spoilers. I’m just that pathetic. I know. :P

    ****************

    It comes on here at 9:00 eastern standard time.

    it comes here uk,9pm sunday!

31. sector7
    Comment 31, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Angel wrote:

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    ______________________

    That could be true but you never know. If they have good weapons or some device, they can do some damage.

    ______________________
    Imagine 5 mercenary type guys like in “Commando”. They would rip a small group of average people apart.

32. jaime
    Comment 32, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Rita wrote:

    jaime wrote:

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    #########################################

    Frank is a bit of a mystery to me…is he good or bad?
    Why was he replaced by the other pilot Seth?
    Why did he memorize the flight manifest?

    When he went to deliver the lima beans to Sayid and Desmond he ran into Keamy
    Keamy: Do not be late upstairs
    Frank: I’ll be there

    Where would the two of them go?

    ********************

    Exactly! I think he was replaced by the other pilot for 815 because he has a drinking problem.
    ##########################

    I think your right, Naomi did refer to him as a drunk when speaking with Abbadon

33. Fara-dayo
    Comment 33, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Matt wrote:

    Uh, U.S. people: How long until you guys actually see the episode? I live in Australia and we don’t even get another episode until April bloody 17, so I’d like to know how many hours from now you see it, so I know when to look up spoilers. I’m just that pathetic. I know. :P

    Ha, i was just wondering if they show Lost on flights from Sydney to LA. That would be weird!
    Are people in Australia just as into Lost as US folks?

34. sector7
    Comment 34, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    sector7 wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    ______________________

    That could be true but you never know. If they have good weapons or some device, they can do some damage.

    ______________________
    Imagine 5 mercenary type guys like in “Commando”. They would rip a small group of average people apart.

    …not Commando I mean like in Predator.

35. leah
    Comment 35, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Rita wrote:

    jaime wrote:

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    #########################################

    Frank is a bit of a mystery to me…is he good or bad?
    Why was he replaced by the other pilot Seth?
    Why did he memorize the flight manifest?

    When he went to deliver the lima beans to Sayid and Desmond he ran into Keamy
    Keamy: Do not be late upstairs
    Frank: I’ll be there

    Where would the two of them go?

    ********************

    Exactly! I think he was replaced by the other pilot for 815 because he has a drinking problem.

    *******************************
    They are all in the middle of the ocean.,where do you think frank and keamy would go???
    …The island of course.
    One a seperate whilst i can get a word in..Lost is getting more like ‘lost horizons ‘each episode.

36. jaime
    Comment 36, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Rita wrote:

    jaime wrote:

    Do we get an enhanced version of Ji Yeon tonight?

    I don’t think so. I’m bummed but I will get over it when the new episode starts!

    #########################################

    WHAT????? Does this make any sense at all? What would be the reason to not give us an ehanced version of Ji Yeon??
    breathing, breathing, deep breaths

37. NBC
    Comment 37, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    They are promoting the new show, Miss Guided.

38. leah
    Comment 38, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    now i wonder whether frank was sent on this mission cos he knew too much,ie,pilots body wasnt who they said it was on the news .like faraday knows too much ie.contants.? ..miles knows how to speak to the dead, i think lewis knows more about the dharma than the powers that be would like .these four could be a threat to the credibilty of the hoax?…just pondering as usual

39. Fara-dayo
    Comment 39, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    leah wrote:

    now i wonder whether frank was sent on this mission cos he knew too much,ie,pilots body wasnt who they said it was on the news .like faraday knows too much ie.contants.? ..miles knows how to speak to the dead, i think lewis knows more about the dharma than the powers that be would like .these four could be a threat to the credibilty of the hoax?…just pondering as usual

    Hey, just thought of something! Remember the first episode, smokey kills the pilot of the plane! Was smokey originally supposed to kill frank???

40. sector7
    Comment 40, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    leah wrote:

    Rita wrote:

    jaime wrote:

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    #########################################

    Frank is a bit of a mystery to me…is he good or bad?
    Why was he replaced by the other pilot Seth?
    Why did he memorize the flight manifest?

    When he went to deliver the lima beans to Sayid and Desmond he ran into Keamy
    Keamy: Do not be late upstairs
    Frank: I’ll be there

    Where would the two of them go?

    ********************

    Exactly! I think he was replaced by the other pilot for 815 because he has a drinking problem.

    *******************************
    They are all in the middle of the ocean.,where do you think frank and keamy would go???
    …The island of course.
    One a seperate whilst i can get a word in..Lost is getting more like ‘lost horizons ‘each episode.

    _____________________
    “meet upstairs” sounds like a mission briefing.
    Maybe when Frank was replaced on 815 it was under suspicious circumstances and that’s why Frank started investigating and tried to investigate all onboard. Maybe that led him to where he is and he realizes he needs to try and save as many people as he can.

41. Gup
    Comment 41, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    I was just watching E!News and they said that many questions would be answered tonight. (I won’t elaborate though cuz it would be spoilerish).

42. Rita
    Comment 42, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    leah wrote:

    now i wonder whether frank was sent on this mission cos he knew too much,ie,pilots body wasnt who they said it was on the news .like faraday knows too much ie.contants.? ..miles knows how to speak to the dead, i think lewis knows more about the dharma than the powers that be would like .these four could be a threat to the credibilty of the hoax?…just pondering as usual

    Hey, just thought of something! Remember the first episode, smokey kills the pilot of the plane! Was smokey originally supposed to kill frank???

    *******************
    Wow, that’s a thought.

43. KillerR
    Comment 43, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Micheal may have made it to fiji, but couldnt have made it much further than that.

44. Trixanna
    Comment 44, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    My computer has been doing some wierd stuff lately, it had better not die on me and make me miss this blog!!! Whatever would I do???

    There are some fantastic ideas still coming in and I really enjoy reading them all!! Wow!!!

    Hammer, LA meeting going later tonight? Haven’t seen you yet ;-(

45. Circus Mom
    Comment 45, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    sector7 wrote:

    sector7 wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Rita wrote:

    Angel wrote:

    Fara-dayo wrote:

    Any predictions on who (supposedly) will attack New Otherton?

    I think that its going to be the people in the freighter. Who else can it be. OR maybe there is not going to be an attack and its just another lie Ben tells to manipulate people and get them or his side.

    ******************

    I wonder what Frank’s “errand” was (he took the heli somewhere)? Doesn’t seem like you could lead much of an assault with a crew that would fit in one helicopter.

    ______________________

    That could be true but you never know. If they have good weapons or some device, they can do some damage.

    ______________________
    Imagine 5 mercenary type guys like in “Commando”. They would rip a small group of average people apart.

    …not Commando I mean like in Predator.

    ++++++++++++++++
    Naomi had complained to Abaddon that the “team” had no comment training and would have noone to protect them. Abbadon said “they have you” and she said “I can only do so much.’ He also told her to get in, get out and make sure noone gets hurt. The others on the ship may be burley sailors and not solders.

    Ben (actually Miss Clue) promised to “get Michael and Walt off the island,” not to get them home. I don’t think Michael got past the ship. I think it’s like the movie Bedazzeled with Dudley Moore. He keeps making deals with the devil but the devil uses words to trick him into wasting his wishes. When he wishes to be rich the devil makes him rich but unhappy, and so on. Ben has now made another deal with Michael to get him off the freighter and home if Michael will spy for him. Michael has begon to see that deals with Ben are bad. I think Michael might be the one to die tonight. I’t a gut feeling.

46. JamieGirl
    Comment 46, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    I am reviewing last week’s episode because there is no enhanced version on this week…
    I can’t stop thinking about the blood that Kevin Johnson (Michael) was asked to clean up. Im just sharing some info / refresher in hopes of gaining some insight…
    Wikipedia says the blood on the wall in Sayid and Desmond’s room mirrors Radzinsky’s blood in the Swan. Radzinsky committed suicide by putting a shotgun in his mouth and firing it, causing a blood stain on the ceiling. Because of the protocol, Kelvin had to bury him within 108 minutes. Wiki also explains that Sam Toomey committed suicide. Sam Toomey worked at a military listening post monitoring long wave radio transmissions in the South Pacific. He first heard the Numbers one night and used them at a fair to win $50,000. He got into a car crash, as well as had other future unlucky occurrences, and blamed the Numbers. Hurley attempts to track him down, only to find out that Sam committed suicide in an attempt to end the curse.
    So someone on the freighter committed suicide, other than Regina… Was it Frank?

    About Frank, there was a flashback where he saw Oceanic 815 on the news, and he noticed that the body of the pilot, his friend Seth Norris, was not Seth’s body… so how come he has not asked anyone where Seth is or if he is dead ?

    Also, how cute is Sun’s baby?

47. intolost
    Comment 47, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Matt—Do you get the new episode a week late in Australia? When I lived on Guam I did. It was a bummer. 7PM Pacific time here tonight.

48. Rita
    Comment 48, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    JamieGirl wrote:

    About Frank, there was a flashback where he saw Oceanic 815 on the news, and he noticed that the body of the pilot, his friend Seth Norris, was not Seth’s body… so how come he has not asked anyone where Seth is or if he is dead ?

    *****************

    Good question!! I does seem like something he should have asked at some point. It was a big enough deal for him to call the airline, but not a big enough deal for him to ask about him on the island?? You are absolutely right.

49. Rita
    Comment 49, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    KillerR wrote:

    Micheal may have made it to fiji, but couldnt have made it much further than that.

    Hard to say since we don’t REALLY know just where we are. I guess we will find out in about 20 minutes!! Yea!!

50. leah
    Comment 50, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    About Frank, there was a flashback where he saw Oceanic 815 on the news, and he noticed that the body of the pilot, his friend Seth Norris, was not Seth’s body… so how come he has not asked anyone where Seth is or if he is dead

    *****************
    who would he ask?

51. leah
    Comment 51, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Also, how cute is Sun’s baby?
    double cute.

52. JamieGirl
    Comment 52, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Frank would ask Jack, Kate, Sayid… anyone who was on the flight

53. Rita
    Comment 53, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    leah wrote:

    About Frank, there was a flashback where he saw Oceanic 815 on the news, and he noticed that the body of the pilot, his friend Seth Norris, was not Seth’s body… so how come he has not asked anyone where Seth is or if he is dead

    *****************
    who would he ask?

    ****************

    He would ask any of the Losties. They would know who survived and who didn’t, and maybe what happened to them. Why don’t you think he would ask them?

54. JamieGirl
    Comment 54, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    The smoke monster killed Seth (and Eko).

55. Rita
    Comment 55, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    JamieGirl wrote:

    The smoke monster killed Seth (and Eko).

    Of course. But Frank doesn’t know that, and he didn’t ask about him.

56. JamieGirl
    Comment 56, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Right just was thinking aloud… ok it’s on !

57. UKfan
    Comment 57, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    anyone know where episode 8 will be up for streaming first, im so excited cant wait!!please tell me if any one knows

58. leah
    Comment 58, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    ‘dont be late upstairs’ weird thing to say considering they were stood on the deck of a ship at the time!

    here s a question thats been burning a hole in the back of my head…why didnt this expedition turn up on a normal ship or a yacht, It would have been more practical and quicker and considering widmore’s money,should have had more modern technology on board.
    you would only go to sea in a freighter ,if you had a large cargo would you not?
    Whats in the cargo hold? ….a piece of plane wreckage for instance?…or two pieces ???ready for dumping in the sea with the black box .which is totally not the original 815 black box…do ya get where im coming from?

59. Michael
    Comment 59, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Man on the boat wants to kill him self.ff or fb?

60. JamieGirl
    Comment 60, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    The Kahana Is a supply vessel common to offshore oil fields such as those in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and offshore Nigeria. This type of boat is used to ferry food, water, stores and drilling necessities like “liquid mud” to oil drilling platforms. This type of ship is generally built for speed and not duration, so the last port of call is likely close to the destination. However, it appears to have been modified for the specific task of finding the Island, and accommodates two helipads on the deck where the boat would normally carry pallets of supplies. The first helicopter allegedly went down near the Island when Naomi arrived there. The other one is piloted by Frank Lapidus.
    The sickbay is the domain of the ship’s physician, Ray. A latch on the outside ensures that persons can be quarantined within. George Minkowski, and later Desmond and Sayid, were held there. The radio room was the domain of the ship’s communications officer, George Minkowski. All calls to and from the Island and the outside world came through him in the radio room, which was filled with communications equipment. A calendar was used to keep record of the passage of time. Shortly after the ship anchored near the Island, someone on board sabotaged all the equipment.The “quieter part” is a section of the Kahana. It is described as the quieter part of the boat by Ray. There is at least one room in this section of the boat, the purpose of which is currently unknown. In this room there are cockroaches and a large blood stain on the wall.

61. leah
    Comment 61, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    UKfan wrote:

    anyone know where episode 8 will be up for streaming first, im so excited cant wait!!please tell me if any one knows

    ukfan,’US’GBers have to wait till sunday. you,ll notice its all gone quit over there cos they re all watch it!

62. leah
    Comment 62, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    [quiet] i meant.

63. leah
    Comment 63, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    JamieGirl wrote:

    The Kahana Is a supply vessel common to offshore oil fields such as those in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and offshore Nigeria. This type of boat is used to ferry food, water, stores and drilling necessities like “liquid mud” to oil drilling platforms. This type of ship is generally built for speed and not duration, so the last port of call is likely close to the destination. However, it appears to have been modified for the specific task of finding the Island, and accommodates two helipads on the deck where the boat would normally carry pallets of supplies. The first helicopter allegedly went down near the Island when Naomi arrived there. The other one is piloted by Frank Lapidus.
    The sickbay is the domain of the ship’s physician, Ray. A latch on the outside ensures that persons can be quarantined within. George Minkowski, and later Desmond and Sayid, were held there. The radio room was the domain of the ship’s communications officer, George Minkowski. All calls to and from the Island and the outside world came through him in the radio room, which was filled with communications equipment. A calendar was used to keep record of the passage of time. Shortly after the ship anchored near the Island, someone on board sabotaged all the equipment.The “quieter part” is a section of the Kahana. It is described as the quieter part of the boat by Ray. There is at least one room in this section of the boat, the purpose of which is currently unknown. In this room there are cockroaches and a large blood stain on the wall.

    i think your a ringer!

64. Michael
    Comment 64, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Michael wrote:

    Man on the boat wants to kill him self.ff or fb?

    —

    Sorry! Got impatient.

65. UKfan
    Comment 65, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    yeah but does it not go up tonight or tommorrow on sites like http://www.stream-lost.com that is where i usually watch it, really want to watch it tonight im so sad lol

66. JamieGirl
    Comment 66, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    I believe this is Michael, off the island, before he is on the Kahana, so basically this is what Michael did during episodes 1-7, lol… correct me if I am wrong

67. leah
    Comment 67, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Michael wrote:

    Man on the boat wants to kill him self.ff or fb?

    what man ?impatiant

68. Rita
    Comment 68, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Wow!! Some answers at last!! Those of you who called it that: 1. Michael and Walt got back to the main land, 2. Michael is the MOB, 3. The plane in the trench is a fake/staged crash with lots of dead bodies (though not Dharma bodies, sorry), and what else? Props to you!! Good job!
    Now here’s my question: Is Michael’s mom’s house the same one where Mile’s went to do the ghost busting? Anyone know?

69. Rita
    Comment 69, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    JamieGirl wrote:

    I believe this is Michael, off the island, before he is on the Kahana, so basically this is what Michael did during episodes 1-7, lol… correct me if I am wrong

    Yes and season 2 also.

70. Hammer
    Comment 70, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    oooooooooo, I’m feeling good about my whisperers theory!

71. Rita
    Comment 71, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Rita wrote:

    JamieGirl wrote:

    I believe this is Michael, off the island, before he is on the Kahana, so basically this is what Michael did during episodes 1-7, lol… correct me if I am wrong

    Yes and season 2 also.

    Oh, sorry, I meant season 3.

72. Michael
    Comment 72, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    I knew Libby would be back.

73. Rita
    Comment 73, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Hammer wrote:

    oooooooooo, I’m feeling good about my whisperers theory!

    I’m starting to be a believer in your theory Hammer. There must be something to it!

74. Rita
    Comment 74, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    OK, so who put the fake plane in the trench? Ben’s people (Ben, Tom) say it was Widmore, and Widmore’s people (the captain) say it was Ben. Hmmmmmmm. Any clues I missed as to the real culprit?

75. JamieGirl
    Comment 75, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    If Michael cannot kill himself, this may apply to Jack in his ff also, he couldn’t jump off the bridge.

76. Hammer
    Comment 76, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Once again, they appear as someone/thing that is emotionally attached. I didn’t notice any whispers, but the island security systems is extremely complex. Reaching into the real world? Man o man…

77. Michael
    Comment 77, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Rita wrote:

    Wow!! Some answers at last!! Those of you who called it that: 1. Michael and Walt got back to the main land, 2. Michael is the MOB, 3. The plane in the trench is a fake/staged crash with lots of dead bodies (though not Dharma bodies, sorry), and what else? Props to you!! Good job!
    Now here’s my question: Is Michael’s mom’s house the same one where Mile’s went to do the ghost busting? Anyone know?

    Bodys from Tieland and the island willnot let people from the isalnd kill them selves. Did the Island stop Jack?

78. Michael
    Comment 78, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    I was gonna call that ben was gonna kill his daughter and her mother.

79. Hammer
    Comment 79, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Awesome ending!!

80. RGS
    Comment 80, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Ut oh people, we are dangerously close to the Shark Jumping moment. There are some things that just don’t add up. Hopefully they will rectify these things, but “Meet Kevin Johnson” just may be the episode we point to to describe the SJM.

81. Michael
    Comment 81, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Widmore’s Plain, Tie land is were the body is found. Widmore’s boat. Bens man get Michael on the boat. Michael there to stop the boat ( kill everyone on it).

    Ben said all of his people where @ the temple. No one was there right. Wants to send his daughter and her mother. Only people really connected to Ben. He might want them to die.

    Island will not let them kill them selves. It stoped Michael. Did it stop Jack?

    Miles knows Michaels name is not Kevin but doesn’t care.

    Frank talked Widmore into looking for the plane.

    And I knew Libby would be back!!! Theres a lot more to her story.

82. Rita
    Comment 82, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Oh wow!!! Danielle and Karl both dead!! Who killed them???? Actually I was just thinking that Karl was getting a lot older looking, and wondering what they were going to do about it, and then he gets killed! Wow! A worthy cliffhanger!

83. mlc
    Comment 83, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

84. Kendra
    Comment 84, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    mlc wrote:

    The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

    Aaron is part of the 6.

85. Michael
    Comment 85, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    mlc wrote:

    The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

    I would say yes.

86. Rita
    Comment 86, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    mlc wrote:

    The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

    Sure looks like it! I admit I wasn’t a follower of that theory, and it looks like I was wrong, that Aaron is an O6er afterall.

87. Kendra
    Comment 87, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Any ideas on who is in the coffin? I thought it was going to be Michael but not after watching this episode…still could be I suppose.

88. Michael
    Comment 88, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Rita wrote:

    mlc wrote:

    The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

    Sure looks like it! I admit I wasn’t a follower of that theory, and it looks like I was wrong, that Aaron is an O6er afterall.

    Alot of us were wrong. Me big time.

89. Pam
    Comment 89, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    No new lost for a month?!?

90. lost4ever
    Comment 90, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    mlc wrote:

    The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

    ——————-
    Didn’t we go through this just yesterday. Look at #4 at the bottom.

    No spoilers or discussion of episode previews

91. mlc
    Comment 91, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    haha ok they just now updated the oceanic six on lostpedia….was it unclear before that preview whether aaron was part of the O6 or not?

92. Michael
    Comment 92, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    The captain did not looked surprized at all. Strange.

93. vanessa e
    Comment 93, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    so the clip at the end says we have learned of all 6… but i only count kate, hurley, jack, sun, baby and who???
    did i miss something?

94. Andrew
    Comment 94, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Dang.
    1st off why did micheal say “he was there to die.” that was kind of creepy.
    2nd who killed Carl the Others, or the Frietor people that left with Frank on his “erand”
    3rd Sayid is a Narco and Micheal is f’ed

95. Rita
    Comment 95, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    vanessa e wrote:

    so the clip at the end says we have learned of all 6… but i only count kate, hurley, jack, sun, baby and who???
    did i miss something?

    Sayeed

96. Hammer
    Comment 96, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    Kendra wrote:

    Any ideas on who is in the coffin? I thought it was going to be Michael but not after watching this episode…still could be I suppose.

    I think it’s Karl. (grin)

97. Michael
    Comment 97, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    lost4ever wrote:

    mlc wrote:

    The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

    ——————-
    Didn’t we go through this just yesterday. Look at #4 at the bottom.

    No spoilers or discussion of episode previews

    ——
    If it is now fact, can we talk about it?

98. mlc
    Comment 98, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    lost4ever wrote:

    mlc wrote:

    The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

    ——————-
    Didn’t we go through this just yesterday. Look at #4 at the bottom.

    No spoilers or discussion of episode previews

    MY bad. I am not a regular. I figured that commercial spots were fair game. I will stick to only the episode content in the future.

99. vanessa e
    Comment 99, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

    DUH!!!!!

    Rita wrote:

    vanessa e wrote:

    so the clip at the end says we have learned of all 6… but i only count kate, hurley, jack, sun, baby and who???
    did i miss something?

    Sayeed

    DUHHH! (-:

100. Andrew
     Comment 100, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Is this the first Jack Free episode ever?

101. Rita
     Comment 101, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     mlc wrote:

     The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

     ——————-
     Didn’t we go through this just yesterday. Look at #4 at the bottom.

     No spoilers or discussion of episode previews

     *********************
     Yes you are right. But since this has been an ongoing debate for awhile now (I mean about Aaron as an O6er) maybe we could let it go this one time? It is really nice to be able to put something to rest that we have been wrestling with.

102. lost4ever
     Comment 102, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     mlc wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     mlc wrote:

     The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

     ——————-
     Didn’t we go through this just yesterday. Look at #4 at the bottom.

     No spoilers or discussion of episode previews

     MY bad. I am not a regular. I figured that commercial spots were fair game. I will stick to only the episode content in the future.

     ———————
     I did too. Until yesterday. DocH straightened me out.

103. Mr. X
     Comment 103, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Claire will die.

104. Trixanna
     Comment 104, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     #94 Andrew, did Michael say he was there to die because
     A. He is on a suicide mission?
     B. Because once he kills everyone on the ship, he has no way off and can no longer communicate?

     WOW!!! This episode blew my mind. Hated all of the commercials though, were there a lot or was it my imagination???

105. Snaisy
     Comment 105, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Man, I dont want to wait until the 24th! thats too far away!!!

     So, does Walt kill himself or something? I ask this because I want to know if Michael’s mom is the woman Miles went to get some $$ from by talking to that ghost in the room? Dag, Ben is a manipulative! I guess this is how we know why Sayid ends up working for Ben… bc Ben is one of the “good guys”. Oh crap! Sayid told on him! As you can guess Im watching and typing. Man, I think Ben tricked his daughter, boyfriend, and mother… I think he had them killed so that he could have his daughter to himself.

106. meathead
     Comment 106, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     So Tom was gay? I guess that’s why he said Kate wasn’t his type.

107. katesFriend
     Comment 107, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     so the island “course corrects” to serve it’s purposes?

     so it wanted michael to come back on the freighter

     are we to assume it wants jack to come back too?

     or did tom just switch guns w/ mike and gave him a faulty one?

108. Bruno
     Comment 108, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Where was the other helicopter?
     There are two helipads on the boat. And Naomi crashed on the island with the first.
     But in these scenes with Michael, there should have beeb two helicopters on the boat.

109. Stymie
     Comment 109, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     It so obvious now. Vincent, the dog, is in the coffin. That is why the coffin is so small and why nobody attended. Who would attend a funeral for a dog. Its also why Jack looked surprised when asked if he was a friend or family of the deceased. :)

110. Mr. X
     Comment 110, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     The rest of the people stay with locke on the island and live.

111. Tim
     Comment 111, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     meathead wrote:

     So Tom was gay? I guess that’s why he said Kate wasn’t his type.

     Yes, that was funny

112. lost4ever
     Comment 112, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Bruno wrote:

     Where was the other helicopter?
     There are two helipads on the boat. And Naomi crashed on the island with the first.
     But in these scenes with Michael, there should have beeb two helicopters on the boat.

     I last week’s episode Frank took it for some reason not explained to us yet

113. katesFriend
     Comment 113, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     also, i’m no good w/ the timeline stuff, but did tom have enough time to go to visit michael and then be killed by sawyer on the beach?

     and how did he get off island? the sub was blown up by then, right? b/c there is an xmas tree, so close to now

     and what did tom mean, “some of us can come and go” (paraphrasing)?

114. Hammer
     Comment 114, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     katesFriend wrote:

     or did tom just switch guns w/ mike and gave him a faulty one?

     I was working on this one myself, since the bomb was a fake, the gun could have been a switch a roo too. But how about the car crash, Tom or Ben didn’t seem to be part of that and Libby got involved as well, and she’s dead (whisperer?)

115. PJSander
     Comment 115, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Is Michael’s mom’s house the same one where Mile’s went to do the ghost busting? Anyone know?

     It did look similar, but Miles was in a bad part of LA, and Mr. Friendly said Michael was in Manhattan, so doesn’t sound like it is the same.

     Did anyone else think, “he throws like a girl” when they saw Mr. Friendly?

     LOL

     : ) P

116. Rita
     Comment 116, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     OK, how does this sound: Sayeed ratted Michael out to the captain. Michael ends up dying and cannot carry out his mission. Sayeed then realizes that Michael’s mission was to save his friends on the island and thus ends up taking over Michael’s mission. Next thing he knows, he is working for Ben as we saw later in his ff.

117. JamieGirl
     Comment 117, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Aaron = O6rd
     Michael in coffin as “Kevin Johnson” (not sure how he dies now that he cannot kill himself). Michael’s mother’s grandson, Walt is also under an assumed name, we just don’t know the name yet. He dies (supposedly because we see Miles the Ghostbuster pay a visit to the grandmother’s house to dustbuster the dead).

     Separate topic:
     Team Ben is claiming that Widemore planted the faux plane & bodies and Team Widemore is claiming that Ben planted the faux plane & bodies. Not sure about the faux plane however Mr. Paik and Paik Heavy Industries seem to be involved in various manufacturing industry sectors, including motor and vehicle manufacture under the names Paik Motors and Paik Automotive. In “D.O.C.” Mr. Paik is having a conversation with his associates. Paik was arguing about forged shipping documents which they were supposed to provide for the Hanso Foundation (or possibly vice versa). Paik warns that they must provide the equipment soon. I was thinking someone hired Paik to manufacter the faux plane, but then Paik would know his daughter was alive and search for her… so now I am thinking Paik manufactured the freighter (unsure of it’s objective).
     Does anyone have thoughts on this?

118. DocH
     Comment 118, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     1) Some predicted the Tom backstory (Tom to Kate – You’re not my type) Tom Friendly is Gay Friendly… mystery solved.

     2) LOST is all about redemption… yada, yada. Guess what Michael, stepped up to the plate this week and hit the redemption ball out of the park.

     3) Fake Waaaallllttt in grandmas’ upstairs window looked… well… fake!

     4) About Michaels’ suicide crash, in his leprechaun green Impala (I didn’t figure Michael as an “Up With People” music fan)… did anyone notice the Widmore Freighter chugging along in the background?

     5) Full moon tonight. Fool Sun next episode. Many answers solved – many more raised.

     6) Guess we won’t get the Rousseau FB after all (or Karl). Bet the target practice on the boat had the same shooters that dropped Danielle and Karl. HMMMMM? Karl and Danielle were the two that stood between Ben and Alex. How much do you want to bet that Ben is behind their deaths? You know… to get closer to Alex. (rut-roh scooby)

119. Michael
     Comment 119, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     katesFriend wrote:

     also, i’m no good w/ the timeline stuff, but did tom have enough time to go to visit michael and then be killed by sawyer on the beach?

     and how did he get off island? the sub was blown up by then, right? b/c there is an xmas tree, so close to now

     and what did tom mean, “some of us can come and go” (paraphrasing)?

     —-

     Thinks some of the people ( ben, Tom) can exist both on and off the island at the same time.

120. Bruno
     Comment 120, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Bruno wrote:

     Where was the other helicopter?
     There are two helipads on the boat. And Naomi crashed on the island with the first.
     But in these scenes with Michael, there should have beeb two helicopters on the boat.

     I last week’s episode Frank took it for some reason not explained to us yet

     Teah. I know. But at the start of the voyage, when Michael gets on the boat for the first time, there should have been two helicopters on the boat. Yet I only saw one, and it’s the blue one that Frank eventually piloted to the island.

121. Tim
     Comment 121, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Who is hosting this site? I know we shouldn’t complain but it seems like this site is hosted on some old computer in someone’s basement.
     How many people could possibly be connected to the database? 10?

122. Hammer
     Comment 122, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Stymie wrote:

     It so obvious now. Vincent, the dog, is in the coffin. That is why the coffin is so small and why nobody attended. Who would attend a funeral for a dog. Its also why Jack looked surprised when asked if he was a friend or family of the deceased. :)

     LOL…you’re a Bozo.

123. Toeknee
     Comment 123, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Andrew wrote:

     Is this the first Jack Free episode ever?

     That must be why I enjoyed it so much! :)

124. maggs
     Comment 124, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Bet it’s Sawyer in the coffin!

125. JamieGirl
     Comment 125, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     OK, how does this sound: Sayeed ratted Michael out to the captain. Michael ends up dying and cannot carry out his mission. Sayeed then realizes that Michael’s mission was to save his friends on the island and thus ends up taking over Michael’s mission. Next thing he knows, he is working for Ben as we saw later in his ff.

     Rita, you’re awesome.

     If I’m right about Paik being involved w/ the freighter, than that would explain why Jin is either dead or left behind (Paik did not want Jin w/ his daughter)

     PS – Congrats Meghan xoxo

126. Gup
     Comment 126, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I don’t understand why Sayid ratted out Michael to the captain? It seems like he is believing what the captain has told them contrary to the note- which we can now assume came from Michael?

127. Hammer
     Comment 127, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     Bet the target practice on the boat had the same shooters that dropped Danielle and Karl. HMMMMM? Karl and Danielle were the two that stood between Ben and Alex. How much do you want to bet that Ben is behind their deaths? You know… to get closer to Alex. (rut-roh scooby)

     Yeah, seems obvious now that you pointed it out. Lapidus and the machine gun dude took off in the heli…

128. Toeknee
     Comment 128, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Once again, they appear as someone/thing that is emotionally attached. I didn’t notice any whispers, but the island security systems is extremely complex. Reaching into the real world? Man o man…

     I think there was a brief whisper at the beginning of the scene where Libby appeared in the boat.

     Do you think the time she appeared in the hospital was a whisper/smokey-related manifestation? I took it at face value, that Mikey was having a bad dream, and they showed this to further emphasize how guilty he feels, and to set up her subsequent appearance on the boat by showing us what he’s emotionally attached (to use your term, which I agree with).

129. DocH
     Comment 129, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     As for “what happened to the other helicopter?”… my guess is that it was on an errand (not the same errand as last week)… PERHAPS Naomi and her initial “strike team” had just launched on their mission. We saw her earlier in the voyage, but we did not see her after the “one helo” scene. Things were going on with the freighter folks, and we never saw the freighter tots, other than Frank. Did we see Frank on deck when we only saw one helo? That means someone else flew the 1st helo mission – which we assume – because only Naomi survived the 1st mission (barely).

130. Hammer
     Comment 130, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Gup wrote:

     I don’t understand why Sayid ratted out Michael to the captain? It seems like he is believing what the captain has told them contrary to the note- which we can now assume came from Michael?

     Rita’s explaination is a good one. Plus DocH’s redemption comment and there you have it. Michael can die and it lines Sayid up for the FF he had.

131. RAY
     Comment 131, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     OK, how does this sound: Sayeed ratted Michael out to the captain. Michael ends up dying and cannot carry out his mission. Sayeed then realizes that Michael’s mission was to save his friends on the island and thus ends up taking over Michael’s mission. Next thing he knows, he is working for Ben as we saw later in his ff.

     —-
     I think you may be on to something…makes sense.

132. Toeknee
     Comment 132, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I don’t know if there are people who still think that time on the island is either ahead of or behind time off the island, but Mike’s mother’s comment that was something like “tell me what you were doing for those 2 months” is further evidence that the time on and off the island is the same.

133. Tim
     Comment 133, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     OK, so the people from the boat kill Danielle and Carl and kidnap Alex.
     Then they use her to manipulate Ben, just as Ben would do with other people.

134. Trixanna
     Comment 134, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     OK, how does this sound: Sayeed ratted Michael out to the captain. Michael ends up dying and cannot carry out his mission. Sayeed then realizes that Michael’s mission was to save his friends on the island and thus ends up taking over Michael’s mission. Next thing he knows, he is working for Ben as we saw later in his ff.

     Hey Rita, I think you are correct once again. Wow! Sayeed MUST have known this was going to get Michael killed!!! Did he not believe his story? So… now I am starting to like Michael again and not so sure about Sayeed (even though he has a cool accent).

135. Hammer
     Comment 135, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Once again, they appear as someone/thing that is emotionally attached. I didn’t notice any whispers, but the island security systems is extremely complex. Reaching into the real world? Man o man…

     I think there was a brief whisper at the beginning of the scene where Libby appeared in the boat.

     Do you think the time she appeared in the hospital was a whisper/smokey-related manifestation? I took it at face value, that Mikey was having a bad dream, and they showed this to further emphasize how guilty he feels, and to set up her subsequent appearance on the boat by showing us what he’s emotionally attached (to use your term, which I agree with).

     I most certainly do think that Libby is part of the whisperers/smokey combo package. I listened real hard and you may be right about a brief whisper, but def. not as obvious as in the past, so I’m not sure.

136. skweez
     Comment 136, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     So, Ben had Karl and Rousso (i dont think she’s dead) killed. I’m sure we’ll see Harper or ageless Richard or Patchy out there in the woods.

137. Michael
     Comment 137, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     DocH wrote:

     Bet the target practice on the boat had the same shooters that dropped Danielle and Karl. HMMMMM? Karl and Danielle were the two that stood between Ben and Alex. How much do you want to bet that Ben is behind their deaths? You know… to get closer to Alex. (rut-roh scooby)

     Yeah, seems obvious now that you pointed it out. Lapidus and the machine gun dude took off in the heli…

     Was that franks thing to do last week.

138. Toeknee
     Comment 138, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     JamieGirl wrote:

     In “D.O.C.” Mr. Paik is having a conversation with his associates. Paik was arguing about forged shipping documents which they were supposed to provide for the Hanso Foundation (or possibly vice versa). Paik warns that they must provide the equipment soon. I was thinking someone hired Paik to manufacter the faux plane, but then Paik would know his daughter was alive and search for her… so now I am thinking Paik manufactured the freighter (unsure of it’s objective).
     Does anyone have thoughts on this?

     This is a great catch! How the heck did you remember this?! I’ve been unsure about whether to believe Ben planted the fake plane or Widmore did it, but this seems to give evidence that Widmore did it. In which case I may have to believe Ben’s statement “We’re the good guys”

139. lost4ever
     Comment 139, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Does Michael heal extremely fast from the island or was the crash not that serious?
     Ben stated he doesn’t kill innocent people. Was that setting us up to beleive that the freighties killed Rousseau and Karl? I mean he has killed innocent people, right?

140. Hammer
     Comment 140, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     OK, how does this sound: Sayeed ratted Michael out to the captain. Michael ends up dying and cannot carry out his mission. Sayeed then realizes that Michael’s mission was to save his friends on the island and thus ends up taking over Michael’s mission. Next thing he knows, he is working for Ben as we saw later in his ff.

     Hey Rita, I think you are correct once again. Wow! Sayeed MUST have known this was going to get Michael killed!!! Did he not believe his story? So… now I am starting to like Michael again and not so sure about Sayeed (even though he has a cool accent).

     My take was he knew it would get him killed and did it because he deserved it and/or was helping Michael get his wish to die. Because it seemed Michael’s FB was him narrating to Des and Sayid. Sayid knew Michael “needs” to die, so maybe he was helping him get his destiny…death.

141. Toeknee
     Comment 141, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     I most certainly do think that Libby is part of the whisperers/smokey combo package.

     You think that about both of her appearances? I’m not so sure of the first one (in the hospital), but I may be wrong about that.

142. Trixanna
     Comment 142, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I am still confused even though there were some awesome answers tonight. The helicoptor pilot, is he working for Ben or Widmore? He said it would be cool to find some survivors so I am not sure what his story is. It’s probably obvious, my mind is fried after this episode! (grin)

143. Michael
     Comment 143, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Once again, they appear as someone/thing that is emotionally attached. I didn’t notice any whispers, but the island security systems is extremely complex. Reaching into the real world? Man o man…

     I think there was a brief whisper at the beginning of the scene where Libby appeared in the boat.

     Do you think the time she appeared in the hospital was a whisper/smokey-related manifestation? I took it at face value, that Mikey was having a bad dream, and they showed this to further emphasize how guilty he feels, and to set up her subsequent appearance on the boat by showing us what he’s emotionally attached (to use your term, which I agree with).

     I most certainly do think that Libby is part of the whisperers/smokey combo package. I listened real hard and you may be right about a brief whisper, but def. not as obvious as in the past, so I’m not sure.

     I believe i heard the whispers as well.

144. lost4ever
     Comment 144, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     OK, how does this sound: Sayeed ratted Michael out to the captain. Michael ends up dying and cannot carry out his mission. Sayeed then realizes that Michael’s mission was to save his friends on the island and thus ends up taking over Michael’s mission. Next thing he knows, he is working for Ben as we saw later in his ff.

     So then that could be Sayid in the coffin. Then after Sayid fails his mission, Jack gets the call from Benvto save his friends still left on the island

145. Hammer
     Comment 145, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     JamieGirl wrote:

     In “D.O.C.” Mr. Paik is having a conversation with his associates. Paik was arguing about forged shipping documents which they were supposed to provide for the Hanso Foundation (or possibly vice versa). Paik warns that they must provide the equipment soon. I was thinking someone hired Paik to manufacter the faux plane, but then Paik would know his daughter was alive and search for her… so now I am thinking Paik manufactured the freighter (unsure of it’s objective).
     Does anyone have thoughts on this?

     This is a great catch! How the heck did you remember this?! I’ve been unsure about whether to believe Ben planted the fake plane or Widmore did it, but this seems to give evidence that Widmore did it. In which case I may have to believe Ben’s statement “We’re the good guys”

     Absolutely this is a good catch. Ben’s been saying he’s the good one all along…made another statement about not killing innocents…hmmmm.

146. Michael
     Comment 146, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     I am still confused even though there were some awesome answers tonight. The helicoptor pilot, is he working for Ben or Widmore? He said it would be cool to find some survivors so I am not sure what his story is. It’s probably obvious, my mind is fried after this episode! (grin)

     Frank said he was part of the reason they where out there. that he conviced the old man Widmore.

147. Hammer
     Comment 147, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     I most certainly do think that Libby is part of the whisperers/smokey combo package.

     You think that about both of her appearances? I’m not so sure of the first one (in the hospital), but I may be wrong about that.

     Yes, I do. But it’s most likely because of my whisperers hang up. :)

148. lost4ever
     Comment 148, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     JamieGirl wrote:

     In “D.O.C.” Mr. Paik is having a conversation with his associates. Paik was arguing about forged shipping documents which they were supposed to provide for the Hanso Foundation (or possibly vice versa). Paik warns that they must provide the equipment soon. I was thinking someone hired Paik to manufacter the faux plane, but then Paik would know his daughter was alive and search for her… so now I am thinking Paik manufactured the freighter (unsure of it’s objective).
     Does anyone have thoughts on this?

     This is a great catch! How the heck did you remember this?! I’ve been unsure about whether to believe Ben planted the fake plane or Widmore did it, but this seems to give evidence that Widmore did it. In which case I may have to believe Ben’s statement “We’re the good guys”

     Absolutely this is a good catch. Ben’s been saying he’s the good one all along…made another statement about not killing innocents…hmmmm.

     ————-
     this is a great catch…..from LOSTPEDIA

149. Hammer
     Comment 149, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     I am still confused even though there were some awesome answers tonight. The helicoptor pilot, is he working for Ben or Widmore? He said it would be cool to find some survivors so I am not sure what his story is. It’s probably obvious, my mind is fried after this episode! (grin)

     Frank said he was part of the reason they where out there. that he conviced the old man Widmore.

     Well, remember Lapidus called the “hot line” and told them that he knew for sure that the pilot was not the 815 pilot. So IMO he didn’t talk Widmore into looking for the real 815, he was recruited because Widmore knows that Lapidus would be committed…and also not return from the mission.

150. DocH
     Comment 150, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Tim wrote:

     OK, so the people from the boat kill Danielle and Carl and kidnap Alex. Then they use her to manipulate Ben, just as Ben would do with other people.

     While that is just as viable as my solution… WHY did Ben pick that moment, just then, to talk to them alone AND send them off (alone) with a ‘special’ map… just for them? It could have been a map solely to drive them in to his ambush. Temple – Shmemple! I bet that map’s not worth the Dharma paper it was printed on. Alex was most likely Ben’s target, not Widmores’ target.

     (sidebar: How cool did Ben look in his Hugh Hefner jammies talking on his hamm-radio to Michael? I expected Miss December to stroll out and perch on his lap, then give him a peck on the cheek.)

151. Ed
     Comment 151, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Can anyone direct me to a site where I can get a podcast or re-run of tonight’s episode ? Our esteemed ABC station here in the Carolina’s dropped the audio when Michael was about to board the ship, and did not return it until Rousseau was shot.

     Ed

152. Trixanna
     Comment 152, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Thank you Michael. Somehow I missed that.

153. Hammer
     Comment 153, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     JamieGirl wrote:

     In “D.O.C.” Mr. Paik is having a conversation with his associates. Paik was arguing about forged shipping documents which they were supposed to provide for the Hanso Foundation (or possibly vice versa). Paik warns that they must provide the equipment soon. I was thinking someone hired Paik to manufacter the faux plane, but then Paik would know his daughter was alive and search for her… so now I am thinking Paik manufactured the freighter (unsure of it’s objective).
     Does anyone have thoughts on this?

     This is a great catch! How the heck did you remember this?! I’ve been unsure about whether to believe Ben planted the fake plane or Widmore did it, but this seems to give evidence that Widmore did it. In which case I may have to believe Ben’s statement “We’re the good guys”

     Absolutely this is a good catch. Ben’s been saying he’s the good one all along…made another statement about not killing innocents…hmmmm.

     ————-
     this is a great catch…..from LOSTPEDIA

     Well, it would be nice to credit where you find things…but it’s still a good find.

154. Hammer
     Comment 154, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Ed wrote:

     Can anyone direct me to a site where I can get a podcast or re-run of tonight’s episode ? Our esteemed ABC station here in the Carolina’s dropped the audio when Michael was about to board the ship, and did not return it until Rousseau was shot.

     Ed

     The only place I know of is ABC.com, and it won’t be on until about 2 or 3 a.m. Eastern.

155. Tim
     Comment 155, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     Tim wrote:

     OK, so the people from the boat kill Danielle and Carl and kidnap Alex. Then they use her to manipulate Ben, just as Ben would do with other people.

     While that is just as viable as my solution… WHY did Ben pick that moment, just then, to talk to them alone AND send them off (alone) with a ‘special’ map… just for them? It could have been a map solely to drive them in to his ambush. Temple – Shmemple! I bet that map’s not worth the Dharma paper it was printed on. Alex was most likely Ben’s target, not Widmores’ target.

     (sidebar: How cool did Ben look in his Hugh Hefner jammies talking on his hamm-radio to Michael? I expected Miss December to stroll out and perch on his lap, then give him a peck on the cheek.)

     Some people were suggesting that it was Lapidus and pecs guy doing the shooting and I couldn’t figure out why they would be doing Ben’s work. So then I tried to figure out why they may be trying to kill Danielle and Carl. This is a solution I came up with.

156. Michael
     Comment 156, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     I am still confused even though there were some awesome answers tonight. The helicoptor pilot, is he working for Ben or Widmore? He said it would be cool to find some survivors so I am not sure what his story is. It’s probably obvious, my mind is fried after this episode! (grin)

     Frank said he was part of the reason they where out there. that he conviced the old man Widmore.

     Well, remember Lapidus called the “hot line” and told them that he knew for sure that the pilot was not the 815 pilot. So IMO he didn’t talk Widmore into looking for the real 815, he was recruited because Widmore knows that Lapidus would be committed…and also not return from the mission.

     What do you mean committed? I can see word getting back to Widmore cought wind of franf making calls and picked him up and put him on this boat. Or even Ben and his men put him on the boat. Ben got frank to talk to widmore told him what he knew and here he is.

157. Trixanna
     Comment 157, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I took that to mean “committed to the project” and not “committed to the looney bin”. So you are saying the Widmore put him on the ship basically to shut him up? Ouch.

158. Trixanna
     Comment 158, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I took that to mean “committed to the project” and not “committed to the looney bin”. So you are saying the Widmore put him on the ship basically to shut him up? As in… kill him off so he can’t talk? Ouch.

159. Hammer
     Comment 159, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     What do you mean committed? I can see word getting back to Widmore cought wind of franf making calls and picked him up and put him on this boat. Or even Ben and his men put him on the boat. Ben got frank to talk to widmore told him what he knew and here he is.

     By committed, I mean that the real pilot of 815 was a freind of Lapidus, so he would be committed to the “mission”. This is assuming that Widmore is one that planted the plane. Of course it wouldn’t make sense if Ben planted the plane.

160. Michael
     Comment 160, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Thank you Michael. Somehow I missed that.

     yep yep. Hammer pointed out “…Lapidus called the “hot line” and told them that he knew for sure that the pilot was not the 815 pilot. So IMO he didn’t talk Widmore into looking for the real 815,..”

     Does that mean frank is lying?

161. Hammer
     Comment 161, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     I took that to mean “committed to the project” and not “committed to the looney bin”. So you are saying the Widmore put him on the ship basically to shut him up? As in… kill him off so he can’t talk? Ouch.

     Yeah, that’s my thought.

162. Hammer
     Comment 162, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     Thank you Michael. Somehow I missed that.

     yep yep. Hammer pointed out “…Lapidus called the “hot line” and told them that he knew for sure that the pilot was not the 815 pilot. So IMO he didn’t talk Widmore into looking for the real 815,..”

     Does that mean frank is lying?

     No, it means that Frank THINKS his phone call conviced Widmore to do this and doesn’t know that Widmore has been looking for the island for quite some time. In other words, Widmore is lying to Frank.

163. Michael
     Comment 163, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     Thank you Michael. Somehow I missed that.

     yep yep. Hammer pointed out “…Lapidus called the “hot line” and told them that he knew for sure that the pilot was not the 815 pilot. So IMO he didn’t talk Widmore into looking for the real 815,..”

     Does that mean frank is lying?

     No, it means that Frank THINKS his phone call conviced Widmore to do this and doesn’t know that Widmore has been looking for the island for quite some time. In other words, Widmore is lying to Frank.

     Good stuff! He was also in the photos that naomi was going through, along with Miles charrolet an Daniel. Could Widmore be lying to them as well.

164. Trixanna
     Comment 164, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Makes sense to me Hammer. You always pick up on the tiniest of details!

     Good night!!

165. lost4ever
     Comment 165, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Locke’s on law and order on USA

166. nicunurse
     Comment 166, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     katesFriend wrote:

     also, i’m no good w/ the timeline stuff, but did tom have enough time to go to visit michael and then be killed by sawyer on the beach?

     and how did he get off island? the sub was blown up by then, right? b/c there is an xmas tree, so close to now

     and what did tom mean, “some of us can come and go” (paraphrasing)?

     Last year Laura* stated that she thought the sub was a scam…I believe it now. Juliette was drugged to come to the island and then woke up on the sub…how do we know that’s really how she got there. Notice Ben was not too upset about the sub being blown up. I think he portrayed to his people that the sub was the only way off so that they wouldn’t think they could just go back and forth (“I’m going home for xmas..”). So the question is, how else do they get off the island (an airport on the north shore)?
     And if the island won’t let Michael die…how about Alex and Carl…are they still alive (like Locke who was shot head on by Ben)? Or do you only not get to die if you leave the island…sort of a reverse of the curing properties….
     And oops, Sayid…not sure you should have ratted Michael out, especially with the captain having machine guns to waste on clay pigeons…

167. leah
     Comment 167, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     im off to bed . night all

168. Hammer
     Comment 168, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Good stuff! He was also in the photos that naomi was going through, along with Miles charrolet an Daniel. Could Widmore be lying to them as well.

     Oh, I think so. They too would be committed. Charlotte wants to study the island as well as Danielle. Their mission was to get the gas turned inert…now they are doing what THEY wanted to do. Remeber what basically is the MO of all evil empires…use people to get what you want, then kill them to keep it for yourself.

169. Hammer
     Comment 169, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     nicunurse wrote:

     And if the island won’t let Michael die…how about Alex and Carl…are they still alive (like Locke who was shot head on by Ben)? Or do you only not get to die if you leave the island…sort of a reverse of the curing properties….
     And oops, Sayid…not sure you should have ratted Michael out, especially with the captain having machine guns to waste on clay pigeons…

     It’s not that island won’t let you die, it won’t let you kill yourself until you pay your retribution. People die all the time, and the island kills when it feels you’ve made amends (Eko, Boone).

170. Michael
     Comment 170, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Good stuff! He was also in the photos that naomi was going through, along with Miles charrolet an Daniel. Could Widmore be lying to them as well.

     Oh, I think so. They too would be committed. Charlotte wants to study the island as well as Danielle. Their mission was to get the gas turned inert…now they are doing what THEY wanted to do. Remeber what basically is the MO of all evil empires…use people to get what you want, then kill them to keep it for yourself.

     —-But what can those for possibly offer him. Hes go the means and the resources already. Just to keep them quit.

171. PJSander
     Comment 171, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Tim wrote:

     DocH wrote:

     Tim wrote:

     OK, so the people from the boat kill Danielle and Carl and kidnap Alex. Then they use her to manipulate Ben, just as Ben would do with other people.

     While that is just as viable as my solution… WHY did Ben pick that moment, just then, to talk to them alone AND send them off (alone) with a ‘special’ map… just for them? It could have been a map solely to drive them in to his ambush. Temple – Shmemple! I bet that map’s not worth the Dharma paper it was printed on. Alex was most likely Ben’s target, not Widmores’ target.

     I just think it is AWFULLY fishy that Ben sent Rousseau, Carl and Alex off and a sharpshooter gets Carl and Rousseau, but NOT Alex. There wasn’t a spray of bullets, just a few fairly precise hits. I agree that Ben sent C&R to their deaths to limit the people to come between him and Alex.

     I hope they still find a way to do a Rousseau flashback because I really want to know what happened on that island for sixteen years!

     : ) P

172. Hammer
     Comment 172, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Good stuff! He was also in the photos that naomi was going through, along with Miles charrolet an Daniel. Could Widmore be lying to them as well.

     Oh, I think so. They too would be committed. Charlotte wants to study the island as well as Danielle. Their mission was to get the gas turned inert…now they are doing what THEY wanted to do. Remeber what basically is the MO of all evil empires…use people to get what you want, then kill them to keep it for yourself.

     —-But what can those for possibly offer him. Hes go the means and the resources already. Just to keep them quit.

     As an evil empire, you need lackey’s to do your dirty work. If you do it yourself, you can get killed. What better lackey’s than those that are motivated? Frank wants to find his friend and Charlotte wants to learn more about the DHARMA stuff and Faraday wants to study properties of the island. He gets them to do his dirty work, then offs them.

173. Toeknee
     Comment 173, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I agree with those who said it’s Ben’s people who shot Karl and Danielle, and he drew the map to lead them into a trap. But if that is indeed true, how did he communicate with the people who did the shooting?

     Also, how was he able to call the boat? Is there some sort of 411 system for short wave radios or whatever they were using?

174. skweez
     Comment 174, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     I agree with those who said it’s Ben’s people who shot Karl and Danielle, and he drew the map to lead them into a trap. But if that is indeed true, how did he communicate with the people who did the shooting?

     Also, how was he able to call the boat? Is there some sort of 411 system for short wave radios or whatever they were using?

     Just like he communicated with Harper, he communicated with the folks at the Temple. As far as calling the boat goes, I believe that the same people that gave him the info about Widmore and where the freighter would be, gave him the info on how to contact the boat.

175. Hammer
     Comment 175, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     I just think it is AWFULLY fishy that Ben sent Rousseau, Carl and Alex off and a sharpshooter gets Carl and Rousseau, but NOT Alex. There wasn’t a spray of bullets, just a few fairly precise hits. I agree that Ben sent C&R to their deaths to limit the people to come between him and Alex.

     I hope they still find a way to do a Rousseau flashback because I really want to know what happened on that island for sixteen years!

     : ) P

     You are onto something, we haven’t learned anything about the sharpshooter. He may be another Ben plant on the boat. We didn’t see the shooter, so we don’t have to assume that Frank was with him while he was doing it. And the sharpshooter was adament that Frank NOT be late…had a date with an ambushee??
     Which also has me thinking about the list Ben asked Michael for. Ben needs to let Michael know who he is supposed to kill and not kill…innocents or Ben’s plants?

176. skweez
     Comment 176, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     Tim wrote:

     DocH wrote:

     Tim wrote:

     OK, so the people from the boat kill Danielle and Carl and kidnap Alex. Then they use her to manipulate Ben, just as Ben would do with other people.

     While that is just as viable as my solution… WHY did Ben pick that moment, just then, to talk to them alone AND send them off (alone) with a ‘special’ map… just for them? It could have been a map solely to drive them in to his ambush. Temple – Shmemple! I bet that map’s not worth the Dharma paper it was printed on. Alex was most likely Ben’s target, not Widmores’ target.I just think it is AWFULLY fishy that Ben sent Rousseau, Carl and Alex off and a sharpshooter gets Carl and Rousseau, but NOT Alex. There wasn’t a spray of bullets, just a few fairly precise hits. I agree that Ben sent C&R to their deaths to limit the people to come between him and Alex.

     I hope they still find a way to do a Rousseau flashback because I really want to know what happened on that island for sixteen years!

     : ) P

     We’ll see a Rousseau flashback because she’s not dead.

177. Amy
     Comment 177, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I have not read every post and every comment, so I may be throwing something out there that is old and tired, but what about the island being a magical place that some just do not die on? I mean, look at ageless Richard (I think someone called him this earlier). And now Michael can’t die. And we already know the island healed Rose and Locke.

     I feel like this episode really leads us to more conclusions about the island.

178. lost4ever
     Comment 178, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     Tim wrote:

     OK, so the people from the boat kill Danielle and Carl and kidnap Alex. Then they use her to manipulate Ben, just as Ben would do with other people.

     While that is just as viable as my solution… WHY did Ben pick that moment, just then, to talk to them alone AND send them off (alone) with a ‘special’ map… just for them? It could have been a map solely to drive them in to his ambush. Temple – Shmemple! I bet that map’s not worth the Dharma paper it was printed on. Alex was most likely Ben’s target, not Widmores’ target.

     (sidebar: How cool did Ben look in his Hugh Hefner jammies talking on his hamm-radio to Michael? I expected Miss December to stroll out and perch on his lap, then give him a peck on the cheek.)

     ————
     Karl had his hands around Alex and then they showed Ben staring right at them. And then he gives them the map. You are on to something Doc.
     Is Alex REALLY Ben’s daughter? Did he and Rousseaou meet off the island and then he had her stranded there at 8 months pregnant?
     Im sure they have a Rousseau flashback coming PJ Sander….or maybe she will be in another one of Ben’s.

179. Toeknee
     Comment 179, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     Just like he communicated with Harper, he communicated with the folks at the Temple. As far as calling the boat goes, I believe that the same people that gave him the info about Widmore and where the freighter would be, gave him the info on how to contact the boat.

     I thought about the Harper angle, but I’m still leaning towards that appearance of Harper being a manifestation of Smokey, because we heard the whispers. But I may very well be wrong about that.

     Good point on the contacting the boat explanation.

180. Michael
     Comment 180, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Good stuff! He was also in the photos that naomi was going through, along with Miles charrolet an Daniel. Could Widmore be lying to them as well.

     Oh, I think so. They too would be committed. Charlotte wants to study the island as well as Danielle. Their mission was to get the gas turned inert…now they are doing what THEY wanted to do. Remeber what basically is the MO of all evil empires…use people to get what you want, then kill them to keep it for yourself.

     —-But what can those for possibly offer him. Hes go the means and the resources already. Just to keep them quit.

     As an evil empire, you need lackey’s to do your dirty work. If you do it yourself, you can get killed. What better lackey’s than those that are motivated? Frank wants to find his friend and Charlotte wants to learn more about the DHARMA stuff and Faraday wants to study properties of the island. He gets them to do his dirty work, then offs them.

     —-Aaaaaahhhh don’t know. What dirty work could they do. Hes got a boat full of mercs. I guess if they are just a distraction or the fall guy. Just doesn’t sound like a very good plan. Kinda like Naomi was say to the tall black guy ( I forget his name).

181. Amy
     Comment 181, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Locke’s on law and order on USA

     I also noticed this weekend that he plays the dad on the original “Cutting Edge.”

182. Michael
     Comment 182, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     I agree with those who said it’s Ben’s people who shot Karl and Danielle, and he drew the map to lead them into a trap. But if that is indeed true, how did he communicate with the people who did the shooting?

     Also, how was he able to call the boat? Is there some sort of 411 system for short wave radios or whatever they were using?

     Did anyone get a good look at that map? Just me or did it look a lot like the map Daniel had?

183. Hammer
     Comment 183, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     The Temple. Ben told Alex that it wasn’t for “them” just for “us”. I am thinking that it is a “do all” type of station. Maybe has communications equip., but more importantly being a hidden sanctuary. Maybe it is “hatch like” in that it would protect against another purge as well. Alpert led them there, so we can assume (since Karl mentioned it) that only a select few know about it.

184. skweez
     Comment 184, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     Just like he communicated with Harper, he communicated with the folks at the Temple. As far as calling the boat goes, I believe that the same people that gave him the info about Widmore and where the freighter would be, gave him the info on how to contact the boat. I thought about the Harper angle, but I’m still leaning towards that appearance of Harper being a manifestation of Smokey, because we heard the whispers. But I may very well be wrong about that.

     Good point on the contacting the boat explanation.

     If I’m not mistaken, D&C stated in one of the more recent podcasts that Harper is still on the island.

185. RAY
     Comment 185, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I know there is someone out there who read the obituary for the coffin…was the name close to Kevin Johnson?

186. jonathan
     Comment 186, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     tom mentions to Michael that some of the others can leave the island and come back while some don’t. Ben seems to be travelling back and forth (passports and cash in the economist), so is Richard, Ethan, Tom. But can anyone explain to me the following : when Sawyer and Kate are held prisonners in season 3, they are forced to work (remember when Sawyer is breaking rocks). Well one of the others at that point tells Sawyer that they are building a runway. Why would they build a runway??? how does that relate to the going back and forth thing? Who are they waiting for. Or are they preparing for leaving, since they know by then that Widmore’s people are coming?

187. Michael
     Comment 187, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Charrolet mentions to Juliet that “you know what Ben can due”. But what does Charrolet no about Ben. The only reson i bring that up is of the map they have and the map Ben gives his daughter.

188. Hammer
     Comment 188, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     —-Aaaaaahhhh don’t know. What dirty work could they do. Hes got a boat full of mercs. I guess if they are just a distraction or the fall guy. Just doesn’t sound like a very good plan. Kinda like Naomi was say to the tall black guy ( I forget his name).

     Don’t mean to sound snobby, but the dirty work is obvious: Turn off the gas(they risk their lives, not him), infiltrate the Ben’s people(they risk their lives, not him) catch Ben Linus (they risk their lives, not him), get on the island (they get the side effects, not him)…

189. Toeknee
     Comment 189, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     If I’m not mistaken, D&C stated in one of the more recent podcasts that Harper is still on the island.

     I think they said we will see more of her in future episodes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she’s still alive. We could see her in someone’s FB. Regardless, it hasn’t been proven that Smokey can’t manifest itself as a living person.

190. lost4ever
     Comment 190, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     katesFriend wrote:

     or did tom just switch guns w/ mike and gave him a faulty one?

     I was working on this one myself, since the bomb was a fake, the gun could have been a switch a roo too. But how about the car crash, Tom or Ben didn’t seem to be part of that and Libby got involved as well, and she’s dead (whisperer?)

     ——–
     I was thinking that the guy who sold Michael the gun was maybe Mr. Hawkins. Like Des and the wedding ring. Maybe he sold him a rigged gun.

191. Michael
     Comment 191, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     —-Aaaaaahhhh don’t know. What dirty work could they do. Hes got a boat full of mercs. I guess if they are just a distraction or the fall guy. Just doesn’t sound like a very good plan. Kinda like Naomi was say to the tall black guy ( I forget his name).

     Don’t mean to sound snobby, but the dirty work is obvious: Turn off the gas(they risk their lives, not him), infiltrate the Ben’s people(they risk their lives, not him) catch Ben Linus (they risk their lives, not him), get on the island (they get the side effects, not him)…

     —–
     WOw. it was obvious. not snoddy at all. Thanks.

192. Hammer
     Comment 192, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     If I’m not mistaken, D&C stated in one of the more recent podcasts that Harper is still on the island.

     I think they said we will see more of her in future episodes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she’s still alive. We could see her in someone’s FB. Regardless, it hasn’t been proven that Smokey can’t manifest itself as a living person.

     Actually, I think they said something to the effect of we may see more of her because “we didn’t kill her” when talking about Harper. I still think that the Harper we/Juliette saw was a manifestation of the smokemonster/security system for dramatic effect.

193. Toeknee
     Comment 193, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RAY wrote:

     I know there is someone out there who read the obituary for the coffin…was the name close to Kevin Johnson?

     No, it was more like Jeremy Bentham or something. But that could be another alias Michael picks up after finishing up with the freighters. The rest of the obit seems to point towards Michael (man from NY, teenage son, suicide).

194. Hammer
     Comment 194, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     —–
     WOw. it was obvious. not snoddy at all. Thanks.

     Cool.

195. omar
     Comment 195, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     hey whats up losties….baby aaron is not the last survivor of the oceanic 6, but in fact its vincent, thats right, the dog….he is part of the oceanic 6 and thats who is in the coffin…come on get real who ever said that is lost, litterally.

196. omar
     Comment 196, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     so that other is gay????

197. Hammer
     Comment 197, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Here’s my looking way too far into it question of the night:

     Why did Michael have to have a room mate at the hospital and why did they show him, any thoughts?

198. lost4ever
     Comment 198, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Here’s my looking way too far into it question of the night:

     Why did Michael have to have a room mate at the hospital and why did they show him, any thoughts?

     ——-
     It looked like INMAN.

199. Toeknee
     Comment 199, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jonathan wrote:

     tom mentions to Michael that some of the others can leave the island and come back while some don’t. Ben seems to be travelling back and forth (passports and cash in the economist), so is Richard, Ethan, Tom. But can anyone explain to me the following : when Sawyer and Kate are held prisonners in season 3, they are forced to work (remember when Sawyer is breaking rocks). Well one of the others at that point tells Sawyer that they are building a runway. Why would they build a runway??? how does that relate to the going back and forth thing? Who are they waiting for. Or are they preparing for leaving, since they know by then that Widmore’s people are coming?

     Part of me thinks that they weren’t really building a runway and that Ben, Tom, etc just told that to certain people like Juliet who weren’t “in the know” about what they were really doing.

     But, another part of me believes that it was a runway and they were doing that for their own use, to go to and from the island. That would be a quicker mode of transportation than the sub.

200. Hammer
     Comment 200, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     omar wrote:

     hey whats up losties….baby aaron is not the last survivor of the oceanic 6, but in fact its vincent, thats right, the dog….he is part of the oceanic 6 and thats who is in the coffin…come on get real who ever said that is lost, litterally.

     The guy that posted that is an old friend of mine, he was joking (didn’t you see the :)?). He’s a Lost fan with a dry sense of humor.

201. Missy
     Comment 201, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Kendra wrote:

     Any ideas on who is in the coffin? I thought it was going to be Michael but not after watching this episode…still could be I suppose.

     I think it’s Karl. (grin)

     What about Lapidus? He could die – and he must make it back from the island right? If the helicopter does…

202. Toeknee
     Comment 202, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Here’s my looking way too far into it question of the night:

     Why did Michael have to have a room mate at the hospital and why did they show him, any thoughts?

     Makes sense he would have a roommate – they’d give him cheap “accomodations”, being that he had no ID on him, and presumably couldn’t pay for his expenses.

     I thought the roommate looked a bit like Alvar Hanso, based on his appearance in one of those Lost Experience videos…check it out here:
     http://images.lostpedia.com/images/thumb/a/af/AlvarHansoProfile.jpg/200px-AlvarHansoProfile.jpg

     Why it would be Hanso, I have no idea – nothing came of it. Maybe just an Easter Egg (a few days early).

203. Hammer
     Comment 203, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Here’s my looking way too far into it question of the night:

     Why did Michael have to have a room mate at the hospital and why did they show him, any thoughts?

     ——-
     It looked like INMAN.

     Close Inman’s nose is longer and he has different shaped ears.

204. omar
     Comment 204, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I think the whole coffin thing is irrelevent to the show, and that jack was just hopped up on drugs and pain pills and hopped into a funeral home for no reason at all…

205. omar
     Comment 205, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Did micheal trade jins watch for the gun??

206. Toeknee
     Comment 206, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Ut oh people, we are dangerously close to the Shark Jumping moment. There are some things that just don’t add up. Hopefully they will rectify these things, but “Meet Kevin Johnson” just may be the episode we point to to describe the SJM.

     Not sure why you’d say this. I liked this episode.

     Good luck to your Hoyas tomorrow, RGS (that was very difficult for me to say, being an Orange fan)

207. Hammer
     Comment 207, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Here’s my looking way too far into it question of the night:

     Why did Michael have to have a room mate at the hospital and why did they show him, any thoughts?

     Makes sense he would have a roommate – they’d give him cheap “accomodations”, being that he had no ID on him, and presumably couldn’t pay for his expenses.

     I thought the roommate looked a bit like Alvar Hanso, based on his appearance in one of those Lost Experience videos…check it out here:
     http://images.lostpedia.com/images/thumb/a/af/AlvarHansoProfile.jpg/200px-AlvarHansoProfile.jpg

     Why it would be Hanso, I have no idea – nothing came of it. Maybe just an Easter Egg (a few days early).

     Maybe Hanso. In TLE he was dying or was at risk of heart problems(per Persophone’s message about his blood sample she took).

208. NoNonsenseGal
     Comment 208, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

209. Gypsy
     Comment 209, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     In response to Hammer’s question about Michael’s roommate in the hospital, I think there was a definite reason they showed him. In the first clip the roommate is on a ventilator and in the next clip he has an oxygen mask. That would seem to indicate that some amount of time had passed between the first time Michael looked over at him and the second time he looked over. I’m not sure what that means – that Libby really wasn’t a vision but was really there or something else.

210. Anon
     Comment 210, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     Really? It is the 21st century ya know

211. lost4ever
     Comment 211, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Gypsy wrote:

     In response to Hammer’s question about Michael’s roommate in the hospital, I think there was a definite reason they showed him. In the first clip the roommate is on a ventilator and in the next clip he has an oxygen mask. That would seem to indicate that some amount of time had passed between the first time Michael looked over at him and the second time he looked over. I’m not sure what that means – that Libby really wasn’t a vision but was really there or something else.

     ———–
     watched it again. It looks like 2 different people entirely.

212. Hammer
     Comment 212, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Gypsy wrote:

     In response to Hammer’s question about Michael’s roommate in the hospital, I think there was a definite reason they showed him. In the first clip the roommate is on a ventilator and in the next clip he has an oxygen mask. That would seem to indicate that some amount of time had passed between the first time Michael looked over at him and the second time he looked over. I’m not sure what that means – that Libby really wasn’t a vision but was really there or something else.

     Good catch. Michaels monitor was different after seeing Libby too.

213. katesFriend
     Comment 213, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     ok, usually i wouldn’t respond to a comment like this, but it really makes me mad, so sorry nononsensegirl, but here goes: how in the hell is a small peck on the cheek perverted? just b/c it is two men? and if this was too much for your family to see, but tons of violence and FAR more gratuitous sex scenes are not, then you have one strange sense of appropriateness

     ok, off my soapbox

214. Anon
     Comment 214, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Gypsy wrote:

     In response to Hammer’s question about Michael’s roommate in the hospital, I think there was a definite reason they showed him. In the first clip the roommate is on a ventilator and in the next clip he has an oxygen mask. That would seem to indicate that some amount of time had passed between the first time Michael looked over at him and the second time he looked over. I’m not sure what that means – that Libby really wasn’t a vision but was really there or something else.

     Good catch. Michaels monitor was different after seeing Libby too.

     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     These are all reasons why I think the first part, including the appearance of Libby, was a dream.

215. jonathan
     Comment 215, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     Lost is an intelligent and very reasonable show. If you can’t take a kiss on the cheek, what show can you still watch on American Tv?
     You have to face the fact that gay people exist as we all do. Like them or not, we have to accept their existence in society as well as on tv. A kiss on the cheek, really…
     Too bad if you stop watching that great show for this…

216. Hammer
     Comment 216, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Anon wrote:

     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     These are all reasons why I think the first part, including the appearance of Libby, was a dream.

     My thought is no more valid than yours. I just feel that they have done so many manifestations in the past that there is no reason to think that Libby isn’t one as well.

217. omar
     Comment 217, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     mann all yall lost fans are more crazy than the characters themselves…maybe yall should get lost together on some island in the south pacific and call me in 3 months and let me know who is still alive…

218. avalanche
     Comment 218, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     i will follow the rules of this blog and “be nice.” i am saddenend for you and will not be mean. i am sad for you because your bigotry and ignorance will prevent you from building relationships with a large swatch of the global population and therefore you will not make the most of your time on this earth. you are someone who is closed off to ideas that are strange and different from yours. you are limiting your ability to understand something and therefore limiting your own humanity–that is sad. i have always despised when someone uses the term “human nature” in a limiting fashion (ie: there will always be thieves–it’s human nature). i try to focus on what is good about human nature and i believe it is our ability to learn and share. these are the qualities that make being human an unlimitable thing. you have missed the point of “lost.” this is a tv show about differences thrown together in the crucible. you have really missed the point–but not just of this tv show but of living itself!

219. 108
     Comment 219, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Bedtime for Bonzo… 8′(

220. omar
     Comment 220, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dam avalanche, didnt know you felt so strongly about the show….wow

221. Hammer
     Comment 221, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Anon wrote:

     [~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     These are all reasons why I think the first part, including the appearance of Libby, was a dream.

     I’m curious, do you think that her second appearance (on the boat with the bomb) was a dream as well?

222. Hammer
     Comment 222, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     omar wrote:

     dam avalanche, didnt know you felt so strongly about the show….wow

     Everyone who visits or comments on this blog feels “so strongly about the show” or you wouldn’t be here.

223. omar
     Comment 223, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     thats true hammer, i would have no less..

224. avalanche
     Comment 224, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     omar wrote:

     dam avalanche, didnt know you felt so strongly about the show….wow

     i do. i have a degree in literature and a passion for sci fi. i have always said that a good sci-fi show is just another theatre for the human experience. this show has more humanity in it than just about anything else on tv. i do, however, feel more strongly about ignorance and bigotry. that little kiss was a nod to another cultural difference–one of thousands that populate a show about those differences. this show has been about the “us” and “them” since the beginning. i believe the answers to the show’s other mysteries will have a lot to do about understanding who is really with us or against us–who is an other–and who is a “good” guy.

225. Hammer
     Comment 225, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Funny line of the night: Tom to Michael: “…figured flying can’t be too much fun for you.”

226. avalanche
     Comment 226, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     sorry if being to debbie downer–my favorite funny line–last night he had a gun to his head today he’s eating pound cake. . .

227. lost4ever
     Comment 227, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Funny line of the night: Tom to Michael: “…figured flying can’t be too much fun for you.”

     ——–
     I thought it was Naomi to MIchael ” I can tell by your accent”

228. Hammer
     Comment 228, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     avalanche wrote:

     sorry if being to debbie downer–my favorite funny line–last night he had a gun to his head today he’s eating pound cake. . .

     Yeah, that was funny too. How about, those nuts that think the moon landing was fake, but this is real…LOL…

229. jonathan
     Comment 229, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     avalanche wrote:

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     i will follow the rules of this blog and “be nice.” i am saddenend for you and will not be mean. i am sad for you because your bigotry and ignorance will prevent you from building relationships with a large swatch of the global population and therefore you will not make the most of your time on this earth. you are someone who is closed off to ideas that are strange and different from yours. you are limiting your ability to understand something and therefore limiting your own humanity–that is sad. i have always despised when someone uses the term “human nature” in a limiting fashion (ie: there will always be thieves–it’s human nature). i try to focus on what is good about human nature and i believe it is our ability to learn and share. these are the qualities that make being human an unlimitable thing. you have missed the point of “lost.” this is a tv show about differences thrown together in the crucible. you have really missed the point–but not just of this tv show but of living itself!

     Thumbs up avalanche!

230. avalanche
     Comment 230, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     thanks jonathan. and thank you hammer-your coments are always worth reading. i am going to sleep now but i’ll be thinking about ben. didn’t he say they know what i am. what??? not who. he also pointed out that he didn’t ask for michael to kill anyone. has he been good all along? what about that craziness to juliette after she saw goodwin’s body. “you are mine!”

231. lost4ever
     Comment 231, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jonathan wrote:

     avalanche wrote:

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     i will follow the rules of this blog and “be nice.” i am saddenend for you and will not be mean. i am sad for you because your bigotry and ignorance will prevent you from building relationships with a large swatch of the global population and therefore you will not make the most of your time on this earth. you are someone who is closed off to ideas that are strange and different from yours. you are limiting your ability to understand something and therefore limiting your own humanity–that is sad. i have always despised when someone uses the term “human nature” in a limiting fashion (ie: there will always be thieves–it’s human nature). i try to focus on what is good about human nature and i believe it is our ability to learn and share. these are the qualities that make being human an unlimitable thing. you have missed the point of “lost.” this is a tv show about differences thrown together in the crucible. you have really missed the point–but not just of this tv show but of living itself!

     Thumbs up avalanche!

     ——————
     i think the non should be removed from her name…no sense gal

232. Hammer
     Comment 232, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     avalanche wrote:

     thanks jonathan. and thank you hammer-your coments are always worth reading. i am going to sleep now but i’ll be thinking about ben. didn’t he say they know what i am. what??? not who. he also pointed out that he didn’t ask for michael to kill anyone. has he been good all along? what about that craziness to juliette after she saw goodwin’s body. “you are mine!”

     Cool.

     Yeah, Ben is complicated…more news at 11:00 as they say.

233. Hammer
     Comment 233, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Okay, bedtime for Bonzo.

     Sorry 108, that’s my line. :)

     But I leave you with this to ponder:

     Is this the fourth or fifth straight episode with Widmore written all over it?

234. Cheetos
     Comment 234, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Wow!! Some answers at last!! Those of you who called it that: 1. Michael and Walt got back to the main land, 2. Michael is the MOB, 3. The plane in the trench is a fake/staged crash with lots of dead bodies (though not Dharma bodies, sorry), and what else? Props to you!! Good job!
     Now here’s my question: Is Michael’s mom’s house the same one where Mile’s went to do the ghost busting? Anyone know?

     Bodys from Tieland and the island willnot let people from the isalnd kill them selves. Did the Island stop Jack?

     it’s Thailand, not Tieland

235. katesFriend
     Comment 235, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     avalanche wrote:

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     i will follow the rules of this blog and “be nice.” i am saddenend for you and will not be mean. i am sad for you because your bigotry and ignorance will prevent you from building relationships with a large swatch of the global population and therefore you will not make the most of your time on this earth. you are someone who is closed off to ideas that are strange and different from yours. you are limiting your ability to understand something and therefore limiting your own humanity–that is sad. i have always despised when someone uses the term “human nature” in a limiting fashion (ie: there will always be thieves–it’s human nature). i try to focus on what is good about human nature and i believe it is our ability to learn and share. these are the qualities that make being human an unlimitable thing. you have missed the point of “lost.” this is a tv show about differences thrown together in the crucible. you have really missed the point–but not just of this tv show but of living itself!

     incredibly well-said, thanks avalanche for putting this much more eloquently than my attempt!

236. katesFriend
     Comment 236, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     one thing i have noticed the past few episodes that i think is strange, claire doesn’t seem to care much that charlie is gone!

     i mean, i know the writers can’t have her crying about it in every episode, but since the beginning of the end, she hasn’t even mentioned him or seemed upset in any way!

237. Cheetos
     Comment 237, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     jonathan wrote:

     avalanche wrote:

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     i will follow the rules of this blog and “be nice.” i am saddenend for you and will not be mean. i am sad for you because your bigotry and ignorance will prevent you from building relationships with a large swatch of the global population and therefore you will not make the most of your time on this earth. you are someone who is closed off to ideas that are strange and different from yours. you are limiting your ability to understand something and therefore limiting your own humanity–that is sad. i have always despised when someone uses the term “human nature” in a limiting fashion (ie: there will always be thieves–it’s human nature). i try to focus on what is good about human nature and i believe it is our ability to learn and share. these are the qualities that make being human an unlimitable thing. you have missed the point of “lost.” this is a tv show about differences thrown together in the crucible. you have really missed the point–but not just of this tv show but of living itself!

     Thumbs up avalanche!

     ——————
     i think the non should be removed from her name…no sense gal

     wow… and I thought this was America and the year was 2008

238. Tom57
     Comment 238, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     vanessa e wrote:

     so the clip at the end says we have learned of all 6… but i only count kate, hurley, jack, sun, baby and who???
     did i miss something?

     syid!!!!! :-)

239. Tom57
     Comment 239, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     katesFriend wrote:

     one thing i have noticed the past few episodes that i think is strange, claire doesn’t seem to care much that charlie is gone!

     i mean, i know the writers can’t have her crying about it in every episode, but since the beginning of the end, she hasn’t even mentioned him or seemed upset in any way!

     Yeah but she also hasnt had alot of time to be really upset and we are only catching her at times with other people im sure if Kate was there she would cry with her. they seem to have a bond. just and idea.

240. Tom57
     Comment 240, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     First of all the” jump the shark” comment does not apply here at all. I may have missed it but i did not see anything that would not happen in real life to get higher ratings. My lord two men kissed on the cheek, not that ! You really need to come out from the rock you live under and enjoy life . Some people are gay some are straight its a part of life.
     Im straight and forgot about the kiss till I read the comment I was more shocked he was alive. Did he get shot? Crazy Island. Open your mind you will enjoy life a lot more . If you cant its okay better off without people like this watching the show.

241. leah
     Comment 241, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Good stuff! He was also in the photos that naomi was going through, along with Miles charrolet an Daniel. Could Widmore be lying to them as well.

     Oh, I think so. They too would be committed. Charlotte wants to study the island as well as Danielle. Their mission was to get the gas turned inert…now they are doing what THEY wanted to do. Remeber what basically is the MO of all evil empires…use people to get what you want, then kill them to keep it for yourself.
     ***********************************************

     good morning from sunny manchester !I see you ve been hard at it while ive been asleep.
     not seen the ep yet got another two days yet …but i d like to draw your attention to comment thirty eight,thats38 Trixanna,micheal and hammer,
     and that was before iv e even seen this ep!

242. meathead
     Comment 242, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I agree, the Tom inuedo was goofy to throw in.

243. Toeknee
     Comment 243, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Tom57 wrote:

     ….
     Im straight and forgot about the kiss till I read the comment I was more shocked he was alive. Did he get shot? Crazy Island.

     Tom appeared in a flashback that took place before he was shot. He was killed sometime after these FB’s occurred.

244. Circus Mom
     Comment 244, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     KatesFriend, avalanche and the rest of you. Thank you for your responses to nononsensegirl. I wanted to immediatly post a irate response to her but decided to finish reading and calm down first. I so appreciate your responses and hope we never hear from nononsense again.

     Omar, you seemed angry or feisty tonight.

     How did Miles know that Michaels name wasn’t Kevin. Why dose he want 3.2 Mil. How dose he know so much about Ben, and is what he knows true? (I think it is but he didn’t learn from Widmore.) Up until tonight Miles seemed like a pretty evil self centered type. Tonight he just seemed sort of smug in his knowledge. If he lise and says Ben is dead will the freighter folks still want to kill everyone else on the island? I want a Miles episode.

245. Toeknee
     Comment 245, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     There are some great screen-caps already up at Sledgeweb’s site: http://lost.cubit.net/index.php

     He has pictures of Michael’s roommate, the map Ben gave Alex, and the person who shot Rousseau & Karl, although you can’t tell who it is.

246. Toeknee
     Comment 246, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     One interesting point brought up on Sledgeweb’s site – in the FB we see Walt in NY. But the timing of that scene is most likely very close (within a few days) to the time Locke saw “Walt” after Ben shot him (Locke). So, was that appearance of Walt (to Locke) just a manifestation of Smokey?

247. Circus Mom
     Comment 247, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Tom57 wrote:

     ….
     Im straight and forgot about the kiss till I read the comment I was more shocked he was alive. Did he get shot? Crazy Island.

     Tom appeared in a flashback that took place before he was shot. He was killed sometime after these FB’s occurred.

     ++++++++++++++
     I had actually wondered why with all the charactors noone was gay. Statistickly (sp) someone should have been. I did have to stop the TIVO and figure out timelines to decide if Tom was alive or a manistefacion at that point. He was back on the island by the time Naomi landed there so he was alive in the flashback. Dead and burried now.

248. Circus Mom
     Comment 248, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Forgot to mention, when did the C word become polite again?

249. Toeknee
     Comment 249, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Forgot to mention, when did the C word become polite again?

     LOL I don’t think it is, but it seems with each episode we get more evidence as to who may or may not be in there, and people just can’t help themselves.

250. pete
     Comment 250, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dont think the guys on the ship would use silencers on there guns. those bullits were very quiet.

251. Toeknee
     Comment 251, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     pete wrote:

     dont think the guys on the ship would use silencers on there guns. those bullits were very quiet.

     Good point. The use of silencers is more in line with the Others’ M.O.

252. Rita
     Comment 252, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     If he lise and says Ben is dead will the freighter folks still want to kill everyone else on the island? I want a Miles episode.

     Good question. So if Ben knows that once the tots have him, they plan to kill everyone else on the island, then he would have NO motivation to give Miles the $$ (for lying to the rest of the freighter folks about him already being dead) because he would then die anyway with everyone else. Miles just lost his bargaining chip.

253. Rita
     Comment 253, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     If he lise and says Ben is dead will the freighter folks still want to kill everyone else on the island? I want a Miles episode.

     Good question. So if Ben knows that once the tots have him, they plan to kill everyone else on the island, then he would have NO motivation to give Miles the $$ (for lying to the rest of the freighter folks about him already being dead) because he would then die anyway with everyone else. Miles just lost his bargaining chip.

     **************
     Sorry, the initial quote was Circus Mom’s.

254. TheoryNut
     Comment 254, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I loved this episode! Great posts tonight too. I am very intrigued by the List request from Ben to Michael. Here we go again… Is Jacob pulling the strings again? Also I thought it was interesting that when Ben showed Alex, Danielle, and Karl/Carl the map, he said it was for us, I was understanding for the “others” and not the losties. Well, Danielle at least from the background we have is not an other, and when we first met Karl, he was in a cage across from Kate and Sawyer right? Maybe the gunshots were from the “others” and were protecting the “sacred” temple to the fullest that’s why Alex was sparred because she was Ben’s “daughter”, the other’s don’t give a c–p about Danielle. I just think it is too “magical” of a coinscidence that the Freightor assansains could have been so spot on. And Ben usually is one step ahead. I really do think Ben is a “good” guy in a crazy sort of way! The Dharma purge was justified by the island, perhaps, they were not “innocent” their intentions of using the island for their own wicked purposes… yada yada yada. Anywho. Great show.

     *Also, hey Hammer, your whisper theory rocks still! Awesome…

255. TheoryNut
     Comment 255, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Mr. Friendly … lol …

256. PJSander
     Comment 256, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     I know that other people have already commented on this post, but I feel strongly enough that I simply cannot let it go.

     I do not understand how a hand to the back and a peck on the cheek can be considered “crossing the line of decency and good taste” let alone “perverted.” Sawyer and Kate’s semi-naked cage romp must not have crossed that line or you would have stopped watching at that point.

     Is it because Mr. Friendly and the object of his affection are both male? Women regularly greet each other this way, does that cross the line?

     You mentioned innuendo in a previous episode. Which episode is that? I didn’t see innuendo between two same-gender characters, but then again, I barely noticed it in this episode. It was far from blatant.

     You also mentioned “jumping the shark” in your post. Perhaps you don’t know the etymology of the term. It refers to an episode of Happy Days, which was beginning to suffer poor ratings. The show staged a big “stunt” episode in a desperate attempt to garner more viewers. In it, Fonzie actually JUMPS (on water skis) a SHARK (in a pen). It was a ridiculous stunt intended to try to boost ratings. It failed and the show was canceled, but the term lives on.

     This peck on the cheek was in no way a “Jump the Shark” moment. Indeed, it was an already very open-minded program offering yet another hint of diversity. From the beginning, the creators and writers have shown open-minded acceptance of all its characters. This was no different.

     Is homophobia the problem? Is it your religion that makes you think homosexuality is wrong? I ask, because that is usually the case. If you look carefully, I think you will see that the bible contains a few other “sins” that we now see as more acceptable. For example, we no longer put people to death for working on the sabbath (Exodus 31:14-15), we no longer have our elders stone (to death) our rebellious sons (Deuteronomy 21:18-21), we no longer kill adulterers (Leviticus 20:10-12), we no longer have the men in town stone (to death) non-virgin brides (Deuteronomy 22:20-21), so maybe you ought to reconsider the whole “homosexuality is a sin” thing?

     Whatever your reason for objecting to the eight seconds of affection between two men, I believe you ought to rethink abandoning the show. Sometimes it is healthy to watch, read, listen to, participate in, something that is outside one’s comfort zone. Sometimes one can learn something by considering another person’s perspective. The show is a fantasy, a morality play, diverse, science-fiction, and thought-provoking, not to mention brilliant. Give it, and yourself, another chance.

     : ) P

257. Toeknee
     Comment 257, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Great post, PJ

258. Rita
     Comment 258, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     TheoryNut wrote:

     I loved this episode! Great posts tonight too. I am very intrigued by the List request from Ben to Michael. Here we go again… Is Jacob pulling the strings again? Also I thought it was interesting that when Ben showed Alex, Danielle, and Karl/Carl the map, he said it was for us, I was understanding for the “others” and not the losties. Well, Danielle at least from the background we have is not an other, and when we first met Karl, he was in a cage across from Kate and Sawyer right? Maybe the gunshots were from the “others” and were protecting the “sacred” temple to the fullest that’s why Alex was sparred because she was Ben’s “daughter”, the other’s don’t give a c–p about Danielle. I just think it is too “magical” of a coinscidence that the Freightor assansains could have been so spot on. And Ben usually is one step ahead. I really do think Ben is a “good” guy in a crazy sort of way! The Dharma purge was justified by the island, perhaps, they were not “innocent” their intentions of using the island for their own wicked purposes… yada yada yada. Anywho. Great show.

     *Also, hey Hammer, your whisper theory rocks still! Awesome…

     Also, why didn’t Rouseau object when Ben called Alex “his” daughter? If he really kidnapped her as an infant and raised her himself, wouldn’t Rouseau be a bit more upset about it? Why would she consent to living there with Ben and allowing him to call Alex “his”? Maybe…..she IS his?

259. deangoodes
     Comment 259, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I definitely think Ben had Rousseau and Carl killed. That was a sharpshooter taking them out. I think the scene on the freighter was put there on purpose to show they were NOT good shots. They had a machine gun with dozens of bullets flying and still only hit the one clay pigeon. Plus, they had no need to kill Rousseau and Carl, they could have taken all three. Only Ben would have something to gain (Alex) by killing those two.

     And Walt in his room looked like a short Walt again, although that could have just been how it looked with a high windowsill.

     The car Michael drove into the barrier was a Plymouth Volare (A Dodge Aspen is possible, they are exactly the same except for the logos, which I think were Plymouth), about a ’76. I had one for a few years in the 80′s.

     Why did Ben not have any scars or injuries or bruises when he was in his jammies??? Hasn’t he been getting beat up pretty regularly for some time now??

260. Toeknee
     Comment 260, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Also, why didn’t Rouseau object when Ben called Alex “his” daughter? If he really kidnapped her as an infant and raised her himself, wouldn’t Rouseau be a bit more upset about it? Why would she consent to living there with Ben and allowing him to call Alex “his”? Maybe…..she IS his?

     In past episodes, Rousseau has been more “firm” in her dealings with Ben – she hit him one or two of the times that he tried to talk to Alex back in the season 3 finale. At this point, Locke apparently has decided that Ben can be treated as more of an ally than a prisoner, so maybe Rousseau didn’t want to hit him again because it would piss off Locke? She did give him a dirty look, if that counts for anything.

261. Toeknee
     Comment 261, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     Why did Ben not have any scars or injuries or bruises when he was in his jammies??? Hasn’t he been getting beat up pretty regularly for some time now??

     Are you talking about the scene where Miles was brought in? I thought Ben’s face was somewhat bruised in that scene. There was another scene from Michael’s FB where his face was all cleaned up.

     BTW dean – good job by your Badgers last night. Did you watch the game or Lost? That’s one of the more difficult decisions in life, huh?

262. RGS
     Comment 262, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I thought the episode was just…there. I don’t know what to call it. Toe, you asked why I thought it was close to SJM (which for me means it is the moment where we can visibly see the writing going downhill, and thus the show too…great post btw PJ and all that commented on nononsense, and I’m not gay, not that there’s anything wrong with it) so here goes.

     Post 1
     To clear up my point, and I will need to watch the episode again, though I don’t feel the show JTS, it is dangerously close to that line because some things don’t make sense to me right now. I’m not going to be bullheaded about it, and open to hear everyone’s thoughts, but I’m struggling with this episode. I have quite a few questions so much so that I will have to break down this post into several smaller ones in the hopes that someone can answer something.

     Michael: So we are to believe that he can not convince his son that they should be ecstatic to have gotten off that deserted island, and have been reunited from a kidnapping? His son would be so mad at him, for the nitty gritty details of their escape from that hell hole, that it would drive Mike to suicide?

     I didn’t get an answer as to why Mike couldn’t say, “Mom, (his own mother won’t let him see his son????) we crashed on that plane, we were on an island with some crazy folks, there are other survivors left behind, but I have no way of knowing how to get back there.” If folks are saying well he’d have to tell what he did to get off that island, it’s Mike’s word against a lying Ben, who would probably not be around to go to court anyway, let alone be a trusted witness. Who from the island would testify against Mike for coming back and rescuing them? Wouldn’t that be the redemption Mike needed in order to get back his son’s respect? I needed for there to be more of a reason for Mike’s silence about the island upon his return.

263. RGS
     Comment 263, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Post 2
     Ok, so let’s say Mike’s going crazy. Friendly slips him the rigged gun (I like that theory, though it is awfully coincidental that he has the same gun) he realizes he can’t kill himself (an awfully quick recovery from his car accident, with no air bags because this all takes place is less than 2 months) and agrees to helping his former kidnappers…because he feels the only way out of his situation is suicide? So then Mike is portrayed as a punk…fine.

     “I’ll help you guys so I can kill myself and protect my new best friends I made on the island.” So this means he blindly trusts, the people who kidnapped his son, and as far as he knows has done who knows what to Jack and co., that it is actually Widmore who is evil and must be stopped at all costs?

264. RGS
     Comment 264, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Post 3
     Gets on boat with his special delivery, has to wait til he’s at sea, sees that it is a bomb. Realizes ok, they want me to detonate the bomb to destroy this ship and stop them from getting there. Cool, I’ll do it. (Enter Libby and her plea to seemingly stop him, from preventing Widmore from finding the island…that is another matter). Up pops note, “Not yet,” or whatever.

     So now Ben talks to him on phone. “Mike, I don’t kill innocents, the peeps on the freightor are innocent but Widmore is not.” As far as Mike knows, this makes sense to him and he can “trust” Ben I suppose. We as viewers have to know Ben is lying through his teeth yet again. (again another side issue because I do realize that some of you believe Ben can actually be a “good” character). Yet he instructs Mike to sabotage the engines and cut off communications. So he wants the freightor folk to die from their free will, but not from him bombing them. So Ben’s intent is the same, he just wants to go about it a different way to ease his conscience????

265. RGS
     Comment 265, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Post 4 (Thanks for any and all help???)
     I am not seeing where some of you have pointed out Mike’s redemption and thus the island then allowing whatever to take place with regard to him.
     Ben has killed innocents, and at a minimum attempted to kill innocents. You can debate the killing of his father. You can’t debate him trying to kill Locke, ordering Others to kill “anyone who gets in their way,” putting in motion the hanging of Charlie, putting in motion the killing of the freightor folk, putting in motion the killing of Goodwin and his ”rejoicing” over his death.

     I didn’t like how Locketown plainly accepted Ben’s word that if they turned him over he’d be killed. They didn’t show why Ben revealing Mike was his man, was enough of a revelation to Locke that he had to set him free? I mean if you want him at the dinner table, why not keep him tied up? I’m just not quite following that Ben has done enough to have gained that much trust.

     Assuming Widmore put the plane at the bottom of the ocean to prevent folks from looking for it a la Amelia Earhart’s plane. He keeps the freightor folk in the dark. “Just get Ben.” The Captain better not turn out to be one of Ben’s men, which could explain his lack of reaction when Sayid bring him in. Why wouldn’t Sayid do that, he doesn’t trust Ben. Why would Mike be helping Sayid and Desmond out (unlocking door) knowing that it could expose his true identity, especially since Mike is working for Ben who has shown to be the Losties enemy?

266. lucky
     Comment 266, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     this show is officially ridiculous. I used to be a fan but how is it that Walt & Michael return alive from the island, back to Brooklyn, and nobody from the neighborhood (or the media) catches on to this or notices this???

267. Paul
     Comment 267, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     WOW!! That was a great one. Well, here is my 2 cents:

     All throughout LOST, people from the past have been appearing ( Shannon to Boone, Kate’s horse to Kate, the polar bear from Walt’s comic, Jack’s dad, etc…) Walt has powers to look at an image and bring it to life as we have seen with the bird from the book he was reading(episode when he was with his Mom and her new husband). But then the bird flew into the window and died. I believe that the OTHERS helped Walt harness his ability and are using him to manipulate everyone else. That is why Libby appeared to Michael, as an attempt by Walt to get Michael to stop.

     And what is up with FW (Fake Walt) in the window. LOL.
     Mr. Friendly – a little too friendly with that guy in the hotel room.

268. RGS
     Comment 268, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lucky wrote:

     this show is officially ridiculous. I used to be a fan but how is it that Walt & Michael return alive from the island, back to Brooklyn, and nobody from the neighborhood (or the media) catches on to this or notices this???

     Not everyone in the neighborhood would know Mike’s business. I’m sure in this day and age it is not uncommon to know whether your neighbor has gone on vacation, taken a flight somewhere etc. Walt wasn’t living with Mike b4, so that part may not be so much of a mystery, thus I can sorta stomach that, but yes the media may dig around and catch wind of the situation and it would be problematic.

269. Lins
     Comment 269, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Wow, can we please just put the all the comments about Mr. Friendly being gay to rest now? Who cares if someone was offended by it? I don’t think the purpose of this site is to debate people’s religious or moral views. Can we please just discuss the show here?

     That being said…I do agree that it was Ben’s people that shot Danielle and Carl. I totally think it was a set up to keep Alex “safe”, i.e. on the island and not pregnant!

     Ben is sounding more believable every time we see him…it makes much more sense that Widmore/Paik could have planted the fake plane. I’m also wondering if Sayid is already working for Ben (they had some alone time together in the Other’s rec room area to talk when Sayid went to trade Miles for Charlotte) so maybe he was just letting Michael/Kevin die like he wanted so he could take over Ben’s job.

     Thanks and please keep it kind and helpful!!

270. Toeknee
     Comment 270, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS – you bring up a lot of good points. I’ll try to address some of them in future posts, if others here don’t beat me to it. But first I’ll say that watching Lost, as with many shows, frequently requires either a suspension of disbelief, or faith in the writers, or both. Perhaps more satisfactory answers will come in future episodes, perhaps not. For a show that requires a good deal of analysis (and overanalysis), there are a lot of seeming plot holes, unrealistic actions by the characters, and continuity errors that you wouldn’t expect to be see. I chalk some of that up to the fact that they are indeed making up a lot of the details as they go along (not that there’s anything wrong with that), so there’s bound to be inconsistencies – for example the character Harper was obviously not in the scenes from season 3 where the Others witness OA815 crashing, but she was shown there in The Other Woman. Personally I’m not so obsessed with details like that, but I know a lot of people who find certain inconsistencies like that completely irritating and feel it cheapens the show.

271. Gup
     Comment 271, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS- you bring up a lot of good points. Re: post 1- Michael- I felt that Michael probably told Walt how he was able to get them off the island as they fled in the boat. Walt, being only 10, doesn’t understand how Michael could kill. Walt was also closer to fellow Losties than Michael was. So now Walt wants nothing to do with his father.
     Now they are back in NY and how would they explain that they were on the plane that crashed and they are the only two that survived? They are forced to live under assumed identities- not sure how they do this successfully though w/Michael’s mother involved.

272. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 272, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     JamieGirl wrote:

     In “D.O.C.” Mr. Paik is having a conversation with his associates. Paik was arguing about forged shipping documents which they were supposed to provide for the Hanso Foundation (or possibly vice versa). Paik warns that they must provide the equipment soon. I was thinking someone hired Paik to manufacter the faux plane, but then Paik would know his daughter was alive and search for her… so now I am thinking Paik manufactured the freighter (unsure of it’s objective).
     Does anyone have thoughts on this?

     This is a great catch! How the heck did you remember this?! I’ve been unsure about whether to believe Ben planted the fake plane or Widmore did it, but this seems to give evidence that Widmore did it. In which case I may have to believe Ben’s statement “We’re the good guys”

     Absolutely this is a good catch. Ben’s been saying he’s the good one all along…made another statement about not killing innocents…hmmmm.

     ————-
     this is a great catch…..from LOSTPEDIA

     Well, it would be nice to credit where you find things…but it’s still a good find.

     ————-
     Maybe I’m missing something on this…but for timeline sake….the Paik “D.O.C.” Flash was just after Sun & Jin were married (prostitute mommy pointed to the wedding pic in the paper)….why would he be buying a faux plane for the faux crash 4 years (according to Ji Yeon they were married in 2000) before the 815 flight?

273. deangoodes
     Comment 273, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     We do not know that Miles knows Michael is not Kevin Johnson. After he said you’re not Kevin Johnson he went on to say 80% of the people on this boat aren’t who they say they are or have something to hide. I think by saying that he was making a broad comment towards Michael and not directly saying to him I know who you really are.

274. Toeknee
     Comment 274, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Post 3
     …..
     So now Ben talks to him on phone. “Mike, I don’t kill innocents, the peeps on the freightor are innocent but Widmore is not.” As far as Mike knows, this makes sense to him and he can “trust” Ben I suppose. We as viewers have to know Ben is lying through his teeth yet again. (again another side issue because I do realize that some of you believe Ben can actually be a “good” character)…..

     I didn’t have too much of a problem believing this aspect of the episode. I’m still uncertain about whether or not to believe Ben is lying about Widmore wanting to kill everyone on the island – right now I think it’s more likely that Ben is a “good” guy than Widmore is. And Michael – his first confrontation with Tom showed us that he doesn’t trust them. But given time to think about it, perhaps realizing that Ben did indeed keep his word about letting Michael and Walt leave the island, seeing the evidence that seems compelling about Widmore’s alleged faking of the OA815 crash (Michael doesn’t exactly have the means to investigate whether that’s true or not), and for whatever reason not physically being able to kill himself, he came to believe what Tom said. Maybe us viewers who know way more about what’s been going on than Michael does don’t think Michael should trust Tom and Ben, but Michael doesn’t know that much, and at this point in his live it’s not like he has a whole lot to live for, so I found it believable that he’d go along with Tom and Ben’s scheme.

275. Toeknee
     Comment 275, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     JamieGirl wrote:

     In “D.O.C.” Mr. Paik is having a conversation with his associates. Paik was arguing about forged shipping documents which they were supposed to provide for the Hanso Foundation (or possibly vice versa). Paik warns that they must provide the equipment soon. I was thinking someone hired Paik to manufacter the faux plane, but then Paik would know his daughter was alive and search for her… so now I am thinking Paik manufactured the freighter (unsure of it’s objective).
     Does anyone have thoughts on this?

     This is a great catch! How the heck did you remember this?! I’ve been unsure about whether to believe Ben planted the fake plane or Widmore did it, but this seems to give evidence that Widmore did it. In which case I may have to believe Ben’s statement “We’re the good guys”

     Absolutely this is a good catch. Ben’s been saying he’s the good one all along…made another statement about not killing innocents…hmmmm.

     ————-
     this is a great catch…..from LOSTPEDIA

     Well, it would be nice to credit where you find things…but it’s still a good find.

     ————-
     Maybe I’m missing something on this…but for timeline sake….the Paik “D.O.C.” Flash was just after Sun & Jin were married (prostitute mommy pointed to the wedding pic in the paper)….why would he be buying a faux plane for the faux crash 4 years (according to Ji Yeon they were married in 2000) before the 815 flight?

     ___________________________________________
     Now this is truly a great catch!

276. Rita
     Comment 276, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     JamieGirl wrote:

     In “D.O.C.” Mr. Paik is having a conversation with his associates. Paik was arguing about forged shipping documents which they were supposed to provide for the Hanso Foundation (or possibly vice versa). Paik warns that they must provide the equipment soon. I was thinking someone hired Paik to manufacter the faux plane, but then Paik would know his daughter was alive and search for her… so now I am thinking Paik manufactured the freighter (unsure of it’s objective).
     Does anyone have thoughts on this?

     This is a great catch! How the heck did you remember this?! I’ve been unsure about whether to believe Ben planted the fake plane or Widmore did it, but this seems to give evidence that Widmore did it. In which case I may have to believe Ben’s statement “We’re the good guys”

     Absolutely this is a good catch. Ben’s been saying he’s the good one all along…made another statement about not killing innocents…hmmmm.

     ————-
     this is a great catch…..from LOSTPEDIA

     Well, it would be nice to credit where you find things…but it’s still a good find.

     ————-
     Maybe I’m missing something on this…but for timeline sake….the Paik “D.O.C.” Flash was just after Sun & Jin were married (prostitute mommy pointed to the wedding pic in the paper)….why would he be buying a faux plane for the faux crash 4 years (according to Ji Yeon they were married in 2000) before the 815 flight?

     ********************

     They weren’t necessarily married in 2000. If you are refering to the shop keeper’s comment about the year of the dragon, remember that he said, “In the year of the dragon…..”, not that it WAS the YOTD. That makes a difference to me.

277. anOtherGay
     Comment 277, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     Are you living in the 21st century? I think YOU are Lost. I would hate for Lost’s writers to be stuck with your narrow thinking – good riddance and don’t let the hatch door hit you on the way out! :P

278. Rita
     Comment 278, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     We do not know that Miles knows Michael is not Kevin Johnson. After he said you’re not Kevin Johnson he went on to say 80% of the people on this boat aren’t who they say they are or have something to hide. I think by saying that he was making a broad comment towards Michael and not directly saying to him I know who you really are.

     And yet, I was waiting for Michael to meet Miles to see if Miles would “know” anything.

279. Toeknee
     Comment 279, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     We do not know that Miles knows Michael is not Kevin Johnson. After he said you’re not Kevin Johnson he went on to say 80% of the people on this boat aren’t who they say they are or have something to hide. I think by saying that he was making a broad comment towards Michael and not directly saying to him I know who you really are.

     Yeah, I thought that scene was there partly for dramatic effect (“Oh no, is Miles gonna rat Michael out?!”), and partly to show that there wasn’t a thorough background checks of every person on the freighter, so Michael could get away with his new identity.

280. Laura
     Comment 280, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Indeed, it was an already very open-minded program offering yet another hint of diversity. From the beginning, the creators and writers have shown open-minded acceptance of all its characters.

     One of the things I love about LOST is the diversity in its cast of characters. It is the most diverse television program I have ever watched.

281. Laura
     Comment 281, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Oops, my previous comment should have been a quote from PJ.

     BTW, I find it quite ironic that Sayid turns Michael/Kevin in to the captain when he finds that he is working for Ben when we, of course, know that Sayid too ends up working for Ben.

282. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 282, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     JamieGirl wrote:

     In “D.O.C.” Mr. Paik is having a conversation with his associates. Paik was arguing about forged shipping documents which they were supposed to provide for the Hanso Foundation (or possibly vice versa). Paik warns that they must provide the equipment soon. I was thinking someone hired Paik to manufacter the faux plane, but then Paik would know his daughter was alive and search for her… so now I am thinking Paik manufactured the freighter (unsure of it’s objective).
     Does anyone have thoughts on this?

     This is a great catch! How the heck did you remember this?! I’ve been unsure about whether to believe Ben planted the fake plane or Widmore did it, but this seems to give evidence that Widmore did it. In which case I may have to believe Ben’s statement “We’re the good guys”

     Absolutely this is a good catch. Ben’s been saying he’s the good one all along…made another statement about not killing innocents…hmmmm.

     ————-
     this is a great catch…..from LOSTPEDIA

     Well, it would be nice to credit where you find things…but it’s still a good find.

     ————-
     Maybe I’m missing something on this…but for timeline sake….the Paik “D.O.C.” Flash was just after Sun & Jin were married (prostitute mommy pointed to the wedding pic in the paper)….why would he be buying a faux plane for the faux crash 4 years (according to Ji Yeon they were married in 2000) before the 815 flight?

     ********************

     They weren’t necessarily married in 2000. If you are refering to the shop keeper’s comment about the year of the dragon, remember that he said, “In the year of the dragon…..”, not that it WAS the YOTD. That makes a difference to me.

     ——————-
     I know we can’t take everything literally, but for this one I am. It was a subtle way for the writers to put a time stamp on that flash, as well as verify (along with “only married 2 months”) the timeline.

283. Toeknee
     Comment 283, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     They weren’t necessarily married in 2000. If you are refering to the shop keeper’s comment about the year of the dragon, remember that he said, “In the year of the dragon…..”, not that it WAS the YOTD. That makes a difference to me.

     The full quote from the shop keeper, per Lostpedia, was:
     “What about this… In the year of the dragon, it brings good luck”
     To me this implies it WAS the year of the dragon, otherwise he would have picked up a stuffed horse, or pig, or whatever animal whose year it was at that time.

284. Rita
     Comment 284, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     I thought the episode was just…there. I don’t know what to call it. Toe, you asked why I thought it was close to SJM (which for me means it is the moment where we can visibly see the writing going downhill, and thus the show too…great post btw PJ and all that commented on nononsense, and I’m not gay, not that there’s anything wrong with it) so here goes.

     Post 1
     To clear up my point, and I will need to watch the episode again, though I don’t feel the show JTS, it is dangerously close to that line because some things don’t make sense to me right now. I’m not going to be bullheaded about it, and open to hear everyone’s thoughts, but I’m struggling with this episode. I have quite a few questions so much so that I will have to break down this post into several smaller ones in the hopes that someone can answer something.

     Michael: So we are to believe that he can not convince his son that they should be ecstatic to have gotten off that deserted island, and have been reunited from a kidnapping? His son would be so mad at him, for the nitty gritty details of their escape from that hell hole, that it would drive Mike to suicide?

     I didn’t get an answer as to why Mike couldn’t say, “Mom, (his own mother won’t let him see his son????) we crashed on that plane, we were on an island with some crazy folks, there are other survivors left behind, but I have no way of knowing how to get back there.” If folks are saying well he’d have to tell what he did to get off that island, it’s Mike’s word against a lying Ben, who would probably not be around to go to court anyway, let alone be a trusted witness. Who from the island would testify against Mike for coming back and rescuing them?

     Wouldn’t that be the redemption Mike needed in order to get back his son’s respect? I needed for there to be more of a reason for Mike’s silence about the island upon his return.

     Let me try RGS: Remember that Walt is a ten year old kid. Kids tend to think in pretty black and white terms. As far as he is concerned, his dad didn’t save him from the Others when they came for him on the raft. He kept calling out to his dad to save him, and Michael didn’t (couldn’t), so he already had a chip on shoulder (to add to the one he already had there before). As someone else pointed out, Walt was closer to the other losties that Michael was, and Walt knew it and resented him for it. Then, he is with the Others for some amount of time (and put through…what?), then finds himself on a boat with his less than hero dad, only to discover that his dad killed Ana Lucia and Libby, then betrayed Jack, Sawyer, Hurley, and Kate to the Others (he saw that part himself). He isn’t mature enough to understand why he did this (not sure I am either come to think of it) or else doesn’t care why, he just despises his dad now more than anything. Thus, he now lives with grandma and won’t have anything to do with Michael. Now, his mother doesn’t know what he did, and neither he nor Walt is going to tell her. They are too distraught about it and Micheal is so guilt ridden he could never bring himself to tell her and bring down even more shame on his head. He isn’t interested in what the courts will think, or believe at this point, just what mom and Walt think, which he knows isn’t much. Mom is upset and disappointed in Michael. Michael now feels like a COMPLETE loser with nothing to live for. The ONLY people he cares about have rejected him. This is powerful. Yes, I believe this is enough to drive him to planning suicide (though, of course, it is always the wrong thing to do).

285. Rita
     Comment 285, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Post 2
     Ok, so let’s say Mike’s going crazy. Friendly slips him the rigged gun (I like that theory, though it is awfully coincidental that he has the same gun) he realizes he can’t kill himself (an awfully quick recovery from his car accident, with no air bags because this all takes place is less than 2 months) and agrees to helping his former kidnappers…because he feels the only way out of his situation is suicide? So then Mike is portrayed as a punk…fine.

     “I’ll help you guys so I can kill myself and protect my new best friends I made on the island.” So this means he blindly trusts, the people who kidnapped his son, and as far as he knows has done who knows what to Jack and co., that it is actually Widmore who is evil and must be stopped at all costs?

     OK, now this one: First of all I don’t know that the gun was rigged, but doesn’t really matter to my point as long as Michael THINKS it is real. Now, in the depths of his despair, seeing no light at the end of the tunnel, Tom offers him a tiny glimpse of hope. He tells him that if he helps them, Michael can THEN be redeemed. Michael doesn’t want to bite, but then, he thinks WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE!!!!! Who are these people who can physically keep me from killing myself????? What kind of power is THAT!!!!! So, if they are THAT powerful, maybe the glimmer of hope is real. If I help them, I may get Walt’s respect back, I may not be such a loser afterall, and I may then be able to die in peace (or at all). He still doesn’t care a wit about the island losties, just about HIMSELF, Walt, and maybe momma.

286. CindiRoe
     Comment 286, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Long time reader, first time poster.
     I read through all the posts and I dont think this was asked. Did anyone else hear the nurse call Michael Mr. Dawson in the hospital room? She stated he had no ID, but then addressed him by his real name, or am I just as crazy as this show??!!!!!!

287. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 287, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     ok….going to stick my neck on the line…

     I disagree with nononsensegal that it will make me stop watching the show. I also disagree about the “perversion” of the scene. Although it made me unconfortable, I do understand this is the 21st century and is considered part of normal society culture.

     I AGREED with her that it did absolutely nothing for the storyline and that the inuendo provided in the Kate shower scene would have been sufficient.

     That was my initial response….why was it necessary. But then I realized something. We’ve had gratutious Sawyer skin, Kate skin, Sun skin (season1), Juliet skin…..tattoed skin….it’s not new to the show. I just put up with it because it wasn’t “gratuitously gay”.

     Please..do not take this as bigotry as I really don’t care what people do in their own homes. It is meant more as a complaint towards the necessity for having it in the story, as well as how confusing Tom’s character now becomes. On the island he seems to be a wimpy third-string character….off island he’s the alpha male of a gay relationship….ordering both his lover and Michael around like he’s the guy in charge.

     In conclusion, my main complaint was originally that it was there in the first place, but now has become that I just don’t get Tom’s character anymore. The inconsistencies (to me) have been a deterrant to the almost perfect storytelling that has been the first 77 episodes.

     Hope I did a better job of explaining this than nononsensegal did. It’s meant more toward having Tom be “the gay character” and how it was done than the fact he is gay in the first place.

288. Rita
     Comment 288, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Post 3
     Gets on boat with his special delivery, has to wait til he’s at sea, sees that it is a bomb. Realizes ok, they want me to detonate the bomb to destroy this ship and stop them from getting there. Cool, I’ll do it. (Enter Libby and her plea to seemingly stop him, from preventing Widmore from finding the island…that is another matter). Up pops note, “Not yet,” or whatever.

     So now Ben talks to him on phone. “Mike, I don’t kill innocents, the peeps on the freightor are innocent but Widmore is not.” As far as Mike knows, this makes sense to him and he can “trust” Ben I suppose. We as viewers have to know Ben is lying through his teeth yet again. (again another side issue because I do realize that some of you believe Ben can actually be a “good” character). Yet he instructs Mike to sabotage the engines and cut off communications. So he wants the freightor folk to die from their free will, but not from him bombing them. So Ben’s intent is the same, he just wants to go about it a different way to ease his conscience????

     Half way there! Now, Mike is still being set up for Ben’s mind games. No Ben IS NOT A GOOD GUY!!! He gets Michael out into the ocean with the freighter folks (some of whom are nice, seemingly good people) and Mike attempts to carry out his mission (again, only cares about HIMSELF). Then Ben lays it on him that HE didn’t tell Michael to kill Libby and Ana, Michael did that himself. (Semantics of course, Ben knew that Michael would have to do something drastic to free him). However, Mike hears this, feels the weight of his loserishness, sees the pit of despair rising up, and grabs hold of the faint, small, glimmer of hope offered by Mr. Friendly. He’s desperate to not be a loser. He NEEDS redemption any way he can get it. So, he’s in for the rest of Ben’s plan.

289. RGS
     Comment 289, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     They weren’t necessarily married in 2000. If you are refering to the shop keeper’s comment about the year of the dragon, remember that he said, “In the year of the dragon…..”, not that it WAS the YOTD. That makes a difference to me.

     The full quote from the shop keeper, per Lostpedia, was:
     “What about this… In the year of the dragon, it brings good luck”
     To me this implies it WAS the year of the dragon, otherwise he would have picked up a stuffed horse, or pig, or whatever animal whose year it was at that time.

     For me the shopkeeper’s quote just smacked of desperation to sell him anything but the Panda. If it were actually the YOTD, it would be an even bigger selling point to say, “IT’S the YOTD, you gotta want this item.” Instead because he is an honest shopkeeper, he’s like, “IN the YOTD it will bring good luck.”

     I don’t know if it is that big a deal, but this was one of my pet peeves with regard to the shopkeeper’s comment, because folks took it as definitive that it was 2000. Besides, that would seem like too obvious a clue that it was a FB, imho.

290. Toeknee
     Comment 290, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     CindiRoe wrote:

     Long time reader, first time poster.
     I read through all the posts and I dont think this was asked. Did anyone else hear the nurse call Michael Mr. Dawson in the hospital room? She stated he had no ID, but then addressed him by his real name, or am I just as crazy as this show??!!!!!!

     In that scene it was Libby who called him Mr. Dawson, then later the real nurse came in.

291. Rita
     Comment 291, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Post 4 (Thanks for any and all help???)
     I am not seeing where some of you have pointed out Mike’s redemption and thus the island then allowing whatever to take place with regard to him.
     Ben has killed innocents, and at a minimum attempted to kill innocents. You can debate the killing of his father. You can’t debate him trying to kill Locke, ordering Others to kill “anyone who gets in their way,” putting in motion the hanging of Charlie, putting in motion the killing of the freightor folk, putting in motion the killing of Goodwin and his ”rejoicing” over his death.

     I didn’t like how Locketown plainly accepted Ben’s word that if they turned him over he’d be killed. They didn’t show why Ben revealing Mike was his man, was enough of a revelation to Locke that he had to set him free? I mean if you want him at the dinner table, why not keep him tied up? I’m just not quite following that Ben has done enough to have gained that much trust.

     Assuming Widmore put the plane at the bottom of the ocean to prevent folks from looking for it a la Amelia Earhart’s plane. He keeps the freightor folk in the dark. “Just get Ben.” The Captain better not turn out to be one of Ben’s men, which could explain his lack of reaction when Sayid bring him in. Why wouldn’t Sayid do that, he doesn’t trust Ben. Why would Mike be helping Sayid and Desmond out (unlocking door) knowing that it could expose his true identity, especially since Mike is working for Ben who has shown to be the Losties enemy?

     OK RGS!! Last one: As I said, BEN IS NOT A GOOD GUY!!! Would you think he was “good” if he lived next door to you???!!! Now, back in Otherton/Lockville, remember that Sawyer called everyone there “sheep”. They are playing that part well right now. They are uneasy, but are scared and are buying it that Locke has a plan. At least for the moment they are. I don’t think any of them actually TRUSTS Ben, (or Locke for that matter) but don’t know what else to do. They do know, though, that Ben sprinkles just enough truth into his lies to be believable (the mark of a truly great liar). As for Locke, we don’t really know that the Michael reveal was EVERYTHING Ben told him, but even if it was, I see Locke as growing more and more desperate as time goes on. He WANTS to be a great leader but cant’ quite put it all together. He looked a bit disturbed throughout the whole exchange, like some of what he was hearing was actually new info to him, but is weak and doesn’t know what to do (and doesn’t want his “followers” to see that he doesn’t). It’s funny that even in handcuffs, prison, whatever they do to him, BEN IS STILL IN CHARGE. I think they are believing him about the “after they have me (Ben), they will kill everyone else on the island” bit because they are already scared and feel threatened, and this threat is personal.
     Not sure what to say yet about the captain. He certainly seems to know more than HE is saying as well.

     Ha!!! Hope that helps. Good discussion anyway. Very thoughtful questions. Hang in there, I don’t think we are jumping that shark yet!

292. Rita
     Comment 292, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     They weren’t necessarily married in 2000. If you are refering to the shop keeper’s comment about the year of the dragon, remember that he said, “In the year of the dragon…..”, not that it WAS the YOTD. That makes a difference to me.

     The full quote from the shop keeper, per Lostpedia, was:
     “What about this… In the year of the dragon, it brings good luck”
     To me this implies it WAS the year of the dragon, otherwise he would have picked up a stuffed horse, or pig, or whatever animal whose year it was at that time.

     For me the shopkeeper’s quote just smacked of desperation to sell him anything but the Panda. If it were actually the YOTD, it would be an even bigger selling point to say, “IT’S the YOTD, you gotta want this item.” Instead because he is an honest shopkeeper, he’s like, “IN the YOTD it will bring good luck.”

     I don’t know if it is that big a deal, but this was one of my pet peeves with regard to the shopkeeper’s comment, because folks took it as definitive that it was 2000. Besides, that would seem like too obvious a clue that it was a FB, imho.

     I agree with RGS.

293. Toeknee
     Comment 293, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     ……
     Please..do not take this as bigotry as I really don’t care what people do in their own homes. It is meant more as a complaint towards the necessity for having it in the story, as well as how confusing Tom’s character now becomes. On the island he seems to be a wimpy third-string character….off island he’s the alpha male of a gay relationship….ordering both his lover and Michael around like he’s the guy in charge.
     …..

     I disagree somewhat with this. The first few times we saw him on the island he came across as a scary dude – when he captured Walt, when he encountered Locke, Jack and Sawyer in the jungle in The Hunting Party, when he was part of the group that captured Michael as he was on is way to rescue Walt. He was portrayed as Ethan’s superior in Claire’s FB that showed what happened when she was kidnapped. In the season 3 finale he wanted to disobey Ben’s order and actually kill Sayid, Jin, and Bernard. Sure, at times in season 3 he was portrayed as a more mild-mannered guy, and subservient to Ben, but other than that he’s been pretty assertive if not aggressive.

294. RGS
     Comment 294, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Let me try RGS: Remember that Walt is a ten year old kid. Kids tend to think in pretty black and white terms. As far as he is concerned, his dad didn’t save him from the Others when they came for him on the raft. He kept calling out to his dad to save him, and Michael didn’t (couldn’t), so he already had a chip on shoulder (to add to the one he already had there before). As someone else pointed out, Walt was closer to the other losties that Michael was, and Walt knew it and resented him for it. Then, he is with the Others for some amount of time (and put through…what?), then finds himself on a boat with his less than hero dad, only to discover that his dad killed Ana Lucia and Libby, then betrayed Jack, Sawyer, Hurley, and Kate to the Others (he saw that part himself). He isn’t mature enough to understand why he did this He isn’t interested in what the courts will think, or believe at this point, just what mom and Walt think, which he knows isn’t much. Mom is upset and disappointed in Michael. Michael now feels like a COMPLETE loser with nothing to live for. The ONLY people he cares about have rejected him. This is powerful. Yes, I believe this is enough to drive him to planning suicide (though, of course, it is always the wrong thing to do).

     Toeknee and Rita. Thanks for your responses. Toe, yes I realize it is TV and a certain amount of logic has to be suspended (I do accept smokey, time traveling conscious, possible teleportation, etc.) but I have problems with inconsistencies with regard to the spectacular stuff. Which brings me to Rita’s points.

     In the beginning we are led to believe that Mike is a relatively strong father character. Knowing what’s best for Walt, making grown up decisions. It is a little inconsistent for him to now cower to the disgust his 10 year old son feels for him, to the point of suicide, with full knowledge that his son is only 10 and this is what 10 year olds do. Perhaps after viewing again I will be feeling your theory a little more. It is definitely workable.

295. Toeknee
     Comment 295, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     They weren’t necessarily married in 2000. If you are refering to the shop keeper’s comment about the year of the dragon, remember that he said, “In the year of the dragon…..”, not that it WAS the YOTD. That makes a difference to me.

     The full quote from the shop keeper, per Lostpedia, was:
     “What about this… In the year of the dragon, it brings good luck”
     To me this implies it WAS the year of the dragon, otherwise he would have picked up a stuffed horse, or pig, or whatever animal whose year it was at that time.

     For me the shopkeeper’s quote just smacked of desperation to sell him anything but the Panda. If it were actually the YOTD, it would be an even bigger selling point to say, “IT’S the YOTD, you gotta want this item.” Instead because he is an honest shopkeeper, he’s like, “IN the YOTD it will bring good luck.”

     I don’t know if it is that big a deal, but this was one of my pet peeves with regard to the shopkeeper’s comment, because folks took it as definitive that it was 2000. Besides, that would seem like too obvious a clue that it was a FB, imho.

     __________________________
     Not to belabor the point, but there were tons of stuffed animals, he could have easily picked up a horse, if it were the year of the horse, or a pig if it were the year of the pig, etc.

     Too obvious about it being a flashback – I’d think most people watching the show wouldn’t have thought, “Oh, Year of the Dragon – this is the year 2000!” Sure, after the episode we all went on the internet to find out which years were Years of the Dragon, but by that point, we all knew it was a FB.

296. Rita
     Comment 296, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     OK, I wasn’t going to comment on this point, but here is my two cents: After the “innuendo” about Tom’s orientation, Tom himself (the actor) commented in a LOST magazine that he was wondering after his line “Kate you’re not my type” whether or not he may then be gay. He said he started playing it that way. There has therefore been speculation ever since about his affections and I think the writers thought they were just putting to rest one more burning issue.

297. Missy
     Comment 297, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jonathan wrote:

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     Lost is an intelligent and very reasonable show. If you can’t take a kiss on the cheek, what show can you still watch on American Tv?
     You have to face the fact that gay people exist as we all do. Like them or not, we have to accept their existence in society as well as on tv. A kiss on the cheek, really…
     Too bad if you stop watching that great show for this…

     So Ben’s gassing all the Dharma people is okay – But Tom’s kissing someone is not. I don’t even think we should take that comment above seriously…

298. Lynne
     Comment 298, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Okay, yes. Let the gay thing go. But it did seem sort of thrown in there. Is there a reason the writers put that in? Other than to show he has a life outside the island? Could Tom have a relationship on the island that effects some outcome? Although this might not be possible since Tom did die on the beach. He did die on the beach right?

299. RGS
     Comment 299, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Post 3
     Gets on boat with his special delivery, has to wait til he’s at sea, sees that it is a bomb. Realizes ok, they want me to detonate the bomb to destroy this ship and stop them from getting there. Cool, I’ll do it. (Enter Libby and her plea to seemingly stop him, from preventing Widmore from finding the island…that is another matter). Up pops note, “Not yet,” or whatever.

     So now Ben talks to him on phone. “Mike, I don’t kill innocents, the peeps on the freightor are innocent but Widmore is not.” As far as Mike knows, this makes sense to him and he can “trust” Ben I suppose. We as viewers have to know Ben is lying through his teeth yet again. (again another side issue because I do realize that some of you believe Ben can actually be a “good” character). Yet he instructs Mike to sabotage the engines and cut off communications. So he wants the freightor folk to die from their free will, but not from him bombing them. So Ben’s intent is the same, he just wants to go about it a different way to ease his conscience????

     RGS, Ben has to have it look like the freightor folks went crazy, because if he bombs them, it will make them martyrs to Widmore’s cause, and may cause him to fire up even more troops to find this island. If he makes it look like they killed themselves off, he will invoke a sense of “that place is cursed, let me leave this quest alone.”

     (Slowly getting back into the fold…but this will be a bit of a process for me).

300. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 300, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Missy wrote:

     jonathan wrote:

     So Ben’s gassing all the Dharma people is okay – But Tom’s kissing someone is not. I don’t even think we should take that comment above seriously…

     ————
     Actually, I was thinking the same thing during Ji Yeon. Everybody hated on Juliet for narcing on Sun, but nobody seemed mad at Sun. Which is worse, cheating on your husband or narcing on somebody who cheated on their husband?

301. RGS
     Comment 301, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     They weren’t necessarily married in 2000. If you are refering to the shop keeper’s comment about the year of the dragon, remember that he said, “In the year of the dragon…..”, not that it WAS the YOTD. That makes a difference to me.

     The full quote from the shop keeper, per Lostpedia, was:
     “What about this… In the year of the dragon, it brings good luck”
     To me this implies it WAS the year of the dragon, otherwise he would have picked up a stuffed horse, or pig, or whatever animal whose year it was at that time.

     For me the shopkeeper’s quote just smacked of desperation to sell him anything but the Panda. If it were actually the YOTD, it would be an even bigger selling point to say, “IT’S the YOTD, you gotta want this item.” Instead because he is an honest shopkeeper, he’s like, “IN the YOTD it will bring good luck.”

     I don’t know if it is that big a deal, but this was one of my pet peeves with regard to the shopkeeper’s comment, because folks took it as definitive that it was 2000. Besides, that would seem like too obvious a clue that it was a FB, imho.

     __________________________
     Not to belabor the point, but there were tons of stuffed animals, he could have easily picked up a horse, if it were the year of the horse, or a pig if it were the year of the pig, etc.

     Too obvious about it being a flashback – I’d think most people watching the show wouldn’t have thought, “Oh, Year of the Dragon – this is the year 2000!” Sure, after the episode we all went on the internet to find out which years were Years of the Dragon, but by that point, we all knew it was a FB.

     I took it as him grabbing the first thing he could get his hands on, bcuz Jin was so determined. “Oh here’s a dragon, …Heyyyy,in the YOTD this is good luck.”

     Yes the majority of the audience needed to look up the YOTD but there is still a significant amount of people who would know when the last YOTD was, and could put that together before hand. Plus folks could have looked that up as soon as it was said, in this day and age.

302. vavila
     Comment 302, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     The Temple. Ben told Alex that it wasn’t for “them” just for “us”. I am thinking that it is a “do all” type of station. Maybe has communications equip., but more importantly being a hidden sanctuary. Maybe it is “hatch like” in that it would protect against another purge as well. Alpert led them there, so we can assume (since Karl mentioned it) that only a select few know about it.

     I think that Danielle and Karl were killed because they are somehow not good enough to come to the Temple (and may even compromise Temple’s powers etc by coming there). But it is also possible that the newcommers are trying to kidnap Alex (but don’t think so).

     RGS: did the 10.25 rating change in any way yet?

     if walt is so special and was clearly special enough for others to capture him (and seemingly expereiment with him what now gives him nightmares), but if he has the special powers (which we saw even before coming to the island), then why did they let him go? To get Michael to be the spy and perhaps because they know that Walt will be back and will be on their side at some point as well? I don’t think they really just let him go either… maybe that is why Ben didn’t provide Walt or Michel with a non-815 identity and a story to tell others so he can blend in into civilization.

     I also though that it was almost ironic that Michael did so much to get ‘his boy’ on the island and now in NY, it is his own mother who doesn’t let him talk to Walt and explain things to him and Michael cannot go around that? I guess he’s waiting for Walt to show initiative when he’s ready as walt saw in the window that Michael is trying to see him..

     i also wonder if Machael already knows why Walt was taken and what was done to him (otherwise i would be asking a lot more questions than he did of Ben’s man)

     p.s. i don’t trust the captain

303. Wiserwiz
     Comment 303, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     nicunurse wrote:

     katesFriend wrote:

     also, i’m no good w/ the timeline stuff, but did tom have enough time to go to visit michael and then be killed by sawyer on the beach?

     and how did he get off island? the sub was blown up by then, right? b/c there is an xmas tree, so close to now

     and what did tom mean, “some of us can come and go” (paraphrasing)?

     Last year Laura* stated that she thought the sub was a scam…I believe it now. Juliette was drugged to come to the island and then woke up on the sub…how do we know that’s really how she got there. Notice Ben was not too upset about the sub being blown up. I think he portrayed to his people that the sub was the only way off so that they wouldn’t think they could just go back and forth (“I’m going home for xmas..”). So the question is, how else do they get off the island (an airport on the north shore)?
     And if the island won’t let Michael die…how about Alex and Carl…are they still alive (like Locke who was shot head on by Ben)? Or do you only not get to die if you leave the island…sort of a reverse of the curing properties….
     And oops, Sayid…not sure you should have ratted Michael out, especially with the captain having machine guns to waste on clay pigeons…

     It fits with my theory that Ben and select others can travel at will from the island to the mainland. It sounds far fethced but what if .. somewhere in Ben’s secret room (with the passports) there is a “doorway” that takes you directly to the mainland. It would explain how they easily bring people (e.g. Sawyer’s dad) to the isalnd and how they keep appearing on and off the island, seemingly, at will. It would have to be in Ben’s house because he would want to control access.

304. Lar
     Comment 304, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Relatively new to this blog (which rules by the way) and first time commentor so I apologize if this is the wrong forum to ask this, but what is Hammer’s whisper theory that everyone seems to agree with?

305. guttah
     Comment 305, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Im not so sure that the people that killed Danielle and Carl are the others, not sure their from the freighter either. The fact that they used silencers and camoflauge leads me to believe they are either military or mercs not associated with the freighter. Im leaning more towards hired mercs since they missed the first shot (it hit the water bottle). Plus with the previews for the next eps, i dont think Ben would consider fighting the 2 or 3 frieghter shooters “war”. As far as Michael and Walt…I can understand both sides, Walt not wanting anything to do with his father because he is a murderer, at that point he is too young to understand what a parent would do for their kids. And Michael wanting to kill himself because he felt as though he let his son, and his island friends down and now neither one wanting anything to do with him. He seeks redemption and Ben offered that opportunity for him…I would take it too if I were in Michaels shoes. As far as Ben goes…have we really ever seen him kill anyone?? He shot Locke, but didnt kill him…He killed his father, but accorinding to Ben the whole Dharma Initiative was trying to exploit the island therefore not innocent, and no one knows how Henry Gail died…So in Bens mind he doenst kill innocent people…thats like telling a lie so often you start to believe it!! and now to the last part of my post…NoNonsenceGal….Boo Hoo, cry me a river, yada yada….if that was the worst thing u have seen on TV then u live a very sheltered life…its ignorance like that, that keeps humanity running in circles…I feel sorry for your kids…thats not an insult, but if they are being raised with the same thought process as you then they will have a rude awakening when they become adults and enter the real world…Life aint all peaches and cream….take care yall

306. Lins
     Comment 306, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     So if Tom switched the guns…wouldn’t Michael notice? Or was he too disoriented and set on killing himself to care?

307. shadman
     Comment 307, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Newbie here for posting but love reading…so much good info going around. How did Michael get Jins watch?

308. Laura
     Comment 308, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Since no one has commented on this I must be totally wrong, but, wasn’t the “temple” where Charlotte and Daniel went to disable the gas emitting computer program?

309. Wiserwiz
     Comment 309, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Laura wrote:

     Since no one has commented on this I must be totally wrong, but, wasn’t the “temple” where Charlotte and Daniel went to disable the gas emitting computer program?

     No it was the “Tempest”

310. Taylor
     Comment 310, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Laura, that was “the tempest”.

     my question is when did tom have the time to go back to the mainland? it must have been in between the time he was with the others during stranger in a strange land and playing football with jack in par avion. still doesn’t seem like much time…

311. Lins
     Comment 311, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Laura wrote:

     Since no one has commented on this I must be totally wrong, but, wasn’t the “temple” where Charlotte and Daniel went to disable the gas emitting computer program?

     No, that was the Tempest…close!

312. Rita
     Comment 312, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lar wrote:

     Relatively new to this blog (which rules by the way) and first time commentor so I apologize if this is the wrong forum to ask this, but what is Hammer’s whisper theory that everyone seems to agree with?

     LOL!! It’s a great theory, but we will have to let Hammer explain it to do it justice. Hammer?

313. Toeknee
     Comment 313, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     shadman wrote:

     Newbie here for posting but love reading…so much good info going around. How did Michael get Jins watch?

     That happened in season 1 – first Michael found it on the beach, later Jin attacks Michael thinking he stole it, after they calm down Michael returns it to Jin, then I think when they were on the raft at the end of season 1, Jin gives the watch to Michael.

314. Rita
     Comment 314, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     shadman wrote:

     Newbie here for posting but love reading…so much good info going around. How did Michael get Jins watch?

     In season 1. He found it on the beach in the wreckage and caused a fight with Jin over it. It wasn’t Jin’s personal watch, but one he was to deliver for Sun’s father to someone in America. Jin jumped Michael when he saw it and ended up in hand cuffs because no one had a clue as to why Jin was upset with Michael. Jin didn’t speak English and Sun hadn’t admitted to speaking it yet.

315. vavila
     Comment 315, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Post 2
     Ok, so let’s say Mike’s going crazy. Friendly slips him the rigged gun (I like that theory, though it is awfully coincidental that he has the same gun) he realizes he can’t kill himself (an awfully quick recovery from his car accident, with no air bags because this all takes place is less than 2 months) and agrees to helping his former kidnappers…because he feels the only way out of his situation is suicide? So then Mike is portrayed as a punk…fine.

     “I’ll help you guys so I can kill myself and protect my new best friends I made on the island.” So this means he blindly trusts, the people who kidnapped his son, and as far as he knows has done who knows what to Jack and co., that it is actually Widmore who is evil and must be stopped at all costs?

     OK, now this one: First of all I don’t know that the gun was rigged, but doesn’t really matter to my point as long as Michael THINKS it is real. Now, in the depths of his despair, seeing no light at the end of the tunnel, Tom offers him a tiny glimpse of hope. He tells him that if he helps them, Michael can THEN be redeemed. Michael doesn’t want to bite, but then, he thinks WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE!!!!! Who are these people who can physically keep me from killing myself????? What kind of power is THAT!!!!! So, if they are THAT powerful, maybe the glimmer of hope is real. If I help them, I may get Walt’s respect back, I may not be such a loser afterall, and I may then be able to die in peace (or at all). He still doesn’t care a wit about the island losties, just about HIMSELF, Walt, and maybe momma.

     RGS: Michael tried killing himself with a car crash-didn’t work (nurse said it is amazing that he survived), he tried to shoot himself – didn’t work. Maybe he should have tried firing that gun at an object to make sure that gun doesn’t work only on him, but i think that the point of island’s influence on michael’s ability to die was made clear.

     Now, Michael has been put in very difficult circumstances where he could not have come out as a ‘winner’ regardless of which path he took. He got his son (tho the measures were extreme and the unintended consequences were tragic) but he ‘lost’ him and he lost himslef because of the way Walt was saved. There was no going back to ‘normal’ life with Walt in NY: Walt cannot deal with what happened and Michael is hunted by the lost of Walt and inability to deal with the killings, so that drives him to suicide.

     he cannot commit a suicide (not because of the powerful people Rita, but because of the island’s power over him in my mind) so he has no options to exit his misery. Michael looked at the evidence that Widmore was very powerful and wanted the island all to himself (saw the plane rackage on TV, saw the pictures of graves, purchase order etc., and it makes sense that someone who wants to find the ‘majic’ island and prevent others from finding it would do such a thing). Michael was not 100% convinced that Widmore would kill the losties, but this assumption made some sense if Widmore wants the island to himself, plus Michael has nothing to loose and redemption to gain by going on this mission. Michael become smore convinced that the boat people are not there to save the survivors when he sees all the ammunition they got and watches them firing shots…

     and I don’t agree with Rita that Michael is this selfish guy who does everything only for his own good. First of all he puts Walt above himself, second of all it is the loss of his relationship with Walt (which he has been denied for almost all of walt’s life) and inability to forgive himself for killing people and turning his friends in in order to get Walt he had not much to live for because him living for himself was not enough…

316. lost4ever
     Comment 316, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Also, why didn’t Rouseau object when Ben called Alex “his” daughter? If he really kidnapped her as an infant and raised her himself, wouldn’t Rouseau be a bit more upset about it? Why would she consent to living there with Ben and allowing him to call Alex “his”? Maybe…..she IS his?

     In past episodes, Rousseau has been more “firm” in her dealings with Ben – she hit him one or two of the times that he tried to talk to Alex back in the season 3 finale. At this point, Locke apparently has decided that Ben can be treated as more of an ally than a prisoner, so maybe Rousseau didn’t want to hit him again because it would piss off Locke? She did give him a dirty look, if that counts for anything.

     ————
     I thought this odd too Rita. Read comment #178.

317. shadman
     Comment 317, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     shadman wrote:

     Newbie here for posting but love reading…so much good info going around. How did Michael get Jins watch?

     In season 1. He found it on the beach in the wreckage and caused a fight with Jin over it. It wasn’t Jin’s personal watch, but one he was to deliver for Sun’s father to someone in America. Jin jumped Michael when he saw it and ended up in hand cuffs because no one had a clue as to why Jin was upset with Michael. Jin didn’t speak English and Sun hadn’t admitted to speaking it yet.

     Thanks Rita and Toeknee, it is all coming back to me. Kind of like Duh on that was the watch Jin was delivering ..total blank out on my part

318. shellonius funk
     Comment 318, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LOVED this episode.
     great posts so far; i’ve been reading them all morning!

     1. i’m not saying ben ISN’T behind karl/rousseau’s shootings, but i find it odd that [if he is] he’s just now killing them when he’s had a billion opportunities. he could’ve just killed karl in the cage in front of sawyer to keep sawyer in line. but he didn’t.

     2. maybe charlotte is the shooter? she sure does seem ruthless. i love how she knocks kate out and then sayd “whuu.”["what?"]

     3. if the shooters are following ben’s orders, then i’m guessing he has his house tapped and the folks at the temple can hear? i don’t know…there’s pros and cons to that.

     4. walt WAS shorter in the window, so i think that he [not smokey] PROJECTED himself to locke…maybe he wanted to be taller because in the mind of a 10 yr old, maybe that’s more authoritative.

     5. i think the whole reason michael DIDN’T tell his mom what happened/about the island is because the fact that he’s a murderer. even if he told her he murdered, he has to change his identity or the media might eventually find out he’s connected to the murders?

     6. regardless, he feels like he has nothing to lose by going to the boat. he’s already lost his son, the one person he cares most about.

     i think that ben is the lesser of two evils. i’ve always had a negative hunch about widmore, and i think that ben just wants to protect the island from people who wish to exploit it.

     frank lapidus is becoming more and more intriguing to me.

319. WTF
     Comment 319, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS
     Comment 294, posted 21 minutes ago – Quote and reply
     Rita wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Let me try RGS: Remember that Walt is a ten year old kid. Kids tend to think in pretty black and white terms. As far as he is concerned, his dad didn’t save him from the Others when they came for him on the raft. He kept calling out to his dad to save him, and Michael didn’t (couldn’t), so he already had a chip on shoulder (to add to the one he already had there before). As someone else pointed out, Walt was closer to the other losties that Michael was, and Walt knew it and resented him for it. Then, he is with the Others for some amount of time (and put through…what?), then finds himself on a boat with his less than hero dad, only to discover that his dad killed Ana Lucia and Libby, then betrayed Jack, Sawyer, Hurley, and Kate to the Others (he saw that part himself). He isn’t mature enough to understand why he did this He isn’t interested in what the courts will think, or believe at this point, just what mom and Walt think, which he knows isn’t much. Mom is upset and disappointed in Michael. Michael now feels like a COMPLETE loser with nothing to live for. The ONLY people he cares about have rejected him. This is powerful. Yes, I believe this is enough to drive him to planning suicide (though, of course, it is always the wrong thing to do).

     Toeknee and Rita. Thanks for your responses. Toe, yes I realize it is TV and a certain amount of logic has to be suspended (I do accept smokey, time traveling conscious, possible teleportation, etc.) but I have problems with inconsistencies with regard to the spectacular stuff. Which brings me to Rita’s points.

     In the beginning we are led to believe that Mike is a relatively strong father character. Knowing what’s best for Walt, making grown up decisions. It is a little inconsistent for him to now cower to the disgust his 10 year old son feels for him, to the point of suicide, with full knowledge that his son is only 10 and this is what 10 year olds do. Perhaps after viewing again I will be feeling your theory a little more. It is definitely workable.

     I think Michael is strung out becaues of his current relationship with Walt, but I also think that part of what has him messed up is the guilt of killing Anna Lucia and Libby. I think this is made clear by Libby’s appearances on this episode. He seems to be haunted by her. He commited murder as an act of desperation to get to his son. It was not a planned intentional act of an evil man. He has been troubled for quite some time (not able to take care of Walt, his ex-wife has him)as we saw in Season 1. He had reached his breaking point.

     I would also like to comment that I am happy to see the reaction to nononsensegal’s post. You are a good group of people.

320. lost4ever
     Comment 320, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     By far the best show of the year for the simple reason…no Jack or Juliet. Plus it had Libby and Noami. AND how about are little other Alex, she is growing up fast.

321. deangoodes
     Comment 321, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Here is a question that just came to me that might explain how others come and go so easily:

     Do we really know how far the island is from “the mainland”? Maybe it’s just a trip that any boat could make??

322. skweez
     Comment 322, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     TheoryNut wrote:

     I loved this episode! Great posts tonight too. I am very intrigued by the List request from Ben to Michael. Here we go again… Is Jacob pulling the strings again? Also I thought it was interesting that when Ben showed Alex, Danielle, and Karl/Carl the map, he said it was for us, I was understanding for the “others” and not the losties. Well, Danielle at least from the background we have is not an other, and when we first met Karl, he was in a cage across from Kate and Sawyer right? Maybe the gunshots were from the “others” and were protecting the “sacred” temple to the fullest that’s why Alex was sparred because she was Ben’s “daughter”, the other’s don’t give a c–p about Danielle. I just think it is too “magical” of a coinscidence that the Freightor assansains could have been so spot on. And Ben usually is one step ahead. I really do think Ben is a “good” guy in a crazy sort of way! The Dharma purge was justified by the island, perhaps, they were not “innocent” their intentions of using the island for their own wicked purposes… yada yada yada. Anywho. Great show.

     *Also, hey Hammer, your whisper theory rocks still! Awesome…

     Read post 136

323. deangoodes
     Comment 323, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     And then once they’re at the mainland they could fly to wherever whenever they want.

     And Alex sure was made to look hotter than ever. I don’t know if there was a reason for that or just coincidental or maybe just something I hadn’t noticed because her parts had been limited. Anyone else notice this?

     Also, as far as Ben not killing Carl and Rousseau before now, Alex would know it was Ben before, but now he could blame someone else.

324. skweez
     Comment 324, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     I definitely think Ben had Rousseau and Carl killed. That was a sharpshooter taking them out. I think the scene on the freighter was put there on purpose to show they were NOT good shots. They had a machine gun with dozens of bullets flying and still only hit the one clay pigeon. Plus, they had no need to kill Rousseau and Carl, they could have taken all three. Only Ben would have something to gain (Alex) by killing those two.

     And Walt in his room looked like a short Walt again, although that could have just been how it looked with a high windowsill.

     The car Michael drove into the barrier was a Plymouth Volare (A Dodge Aspen is possible, they are exactly the same except for the logos, which I think were Plymouth), about a ’76. I had one for a few years in the 80′s.

     Why did Ben not have any scars or injuries or bruises when he was in his jammies??? Hasn’t he been getting beat up pretty regularly for some time now??

     Read post 136

325. skweez
     Comment 325, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     I thought the episode was just…there. I don’t know what to call it. Toe, you asked why I thought it was close to SJM (which for me means it is the moment where we can visibly see the writing going downhill, and thus the show too…great post btw PJ and all that commented on nononsense, and I’m not gay, not that there’s anything wrong with it) so here goes.

     Post 1
     To clear up my point, and I will need to watch the episode again, though I don’t feel the show JTS, it is dangerously close to that line because some things don’t make sense to me right now. I’m not going to be bullheaded about it, and open to hear everyone’s thoughts, but I’m struggling with this episode. I have quite a few questions so much so that I will have to break down this post into several smaller ones in the hopes that someone can answer something.

     Michael: So we are to believe that he can not convince his son that they should be ecstatic to have gotten off that deserted island, and have been reunited from a kidnapping? His son would be so mad at him, for the nitty gritty details of their escape from that hell hole, that it would drive Mike to suicide?

     I didn’t get an answer as to why Mike couldn’t say, “Mom, (his own mother won’t let him see his son????) we crashed on that plane, we were on an island with some crazy folks, there are other survivors left behind, but I have no way of knowing how to get back there.” If folks are saying well he’d have to tell what he did to get off that island, it’s Mike’s word against a lying Ben, who would probably not be around to go to court anyway, let alone be a trusted witness. Who from the island would testify against Mike for coming back and rescuing them?

     Wouldn’t that be the redemption Mike needed in order to get back his son’s respect? I needed for there to be more of a reason for Mike’s silence about the island upon his return.

     That is exactly how i felt. I thought this was a weak reason for Michael to go back. I had hoped the writers could come up with something better, but i guess they wanted to keep it simple. It’s just hard for me to understand why a person who had been through so much would go and work for the people that put them through it in the first place. Especially, seeing how Walt would have no idea about the redemtion angle because Michael would’ve died on the boat if the bomb was real. Also, if Walt is not speaking to Michael due to him being a murderer and Michael is attempting suicide, wouldn’t he just tell his mother what happenned before he took himself out. Maybe he figured that would be putting her life in danger. Just not strong writing IMHO.

326. skweez
     Comment 326, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Post 2
     Ok, so let’s say Mike’s going crazy. Friendly slips him the rigged gun (I like that theory, though it is awfully coincidental that he has the same gun) he realizes he can’t kill himself (an awfully quick recovery from his car accident, with no air bags because this all takes place is less than 2 months) and agrees to helping his former kidnappers…because he feels the only way out of his situation is suicide? So then Mike is portrayed as a punk…fine.

     “I’ll help you guys so I can kill myself and protect my new best friends I made on the island.” So this means he blindly trusts, the people who kidnapped his son, and as far as he knows has done who knows what to Jack and co., that it is actually Widmore who is evil and must be stopped at all costs?

     A HA! The proof. After all of what the Others had done, I thought it odd that Michael would believe take the Widmore “paperwork” as proof.

327. lost4ever
     Comment 327, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     And then once they’re at the mainland they could fly to wherever whenever they want.

     And Alex sure was made to look hotter than ever. I don’t know if there was a reason for that or just coincidental or maybe just something I hadn’t noticed because her parts had been limited. Anyone else notice this?

     Also, as far as Ben not killing Carl and Rousseau before now, Alex would know it was Ben before, but now he could blame someone else.

     ————
     but didnt it seem like the shooters were coming toward Alex at the end? If the shooters reveal themselves she would know her so-called father, put in that order. That was definitely sniper fire.

328. TSOL
     Comment 328, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Not gonna start reading all these posts, epecially as i still have 2 days before i can watch it here in england. Just wandered if everyone else has got onto the fact the it must be michael in the coffin? JO(HNSON) Teenage son. NY. All adds up.

329. deangoodes
     Comment 329, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Good call Skweez, I didn’t put any time into thinking who he might have do it. Those are likely options, or there could be some Others we haven’t even seen yet.

330. Hammer
     Comment 330, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Post 4 (Thanks for any and all help???)
     I am not seeing where some of you have pointed out Mike’s redemption and thus the island then allowing whatever to take place with regard to him.
     Ben has killed innocents, and at a minimum attempted to kill innocents. You can debate the killing of his father. You can’t debate him trying to kill Locke, ordering Others to kill “anyone who gets in their way,” putting in motion the hanging of Charlie, putting in motion the killing of the freightor folk, putting in motion the killing of Goodwin and his ”rejoicing” over his death.

     I didn’t like how Locketown plainly accepted Ben’s word that if they turned him over he’d be killed. They didn’t show why Ben revealing Mike was his man, was enough of a revelation to Locke that he had to set him free? I mean if you want him at the dinner table, why not keep him tied up? I’m just not quite following that Ben has done enough to have gained that much trust.

     Assuming Widmore put the plane at the bottom of the ocean to prevent folks from looking for it a la Amelia Earhart’s plane. He keeps the freightor folk in the dark. “Just get Ben.” The Captain better not turn out to be one of Ben’s men, which could explain his lack of reaction when Sayid bring him in. Why wouldn’t Sayid do that, he doesn’t trust Ben. Why would Mike be helping Sayid and Desmond out (unlocking door) knowing that it could expose his true identity, especially since Mike is working for Ben who has shown to be the Losties enemy?

     The redemption would be judged by the island, just as Eko was. If the island determines that Michael’s actions in helping to protect it are worthy, than he will be redeemed for killing.

331. lost4ever
     Comment 331, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     TSOL wrote:

     Not gonna start reading all these posts, epecially as i still have 2 days before i can watch it here in england. Just wandered if everyone else has got onto the fact the it must be michael in the coffin? JO(HNSON) Teenage son. NY. All adds up.

     ——
     someone answered that question last night. Scroll up to find it.

332. deangoodes
     Comment 332, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     And then once they’re at the mainland they could fly to wherever whenever they want.

     And Alex sure was made to look hotter than ever. I don’t know if there was a reason for that or just coincidental or maybe just something I hadn’t noticed because her parts had been limited. Anyone else notice this?

     Also, as far as Ben not killing Carl and Rousseau before now, Alex would know it was Ben before, but now he could blame someone else.

     ————
     but didnt it seem like the shooters were coming toward Alex at the end? If the shooters reveal themselves she would know her so-called father, put in that order. That was definitely sniper fire.

     —————————————
     It did seem like they were going to show themselves so that would ruin it. Good point.

333. Hammer
     Comment 333, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     [————-
     Maybe I’m missing something on this…but for timeline sake….the Paik “D.O.C.” Flash was just after Sun & Jin were married (prostitute mommy pointed to the wedding pic in the paper)….why would he be buying a faux plane for the faux crash 4 years (according to Ji Yeon they were married in 2000) before the 815 flight?

     For the same reason Widmore would be buying the Black Rock journal in 1996…time travel?
     ___________________________________________
     Now this is truly a great catch!

334. Miraks
     Comment 334, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     OK, so who put the fake plane in the trench? Ben’s people (Ben, Tom) say it was Widmore, and Widmore’s people (the captain) say it was Ben. Hmmmmmmm. Any clues I missed as to the real culprit?

     The captain never said it was Ben. He talked about the staged plane, about having been send to get Ben, and asked something like “do you know how much power someone has to have in order to pull this off?” It was not made clear if he was talking about Widmore or Ben.

335. Rita
     Comment 335, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     shellonius funk wrote:

     LOVED this episode.
     great posts so far; i’ve been reading them all morning!

     1. i’m not saying ben ISN’T behind karl/rousseau’s shootings, but i find it odd that [if he is] he’s just now killing them when he’s had a billion opportunities. he could’ve just killed karl in the cage in front of sawyer to keep sawyer in line. but he didn’t.

     i think that ben is the lesser of two evils. i’ve always had a negative hunch about widmore, and i think that ben just wants to protect the island from people who wish to exploit it.

     Shellonius funk, you should know that a father would never want the murder of his daughter’s boyfriend and her mother to look like HE did it!! Of course he couldn’t have done it in front of Sawyer, or anywhere else that Alex would know he was responsible! So, IF Ben did in fact orchestrate the killings (of Danielle and Karl), he HAD to make it look like an outside attack. Otherwise, he would look to Alex just like Michael looks to Walt.

     As for ol Benny Boy, I think the fact that so many people have decided he may be/is good makes him VERY dangerous. We still don’t know exactly WHAT is going on either on or off the island, just what we have been told (which is basically DON’T TRUST ANYBODY).

336. RGS
     Comment 336, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     guttah wrote:

     I can understand both sides, Walt not wanting anything to do with his father because he is a murderer, And Michael wanting to kill himself because he felt as though he let his son, and his island friends down and now neither one wanting anything to do with him. He seeks redemption and Ben offered that opportunity for him…I would take it too if I were in Michaels shoes. As far as Ben goes…have we really ever seen him kill anyone?? He shot Locke, but didnt kill him…He killed his father, but accorinding to Ben the whole Dharma Initiative was trying to exploit the island therefore not innocent, …So in Bens mind he doenst kill innocent people…thats like telling a lie so often you start to believe it!!

     See the inconsistency there is that Mike doesn’t really seemed concerned about what the Losties think of him. He was only out to rescue his son. At the end of the day, he can’t feel like he let his son down, bcuz he was “peeping thru the venetian blinds with a tech in is hand” in other words, saving Walt by any means necessary.

     As far as Ben vs. Widmore goes, have we really ever seen WIDMORE kill anyone? We have witnessed Ben’s evil actions, intentions, lying etc. We have not seen Widmore’s (outside of being an A-hole to Desmond…even then he gave up his daughter’s address). Why are folks so quick to assume Widmore is more evil than Ben? Is it because Ben is being painted as evil, and we know there’s a ‘twist to the story’ so we’re going to say Ben’s good ahead of time?

337. Miraks
     Comment 337, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lucky wrote:

     this show is officially ridiculous. I used to be a fan but how is it that Walt & Michael return alive from the island, back to Brooklyn, and nobody from the neighborhood (or the media) catches on to this or notices this???

     When I travel I don’t tell my neighbors which flight number I am taking, or where I am going. On top of that, Mike and Walt are back under assumed names and we don’t know if the place they are living (or the mother is living) is a place they have lived for a long time, or just recently moved to. Could have “received” that house as part of their new identity.

338. RGS
     Comment 338, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     WTF wrote:

     him messed up is the guilt of killing Anna Lucia and Libby. I think this is made clear by Libby’s appearances on this episode. He seems to be haunted by her. He commited murder as an act of desperation to get to his son

     My other issue that I alluded to and skee just kinda reminded me was that, Mike is about to blow up the ship, to save his Lost friends, LIBBY appears to him and pleads with him NOT to do it. Shouldn’t that trigger in his mind that “hey, Libby, a fellow Lostie and a person I feel some sort of indebtedness to, does NOT want me to do what BEN requests of me…there is something wrong with this redemption path.” But he goes on ahead and pushes the button anyway.

339. skweez
     Comment 339, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     About this whole “they’ll kill everyone on the island” bit. SO WHAT. Atleast, that’s what the Losties should be saying. They are in a lose-lose situation. If they give up Ben, then they’ll kill everyone on the island. If they don’t give up Ben, they’ll kill everyone until they get Ben. The Losties are on a deserted island with no where to run. They can not bring in reinforcements and can not re-up on their ammo. It just seems that maybe they’re not really thinking about their precarious situation.

340. Hammer
     Comment 340, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lar wrote:

     Relatively new to this blog (which rules by the way) and first time commentor so I apologize if this is the wrong forum to ask this, but what is Hammer’s whisper theory that everyone seems to agree with?

     Everyone who knows…skip this post.

     Lar, my theory in brief:
     I believe that the whispers that you often hear in the jungle, sometimes when smokey is around and almost always when someone/something appears to a character are made by people who have died and are stuck on the island. I believe that these whisperers are now part of the island’s security system that includes smokey. If you go to lostpedia.com and look up “whisper transcripts” you will see that the whisperers COULD be assumed to include Eko, Boone, Christian, Ana Lucia and others. I haven’t really decided yet how important this all would be, but it seems to that since the whispers happen quite often, they are significant. But read the transcripts and decide for yourself!

341. Lar
     Comment 341, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     wicked. thanks hammer

342. Rita
     Comment 342, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     About this whole “they’ll kill everyone on the island” bit. SO WHAT. Atleast, that’s what the Losties should be saying. They are in a lose-lose situation. If they give up Ben, then they’ll kill everyone on the island. If they don’t give up Ben, they’ll kill everyone until they get Ben. The Losties are on a deserted island with no where to run. They can not bring in reinforcements and can not re-up on their ammo. It just seems that maybe they’re not really thinking about their precarious situation.

     Oh, I think they are thinking of it! Hey, no one wants to die and they have been survivors for this long. They don’t know WHAT to do, so they are weighing their options (including whether or not to trust Locke).

343. Hammer
     Comment 343, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     As far as Ben vs. Widmore goes, have we really ever seen WIDMORE kill anyone? We have witnessed Ben’s evil actions, intentions, lying etc. We have not seen Widmore’s (outside of being an A-hole to Desmond…even then he gave up his daughter’s address). Why are folks so quick to assume Widmore is more evil than Ben? Is it because Ben is being painted as evil, and we know there’s a ‘twist to the story’ so we’re going to say Ben’s good ahead of time?

     Not total proof, but he did beat the snot out of someone on Ben’s video…

344. RGS
     Comment 344, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     The redemption would be judged by the island, just as Eko was. If the island determines that Michael’s actions in helping to protect it are worthy, than he will be redeemed for killing.

     ^^^^^^^^^^
     See I also have a slightly different take on Eko’s death, but it’s been so long that I forget what the basis of it was, but anyway, I felt that Eko died from a “course correction” of sorts. That it was Eko who was supposed to die on the drug plane, not his brother. He knew this, and accepted his fate, when smokey came to correct it.

     Have folks guessed on the redemptions that have occurred for all of the deaths? I am curious as to what Shannon’s would have been, or Libby’s, or do they fall into that category at all?

345. Rick
     Comment 345, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I either found a mistake in the show of March 20th or a future clue. It was revealed that the fake plane crash was a Boeing 777. The actual plane that crashed was a DC-10. These aircraft are completely different. The 777 is a 2 engine and the DC-10 a 3 engine. Anyone preforming a deep sea salvage would easily recognize the difference. How could the writers make an obvious mistake unless in the future it will be discovered that the plane that was found was the wrong one.

346. Miraks
     Comment 346, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     As far as Walt is concerned, people seem to harp on the fact that he seems “taller” or “older” at times. I think Walt is just supposed to be a ten year old- consistent with island and real time (which imho are the same).
     It is hard to do a show with child-actors, especially when the show covers a short time in several seasons. I think the directors had two choices, find a new actor to play Walt (something that other shows have done and always seems odd), or try to use camera angles to somewhat hide the fact that the ten year old is now played by a teenager. The directors know that it means the viewers will need to give them a pass on that one and not over-analyze or harp on that fact too much, but I think that is why they gave us that line about “Walt looking bigger”. I saw that as a “I know we’re asking you to just go with Walt not having aged, but “wink, wink”, we are not trying to hide that the actor has grown up a bit.

347. RGS
     Comment 347, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     As far as Ben vs. Widmore goes, have we really ever seen WIDMORE kill anyone? We have witnessed Ben’s evil actions, intentions, lying etc. We have not seen Widmore’s (outside of being an A-hole to Desmond…even then he gave up his daughter’s address). Why are folks so quick to assume Widmore is more evil than Ben? Is it because Ben is being painted as evil, and we know there’s a ‘twist to the story’ so we’re going to say Ben’s good ahead of time?

     Not total proof, but he did beat the snot out of someone on Ben’s video…

     ^^^^^^^^^
     He beat the snot out of one of BEN’S people though right?

348. Toeknee
     Comment 348, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Miraks wrote:

     lucky wrote:

     this show is officially ridiculous. I used to be a fan but how is it that Walt & Michael return alive from the island, back to Brooklyn, and nobody from the neighborhood (or the media) catches on to this or notices this???

     When I travel I don’t tell my neighbors which flight number I am taking, or where I am going. On top of that, Mike and Walt are back under assumed names and we don’t know if the place they are living (or the mother is living) is a place they have lived for a long time, or just recently moved to. Could have “received” that house as part of their new identity.

     ________________________
     Furthermore, Walt hasn’t lived in the states since he was a baby. The reason he and Michael were on OA815 is that Michael went there to take custody of Walt after his mother died. So virtually noone in the US knows Walt.

349. Lins
     Comment 349, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     WTF wrote:

     him messed up is the guilt of killing Anna Lucia and Libby. I think this is made clear by Libby’s appearances on this episode. He seems to be haunted by her. He commited murder as an act of desperation to get to his son

     My other issue that I alluded to and skee just kinda reminded me was that, Mike is about to blow up the ship, to save his Lost friends, LIBBY appears to him and pleads with him NOT to do it. Shouldn’t that trigger in his mind that “hey, Libby, a fellow Lostie and a person I feel some sort of indebtedness to, does NOT want me to do what BEN requests of me…there is something wrong with this redemption path.” But he goes on ahead and pushes the button anyway.

     Yes, but wasn’t it Libby who sold Desmond the boat that eventually left him stranded on the island…isn’t there a possibility that she was somehow connected to Widmore and maybe that’s why she shows up to try to get Michael to stop blowing up Widmore’s freighter?

350. Lins
     Comment 350, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that I think Libby was “sent there by Widmore” or anything like that…just a possibility that she just happens to show up when he’s about to blow up the ship.

351. Michael
     Comment 351, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I thought correction at first to. When Shannon and Boone got the wrong seats, Charlie went to the bathroom; the pilot was the wrong person. These were all people who died that were in the wrong seat during the crash. But someone talk me out of that theory awhile ago with a better one.

     Lins wrote:

     Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that I think Libby was “sent there by Widmore” or anything like that…just a possibility that she just happens to show up when he’s about to blow up the ship.

     Defiantly think Libby is/ was working for one of the power guys

352. Lins
     Comment 352, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Also, if the island won’t let you kill yourself until it has it’s redemption…what “work” does Jack still have to do? Was it the island that kept him from dying when he tried to commit suicide? I think so, but I think there’s (of course) many more answers to come :)

353. Emily
     Comment 353, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Interactive map about Lost season four here:
     http://news.muckety.com/2008/03/21/the-oceanic-six-take-a-break/1391#more-1391

354. Circus Mom
     Comment 354, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     We do not know that Miles knows Michael is not Kevin Johnson. After he said you’re not Kevin Johnson he went on to say 80% of the people on this boat aren’t who they say they are or have something to hide. I think by saying that he was making a broad comment towards Michael and not directly saying to him I know who you really are.

     He said “Your name isn’t Kevin.” I don’t necessarly think he knew who Michael was but he knew he wasn’t Kevin. I think it said more about Miles than anything else. Is he able, in additon to talking to ghosts, to tell when someone is lying? His comment that 80% were hiding something show that he knew this but wouldn’t reveal any of their “lie,” unless it directly benefited him. I still want a Miles epi.

355. Michael
     Comment 355, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lins wrote:

     Also, if the island won’t let you kill yourself until it has it’s redemption…what “work” does Jack still have to do? Was it the island that kept him from dying when he tried to commit suicide? I think so, but I think there’s (of course) many more answers to come :)

     I thought of that earlier but What does jack need redemption for ? Does everyone that survived crash have to go through this process?

356. Circus Mom
     Comment 356, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     They weren’t necessarily married in 2000. If you are refering to the shop keeper’s comment about the year of the dragon, remember that he said, “In the year of the dragon…..”, not that it WAS the YOTD. That makes a difference to me.

     The full quote from the shop keeper, per Lostpedia, was:
     “What about this… In the year of the dragon, it brings good luck”
     To me this implies it WAS the year of the dragon, otherwise he would have picked up a stuffed horse, or pig, or whatever animal whose year it was at that time.

     For me the shopkeeper’s quote just smacked of desperation to sell him anything but the Panda. If it were actually the YOTD, it would be an even bigger selling point to say, “IT’S the YOTD, you gotta want this item.” Instead because he is an honest shopkeeper, he’s like, “IN the YOTD it will bring good luck.”

     I don’t know if it is that big a deal, but this was one of my pet peeves with regard to the shopkeeper’s comment, because folks took it as definitive that it was 2000. Besides, that would seem like too obvious a clue that it was a FB, imho.

     ++++++++++++++
     What the shopkeeper said was a translation from Korean. I think that the asian speach pattern would say “in the year of the dragon this brings good luck” and that would mean it was the year of the dragon. My ex-mother in law was japenese and she would have said it that way.

357. Lins
     Comment 357, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Lins wrote:

     Also, if the island won’t let you kill yourself until it has it’s redemption…what “work” does Jack still have to do? Was it the island that kept him from dying when he tried to commit suicide? I think so, but I think there’s (of course) many more answers to come :)

     I thought of that earlier but What does jack need redemption for ? Does everyone that survived crash have to go through this process?

     I don’t know…but if you look at all the O6ers (except Aaron), Jack is the only one so far to show that same suicidal desperation that he either has to go back and finish what needs to be finished or he just needs to die. The only other one that I could see coming close to that type of mentality is Hurley. I think he also knows that he has to get back…but it’s all a mystery as to why!

358. Lins
     Comment 358, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     We do not know that Miles knows Michael is not Kevin Johnson. After he said you’re not Kevin Johnson he went on to say 80% of the people on this boat aren’t who they say they are or have something to hide. I think by saying that he was making a broad comment towards Michael and not directly saying to him I know who you really are.

     He said “Your name isn’t Kevin.” I don’t necessarly think he knew who Michael was but he knew he wasn’t Kevin. I think it said more about Miles than anything else. Is he able, in additon to talking to ghosts, to tell when someone is lying? His comment that 80% were hiding something show that he knew this but wouldn’t reveal any of their “lie,” unless it directly benefited him. I still want a Miles epi.

     ****************
     So is Miles really Miles? I mean, it sounds a little absurd, but if you think about Miles Straum (“maelstrom”), Charlotte Lewis (C.S. Lewis), Daniel Faraday (Faraday the physicist or whatever)…I’m sure they’re all just the writers using literary and scientific greats to make us all research the names…but don’t they all sound a little made up?

     Then the question becomes…how did Ben know their “names”?

359. Toeknee
     Comment 359, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lins wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     We do not know that Miles knows Michael is not Kevin Johnson. After he said you’re not Kevin Johnson he went on to say 80% of the people on this boat aren’t who they say they are or have something to hide. I think by saying that he was making a broad comment towards Michael and not directly saying to him I know who you really are.

     He said “Your name isn’t Kevin.” I don’t necessarly think he knew who Michael was but he knew he wasn’t Kevin. I think it said more about Miles than anything else. Is he able, in additon to talking to ghosts, to tell when someone is lying? His comment that 80% were hiding something show that he knew this but wouldn’t reveal any of their “lie,” unless it directly benefited him. I still want a Miles epi.

     ****************
     So is Miles really Miles? I mean, it sounds a little absurd, but if you think about Miles Straum (“maelstrom”), Charlotte Lewis (C.S. Lewis), Daniel Faraday (Faraday the physicist or whatever)…I’m sure they’re all just the writers using literary and scientific greats to make us all research the names…but don’t they all sound a little made up?

     Then the question becomes…how did Ben know their “names”?

     _________________________________________
     They’re part of the 20% that used their real names.

360. shellonius funk
     Comment 360, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     i’m guessing there are gas masks at The Temple…

361. vavila
     Comment 361, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lins wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Lins wrote:

     Also, if the island won’t let you kill yourself until it has it’s redemption…what “work” does Jack still have to do? Was it the island that kept him from dying when he tried to commit suicide? I think so, but I think there’s (of course) many more answers to come :)

     I thought of that earlier but What does jack need redemption for ? Does everyone that survived crash have to go through this process?

     I don’t know…but if you look at all the O6ers (except Aaron), Jack is the only one so far to show that same suicidal desperation that he either has to go back and finish what needs to be finished or he just needs to die. The only other one that I could see coming close to that type of mentality is Hurley. I think he also knows that he has to get back…but it’s all a mystery as to why!

     I thought that Jack in FF wants to go back to the island and therfore takes the plane all the time, but he cannot go back. Is it because he does not work with Ben and therefore does not know how to come back? If island was preventing Jack from dying i think there would be a way for him to return there (even if this way is through Ben, Ben would want Jack back on the island to resolve whatever needs to be resolved so that Jack does not live forever on the mainland and become a human showcase for the island’s powers). I agree that Jack hits a similar low as Michael did, but unlike Michael, Jack cannot come back and island’s forces are not preventing him from dying.

362. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 362, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I’m guessing people with four toes shoot guns with silencers……it just makes sense.

     :)

363. Trixanna
     Comment 363, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     When Jack tells Kate in the FF, does he want to go back to rescue the rest of the Losties? I don’t think he wants to go back to live, nor does Hurley. They know the rest of the Losties are still there and they want to rescue them, right? It would torture me to know that I am alive and well on the mainland when some of my closest friends (even for a short time) are still living on the island hoping for rescue.

364. shellonius funk
     Comment 364, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     i think jack simply wants to go back because he’s mr. fix-it. but i also like the theory that he’s unable to kill himself…

365. RGS
     Comment 365, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     They weren’t necessarily married in 2000. If you are refering to the shop keeper’s comment about the year of the dragon, remember that he said, “In the year of the dragon…..”, not that it WAS the YOTD. That makes a difference to me.

     The full quote from the shop keeper, per Lostpedia, was:
     “What about this… In the year of the dragon, it brings good luck”
     To me this implies it WAS the year of the dragon, otherwise he would have picked up a stuffed horse, or pig, or whatever animal whose year it was at that time.

     For me the shopkeeper’s quote just smacked of desperation to sell him anything but the Panda. If it were actually the YOTD, it would be an even bigger selling point to say, “IT’S the YOTD, you gotta want this item.” Instead because he is an honest shopkeeper, he’s like, “IN the YOTD it will bring good luck.”

     I don’t know if it is that big a deal, but this was one of my pet peeves with regard to the shopkeeper’s comment, because folks took it as definitive that it was 2000. Besides, that would seem like too obvious a clue that it was a FB, imho.

     ++++++++++++++
     What the shopkeeper said was a translation from Korean. I think that the asian speach pattern would say “in the year of the dragon this brings good luck” and that would mean it was the year of the dragon. My ex-mother in law was japenese and she would have said it that way.

     There you go, that will shut me up on that issue (but I’m still of the belief that it was not 2000 in that FB, bcuz I don’t think they were married that long) because I can’t refute an apparent cultural difference.

366. Michael
     Comment 366, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     vavila wrote:

     Lins wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Lins wrote:

     Also, if the island won’t let you kill yourself until it has it’s redemption…what “work” does Jack still have to do? Was it the island that kept him from dying when he tried to commit suicide? I think so, but I think there’s (of course) many more answers to come :)

     I thought of that earlier but What does jack need redemption for ? Does everyone that survived crash have to go through this process?

     I don’t know…but if you look at all the O6ers (except Aaron), Jack is the only one so far to show that same suicidal desperation that he either has to go back and finish what needs to be finished or he just needs to die. The only other one that I could see coming close to that type of mentality is Hurley. I think he also knows that he has to get back…but it’s all a mystery as to why!

     I thought that Jack in FF wants to go back to the island and therfore takes the plane all the time, but he cannot go back. Is it because he does not work with Ben and therefore does not know how to come back? If island was preventing Jack from dying i think there would be a way for him to return there (even if this way is through Ben, Ben would want Jack back on the island to resolve whatever needs to be resolved so that Jack does not live forever on the mainland and become a human showcase for the island’s powers). I agree that Jack hits a similar low as Michael did, but unlike Michael, Jack cannot come back and island’s forces are not preventing him from dying.

     ———-

     Well the only reason Michael went back is because Ben found him and needed him. Ben might not need Jack nor would he want jack. Or like with Michael and the bomb. He goes to do it and the “not yet” flag pops up. Jack could still be at the “not yet” point?

367. Johnny_Lost
     Comment 367, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Just want to bring this up

     there 6 numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42
     There are six survivors(oceanic6)
     there are 6 dharma stations
     there will be six season of lost.

     Are there any other links to the sequence of six??

368. Hammer
     Comment 368, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Have folks guessed on the redemptions that have occurred for all of the deaths? I am curious as to what Shannon’s would have been, or Libby’s, or do they fall into that category at all?

     IMO they were plane old murdered. Free will of sorts…the island wasn’t involved in their deaths.

369. shellonius funk
     Comment 369, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Johnny_Lost wrote:

     Just want to bring this up

     there 6 numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42
     There are six survivors(oceanic6)
     there are 6 dharma stations
     there will be six season of lost.

     Are there any other links to the sequence of six??

     ___________________________

     it seems like i remember hearing 6 hours once about something and that striking a chord….anyways, here’s what i DO have:

     - 6th st. bridge: the bridge jack was gonna jump from.

     - 6 of clubs: one of the cards in the test with dan and charlotte.

     - 6 months to live: kate’s mom has been told this for the past four years.

     - 6 years apart: jin and sun. according to the zodiac, this makes them the least compatible. [found that one at LOSTpedia!]

370. RGS
     Comment 370, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Have folks guessed on the redemptions that have occurred for all of the deaths? I am curious as to what Shannon’s would have been, or Libby’s, or do they fall into that category at all?

     IMO they were plane old murdered. Free will of sorts…the island wasn’t involved in their deaths.

     Wasn’t Shannon chasing Walt after his backward talk appearance? Like maybe the island “put her in the path” of catching a hot one from Ana Lucia. Maybe her redemption was in starting to help out, as opposed to catching rays. I dunno just guessing. I’ve got no clue on Libby.

371. shellonius funk
     Comment 371, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     shannon’s death also indirectly caused the tailies to meet back up with the beach/cave crew. maybe she was another sacrifice.

372. Hammer
     Comment 372, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Wasn’t Shannon chasing Walt after his backward talk appearance? Like maybe the island “put her in the path” of catching a hot one from Ana Lucia. Maybe her redemption was in starting to help out, as opposed to catching rays. I dunno just guessing. I’ve got no clue on Libby.

     Now that you have me thinking. As I remember it, she said something about finally being able to love someone, then she chased Walt. Maybe it was redemption of sorts, her “torture” was over?

373. Michael
     Comment 373, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Johnny_Lost wrote:

     Just want to bring this up

     there 6 numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42
     There are six survivors(oceanic6)
     there are 6 dharma stations
     there will be six season of lost.

     Are there any other links to the sequence of six??

     Can we find out who was sitting in the seats 4, 8, 15, 15, 23, 42, on the plane. Or is that old news?

374. Circus Mom
     Comment 374, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     ……
     Please..do not take this as bigotry as I really don’t care what people do in their own homes. It is meant more as a complaint towards the necessity for having it in the story, as well as how confusing Tom’s character now becomes. On the island he seems to be a wimpy third-string character….off island he’s the alpha male of a gay relationship….ordering both his lover and Michael around like he’s the guy in charge.
     …..

     I disagree somewhat with this. The first few times we saw him on the island he came across as a scary dude – when he captured Walt, when he encountered Locke, Jack and Sawyer in the jungle in The Hunting Party, when he was part of the group that captured Michael as he was on is way to rescue Walt. He was portrayed as Ethan’s superior in Claire’s FB that showed what happened when she was kidnapped. In the season 3 finale he wanted to disobey Ben’s order and actually kill Sayid, Jin, and Bernard. Sure, at times in season 3 he was portrayed as a more mild-mannered guy, and subservient to Ben, but other than that he’s been pretty assertive if not aggressive.

     +++++++++++++++++
     I think that the scene with Tom in the penthouse was to show him as human and vunerable in a way, not the thug he was on the island. His is shown in a relationship and enjoying a penthouse and good food. A sharp contrast to the island. He is willing to give this up to be on the island, so, we are to beleive he has good motivations to be there.

375. Michael
     Comment 375, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Wasn’t Shannon chasing Walt after his backward talk appearance? Like maybe the island “put her in the path” of catching a hot one from Ana Lucia. Maybe her redemption was in starting to help out, as opposed to catching rays. I dunno just guessing. I’ve got no clue on Libby.

     Now that you have me thinking. As I remember it, she said something about finally being able to love someone, then she chased Walt. Maybe it was redemption of sorts, her “torture” was over?

     So there was Boone, Shannon, Ana, libby, Charlie, Eko. The one guy Steve or Scott, can’t remeber wich one. Anymore?

376. lost4ever
     Comment 376, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Did anyone else find the scene in the hospital strange?
     When they first show the patient next to him(pre-Libby) he has tubes in him. And he looks alot like Alvar Hanso, as someone else mentioned. Now in the same scene (post_libby), the patient is clearly wearing an oxygen mask and looks a lot like INMAN. It is definitely no the same person. You can tall by the hairline.

377. Hammer
     Comment 377, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     So there was Boone, Shannon, Ana, libby, Charlie, Eko. The one guy Steve or Scott, can’t remeber wich one. Anymore?

     …Dr. Artz, Paolo, Nikki…

378. Hammer
     Comment 378, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Did anyone else find the scene in the hospital strange?
     When they first show the patient next to him(pre-Libby) he has tubes in him. And he looks alot like Alvar Hanso, as someone else mentioned. Now in the same scene (post_libby), the patient is clearly wearing an oxygen mask and looks a lot like INMAN. It is definitely no the same person. You can tall by the hairline.

     Actually if you look at the ears…same guy…but why the different equipment as we discussed last night?

379. Hammer
     Comment 379, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     So there was Boone, Shannon, Ana, libby, Charlie, Eko. The one guy Steve or Scott, can’t remeber wich one. Anymore?

     …Dr. Artz, Paolo, Nikki…

     +++++++++++
     Capt. Seth Norris, Barb Miller-riptide, Nathan-Goodwin killed, Gary Troupe-wrote Bad Twin(got sucked into engine), and a couple folks that died of their injuries including the agent escorting Kate.

380. Circus Mom
     Comment 380, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Lins wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     We do not know that Miles knows Michael is not Kevin Johnson. After he said you’re not Kevin Johnson he went on to say 80% of the people on this boat aren’t who they say they are or have something to hide. I think by saying that he was making a broad comment towards Michael and not directly saying to him I know who you really are.

     He said “Your name isn’t Kevin.” I don’t necessarly think he knew who Michael was but he knew he wasn’t Kevin. I think it said more about Miles than anything else. Is he able, in additon to talking to ghosts, to tell when someone is lying? His comment that 80% were hiding something show that he knew this but wouldn’t reveal any of their “lie,” unless it directly benefited him. I still want a Miles epi.

     ****************
     So is Miles really Miles? I mean, it sounds a little absurd, but if you think about Miles Straum (“maelstrom”), Charlotte Lewis (C.S. Lewis), Daniel Faraday (Faraday the physicist or whatever)…I’m sure they’re all just the writers using literary and scientific greats to make us all research the names…but don’t they all sound a little made up?

     Then the question becomes…how did Ben know their “names”?

     _________________________________________
     They’re part of the 20% that used their real names.

     ++++++++++++++
     I think Miles said 80% have secrets, not fake names.

381. lost4ever
     Comment 381, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Did anyone else find the scene in the hospital strange?
     When they first show the patient next to him(pre-Libby) he has tubes in him. And he looks alot like Alvar Hanso, as someone else mentioned. Now in the same scene (post_libby), the patient is clearly wearing an oxygen mask and looks a lot like INMAN. It is definitely no the same person. You can tall by the hairline.

     Actually if you look at the ears…same guy…but why the different equipment as we discussed last night?

     ———–
     actually, if you look at the hairline, different guy

382. PJSander
     Comment 382, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Michael: So we are to believe that he can not convince his son that they should be ecstatic to have gotten off that deserted island, and have been reunited from a kidnapping? His son would be so mad at him, for the nitty gritty details of their escape from that hell hole, that it would drive Mike to suicide?

     I didn’t get an answer as to why Mike couldn’t say, “Mom, (his own mother won’t let him see his son????) we crashed on that plane, we were on an island with some crazy folks, there are other survivors left behind, but I have no way of knowing how to get back there.” If folks are saying well he’d have to tell what he did to get off that island, it’s Mike’s word against a lying Ben, who would probably not be around to go to court anyway, let alone be a trusted witness. Who from the island would testify against Mike for coming back and rescuing them?

     Wouldn’t that be the redemption Mike needed in order to get back his son’s respect? I needed for there to be more of a reason for Mike’s silence about the island upon his return.

     Well the thing is that we don’t know what happened between the dory and New York. We don’t know HOW he got to the U.S., what he had to promise to be allowed to got there, who he had to pretend to be, and who is orchestrating everything. There are a lot of unknowns in this respect. It could well be that he isn’t allowed to explain what really happened.

     : ) P

383. PJSander
     Comment 383, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     In light of the theories that Libby is/was working for somebody, I will say that I ALWAYS thought it was VERY odd that she was carrying that pillow conveniently in front of her when she was shot.

     Did we see her dead body? Was she buried? Could it be that she was told she MIGHT be shot and to take (okay a stretch) a bullet-proof pillow with her everywhere? Could she have then escaped in the melee that followed the shooting?

     Someone with access to the applicable episodes available, please chime in!

     : ) P

384. Rita
     Comment 384, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     When Jack tells Kate in the FF, does he want to go back to rescue the rest of the Losties? I don’t think he wants to go back to live, nor does Hurley. They know the rest of the Losties are still there and they want to rescue them, right? It would torture me to know that I am alive and well on the mainland when some of my closest friends (even for a short time) are still living on the island hoping for rescue.

     Hard to say whether or not they are hoping for rescue. They may just be happy with their lives on the island! Problem is, what will they do for food and electricity, etc., after Dharma (or whomever) pulls the plug?

385. Michael
     Comment 385, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Michael: So we are to believe that he can not convince his son that they should be ecstatic to have gotten off that deserted island, and have been reunited from a kidnapping? His son would be so mad at him, for the nitty gritty details of their escape from that hell hole, that it would drive Mike to suicide?

     I didn’t get an answer as to why Mike couldn’t say, “Mom, (his own mother won’t let him see his son????) we crashed on that plane, we were on an island with some crazy folks, there are other survivors left behind, but I have no way of knowing how to get back there.” If folks are saying well he’d have to tell what he did to get off that island, it’s Mike’s word against a lying Ben, who would probably not be around to go to court anyway, let alone be a trusted witness. Who from the island would testify against Mike for coming back and rescuing them?

     Wouldn’t that be the redemption Mike needed in order to get back his son’s respect? I needed for there to be more of a reason for Mike’s silence about the island upon his return.

     Well the thing is that we don’t know what happened between the dory and New York. We don’t know HOW he got to the U.S., what he had to promise to be allowed to got there, who he had to pretend to be, and who is orchestrating everything. There are a lot of unknowns in this respect. It could well be that he isn’t allowed to explain what really happened.

     : ) P

     —————

     I think Walt had a stronger connection with not only the island but the people he was there with. And knowing that his father Did such horrible things to get off the island might brake the rocky relationship he had with him .

     And I’m sure ben would have made it clear to Michael not to talk about the island. The threat would be he would come and take walt back. To many unknowns.

386. lost4ever
     Comment 386, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     In light of the theories that Libby is/was working for somebody, I will say that I ALWAYS thought it was VERY odd that she was carrying that pillow conveniently in front of her when she was shot.

     Did we see her dead body? Was she buried? Could it be that she was told she MIGHT be shot and to take (okay a stretch) a bullet-proof pillow with her everywhere? Could she have then escaped in the melee that followed the shooting?

     Someone with access to the applicable episodes available, please chime in!

     : ) P

     ———-
     They buried her. I think they had a funeral for her. Hurley spoke at it while Jack and Sayid were discussing their plan about Michael.

387. lost4ever
     Comment 387, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     All the episodes are available on ABC.com

388. Trixanna
     Comment 388, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LOL PJ!!! One always wants to carry around their bullet proof pillow! I am not saying that she isn’t dead, but she sure looked dead to me. One never knows on this mysterious island though. Remember that things don’t stay buried for long. Yikes.

389. lost4ever
     Comment 389, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     LOL PJ!!! One always wants to carry around their bullet proof pillow! I am not saying that she isn’t dead, but she sure looked dead to me. One never knows on this mysterious island though. Remember that things don’t stay buried for long. Yikes.

     ———
     Maybe it’s like Pet Cemetary

390. Michael
     Comment 390, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     In light of the theories that Libby is/was working for somebody, I will say that I ALWAYS thought it was VERY odd that she was carrying that pillow conveniently in front of her when she was shot.

     Did we see her dead body? Was she buried? Could it be that she was told she MIGHT be shot and to take (okay a stretch) a bullet-proof pillow with her everywhere? Could she have then escaped in the melee that followed the shooting?

     Someone with access to the applicable episodes available, please chime in!

     : ) P

     ==================

     Unfortunately they dead show her die. Jack and Hurly where in the room. They show the bodies that are rapped (don’t actual see the body) being placed in the hole. They don’t show them being covered up. That’s when Desmond’s boat arrives .

391. Trixanna
     Comment 391, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     When Jack tells Kate in the FF, does he want to go back to rescue the rest of the Losties? I don’t think he wants to go back to live, nor does Hurley. They know the rest of the Losties are still there and they want to rescue them, right? It would torture me to know that I am alive and well on the mainland when some of my closest friends (even for a short time) are still living on the island hoping for rescue.

     Hard to say whether or not they are hoping for rescue. They may just be happy with their lives on the island! Problem is, what will they do for food and electricity, etc., after Dharma (or whomever) pulls the plug?

     *************
     Kind of like how Ben is happy living on the island? The Losties can’t be truly happy unless Ben is overthrown…. and they find a way to get food and supplies. Most of them do have very good reasons for staying on the island. I am just not sure which way to go with this. It seems like a lot of things would have to happen for them to be truly happy on the island as we know it.

392. Rita
     Comment 392, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     So there was Boone, Shannon, Ana, libby, Charlie, Eko. The one guy Steve or Scott, can’t remeber wich one. Anymore?

     …Dr. Artz, Paolo, Nikki…

     ****************

     Do you mean people who have died? The pilot, the marshall, several un-named tailies, the girl who drowned,… ?

393. Michael
     Comment 393, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     When Jack tells Kate in the FF, does he want to go back to rescue the rest of the Losties? I don’t think he wants to go back to live, nor does Hurley. They know the rest of the Losties are still there and they want to rescue them, right? It would torture me to know that I am alive and well on the mainland when some of my closest friends (even for a short time) are still living on the island hoping for rescue.

     Hard to say whether or not they are hoping for rescue. They may just be happy with their lives on the island! Problem is, what will they do for food and electricity, etc., after Dharma (or whomever) pulls the plug?

     *************
     Kind of like how Ben is happy living on the island? The Losties can’t be truly happy unless Ben is overthrown…. and they find a way to get food and supplies. Most of them do have very good reasons for staying on the island. I am just not sure which way to go with this. It seems like a lot of things would have to happen for them to be truly happy on the island as we know it.

     Well, whos left in Locke Town and do they have anything to go home to?

394. Hammer
     Comment 394, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Did anyone else find the scene in the hospital strange?
     When they first show the patient next to him(pre-Libby) he has tubes in him. And he looks alot like Alvar Hanso, as someone else mentioned. Now in the same scene (post_libby), the patient is clearly wearing an oxygen mask and looks a lot like INMAN. It is definitely no the same person. You can tall by the hairline.

     Actually if you look at the ears…same guy…but why the different equipment as we discussed last night?

     ———–
     actually, if you look at the hairline, different guy

     Respectfully disagree, since you can’t see his hair line the second time…and the ears are the same.

395. Michael
     Comment 395, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Unfortunately they DID show her die. Jack and Hurly WERE in the room. They show the bodies that are WRAPPED (don’t actual see the body) being placed in the hole. They don’t show them being covered up. That’s when Desmond’s boat arrives .

396. Michael
     Comment 396, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     So there was Boone, Shannon, Ana, libby, Charlie, Eko. The one guy Steve or Scott, can’t remeber wich one. Anymore?

     …Dr. Artz, Paolo, Nikki…

     ****************

     Do you mean people who have died? The pilot, the marshall, several un-named tailies, the girl who drowned,… ?

     —————-

     Just trying to get a count.

397. Hammer
     Comment 397, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     So there was Boone, Shannon, Ana, libby, Charlie, Eko. The one guy Steve or Scott, can’t remeber wich one. Anymore?

     …Dr. Artz, Paolo, Nikki…

     ****************

     Do you mean people who have died? The pilot, the marshall, several un-named tailies, the girl who drowned,… ?

     —————-

     Just trying to get a count.

     Oh…go to lostpedia.com and look up deaths…full list including off island.

398. lost4ever
     Comment 398, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     That’s what’s great about this blog HAMMER. We can disagree on certain things and agree on others. Now, why would they put the oxygen mask on him post-Libby? There were whispers in that scene so was it a dream?
     Did anyone else think that Alex was looking a little pregnant?

399. Rita
     Comment 399, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     That’s what’s great about this blog HAMMER. We can disagree on certain things and agree on others. Now, why would they put the oxygen mask on him post-Libby? There were whispers in that scene so was it a dream?
     Did anyone else think that Alex was looking a little pregnant?

     Wow wouldn’t THAT be a twist?! Didn’t notice, but anything is possible with LOST!

400. jaime
     Comment 400, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     A few things about Libby that intrigue me

     1. Her giving Des the boat
     2. She broke up the convo between Eko and Charlotte which allowed him to catch the flight
     3. She was in the Santa Rosa with Hurley
     4. She is the only one without an episode devoted to her
     5. We have never been told her last name or who her 3 past husbands were.
     6. Why is she in Michaels visions and not Ana Lucia?

     And yes Lost4ever, I thought Alex looked pregnant. That’s the first thing I said when we saw Karl put his arm around her…she was even touching her stomach when Ben interupted them to tell them of his plan.

401. Hammer
     Comment 401, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     That’s what’s great about this blog HAMMER. We can disagree on certain things and agree on others. Now, why would they put the oxygen mask on him post-Libby? There were whispers in that scene so was it a dream?
     Did anyone else think that Alex was looking a little pregnant?

     Right on!
     I’m just as baffled as you on the bed dude.
     Didn’t notice a pooch on Alex…I’ll have to look.

402. Michael
     Comment 402, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     A few things about Libby that intrigue me

     1. Her giving Des the boat
     2. She broke up the convo between Eko and Charlotte which allowed him to catch the flight
     3. She was in the Santa Rosa with Hurley
     4. She is the only one without an episode devoted to her
     5. We have never been told her last name or who her 3 past husbands were.
     6. Why is she in Michaels visions and not Ana Lucia?

     And yes Lost4ever, I thought Alex looked pregnant. That’s the first thing I said when we saw Karl put his arm around her…she was even touching her stomach when Ben interupted them to tell them of his plan.

     I totally agree. That post looks fimilar. One of her husbands names was Dave.

403. Bruno
     Comment 403, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I am thinking back at older shows. THere were talks of the satellites phones brought by the freighter people (when we fist saw one, from Naomi I beleive) being “space age” or somewhat future looking. Are past that now? Have we accepted that they are from the year 2004, just that we had never seen such phones before.

     (I am still bothered about not seeing two helicopters on the freighter when it was ready to go and Michael was boarding it. And Naomi did crashed on the island but nobedy bothered to go see the crash site. THere could have been valuables in that downed helicopter, a radio for example. Anyway… )

404. Hammer
     Comment 404, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Bruno wrote:

     And Naomi did crashed on the island but nobedy bothered to go see the crash site. THere could have been valuables in that downed helicopter, a radio for example. Anyway… )

     I think it crashed into the ocean.

405. jaime
     Comment 405, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     A few things about Libby that intrigue me

     1. Her giving Des the boat
     2. She broke up the convo between Eko and Charlotte which allowed him to catch the flight
     3. She was in the Santa Rosa with Hurley
     4. She is the only one without an episode devoted to her
     5. We have never been told her last name or who her 3 past husbands were.
     6. Why is she in Michaels visions and not Ana Lucia?

     I totally agree. That post looks fimilar. One of her husbands names was Dave.

     ########################################
     I’m sure these questions have all been asked before hence the familiarity.
     Dave was the husband that died and named the boat after her right?
     Still, there has to be a reason that we don’t know her last name or haven’t seen a Libby centric episode

406. Trixanna
     Comment 406, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Alex could be prego?? What a twist. How do I miss these things??? That would give Ben more reason to have Karl killed, but why Danielle? Could Alex carry a baby to full-term? Okay, I know… we don’t even know if she is or isn’t pregnant. You just got my mind whirling now!

407. jaime
     Comment 407, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     may seem silly , and i know its probably been asked before so no ridicule please :)
     When i reply to a comment, how do i do it so that my reply is bolder than what i am responding to….let’s hear the groans :)

408. Rita
     Comment 408, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     may seem silly , and i know its probably been asked before so no ridicule please :)
     When i reply to a comment, how do i do it so that my reply is bolder than what i am responding to….let’s hear the groans :)

     In the upper right corner of the post is a gray “Quote and Reply”. Click on this and it will take you directly to the submit comment section (where you post), with the whole quote already in place. Type under it and when you submit it, it will be as you wish.

409. Rita
     Comment 409, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Alex could be prego?? What a twist. How do I miss these things??? That would give Ben more reason to have Karl killed, but why Danielle? Could Alex carry a baby to full-term? Okay, I know… we don’t even know if she is or isn’t pregnant. You just got my mind whirling now!

     I don’t know why Ben would kill ANYBODY (I’m telling you, he is NOT GOOD) but with Danielle out of the way, Alex is all his again. If Alex IS preggers, it will add a lot of drama!

410. jenny
     Comment 410, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     did the flashback happen before tom was killed in the season3 finale? or is he not dead.
     i didn’t think that they were on the ship for that long

411. LostinSev
     Comment 411, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Libby Widmore!!?? :)

412. Rita
     Comment 412, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     Libby Widmore!!?? :)

     Wouldn’t that be something???!!!

413. Cindy
     Comment 413, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Someone else has mentioned this theory about Alex maybe being pregnant- I dont think she looked pregnant but the way they filmed the scene of her and Carl playing with Aaron, Alex had her arm in front of her belly – sort of made it seem like she was. She definitely didn’t look pregnant when she put her hands in the air at the end and said she was Ben’s daughter. I think patchy is the shooter, by the way.

414. Trixanna
     Comment 414, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hate to sound stupid here but WHY WOULD BEN WANT ALEX ALL TO HIMSELF?? Is it just to gross me out? Ugh… Rita, you are starting to convince me that Ben is NOT GOOD. In fact, I am starting to wonder if ANY of them are good.

     I need to attend a LostAholics meeting, do we have to wait til Thursday or can we have a couple this week? My mind is having a hard time grasping everything, it can only hold so much before my nose starts to bleed.

415. Cindy
     Comment 415, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     does anyone remember what the survivors thought or said of the black box right after the crash of 815? i think sayid or someone commented on it. i just don’t know how widmore got it.

416. LostinSev
     Comment 416, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     If he thinks his “daughter” Alex is pregnant, he maybe wants to get her off the island to save her life.?? Maybe the Temple is a port of some sort. Also, do we know whether or not all of the Others are still alive? Safe??

417. Trixanna
     Comment 417, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Great thought LostinSev. One does have to wonder exactly what the temple is and why it is so safe when the rest of the island isn’t.

418. Michael
     Comment 418, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Cindy wrote:

     does anyone remember what the survivors thought or said of the black box right after the crash of 815? i think sayid or someone commented on it. i just don’t know how widmore got it.

     =========

     I think widmore got the black box out of the fake crash.

419. Rita
     Comment 419, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Cindy wrote:

     Someone else has mentioned this theory about Alex maybe being pregnant- I dont think she looked pregnant but the way they filmed the scene of her and Carl playing with Aaron, Alex had her arm in front of her belly – sort of made it seem like she was. She definitely didn’t look pregnant when she put her hands in the air at the end and said she was Ben’s daughter. I think patchy is the shooter, by the way.

     **************

     One of the strongest points I can think of in favor of BEN being responsible for killing Karl and Danielle is: If he truly knew all along what the tots were up to, why didn’t he send Alex and co. to the temple then? Why not send her with Richard?
     He sent Richard and co. to the temple and grabbed Alex to “take her to her people” or something like that (anyone have an exact quote?). He didn’t SEEM all that concerned about her then. (Yes I know he was frustrated by her teenage angst).
     I like the idea of Patchy being the shooter, but I REALLY DO think he is dead. :(

420. Rita
     Comment 420, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Cindy wrote:

     does anyone remember what the survivors thought or said of the black box right after the crash of 815? i think sayid or someone commented on it. i just don’t know how widmore got it.

     =========

     I think widmore got the black box out of the fake crash.

     ***************
     I would STILL like to hear what it says!

421. Deangoodes
     Comment 421, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita 419 – Ben was being held as a prisoner at that point. He was in no position to tell Alex (who was listening to Rousseau and Carl at that point, and Locke) where they should go.

     Earlier someone asked why Libby showed up and not Anna Lucia. It could be as simple as Michelle Rodriguez (I think that’s the name of the actress playing Anna Lucia) not being available to film, due to prior commitments or legal troubles(If I’m not mistaken she’s been cited for a DUI or two in the last year). Or it could be that Libby still has a part to play in upcoming shows, via flashbacks or current events(Only as a vision or dream, I believe she is dead).

422. Hammer
     Comment 422, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     Earlier someone asked why Libby showed up and not Anna Lucia. It could be as simple as Michelle Rodriguez (I think that’s the name of the actress playing Anna Lucia) not being available to film, due to prior commitments or legal troubles(If I’m not mistaken she’s been cited for a DUI or two in the last year). Or it could be that Libby still has a part to play in upcoming shows, via flashbacks or current events(Only as a vision or dream, I believe she is dead).

     IMO we will find out that Libby was a Widmore-ian.

423. Rita
     Comment 423, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     Rita 419 – Ben was being held as a prisoner at that point. He was in no position to tell Alex (who was listening to Rousseau and Carl at that point, and Locke) where they should go.

     Yes, BUT he had many opportunities afterward, BEFORE he states that the threat is imminent. True, they may not have gone, but he seems persuasive enough. He could have found a way to get them to go IF he had really only their safety in mind.

424. Deangoodes
     Comment 424, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita 423–I believe Ben to be behind the killing of Rousseau and Carl, and if he sent Alex and them to a place to be killed maybe he had no way to communicate to his snipers when and where they would be. He may have had to wait until they got to the housing area to do that.

425. Rita
     Comment 425, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     Rita 423–I believe Ben to be behind the killing of Rousseau and Carl, and if he sent Alex and them to a place to be killed maybe he had no way to communicate to his snipers when and where they would be. He may have had to wait until they got to the housing area to do that.

     Yes, this is my point. That he did wait. If he had wanted only their safety etc., he COULD/WOULD have sent them earlier.

426. Dharma peanut butter
     Comment 426, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Although I have paid close attention to all of the episodes, this one had me confused about whether or not Ben is Alex’s real father. I felt an odd connection between Rouseau and Ben. Any thoughts?

     They definitely hinted that Alex is pregnant and Ben looked uncomfortable watching her with Karl.

     and “bullet proof pillow”? hilarious. question everything! haha

427. Hammer
     Comment 427, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I don’t know about the bullet proof pillow, but I am trying to figure out what she has under the nurse uniform. It looks like there is a pillow under her top…just looks goofy.

428. LostinSev
     Comment 428, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Okay! My neighbor told me her theory and I want to run it by you guys…

     She thinks that island time is six years behind real world time. For instance, when the Losties crashed on the island they are now six years behind. The island time was always set back every 180 minutes and it never advanced until the capsule exploded. Now the island is (maybe)starting to catch up with real time.??

     This would explain why Locke is not paralized (his body before his accident) and Rose doesn’t have cancer (before diagnosis). I know this may not make sense, but that is what my neighbor thinks. Please give thoughts and/or disprove this theory. Thanks!

429. Hammer
     Comment 429, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     Okay! My neighbor told me her theory and I want to run it by you guys…

     She thinks that island time is six years behind real world time. For instance, when the Losties crashed on the island they are now six years behind. The island time was always set back every 180 minutes and it never advanced until the capsule exploded. Now the island is (maybe)starting to catch up with real time.??

     This would explain why Locke is not paralized (his body before his accident) and Rose doesn’t have cancer (before diagnosis). I know this may not make sense, but that is what my neighbor thinks. Please give thoughts and/or disprove this theory. Thanks!

     Possible of course, but why does she feel it is six years and wouldn’t it make everyone go back six years? Michael would notice that Walt would only be 3 or 4, Claire wouldn’t be pregnant, etc?

430. Rita
     Comment 430, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     Okay! My neighbor told me her theory and I want to run it by you guys…

     She thinks that island time is six years behind real world time. For instance, when the Losties crashed on the island they are now six years behind. The island time was always set back every 180 minutes and it never advanced until the capsule exploded. Now the island is (maybe)starting to catch up with real time.??

     This would explain why Locke is not paralized (his body before his accident) and Rose doesn’t have cancer (before diagnosis). I know this may not make sense, but that is what my neighbor thinks. Please give thoughts and/or disprove this theory. Thanks!

     Possible of course, but why does she feel it is six years and wouldn’t it make everyone go back six years? Michael would notice that Walt would only be 3 or 4, Claire wouldn’t be pregnant, etc?

     ********************

     This theory was explained (via a weblink) a couple of weeks ago. I wish I could remember the source, you should check it out. Anybody remember it?

431. Rita
     Comment 431, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Dharma peanut butter wrote:

     Although I have paid close attention to all of the episodes, this one had me confused about whether or not Ben is Alex’s real father. I felt an odd connection between Rouseau and Ben. Any thoughts?

     They definitely hinted that Alex is pregnant and Ben looked uncomfortable watching her with Karl.

     and “bullet proof pillow”? hilarious. question everything! haha

     How did they hint that Alex was pregnant? I guess I missed that. Enlighten me please!

432. Hammer
     Comment 432, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     That one escapes me Rita. Don’t remember it.

433. Circus Mom
     Comment 433, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     In light of the theories that Libby is/was working for somebody, I will say that I ALWAYS thought it was VERY odd that she was carrying that pillow conveniently in front of her when she was shot.

     Did we see her dead body? Was she buried? Could it be that she was told she MIGHT be shot and to take (okay a stretch) a bullet-proof pillow with her everywhere? Could she have then escaped in the melee that followed the shooting?

     Someone with access to the applicable episodes available, please chime in!

     : ) P

     There was a funeral where she and Anna Lucia were burried.

434. Circus Mom
     Comment 434, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     PJSander wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Michael: So we are to believe that he can not convince his son that they should be ecstatic to have gotten off that deserted island, and have been reunited from a kidnapping? His son would be so mad at him, for the nitty gritty details of their escape from that hell hole, that it would drive Mike to suicide?

     I didn’t get an answer as to why Mike couldn’t say, “Mom, (his own mother won’t let him see his son????) we crashed on that plane, we were on an island with some crazy folks, there are other survivors left behind, but I have no way of knowing how to get back there.” If folks are saying well he’d have to tell what he did to get off that island, it’s Mike’s word against a lying Ben, who would probably not be around to go to court anyway, let alone be a trusted witness. Who from the island would testify against Mike for coming back and rescuing them?

     Wouldn’t that be the redemption Mike needed in order to get back his son’s respect? I needed for there to be more of a reason for Mike’s silence about the island upon his return.

     Well the thing is that we don’t know what happened between the dory and New York. We don’t know HOW he got to the U.S., what he had to promise to be allowed to got there, who he had to pretend to be, and who is orchestrating everything. There are a lot of unknowns in this respect. It could well be that he isn’t allowed to explain what really happened.

     : ) P

     —————

     I think Walt had a stronger connection with not only the island but the people he was there with. And knowing that his father Did such horrible things to get off the island might brake the rocky relationship he had with him .

     And I’m sure ben would have made it clear to Michael not to talk about the island. The threat would be he would come and take walt back. To many unknowns.

     Walt never met the talies so he had no connection with Anna Lucia or Libby. Remember, he “appeared” to Shannon just before the talies got there.

435. LostinSev
     Comment 435, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I don’t know how my neighbor came up with six yrs. I wondered about that too, in regards to Walt’s age and Clair. I don’t think she meant that the Losties become six years younger themselves. I don’t know, I do like listening to how other people interpret the show. We all see it in different ways. I enjoy reading everyone’s thoughts and theories.

436. Circus Mom
     Comment 436, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     When we first see Michael in the hospital room his moniter looks kind of old fashioned. Libby appears, Michael screams and then a nurse comes in and the moniter looks newer and the other patient looks “dirrerent.” I think the first scene when Libby appeared was Michael dreaming of when he was in the hospital after the car accident. I think Libby was really there on the first hospital visit and that Michael woke up from the “nightmare” when he screamed and we then saw the current Hospital room.
     The shocked look on Michaels face when he shot Libby in the Hatch may have been because he remembered her.

437. Rita
     Comment 437, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     When we first see Michael in the hospital room his moniter looks kind of old fashioned. Libby appears, Michael screams and then a nurse comes in and the moniter looks newer and the other patient looks “dirrerent.” I think the first scene when Libby appeared was Michael dreaming of when he was in the hospital after the car accident. I think Libby was really there on the first hospital visit and that Michael woke up from the “nightmare” when he screamed and we then saw the current Hospital room.
     The shocked look on Michaels face when he shot Libby in the Hatch may have been because he remembered her.

     Sounds plausible!

438. Laura G
     Comment 438, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Okay, finally finished reading all the posts! A few thoughts:

     1. That was Michael’s mom that Ghostbuster visited, but it happened while Michael & Walt were still LOST.

     2. I do think it’s Michael in the coffin, under an alias. If it were Sayid or Sawyer, I think Kate would attend the funeral. Only other possibility is Locke (as far as I can figure), but I doubt he would ever leave the island.

     3. I am thinking the “temple” is more of an ancient site…explains why Alpert knows about it (b/c he is one of the “hostiles”, an original inhabitant of the island).

     4. The only reason I don’t think it was Ben who arranged the shooting (we can NOT be sure they’re dead!) of Danielle and Carl is because he wouldn’t trust anyone to shoot so close to his girl. He really does want to keep her SAFE, and that just seems way too risky.

     5. RE: Michael & Walt, I would add that Walt never wanted to leave the island anyway!!! He told Locke he liked it there, and he was tired of moving around. Of course he wanted to be rescued from the creepy Others, but I’m sure he would have been happy just to return safely to the Lostie’s camp.

     BTW, I really despise Michael now. That is the most selfish thing to do — kill yourself and leave your son an ORPHAN, b/c you feel guilty. Boo-f’n-hoo!

439. Hurley's sister
     Comment 439, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Dharma peanut butter wrote:

     Although I have paid close attention to all of the episodes, this one had me confused about whether or not Ben is Alex’s real father. I felt an odd connection between Rouseau and Ben. Any thoughts?

     first time poster, avid reader–
     I also felt there was a wierd connection between Ben and Rouseau during that scene. My intuition says that Rouseau knows more than she is letting on. What she would know escapes me, but it seems she knows the island better than many currently on it and it is unlikely that she wouldnt already have come across the temple in the past. Maybe she so easily agreed they should go there because shes somehow in the know about what is at stake, or knows what the temple has to offer. I wonder how long before we get an episode focusing on Rouseau with FBs.

     Also, the way she looked at Ben was as if she deeply cared for him. Maybe she felt he was sacrificing his own life for her, Alex and Karl, but regardless it was bizarre that she did not disagree with Ben when he called Alex “his daughter.” I feel like there is something between Ben and Rouseau that goes beyond–I steal your baby, you come back and find her, I continue to tell her shes mine right in front of you.
     Thoughts?

440. LostFan
     Comment 440, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     For those of you who didn’t catch… Jin didn’t actually die, If you look at the date of death on his grave it is the same day as the crash. So he probably didn’t die, he’s just left on the island and the grave is staged. Sun just came to visit it because it’s the closest thing of him she has.

     I think that Danielle and Carl got shot by the others… Like as if Ben staged the whole thing about Carl, Danielle, and Alex to go to the Tempest, and have his people shoot down Carl and Alex. We know that he never liked Carl and he probably wants Danielle gone because he doesn’t want Alex taken away from him and he probably doesn’t want to share her… which is probably why she didn’t get shot.

441. PJSander
     Comment 441, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     I think Walt had a stronger connection with not only the island but the people he was there with. And knowing that his father Did such horrible things to get off the island might brake the rocky relationship he had with him .

     Plus, we don’t know what the Others told Walt about his dad after they kidnapped him. His relationship with Michael was tenuous and short-lived, he might be quite easily swayed. It may be that Michael TOLD Walt, “I TRIED to rescue you! I even KILLED two people in order to see you,” not realizing that it would further alienate him.

     : ) P

442. Lins
     Comment 442, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Just re-watched and noticed a few things:

     1. Alex doesn’t look pregnant. The camera was focusing on Carl’s hand on her back and Ben looked a little upset about that.

     2. I think Danielle gave Ben weird looks because he admitted she was Alex’s mother and talked about how she would protect her…I think it surprised her to hear him talk like that.

     3. The creepy part was, at the end of that scene…Ben almost has an evil little smile on his face like he knows what’s going to happen to Danielle and Carl.

443. Hans
     Comment 443, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     WOooooooo GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     I’ve been going through season 2 finale ONCE AGAON and I FOUND A REMARKABLE ELEMENT!!!!!!!!

     Hate to even think but, I think…

     Penny wildmore was instrumental in getting the island coordinates to her dad, charles widmore.

     with her will or without.

     remember? when the season 2 ended, the scientists in Antarctica found an electromagnetic incident and reported to our penny?

     so i hate to wonder, but can she become part of all of this too?

     i mean it explains, why then soon afterwards:-

     1) they find the plane wreck and a freighter is sent to find the island!!!!!!! – cuz widmore got the coordinates from that scientists/or penny who analyzed and noted the incident in Antarctica and staged the scne and got ready to infiltrate into the island on the new found information…

     what do you guys think about it?

     And very good points circus mom on micheal :)

444. reilly
     Comment 444, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     I definitely think Ben had Rousseau and Carl killed. That was a sharpshooter taking them out. I think the scene on the freighter was put there on purpose to show they were NOT good shots. They had a machine gun with dozens of bullets flying and still only hit the one clay pigeon. Plus, they had no need to kill Rousseau and Carl, they could have taken all three. Only Ben would have something to gain (Alex) by killing those two.

     And Walt in his room looked like a short Walt again, although that could have just been how it looked with a high windowsill.

     The car Michael drove into the barrier was a Plymouth Volare (A Dodge Aspen is possible, they are exactly the same except for the logos, which I think were Plymouth), about a ’76. I had one for a few years in the 80′s.

     Why did Ben not have any scars or injuries or bruises when he was in his jammies??? Hasn’t he been getting beat up pretty regularly for some time now??

     I agree that Ben set them Rousseau and Karl up so that he could eliminate those between him and Alex, and to make sure Alex didn’t get pregnant on the island and die.

     Ben doesn’t look beat up because it’s a flashback – his conversation with Michael happened before Ben was captured, before he destroyed the ship’s radio room, before the freighter people arrived on the island. We see it because Michael is telling Sayid and Desmond how he came to be on the ship and that’s part of the story.

445. Hermy
     Comment 445, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     From: Laura G

     “Okay, finally finished reading all the posts! A few thoughts:

     1. That was Michael’s mom that Ghostbuster visited, but it happened while Michael & Walt were still LOST.”

     ***Laura-

     Thanks for bringing this up – I too was trying to figure this out. At first, I thought you were right – mostly cause I didn’t want Walt to kill himself! But, remember Walt lived in Australia, not with his grandma, so… I’m not totally sure how ghost work :) but I think the implication was that Miles went to Walt’s (or whoever) bedroom to his little chatting. Which would mean, present day.

     BUT, here’s the thing. Michael sees Walt in the window. Michael tries to kill himself, meets Mr. Friendly, goes to Fiji, meets Miles, travels with Miles to almost the island, Miles helicopters away, holds a grenade in his mouth for about a month and then is relieved of this duty in order to go back to being a smart alec again.

     SO, if Walt killed himself (or got killed) does that mean he did it between the time Michael saw him in the window and when he boarded ship to Fiji?

     Does that possibly fit with Whisper Walt on the island?

     I didn’t want Walt to die – maybe it’s not really Walt in the pictures, but one of his cousins?

     *sigh*

     A final thought – I think Danielle knew she was about to be shot at – my only hope is that, while she’s probably willing to give her life for Alex, she figured some nifty way to stay alive and fake it.

     Please?

446. Pistols
     Comment 446, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     mlc wrote:

     The preview at the end of the episode said that all of the oceanic six have been revealed and showed images of all the obvious ones plus of aaron. Are we to now know for sure that aaron is part of the oceanic six?

     Sure looks like it! I admit I wasn’t a follower of that theory, and it looks like I was wrong, that Aaron is an O6er afterall.

     Alot of us were wrong. Me big time.

     Although after this episode the creators did say that they don’t have anything to do with the way that ABC advertises…..they showed Aaron, but never clarified specifically.

447. skweez
     Comment 447, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Cindy wrote:

     Someone else has mentioned this theory about Alex maybe being pregnant- I dont think she looked pregnant but the way they filmed the scene of her and Carl playing with Aaron, Alex had her arm in front of her belly – sort of made it seem like she was. She definitely didn’t look pregnant when she put her hands in the air at the end and said she was Ben’s daughter. I think patchy is the shooter, by the way.

     Read post 136…

448. LostEver
     Comment 448, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hans wrote:

     WOooooooo GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     I’ve been going through season 2 finale ONCE AGAON and I FOUND A REMARKABLE ELEMENT!!!!!!!!

     Hate to even think but, I think…

     Penny wildmore was instrumental in getting the island coordinates to her dad, charles widmore.

     with her will or without.

     remember? when the season 2 ended, the scientists in Antarctica found an electromagnetic incident and reported to our penny?

     so i hate to wonder, but can she become part of all of this too?

     i mean it explains, why then soon afterwards:-

     1) they find the plane wreck and a freighter is sent to find the island!!!!!!! – cuz widmore got the coordinates from that scientists/or penny who analyzed and noted the incident in Antarctica and staged the scne and got ready to infiltrate into the island on the new found information…

     what do you guys think about it?

     And very good points circus mom on micheal :)

     Great Point out hans..

     I was thinking about how did widmore suddenly arrived at the location of the island too..

     I think your argument got some substance in it…

     But the problem is, is pennilope helping Desmond for real or she wants to find the island/ help dad find the island too?

     But surely, i remember her face vaguely in the season 2 finale, with the weird music in the last shot..
     it sure looked bit creepy.

     Good revelation Hans!

449. Andreas Lowas
     Comment 449, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I think i agree with Lostever and Hans..

     Charles widmore suddenly sending a freighter to the island and the swan hatch blast got a connection.

     it has to be.

     and why did penny was the one those scientists reported to?

     Look, charles widmore was looking for this island and had many attempts to infiltrate it..
     henry gale for one.

     but he never successfully got through.

     but this time he sends a whole army with weapond trained mercenaries. so he got those coordinates alright!

     so either the event shoudl be :

     plane crash or hatch blown incident of swan station.

     scientist got exact location at that incident.
     on the computer screen.
     so who did scientists report to- penny widmore.

     so guys i think there is a shady coincidence now isnt it?

     think you are onto something.

450. 345lostie
     Comment 450, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Charles widmore and the

     LostEver wrote:

     Hans wrote:

     WOooooooo GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     I’ve been going through season 2 finale ONCE AGAON and I FOUND A REMARKABLE ELEMENT!!!!!!!!

     Hate to even think but, I think…

     Penny wildmore was instrumental in getting the island coordinates to her dad, charles widmore.
     with her will or without.

     remember? when the season 2 ended, the scientists in Antarctica found an electromagnetic incident and reported to our penny?

     so i hate to wonder, but can she become part of all of this too?

     i mean it explains, why then soon afterwards:-

     1) they find the plane wreck and a freighter is sent to find the island!!!!!!! – cuz widmore got the coordinates from that scientists/or penny who analyzed and noted the incident in Antarctica and staged the scne and got ready to infiltrate into the island on the new found information…

     what do you guys think about it?

     And very good points circus mom on micheal :)

     Great Point out hans..

     I was thinking about how did widmore suddenly arrived at the location of the island too..

     I think your argument got some substance in it…

     But the problem is, is pennilope helping Desmond for real or she wants to find the island/ help dad find the island too?

     But surely, i remember her face vaguely in the season 2 finale, with the weird music in the last shot..
     it sure looked bit creepy.

     Good revelation Hans!

     Ooooohh Charles widmore and his coordinates..

     Yeah.. sounds like a great theory.

     I always wondered why dod they show that last 2 minute clip and of the season 2. now it explains a lot..

     nice one guys.

     But I have a another one.

     Maybe charles put them scientists on Antarctica, and they are secretly working for penny maybe?

     aftrall i don’t want to think penny is evil as well.

     But surely thats a great one to ponder on..!!!

     “Where did widmore get coordinates finally to send a freighter. but of course from his Daughter!!!!!”

     Stay Lost!

451. Hate_LocKe_GuTs
     Comment 451, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hans wrote:

     WOooooooo GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     I’ve been going through season 2 finale ONCE AGAON and I FOUND A REMARKABLE ELEMENT!!!!!!!!

     Hate to even think but, I think…

     Penny wildmore was instrumental in getting the island coordinates to her dad, charles widmore.

     with her will or without.

     remember? when the season 2 ended, the scientists in Antarctica found an electromagnetic incident and reported to our penny?

     so i hate to wonder, but can she become part of all of this too?

     i mean it explains, why then soon afterwards:-

     1) they find the plane wreck and a freighter is sent to find the island!!!!!!! – cuz widmore got the coordinates from that scientists/or penny who analyzed and noted the incident in Antarctica and staged the scne and got ready to infiltrate into the island on the new found information…

     what do you guys think about it?

     And very good points circus mom on micheal :)

     Okay. Nice One.

     I like this theory.
     It fits th timelines and the Mythology!!!!!

     Evil father and Semi- Evil Daughter!!!

     Total Lost formula!!!!!!!!!!

     Adiozz…

452. Laura G
     Comment 452, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I am assuming that photos in Michael’s mom’s house when she hires Ghostbuster to come over are of Michael as a child, not Walt. She may or may not have ever met Walt before his Mom took him to live with her.

     Michael probably told his mom that he was going to Australia and would be bringing Walt back with him, so she knew he was on the Oceanic flight & assumed he & Walt had died.

     When Miles did his Ghostbusting thing, he may have learned something about what had actually happened to the Oceanic flight, which may have led to his getting on the freighter.

453. katesFriend
     Comment 453, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Laura G wrote:

     I am assuming that photos in Michael’s mom’s house when she hires Ghostbuster to come over are of Michael as a child, not Walt. She may or may not have ever met Walt before his Mom took him to live with her.

     Michael probably told his mom that he was going to Australia and would be bringing Walt back with him, so she knew he was on the Oceanic flight & assumed he & Walt had died.

     When Miles did his Ghostbusting thing, he may have learned something about what had actually happened to the Oceanic flight, which may have led to his getting on the freighter.

     miles ghost busting = LA
     Mike’s mom = NY

     = not the same

454. Freckles
     Comment 454, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Just curious…does Charles Widmore have an English accent?

455. Deangoodes
     Comment 455, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I don’t believe Penny is evil. Even if she did give the coordinates to her dad, I doubt she knows (or thinks) he is going to do something terrible. Penny is truly in love with Desmond and would in no way put him in danger.

     The hospital room: I have watched and re-watched that scene. It certainly looks like the same guy in the bed next to Michael. And there are two monitors in Michael’s room. If you look closely, you can see them both in both scenes. They are the same, one is monitoring is heartbeat, etc….The other is dispersing his medicine.

456. Sim
     Comment 456, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     GOOD ONE.

457. Hammer
     Comment 457, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hans wrote:

     WOooooooo GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     I’ve been going through season 2 finale ONCE AGAON and I FOUND A REMARKABLE ELEMENT!!!!!!!!

     Hate to even think but, I think…

     Penny wildmore was instrumental in getting the island coordinates to her dad, charles widmore.

     with her will or without.

     remember? when the season 2 ended, the scientists in Antarctica found an electromagnetic incident and reported to our penny?

     so i hate to wonder, but can she become part of all of this too?

     i mean it explains, why then soon afterwards:-

     1) they find the plane wreck and a freighter is sent to find the island!!!!!!! – cuz widmore got the coordinates from that scientists/or penny who analyzed and noted the incident in Antarctica and staged the scne and got ready to infiltrate into the island on the new found information…

     what do you guys think about it?

     And very good points circus mom on micheal :)

     Okay, now I’m gonna be snoddy. How many times have I said that? Here for example from the Ji Yeon thread:
     Hammer
     Comment 643, posted 2 days, 20 hours ago – Quote and reply
     lost4ever wrote:

     You are right…we don’t know how long the freighter has been there. I am guessing after the hatch exploded they were sent there. Remember the ending seen of Season 2? The sonar revealed the island location temporarily and Penny Widmore was telephoned.

     My take, Widmore knew that Penny was looking for Des. He was spying on her efforts in addition to his own efforts to find the island. The hatch blows, Penny’s folks get a bearing, hence Widmore gets a bearing and dispatches the freighter and here we are…

458. Hammer
     Comment 458, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     I don’t believe Penny is evil. Even if she did give the coordinates to her dad, I doubt she knows (or thinks) he is going to do something terrible. Penny is truly in love with Desmond and would in no way put him in danger.

     The hospital room: I have watched and re-watched that scene. It certainly looks like the same guy in the bed next to Michael. And there are two monitors in Michael’s room. If you look closely, you can see them both in both scenes. They are the same, one is monitoring is heartbeat, etc….The other is dispersing his medicine.

     Thanks. That would make sense.

459. Hammer
     Comment 459, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Laura G wrote:

     I am assuming that photos in Michael’s mom’s house when she hires Ghostbuster to come over are of Michael as a child, not Walt. She may or may not have ever met Walt before his Mom took him to live with her.

     Michael probably told his mom that he was going to Australia and would be bringing Walt back with him, so she knew he was on the Oceanic flight & assumed he & Walt had died.

     When Miles did his Ghostbusting thing, he may have learned something about what had actually happened to the Oceanic flight, which may have led to his getting on the freighter.

     I’m not sure yet, but it seems to me that Micheals mom was not the lady Miles performed for. Faces are very different, but I haven’t done the research to if they are different actresses.

460. Michael
     Comment 460, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Freckles wrote:

     Just curious…does Charles Widmore have an English accent?

     +++++++++++++++
     I don’t remember him having one. Which is weird? Because everyone one else who has an accent is very noticeable. You would think he does. But i can’t remember him having one.

461. Michael
     Comment 461, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hermy wrote:

     From: Laura G

     “Okay, finally finished reading all the posts! A few thoughts:

     1. That was Michael’s mom that Ghostbuster visited, but it happened while Michael & Walt were still LOST.”

     ***Laura-

     Thanks for bringing this up – I too was trying to figure this out. At first, I thought you were right – mostly cause I didn’t want Walt to kill himself! But, remember Walt lived in Australia, not with his grandma, so… I’m not totally sure how ghost work :) but I think the implication was that Miles went to Walt’s (or whoever) bedroom to his little chatting. Which would mean, present day.

     BUT, here’s the thing. Michael sees Walt in the window. Michael tries to kill himself, meets Mr. Friendly, goes to Fiji, meets Miles, travels with Miles to almost the island, Miles helicopters away, holds a grenade in his mouth for about a month and then is relieved of this duty in order to go back to being a smart alec again.

     SO, if Walt killed himself (or got killed) does that mean he did it between the time Michael saw him in the window and when he boarded ship to Fiji?

     Does that possibly fit with Whisper Walt on the island?

     I didn’t want Walt to die – maybe it’s not really Walt in the pictures, but one of his cousins?

     *sigh*

     A final thought – I think Danielle knew she was about to be shot at – my only hope is that, while she’s probably willing to give her life for Alex, she figured some nifty way to stay alive and fake it.

     Please?

     +++++++++++++++++
     I think if Michael can not kill him self then walt wouldn’t be able as well.

462. Michael
     Comment 462, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     I think Walt had a stronger connection with not only the island but the people he was there with. And knowing that his father Did such horrible things to get off the island might brake the rocky relationship he had with him .

     Plus, we don’t know what the Others told Walt about his dad after they kidnapped him. His relationship with Michael was tenuous and short-lived, he might be quite easily swayed. It may be that Michael TOLD Walt, “I TRIED to rescue you! I even KILLED two people in order to see you,” not realizing that it would further alienate him.

     : ) P

     That sounds like something Michael would do. What exactly did the others do with Walt? They gave him a bunch of test. And when Ben gave Walt back he said something like “He’s more that we bargained for” or “more than we can handle”.

463. CAG
     Comment 463, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Did anyone notice how surprised Ben was when he learned that Michael had activated the bomb? Was he surprised that Michael would actually do it, or that it didn’t blow everyone up? It could be that the “innocent people” speach was Ben covering up his surprise, making it look like he planned it all. He doesn’t seem to care about collateral damage, he gassed all the Dharmites, was instrumental in the death of goodwin, and maybe now Carl and Alex’s mom. Ben’s not a good guy, I think Hurley is the only good guy .. well, maybe Claire too.

464. CAG
     Comment 464, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Oh, and another observation, Apperantly we now have proof that Ben was lying about the island comms being out after the hatch blew, since he called Michael on the boat. Did anyone recognise the radio room Ben was in? Was it the one in the looking glass?

465. Trixanna
     Comment 465, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     CAG wrote:

     Did anyone notice how surprised Ben was when he learned that Michael had activated the bomb? Was he surprised that Michael would actually do it, or that it didn’t blow everyone up? It could be that the “innocent people” speach was Ben covering up his surprise, making it look like he planned it all. He doesn’t seem to care about collateral damage, he gassed all the Dharmites, was instrumental in the death of goodwin, and maybe now Carl and Alex’s mom. Ben’s not a good guy, I think Hurley is the only good guy .. well, maybe Claire too.

     I did notice that Ben looked a little surprised.Could it be because he didn’t think Michael would actually do it? It could have been a test to see just how far Michael would go for him and if he was willing to kill everyone on the ship, along with himself, he would be willing to do ANYTHING that was asked of him.

466. Deangoodes
     Comment 466, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     CAG – It looked like Ben was in his secret room in his house at the barracks.

467. Michael
     Comment 467, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     CAG wrote:

     Did anyone notice how surprised Ben was when he learned that Michael had activated the bomb? Was he surprised that Michael would actually do it, or that it didn’t blow everyone up? It could be that the “innocent people” speach was Ben covering up his surprise, making it look like he planned it all. He doesn’t seem to care about collateral damage, he gassed all the Dharmites, was instrumental in the death of goodwin, and maybe now Carl and Alex’s mom. Ben’s not a good guy, I think Hurley is the only good guy .. well, maybe Claire too.

     I did notice that Ben looked a little surprised.Could it be because he didn’t think Michael would actually do it? It could have been a test to see just how far Michael would go for him and if he was willing to kill everyone on the ship, along with himself, he would be willing to do ANYTHING that was asked of him.

     ++++++++++++++++++++

     He was put on that boat to kill everyone. That’s what tom told him. They gave him a bomb to do. How would tom or Ben know that the first time Michael goes to blow up would be the wrong time? So more questions. Is the Bomb real? If so, is there a different code he needs? If fake, why have him on the boat? Well that’s obvious. Ben wants to know the names of everyone on the boat. Is that the really reason Michael was sent to the boat. Just to be an informant?

468. CAG
     Comment 468, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Maybe there’s some people on the boat that Jacob deems “listworthy”

469. CAG
     Comment 469, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     CAG – It looked like Ben was in his secret room in his house at the barracks.

     So, that’s THREE radio rooms on the island that we know of … I wonder if the rest of the “others” know about Ben’s secret radio room

470. Rita
     Comment 470, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     CAG wrote:

     Deangoodes wrote:

     CAG – It looked like Ben was in his secret room in his house at the barracks.

     So, that’s THREE radio rooms on the island that we know of … I wonder if the rest of the “others” know about Ben’s secret radio room

     ****************

     The most honest thing that Ben ever said was “I always have a plan”. I never believed that ALL the communications were really down. So this time it is HAMM radio. I think he is a dangerous very evil genious and I have to respect that (while I am so glad he lives no where around here!) Probably the Tempest station also has communications systems.

471. Rita
     Comment 471, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     CAG wrote:

     Did anyone notice how surprised Ben was when he learned that Michael had activated the bomb? Was he surprised that Michael would actually do it, or that it didn’t blow everyone up? It could be that the “innocent people” speach was Ben covering up his surprise, making it look like he planned it all. He doesn’t seem to care about collateral damage, he gassed all the Dharmites, was instrumental in the death of goodwin, and maybe now Carl and Alex’s mom. Ben’s not a good guy, I think Hurley is the only good guy .. well, maybe Claire too.

     I did notice that Ben looked a little surprised.Could it be because he didn’t think Michael would actually do it? It could have been a test to see just how far Michael would go for him and if he was willing to kill everyone on the ship, along with himself, he would be willing to do ANYTHING that was asked of him.

     ++++++++++++++++++++

     He was put on that boat to kill everyone. That’s what tom told him. They gave him a bomb to do. How would tom or Ben know that the first time Michael goes to blow up would be the wrong time? So more questions. Is the Bomb real? If so, is there a different code he needs? If fake, why have him on the boat? Well that’s obvious. Ben wants to know the names of everyone on the boat. Is that the really reason Michael was sent to the boat. Just to be an informant?

     ******************

     I have been thinking that Ben’s plan could all along have been for Sayiid to be his man. In that case, Michael is just a means to an end, to ultimately get Sayiid on board to do Bens’ dirty work. (That’s on board the plan, not the boat. We will have to wait to see how this plays out) Michael is too weak and conflicted to do more than be an informant, though if the bomb had been real, that would have been the end of the boat. Therefore, Ben doesn’t WANT them all dead. He has a different plan. Again, evil genious.

472. Rita
     Comment 472, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     CAG wrote:

     Did anyone notice how surprised Ben was when he learned that Michael had activated the bomb? Was he surprised that Michael would actually do it, or that it didn’t blow everyone up? It could be that the “innocent people” speach was Ben covering up his surprise, making it look like he planned it all. He doesn’t seem to care about collateral damage, he gassed all the Dharmites, was instrumental in the death of goodwin, and maybe now Carl and Alex’s mom. Ben’s not a good guy, I think Hurley is the only good guy .. well, maybe Claire too.

     I did notice that Ben looked a little surprised.Could it be because he didn’t think Michael would actually do it? It could have been a test to see just how far Michael would go for him and if he was willing to kill everyone on the ship, along with himself, he would be willing to do ANYTHING that was asked of him.

     **********************

     I think very little actually surprises Ben. He is just too good at mind games. It served his purpose for him to SOUND/SEEM surprised for Michael’s benefit, but his plan is right on schedule. I agree with Trix that it could well have been a test for Michael.

473. Circus Mom
     Comment 473, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Laura G wrote:

     Okay, finally finished reading all the posts! A few thoughts:

     1. That was Michael’s mom that Ghostbuster visited, but it happened while Michael & Walt were still LOST.

     2. I do think it’s Michael in the coffin, under an alias. If it were Sayid or Sawyer, I think Kate would attend the funeral. Only other possibility is Locke (as far as I can figure), but I doubt he would ever leave the island.

     3. I am thinking the “temple” is more of an ancient site…explains why Alpert knows about it (b/c he is one of the “hostiles”, an original inhabitant of the island).

     4. The only reason I don’t think it was Ben who arranged the shooting (we can NOT be sure they’re dead!) of Danielle and Carl is because he wouldn’t trust anyone to shoot so close to his girl. He really does want to keep her SAFE, and that just seems way too risky.

     5. RE: Michael & Walt, I would add that Walt never wanted to leave the island anyway!!! He told Locke he liked it there, and he was tired of moving around. Of course he wanted to be rescued from the creepy Others, but I’m sure he would have been happy just to return safely to the Lostie’s camp.

     BTW, I really despise Michael now. That is the most selfish thing to do — kill yourself and leave your son an ORPHAN, b/c you feel guilty. Boo-f’n-hoo!

     Miles went to a house in California and Michaels mom lives in New York. The houses and the mothers looked different. Michael was not a young drug dealer. Michael saw the news about the plane being found while in New York. Miles went to the house in LA the day the news broke. I am however now wondering who’s house it was in LA. Perhaps one of the drug dealers who Killed Yemi?
     I think the temple is connected to Dharma somehow. The maps show it in a Dharma sign.

474. Circus Mom
     Comment 474, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hermy wrote:

     From: Laura G

     “Okay, finally finished reading all the posts! A few thoughts:

     1. That was Michael’s mom that Ghostbuster visited, but it happened while Michael & Walt were still LOST.”

     ***Laura-

     Thanks for bringing this up – I too was trying to figure this out. At first, I thought you were right – mostly cause I didn’t want Walt to kill himself! But, remember Walt lived in Australia, not with his grandma, so… I’m not totally sure how ghost work :) but I think the implication was that Miles went to Walt’s (or whoever) bedroom to his little chatting. Which would mean, present day.

     BUT, here’s the thing. Michael sees Walt in the window. Michael tries to kill himself, meets Mr. Friendly, goes to Fiji, meets Miles, travels with Miles to almost the island, Miles helicopters away, holds a grenade in his mouth for about a month and then is relieved of this duty in order to go back to being a smart alec again.

     SO, if Walt killed himself (or got killed) does that mean he did it between the time Michael saw him in the window and when he boarded ship to Fiji?

     Does that possibly fit with Whisper Walt on the island?

     I didn’t want Walt to die – maybe it’s not really Walt in the pictures, but one of his cousins?

     *sigh*

     A final thought – I think Danielle knew she was about to be shot at – my only hope is that, while she’s probably willing to give her life for Alex, she figured some nifty way to stay alive and fake it.

     Please?

     I wonder if Danielle had Charlottes vest on?

475. Rita
     Comment 475, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hermy wrote:

     From: Laura G

     A final thought – I think Danielle knew she was about to be shot at – my only hope is that, while she’s probably willing to give her life for Alex, she figured some nifty way to stay alive and fake it.

     Please?

     I wonder if Danielle had Charlottes vest on?

     ***************

     I hope Danielle didn’t die, but I am afraid she did. She didn’t move or groan or in any way ACT like she is alive.

476. Lynne
     Comment 476, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hermy wrote:

     From: Laura G

     A final thought – I think Danielle knew she was about to be shot at – my only hope is that, while she’s probably willing to give her life for Alex, she figured some nifty way to stay alive and fake it.

     Please?

     I wonder if Danielle had Charlottes vest on?

     ***************

     I hope Danielle didn’t die, but I am afraid she did. She didn’t move or groan or in any way ACT like she is alive.

     *********************************
     Then again, Locke looked pretty dead and gone when Ben shot him and he fell into the body pit…

     Hopefully someone can help me with this:
     When Tom was showing Micheal the evidence that Widmore was “bad” he showed him empty graves from Thailand that were dug up to fill the fake plane. Did anyone catch how on earth that was pulled off??

477. lost4ever
     Comment 477, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Hans wrote:

     WOooooooo GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     I’ve been going through season 2 finale ONCE AGAON and I FOUND A REMARKABLE ELEMENT!!!!!!!!

     Hate to even think but, I think…

     Penny wildmore was instrumental in getting the island coordinates to her dad, charles widmore.

     with her will or without.

     remember? when the season 2 ended, the scientists in Antarctica found an electromagnetic incident and reported to our penny?

     so i hate to wonder, but can she become part of all of this too?

     i mean it explains, why then soon afterwards:-

     1) they find the plane wreck and a freighter is sent to find the island!!!!!!! – cuz widmore got the coordinates from that scientists/or penny who analyzed and noted the incident in Antarctica and staged the scne and got ready to infiltrate into the island on the new found information…

     what do you guys think about it?

     And very good points circus mom on micheal :)

     Okay, now I’m gonna be snoddy. How many times have I said that? Here for example from the Ji Yeon thread:
     Hammer
     Comment 643, posted 2 days, 20 hours ago – Quote and reply
     lost4ever wrote:

     You are right…we don’t know how long the freighter has been there. I am guessing after the hatch exploded they were sent there. Remember the ending seen of Season 2? The sonar revealed the island location temporarily and Penny Widmore was telephoned.

     My take, Widmore knew that Penny was looking for Des. He was spying on her efforts in addition to his own efforts to find the island. The hatch blows, Penny’s folks get a bearing, hence Widmore gets a bearing and dispatches the freighter and here we are…

     ———-
     Be snoddy my man.

478. lost4ever
     Comment 478, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     If he thinks his “daughter” Alex is pregnant, he maybe wants to get her off the island to save her life.?? Maybe the Temple is a port of some sort. Also, do we know whether or not all of the Others are still alive? Safe??

     Maybe when we see Ben in Sayid’s FF, he is off the island for another purpose also. Like having his “grandson” born.

479. lost4ever
     Comment 479, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hurley’s sister wrote:

     Dharma peanut butter wrote:

     Although I have paid close attention to all of the episodes, this one had me confused about whether or not Ben is Alex’s real father. I felt an odd connection between Rouseau and Ben. Any thoughts?

     first time poster, avid reader–
     I also felt there was a wierd connection between Ben and Rouseau during that scene. My intuition says that Rouseau knows more than she is letting on. What she would know escapes me, but it seems she knows the island better than many currently on it and it is unlikely that she wouldnt already have come across the temple in the past. Maybe she so easily agreed they should go there because shes somehow in the know about what is at stake, or knows what the temple has to offer. I wonder how long before we get an episode focusing on Rouseau with FBs.

     Also, the way she looked at Ben was as if she deeply cared for him. Maybe she felt he was sacrificing his own life for her, Alex and Karl, but regardless it was bizarre that she did not disagree with Ben when he called Alex “his daughter.” I feel like there is something between Ben and Rouseau that goes beyond–I steal your baby, you come back and find her, I continue to tell her shes mine right in front of you.
     Thoughts?

     ———————
     I brought this question up the other day, Is Alex REALLY Ben’s daughter? If so, did he and Rousseaou meet off the island, we have seen him off the island in Sayid’s FF. Maybe they hooked up and bam 8 months later her research vessel crashes on the island. Therefore Alex really is Ben’s daughter. Is that too far-fetched?
     IMO Danielle is dead. The bullet-proof vest gag is worn out. She will only live on in FB. Maybe hers or Bens.

480. Cindy
     Comment 480, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I think Sayid really must trust the freighter captain- obviously more than Michael/Ben. I am still surprised at how quick he was to turn him over to the captain.

     As for Miles’ comment, about Kevin not being Michael’s real name- I just thought it was odd because Miles talks to dead people and Michael ain’t dead. Unless some ghost clued him in, maybe Libby.

481. Cindy
     Comment 481, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lynne wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hermy wrote:

     From: Laura G

     A final thought – I think Danielle knew she was about to be shot at – my only hope is that, while she’s probably willing to give her life for Alex, she figured some nifty way to stay alive and fake it.

     Please?

     I wonder if Danielle had Charlottes vest on?

     ***************

     I hope Danielle didn’t die, but I am afraid she did. She didn’t move or groan or in any way ACT like she is alive.

     *********************************
     Then again, Locke looked pretty dead and gone when Ben shot him and he fell into the body pit…

     Hopefully someone can help me with this:
     When Tom was showing Micheal the evidence that Widmore was “bad” he showed him empty graves from Thailand that were dug up to fill the fake plane. Did anyone catch how on earth that was pulled off??

     ———–
     I want to know how Widmore got the black box if it should be with the real 815, i.e., on the island.

482. yvette
     Comment 482, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     NoNonsenseGal wrote:

     After having watched every episode of “Lost” and following closely, I was sickened to have to see the writer’s throw in a perverted gay scene with Tom. Wasn’t the inuendo in an earlier episode enough? My family and I are done watching it… don’t care anymore… Call it jumping the shark, but it’s really crossing the line of decency and good taste. Too bad, I thought they had a good thing going

     With all due respect, I believe that comment you made makes me not want to read this blog. I am a heterosexual female who thinks there is nothing wrong with homosexuality and is no worse than seeing a scantily clad scene which features a male and a female. Come on your kids should be educated on the subject not taught to discriminate. You have family members Im sure that are gay. I seriously doubt LOST creators or fans alike will miss you as a fan.

483. Rita
     Comment 483, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Cindy wrote:

     Lynne wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hermy wrote:

     From: Laura G

     A final thought – I think Danielle knew she was about to be shot at – my only hope is that, while she’s probably willing to give her life for Alex, she figured some nifty way to stay alive and fake it.

     Please?

     I wonder if Danielle had Charlottes vest on?

     ***************

     I hope Danielle didn’t die, but I am afraid she did. She didn’t move or groan or in any way ACT like she is alive.

     *********************************
     Then again, Locke looked pretty dead and gone when Ben shot him and he fell into the body pit…

     Hopefully someone can help me with this:
     When Tom was showing Micheal the evidence that Widmore was “bad” he showed him empty graves from Thailand that were dug up to fill the fake plane. Did anyone catch how on earth that was pulled off??

     ———–
     I want to know how Widmore got the black box if it should be with the real 815, i.e., on the island.

     ****************8

     It was the black box from the faux plane.

484. Rita
     Comment 484, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Cindy wrote:

     I think Sayid really must trust the freighter captain- obviously more than Michael/Ben.

     I am still surprised at how quick he was to turn him over to the captain.

     As for Miles’ comment, about Kevin not being Michael’s real name- I just thought it was odd because Miles talks to dead people and Michael ain’t dead. Unless some ghost clued him in, maybe Libby.

     ***********************

     I think that Sayiid DESPISES Michael. He thinks he is despicable. He killed two unarmed women in a supreme breach of trust. Sayiid has killed too, but in a military setting or in self defense. He can’t relate to Michael AT ALL. Michael also says he is now working for Ben. Sayiid doesn’t trust Ben either. So, when faced with trusting Michael or trusting the captain, it was a no brainer for him. From his perspective, his action wasn’t surprising at all.

485. Circus Mom
     Comment 485, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Cindy wrote:

     Lynne wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hermy wrote:

     From: Laura G

     A final thought – I think Danielle knew she was about to be shot at – my only hope is that, while she’s probably willing to give her life for Alex, she figured some nifty way to stay alive and fake it.

     Please?

     I wonder if Danielle had Charlottes vest on?

     ***************

     I hope Danielle didn’t die, but I am afraid she did. She didn’t move or groan or in any way ACT like she is alive.

     *********************************
     Then again, Locke looked pretty dead and gone when Ben shot him and he fell into the body pit…

     Hopefully someone can help me with this:
     When Tom was showing Micheal the evidence that Widmore was “bad” he showed him empty graves from Thailand that were dug up to fill the fake plane. Did anyone catch how on earth that was pulled off??

     ———–
     I want to know how Widmore got the black box if it should be with the real 815, i.e., on the island.

     ****************8

     It was the black box from the faux plane.

     I beleive Widmore staged the fake plane. The captain was told that Widmore found the fake plane, got the black box, and then found out that Ben had staged the fake. If it really was the black box from either plane why would Widmore send it on the freighter instead of keeping it with him. The captain said something about how hard it was for Widmore to get the box. He was using it to manipulate the captain and crew. It is probably the black box from the fake plane and was possibly never even sunk with the plane.

486. Rita
     Comment 486, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lynne wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hermy wrote:

     From: Laura G

     *********************************
     Then again, Locke looked pretty dead and gone when Ben shot him and he fell into the body pit…

     Hopefully someone can help me with this:
     When Tom was showing Micheal the evidence that Widmore was “bad” he showed him empty graves from Thailand that were dug up to fill the fake plane. Did anyone catch how on earth that was pulled off??

     ************************

     Locke never looked dead. When Ben left him he was “dieing” but not dead. Then he was struggling to reach the gun from the corpse (he was paralysed again) and was going to shoot himself, when Walt showed up. There were no dead Locke scenes.
     Regarding the Thai graves: Both “sides” have blamed the faux plane/bodies on each other. It occurs to me that if it HAD been BEN who did it, HE would also have the info that Tom presented (as from Widmore), so it shouldn’t really be taken as PROOF that Widmore did it.

487. yvette
     Comment 487, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     also two more things, I know this is going way back but maybe Kate is raising Aaron because thats how it was supposed to be. The psychic told her that someone was going to raise her baby in Los Angeles, isin’t that where Kate is? I think Claire doesn’t get off the island but insists that Kate raise the baby giving it a better life. I mean she was going to give him up originally so its not that much of a stretch.

     Maybe Michael is going crazy cuz Libby is haunting him. That somehow makes him want to kill himself. Otherwise he wouldn’t leave Walt an orphan. Come on how many times do we here Michael say Wallt Waaaalllt, WALT, all the episodes he was in? Annoying. Also I’m so sure Sayid called him out like that! Threw him under the bus instantly makes me think now Ben is bad not Windmore. Only cuz Sayid is like one of those “trustable do no wrongish characters”

     I said Ben is bad but I mean even more evil. Cuz I have been brainwashed by him now to think he is kind of more creepy cool than creepy creepy…

488. Circus Mom
     Comment 488, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Cindy wrote:

     I think Sayid really must trust the freighter captain- obviously more than Michael/Ben.

     I am still surprised at how quick he was to turn him over to the captain.

     As for Miles’ comment, about Kevin not being Michael’s real name- I just thought it was odd because Miles talks to dead people and Michael ain’t dead. Unless some ghost clued him in, maybe Libby.

     ***********************

     I think that Sayiid DESPISES Michael. He thinks he is despicable. He killed two unarmed women in a supreme breach of trust. Sayiid has killed too, but in a military setting or in self defense. He can’t relate to Michael AT ALL. Michael also says he is now working for Ben. Sayiid doesn’t trust Ben either. So, when faced with trusting Michael or trusting the captain, it was a no brainer for him. From his perspective, his action wasn’t surprising at all.

     +++++++++++++
     I agree, all the information to not trust the freighter folk or the captain came from Ben, Locke and Michael (for Ben). Sayid has no reason to trust any of them and he has said the captain had seemed very forthcoming. This, above all, is making me think the captain, or at least Widmore, is far more evil than Ben and that Ben is the good guy of the two.

489. Circus Mom
     Comment 489, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Cindy wrote:

     I think Sayid really must trust the freighter captain- obviously more than Michael/Ben.

     I am still surprised at how quick he was to turn him over to the captain.

     As for Miles’ comment, about Kevin not being Michael’s real name- I just thought it was odd because Miles talks to dead people and Michael ain’t dead. Unless some ghost clued him in, maybe Libby.

     +++++++++++++++
     I think Miles can just tell when someone is lying. Kind of a offshoot of talking to ghosts.

490. Circus Mom
     Comment 490, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     yvette wrote:

     also two more things, I know this is going way back but maybe Kate is raising Aaron because thats how it was supposed to be. The psychic told her that someone was going to raise her baby in Los Angeles, isin’t that where Kate is? I think Claire doesn’t get off the island but insists that Kate raise the baby giving it a better life. I mean she was going to give him up originally so its not that much of a stretch.

     Maybe Michael is going crazy cuz Libby is haunting him. That somehow makes him want to kill himself. Otherwise he wouldn’t leave Walt an orphan. Come on how many times do we here Michael say Wallt Waaaalllt, WALT, all the episodes he was in? Annoying. Also I’m so sure Sayid called him out like that! Threw him under the bus instantly makes me think now Ben is bad not Windmore. Only cuz Sayid is like one of those “trustable do no wrongish characters”

     I said Ben is bad but I mean even more evil. Cuz I have been brainwashed by him now to think he is kind of more creepy cool than creepy creepy…

     Sayid thinks at this point Ben is worse but we know that later he changes sides which is why I think Widmore is worse.

491. Rita
     Comment 491, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     yvette wrote:

     also two more things, I know this is going way back but maybe Kate is raising Aaron because thats how it was supposed to be. The psychic told her that someone was going to raise her baby in Los Angeles, isin’t that where Kate is? I think Claire doesn’t get off the island but insists that Kate raise the baby giving it a better life. I mean she was going to give him up originally so its not that much of a stretch.

     Maybe Michael is going crazy cuz Libby is haunting him. That somehow makes him want to kill himself. Otherwise he wouldn’t leave Walt an orphan. Come on how many times do we here Michael say Wallt Waaaalllt, WALT, all the episodes he was in? Annoying. Also I’m so sure Sayid called him out like that! Threw him under the bus instantly makes me think now Ben is bad not Windmore. Only cuz Sayid is like one of those “trustable do no wrongish characters”

     I said Ben is bad but I mean even more evil. Cuz I have been brainwashed by him now to think he is kind of more creepy cool than creepy creepy…

     Sayid thinks at this point Ben is worse but we know that later he changes sides which is why I think Widmore is worse.

     *********************

     I believe that after Michael fails in his mission (gets killed maybe?) that Sayiid picks up for him and takes over. I don’t know yet WHO is more evil, Widmore or Linus, but I think it would be better to not trust either one.

492. Hammer
     Comment 492, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     *********************

     I believe that after Michael fails in his mission (gets killed maybe?) that Sayiid picks up for him and takes over. I don’t know yet WHO is more evil, Widmore or Linus, but I think it would be better to not trust either one.

     I agree Rita. Sayid likely takes over when/if he gets back to the island and Ben informs Sayid he just got rid of the man who is helping keep the Losties alive…

493. Rita
     Comment 493, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     *********************

     I believe that after Michael fails in his mission (gets killed maybe?) that Sayiid picks up for him and takes over. I don’t know yet WHO is more evil, Widmore or Linus, but I think it would be better to not trust either one.

     I agree Rita. Sayid likely takes over when/if he gets back to the island and Ben informs Sayid he just got rid of the man who is helping keep the Losties alive…

     *************
     Yes, exactly. It would be the only thing that I could think of that would make Sayid work for Ben. Problem is, once you get started, where does it end? Ben is brilliant at mind games.

494. Hammer
     Comment 494, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     It ends the same for all pawns in battles between good and evil…when the pawn dies.

495. Rita
     Comment 495, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     It ends the same for all pawns in battles between good and evil…when the pawn dies.

     Ah, good observation. Why is it that the pawn never knows he’s a pawn?

496. Circus Mom
     Comment 496, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     It ends the same for all pawns in battles between good and evil…when the pawn dies.

     Ah, good observation. Why is it that the pawn never knows he’s a pawn?

     Because the best way to con someone is to make them think it’s their idea.

497. Rita
     Comment 497, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     It ends the same for all pawns in battles between good and evil…when the pawn dies.

     Ah, good observation. Why is it that the pawn never knows he’s a pawn?

     Because the best way to con someone is to make them think it’s their idea.

     **************8

     So, in the end, who’s left standing? Probably Widmore AND Ben. Anyone else?

498. Hammer
     Comment 498, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     It ends the same for all pawns in battles between good and evil…when the pawn dies.

     Ah, good observation. Why is it that the pawn never knows he’s a pawn?

     Because the best way to con someone is to make them think it’s their idea.

     Well said Ben…I mean Circus Mom. :)

499. Circus Mom
     Comment 499, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     It ends the same for all pawns in battles between good and evil…when the pawn dies.

     Ah, good observation. Why is it that the pawn never knows he’s a pawn?

     Because the best way to con someone is to make them think it’s their idea.

     Well said Ben…I mean Circus Mom. :)

     +++++++++
     Rita, Jack is left standing.

     Hammer, I think you meant Sawyer.

500. Hammer
     Comment 500, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer, I think you meant Sawyer.

     Oops, you’re right. Jokes aren’t funny when they are inaccurate(grin).

501. Hammer
     Comment 501, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Well, 500 posts later we are running low on substance. This break is gonna suck.
     So, I bring up this quote from Damon since time travel had become more prevelant:
     “DAMON: It’s been in the DNA of the show since the very beginning. Obviously, one thing the flash backs and the flash forwards provide you with is the idea of time travel. You’re bouncing around in time and events from the past are seemingly influencing the present, but it’s not a traditional time travel story until we started talking about what the hatch was there for, and what this electromagnetic energy that the hatch is trying to contain is and what would be the effect of that hatch going away, otherwise known as the purple sky event. And it was sort of those conversations which obviously happened way back in season one when Locke and Boone found the hatch that were the early precursors of time travel. I will say, though, that the first significant event in the show where we were thinking in the back of our minds that this is going to require a story telling element that isn’t traditional narrative, is the discovery of Adam and Eve in the caves.”

     +++++++++++++
     Time to start working on who Adam and Eve are since time travel is a factor and it is possible that they found the bodies of someone who walks among them. Locke brought up to Walt when playing back gammon that it is the ultimate battle of good vs. evil, black vs. white. Is one of the folks a Whidmorian and the other a Benonite?

502. leah
     Comment 502, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     Okay! My neighbor told me her theory and I want to run it by you guys…

     She thinks that island time is six years behind real world time. For instance, when the Losties crashed on the island they are now six years behind. The island time was always set back every 180 minutes and it never advanced until the capsule exploded. Now the island is (maybe)starting to catch up with real time.??

     This would explain why Locke is not paralized (his body before his accident) and Rose doesn’t have cancer (before diagnosis). I know this may not make sense, but that is what my neighbor thinks. Please give thoughts and/or disprove this theory. Thanks!

     \\\\\\\\\\\
     at the begining it was said that every 108 mins
     was equal to one day in the real world.evey time the code was entered another day passed until the hatch imploded.

503. Hammer
     Comment 503, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Locke brought up to Walt when playing back gammon that it is the ultimate battle of good vs. evil, black vs. white.

     +++++++++++++
     BTW, this was my loose interpretation of Locke was saying.

504. Circus Mom
     Comment 504, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Well, 500 posts later we are running low on substance. This break is gonna suck.
     So, I bring up this quote from Damon since time travel had become more prevelant:
     “DAMON: It’s been in the DNA of the show since the very beginning. Obviously, one thing the flash backs and the flash forwards provide you with is the idea of time travel. You’re bouncing around in time and events from the past are seemingly influencing the present, but it’s not a traditional time travel story until we started talking about what the hatch was there for, and what this electromagnetic energy that the hatch is trying to contain is and what would be the effect of that hatch going away, otherwise known as the purple sky event. And it was sort of those conversations which obviously happened way back in season one when Locke and Boone found the hatch that were the early precursors of time travel. I will say, though, that the first significant event in the show where we were thinking in the back of our minds that this is going to require a story telling element that isn’t traditional narrative, is the discovery of Adam and Eve in the caves.”

     +++++++++++++
     Time to start working on who Adam and Eve are since time travel is a factor and it is possible that they found the bodies of someone who walks among them. Locke brought up to Walt when playing back gammon that it is the ultimate battle of good vs. evil, black vs. white. Is one of the folks a Whidmorian and the other a Benonite?

     Just to get the ball rolling here are some possibilities. I only picked those that are alive now. Some I have guesses on, some not. Two of the names got lost in the wholes in my brain.

     Jack and Kate No Because of Aaron
     Sawyer and Kate No Because of Aaron
     Claire No
     Jin No
     Locke No
     Hurley No
     Sayid and ____ Probably not
     Michael No (maiby coffin)
     Hurley Probably not
     Alex
     Desmond and Penny Maiby
     Walt
     Emma and _____
     Cindy
     Richard
     Sun Probably not because of Ji
     Aaron and Ji Possibly
     Bernard and Rose
     Charlotte
     Daniel
     Miles
     Ben and Juliette
     Jack and Juliette

505. Deangoodes
     Comment 505, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Why does anybody think the black box from the fake plane is important? It has been determined that the fake 815 plane was bought by Widmore(according to Tom), painted to look like an Oceanic plane, filled with dead bodies, and then hauled to the Indian Ocean and dropped in to the bottom of the Ocean. There wouldn’t be any info on the black box from that plane.

506. Hammer
     Comment 506, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     Why does anybody think the black box from the fake plane is important? It has been determined that the fake 815 plane was bought by Widmore(according to Tom), painted to look like an Oceanic plane, filled with dead bodies, and then hauled to the Indian Ocean and dropped in to the bottom of the Ocean. There wouldn’t be any info on the black box from that plane.

     Agreed. Even if it were actually Ben doing, still nothing on the box.

507. Deangoodes
     Comment 507, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     If whoever put the plane in the ocean wanted it to be found, wouldn’t they load the black box with the information that would make it look like it had crashed; and either left the black box with the plane(hoping someone would retrieve it and play it) or make it public themselves to prove that was the real 815 down there so there would be no more searching for it???

508. Circus Mom
     Comment 508, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     Okay! My neighbor told me her theory and I want to run it by you guys…

     She thinks that island time is six years behind real world time. For instance, when the Losties crashed on the island they are now six years behind. The island time was always set back every 180 minutes and it never advanced until the capsule exploded. Now the island is (maybe)starting to catch up with real time.??

     This would explain why Locke is not paralized (his body before his accident) and Rose doesn’t have cancer (before diagnosis). I know this may not make sense, but that is what my neighbor thinks. Please give thoughts and/or disprove this theory. Thanks!

     \\\\\\\\\\\
     at the begining it was said that every 108 mins
     was equal to one day in the real world.evey time the code was entered another day passed until the hatch imploded.

     ++++++++++++++++++++
     What? Who said this? At the begining of what?Is it a theory or from the show. If from the show what epi, I want to re-watch.

     Ok, here is the math on this.
     108 minutes goes into 24 hours 13.33333 times
     This comes to 4866.6666 time a year or 13.33 years and 14599.999 times in three years or 39.999 years. Wasn’t Desmond was pushing the button for three years before the plane crashed. We know the button was being pushed before he got there.

     I’m doing math, this is going to be a long 5 weeks;(

509. Circus Mom
     Comment 509, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     If whoever put the plane in the ocean wanted it to be found, wouldn’t they load the black box with the information that would make it look like it had crashed; and either left the black box with the plane(hoping someone would retrieve it and play it) or make it public themselves to prove that was the real 815 down there so there would be no more searching for it???

     I think Widmore produced the black box from the fake plane to “prove” to his crew that Ben faked the crash. I think Widmore actually did it.

510. LostinSev
     Comment 510, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Has anyone translated what was inscribed on the back of Jin’s watch Michael pawned??

511. Hammer
     Comment 511, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Just to get the ball rolling here are some possibilities. I only picked those that are alive now. Some I have guesses on, some not. Two of the names got lost in the wholes in my brain.

     Since I interpret Damon as saying that time travel is related to the discovery of Adam and Eve, I don’t want to eliminate anyone just yet. Also, the white and black rocks found on the body must be a significant clue. We don’t have to assume that the two were lovers, just one male and one female and POSSIBLY one on each side of the battle.

512. Hammer
     Comment 512, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     Has anyone translated what was inscribed on the back of Jin’s watch Michael pawned??

     Not much, but all I could find so far:
     After returning to New York, Michael pawns the watch in exchange for a gun. It’s shown to have an inscripted Korean text: “Congratulations … mutual cooperation … business development … Mr. Paik.”

513. WIserwiz
     Comment 513, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     CAG – It looked like Ben was in his secret room in his house at the barracks.

     I mentioned it before but no one must think it is valid. His secret room has more to it than meets the eye. How is he able to get things on and off the island so effortlessly? There is some “portal” in his secret room that enable instant transportation.

514. Rita
     Comment 514, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     WIserwiz wrote:

     Deangoodes wrote:

     CAG – It looked like Ben was in his secret room in his house at the barracks.

     I mentioned it before but no one must think it is valid. His secret room has more to it than meets the eye. How is he able to get things on and off the island so effortlessly? There is some “portal” in his secret room that enable instant transportation.

     *******************
     Well that would certainly fit in with the CS Lewis/Wardrobe reference. Not sure how it would work but it is a possibility.

515. Rita
     Comment 515, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Just to get the ball rolling here are some possibilities. I only picked those that are alive now. Some I have guesses on, some not. Two of the names got lost in the wholes in my brain.

     Since I interpret Damon as saying that time travel is related to the discovery of Adam and Eve, I don’t want to eliminate anyone just yet. Also, the white and black rocks found on the body must be a significant clue. We don’t have to assume that the two were lovers, just one male and one female and POSSIBLY one on each side of the battle.

     *******************8

     Out of the possible pairs Circus Mom put together, I like the Des/Penny combo. Not sure if one will end up on each side, but I think everyone would like to see them finally together. Maybe this is how they do it, by time traveling to the island her father is obsessed with, and thus avoiding her father all together.

516. Rita
     Comment 516, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Deangoodes wrote:

     Why does anybody think the black box from the fake plane is important? It has been determined that the fake 815 plane was bought by Widmore(according to Tom), painted to look like an Oceanic plane, filled with dead bodies, and then hauled to the Indian Ocean and dropped in to the bottom of the Ocean. There wouldn’t be any info on the black box from that plane.

     Agreed. Even if it were actually Ben doing, still nothing on the box.

     *********************
     Yet it is important because they made such a point of showing it. It may come into play yet.

517. leah
     Comment 517, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     leah wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     Okay! My neighbor told me her theory and I want to run it by you guys…

     She thinks that island time is six years behind real world time. For instance, when the Losties crashed on the island they are now six years behind. The island time was always set back every 180 minutes and it never advanced until the capsule exploded. Now the island is (maybe)starting to catch up with real time.??

     This would explain why Locke is not paralized (his body before his accident) and Rose doesn’t have cancer (before diagnosis). I know this may not make sense, but that is what my neighbor thinks. Please give thoughts and/or disprove this theory. Thanks!

     \\\\\\\\\\\
     at the begining it was said that every 108 mins
     was equal to one day in the real world.evey time the code was entered another day passed until the hatch imploded.

     ++++++++++++++++++++
     What? Who said this? At the begining of what?Is it a theory or from the show. If from the show what epi, I want to re-watch.

     Ok, here is the math on this.
     108 minutes goes into 24 hours 13.33333 times
     This comes to 4866.6666 time a year or 13.33 years and 14599.999 times in three years or 39.999 years. Wasn’t Desmond was pushing the button for three years before the plane crashed. We know the button was being pushed before he got there.

     I’m doing math, this is going to be a long 5 weeks;(

     ****************************

     the ratio is 1.13 eg.64 days is roughly two and a half years real time. il find the episode if it kills me!

518. Rita
     Comment 518, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom, I REALLY HOPE Jack is NOT the last one standing!!
     Hammer, since you brought up the time traveling, I have a question that has been bugging me. Desmond said, about his “visions of the future”, that if everything didn’t happen exactly the way he saw it, everything would be changed. Right? So, he convinced Charlie that if he didn’t die, Claire and Aaron wouldn’t be getting on the helicopter to be rescued. Now, he had originally been going to “allow” Charlie to die on the way to the parachuter (who turned out to be Naomi) because he seemed to believe that it would therefore be PENNY rather than Naomi in the parachute. Therefore, he is implying that CURRENT actions/inactions can CHANGE THE PAST – the person in the parachute had already launched, ditched the copter, fell to the island, etc. by the time Charlie was suppose to die. What do you think? Anyone?

519. Rita
     Comment 519, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     leah wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     ++++++++++++++++++++
     What? Who said this? At the begining of what?Is it a theory or from the show. If from the show what epi, I want to re-watch.

     ***************************

     the ratio is 1.13 eg.64 days is roughly two and a half years real time. il find the episode if it kills me!

     ****************

     Are you saying that it was during an EPISODE that they said the 108 minutes = 1 day of real time? How could I have missed THAT????

520. Trixanna
     Comment 520, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     How could we all have missed that? It seems like vital information. If anyone has any idea which season and episode, please tell!

     Any ideas how we will get through until 4/24/08? As for me, I hope to get some serious Lost DVD watching done, especially S2 since that is where I started losing interest and have lost so much information!

521. WildBill
     Comment 521, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     My first post. Long time lurker.
     Regarding the shooting of Rousseau, Karl and maybe Alex: Any thoughts as to whether this “shooting” is similar to the “Sleeping Darts” that hit Jack, Sawyer, Kate and Hurley at the end of season two? It didn’t sound like gunshots and although there was a hole in the water bottle it did not look shattered as if a bullet had gone through it.
     If the Others had such good sharp shooters, why would they have tried to recruit Juliet to do the killing of Faraday and Charlotte at the Tempest? Why not get the shooters of Alex etc to kill Faraday? The Others knew where the Freighties were going, so why get a third (possibly unreliable) party involved?
     Great blog – love to read the theories.

522. Rita
     Comment 522, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     WildBill wrote:

     My first post. Long time lurker.
     Regarding the shooting of Rousseau, Karl and maybe Alex: Any thoughts as to whether this “shooting” is similar to the “Sleeping Darts” that hit Jack, Sawyer, Kate and Hurley at the end of season two? It didn’t sound like gunshots and although there was a hole in the water bottle it did not look shattered as if a bullet had gone through it.
     If the Others had such good sharp shooters, why would they have tried to recruit Juliet to do the killing of Faraday and Charlotte at the Tempest? Why not get the shooters of Alex etc to kill Faraday? The Others knew where the Freighties were going, so why get a third (possibly unreliable) party involved?
     Great blog – love to read the theories.

     Good point about Julliet and the sharp shooters, unless Ben needed to test Julliet somehow. But I saw a hole in Karl’s back as he lay on the ground. Pretty sure he at least really is dead.

523. Polli Kovitch
     Comment 523, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Four points…

     1)Who needs Alex alive? (Ben, the Others, the Freighters for a hostage) Who wanted to get rid of Karl? (Ben) Could Rousseau still be alive? (possible)

     2)Juliet did not shoot Karl or Rousseau. It is not in her. Charlotte could. Harper could. Juliet is one complicated lady. She is capable of sacrifice and also of survival at any cost.

     3)Michael is clearly “the man in the coffin” that only Jack goes to see in the S3 flashforward. Who else would see him? He has established himself as unable to create a relationship…and Jack appears unable to as well by that point.

     4)The key is John Locke. He is too important a character, a pivot to the Island, not to find a way to survive with Sawyer and perhaps Claire as well. Remember he “knows” something about Jacob. Claire might CHOOSE to give Aaron to Kate…or she might have no choice. She does not know that Jack is Aaron’s uncle..yet.

524. Rita
     Comment 524, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Polli Kovitch wrote:

     Four points…

     1)Who needs Alex alive? (Ben, the Others, the Freighters for a hostage) Who wanted to get rid of Karl? (Ben) Could Rousseau still be alive? (possible)

     2)Juliet did not shoot Karl or Rousseau. It is not in her. Charlotte could. Harper could. Juliet is one complicated lady. She is capable of sacrifice and also of survival at any cost.

     3)Michael is clearly “the man in the coffin” that only Jack goes to see in the S3 flashforward. Who else would see him? He has established himself as unable to create a relationship…and Jack appears unable to as well by that point.

     4)The key is John Locke. He is too important a character, a pivot to the Island, not to find a way to survive with Sawyer and perhaps Claire as well. Remember he “knows” something about Jacob. Claire might CHOOSE to give Aaron to Kate…or she might have no choice. She does not know that Jack is Aaron’s uncle..yet.

     Excellent points all. Especially about John Locke. He could be the last man standing.

525. Hammer
     Comment 525, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Polli Kovitch wrote:

     3)Michael is clearly “the man in the coffin” that only Jack goes to see in the S3 flashforward. Who else would see him? He has established himself as unable to create a relationship…and Jack appears unable to as well by that point.

     Okay, Michael MAY be the coffin dweller, but he is not CLEARLY the one.
     1. We don’t know if he even survives the freighter folks to get back to NY.
     2. There are several folks that no one would care to visit and even more depending how events unfold over the rest of the series. Locke, Ben, Sawyer, Des if Penny dies. Before you mention that they don’t have teenage sons…already know that people will be living lies when they get back…

526. leah
     Comment 526, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     can some one please tell me which episode ben lets juliet see her sister on a cctv moniter
     opereted by mikial the eye patch man?

527. Hammer
     Comment 527, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     can some one please tell me which episode ben lets juliet see her sister on a cctv moniter
     opereted by mikial the eye patch man?

     Season 3, episode 16, “One of Us”.

528. dukewm
     Comment 528, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael (373):
     I believe all we know for sure is that Jack sat in 23B and Anna Lucia was in 42F

     Hans (443):
     That’s an OLD theory which some have claimed (incorrectly) to have originated recently. When Charlie spoke to Penny in TTLG (S3E23), it was clearly evident that Pennys’ Antarctic Team had gotten the Island coordinates and hence Widmore could have “caught wind” of that information through Penny. The Season 3 Finale was tied together with the Season 2 Finale. All of which led to Widmores’ Freighter “expedition”.

     lost4ever (479):
     The bullet-proof vest isn’t the ONLY “worn-out” discussion this week. By the time April 24th rolls around, this “thread” will be 7000 comments.

     (For Those Who are Wondering)
     This could save some reading time . . .
     An observation about how posts appear depending on how “Quote and Reply” is used:
     When clicking on “Quote and Reply” to a comment that has 1 or more “John Doe wrote” ONLY the original comment is in shadow, the replies to the original comment are NOT in shadow, all separated by a line of asterisks for each “generation” of comments contained in THAT single post.
     To avoid re-reading paragraphs, just scroll to the bottom of THAT post and read ONLY the latest comment below the LAST line of asterisks.

529. dukewm
     Comment 529, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah (502):
     Find out any proof on your 108 = 1 day real-world time yet ?

     I’m sure you’ll post if/when you locate that Ep. which lots of us would love to re-watch.

530. Hammer
     Comment 530, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     Michael (373):
     I believe all we know for sure is that Jack sat in 23B and Anna Lucia was in 42F

     Elliott Maslow 9C Alive
     Boone Carlyle 9E Dead
     Shannon Rutherford 9F Dead
     Hugo “Hurley” Reyes 20G 20H Alive
     Jack Shephard 23B Alive
     Rose Nadler 23D Alive
     Bernard Nadler 23E Alive
     John Locke 24D Alive
     Claire Littleton 27C Alive
     Edward Mars 27G Dead
     Kate Austen 27H Alive
     Charlie Pace 29C Dead
     Ana-Lucia Cortez 42F Dead

     BTW, the asteriks only get there if the second(or more) quoter puts them there.

531. dukewm
     Comment 531, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     oh yeah,
     somewhere way back in this weeks discussion someone answered my question on this seasons schedule and claimed to know that beginning April 24th they were going to air only 5 of the originally planned 8 more episodes. Then, the 3 would be “made up” during S5 and S6.

     I’m wondering, first of all, is that confirmed information by ABC ? . . .
     and if so, wouldn’t that really screw up the flow of events ? . . .
     i.e. how can they just stop at the end of S3E13, take an 8 month layoff and then begin S5 with S4E14 ? . . .
     unless of course that IS a very good place to end S3.

     Anybody know whether ABC has formally announced their “air schedule” ?

532. dukewm
     Comment 532, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     thanks Hammer,

     Where did you get the seat assignments ?

533. Hammer
     Comment 533, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     thanks Hammer,

     Where did you get the seat assignments ?

     From lostpedia.com, some people don’t think it’s reliable because the info is updated by fans, but I haven’t run into any big inaccuracies yet.

534. leah
     Comment 534, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     leah (502):
     Find out any proof on your 108 = 1 day real-world time yet ?

     I’m sure you’ll post if/when you locate that Ep. which lots of us would love to re-watch.

     trawling through the episodes now

535. dukewm
     Comment 535, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah,
     Wasn’t it from early S2 when Locke was showing the Dharma video of the oriental guy to other Losties ?

536. Hammer
     Comment 536, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     oh yeah,
     somewhere way back in this weeks discussion someone answered my question on this seasons schedule and claimed to know that beginning April 24th they were going to air only 5 of the originally planned 8 more episodes. Then, the 3 would be “made up” during S5 and S6.

     I’m wondering, first of all, is that confirmed information by ABC ? . . .
     and if so, wouldn’t that really screw up the flow of events ? . . .
     i.e. how can they just stop at the end of S3E13, take an 8 month layoff and then begin S5 with S4E14 ? . . .
     unless of course that IS a very good place to end S3.

     Anybody know whether ABC has formally announced their “air schedule” ?

     From the 2-28-08 podcast:

     February 28, 2008
     Running length 23:26

     “Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse rehash the mechanics of time-travel in “The Constant” and take fan questions.”

     Plans for Season 4
     There will be five more episodes this seasons after the eight that have already been completed. The plan for the originally intended eight episodes will be compressed and done in five episodes. Nothing will be missing, it will be a “supercharged five hours of show.”
     The three hours will be added to the next two seasons, so there will still be 40 hours of show in addition to the eight already produced.

537. Hammer
     Comment 537, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     leah,
     Wasn’t it from early S2 when Locke was showing the Dharma video of the oriental guy to other Losties ?

     According to this, the film DOES NOT tell why the button is being pushed:
     Further the film details the procedures at the Swan station. It explains The Swan is station number 3, originally designed to study “the unique electromagnetic fluctuations” from its part of the island. It does not describe these characteristics however but apparently a certain “incident” occurred at some point. As a result, every 108 minutes, a code (the numbers) has to be entered into the computer terminal (see pushing the button). Reasons for the execution of the protocol are not provided, but it is emphasized that it is of “utmost importance”. Also, partners at the station are there for 540 day shifts, after which new replacements would arrive.

538. PJSander
     Comment 538, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     oh yeah,
     somewhere way back in this weeks discussion someone answered my question on this seasons schedule and claimed to know that beginning April 24th they were going to air only 5 of the originally planned 8 more episodes. Then, the 3 would be “made up” during S5 and S6.

     I’m wondering, first of all, is that confirmed information by ABC ? . . .
     and if so, wouldn’t that really screw up the flow of events ? . . .
     i.e. how can they just stop at the end of S3E13, take an 8 month layoff and then begin S5 with S4E14 ? . . .
     unless of course that IS a very good place to end S3.

     Anybody know whether ABC has formally announced their “air schedule” ?

     To confirm what Hammer said, and paraphrase D&C:

     We will have five more episodes in this season which will finish this arc of this season’s story.

     Over the remaining two seasons, we will have a total of 35 (16 + 16 + the “missing” 3) more episodes, which gives us the complete 48 we were promised at the end of Season Three. Those three episodes will not be part of Season Four, but rather extra episodes in Season Five, or Six, or split between them.

     : ) P

539. lost4ever
     Comment 539, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     oh yeah,
     somewhere way back in this weeks discussion someone answered my question on this seasons schedule and claimed to know that beginning April 24th they were going to air only 5 of the originally planned 8 more episodes. Then, the 3 would be “made up” during S5 and S6.

     I’m wondering, first of all, is that confirmed information by ABC ? . . .
     and if so, wouldn’t that really screw up the flow of events ? . . .
     i.e. how can they just stop at the end of S3E13, take an 8 month layoff and then begin S5 with S4E14 ? . . .
     unless of course that IS a very good place to end S3.

     Anybody know whether ABC has formally announced their “air schedule” ?

     The three hours will be added to the next two seasons, so there will still be 40 hours of show in addition to the eight already produced.

     ===================
     40 hours fo show and 40 hours of commercials including preveiws for ELI Stone. Too many commercials.

540. lost4ever
     Comment 540, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     How do you only keep a section of the original post in the shadow? HAMMER did this with Polli Kovitch #525

541. dukewm
     Comment 541, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever (540):
     I tried to edit by cutting out irrelevant sections of the comment I was “Quote and Reply” (ing)to and noticed that by doing that NOTHING appeared in “shadow”, so I figure you HAVE to include the whole comment for it to appear in “shadow” on YOUR reply.

542. lost4ever
     Comment 542, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     lost4ever (540):
     I tried to edit by cutting out irrelevant sections of the comment I was “Quote and Reply” (ing)to and noticed that by doing that NOTHING appeared in “shadow”, so I figure you HAVE to include the whole comment for it to appear in “shadow” on YOUR reply.

     That’s what I tried also. Oh Great and wonderful HAMMER please to us your trick.

543. Bobola
     Comment 543, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I’m gonna say it one last time and after that you are on your own…
     The freighter is a SHIP not a BOAT. Just because the writers got that wrong doesn’t mean you have to.

     Do people who are getting shot at not know that running upright is not very smart…that you wanna crawl away to escape? I can understand the kids panicing maybe but not the longtime Island Vet French Lady. But someone mentioned maybe it is a ploy for her to “play dead” because she was wearing a vest…
     That would be plausible except for taking one in the head or elsewhere is so likely as well.

     Sayeed has suddenly gone stoopid! He trusts the scary Freighter Crew? Michael is a scumbag…but if I were Sayeed I’d hold my tongue and ponder a while before blowing up like a crazy Arab. HE used to be the one I trusted the most…now? Not. Looks like Michael has grown a conscience….boo hoo.

     Miles looks like he’s had a few kilometers knocked off his face but still is good for a one liner re Ben having his cake and eating it too.

     Were we not led to believe in earlier episode that it was BEN who arranged the fake crash and now are told it is Widmore?

     That Eli Stone Show is so annoying! I can’t get to the mute button fast enuf! I’d rather watch Geico Caveman commercials which were better than the CAveman Show itself. Be cool to find a CAveman on the ISland like there was in old Saturday Nite LIVE skits. Like to see more funny/silly stuff happen like with Hugo and the VW at some point.

544. dukewm
     Comment 544, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     thanks again Hammer, PJSander and lost4ever on those schedule updates

     leah:
     I just re-watched all of S2E3 Orientation where Des tells Locke and Jack about the film. Like Hammer said there is no mention of WHY the button has to be pushed.
     Nor is there any reference to any time correlation.
     At least I got refreshed on the oriental guys’ name: Dr. Martin Candle (last name sounded like ‘candle’).
     When film was made (1980) he said the “partners” would be at the Swan for the next 540 days (before replacements arrived).
     540 days divided by 108 minutes = 7,200 times
     or 13.3333 times/day one of the “partners” would have to enter code/push the button.
     Also, the married Michigan doctoral candidates, the DeGroots had started the Dharma Initiative in 1970 and that Alvar Hanso was a Dutch Industrialist who dealt in munitions (among other industries).

     If there is mention of 108 = 1 day it has to be AFTER S2E3

545. Rita
     Comment 545, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     lost4ever (540):
     I tried to edit by cutting out irrelevant sections of the comment I was “Quote and Reply” (ing)to and noticed that by doing that NOTHING appeared in “shadow”, so I figure you HAVE to include the whole comment for it to appear in “shadow” on YOUR reply.

     ****************
     As long as you leave “quote” at the beginning, and “quote” at the end, you can delete anything in the middle that you choose.
     Regarding multi posts on one comment: I have been hoping for an opportunity to request that people who do this (that would be most of us), would PLEASE include at the beginning of your post a line of SOMETHING ie ***** or +++++ or whatever so that it is possible to just read the new part at the end. It gets frustrating trying to figure out who said what and what is new when it all runs together. THANK YOU!!!!
     Also, while I’m on the topic: When posting, your ideas will be clearer, easier to read, and taken more seriously, if you PLEASE TRY to use proper punctuation, capital letters when needed, spaces between sentences, and correct spelling. I’m not a snob (I hope) but reading some of the posts is more difficult than it needs to be because of these issues. Again, THANK YOU and keep the great ideas coming!

546. dukewm
     Comment 546, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     gotta watch some hoops for awhile . . . then
     probably have to read 300 posts to catch up

547. dukewm
     Comment 547, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     All right Rita!
     Thanks for the tip and I second the motion on your posting protocol.

548. lost4ever
     Comment 548, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I

     WildBill wrote:

     My first post. Long time lurker.
     Regarding the shooting of Rousseau, Karl and maybe Alex: Any thoughts as to whether this “shooting” is similar to the “Sleeping Darts” that hit Jack, Sawyer, Kate and Hurley at the end of season two? It didn’t sound like gunshots and although there was a hole in the water bottle it did not look shattered as if a bullet had gone through it.
     If the Others had such good sharp shooters, why would they have tried to recruit Juliet to do the killing of Faraday and Charlotte at the Tempest? Why not get the shooters of Alex etc to kill Faraday? The Others knew where the Freighties were going, so why get a third (possibly unreliable) party involved?
     Great blog – love to read the theories.

     A sniper rifle with a silencer would not make much sound. I don’t think a plastic water bottle would shatter. As far as Juliet getting involved, like Rita said, it was probably a test which she failed at miserably. I am not totally convinced that the “Temple” is actually a place yet. Sounds more like a code word.

549. Trixanna
     Comment 549, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita, thank you. I have often wondered where good grammar went. I understand about typo’s and SOME words being spelled wrong, but sometimes it appears that we don’t even try. It is MUCH easier to read with proper punctuation at the very least. This forum isn’t a text message system, go ahead and use full sentences with spaces after the periods at least.

     Bobola, I am glad that this is the last time you will bring up the “ship” vs. “boat” thing. I think we all know what the person is talking about whether they say ship or boat so it is really a moot point.

550. lost4ever
     Comment 550, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Rita, thank you.

     Bobola, I am glad that this is the last time you will bring up the “ship” vs. “boat” thing.

     Thank you Rita. I had to test it to see if I did it right. I agree with you Trixiana….the point is moot.

551. Rita
     Comment 551, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Bobola wrote:

     I’m gonna say it one last time and after that you are on your own…
     The freighter is a SHIP not a BOAT. Just because the writers got that wrong doesn’t mean you have to.

     …but if I were Sayeed I’d hold my tongue and ponder a while before blowing up like a crazy Arab.

     ********************

     Bobola, I live on Lake Huron where freighters pass by daily. The locals here often refer to them as “boats”, though they own actual “boats” and do know the difference. I think it just a general term of affection or familiarity, and not meant to affend anyone (like you).

     Your comment where you said “…before blowing up like a crazy Arab” was disrespectful to a whole group of people. I think respect for others is implied under “Be kind and helpful”, which is what I am sure you intended to be.

552. Hammer
     Comment 552, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Bobola, I live on Lake Huron where freighters pass by daily. The locals here often refer to them as “boats”, though they own actual “boats” and do know the difference.

     Fellow Michiganer? You are correct, even though the primary def. of boat is a small vessel, a secondary def. is a large vessel for travel(in our crazy bastardized American english, so many in the marine community call ships boats. It’s just symantics.

553. lost4ever
     Comment 553, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     at the begining it was said that every 108 mins
     was equal to one day in the real world.evey time the code was entered another day passed until the hatch imploded.

     the ratio is 1.13 eg.64 days is roughly two and a half years real time. il find the episode if it kills me!

     Are you dead yet? This was never stated on any episode.

554. Hammer
     Comment 554, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     lost4ever (540):
     I tried to edit by cutting out irrelevant sections of the comment I was “Quote and Reply” (ing)to and noticed that by doing that NOTHING appeared in “shadow”, so I figure you HAVE to include the whole comment for it to appear in “shadow” on YOUR reply.

     That’s what I tried also. Oh Great and wonderful HAMMER please to us your trick.

     Looks like you are all set up. “Oh Great and wonderful Hammer…”, funny. I learned most of my tricks from past and present posters, nothing special about me.

555. CAG
     Comment 555, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Rita, thank you. I have often wondered where good grammar went.

     …

     Bobola, I am glad that this is the last time you will bring up the “ship” vs. “boat” thing.

     Ships Vs. Boats, grammer and spelling, It’s only been a few days! This blog is gonna be like “Lord of the Flies” after 5 weeks!

556. Circus Mom
     Comment 556, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     WildBill wrote:

     My first post. Long time lurker.
     Regarding the shooting of Rousseau, Karl and maybe Alex: Any thoughts as to whether this “shooting” is similar to the “Sleeping Darts” that hit Jack, Sawyer, Kate and Hurley at the end of season two? It didn’t sound like gunshots and although there was a hole in the water bottle it did not look shattered as if a bullet had gone through it.
     If the Others had such good sharp shooters, why would they have tried to recruit Juliet to do the killing of Faraday and Charlotte at the Tempest? Why not get the shooters of Alex etc to kill Faraday? The Others knew where the Freighties were going, so why get a third (possibly unreliable) party involved?
     Great blog – love to read the theories.

     Juliette is a pretty good shot. Remember when she shot what’s his name to help Kate and Sawyer escape?

557. Circus Mom
     Comment 557, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     OK, I’ve found my coping mechanism for the next 5 weeks. If I watch 1 episode a day and two each weekend day I can re-watch the whole first three seasons before we start back up. I also plan on going through the archive on this blog since I just joined this season. Most of it reads pretty fast but ther is some interesting stuff I missed in the first three seasons.

558. Rita
     Comment 558, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     OK, I’ve found my coping mechanism for the next 5 weeks. If I watch 1 episode a day and two each weekend day I can re-watch the whole first three seasons before we start back up. I also plan on going through the archive on this blog since I just joined this season. Most of it reads pretty fast but ther is some interesting stuff I missed in the first three seasons.

     ***************
     What a great idea Circus Mom!! I’m sure it will jar the old brain. I just joined the blog this season too, and would love a chance to go through the archive too. Plus, I have a new LA mug (LOSTaholics Anon) from my Easter basket (my family knows me!!) so I can be “in meeting” every day!

559. Circus Mom
     Comment 559, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita, and anyone else interested. I found the best way for me to go the the begining and read everything is this.

     Log onto the first page http://www.lostblog.net.
     Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Next page.
     Go up to the URL and change the number 2 at the end to the page I am on. There are about 65 pages. This way I can mark the number I have gotton to and return there on my next visit.

     I don’t think I’ll post on any old threads unless other LAA members start to.

560. Rita
     Comment 560, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Rita, and anyone else interested. I found the best way for me to go the the begining and read everything is this.

     Log onto the first page http://www.lostblog.net.
     Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Next page.
     Go up to the URL and change the number 2 at the end to the page I am on. There are about 65 pages. This way I can mark the number I have gotton to and return there on my next visit.

     I don’t think I’ll post on any old threads unless other LAA members start to.

     Thanks, I’ll try that! Should be some interesting reading!!

561. Hammer
     Comment 561, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom and Rita, you will laugh at how silly some of the stuff is because the theories are thrown out with the lack of info we now have. Also, I think you will get a chance to see how some of vets have grown. Don’t forget to point out the funny stuff you find.

     In case you didn’t know, this blog was started by a fella named Andreas who’s fandom will be obvious(I know I miss his posts). Pandora was another great contibutor that you will enjoy amongst several others. Happy hunting.

562. Circus Mom
     Comment 562, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Well, 500 posts later we are running low on substance. This break is gonna suck.
     So, I bring up this quote from Damon since time travel had become more prevelant:
     “DAMON: It’s been in the DNA of the show since the very beginning. Obviously, one thing the flash backs and the flash forwards provide you with is the idea of time travel. You’re bouncing around in time and events from the past are seemingly influencing the present, but it’s not a traditional time travel story until we started talking about what the hatch was there for, and what this electromagnetic energy that the hatch is trying to contain is and what would be the effect of that hatch going away, otherwise known as the purple sky event. And it was sort of those conversations which obviously happened way back in season one when Locke and Boone found the hatch that were the early precursors of time travel. I will say, though, that the first significant event in the show where we were thinking in the back of our minds that this is going to require a story telling element that isn’t traditional narrative, is the discovery of Adam and Eve in the caves.”

     +++++++++++++
     Time to start working on who Adam and Eve are since time travel is a factor and it is possible that they found the bodies of someone who walks among them. Locke brought up to Walt when playing back gammon that it is the ultimate battle of good vs. evil, black vs. white. Is one of the folks a Whidmorian and the other a Benonite?

     Just to get the ball rolling here are some possibilities. I only picked those that are alive now. Some I have guesses on, some not. Two of the names got lost in the wholes in my brain.

     Jack and Kate No Because of Aaron
     Sawyer and Kate No Because of Aaron
     Claire No
     Jin No
     Locke No
     Hurley No
     Sayid and ____ Probably not
     Michael No (maiby coffin)
     Hurley Probably not
     Alex
     Desmond and Penny Maiby
     Walt
     Emma and _____
     Cindy
     Richard
     Sun Probably not because of Ji
     Aaron and Ji Possibly
     Bernard and Rose
     Charlotte
     Daniel
     Miles
     Ben and Juliette
     Jack and Juliette

     +++++++++++
     More thoughts on this
     When (if) we find out who Adam & Eve are we still may not know which one is good and which opne is evil.
     Thinking about Rita’s Last man standing, who is the last woman standing.
     Finally, a guess that deserves some discussion.

     Aaron and Ji

563. Michael
     Comment 563, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     Michael (373):
     I believe all we know for sure is that Jack sat in 23B and Anna Lucia was in 42F

     Elliott Maslow 9C Alive
     Boone Carlyle 9E Dead
     Shannon Rutherford 9F Dead
     Hugo “Hurley” Reyes 20G 20H Alive
     Jack Shephard 23B Alive
     Rose Nadler 23D Alive
     Bernard Nadler 23E Alive
     John Locke 24D Alive
     Claire Littleton 27C Alive
     Edward Mars 27G Dead
     Kate Austen 27H Alive
     Charlie Pace 29C Dead
     Ana-Lucia Cortez 42F Dead

     BTW, the asteriks only get there if the second(or more) quoter puts them there.

     ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     Thank you both.

564. Michael
     Comment 564, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Bodies on fuax plane from Thailand, Jack got his tattos in Thailand. Anything there?

565. Michael
     Comment 565, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Aaron and Ji make it back to the Island. Thats a neet theory. Does the Island have a name?

566. Michael
     Comment 566, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     When Ben is on the radio with Michael He is in a closet. there are shirts hanging up, he’s in a robe and in a wheel chair!

567. Michael
     Comment 567, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Don’t think Danielle was wearing a vest there was blood from her wound. Where she is shot does not look like a kill shot. She will most defiantly be in the next episode

568. dukewm
     Comment 568, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I think we can be sure Karl & Rousseau have been killed !

     Who was the shooter ?
     So far I’ve heard (read):
     Ben’s Others
     Freighter Tots – either Franks’ new mission and/or CS Lewis
     Mikhail (Patchy)
     Harper

     Sounded like a silencer to me and I don’t remember seeing any weapons equipped with silencers.

     Of the “prime suspects”, I’m leaning towards the Bens’ Others theory.

     How many posts can we expect to see including
     O6,
     Man in the coffin,
     Jin dead or alive
     during the next 5 weeks ?

569. dukewm
     Comment 569, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     One last thought on the Schedule:
     IF they do in fact “compress” the originally scheduled 8 remaining episodes into 5 “supercharged” hours to end Season 3
     (see Hammer # 536), I believe they’ll have to CUT some good/valuable material in order to finish at the same “end point” and allow for the 20 minutes of Eli Stone commercials in each episode. (don’t see any way around them leaving some footage on the floor)

     THAT, to me, would seem like a REAL pain in the A**, and I don’t mean just as a viewer, but also for the Producers.
     Wouldn’t it be MUCH easier to just extend the season by ANY scheduling framework they had to work with and air ALL the episodes as originally produced ?
     They could air the remaining 8 FULL episodes in the Fall.

     Also, by cutting material, they have compromised the integrity of the story.
     When you think about it, it’s a LOT more serious than “oh, they’re just gonna’ make it up”.

570. Michael
     Comment 570, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Carl is defiantly dead!

571. Michael
     Comment 571, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     The captains reaction to Sayid bursting in and telling him Kevin is in fact Michael was less than shocked. More as if he already knew.

572. Lins
     Comment 572, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Maybe we can all petition ABC to air the final episodes with “limited commercial interuption”? I’m sick of the 40 minute episodes as well!

     As an aside…it is pretty funny to go back and read old posts from the past seasons…like when Ben shot Locke and everyone on here was arguing if he was really dead or alive…good times ;)

573. sector7
     Comment 573, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I get busy over the past few days and bam! 600 posts! It’s taken me three days, on and off, to read them all. I know I’m a little late to the game, but I think the dust is starting to clear around here.

     Please stop with the Miles went to Walt’s grandmas house. 2 different cities, same time period, 2 different women, 2 different grandsons. And Miles wasn’t talking to Ben in “code” abt the 3.2 mil. I think Miles’ story is pretty straightforward. He uses his ability to make money. He used it to get money from the kids house, and he wants to use it to get money from Ben.

     Sayid doesn’t trust the cap’n. Sayid=smart. Storming in with Mikey is a great poker move — all bets are in and everyone has to show their hand now. The cap’s next words will tell Sayid who he needs to kill next.

     I was most intrigued by Tom telling Mike that “you still have work to do”… Same words Walt used to get John out of the ditch. I think this means the island was appearing to John as Walt. This contradicts my theory that Walt teleported to that scene. I think the island appeared to Hugo as Charlie too. The island must be a place that is like a bridge to “the other side”. This would explain why you can see dead people there. If there were such a place it might also exist within an area where timespace is out of synch — close to the edge so to speak. Where the living and the dead can co-exist. I’m starting to believe that Jacob is the island. It’s a place, but also a being.

574. PJSander
     Comment 574, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     One last thought on the Schedule:
     IF they do in fact “compress” the originally scheduled 8 remaining episodes into 5 “supercharged” hours to end Season 3
     (see Hammer # 536), I believe they’ll have to CUT some good/valuable material in order to finish at the same “end point” and allow for the 20 minutes of Eli Stone commercials in each episode. (don’t see any way around them leaving some footage on the floor)

     THAT, to me, would seem like a REAL pain in the A**, and I don’t mean just as a viewer, but also for the Producers.
     Wouldn’t it be MUCH easier to just extend the season by ANY scheduling framework they had to work with and air ALL the episodes as originally produced ?
     They could air the remaining 8 FULL episodes in the Fall.

     Also, by cutting material, they have compromised the integrity of the story.
     When you think about it, it’s a LOT more serious than “oh, they’re just gonna’ make it up”.

     Well, the reason that they are only DOING five more episodes is that they didn’t write a single WORD during the WGA strike. According to the podcast, D&C didn’t even DISCUSS the show during the strike.

     Prior to the strike, those last eight episodes were mapped out with an overall arc to the story, but the scripts were not written and footage was not shot. They are filming those episodes now. There will be film on the cutting room floor, but likely no more than during a regular editing session.

     D&C have also alluded to postponing a couple of secondary story lines until next season in order to complete the arc within the five episodes. I don’t think we will notice anything “missing” though.

     Another reason that they can’t just keep going until the eight episodes are complete is that everyone involved (cast, producers, writers, crew, etc.) has to take hiatus time to fulfill other commitments. The crew, for example, doesn’t get paid big bucks, and may have jobs on the mainland waiting for them.

     Additionally, the sixteen (plus) episodes for Season Five require planning, writing and shooting as well, and if everyone were to continue to work until the remaining eight we were expecting were done THIS season, it would delay the start of Season Five’s production. ABC schedules LOST for February through May to cover two “sweeps” periods. We already are expecting to wait until early 2009 for Season Five. If they miss that cut off, they would probably delay until the October sweeps. WHO wants to wait until FALL 2009?

     The best news (for many) is that since LOST is moving to 10pm when it returns April 24th, we may well be spared the Eli Stone commercials! Plus, if they filmed the traditional initial 13 episode pick-up, all those Eli Stone episodes will have shown by the time LOST returns. There will STILL be WAY too many commercials (too many, too often and too long) during LOST, but there always HAS been! LOL

     : ) P

575. lost chicka
     Comment 575, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     omg, i STILL canNOT believe that rouseau, daniel rouseau, is dead!!!!!!!! she can’t be! i really hope she’ll just be wounded like locke was. i really don’t see it being the others that shot at them, why would they shoot at ben’s daughter? i think it’s some freighter tots or something.

     terrific episode, i can’t believe i haven’t posted till now! and i can’t believe i have have to wait till april 24th for my next new lost fix!

576. Circus Mom
     Comment 576, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     Michael (373):
     I believe all we know for sure is that Jack sat in 23B and Anna Lucia was in 42F

     Elliott Maslow 9C Alive
     Boone Carlyle 9E Dead
     Shannon Rutherford 9F Dead
     Hugo “Hurley” Reyes 20G 20H Alive
     Jack Shephard 23B Alive
     Rose Nadler 23D Alive
     Bernard Nadler 23E Alive
     John Locke 24D Alive
     Claire Littleton 27C Alive
     Edward Mars 27G Dead
     Kate Austen 27H Alive
     Charlie Pace 29C Dead
     Ana-Lucia Cortez 42F Dead

     BTW, the asteriks only get there if the second(or more) quoter puts them there.

     ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     Thank you both.

     ++++++++++++++
     Just rewatched epi 1-5 Jack says he was in 23A.

577. Rita
     Comment 577, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     +++++++++++++
     Time to start working on who Adam and Eve are since time travel is a factor and it is possible that they found the bodies of someone who walks among them. Locke brought up to Walt when playing back gammon that it is the ultimate battle of good vs. evil, black vs. white. Is one of the folks a Whidmorian and the other a Benonite?

     +++++++++++
     More thoughts on this
     When (if) we find out who Adam & Eve are we still may not know which one is good and which opne is evil.
     Thinking about Rita’s Last man standing, who is the last woman standing.
     Finally, a guess that deserves some discussion.

     Aaron and Ji

     *********************************

     I like it. Aaron and Ji. Coming back to their roots. I guess that would also make them the FIRST man and woman standing, as Adam and Eve!

578. dukewm
     Comment 578, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     sector7 wrote:

     I get busy over the past few days and bam! 600 posts! It’s taken me three days, on and off, to read them all. I know I’m a little late to the game, but I think the dust is starting to clear around here.

     Please stop with the Miles went to Walt’s grandmas house. 2 different cities, same time period, 2 different women, 2 different grandsons. And Miles wasn’t talking to Ben in “code” abt the 3.2 mil. I think Miles’ story is pretty straightforward. He uses his ability to make money. He used it to get money from the kids house, and he wants to use it to get money from Ben.

     Sayid doesn’t trust the cap’n. Sayid=smart. Storming in with Mikey is a great poker move — all bets are in and everyone has to show their hand now. The cap’s next words will tell Sayid who he needs to kill next.

     I was most intrigued by Tom telling Mike that “you still have work to do”… Same words Walt used to get John out of the ditch. I think this means the island was appearing to John as Walt. This contradicts my theory that Walt teleported to that scene. I think the island appeared to Hugo as Charlie too. The island must be a place that is like a bridge to “the other side”. This would explain why you can see dead people there. If there were such a place it might also exist within an area where timespace is out of synch — close to the edge so to speak. Where the living and the dead can co-exist. I’m starting to believe that Jacob is the island. It’s a place, but also a being.

     Now there’s a thread worthy of deeper discussion (your last paragraph). Looks like a few “puzzle pieces” fit in nicely with that theory. The dead can briefly come through from “the transporter room” and then disappear.
     hmmmmm ? Star Trek from Heaven (or would it be Hell)?

579. dukewm
     Comment 579, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     One last thought on the Schedule:
     IF they do in fact “compress” the originally scheduled 8 remaining episodes into 5 “supercharged” hours to end Season 3
     (see Hammer # 536), I believe they’ll have to CUT some good/valuable material in order to finish at the same “end point” and allow for the 20 minutes of Eli Stone commercials in each episode. (don’t see any way around them leaving some footage on the floor)

     THAT, to me, would seem like a REAL pain in the A**, and I don’t mean just as a viewer, but also for the Producers.
     Wouldn’t it be MUCH easier to just extend the season by ANY scheduling framework they had to work with and air ALL the episodes as originally produced ?
     They could air the remaining 8 FULL episodes in the Fall.

     Also, by cutting material, they have compromised the integrity of the story.
     When you think about it, it’s a LOT more serious than “oh, they’re just gonna’ make it up”.

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     “Well, the reason that they are only DOING five more episodes is that they didn’t write a single WORD during the WGA strike. According to the podcast, D&C didn’t even DISCUSS the show during the strike.

     Prior to the strike, those last eight episodes were mapped out with an overall arc to the story, but the scripts were not written and footage was not shot. They are filming those episodes now. There will be film on the cutting room floor, but likely no more than during a regular editing session.

     D&C have also alluded to postponing a couple of secondary story lines until next season in order to complete the arc within the five episodes. I don’t think we will notice anything “missing” though.

     Another reason that they can’t just keep going until the eight episodes are complete is that everyone involved (cast, producers, writers, crew, etc.) has to take hiatus time to fulfill other commitments. The crew, for example, doesn’t get paid big bucks, and may have jobs on the mainland waiting for them.

     Additionally, the sixteen (plus) episodes for Season Five require planning, writing and shooting as well, and if everyone were to continue to work until the remaining eight we were expecting were done THIS season, it would delay the start of Season Five’s production. ABC schedules LOST for February through May to cover two “sweeps” periods. We already are expecting to wait until early 2009 for Season Five. If they miss that cut off, they would probably delay until the October sweeps. WHO wants to wait until FALL 2009?

     The best news (for many) is that since LOST is moving to 10pm when it returns April 24th, we may well be spared the Eli Stone commercials! Plus, if they filmed the traditional initial 13 episode pick-up, all those Eli Stone episodes will have shown by the time LOST returns. There will STILL be WAY too many commercials (too many, too often and too long) during LOST, but there always HAS been! LOL”

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     (testing Rita’s tip)
     Dude (or Dudette ?)
     Great inside info, thanks.

     I understand all the alternate obligations/commitments by cast, crew and network. I had assumed they had this season already scripted BEFORE the strike.
     You know what they say about “assume”.

     Also, nice of you to point out the “advantage” of the 10:00 air time. My guess is Eli Stone was getting ZERO lead-in from Lost anyway.
     Of course we’ll still get 18 minutes of garbage/network promo every hour. Hope they mix it up a little.

580. dukewm
     Comment 580, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     +++++++++++++
     Time to start working on who Adam and Eve are since time travel is a factor and it is possible that they found the bodies of someone who walks among them. Locke brought up to Walt when playing back gammon that it is the ultimate battle of good vs. evil, black vs. white. Is one of the folks a Whidmorian and the other a Benonite?

     +++++++++++
     More thoughts on this
     When (if) we find out who Adam & Eve are we still may not know which one is good and which opne is evil.
     Thinking about Rita’s Last man standing, who is the last woman standing.
     Finally, a guess that deserves some discussion.

     Aaron and Ji

     *********************************

     I like it. Aaron and Ji. Coming back to their roots. I guess that would also make them the FIRST man and woman standing, as Adam and Eve!

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     Is the “sun burning through the clouds” here and shedding some light on the series Finale ?

     After the final tumultuous Ben vs Widmore battle where everything on the Island is destroyed, all 6 Dharma stations (or what’s left of them), New Otherton, the Temple, the dock, etc. ; all that’s left are Aaron (Adam) and Ji Yeon (Eve). Everyone else has been killed and everything has reverted back to “the beginning”.

     Last Man/Woman standing
     First Man/Woman standing
     A new beginning!

581. Pam
     Comment 581, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     After the final tumultuous Ben vs Widmore battle where everything on the Island is destroyed, all 6 Dharma stations (or what’s left of them), New Otherton, the Temple, the dock, etc. ; all that’s left are Aaron (Adam) and Ji Yeon (Eve). Everyone else has been killed and everything has reverted back to “the beginning”.

     Pam wrote:

     But Ji wasn’t born on the island.

582. dukewm
     Comment 582, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     and couldn’t we say that Ji was somewhat of an “immaculate conception” ?

     One observation on the “multi-comment” thread postings:

     The lines of asterisks (plus signs, whatever) definitely help the reader, however, being left up to the “commentor” to separate the paragraphs by portions of the thread credited to each previous “commentor”, leaves room for error and hence, confusion.

     I don’t know if it’s possible but it would be nice if each “commentor” in the thread could be structured so that his/her contribution would be right below their name.

     I agree with Rita about long rambling text is also harder to follow.

     Please use LOTS of “white space” to separate thoughts.

583. dukewm
     Comment 583, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Pam wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     After the final tumultuous Ben vs Widmore battle where everything on the Island is destroyed, all 6 Dharma stations (or what’s left of them), New Otherton, the Temple, the dock, etc. ; all that’s left are Aaron (Adam) and Ji Yeon (Eve). Everyone else has been killed and everything has reverted back to “the beginning”.

     dukewm wrote:

     But Ji wasn’t born on the island.

     ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     That’s weird, your comment is “in shadow”

     Anyway, so what ?
     Ji wouldn’t necessarily have to have been born on the Island. She is the “immaculate conception”.

584. Rita
     Comment 584, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     Pam wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     After the final tumultuous Ben vs Widmore battle where everything on the Island is destroyed, all 6 Dharma stations (or what’s left of them), New Otherton, the Temple, the dock, etc. ; all that’s left are Aaron (Adam) and Ji Yeon (Eve). Everyone else has been killed and everything has reverted back to “the beginning”.

     Rita wrote:

     But Ji wasn’t born on the island.

     ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     That’s weird, your comment is “in shadow”

     Anyway, so what ?
     Ji wouldn’t necessarily have to have been born on the Island. She is the “immaculate conception”.

     *******************

     Yes, she MAY have been concieved on the island, unless she isn’t Jin’s, which is still open to debate at this stage. If she WAS concieved on the island, I guess that still counts as belonging there.

585. Hammer
     Comment 585, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Aaron and Ji

     Awesome idea, this is the type of stuff I was asking for!

586. Lins
     Comment 586, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     sector7 wrote:

     I was most intrigued by Tom telling Mike that “you still have work to do”… Same words Walt used to get John out of the ditch. I think this means the island was appearing to John as Walt. This contradicts my theory that Walt teleported to that scene. I think the island appeared to Hugo as Charlie too. The island must be a place that is like a bridge to “the other side”. This would explain why you can see dead people there. If there were such a place it might also exist within an area where timespace is out of synch — close to the edge so to speak. Where the living and the dead can co-exist. I’m starting to believe that Jacob is the island. It’s a place, but also a being.

     Oooh…I like this theory…makes much more sense than the teleporting thing…also explains why John heard Jacob say, “help me”…if the island was going to be under attack?

587. jaime
     Comment 587, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     may seem silly , and i know its probably been asked before so no ridicule please :)
     When i reply to a comment, how do i do it so that my reply is bolder than what i am responding to….let’s hear the groans :)

     In the upper right corner of the post is a gray “Quote and Reply”. Click on this and it will take you directly to the submit comment section (where you post), with the whole quote already in place. Type under it and when you submit it, it will be as you wish.

     Thank you Rita

588. Rita
     Comment 588, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     +++++++++++++

     +++++++++++

     *********************************

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     Is the “sun burning through the clouds” here and shedding some light on the series Finale ?

     After the final tumultuous Ben vs Widmore battle where everything on the Island is destroyed, all 6 Dharma stations (or what’s left of them), New Otherton, the Temple, the dock, etc. ; all that’s left are Aaron (Adam) and Ji Yeon (Eve). Everyone else has been killed and everything has reverted back to “the beginning”.

     Last Man/Woman standing
     First Man/Woman standing
     A new beginning!

     ********************************

     dukewm, I like your idea of the “sun shining through the clouds” to shed some light on the series finale. I think the Adam and Eve/new beginning idea is exactly what we can expect. Especially with the whole time travel/can you change the past/present/future concepts. But since whomever Adam and Eve turn out to be are already there when our losties arrive, I guess they couldn’t change anything and it becomes a continuous loop to be repeated. Not sure I like THAT idea and I hope that is NOT where they are going.

     In any case, I like your idea of a final great showdown between “good and evil” (if it ever becomes apparent who is who) where everything gets destroyed, nobody wins, and the island gets a fresh start.

     I am starting to think of the island as an entity of muliple consciousnesses, ie the whisperers. It is possibly THEY, rather than “the island” per se, who are able to interact with the living. Interesting.

     Back to Adam and Eve. Would they possibly be the “parents” of the original inhabitants, the “hostiles”, so say, Aaron and Ji Yeon (for example) would be the ancesters of Richard Alpert et al? Now there would be a full circle to come! Just thinking out loud.

589. PJSander
     Comment 589, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I know that the skeletons are referred to as Adam and Eve, but do we know for sure that they are one male and one female?

     Either way, what if the skeletons are ancestors of Widmore, Ben, Paik, Hanso, or the like? Maybe one is the skeleton of the Hanso that was on the Black Rock. Maybe an ancestor of Widmore or Ben was also on the Black Rock.

     Maybe I need to get a life *g*.

     : ) P

590. Hammer
     Comment 590, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lins wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     I was most intrigued by Tom telling Mike that “you still have work to do”… Same words Walt used to get John out of the ditch. I think this means the island was appearing to John as Walt. This contradicts my theory that Walt teleported to that scene. I think the island appeared to Hugo as Charlie too. The island must be a place that is like a bridge to “the other side”. This would explain why you can see dead people there. If there were such a place it might also exist within an area where timespace is out of synch — close to the edge so to speak. Where the living and the dead can co-exist. I’m starting to believe that Jacob is the island. It’s a place, but also a being.

     Oooh…I like this theory…makes much more sense than the teleporting thing…also explains why John heard Jacob say, “help me”…if the island was going to be under attack?

     Circus Mom already brought up a similar theory in the Ji Yeon thread some around comment 460…

591. Rita
     Comment 591, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     I know that the skeletons are referred to as Adam and Eve, but do we know for sure that they are one male and one female?

     Either way, what if the skeletons are ancestors of Widmore, Ben, Paik, Hanso, or the like? Maybe one is the skeleton of the Hanso that was on the Black Rock. Maybe an ancestor of Widmore or Ben was also on the Black Rock.

     Maybe I need to get a life *g*.

     : ) P

     Yes, Jack said they were male and female. He would be able to tell (I hope). There were some rocks, black and white (symbolic?), placed with the skeletons though and I am interested in these. Does anyone know exactly where they were placed? I am going to go back and watch this part again. Could be important, if the black or white were by the male or female. A clue to who they might be, as in who is black/evil and who is white/good?

592. Rita
     Comment 592, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     PJSander wrote:

     I know that the skeletons are referred to as Adam and Eve, but do we know for sure that they are one male and one female?

     Either way, what if the skeletons are ancestors of Widmore, Ben, Paik, Hanso, or the like? Maybe one is the skeleton of the Hanso that was on the Black Rock. Maybe an ancestor of Widmore or Ben was also on the Black Rock.

     Maybe I need to get a life *g*.

     : ) P

     Yes, Jack said they were male and female. He would be able to tell (I hope). There were some rocks, black and white (symbolic?), placed with the skeletons though and I am interested in these. Does anyone know exactly where they were placed? I am going to go back and watch this part again. Could be important, if the black or white were by the male or female. A clue to who they might be, as in who is black/evil and who is white/good?

     ***********************
     OK, just rewatched the Adam and Eve episode S1E6 and of course it wasn’t as simple as I had hoped. The black and white rocks were toether in a small pouch that was on one of the bodies. Jack DOES say that one of them is female. He says, “it takes 40 to 50 years for clothing to degrade like this”. He also says it looks like someone placed them there. Then Locke says, “it looks like we have our own Adam and Eve”. So, what does this mean? Not a clue. Anyone else?

593. skweez
     Comment 593, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     PJSander wrote:

     I know that the skeletons are referred to as Adam and Eve, but do we know for sure that they are one male and one female?

     Either way, what if the skeletons are ancestors of Widmore, Ben, Paik, Hanso, or the like? Maybe one is the skeleton of the Hanso that was on the Black Rock. Maybe an ancestor of Widmore or Ben was also on the Black Rock.

     Maybe I need to get a life *g*.

     : ) PYes, Jack said they were male and female. He would be able to tell (I hope). There were some rocks, black and white (symbolic?), placed with the skeletons though and I am interested in these. Does anyone know exactly where they were placed? I am going to go back and watch this part again. Could be important, if the black or white were by the male or female. A clue to who they might be, as in who is black/evil and who is white/good?

     ***********************
     OK, just rewatched the Adam and Eve episode S1E6 and of course it wasn’t as simple as I had hoped. The black and white rocks were toether in a small pouch that was on one of the bodies. Jack DOES say that one of them is female. He says, “it takes 40 to 50 years for clothing to degrade like this”. He also says it looks like someone placed them there. Then Locke says, “it looks like we have our own Adam and Eve”. So, what does this mean? Not a clue. Anyone else?

     I am SO confused as to the Adam and Eve situation. I’ve watched the episode atleast 5 times and can not understand how D&C will bring it into the story line. Especially, since they said that people will point to this episode and say, “they weren’t making it up as they went along”. Can these people be from the future? Is Jack wrong in guesstimating the time it takes for the clothes to disentigrate?

594. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 594, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     *********************

     I believe that after Michael fails in his mission (gets killed maybe?) that Sayiid picks up for him and takes over. I don’t know yet WHO is more evil, Widmore or Linus, but I think it would be better to not trust either one.

     I agree Rita. Sayid likely takes over when/if he gets back to the island and Ben informs Sayid he just got rid of the man who is helping keep the Losties alive…

     *************
     Yes, exactly. It would be the only thing that I could think of that would make Sayid work for Ben. Problem is, once you get started, where does it end? Ben is brilliant at mind games.

     **************
     My first thought was that Widmore (or whoever Ben is really at war with) kills Nadia. This would “prove” to Sayid that Ben was on the right side and he would join him.

595. skweez
     Comment 595, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     *********************

     I believe that after Michael fails in his mission (gets killed maybe?) that Sayiid picks up for him and takes over. I don’t know yet WHO is more evil, Widmore or Linus, but I think it would be better to not trust either one.I agree Rita. Sayid likely takes over when/if he gets back to the island and Ben informs Sayid he just got rid of the man who is helping keep the Losties alive…

     *************
     Yes, exactly. It would be the only thing that I could think of that would make Sayid work for Ben. Problem is, once you get started, where does it end? Ben is brilliant at mind games.

     **************
     My first thought was that Widmore (or whoever Ben is really at war with) kills Nadia. This would “prove” to Sayid that Ben was on the right side and he would join him.

     So, what is the reason that Widmore kills Nadia? I assume this happens once they are “rescued”.

596. skweez
     Comment 596, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     WildBill wrote:

     My first post. Long time lurker.
     Regarding the shooting of Rousseau, Karl and maybe Alex: Any thoughts as to whether this “shooting” is similar to the “Sleeping Darts” that hit Jack, Sawyer, Kate and Hurley at the end of season two? It didn’t sound like gunshots and although there was a hole in the water bottle it did not look shattered as if a bullet had gone through it.
     If the Others had such good sharp shooters, why would they have tried to recruit Juliet to do the killing of Faraday and Charlotte at the Tempest? Why not get the shooters of Alex etc to kill Faraday? The Others knew where the Freighties were going, so why get a third (possibly unreliable) party involved?
     Great blog – love to read the theories.

     That is EXACTLY what I thought. Maybe I just assumed this because my first thought was that it was the Others and it sounded somewhat different than a silencer…..

597. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 597, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     *********************

     I believe that after Michael fails in his mission (gets killed maybe?) that Sayiid picks up for him and takes over. I don’t know yet WHO is more evil, Widmore or Linus, but I think it would be better to not trust either one.I agree Rita. Sayid likely takes over when/if he gets back to the island and Ben informs Sayid he just got rid of the man who is helping keep the Losties alive…

     *************
     Yes, exactly. It would be the only thing that I could think of that would make Sayid work for Ben. Problem is, once you get started, where does it end? Ben is brilliant at mind games.

     **************
     My first thought was that Widmore (or whoever Ben is really at war with) kills Nadia. This would “prove” to Sayid that Ben was on the right side and he would join him.

     So, what is the reason that Widmore kills Nadia? I assume this happens once they are “rescued”.

     *************
     No clue why. But in The Economist, Sayid tells Ben (on island) “Forgive me, but the day I start trusting him is the day I would have sold my soul.”

     So what would make Sayid sell his soul? The strongest argument I could think of was Widmore killing Nadia.

598. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 598, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hans wrote:

     WOooooooo GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     I’ve been going through season 2 finale ONCE AGAON and I FOUND A REMARKABLE ELEMENT!!!!!!!!

     Hate to even think but, I think…

     Penny wildmore was instrumental in getting the island coordinates to her dad, charles widmore.

     with her will or without.

     remember? when the season 2 ended, the scientists in Antarctica found an electromagnetic incident and reported to our penny?

     so i hate to wonder, but can she become part of all of this too?

     i mean it explains, why then soon afterwards:-

     1) they find the plane wreck and a freighter is sent to find the island!!!!!!! – cuz widmore got the coordinates from that scientists/or penny who analyzed and noted the incident in Antarctica and staged the scne and got ready to infiltrate into the island on the new found information…

     what do you guys think about it?

     And very good points circus mom on micheal :)

     I don’t think this is a big stretch (Penny getting Daddy the coordinates). My only question would be how/why do they (Widmores) connect Desmond with Flight 815? Both of them disappeared?

599. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 599, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     oh yeah,
     somewhere way back in this weeks discussion someone answered my question on this seasons schedule and claimed to know that beginning April 24th they were going to air only 5 of the originally planned 8 more episodes. Then, the 3 would be “made up” during S5 and S6.

     I’m wondering, first of all, is that confirmed information by ABC ? . . .
     and if so, wouldn’t that really screw up the flow of events ? . . .
     i.e. how can they just stop at the end of S3E13, take an 8 month layoff and then begin S5 with S4E14 ? . . .
     unless of course that IS a very good place to end S3.

     Anybody know whether ABC has formally announced their “air schedule” ?

     To confirm what Hammer said, and paraphrase D&C:

     We will have five more episodes in this season which will finish this arc of this season’s story.

     Over the remaining two seasons, we will have a total of 35 (16 + 16 + the “missing” 3) more episodes, which gives us the complete 48 we were promised at the end of Season Three. Those three episodes will not be part of Season Four, but rather extra episodes in Season Five, or Six, or split between them.

     : ) P

     I think I need to re-listen to that podcast, but my recollection is that the 8 S4 episodes will be condensed to 5, and that the other two seasons will STILL be 16 episodes, but will have the other 3 hours added into them? (Maybe a couple 2-hour things?) Lostpedia doesn’t have the transcripts….I’ll try and listen now.

600. Rita
     Comment 600, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     PJSander wrote:

     : ) ***********************
     OK, just rewatched the Adam and Eve episode S1E6 and of course it wasn’t as simple as I had hoped. The black and white rocks were toether in a small pouch that was on one of the bodies. Jack DOES say that one of them is female. He says, “it takes 40 to 50 years for clothing to degrade like this”. He also says it looks like someone placed them there. Then Locke says, “it looks like we have our own Adam and Eve”. So, what does this mean? Not a clue. Anyone else?

     I am SO confused as to the Adam and Eve situation. I’ve watched the episode atleast 5 times and can not understand how D&C will bring it into the story line. Especially, since they said that people will point to this episode and say, “they weren’t making it up as they went along”. Can these people be from the future? Is Jack wrong in guesstimating the time it takes for the clothes to disentigrate?

     *************************

     I was starting to think it might be significant that Locke said, “it looks like we have OUR OWN Adam and Eve”, like the skeletons were going to turn out to be related to THEM (collectively). In light of the time travel eventuality, I would think it likely that A&E are from the future, are part of their group in some way, traveled back in time somehow, and died on the island. Jack said though that it looked like they were placed there, so that becomes the question: Who was there to place them? Who cared enough about them to do that? I would guess it would be the whisperers.

601. Toeknee
     Comment 601, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     sector7 wrote:

     I was most intrigued by Tom telling Mike that “you still have work to do”… Same words Walt used to get John out of the ditch. I think this means the island was appearing to John as Walt. This contradicts my theory that Walt teleported to that scene. I think the island appeared to Hugo as Charlie too. The island must be a place that is like a bridge to “the other side”. This would explain why you can see dead people there. If there were such a place it might also exist within an area where timespace is out of synch — close to the edge so to speak. Where the living and the dead can co-exist. I’m starting to believe that Jacob is the island. It’s a place, but also a being.

     When you talk about “the island appearing” to people, is this different than what the smoke monster does? My take is that when we’ve seen Walt’s mysterious appearances, that was a manifestation of the smoke monster, similar to the appearances of Christian and Yemi. Charlie’s appearance to Hurley off-island could also be a manifestation of Smokey (but my personal opinion is that Hurely was imagining seeing Charlie). And in this regard, Smokey is part of the island’s essence.

     And yes, like Tom, Ben has also talked about the island in ways that make it seem like he considers is a “being”.

602. Rita
     Comment 602, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     I was most intrigued by Tom telling Mike that “you still have work to do”… Same words Walt used to get John out of the ditch. I think this means the island was appearing to John as Walt. This contradicts my theory that Walt teleported to that scene. I think the island appeared to Hugo as Charlie too. The island must be a place that is like a bridge to “the other side”. This would explain why you can see dead people there. If there were such a place it might also exist within an area where timespace is out of synch — close to the edge so to speak. Where the living and the dead can co-exist. I’m starting to believe that Jacob is the island. It’s a place, but also a being.

     When you talk about “the island appearing” to people, is this different than what the smoke monster does? My take is that when we’ve seen Walt’s mysterious appearances, that was a manifestation of the smoke monster, similar to the appearances of Christian and Yemi. Charlie’s appearance to Hurley off-island could also be a manifestation of Smokey (but my personal opinion is that Hurely was imagining seeing Charlie). And in this regard, Smokey is part of the island’s essence.

     And yes, like Tom, Ben has also talked about the island in ways that make it seem like he considers is a “being”.

     *******************
     But the other patient at the hospital also saw Charlie. Not Hurley’s imagination then?

603. jaime
     Comment 603, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     This is what they have to say when asked about Adam and Eve

     CUSE: The answer to that question goes to the nature of the timeline of the Island. We don’t want to say too much about it, but there are a couple Easter eggs embedded in “Not in Portland”, one of which is an anagram that actually sheds some light on the skeletons and hints at a larger mythological mystery that will start to unfold later in the season.
     LINDELOF: There were certain things we knew from the very beginning. Independent of ever knowing when the end was going to be, we knew what it was going to be, and we wanted to start setting it up as early as season 1, or else people would think that we were making it up as we were going along. So the skeletons are the living—or, I guess, slowly decomposing—proof of that. When all is said and done, people are going to point to the skeletons and say, “That is proof that from the very beginning, they always knew that they were going to do this.”

     Does anyone know what the anagram was from “Not in Portland”???

604. Hammer
     Comment 604, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Charlie’s appearance to Hurley off-island could also be a manifestation of Smokey (but my personal opinion is that Hurely was imagining seeing Charlie). And in this regard, Smokey is part of the island’s essence.

     And yes, like Tom, Ben has also talked about the island in ways that make it seem like he considers is a “being”.

     *******************
     But the other patient at the hospital also saw Charlie. Not Hurley’s imagination then?

     +++++++++++++
     I agree with Rita, not Hugo’s imagination. Again, there is the thought that people THINK they are crazy because they see and here dead people. Hurley would THINK he is crazy if this IS happening to him, especially with his past.

     Also Hugo saw the cabin. How would he be able to imagine the same cabin Locke saw? He would have to get a very detailed story from Locke in order to conjure up the same cabin. Smokey and the whisperers are involved IMO.

605. jaime
     Comment 605, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     That info was from Lostpedia

606. Hammer
     Comment 606, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     This is what they have to say when asked about Adam and Eve

     CUSE: The answer to that question goes to the nature of the timeline of the Island. We don’t want to say too much about it, but there are a couple Easter eggs embedded in “Not in Portland”, one of which is an anagram that actually sheds some light on the skeletons and hints at a larger mythological mystery that will start to unfold later in the season.
     LINDELOF: There were certain things we knew from the very beginning. Independent of ever knowing when the end was going to be, we knew what it was going to be, and we wanted to start setting it up as early as season 1, or else people would think that we were making it up as we were going along. So the skeletons are the living—or, I guess, slowly decomposing—proof of that. When all is said and done, people are going to point to the skeletons and say, “That is proof that from the very beginning, they always knew that they were going to do this.”

     Does anyone know what the anagram was from “Not in Portland”???

     Mittlose or Lost Time

607. Rita
     Comment 607, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Well, Mittelos (Bioscience) is introduced in “Not in Portland”, and Mittelos is an anagram for lost time. Possibly this was meant as an intro to the larger mythology of time distortion/travel. Not sure how this would shed any light on the skeletons though, so it may be something else.

608. Hammer
     Comment 608, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Does anyone know what the anagram was from “Not in Portland”???

     Mittlose or Lost Time

     +++++++
     It’s Mittlelos(lost time) Bioscience that Alpert claimed he worked for when recruiting Juliet to the island.

609. jaime
     Comment 609, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     perfect, thank you

     In further researching the black and white stones i came upon something interesteing regarding Magnus Hanso..(from Lostpedia)
     Magnus was one of the greatest alchemists of all time, and was also the discoverer of the legendary “Philosopher’s Stone” (which could allegedly be combined with certain metals to create a youth-preserving elixir; that would make its general objective similar to that of the Life Extension Project) and the creator of a supernatural device, an automaton which he named “Android”. Using the “…angels from the netherworld…” and the powers of the Philosopher’s Stone, he created “metals and material unknown to this world…” and chose them “according to the stars and planets…”. This “android” was instilled with the powers of speech, thought, and according to some reports, a soul. Upon completion of this project, his student St. Thomas Aquinas destroyed the “diabolic being” and denounced it as “…a tool of Satan and a blasphemy to God.”
     The “android” could be linked to the Security System.
     Magnus, alias Magnus Lehnsherr, is a member of the Exiles, a group of alternate reality X-Men from the Marvel comic of the same name.
     One of his superpowers is the control of electromagnetic energy.

     could the black and white stones be related to the “philosophers stone?

610. Toeknee
     Comment 610, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     But the other patient at the hospital also saw Charlie. Not Hurley’s imagination then?

     Well, this is just my interpretation and it may very well be wrong. I had written about this in the thread for The Beginning of the End, and I don’t think there too many people agreeing with me so I probably am wrong, but here goes nothing:

     My thinking is that at the time of that scene at the hospital, Hurley was feeling incredibly guilty about something related to them leaving the island – I think this fact is pretty well accepted, however, we don’t know yet exactly why he feels guilty. So when Charlie appears, I believe it’s Hurley’s conscience telling him things like “they need you”, and this is similar to the way Hurley had that imaginary friend Dave.

     The other patient at the hospital isn’t necessarily a good source of information. I think that one of 2 things happened: 1)that patient may have imagined seeing someone looking at Hurley, and then that caused Hurley’s “hallucination”; or 2) Hurley imagined the other patient, and imagined that patient telling him about the equally imaginary Charlie.

     There’s a couple other reasons I think he imagined Charlie’s appearance. One is that when Hurley was being interrogated by the cop, he imagined that there was water on the other side of the two-way mirror and Charlie swam up to him and broke the glass, so he was imagnining seeing Charlie in that scene. Also, we were shown the surveillance tape of Hurley freaking out in the convenience store, and the cop asked Hurely who he saw – it seems like whoever was in the store would have had to pass across the view of the camera, so as part of their investigation the cops would have looked over the entire tape and asked Hurley about each person that entered the store. But they didn’t do this and my interpretation of that is that there was noone else in the store at that time.

     Maybe I’m overanalyzing it all, but that’s my take.

611. Rita
     Comment 611, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     perfect, thank you

     In further researching the black and white stones i came upon something interesteing regarding Magnus Hanso..(from Lostpedia)
     Magnus was one of the greatest alchemists of all time, and was also the discoverer of the legendary “Philosopher’s Stone” (which could allegedly be combined with certain metals to create a youth-preserving elixir; that would make its general objective similar to that of the Life Extension Project) and the creator of a supernatural device, an automaton which he named “Android”. Using the “…angels from the netherworld…” and the powers of the Philosopher’s Stone, he created “metals and material unknown to this world…” and chose them “according to the stars and planets…”. This “android” was instilled with the powers of speech, thought, and according to some reports, a soul. Upon completion of this project, his student St. Thomas Aquinas destroyed the “diabolic being” and denounced it as “…a tool of Satan and a blasphemy to God.”
     The “android” could be linked to the Security System.
     Magnus, alias Magnus Lehnsherr, is a member of the Exiles, a group of alternate reality X-Men from the Marvel comic of the same name.
     One of his superpowers is the control of electromagnetic energy.

     could the black and white stones be related to the “philosophers stone?

     *************************
     Great research Jaime. But from my dim recollection of high school chemistry, the alchemists were seeking ways to turn other chemicals into gold. It never worked. There couldn’t really be a greatest alchemist then.
     However, with the normal suspension of reality needed for any tv show, we could go with Magnus discovering something else valuable in his search for gold, namely a “youth preserving elixir”, and then embarking upon a whole Life Preservation Project, and the rest of what you said. I do hope the answer isn’t as comic-booky as the Lostpedia explanation sounds. But the black and white stones might relate back to something like this.

612. PJSander
     Comment 612, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Hurley imagined the other patient, and imagined that patient telling him about the equally imaginary Charlie.

     I fully admit it is foolhardy, but I still hold out hope that Charlie (with his already proven incredible lung capacity) was able to swim through the porthole and to the surface of the water in the season three finale (despite the fact that somewhere in the first season, he tells Jack he can’t swim!) and that he was ACTUALLY alive and talking to Hurley, but had to “play dead” (through coercion, agreement or self-preservation) which is why he said something like “I am dead and I am here.”

     : ) P

613. Rita
     Comment 613, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     But the other patient at the hospital also saw Charlie. Not Hurley’s imagination then?

     …- it seems like whoever was in the store would have had to pass across the view of the camera, so as part of their investigation the cops would have looked over the entire tape and asked Hurley about each person that entered the store. But they didn’t do this and my interpretation of that is that there was noone else in the store at that time.

     Maybe I’m overanalyzing it all, but that’s my take.

     *************************

     ToeKnee, for the sake of argument, could it be that the manifestation of Charlie might be only visable to “someone special” like Hurley? I mean, Hurley was also able to see Jacob’s cabin, while others presumably could not? Or if not due to “specialness”, then perhaps the manifestation of “the island” might only be visable to the ones it chooses at any given time, yet still be “real” as in not in ones imagination?

614. skweez
     Comment 614, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I know this should be posted under “The Constant” thread, but I fear I may not get an answer.

     Can someone tell me what it was that Sayid gave to Locke that allowed him to take Charlotte? I assumed it was Miles, but he was already in custody. Could it possibly have been some info that was given to him by Ben?

615. Hammer
     Comment 615, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Well, Mittelos (Bioscience) is introduced in “Not in Portland”, and Mittelos is an anagram for lost time. Possibly this was meant as an intro to the larger mythology of time distortion/travel. Not sure how this would shed any light on the skeletons though, so it may be something else.

     Since it clues you in to time travel, you COULD deduce that A&E are from past, present or future. Since it will help prove that this was something we can look back at and say it wasn’t made up, it doesn’t help us to know who they are.

616. Rita
     Comment 616, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     I know this should be posted under “The Constant” thread, but I fear I may not get an answer.

     Can someone tell me what it was that Sayid gave to Locke that allowed him to take Charlotte? I assumed it was Miles, but he was already in custody. Could it possibly have been some info that was given to him by Ben?

     Miles wasn’t in Sayid’s custody, he came along of his own free will. He was then in Locke’s custody as a result of a “trade” of Charlotte for Miles, which Miles probably didn’t fight too hard since in Eggtown he told Kate he was exactly where he wanted to be.

617. jaime
     Comment 617, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     I know this should be posted under “The Constant” thread, but I fear I may not get an answer.

     Can someone tell me what it was that Sayid gave to Locke that allowed him to take Charlotte? I assumed it was Miles, but he was already in custody. Could it possibly have been some info that was given to him by Ben?[/quote

     It was Kate

618. Toeknee
     Comment 618, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     ToeKnee, for the sake of argument, could it be that the manifestation of Charlie might be only visable to “someone special” like Hurley? I mean, Hurley was also able to see Jacob’s cabin, while others presumably could not? Or if not due to “specialness”, then perhaps the manifestation of “the island” might only be visable to the ones it chooses at any given time, yet still be “real” as in not in ones imagination?

     Yes that is certainly possible, and it’s why I don’t rule out the possibility that Charlie’s appearances in TBOTE were a manifestation of Smokey.

     Regarding the cabin, I agree Hurley did indeed see it. But apparently the cabin itself has the ability to appear/disappear when it wants, or shield itself when it wants. So when the whole group of Losties heading to the Barracks came across the location of the cabin, none of them could see it, not even Locke, Ben, or Hurley.

619. Hammer
     Comment 619, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     *************************
     Great research Jaime. But from my dim recollection of high school chemistry, the alchemists were seeking ways to turn other chemicals into gold. It never worked. There couldn’t really be a greatest alchemist then.
     However, with the normal suspension of reality needed for any tv show, we could go with Magnus discovering something else valuable in his search for gold, namely a “youth preserving elixir”, and then embarking upon a whole Life Preservation Project, and the rest of what you said. I do hope the answer isn’t as comic-booky as the Lostpedia explanation sounds. But the black and white stones might relate back to something like this.

     This from Meriam-Webster:
     1 : a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life 2 : a power or process of transforming something common into something special 3 : an inexplicable or mysterious transmuting.

     So I think that the “gold” part doesn’t apply so much as def. 2 or 3 since we know what DHARMA wanted the island for and assume they knew what Magnus Hanso did.

     Also, I need to ammend my whisper transcript where a whisperer said at the cabin when Hurley was there:

     Man: “Come to me, I need you. You’re an alchemist and uh…”

     I originally thought Dr. Artz, but maybe they were talking to Magnus Hanso himself.

620. Miraks
     Comment 620, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I think the stones are more like a representation of ying and yang- black and white- night and day… Ying and yang are not good vs. bad, but rather two opposite but complimentary sides of a whole. They are the two contradictory aspects that make up the universe.

621. skweez
     Comment 621, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     I know this should be posted under “The Constant” thread, but I fear I may not get an answer.

     Can someone tell me what it was that Sayid gave to Locke that allowed him to take Charlotte? I assumed it was Miles, but he was already in custody. Could it possibly have been some info that was given to him by Ben?
     Miles wasn’t in Sayid’s custody, he came along of his own free will. He was then in Locke’s custody as a result of a “trade” of Charlotte for Miles, which Miles probably didn’t fight too hard since in Eggtown he told Kate he was exactly where he wanted to be.

     Yes, Miles was already in custody of Locke. So, how could Sayid use him as a bargaining chip?

     Jaime:

     Kate still had her gun, so she wasn’t it doesn’t seem that she was in anyone’s custody.

622. Hammer
     Comment 622, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Miraks wrote:

     I think the stones are more like a representation of ying and yang- black and white- night and day… Ying and yang are not good vs. bad, but rather two opposite but complimentary sides of a whole. They are the two contradictory aspects that make up the universe.

     So it is possible that neither Widmore and co. or Ben and co. are evil. Maybe both are just fighting for the power to control the island for the same end?

623. skweez
     Comment 623, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Miraks wrote:

     I think the stones are more like a representation of ying and yang- black and white- night and day… Ying and yang are not good vs. bad, but rather two opposite but complimentary sides of a whole. They are the two contradictory aspects that make up the universe. So it is possible that neither Widmore and co. or Ben and co. are evil. Maybe both are just fighting for the power to control the island for the same end?

     So, if that’s the case, it seems possible that A&E could be Ben and the Goodspeed girl. Ben representing the others and she representing the DHARMA intitiative. Both have motives to do something “goood” with the island but have different ways of achieving that “good”.

624. Hammer
     Comment 624, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     So, if that’s the case, it seems possible that A&E could be Ben and the Goodspeed girl. Ben representing the others and she representing the DHARMA intitiative. Both have motives to do something “goood” with the island but have different ways of achieving that “good”.

     I’m diggin’ it.

625. Rita
     Comment 625, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     *************************
     Great research Jaime. But from my dim recollection of high school chemistry, the alchemists were seeking ways to turn other chemicals into gold. It never worked. There couldn’t really be a greatest alchemist then.
     However, with the normal suspension of reality needed for any tv show, we could go with Magnus discovering something else valuable in his search for gold, namely a “youth preserving elixir”, and then embarking upon a whole Life Preservation Project, and the rest of what you said. I do hope the answer isn’t as comic-booky as the Lostpedia explanation sounds. But the black and white stones might relate back to something like this.

     This from Meriam-Webster:
     1 : a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life

     2 : a power or process of transforming something common into something special

     3 : an inexplicable or mysterious transmuting.

     So I think that the “gold” part doesn’t apply so much as def. 2 or 3 since we know what DHARMA wanted the island for and assume they knew what Magnus Hanso did.

     Also, I need to ammend my whisper transcript where a whisperer said at the cabin when Hurley was there:

     Man: “Come to me, I need you. You’re an alchemist and uh…”

     I originally thought Dr. Artz, but maybe they were talking to Magnus Hanso himself.

     *****************************

     Thanks Hammer! So much for my dim memory of HS Chemisty. And you are making me a believer in your whisper theory.

626. Miraks
     Comment 626, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Just a few thoughts-
     1- Locke’s mom told him that he was an “immaculate conception” sometime in season two I think
     2- the man Sawyer killed was not really Locke’s dad
     3- does Ben know who Locke’s real father is?
     4- Locke’s mom was in the same mental institution as Hurley and Libby
     Who is John Locke!

627. Rita
     Comment 627, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     …Regarding the cabin, I agree Hurley did indeed see it. But apparently the cabin itself has the ability to appear/disappear when it wants, or shield itself when it wants. So when the whole group of Losties heading to the Barracks came across the location of the cabin, none of them could see it, not even Locke, Ben, or Hurley.

     ************************

     Or, the cabin isn’t merely not visable when it wants to be, but is REALLY NOT THERE, and is able to move about at will. Remember that Hurley thought the cabin was in another direction altogether when Locke set off to look for it. If the cabin is a manafestation of “the island/smoky/whisperers”, then it isn’t always visable (to ANYONE), but chooses its time and place.

628. Circus Mom
     Comment 628, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     But the other patient at the hospital also saw Charlie. Not Hurley’s imagination then?

     Well, this is just my interpretation and it may very well be wrong. I had written about this in the thread for The Beginning of the End, and I don’t think there too many people agreeing with me so I probably am wrong, but here goes nothing:

     My thinking is that at the time of that scene at the hospital, Hurley was feeling incredibly guilty about something related to them leaving the island – I think this fact is pretty well accepted, however, we don’t know yet exactly why he feels guilty. So when Charlie appears, I believe it’s Hurley’s conscience telling him things like “they need you”, and this is similar to the way Hurley had that imaginary friend Dave.

     The other patient at the hospital isn’t necessarily a good source of information. I think that one of 2 things happened: 1)that patient may have imagined seeing someone looking at Hurley, and then that caused Hurley’s “hallucination”; or 2) Hurley imagined the other patient, and imagined that patient telling him about the equally imaginary Charlie.

     There’s a couple other reasons I think he imagined Charlie’s appearance. One is that when Hurley was being interrogated by the cop, he imagined that there was water on the other side of the two-way mirror and Charlie swam up to him and broke the glass, so he was imagnining seeing Charlie in that scene. Also, we were shown the surveillance tape of Hurley freaking out in the convenience store, and the cop asked Hurely who he saw – it seems like whoever was in the store would have had to pass across the view of the camera, so as part of their investigation the cops would have looked over the entire tape and asked Hurley about each person that entered the store. But they didn’t do this and my interpretation of that is that there was noone else in the store at that time.

     Maybe I’m overanalyzing it all, but that’s my take.

     When Jack saw Christian in the water after trying to save Johanna Kate couldn’t see him. In fact, only Jack saw his dad each time even though there were other losties around. Perhaps they appear selectivily.

629. jaime
     Comment 629, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Miraks wrote:

     Just a few thoughts-
     1- Locke’s mom told him that he was an “immaculate conception” sometime in season two I think
     2- the man Sawyer killed was not really Locke’s dad
     3- does Ben know who Locke’s real father is?
     4- Locke’s mom was in the same mental institution as Hurley and Libby
     Who is John Locke!

     Wasn’t Locke’s real father Anthony Cooper?

630. Circus Mom
     Comment 630, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Miraks wrote:

     Just a few thoughts-
     1- Locke’s mom told him that he was an “immaculate conception” sometime in season two I think
     2- the man Sawyer killed was not really Locke’s dad
     3- does Ben know who Locke’s real father is?
     4- Locke’s mom was in the same mental institution as Hurley and Libby
     Who is John Locke!

     He was really Locke’s dad. He was a match for the kidney transplant.

631. Hammer
     Comment 631, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Also, we were shown the surveillance tape of Hurley freaking out in the convenience store, and the cop asked Hurely who he saw – it seems like whoever was in the store would have had to pass across the view of the camera, so as part of their investigation the cops would have looked over the entire tape and asked Hurley about each person that entered the store. But they didn’t do this and my interpretation of that is that there was noone else in the store at that time.

     Maybe I’m overanalyzing it all, but that’s my take.

     When Jack saw Christian in the water after trying to save Johanna Kate couldn’t see him. In fact, only Jack saw his dad each time even though there were other losties around. Perhaps they appear selectivily.

     ++++++++++++++
     There’s this with Kate and her black horse:

     # Kate first encountered the horse after being captured by the Marshal at a bus station while she was buying a ticket to Tallahassee, FL. The horse was standing in the middle of the road and caused the marshal to swerve and hit a tree, allowing Kate to escape.
     # She sees the horse (or one identical to it) a second time, while picking fruit on the Island.
     # After leading Sawyer out of the Swan for a breath of fresh air (he had been close to death from septic poisoning), they both see the horse.

     Maybe since they both saw the horse, it is possible that more than one person can see the appearance.

     Also, (assuming that Harper was a manifestation because she was accompanied by whispers) Juliet and Jack both saw Harper (I know she’s not dead, but neither is Walt and we can assume his appearance are manifestations too.)

632. Circus Mom
     Comment 632, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     This is what they have to say when asked about Adam and Eve

     CUSE: The answer to that question goes to the nature of the timeline of the Island. We don’t want to say too much about it, but there are a couple Easter eggs embedded in “Not in Portland”, one of which is an anagram that actually sheds some light on the skeletons and hints at a larger mythological mystery that will start to unfold later in the season.
     LINDELOF: There were certain things we knew from the very beginning. Independent of ever knowing when the end was going to be, we knew what it was going to be, and we wanted to start setting it up as early as season 1, or else people would think that we were making it up as we were going along. So the skeletons are the living—or, I guess, slowly decomposing—proof of that. When all is said and done, people are going to point to the skeletons and say, “That is proof that from the very beginning, they always knew that they were going to do this.”

     Does anyone know what the anagram was from “Not in Portland”???

     Mittlose or Lost Time

     +++++++++++++++
     Lost time is what occures when traveling to and from the island. It takes 1 hour to travel but 10 hours pass. Or the rocket should take 3 minutes to travel but 30 minutes instead.

633. Hammer
     Comment 633, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Thanks Hammer! So much for my dim memory of HS Chemisty. And you are making me a believer in your whisper theory.

     Cool. Now if the Whisper Theory ship/freighter/boat goes down, there will at least be a party.

634. RGS
     Comment 634, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Does anyone have an exact reference of when an ABC promotion for the show has been inaccurate? I was formally of the belief that they were just writing those to draw viewers in, and they did not necessarily have to be accurate. Now with Aaron being an O6 member, I would like to believe that the promotions are accurate.

     Thus, I do not think that Danielle Rousseau is dead, because the promo said someONE would die. It could be Karl, but since we don’t know much about him, I’m going with Danielle being alive.

     Something wants me to believe Ben’s evil azz is actually Alex’s father, but I just can’t put it together as far as Danielle and Ben. I would hope that if it is the case, they will have a tight storyline with it, and just not something that gives viewers as much creative license to speculate as we had to do with Mike/KJ.

635. Toeknee
     Comment 635, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Does anyone have an exact reference of when an ABC promotion for the show has been inaccurate? I was formally of the belief that they were just writing those to draw viewers in, and they did not necessarily have to be accurate. Now with Aaron being an O6 member, I would like to believe that the promotions are accurate.

     Thus, I do not think that Danielle Rousseau is dead, because the promo said someONE would die. It could be Karl, but since we don’t know much about him, I’m going with Danielle being alive.

     Something wants me to believe Ben’s evil azz is actually Alex’s father, but I just can’t put it together as far as Danielle and Ben. I would hope that if it is the case, they will have a tight storyline with it, and just not something that gives viewers as much creative license to speculate as we had to do with Mike/KJ.

     The biggest incident that comes to my mind is the preview for the dreadful Bai Ling/Jack’s tattoo’s episode. The preview said we’d get answers to 3 of the show’s biggest mysteries (or something along those lines). One answer was how/where/when Jack got his tattoos. To imply that this was a mystery that we viewers were expecting an answer to is a huge overstatement. Another is what happened to Cindy and the kids kidnapped by the Others. Well, other than showing that Cindy and the kids were still alive and living with the Others, they didn’t really give us much of an answer to that mystery. I don’t remember what the third “answer” was, but I don’t think it was related to anything we were really dying to find out about.

636. Hammer
     Comment 636, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Does anyone have an exact reference of when an ABC promotion for the show has been inaccurate?

     Not inaccurate, but misleading. By editing words of the announcer lined up with video, they can mislead us. For example the first promo at the top of this thread:

     “Next Thursday….someone…will…die.” They showed Clair, Des, Michael, Juliet, Jin characters while the annoucer was saying that…none of which died in the episode.

637. Hammer
     Comment 637, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Does anyone have an exact reference of when an ABC promotion for the show has been inaccurate?

     Not inaccurate, but misleading. By editing words of the announcer lined up with video, they can mislead us. For example the first promo at the top of this thread:

     “Next Thursday….someone…will…die.” They showed Clair, Des, Michael, Juliet, Jin characters while the annoucer was saying that…none of which died in the episode.

     BTW, I think they showed Jin because we all are waiting to see how/if Jin dies from the Ji Yeon episode.

638. Hammer
     Comment 638, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Podcast is out. I can finally declare victory that a person does not have to be on the manifest to be an O6 and Aaron is one!

     Also they did not rule out that Danielle’s sickness could be the same as the Minkowski side effects.

     And…very interesting comments on apparitions/monster appearances.

639. TreyBostib
     Comment 639, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Did any one notice that the music that Michael was playing, when he tried to commit suicide in his car? “Make Your Own Kind of Music” was a Mama Cass hit. I believe it is the same song that was played, when Desmond was introduced in the bunker. I don’t think there is any significance. However, I thought it was odd that an urban African American would play the song as his ‘last’.

640. TreyBoston
     Comment 640, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Opps…Did any one notice that the music that Michael was playing, when he tried to commit suicide in his car? “Make Your Own Kind of Music” was a Mama Cass hit. I believe it is the same song that was played, when Desmond was introduced in the bunker. I don’t think there is any significance. However, I thought it was odd that an urban African American would play the song as his ‘last’.

641. jaime
     Comment 641, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Does anyone have an exact reference of when an ABC promotion for the show has been inaccurate? I was formally of the belief that they were just writing those to draw viewers in, and they did not necessarily have to be accurate. Now with Aaron being an O6 member, I would like to believe that the promotions are accurate.

     Thus, I do not think that Danielle Rousseau is dead, because the promo said someONE would die. It could be Karl, but since we don’t know much about him, I’m going with Danielle being alive.

     Something wants me to believe Ben’s evil azz is actually Alex’s father, but I just can’t put it together as far as Danielle and Ben. I would hope that if it is the case, they will have a tight storyline with it, and just not something that gives viewers as much creative license to speculate as we had to do with Mike/KJ.

     The biggest incident that comes to my mind is the preview for the dreadful Bai Ling/Jack’s tattoo’s episode. The preview said we’d get answers to 3 of the show’s biggest mysteries (or something along those lines). One answer was how/where/when Jack got his tattoos. To imply that this was a mystery that we viewers were expecting an answer to is a huge overstatement. Another is what happened to Cindy and the kids kidnapped by the Others. Well, other than showing that Cindy and the kids were still alive and living with the Others, they didn’t really give us much of an answer to that mystery. I don’t remember what the third “answer” was, but I don’t think it was related to anything we were really dying to find out about.

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     Maybe it was the meaning of his tattoo..if i remember right it’s something like: He walks amoung us but is not one of us
     the tattoo artitst could “see the person” and then would give them a tatto with meaning of what she saw. Not sure how this would be significant though

642. jaime
     Comment 642, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     TreyBostib wrote:

     Did any one notice that the music that Michael was playing, when he tried to commit suicide in his car? “Make Your Own Kind of Music” was a Mama Cass hit. I believe it is the same song that was played, when Desmond was introduced in the bunker. I don’t think there is any significance. However, I thought it was odd that an urban African American would play the song as his ‘last’.

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     “Make you own kind of music” is mainly tied to Desmond. We heard it in Season 2 premier as well as in a FB of his. The song deals ties in with free will vs. destiny

     The song “It’s getting better” also by Mama Cass was playing in Michael’s car

643. Toeknee
     Comment 643, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Podcast is out. I can finally declare victory that a person does not have to be on the manifest to be an O6 and Aaron is one!

     Also they did not rule out that Danielle’s sickness could be the same as the Minkowski side effects.

     And…very interesting comments on apparitions/monster appearances.

     Yes, I hadn’t thought that the monster and apparitions were separate entities, but I guess they are? Unless they, along with the whispers, are different components of the same entity (i.e., the island)?

644. Bobola
     Comment 644, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     …but if I were Sayeed I’d hold my tongue and ponder a while before blowing up like a crazy Arab.

     ********************

     Bobola, I live on Lake Huron where freighters pass by daily. The locals here often refer to them as “boats”, though they own actual “boats” and do know the difference. I think it just a general term of affection or familiarity, and not meant to affend anyone (like you).

     Your comment where you said “…before blowing up like a crazy Arab” was disrespectful to a whole group of people. I think respect for others is implied under “Be kind and helpful”, which is what I am sure you intended to be.

     Take issue with it if you want but I”M SURE I have a LOT more Arabic friends than you do and they make plenty of comments about crazy Arabs. I’ve been in an Arabic Band even though I’m not Arabic..I study the culture and now it well. He blew a fuse, blew his temper; “blew up”…but you seem to take my meaning as the sort who blows up people with bombs. Your bad. You can take this political correctness as far as you like but I prefer to live in the real world where if I see something I will make an observation;
     Sayeed plays an Arab
     He Blew up (blew his cool)
     He acted crazy (by not thinking first and biding his time, AND waiting to see if the Captain is not as dangerous as any rational person might think he is!)
     Thus, I stand by my statement. No apologies.
     Shukran!

     I think I will mention boats again; just because Suzy on the Lake says it’s a boat when a ship passes by …doesn’t mean you won’t sound ignorant to someone who hears you if you do too ….
     The writers screwed up but if you’all wanna keep using the wrong word…please, go ahead. Words are only important if you make them so.
     And if people act crazy…or ignorant; let’s be polite and look the other way. Um-kay?

645. Bobola
     Comment 645, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     In the previus Comment;
     MY COMMENTS START with the phrase;

     Take issue with it if you want ….

646. Circus Mom
     Comment 646, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Bobola wrote:

     In the previus Comment;
     MY COMMENTS START with the phrase;

     Take issue with it if you want ….

     Bobola, You say “words are only inportant if you make them so.” Obviously the difference between ship and boat has been very inportant to you as you have corrected it several times. Because it is inportant to you, and “mostly” correct, I have made a effort to use ship.
     I do agree with Rita that your comment about “blowing up like a crazy Arab” would be seen as offensive by most people. I am sure that in the company of your Arab friends it is accepted because they know you and your intentions but the general public dose not. It actually sounds like something Sawyer would have said while accusing Sayid of blowing up the airplane.
     I have a lot a friends who are gay and can joke with them using terms like “fruit” or “fag” but would never use those words publicly or with the general public. When used privitly they know that I am actually making fun of the world that would use those things to degrade them.
     Words are inportant if “anyone” makes them so. We all have to be careful what we say.

647. leah
     Comment 647, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     To Lost4ever,Dukewarm,Rita,Hammer and Trixanna, i ve fially finished watching every episode , read every article, i can find not a mention of these facts . yet i ve believed it my self for so long.. i am extremely sorry for misleading you all. i cannot think where the 108= 24hrs theory got into my head ..too many lima beans i expect. .I cannot apologize enough ,ll keep my mouth shut from now on.

648. Rita
     Comment 648, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     To Lost4ever,Dukewarm,Rita,Hammer and Trixanna, i ve fially finished watching every episode , read every article, i can find not a mention of these facts . yet i ve believed it my self for so long.. i am extremely sorry for misleading you all. i cannot think where the 108= 24hrs theory got into my head ..too many lima beans i expect. .I cannot apologize enough ,ll keep my mouth shut from now on.

     No problem, and don’t keep your mouth shut – you have plenty of good ideas.

649. Trixanna
     Comment 649, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Aww Leah! No need for an apology! Please keep posting. How disappointing for you that you have believed this for so long and possibly based your ideas on this falsehood! You must be very frustrated but please DO NOT STOP posting! You must be careful about the lima beans. I have long suspected that they could do harm to us! LOL!!!

650. Hammer
     Comment 650, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     To Lost4ever,Dukewarm,Rita,Hammer and Trixanna, i ve fially finished watching every episode , read every article, i can find not a mention of these facts . yet i ve believed it my self for so long.. i am extremely sorry for misleading you all. i cannot think where the 108= 24hrs theory got into my head ..too many lima beans i expect. .I cannot apologize enough ,ll keep my mouth shut from now on.

     Don’t sweat it. If go through all the threads from the beginning of this blog like Circus Mom and Rita plan to do, you’ll find my many wrong memories. Keep on keepin’ on.

651. Hammer
     Comment 651, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Podcast is out. I can finally declare victory that a person does not have to be on the manifest to be an O6 and Aaron is one!

     Also they did not rule out that Danielle’s sickness could be the same as the Minkowski side effects.

     And…very interesting comments on apparitions/monster appearances.

     Yes, I hadn’t thought that the monster and apparitions were separate entities, but I guess they are? Unless they, along with the whispers, are different components of the same entity (i.e., the island)?

     ++++++++
     I was figuring that they are part of same “island security system” for lack of a better name. Separate, but the same, as well as the whisperers. Someone mentioned before that since religeon has a big influence that maybe they are comparable to the holy trinity.

652. PBX
     Comment 652, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I thought this was a great episode. One of my favorites of this season so far.

653. Hammer
     Comment 653, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RE: Danielle’s shooting.

     I don’t know if she died or not, but I don’t think it much matters. I theozied last season that she has an important role because it doesn’t make sense that she was able to hang around on the island for 16 years with out some type of arrangement with the Others(Ben). And I’m sticking with that theory…dead or alive, we will find out more about Danielle. That cliffhanger from MKJ will mean something…

654. skweez
     Comment 654, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     RE: Danielle’s shooting.

     I don’t know if she died or not, but I don’t think it much matters. I theozied last season that she has an important role because it doesn’t make sense that she was able to hang around on the island for 16 years with out some type of arrangement with the Others(Ben). And I’m sticking with that theory…dead or alive, we will find out more about Danielle. That cliffhanger from MKJ will mean something…

     how do we know that Rosseau is telling the truth about her background? Could she possibly be one of the “hostiles” like ageless Richard?

655. dukewm
     Comment 655, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     To Lost4ever,Dukewarm,Rita,Hammer and Trixanna, i ve fially finished watching every episode , read every article, i can find not a mention of these facts . yet i ve believed it my self for so long.. i am extremely sorry for misleading you all. i cannot think where the 108= 24hrs theory got into my head ..too many lima beans i expect. .I cannot apologize enough ,ll keep my mouth shut from now on.

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     Keep it comin’ girl!

656. dukewm
     Comment 656, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Think I’ll sniff around for some more “puzzle pieces” on the Adam & Eve theme.
     Skeletons
     Time Travel
     Jacks’ “tat”
     Black vs White
     None of that seems to fit with Aaron & Ji

     Shutting Dow
     w
     w
     w
     n

657. blakec
     Comment 657, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I think Kate’s mom would have to be in the coffin. Jack calls Kate to say he is sorry for her loss. (We don’t know it’s Kate at the time, but later he meets up with Kate and says similar things). In the episode where Kate is on trial, her mother states that she only has months to live and indicates that she has been holding on to wait for Kate. Then, after Kate rejects her, we hear she has medical problems the next day at trial.

     Any of the O6, or even Ben for that matter, would have had someone show up. Since know one shows up, we can guess that the person isn’t one of the famous people.

     Jack, only asks who as been to the viewing. He doesn’t seem the least bit interested in the actual coffin. Soon after he calls Kate.

658. MiraKS
     Comment 658, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Miraks wrote:

     Just a few thoughts-
     1- Locke’s mom told him that he was an “immaculate conception” sometime in season two I think
     2- the man Sawyer killed was not really Locke’s dad
     3- does Ben know who Locke’s real father is?
     4- Locke’s mom was in the same mental institution as Hurley and Libby
     Who is John Locke!

     OK, I was wrong. People had been posting about Ji and a possible immaculate conception, and I knew I had heard that before on this show.

     The only valid point is that Hurley, Libby, and Locke’s mom (named Emily, same as Ben’s mom)were at the same mental institution.

659. MiraKS
     Comment 659, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Question. Several people have mentioned that we have heard both Ben and Widmore blamed for the fake 815. Now, I know Michael was shown papers to “prove” that Widmore staged 815. But, as far as Ben being blamed, the only thing I remember was a discussion between Sayied, Desmond, and the captain, where the captain talked about working for Widmore and about 815 having been found, dead bodies on board. He said that it takes someone with a lot of power to make that happen, and then said they were there to get Ben. Now I took it to mean that if someone as powerful as Mr. Widmore- who can make a whole plane of dead people appear at the bottom of the ocean- tells you, you got a mission, you don’t ask questions. It doesn’t matter if your crew goes crazy and starts shooting themselves, or jumping of the boat with chains wrappen around them, failure is not an option. You know that if you do not accomplish your mission, Mr. Widmore can make you dissepear.
     If there was another scene where Ben admitted to being responsible for fake 815, or it was clearly said that he was, remind me please!

660. Laura G
     Comment 660, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Well, 500 posts later we are running low on substance. This break is gonna suck.
     So, I bring up this quote from Damon since time travel had become more prevelant:
     “DAMON: It’s been in the DNA of the show since the very beginning. Obviously, one thing the flash backs and the flash forwards provide you with is the idea of time travel. You’re bouncing around in time and events from the past are seemingly influencing the present, but it’s not a traditional time travel story until we started talking about what the hatch was there for, and what this electromagnetic energy that the hatch is trying to contain is and what would be the effect of that hatch going away, otherwise known as the purple sky event. And it was sort of those conversations which obviously happened way back in season one when Locke and Boone found the hatch that were the early precursors of time travel. I will say, though, that the first significant event in the show where we were thinking in the back of our minds that this is going to require a story telling element that isn’t traditional narrative, is the discovery of Adam and Eve in the caves.”

     +++++++++++++
     Time to start working on who Adam and Eve are since time travel is a factor and it is possible that they found the bodies of someone who walks among them. Locke brought up to Walt when playing back gammon that it is the ultimate battle of good vs. evil, black vs. white. Is one of the folks a Whidmorian and the other a Benonite?

     I love the idea that it’s Aaron & Ji, but…

     From what I understand of Time Travel as it’s been presented on the show so far (“side effects”), only ones consciousness is able to time travel — and only into your own body during a different time in your life. For instance, I would not be able to travel to Victorian England, but I would be able to go back in time to my own childhood. And your body does not literally go anywhere, so there would never be 2 of you running around somewhere. So, it seems like Adam & Eve couldn’t be people who are currently alive on the island.

     And yet I really want to believe it’s Aaron & Ji! That would be so satisfying. Anyone have any ideas on this?

661. Laura G
     Comment 661, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Just a random thought, what if Adam & Eve were descendants of the Black Rock folks… It is possible that some of the slaves survived as well as some of the crew, and ended up living on the island together by necessity. The black & white stones could represent the coming together of these two groups; maybe not in the 1st generation, but by the 2nd or 3rd? I forget how long Jack said the bodies had been there — 30 years? 50?

     But that would have nothing to do with Time Travel. Hmm…

662. Circus Mom
     Comment 662, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     MiraKS wrote:

     Question. Several people have mentioned that we have heard both Ben and Widmore blamed for the fake 815. Now, I know Michael was shown papers to “prove” that Widmore staged 815. But, as far as Ben being blamed, the only thing I remember was a discussion between Sayied, Desmond, and the captain, where the captain talked about working for Widmore and about 815 having been found, dead bodies on board. He said that it takes someone with a lot of power to make that happen, and then said they were there to get Ben. Now I took it to mean that if someone as powerful as Mr. Widmore- who can make a whole plane of dead people appear at the bottom of the ocean- tells you, you got a mission, you don’t ask questions. It doesn’t matter if your crew goes crazy and starts shooting themselves, or jumping of the boat with chains wrappen around them, failure is not an option. You know that if you do not accomplish your mission, Mr. Widmore can make you dissepear.
     If there was another scene where Ben admitted to being responsible for fake 815, or it was clearly said that he was, remind me please!

     I agree. I think Widmore did it and we were just misled.

663. Rita
     Comment 663, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Laura G wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     …..Is one of the folks a Whidmorian and the other a Benonite?

     I love the idea that it’s Aaron & Ji, but…

     From what I understand of Time Travel as it’s been presented on the show so far (“side effects”), only ones consciousness is able to time travel — and only into your own body during a different time in your life. For instance, I would not be able to travel to Victorian England, but I would be able to go back in time to my own childhood. And your body does not literally go anywhere, so there would never be 2 of you running around somewhere. So, it seems like Adam & Eve couldn’t be people who are currently alive on the island.

     And yet I really want to believe it’s Aaron & Ji! That would be so satisfying. Anyone have any ideas on this?

     *****************************
     You’re right that the only time travel we have seen PEOPLE do involves only the conscious. We did see though that Dharma was working on experiments with actual teleportation of animals (the #15 Rabbit, possibly the polar bear in Tunisia) so it is conceivable that the experiments did or could go further and teleport people. This is pure speculation at this point but it would allow A&E to be someone we know, like Aaron and Ji.

664. Rita
     Comment 664, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     MiraKS wrote:

     Question. Several people have mentioned that we have heard both Ben and Widmore blamed for the fake 815. Now, I know Michael was shown papers to “prove” that Widmore staged 815. But, as far as Ben being blamed, the only thing I remember was a discussion between Sayied, Desmond, and the captain, where the captain talked about working for Widmore and about 815 having been found, dead bodies on board. He said that it takes someone with a lot of power to make that happen, and then said they were there to get Ben. Now I took it to mean that if someone as powerful as Mr. Widmore- who can make a whole plane of dead people appear at the bottom of the ocean- tells you, you got a mission, you don’t ask questions. It doesn’t matter if your crew goes crazy and starts shooting themselves, or jumping of the boat with chains wrappen around them, failure is not an option. You know that if you do not accomplish your mission, Mr. Widmore can make you dissepear.
     If there was another scene where Ben admitted to being responsible for fake 815, or it was clearly said that he was, remind me please!

     ***********************
     I think you are correct that the only mention of Ben being responsible for the fake plane is when the captain implied that it was Ben. He did not actually SAY it was Ben, but the implication was there. Ben says it was Widmore who did it. I guess we will find out in a month (I hope).

665. Circus Mom
     Comment 665, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     There are two identical stones on a table when Desmond falls off the ladder painting. Go to Dark UFO screencaps and look up Adam & Eve.

     Is everything that happens part of a game of Yin and Yang? http://senseis.xmp.net/?AncientChineseRulesAndPhilosophy

666. Rita
     Comment 666, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     blakec wrote:

     I think Kate’s mom would have to be in the coffin.

     Jack calls Kate to say he is sorry for her loss. (We don’t know it’s Kate at the time, but later he meets up with Kate and says similar things).

     In the episode where Kate is on trial, her mother states that she only has months to live and indicates that she has been holding on to wait for Kate. Then, after Kate rejects her, we hear she has medical problems the next day at trial.

     Any of the O6, or even Ben for that matter, would have had someone show up. Since know one shows up, we can guess that the person isn’t one of the famous people.

     Jack, only asks who as been to the viewing. He doesn’t seem the least bit interested in the actual coffin.

     Soon after he calls Kate.

     I agree with your logic that it would not be an O6er in the “C” (didn’t say it!). This would also open the door for it being Michael. As for Kate’s mom, I don’t think the writers would do that to us, make it someone only peripherally related to the story so I see Jack’s comment to Kate (“sorry about your loss”) as a sort of red herring. He probably hasn’t talked to her in awhile, and her mom was ill and died since he did, so he thought he should mention it.

667. deangoodes
     Comment 667, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

668. Toeknee
     Comment 668, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     blakec wrote:

     I think Kate’s mom would have to be in the coffin.

     Jack calls Kate to say he is sorry for her loss. (We don’t know it’s Kate at the time, but later he meets up with Kate and says similar things).

     In the episode where Kate is on trial, her mother states that she only has months to live and indicates that she has been holding on to wait for Kate. Then, after Kate rejects her, we hear she has medical problems the next day at trial.

     Any of the O6, or even Ben for that matter, would have had someone show up. Since know one shows up, we can guess that the person isn’t one of the famous people.

     Jack, only asks who as been to the viewing. He doesn’t seem the least bit interested in the actual coffin.

     Soon after he calls Kate.

     I agree with your logic that it would not be an O6er in the “C” (didn’t say it!). This would also open the door for it being Michael. As for Kate’s mom, I don’t think the writers would do that to us, make it someone only peripherally related to the story so I see Jack’s comment to Kate (“sorry about your loss”) as a sort of red herring. He probably hasn’t talked to her in awhile, and her mom was ill and died since he did, so he thought he should mention it.

     ——————————
     I don’t think Jack ever says “sorry for your loss” to Kate. Or did I forget something?

669. Rita
     Comment 669, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     blakec wrote:

     I think Kate’s mom would have to be in the coffin.

     Jack calls Kate to say he is sorry for her loss. (We don’t know it’s Kate at the time, but later he meets up with Kate and says similar things).

     In the episode where Kate is on trial, her mother states that she only has months to live and indicates that she has been holding on to wait for Kate. Then, after Kate rejects her, we hear she has medical problems the next day at trial.

     Any of the O6, or even Ben for that matter, would have had someone show up. Since know one shows up, we can guess that the person isn’t one of the famous people.

     Jack, only asks who as been to the viewing. He doesn’t seem the least bit interested in the actual coffin.

     Soon after he calls Kate.

     I agree with your logic that it would not be an O6er in the “C” (didn’t say it!). This would also open the door for it being Michael. As for Kate’s mom, I don’t think the writers would do that to us, make it someone only peripherally related to the story so I see Jack’s comment to Kate (“sorry about your loss”) as a sort of red herring. He probably hasn’t talked to her in awhile, and her mom was ill and died since he did, so he thought he should mention it.

     ——————————
     I don’t think Jack ever says “sorry for your loss” to Kate. Or did I forget something?

     ********************
     Not sure, I will watch it today and check it out.

670. Toeknee
     Comment 670, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

671. sector7
     Comment 671, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     I thought D/C said it was someone we know, not someone we have not seen yet — can you reference where you heard that please?

672. Rita
     Comment 672, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

     *********************

     Thank you ToeKnee! Good article.

673. sector7
     Comment 673, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

     Was there ever a reference to where the funeral home is located?

674. RGS
     Comment 674, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     blakec wrote:

     I think Kate’s mom would have to be in the coffin.

     Jack calls Kate to say he is sorry for her loss. (We don’t know it’s Kate at the time, but later he meets up with Kate and says similar things).

     In the episode where Kate is on trial, her mother states that she only has months to live and indicates that she has been holding on to wait for Kate. Then, after Kate rejects her, we hear she has medical problems the next day at trial.

     Any of the O6, or even Ben for that matter, would have had someone show up. Since know one shows up, we can guess that the person isn’t one of the famous people.

     Jack, only asks who as been to the viewing. He doesn’t seem the least bit interested in the actual coffin.

     Soon after he calls Kate.

     I agree with your logic that it would not be an O6er in the “C” (didn’t say it!). This would also open the door for it being Michael. As for Kate’s mom, I don’t think the writers would do that to us, make it someone only peripherally related to the story so I see Jack’s comment to Kate (“sorry about your loss”) as a sort of red herring. He probably hasn’t talked to her in awhile, and her mom was ill and died since he did, so he thought he should mention it.

     ——————————
     I don’t think Jack ever says “sorry for your loss” to Kate. Or did I forget something?

     ^^^^^^^^^
     No, he never makes that kinda statement to Kate.

675. deangoodes
     Comment 675, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I apologize, my mistake. I just read the article linked through the last couple of comments. It’s just that I could have sworn we were told it was someone we hadn’t been introduced to yet. Does anybody else remember that? Did D & C change their thinking, or was I just mistaken….. Thanks for not jumping down my throat though, I appreciate that. I think that’s important, to be able to put down our thoughts on the blog and not be ripped apart if they are inaccurate. Because for each person writing in to the blog with certain theories, there are probably many more who are just reading the blog that are looking for answers. So bloggers, feel free to put your theories down and through trial and error we will figure this show out.

676. Toeknee
     Comment 676, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

     Was there ever a reference to where the funeral home is located?

     ———————————
     Not specifically. The newspaper clipping mentioned the dead man was found in downtown LA, so presumably the funeral home is also in LA.

677. deangoodes
     Comment 677, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Seeing as how the funeral home was in a black neighborhood (In L.A.) and Miles did his ghostbusting for the black woman in Inglewood California (close to L.A.), there could be a connection between the two. Most of the theories on the ghostbusting house were that it was Ecko’s or Yemi’s family…..Any thoughts on that?

678. Toeknee
     Comment 678, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     I apologize, my mistake. I just read the article linked through the last couple of comments. It’s just that I could have sworn we were told it was someone we hadn’t been introduced to yet. Does anybody else remember that? Did D & C change their thinking, or was I just mistaken….. Thanks for not jumping down my throat though, I appreciate that. I think that’s important, to be able to put down our thoughts on the blog and not be ripped apart if they are inaccurate. Because for each person writing in to the blog with certain theories, there are probably many more who are just reading the blog that are looking for answers. So bloggers, feel free to put your theories down and through trial and error we will figure this show out.

     No need to apologize. I know I’ve read many times on this and other boards where people have said the person in the c—– is someone we haven’t seen before, and I’ve read many times that it is someone we have seen before. So I had to find out what D&C really did say, to satisfy my own curiosity and confusion.

679. RGS
     Comment 679, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     So with all the down time, I’ve come around on the anagram stuff, a little bit. It has been bothering me when The Other Woman pop-up video episode made it a point to mention the full name of Goodwin Stanhope, but I couldn’t come up with anything. Then I added ‘Goodwin AND HARPER Stanhope,’ and still haven’t come up with anything (though the word antipodes is an interesting option that pops up).

     Naomi Dorrit anagrams to Raid Monitor, that might excite some people.

680. Toeknee
     Comment 680, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     So with all the down time, I’ve come around on the anagram stuff, a little bit. It has been bothering me when The Other Woman pop-up video episode made it a point to mention the full name of Goodwin Stanhope, but I couldn’t come up with anything. Then I added ‘Goodwin AND HARPER Stanhope,’ and still haven’t come up with anything (though the word antipodes is an interesting option that pops up).

     Naomi Dorrit anagrams to Raid Monitor, that might excite some people.

     I think someone posted these after that episode aired, for “Harper Stanhope”:
     Perhaps An Other
     Or Ethan, Perhaps

681. Rita
     Comment 681, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     OK, just watcheD all the “C” related parts of “Through the Looking Glass” and observed the following:
     1. Jack seems genuinely upset at reading the obit (while on the plane).
     2. The next thing he does is drive to the bridge and park. He calls (?someone) and says, “Hi, It’s me, …..I just read…..” and hangs up. He is crying and seems to be in great emotional pain.
     3. Then he gets out of his car, gets up on the bridge rail, looks up and says, “forgive me”, looks down, and then the accident happens.
     4. Next, Jack in hospital, Sarah comes, yada yada yada.
     5. OK, now in part 2: Jack is driving to funeral home. Reads obit 2x while driving. Arrives, calls someone (who doesn’t answer), no message left. Goes into funeral home (for those who have said the “C” is small, it looks normal to me).
     6. Jack speaks to the funeral director, who tells him that there was only a viewing, no funeral, and no one showed up, just Jack. He asks him if he is friend or family? Jack says “neither” – actually, it isn’t clear to me that he didn’t say “either” instead of “neither” but that wouldn’t make much sense. Jack seems to be in actual emotional distress over this person. The funeral director suggests opening up the “C” but Jack says “No”.
     7. Jack’s meltdown scenes. (FYI, for those who think Charlie didn’t die, we get a really definite dead floating Charlie scene here in this episode- he’s dead).
     8. OK, so Jack calls someone and says, “Don’t hang up, I know what you said, I just need to see you… please. Yeah, out at the airport, you know where. Thank you”.
     9. Jack arrives at airport, looks like end of runway. Kate arrives. They get out of their cars. Kate looks great, Jack looks like crap.
     10. Kate says “I saw you on the news, still pulling people out of burning wreckage I see”
     Jack says “Old habits”. Kate says “Why did you call me?”. Jack pulls out the obit, Kate looks distressed as she reads it. Jack says “I thought maybe you would have heard and gone to the funeral”. Kate looks a bit angry as she looks him in the eye and says “Why would I go to the funeral?”. Jack talks about his frequent flying, praying that the plane would crash and he could “get back there”, Kate says “this is not going to change”, Jack says “I am SICK of lying!”. Jack says “we made a mistake”, Kate shakes her head no, says “I have to go, he’s going to be wondering where I am”. Jack says “we weren’t suppose to leave”, Kate says “yes we were”. Both are crying. Jack yells “we have to go back!!” Kate says nothing, gets in her car and drives away. Jack is still yelling “WE HAVE TO GO BACK!!”.

     OK, all of this to say that Jack never mentions anything about being “sorry for your loss” to Kate or to anyone else.
     Also, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE “C”.

682. sector7
     Comment 682, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

     Was there ever a reference to where the funeral home is located?

     ———————————
     Not specifically. The newspaper clipping mentioned the dead man was found in downtown LA, so presumably the funeral home is also in LA.

     _________________________________
     I know I’ve seen that screenshot before of the newspaper clipping but I don’t remember where. Anyone have a link to it?

683. Hammer
     Comment 683, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Naomi Dorrit anagrams to Raid Monitor, that might excite some people.

     I think that is likely what she was going to do. Many of us theorized that the turning off of the gas was to make may way for Widmore’s folks to attack Ben’s folks.

684. skweez
     Comment 684, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

     Was there ever a reference to where the funeral home is located?

     ———————————
     Not specifically. The newspaper clipping mentioned the dead man was found in downtown LA, so presumably the funeral home is also in LA.

     _________________________________
     I know I’ve seen that screenshot before of the newspaper clipping but I don’t remember where. Anyone have a link to it?

     **************

     http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Newspaper_clipping

685. jaime
     Comment 685, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     THIS IS ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE “C”.

     ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     Nice recap Rita….it’s very helpful to go back and see EXACTLTY what was said in certain conversations, specially when dealing with topics like the “big C”…Thank you for clearing this up for everyone

686. Rita
     Comment 686, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

     Was there ever a reference to where the funeral home is located?

     ———————————
     Not specifically. The newspaper clipping mentioned the dead man was found in downtown LA, so presumably the funeral home is also in LA.

     _________________________________
     I know I’ve seen that screenshot before of the newspaper clipping but I don’t remember where. Anyone have a link to it?

     **************

     http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Newspaper_clipping

     **************************
     Thanks Skweez! Of course, LOSTpedia. The transcript DOES say that the MIC (Man in “C”) is from New York. Still say it is Michael but we don’t really know that yet.

687. Hammer
     Comment 687, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     The big question used to be “Who’s is Ben’s man on the boat” (sorry Bobola, but guess I’m too ignorant) but now we need to know who is Whidmore’s man on the island. How did they know about the “gas” station, etc.

688. Rita
     Comment 688, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     The big question used to be “Who’s is Ben’s man on the boat” (sorry Bobola, but guess I’m too ignorant) but now we need to know who is Whidmore’s man on the island. How did they know about the “gas” station, etc.

     ******************
     Interesting Hammer, I had just assumed that Widmore’s group knew about the Tempest Station because Dharma built it. I hadn’t thought about a mole for Widmore on the island. What all makes you think there is one?

689. Hammer
     Comment 689, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     The big question used to be “Who’s is Ben’s man on the boat” (sorry Bobola, but guess I’m too ignorant) but now we need to know who is Whidmore’s man on the island. How did they know about the “gas” station, etc.

     ******************
     Interesting Hammer, I had just assumed that Widmore’s group knew about the Tempest Station because Dharma built it. I hadn’t thought about a mole for Widmore on the island. What all makes you think there is one?

     ++++++++++++
     Well, they know an awful lot about what Ben did with that Tempest Station and they seem to know a lot about Ben. How would even know who the perpetrator was in the purge unless they came back to the island and either spied or conned a mole? It’s not like it was reported in the news, right? Secret island=secret battles for it.

690. Rita
     Comment 690, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     The big question used to be “Who’s is Ben’s man on the boat” (sorry Bobola, but guess I’m too ignorant) but now we need to know who is Whidmore’s man on the island. How did they know about the “gas” station, etc.

     ******************
     Interesting Hammer, I had just assumed that Widmore’s group knew about the Tempest Station because Dharma built it. I hadn’t thought about a mole for Widmore on the island. What all makes you think there is one?

     ++++++++++++
     Well, they know an awful lot about what Ben did with that Tempest Station and they seem to know a lot about Ben. How would even know who the perpetrator was in the purge unless they came back to the island and either spied or conned a mole? It’s not like it was reported in the news, right? Secret island=secret battles for it.

     ************************

     Good point. So….who would have had access to this kind of information? My bet would be on Rousseau. She has been around for a long time. We rarely ever saw where she went/what she was doing. She had enough technological skill to set up a loop-message that played for 16 years. She had reason to hate Ben. She “played dumb” to the losties about island geography, the hatches, Otherville, even who Ben was when she captured him and gave him to the losties. I have never bought the “dumb act”; she would have to know so much more after so long on the island. Afterall, the losties know all this and more after a few weeks/months. Also, if Ben suspected her of being a mole, it could explain why she was killed, along with Karl, if it was indeed Ben’s group that did the shooting.

691. Hammer
     Comment 691, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Good point. So….who would have had access to this kind of information? My bet would be on Rousseau. She has been around for a long time. We rarely ever saw where she went/what she was doing. She had enough technological skill to set up a loop-message that played for 16 years. She had reason to hate Ben. She “played dumb” to the losties about island geography, the hatches, Otherville, even who Ben was when she captured him and gave him to the losties. I have never bought the “dumb act”; she would have to know so much more after so long on the island. Afterall, the losties know all this and more after a few weeks/months. Also, if Ben suspected her of being a mole, it could explain why she was killed, along with Karl, if it was indeed Ben’s group that did the shooting.

     +++++++++++++++++++
     I posted this last night…removed “Others(Ben)” and insert Widmore? Could be.

     RE: Danielle’s shooting.

     I don’t know if she died or not, but I don’t think it much matters. I theozied last season that she has an important role because it doesn’t make sense that she was able to hang around on the island for 16 years with out some type of arrangement with the Others(Ben). And I’m sticking with that theory…dead or alive, we will find out more about Danielle. That cliffhanger from MKJ will mean something…

692. Rita
     Comment 692, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Good point. So….who would have had access to this kind of information? My bet would be on Rousseau. She has been around for a long time. We rarely ever saw where she went/what she was doing. She had enough technological skill to set up a loop-message that played for 16 years. She had reason to hate Ben. She “played dumb” to the losties about island geography, the hatches, Otherville, even who Ben was when she captured him and gave him to the losties. I have never bought the “dumb act”; she would have to know so much more after so long on the island. Afterall, the losties know all this and more after a few weeks/months. Also, if Ben suspected her of being a mole, it could explain why she was killed, along with Karl, if it was indeed Ben’s group that did the shooting.

     +++++++++++++++++++
     I posted this last night…removed “Others(Ben)” and insert Widmore? Could be.

     RE: Danielle’s shooting.

     I don’t know if she died or not, but I don’t think it much matters. I theozied last season that she has an important role because it doesn’t make sense that she was able to hang around on the island for 16 years with out some type of arrangement with the Others(Ben). And I’m sticking with that theory…dead or alive, we will find out more about Danielle. That cliffhanger from MKJ will mean something…

     **********************

     Yes, exactly. I agree.

693. Paul
     Comment 693, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Well, now we know that the island won’t let Jack kill himself as he was about to jump off the bridge and a car mysteriously crashed next to him. Awfully familiar to Michael’s gun jamming as well.

     Sayanora Rousseau (aka Rambette). Don’t worry though , for the next 16 years your dialogue on Lost will be playing on repeats.

694. Rita
     Comment 694, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom: Thanks for the great idea of going back through the blog archives during the “break”. I started at page 64 (last/first page) in order to go through them in order. VERY INTERESTING! Even more than that they are funny in light of information we now have (you are so right Hammer!), is that they are so often RIGHT ON. LOST bloggers have proven themselves to be smart and insightful (for the most part :) ), from the very first season. Well done! (No, I’m not done yet. I am only on page 57- working backward towards pg 1 – because I am reading all the comments as well. But there weren’t always very many in the early days before we all got addicted).

695. Rita
     Comment 695, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Paul wrote:

     Well, now we know that the island won’t let Jack kill himself as he was about to jump off the bridge and a car mysteriously crashed next to him. Awfully familiar to Michael’s gun jamming as well.

     Sayanora Rousseau (aka Rambette). Don’t worry though , for the next 16 years your dialogue on Lost will be playing on repeats.

     *****************
     Rambette!! Funny, I love it!

696. jaime
     Comment 696, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Good point. So….who would have had access to this kind of information? My bet would be on Rousseau. She has been around for a long time. We rarely ever saw where she went/what she was doing. She had enough technological skill to set up a loop-message that played for 16 years. She had reason to hate Ben. She “played dumb” to the losties about island geography, the hatches, Otherville, even who Ben was when she captured him and gave him to the losties. I have never bought the “dumb act”; she would have to know so much more after so long on the island. Afterall, the losties know all this and more after a few weeks/months. Also, if Ben suspected her of being a mole, it could explain why she was killed, along with Karl, if it was indeed Ben’s group that did the shooting.

     +++++++++++++++++++
     I posted this last night…removed “Others(Ben)” and insert Widmore? Could be.

     RE: Danielle’s shooting.

     I don’t know if she died or not, but I don’t think it much matters. I theozied last season that she has an important role because it doesn’t make sense that she was able to hang around on the island for 16 years with out some type of arrangement with the Others(Ben). And I’m sticking with that theory…dead or alive, we will find out more about Danielle. That cliffhanger from MKJ will mean something…

     **********************

     Yes, exactly. I agree.

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     There is much more to learn about Rousseau, I totally agree with the both of you. I do not beleive she is dead though and i’m sure we will get a back story out of her at some point. There are just to many unaddressed issues when it comes to her, starting with the Radio Tower.

697. jaime
     Comment 697, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Actually, starting with her supposed scientific research vessel, boat, ship :) How they crashed, the sickness, etc…

698. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 698, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Love the idea of Rosseau working for Widmore….keep trying to come up with a hole in the theory. The only one I’ve got is….why did she turn Ben over to Sayid when she had him in the net (S2 – One of Them). If she was working for Widmore, she’d either kill him or hold him hostage like she did Sayid.

699. Circus Mom
     Comment 699, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

     Was there ever a reference to where the funeral home is located?

     ———————————
     Not specifically. The newspaper clipping mentioned the dead man was found in downtown LA, so presumably the funeral home is also in LA.

     _________________________________
     I know I’ve seen that screenshot before of the newspaper clipping but I don’t remember where. Anyone have a link to it?

     **************

     http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Newspaper_clipping

     **************************
     Thanks Skweez! Of course, LOSTpedia. The transcript DOES say that the MIC (Man in “C”) is from New York. Still say it is Michael but we don’t really know that yet.

     +++++++++++++++++
     OK, So I have heard over and over that the newspaper article said that the MIC had a teenage son but it is not in the article. The link also says that the text of the article may not have been written for the show.
     So where did the teenage son bit come from and how accurate do we think the info is?

700. dukewm
     Comment 700, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Maybe Ritas’ MIC review from TTLG (#681) will calm a few “theorists” down for a while.

     Thanks Rita!

701. sector7
     Comment 701, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. First, D & C have said that the person in the coffin is someone who hasn’t been on the show yet. And second, it is a man in the “C”; and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

     Was there ever a reference to where the funeral home is located?

     ———————————
     Not specifically. The newspaper clipping mentioned the dead man was found in downtown LA, so presumably the funeral home is also in LA.

     _________________________________
     I know I’ve seen that screenshot before of the newspaper clipping but I don’t remember where. Anyone have a link to it?

     **************

     http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Newspaper_clipping

     ___________________
     right on, skweez! The name that starts Jo could be a Ja IMO. I think it’s either:

     Michael — who would have changed his name again to hide from both Widmore and Ben.

     Sawyer — who somehow made it back on his own and changed his name.

     Ben — using a different name/identity.

     or
     Jacob

702. dukewm
     Comment 702, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     I apologize, my mistake. I just read the article linked through the last couple of comments. It’s just that I could have sworn we were told it was someone we hadn’t been introduced to yet. Does anybody else remember that? Did D & C change their thinking, or was I just mistaken….. Thanks for not jumping down my throat though, I appreciate that. I think that’s important, to be able to put down our thoughts on the blog and not be ripped apart if they are inaccurate. Because for each person writing in to the blog with certain theories, there are probably many more who are just reading the blog that are looking for answers. So bloggers, feel free to put your theories down and through trial and error we will figure this show out.

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     Actually, I’ll bet a good deal of this series HAS been “figured out” right here on this blog thanks to the many excellent contributions.

     The trouble is, we don’t know which theories are correct and which ones are ridiculous.

     Kudos for encouraging open discussion and trying to relieve anyones’ fears of sounding foolish.

703. Michaek
     Comment 703, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Love the idea of Rosseau working for Widmore….keep trying to come up with a hole in the theory. The only one I’ve got is….why did she turn Ben over to Sayid when she had him in the net (S2 – One of Them). If she was working for Widmore, she’d either kill him or hold him hostage like she did Sayid.

     +++++++++++++++++++

     I didn’t understand that either. She knew he was one of the others, But did she know he was Ben? I don’ think she did. The only reason I can think she let him go with Sayid is so He could do the Dirty work and she could sit back & get the info she needed to find her daughter.

704. Circus Mom
     Comment 704, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     Michael (373):
     I believe all we know for sure is that Jack sat in 23B and Anna Lucia was in 42F

     Elliott Maslow 9C Alive
     Boone Carlyle 9E Dead
     Shannon Rutherford 9F Dead
     Hugo “Hurley” Reyes 20G 20H Alive
     Jack Shephard 23B Alive
     Rose Nadler 23D Alive
     Bernard Nadler 23E Alive
     John Locke 24D Alive
     Claire Littleton 27C Alive
     Edward Mars 27G Dead
     Kate Austen 27H Alive
     Charlie Pace 29C Dead
     Ana-Lucia Cortez 42F Dead

     BTW, the asteriks only get there if the second(or more) quoter puts them there.

     I went to lookup a seating chart to see where our losties were and found the there are no rows 7-15, at least on this chart for a 77http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/United_Airlines/United_Airlines_Boeing_777-200_3.php7. Don’t know where Elliott, Boone and Shannon would have been.
     This one has the correct seats but the bathroom Charlie went into isn’t there.
     http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/United_Airlines/United_Airlines_Boeing_777-200_D.php

     Hammer, I like the idea of Widmore having a man on the island but I think he probably got the information he had from the man he beat in the parking garage. If he had someone he could communicate with on the island he probably could have also found it sooner.

705. Michaek
     Comment 705, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     dukewm wrote:

     Michael (373):
     I believe all we know for sure is that Jack sat in 23B and Anna Lucia was in 42F

     Elliott Maslow 9C Alive
     Boone Carlyle 9E Dead
     Shannon Rutherford 9F Dead
     Hugo “Hurley” Reyes 20G 20H Alive
     Jack Shephard 23B Alive
     Rose Nadler 23D Alive
     Bernard Nadler 23E Alive
     John Locke 24D Alive
     Claire Littleton 27C Alive
     Edward Mars 27G Dead
     Kate Austen 27H Alive
     Charlie Pace 29C Dead
     Ana-Lucia Cortez 42F Dead

     BTW, the asteriks only get there if the second(or more) quoter puts them there.

     I went to lookup a seating chart to see where our losties were and found the there are no rows 7-15, at least on this chart for a 77http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/United_Airlines/United_Airlines_Boeing_777-200_3.php7. Don’t know where Elliott, Boone and Shannon would have been.
     This one has the correct seats but the bathroom Charlie went into isn’t there.
     http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/United_Airlines/United_Airlines_Boeing_777-200_D.php

     Hammer, I like the idea of Widmore having a man on the island but I think he probably got the information he had from the man he beat in the parking garage. If he had someone he could communicate with on the island he probably could have also found it sooner.

     ++++++++++++++

     What if Widmore caught wind of the people that Ben/island/Jacob wanted and sent a spy to keep abs on these people. These people end up in Australia on a return flight home to LA, Flight 815. Flight never makes it. He has his bearings to start looking for the island. I would say the spy is Libby. There would be no way for her to communicate of the island though.

706. Michael
     Comment 706, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer, I like the idea of Widmore having a man on the island but I think he probably got the information he had from the man he beat in the parking garage. If he had someone he could communicate with on the island he probably could have also found it sooner.

     ++++++++++++++

     What if Widmore caught wind of the people that Ben/island/Jacob wanted and sent a spy to keep abs on these people. These people end up in Australia on a return flight home to LA, Flight 815. Flight never makes it. He has his bearings to start looking for the island. I would say the spy is Libby. There would be no way for her to communicate of the island though.

     ++++++++++++++++

     Did anyone else think that the captain of the freighter looked like the man in the video getting beat -up?

707. DocH
     Comment 707, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     Interesting Hammer, I had just assumed that Widmore’s group knew about the Tempest Station because Dharma built it. I hadn’t thought about a mole for Widmore on the island. What all makes you think there is one?

     Honestly. The island mole for Widmore has to be “Desmond”. Look at all of the pre-island circumstances and encounters that pointed him directly at the island like a hunting rifle. His rubbing elbows with hi-tech scientists, his ‘screening’ at the monastery and in the military, the Libby connection, Penny the “Vamp” professing love but really keeping Des on the short leash. He was ‘programmed’ to be on that island and to ultimately ‘fail’ the Swan Hatch so the island could be found by Widmore. He also lead Charlie to his demise to unlock island comm issue and perhaps access to the island thru the Looking Glass. Des is part of the ‘DNA’ of LOST… that’s why when his betrayal is finally revealed he won’t survive the wrath of Losties or Ben. (Could Des be in the casket?)

708. Rita
     Comment 708, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     sector7 wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Before the “C” talk gets rolling again, I need to add two points. …and there is a newspaper clipping with certain info on it, part of his name, one teenage kid, etc…..

     Actually, the said it’s someone we have seen before, in this article:
     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=46091

     However, your other points about it being a man with a teenage kid are true (if we are to believe that newspaper clipping).

     **************

     http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Newspaper_clipping

     +++++++++++++++++
     OK, So I have heard over and over that the newspaper article said that the MIC had a teenage son but it is not in the article. The link also says that the text of the article may not have been written for the show.
     So where did the teenage son bit come from and how accurate do we think the info is?

     ********************
     Wow, good catch! I missed that when I read it. Where did the teenaged son bit come from then? Also, the article said that sometimes the Props people write their own stuff without getting approval from the actual show writers, so in that sense, the article’s contents MAY not be cannon. So where does that leave us?

709. RGS
     Comment 709, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Random question but why is Miles still alive? When Hurley asked him point blank if they were there to kill them in The Economist, he replys in his lil sinister voice, “Not yet.”

     Ok, now that they “know” the boat folks will kill as soon as they get Ben, what is the point of keeping Miles around? Why does Locke feed him an egg, and then get seemingly nothing from it?

     Here is yet another set of inconsistencies I’m struggling with. If Ben has set up Karl and Danielle, why not use those snipers to kill Charlotte and Daniel beforehand?

     If he has access to snipers, why was The Tempest unguarded?

     So then one might conclude that Ben did not set them up.

     If Ben did not set them up, he doesn’t seem like he’s a few steps ahead with his plans, if he takes the risk to send Alex into the jungle with no protection because he thinks Widmore is a monster.

     If Ben does not kill innocents (hardy har har) he must not think Charlotte is innocent, because he attempts to kill her.

     If he thinks Charlotte is not innocent, she then becomes somewhat dangerous. If she is dangerous, due to the gravity of the situation, how does he allow Sayid to return to camp with Charlotte?

     If Ben & co., enlist the aid of Michael, who is arguably, or should be outright the least likely Lostie to help, why does he not immediately enlist the help of Locke who seems to be further along in aligning with what Ben wants and thus prevent Sayid from turning Charlotte over?

710. Michael
     Comment 710, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Interesting Hammer, I had just assumed that Widmore’s group knew about the Tempest Station because Dharma built it. I hadn’t thought about a mole for Widmore on the island. What all makes you think there is one?

     Honestly. The island mole for Widmore has to be “Desmond”. Look at all of the pre-island circumstances and encounters that pointed him directly at the island like a hunting rifle. His rubbing elbows with hi-tech scientists, his ‘screening’ at the monastery and in the military, the Libby connection, Penny the “Vamp” professing love but really keeping Des on the short leash. He was ‘programmed’ to be on that island and to ultimately ‘fail’ the Swan Hatch so the island could be found by Widmore. He also lead Charlie to his demise to unlock island comm issue and perhaps access to the island thru the Looking Glass. Des is part of the ‘DNA’ of LOST… that’s why when his betrayal is finally revealed he won’t survive the wrath of Losties or Ben. (Could Des be in the casket?)

     +++++++++++++

     Mole by accident, right. He wouldn’t actual know he was the “mole”.

711. lost4ever
     Comment 711, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LOSTPEDIA is not fact. Just like wikipedia.

712. lost4ever
     Comment 712, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michaek wrote:

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Love the idea of Rosseau working for Widmore….keep trying to come up with a hole in the theory. The only one I’ve got is….why did she turn Ben over to Sayid when she had him in the net (S2 – One of Them). If she was working for Widmore, she’d either kill him or hold him hostage like she did Sayid.

     +++++++++++++++++++

     I didn’t understand that either. She knew he was one of the others, But did she know he was Ben? I don’ think she did. The only reason I can think she let him go with Sayid is so He could do the Dirty work and she could sit back & get the info she needed to find her daughter.

     ———————
     Funny, I always thought Ben planted himself in that net. I also think he had Rousseaou’s help to set the Losties up for info. I think she knew exactly who Ben was.

713. Rita
     Comment 713, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Michaek wrote:

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Love the idea of Rosseau working for Widmore….keep trying to come up with a hole in the theory. The only one I’ve got is….why did she turn Ben over to Sayid when she had him in the net (S2 – One of Them). If she was working for Widmore, she’d either kill him or hold him hostage like she did Sayid.

     +++++++++++++++++++

     I didn’t understand that either. She knew he was one of the others, But did she know he was Ben? I don’ think she did. The only reason I can think she let him go with Sayid is so He could do the Dirty work and she could sit back & get the info she needed to find her daughter.

     ———————
     Funny, I always thought Ben planted himself in that net. I also think he had Rousseaou’s help to set the Losties up for info. I think she knew exactly who Ben was.

     ***********************

     A double agent then?

714. lost4ever
     Comment 714, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Michaek wrote:

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Love the idea of Rosseau working for Widmore….keep trying to come up with a hole in the theory. The only one I’ve got is….why did she turn Ben over to Sayid when she had him in the net (S2 – One of Them). If she was working for Widmore, she’d either kill him or hold him hostage like she did Sayid.

     +++++++++++++++++++

     I didn’t understand that either. She knew he was one of the others, But did she know he was Ben? I don’ think she did. The only reason I can think she let him go with Sayid is so He could do the Dirty work and she could sit back & get the info she needed to find her daughter.

     ———————
     Funny, I always thought Ben planted himself in that net. I also think he had Rousseaou’s help to set the Losties up for info. I think she knew exactly who Ben was.

     ***********************

     A double agent then?

     ———————
     I don’t think Rousseaou knows Widmore. She has been on the island for 16 years. I don’t think Widmore even knew about the island until 1996, when he got the journal from the Black Rock. I

715. DocH
     Comment 715, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Mole by accident, right. He wouldn’t actual know he was the “mole”.

     Oh absolutely right!
     Brainwashed, a “Sleeper” agent perhaps, but definitely an unwitting accomplice.

     … a Sleeper Agent is one who has been infiltrated into the target area and ‘gone to sleep’, sometimes for many years. A common type of sleeper agent involves people who have been subjected to mind control techiques, such as drugs, torture, psychological conditioning, implanted devices, and even telepathic manipulation…
     Sounds like Des to me – taking his shot every other day, torture = button every 108 minutes, psych manip via = monastery/army, telepathic = FB/FF (implanted memories).
     I wouldn’t be surprised if Jack operated on him soon and found a small electronic device that “triggered” his flash/memory.
     Des also encountered Jack and Charlie off-island, as well as Libby. (or did he?). Of course, I am a big fan of any conspiracy theory.

     (and what about hatch-mate Kelvin? he worked alot of covert/clandestine ops.)

716. Rita
     Comment 716, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Michaek wrote:

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Love the idea of Rosseau working for Widmore….keep trying to come up with a hole in the theory. The only one I’ve got is….why did she turn Ben over to Sayid when she had him in the net (S2 – One of Them). If she was working for Widmore, she’d either kill him or hold him hostage like she did Sayid.

     +++++++++++++++++++

     I didn’t understand that either. She knew he was one of the others, But did she know he was Ben? I don’ think she did. The only reason I can think she let him go with Sayid is so He could do the Dirty work and she could sit back & get the info she needed to find her daughter.

     ———————
     Funny, I always thought Ben planted himself in that net. I also think he had Rousseaou’s help to set the Losties up for info. I think she knew exactly who Ben was.

     ***********************

     A double agent then?

     ———————
     I don’t think Rousseaou knows Widmore. She has been on the island for 16 years. I don’t think Widmore even knew about the island until 1996, when he got the journal from the Black Rock. I

     ****************
     Well, it’s true that we don’t know that Rousseau knows Widmore, but we don’t know that she has never left the island during her 16 year stint there. Or, that Widmore has never been to the island before the tots arrived. Anything is possible at this point.

     DocH has some good things to recommend Desmond as the island mole also. Anyone else fit?

717. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 717, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     How about Karl or Alex? Seems to me that Mr. Alpert also made a play (may have been at Ben’s command) at Locke in The Brig.

     RICHARD: Ben has been wasting our time with novelties like fertility problems. We’re looking for someone to remind us that we’re here for more important reasons.

     Could that someone be….Widmore?

718. Polli Kovitch
     Comment 718, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Libby Lurks

     Didn’t Widmore challenge DESMOND to race the boat around the world? Didn’t he receive the boat from LIBBY as a gift? Libby was at the hospital with Hurley? She has reappeared to move Michael to action. Did Libby work for Widmore? Does Libby work for the Island (Jacob)?

719. Hammer
     Comment 719, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Mole by accident, right. He wouldn’t actual know he was the “mole”.

     Oh absolutely right!
     Brainwashed, a “Sleeper” agent perhaps, but definitely an unwitting accomplice.

     … a Sleeper Agent is one who has been infiltrated into the target area and ‘gone to sleep’, sometimes for many years. A common type of sleeper agent involves people who have been subjected to mind control techiques, such as drugs, torture, psychological conditioning, implanted devices, and even telepathic manipulation…
     Sounds like Des to me – taking his shot every other day, torture = button every 108 minutes, psych manip via = monastery/army, telepathic = FB/FF (implanted memories).
     I wouldn’t be surprised if Jack operated on him soon and found a small electronic device that “triggered” his flash/memory.
     Des also encountered Jack and Charlie off-island, as well as Libby. (or did he?). Of course, I am a big fan of any conspiracy theory.

     (and what about hatch-mate Kelvin? he worked alot of covert/clandestine ops.)

     ++++++++++++++++++
     Ahh yes, see ya in anotha life brotha.

     Des is still very important to this story, so I think you got something there.

     I want to stick with Rousseau is/was an agent for Ben. Once the Widmorians arrived and Ben lost control for awhile, she felt free to bust him in the chops a couple times for the crap he’s put her through over the years. I def. think that Ben suggesting that the trio go to the tempest is just the writers tricking us and will be how Widmore gets one up on Ben…the hostage he won’t let be collateral damage.

720. Hammer
     Comment 720, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Funny story about how we where all trying to figure out the O6.

     A cousin of mine is a dedicated watcher, but doesn’t do any of the outside stuff or look at blogs. He was confused why there was any doubt that Aaron was an O6. He looked at me crossed eyed LOL. Just goes to show how we can really over analyze some times.

721. Rita
     Comment 721, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     DocH wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Mole by accident, right. He wouldn’t actual know he was the “mole”.

     Oh absolutely right!
     Brainwashed, a “Sleeper” agent perhaps, but definitely an unwitting accomplice.

     … a Sleeper Agent is one who has been infiltrated into the target area and ‘gone to sleep’, sometimes for many years. A common type of sleeper agent involves people who have been subjected to mind control techiques, such as drugs, torture, psychological conditioning, implanted devices, and even telepathic manipulation…
     Sounds like Des to me – taking his shot every other day, torture = button every 108 minutes, psych manip via = monastery/army, telepathic = FB/FF (implanted memories).
     I wouldn’t be surprised if Jack operated on him soon and found a small electronic device that “triggered” his flash/memory.
     Des also encountered Jack and Charlie off-island, as well as Libby. (or did he?). Of course, I am a big fan of any conspiracy theory.

     (and what about hatch-mate Kelvin? he worked alot of covert/clandestine ops.)

     ++++++++++++++++++
     Ahh yes, see ya in anotha life brotha.

     Des is still very important to this story, so I think you got something there.

     I want to stick with Rousseau is/was an agent for Ben. Once the Widmorians arrived and Ben lost control for awhile, she felt free to bust him in the chops a couple times for the crap he’s put her through over the years. I def. think that Ben suggesting that the trio go to the tempest is just the writers tricking us and will be how Widmore gets one up on Ben…the hostage he won’t let be collateral damage.

     *****************************
     Let’s explore this a little more. If Des is a sleeper agent for Widmore, then what is Penny? Also a sleeper, or something far more sinister? An unwitting pawn or an evil agent of her father?
     If they are the moles, wittingly or otherwise, it makes a good case for them being A&E. They find out what role they have unknowingly played, they are horrified at the damage in their wake, and use the “device” to get away from it all, go back to a simpler and safer time. They go back to the island’s past…

722. DocH
     Comment 722, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     I def. think that Ben suggesting that the trio go to the ‘tempest’ is just the writers tricking us…

     tempest? I know you meant “temple”… I got your back hammer-time (can’t touch this!).

     after 720 posts… those suggesting/assuming that widmorians (daniel & charlotte) may or may not have known about the tempest – may I suggest that since they brought their chem/bio suits, and after those suits have featured prominently in several episodes, that they indeed were very familiar with the capabilities of the “tempest”…. that said. i am still not sure who (tots, moles, others, lockettes, freighter thugs?) falls into which camp (widmore, linus, paik, fourth party…?)

     cheers from the green zone. bagdhad baby. stars rule – wings drool.

723. PJSander
     Comment 723, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I am not sure I buy the Penny is an innocent Widmore thing. I mean WHY would she have a research team in deepest darkest Peru (that’s a joke – somewhere really cold and icy) looking for a magnetic anomaly to find Desmond if her father hasn’t given her SOME details? Of course it is possible that he fed her bad intel which is why SHE is looking for Desmond, and it just HAPPENS to help precious daddy darling.

     As far as Rousseau is concerned, I am bewildered. Didn’t she say she came to the island pregnant, delivered the baby and the Others kidnapped the baby? If so, why the HECK isn’t she kicking Ben in the *ahem* instead of doing his bidding? Why doesn’t she scream and yell every time he says Alex is HIS daughter. I know the woman is one can short of a case, but it does seem like that would be a guttural reaction to his presence. I never thought we were getting the whole truth from her, but her story seems a whole lot fishier to me now.

     Plus, the message she left that has been looping for sixteen years – does that even sound like her voice? And if she speaks such good English, (and speaks with more of a eastern European than French accent, so maybe knows OTHER languages) why the heck is the message ONLY in French. If you are leaving an SOS message, don’t you leave it in every language you KNOW?

     And as long as I am throwing out odd questions, I will add another theory. I don’t think Jin is dead. If we are looking at the lie that the O6 are telling, (that eight people survived and two died a bit later,) and IF that lie said that Jin were one of those two, Jin’s DOD would be AFTER 9/24/2005, which it was not. So I think that in the LIE, they are saying he died IN the crash, which gives me every reason to believe he is alive and stuck on that island. Sun would grieve just as hard at being SEPARATED forever from him as if he had actually died. I’m just saying.

     Okay, I have to turn my brain off now. G’night all!

     : ) P

724. Lins
     Comment 724, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     My first thought to the theory that Widmore has a man on the island was Alpert…not sure why, but it was the first name that popped into my head.

     Also, something else that’s been bugging me all day somewhat related to the Adam/Eve thing:
     I’m definitely not an expert on the whole mind conscience travel thing, but it seems to me that the basics are – your mind travels to another point in time while your body remains physically in both locations.

     Assuming that is correct and taking Minkowski for example, when he died he said he couldn’t get back…so did his body in 2004 on the ship die as well as his body in wherever he was that couldn’t get back from? Or does he keep on existing in that time period until he just happens to be on the boat in the future?

     Sounds confusing, but it’s been bugging me all day!

725. Hooked
     Comment 725, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hello everyone. I just started reading this blog this season. All I can say is….I’m hooked on this blog and on LOST! I read Leah’s comment a couple of days ago re: 108m=1 day and didn’t get the nerve to respond until today. Right after I read it, I found an article on the internet where the Utah Education Network has a program for kids in grade school where they can use satellite technology to track the migration of swans from Alaska to the Atlantic. This is all a bit over my head and at the risk of sounding foolish — here goes. The swans are collared with a transmitter . “The satellite scans a 5,000 kilometer wide area as it passes. The satellite is within transmitter range for about 10 minutes. If the transmitter is sending then the satellite will receive multiple messages from the swan’s transmitter. The satellite orbits the earth EVERY 108 MINUTES. Because of the earth’s rotation a transmitter at the equator would be scanned ONCE A day while a transmitter at the pole could be scanned 14 times a day. When the satellite passes one of three main ground stations, it downloads the information to computers. The computers then calculate the location of the swan and send the owner of the transmitter an E-mail message.” Unless this is one of those fake articles produced by the Lost Experience, it’s quite a coincidence that this project mentions: SWAN, every 108 minutes and downloading info to a computer. And if legit, does this mean the island could be at the equator therefore 108 minutes = 1 day? Did I misinterpret my conclusions? Could be a moot point now that the Swan is history. Or, now that no one is pushing the button the island can be scanned every 108 minutes and info transmitted (via Des) back to some unknown place (Widmore/Penny?). What do you think?

726. Circus Mom
     Comment 726, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hooked wrote:

     Hello everyone. I just started reading this blog this season. All I can say is….I’m hooked on this blog and on LOST! I read Leah’s comment a couple of days ago re: 108m=1 day and didn’t get the nerve to respond until today. Right after I read it, I found an article on the internet where the Utah Education Network has a program for kids in grade school where they can use satellite technology to track the migration of swans from Alaska to the Atlantic. This is all a bit over my head and at the risk of sounding foolish — here goes. The swans are collared with a transmitter . “The satellite scans a 5,000 kilometer wide area as it passes. The satellite is within transmitter range for about 10 minutes. If the transmitter is sending then the satellite will receive multiple messages from the swan’s transmitter. The satellite orbits the earth EVERY 108 MINUTES. Because of the earth’s rotation a transmitter at the equator would be scanned ONCE A day while a transmitter at the pole could be scanned 14 times a day. When the satellite passes one of three main ground stations, it downloads the information to computers. The computers then calculate the location of the swan and send the owner of the transmitter an E-mail message.” Unless this is one of those fake articles produced by the Lost Experience, it’s quite a coincidence that this project mentions: SWAN, every 108 minutes and downloading info to a computer. And if legit, does this mean the island could be at the equator therefore 108 minutes = 1 day? Did I misinterpret my conclusions? Could be a moot point now that the Swan is history. Or, now that no one is pushing the button the island can be scanned every 108 minutes and info transmitted (via Des) back to some unknown place (Widmore/Penny?). What do you think?

     OK, what I get from the article you mention is that the satelite travels around the world north south. It passes over the poles each rotation, thus 14 times a day. It passes over a different point on the equator each 108 minutes. I say this dose not mean 108 minutes equals a day but I think I will look further into the information to see what else might be there.

727. Rita
     Comment 727, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hooked wrote:

     Hello everyone. I just started reading this blog this season. All I can say is….I’m hooked on this blog and on LOST! I read Leah’s comment a couple of days ago re: 108m=1 day and didn’t get the nerve to respond until today. Right after I read it, I found an article on the internet where the Utah Education Network has a program for kids in grade school where they can use satellite technology to track the migration of swans from Alaska to the Atlantic. This is all a bit over my head and at the risk of sounding foolish — here goes. The swans are collared with a transmitter . “The satellite scans a 5,000 kilometer wide area as it passes. The satellite is within transmitter range for about 10 minutes. If the transmitter is sending then the satellite will receive multiple messages from the swan’s transmitter. The satellite orbits the earth EVERY 108 MINUTES. Because of the earth’s rotation a transmitter at the equator would be scanned ONCE A day while a transmitter at the pole could be scanned 14 times a day. When the satellite passes one of three main ground stations, it downloads the information to computers. The computers then calculate the location of the swan and send the owner of the transmitter an E-mail message.” Unless this is one of those fake articles produced by the Lost Experience, it’s quite a coincidence that this project mentions: SWAN, every 108 minutes and downloading info to a computer. And if legit, does this mean the island could be at the equator therefore 108 minutes = 1 day? Did I misinterpret my conclusions? Could be a moot point now that the Swan is history. Or, now that no one is pushing the button the island can be scanned every 108 minutes and info transmitted (via Des) back to some unknown place (Widmore/Penny?). What do you think?

     *******************************
     Very nice, Hooked. I think I understand the 108 mins = 1 day logic from your article, and on the surface it DOES seem like it must be more than coincidence, but for us to conclude that 108 minutes of island time translates to 1 day of off island time may be a bit of a stretch. Different timing measurements, comparing apples to oranges so to speak. But you never know on LOST! Welcome to the blog and keep your good ideas flowing.

728. Rita
     Comment 728, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lins wrote:

     My first thought to the theory that Widmore has a man on the island was Alpert…not sure why, but it was the first name that popped into my head.

     Also, something else that’s been bugging me all day somewhat related to the Adam/Eve thing:
     I’m definitely not an expert on the whole mind conscience travel thing, but it seems to me that the basics are – your mind travels to another point in time while your body remains physically in both locations.

     Assuming that is correct and taking Minkowski for example, when he died he said he couldn’t get back…so did his body in 2004 on the ship die as well as his body in wherever he was that couldn’t get back from? Or does he keep on existing in that time period until he just happens to be on the boat in the future?

     Sounds confusing, but it’s been bugging me all day!

     I think we could say that Minkowski dies in 2004. His earlier self would live as it had until it reached 2004, then lights out.
     I like your (and Hurley’s dad’s) theory about Richard Alpert. I think it could definitely have merit. So, so far that makes us suspicious of Danielle, Desmond, Richard, and I would add Libby if she were alive (or does being a Whisperer count as being alive?)

729. Rita
     Comment 729, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     As far as Rousseau is concerned, I am bewildered. Didn’t she say she came to the island pregnant, delivered the baby and the Others kidnapped the baby?

     If so, why the HECK isn’t she kicking Ben in the *ahem* instead of doing his bidding? Why doesn’t she scream and yell every time he says Alex is HIS daughter. I know the woman is one can short of a case, but it does seem like that would be a guttural reaction to his presence. I never thought we were getting the whole truth from her, but her story seems a whole lot fishier to me now.

     Plus, the message she left that has been looping for sixteen years – does that even sound like her voice? And if she speaks such good English, (and speaks with more of a eastern European than French accent, so maybe knows OTHER languages) why the heck is the message ONLY in French. If you are leaving an SOS message, don’t you leave it in every language you KNOW?

     : ) P

     *********************************
     I’m with you P about Rousseau not being mad enough at Ben, if her story holds up. I would have grabbed Alex and ran at the first chance. No way I’d be hanging out at Otherville allowing him to call MY daughter HIS daughter. It makes her story VERY FISHY.

     We know that Danielle DOES speak other languages. When she captured Sayid, she didn’t know what language HE might speak, so she was trying out several until she got to English and he responded. As far as that goes, the only reason we call her the French woman is because she transmitted her message in French but you are absolutely right: Why just French??? Why not all the other languages she knows, including English, which is much more likely to be spoken by a random vessel passing by than would be French? She may not even BE French herself, as her accent suggests. Curiouser and curiouser….

730. RGS
     Comment 730, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     P

     You bring up some very good points, but I think just like with my struggles with Mike going back to work for Ben, this is also something that you have to suspend regular reasoning and buy into the show.

     Besides, Sun is at a minimum a poor man’s Penny. You could argue either way I suppose, but Sun IS actually married to Jin. Sun has access to arguably the same amount of resources as Penny. Penny had NO idea of where Desmond was, was not married to him, and still has spent resources trying to find him for 3 + years.

     Sun, has a miracle child with Jin, IS married to him, WOULD know where Jin is, and would just be fine with being separated from him? That one is hard for me to swallow, but I’m still struggling with Mike (these 5 weeks will be therapeutic for me).

731. Hammer
     Comment 731, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     tempest? I know you meant “temple”… I got your back hammer-time (can’t touch this!).

     cheers from the green zone. bagdhad baby. stars rule – wings drool.

     +++++++++++
     Thanks for having my back in TWO ways it sounds like?

732. Rita
     Comment 732, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     PJSander wrote:

     P

     You bring up some very good points, but I think just like with my struggles with Mike going back to work for Ben, this is also something that you have to suspend regular reasoning and buy into the show.

     Besides, Sun is at a minimum a poor man’s Penny. You could argue either way I suppose, but Sun IS actually married to Jin. Sun has access to arguably the same amount of resources as Penny. Penny had NO idea of where Desmond was, was not married to him, and still has spent resources trying to find him for 3 + years.

     Sun, has a miracle child with Jin, IS married to him, WOULD know where Jin is, and would just be fine with being separated from him? That one is hard for me to swallow, but I’m still struggling with Mike (these 5 weeks will be therapeutic for me).

     **********************
     RGS, is this an argument for Jin dieing then? I believe he does as well.

733. RGS
     Comment 733, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Ok so to follow up my earlier post I don’t think that Ben set up Karl and Danielle. If we are to believe on the cutting room floor there is a scene of Alex’s closer encounter with the snipers, she would recognize an Other. She yells out that she’s Ben’s daughter to let them know and spare her life.

     The snipers may have been Keamy & Omar or whoever Frank left with on the Chopper. So that would mean Widmore is almost officially bad. Who is worse, I dunno, I’ll go with Widmore, but ultimately I think both forces will have to be stopped, for things to go back to “normal.”

     It makes sense to me that they would team up to beat Widmore, and then beat Ben kinda like how in comic books good and bad will team up to beat worse, but then go back to trying to beat each other. For me, I could stomach that because it would still keep Ben BAD.

734. Toeknee
     Comment 734, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     OK, So I have heard over and over that the newspaper article said that the MIC had a teenage son but it is not in the article. The link also says that the text of the article may not have been written for the show.
     So where did the teenage son bit come from and how accurate do we think the info is?

     Rita wrote:

     Wow, good catch! I missed that when I read it. Where did the teenaged son bit come from then?

     Maybe this is a spoiler, and if so, Will or Nick, feel free to delete this post. For an explanation of the teenage son, go to this link:
     http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=81609

     The information in that link is the full text of the newspaper article, and it was posted by someone who supposedly knows someone who works on the show.

735. PJSander
     Comment 735, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Besides, Sun is at a minimum a poor man’s Penny. You could argue either way I suppose, but Sun IS actually married to Jin. Sun has access to arguably the same amount of resources as Penny. Penny had NO idea of where Desmond was, was not married to him, and still has spent resources trying to find him for 3 + years.

     Not so poor. Remember, Sun’s daddy is Paik, right? Someone we think MIGHT be in bed with Widmore? Just because Sun knows where the island is, doesn’t mean she can get there – we know Jack can’t. But when Sun LEFT the island, she may have had every reason to believe that Jin would be on the next helicopter out.

     Sun is Paik’s daughter. Penny is Widmore’s daughter. Maybe Libby is Hanso’s daughter? Mittelos’ daughter? I feel like there is a triumvirate at work here! Throw in the fact that Alex MIGHT ACTUALLY BE Ben’s daughter and you have something else to ponder. Maybe Alex is someone IMPORTANT’S daughter and they are after Ben because he is the one who kidnapped her.

     Okay, enough wild speculation for now! LOL

     By the way, I love the satellite orbiting every 108 minutes theory, but is that even POSSIBLE? That would be moving VERY quickly. Hooked, do you have a link to what you were reading?

     : ) P

736. RGS
     Comment 736, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Not so poor. Remember, Sun’s daddy is Paik, right? Someone we think MIGHT be in bed with Widmore? Just because Sun knows where the island is, doesn’t mean she can get there – we know Jack can’t. But when Sun LEFT the island, she may have had every reason to believe that Jin would be on the next helicopter out.
     Sun is Paik’s daughter. Penny is Widmore’s daughter.
     Okay, enough wild speculation for now! LOL
     : ) P

     ^^^^^^^^^^
     Yes Rita I think Jin is dead or at a minimum Sun and the O6 think he is.

     PJ as far as Widmore and Paik being partners, how would you sell that Widmore’s master plan includes the conversation:

     Widmore: Paik, we’ve got to crash this plane with your daughter and son-in-law on it. Then I’m gonna sink a faux plane that you will provide so that no one looks for your daughter in case she or anyone else survives the crash.

     Paik: Wait, wait, wait, why can’t Penny be on this flight instead of my Sun?

     Widmore: Don’t be foolish Paik, it’s my plan, my idea, your machinery, your daughter.

     Paik: How you say in English, FkcU-ah You-ah.

     I need more evidence that Paik is in cahoots with Widmore.

     I do like the idea of a 3rd party though.

737. Toeknee
     Comment 737, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     dukewm wrote:

     The trouble is, we don’t know which theories are correct and which ones are ridiculous.

     Oh, I think I have an idea of which ones are ridiculous :)
     ———————————–

     Michael wrote:

     Did anyone else think that the captain of the freighter looked like the man in the video getting beat -up?

     From what I remember I don’t think they looked all that similar. The guy in the video had a blindfold on, so it was tough to see his face, but you could see some shaggy hair on him. The captain’s hair was much shorter. This doesn’t mean they are definitely not the same person, but they didn’t look similar based on what we were shown. But aside from that, the Captain works for Widmore, why would Widmore beat up the Captain? Why would Ben say that the man in the video was one of his men?
     ——————————————

     Hammer wrote:

     Funny story about how we where all trying to figure out the O6.

     A cousin of mine is a dedicated watcher, but doesn’t do any of the outside stuff or look at blogs. He was confused why there was any doubt that Aaron was an O6. He looked at me crossed eyed LOL. Just goes to show how we can really over analyze some times.

     So maybe we should stop coming here and dissecting every little aspect of the show?

     Nah…..

738. Toeknee
     Comment 738, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     ….I mean WHY would she have a research team in deepest darkest Peru…

     OK now I’m really freaking out. Last night I read a Paddington Bear book to my daughter, which she got as an Easter gift. I have never read that book before, and until I read it, I had never heard the expression “darkest Peru”. So to come here this morning and read these words……PJ, are you one of the Others? You know everything about everyone else? Who is your mole in my house?

739. PJSander
     Comment 739, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     PJ as far as Widmore and Paik being partners, how would you sell that Widmore’s master plan includes the conversation:

     Widmore: Paik, we’ve got to crash this plane with your daughter and son-in-law on it. Then I’m gonna sink a faux plane that you will provide so that no one looks for your daughter in case she or anyone else survives the crash.

     Well, yes. Except that I don’t think that the CRASH was necessarily planned. I am leaning towards the idea that the plane was going to be DIVERTED, but not necessarily that the crash was a plan. They were OFF COURSE by many miles when they crashed. Is it possible that the plane was headed for somewhere else ON PURPOSE? That THAT is why Frank Lapidus was replaced by a different pilot at the last minute?

     Suppose that is true. Perhaps there are a NUMBER of people who were on that flight KNOWING it wasn’t really going to LA. Locke and Rose had medical reasons. Libby probably had a reason. Hurley wanted to escape the curse. The fake psychic put Claire (and someone else – Mr. Eko maybe?) on that plane. Sun and Jin were on that plane FOR Paik. Jack was transporting his father’s body. What if Christian’s death was FAKE and that was his only way to get Jack on that plane. Do you remember how ADAMANT he was that he HAD to get on THAT flight?

     What if each of these people KNEW the flight was supposed to be diverted to “somewhere” else, but THINKS that no one else knows that.

     Imagine how wild the theories will get in the next four weeks?!

     : ) P

740. PJSander
     Comment 740, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     OK now I’m really freaking out. Last night I read a Paddington Bear book to my daughter, which she got as an Easter gift. I have never read that book before, and until I read it, I had never heard the expression “darkest Peru”. So to come here this morning and read these words……PJ, are you one of the Others? You know everything about everyone else? Who is your mole in my house?

     Mwah hah hah.

     LOL. Paddington is a very popular bear in the UK, Toeknee, and I grew up with him. I use the term “deepest darkest Peru” to describe anywhere that seems somewhat mysterious. So no, I am not an Other.

     Or AM I?

     Mwah hah hah.

     : ) P

741. Hammer
     Comment 741, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     So maybe we should stop coming here and dissecting every little aspect of the show?

     Nah…..

     No way! I just thought it was funny.

742. Hooked
     Comment 742, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     By the way, I love the satellite orbiting every 108 minutes theory, but is that even POSSIBLE? That would be moving VERY quickly. Hooked, do you have a link to what you were reading?
     **********************

     Here is the link: http://www.uen.org/swan/argos.html

     Has anyone thought about Rousseau possibly being Annie?

743. Hammer
     Comment 743, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     PJSander wrote:

     PJ as far as Widmore and Paik being partners, how would you sell that Widmore’s master plan includes the conversation:

     Widmore: Paik, we’ve got to crash this plane with your daughter and son-in-law on it. Then I’m gonna sink a faux plane that you will provide so that no one looks for your daughter in case she or anyone else survives the crash.

     Paik: Wait, wait, wait, why can’t Penny be on this flight instead of my Sun?

     Widmore: Don’t be foolish Paik, it’s my plan, my idea, your machinery, your daughter.

     Paik: How you say in English, FkcU-ah You-ah.

     I need more evidence that Paik is in cahoots with Widmore.

     I do like the idea of a 3rd party though.

     +++++++++++
     I didn’t check the fact yet, but I think Paik didn’t expect his daughter on the flight but did expect Jin to be on the flight. Sort of like how Widmore expected Des to sail close and then get stuck on the island…

744. Hammer
     Comment 744, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hooked wrote:

     Has anyone thought about Rousseau possibly being Annie?

     Is was brought up awhile back when to episode with the purge happened. I don’t really remember how we left it.

745. Hammer
     Comment 745, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Hooked wrote:

     Has anyone thought about Rousseau possibly being Annie?

     Is was brought up awhile back when to episode with the purge happened. I don’t really remember how we left it.

     Wow, let me fix that:

     It was brought up awhile back during the episode with the purge. I don’t really remember how we left it, but since we still don’t know it doesn’t really matter.

746. jaime
     Comment 746, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Just a few things I had come across that i wanted to point out…I searched past years posts to see if anything was mentioned but couldn’t find anything.
     1. Henry Gayle’s Balloon had the Widmore logo written on it.
     2. Sun, Kate and Rachel’s pregnancy tests were manufactured by the Widmore company (Why was someone carrying a pregnancy test on the airplane anyway)
     3. In an official podcast dated May 8th 2006, Carlton Cuse states he “heard a rumor” that there are 2 branches of the Widmore family, 1 American 1 British…maybe Libby is a descendent of the American Widmore clan

747. Rita
     Comment 747, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     Just a few things I had come across that i wanted to point out…I searched past years posts to see if anything was mentioned but couldn’t find anything.
     1. Henry Gayle’s Balloon had the Widmore logo written on it.
     2. Sun, Kate and Rachel’s pregnancy tests were manufactured by the Widmore company (Why was someone carrying a pregnancy test on the airplane anyway)
     3. In an official podcast dated May 8th 2006, Carlton Cuse states he “heard a rumor” that there are 2 branches of the Widmore family, 1 American 1 British…maybe Libby is a descendent of the American Widmore clan

     Jamie, I have noticed that we have been told pretty much EVERYBODY’S last name except for Libby’s. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Someone else suggested it might be Libby WIDMORE. Wouldn’t that be a kick?? I think everyone already knows about the balloon and preg test connection. But Libby? What happens now that she is dead?

748. PJSander
     Comment 748, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     Sun, Kate and Rachel’s pregnancy tests were manufactured by the Widmore company (Why was someone carrying a pregnancy test on the airplane anyway)

     You want to bet that Widmore makes razors too? And that there was a VERY large shipment of them on the plane? Otherwise, how do we explain that Jin stays clean shaven and most of the other men sport little more than a permanent five o’clock shadow? And I won’t even MENTION the women’s razor issues (well I guess I kinda did, just then, didn’t I – LOL).

     : ) P

749. Toeknee
     Comment 749, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Funny, I always thought Ben planted himself in that net.

     Possible, but I think not because of the way the events unfolded – after he was let down from the net, he ran away, and Rousseau shot him with an arrow, but shot him such that he didn’t die. That seems pretty risky – if the arrow hit him, a moving target by the way, in a slighly different location he could have died.

750. Rita
     Comment 750, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Well, yes. Except that I don’t think that the CRASH was necessarily planned. I am leaning towards the idea that the plane was going to be DIVERTED, but not necessarily that the crash was a plan. They were OFF COURSE by many miles when they crashed. Is it possible that the plane was headed for somewhere else ON PURPOSE? That THAT is why Frank Lapidus was replaced by a different pilot at the last minute?

     Suppose that is true. Perhaps there are a NUMBER of people who were on that flight KNOWING it wasn’t really going to LA. Locke and Rose had medical reasons. Libby probably had a reason. Hurley wanted to escape the curse. The fake psychic put Claire (and someone else – Mr. Eko maybe?) on that plane. Sun and Jin were on that plane FOR Paik. Jack was transporting his father’s body. What if Christian’s death was FAKE and that was his only way to get Jack on that plane. Do you remember how ADAMANT he was that he HAD to get on THAT flight?

     What if each of these people KNEW the flight was supposed to be diverted to “somewhere” else, but THINKS that no one else knows that.

     Imagine how wild the theories will get in the next four weeks?!

     : ) P

     “]

     RGS wrote:

     **************************
     I like this line of thought. I don’t know though that all these people could keep this kind of secret for this long, so I think it more likely that they were all manipulated into being on the plane. If the crash itself wasn’t planned then, but merely a diversion, then who might have died who would have been an important part of the plan if they had lived (like Libby?) I could see Paik setting up the whole situation with Sun and Jae, and then killing Jae because “he knew too much”, while expecting Sun to leave Jin before getting onto the plane. You make a good case for the others to be on the plane too, especially for the change of pilot. I REALLY think you are onto something here P!! So, the real war is just beginning…….wow! Remember when Miles says to Ben, “don’t talk to me as if I were one of them!”. Miles obviously knows A LOT, and backs up my thinking that the losties were manipulated onto the plane, rather than in on something (knowing it was to be diverted to SOMEWHERE ELSE).

751. Toeknee
     Comment 751, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     OK now I’m really freaking out. Last night I read a Paddington Bear book to my daughter, which she got as an Easter gift. I have never read that book before, and until I read it, I had never heard the expression “darkest Peru”. So to come here this morning and read these words……PJ, are you one of the Others? You know everything about everyone else? Who is your mole in my house?

     Mwah hah hah.

     LOL. Paddington is a very popular bear in the UK, Toeknee, and I grew up with him. I use the term “deepest darkest Peru” to describe anywhere that seems somewhat mysterious. So no, I am not an Other.

     Or AM I?

     Mwah hah hah.

     : ) P

     _________________________
     LOL Paddington is somewhat popular here too, I just never had an opportunity to learn much about him.

752. Rita
     Comment 752, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Ha! On my last post #750 I was experimenting on gettng the entire prior post, multi postings, into shadow and ONLY my new post in bold. Failed miserably! The whole thing ended up in shadow. Oh well.

753. jaime
     Comment 753, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     Sun, Kate and Rachel’s pregnancy tests were manufactured by the Widmore company (Why was someone carrying a pregnancy test on the airplane anyway)

     You want to bet that Widmore makes razors too? And that there was a VERY large shipment of them on the plane? Otherwise, how do we explain that Jin stays clean shaven and most of the other men sport little more than a permanent five o’clock shadow? And I won’t even MENTION the women’s razor issues (well I guess I kinda did, just then, didn’t I – LOL).

     : ) P

     ha ha PJ, funny and true :)

754. PJSander
     Comment 754, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hooked wrote:

     Here is the link: http://www.uen.org/swan/argos.html

     Wow. The site looks pretty authentic.

     There may well be a link to the fact that “something” can orbit the earth every 108 minutes, but given that the earth is rotating while the satellite is orbiting, the only places where THAT particular “swan” satellite will actually pass every 108 minutes are the poles.

     Still, if a satellite can orbit in that direction every 108 minutes, I supposed SOMETHING can orbit the earth so that it passes over our island every 108 minutes. According to a quick look up online, satellites can orbit the earth in as little as 90 minutes, depending on how high in the atmosphere it is. So it is definitely POSSIBLE.

     Loving the theories!
     : ) P

755. skweez
     Comment 755, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Well, 500 posts later we are running low on substance. This break is gonna suck.
     So, I bring up this quote from Damon since time travel had become more prevelant:
     “DAMON: It’s been in the DNA of the show since the very beginning. Obviously, one thing the flash backs and the flash forwards provide you with is the idea of time travel. You’re bouncing around in time and events from the past are seemingly influencing the present, but it’s not a traditional time travel story until we started talking about what the hatch was there for, and what this electromagnetic energy that the hatch is trying to contain is and what would be the effect of that hatch going away, otherwise known as the purple sky event. And it was sort of those conversations which obviously happened way back in season one when Locke and Boone found the hatch that were the early precursors of time travel. I will say, though, that the first significant event in the show where we were thinking in the back of our minds that this is going to require a story telling element that isn’t traditional narrative, is the discovery of Adam and Eve in the caves.”

     +++++++++++++
     Time to start working on who Adam and Eve are since time travel is a factor and it is possible that they found the bodies of someone who walks among them. Locke brought up to Walt when playing back gammon that it is the ultimate battle of good vs. evil, black vs. white. Is one of the folks a Whidmorian and the other a Benonite?

     Gerald and Karen DeGroot are A&E…

756. skweez
     Comment 756, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Ha! On my last post #750 I was experimenting on gettng the entire prior post, multi postings, into shadow and ONLY my new post in bold. Failed miserably! The whole thing ended up in shadow. Oh well.

     Here’s how you do it….

757. jaime
     Comment 757, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     Michael wrote:

     Mole by accident, right. He wouldn’t actual know he was the “mole”.

     Oh absolutely right!
     Brainwashed, a “Sleeper” agent perhaps, but definitely an unwitting accomplice.

     … a Sleeper Agent is one who has been infiltrated into the target area and ‘gone to sleep’, sometimes for many years. A common type of sleeper agent involves people who have been subjected to mind control techiques, such as drugs, torture, psychological conditioning, implanted devices, and even telepathic manipulation…
     Sounds like Des to me – taking his shot every other day, torture = button every 108 minutes, psych manip via = monastery/army, telepathic = FB/FF (implanted memories).
     I wouldn’t be surprised if Jack operated on him soon and found a small electronic device that “triggered” his flash/memory.
     )

     #######################################
     Your comment on the “implant” got me thinking.
     Desmond was giving himself injections of CR4815162342 to avoid the “sickness”
     Ethan gave Clair the same injection of CR4815162342 in her uterus
     She was implanted with something that was part of a plan by Ben (if i remember correctly)to make Juliet appear trustworthy. This implant causes headaches, nosebleeds…remember her and Aaron’s “sickness”? It came and went within a few days.

     Geez, was that just a bunch of ramble? I need to get Lost out of ny head for a few days.
     Can I please become part of the LAA meetings

758. skweez
     Comment 758, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Ha! On my last post #750 I was experimenting on gettng the entire prior post, multi postings, into shadow and ONLY my new post in bold. Failed miserably! The whole thing ended up in shadow. Oh well. Here’s how you do it….

     Example….

759. skweez
     Comment 759, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Ha! On my last post #750 I was experimenting on gettng the entire prior post, multi postings, into shadow and ONLY my new post in bold. Failed miserably! The whole thing ended up in shadow. Oh well. Here’s how you do it…. Example….

     You have to cut all of the quotes after the original quote and paste it before the word “quote” of the original post. Was that too confusing????

760. Rita
     Comment 760, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Ha! On my last post #750 I was experimenting on gettng the entire prior post, multi postings, into shadow and ONLY my new post in bold. Failed miserably! The whole thing ended up in shadow. Oh well.

     Here’s how you do it….

     Great, but how do you do it so that all the other posts before yours are in shadow and only yours is bold when there were mulitple posters before you (rather than just separating them with a line of asteriks, etc.)?

761. Rita
     Comment 761, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Here’s how you do it….

     Great, but how do you do it so that all the other posts before yours are in shadow and only yours is bold when there were mulitple posters before you (rather than just separating them with a line of asteriks, etc.)?”]

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     testing testing testing. If I did it right, then thank you so much Skweez!!

762. jaime
     Comment 762, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     O.k….one more question for you all out there.

     Who is this Brennen that Rousseau mentions when she first locks herself in the radio tower? Her distress signal mentions that “he has the keys”
     Have we heard anything else about him or Montad yet?
     Also i was looking her up in Lostpedia (yes i know it’s not fact) but they mention her “lover” Robert and list him as Alex’s father.

763. Rita
     Comment 763, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     ["]

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     quote comment=”201958Ha! On my last post #750 I was experimenting on gettng the entire prior post, multi postings, into shadow and ONLY my new post in bold. Failed miserably! The whole thing ended up in shadow. Oh well.

     Here’s how you do it….

     Great, but how do you do it so that all the other posts before yours are in shadow and only yours is bold when there were mulitple posters before you (rather than just separating them with a line of asteriks, etc.)?”]

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     testing testing testing. If I did it right, then thank you so much Skweez!!

     I don’t think I have it yet. :(

764. Rita
     Comment 764, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Could you explain that again Skweez please?

765. skweez
     Comment 765, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     ["]

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     quote comment=”201958Ha! On my last post #750 I was experimenting on gettng the entire prior post, multi postings, into shadow and ONLY my new post in bold. Failed miserably! The whole thing ended up in shadow. Oh well. Here’s how you do it….

     Great, but how do you do it so that all the other posts before yours are in shadow and only yours is bold when there were mulitple posters before you (rather than just separating them with a line of asteriks, etc.)?”]

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     testing testing testing. If I did it right, then thank you so much Skweez!!

     I don’t think I have it yet. :(

     You’re almost there……

766. Hammer
     Comment 766, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     Can I please become part of the LAA meetings

     (ALL)
     Hiiii Jaaaime!!

767. jaime
     Comment 767, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     Can I please become part of the LAA meetings

     (ALL)
     Hiiii Jaaaime!!

     ########################################

     Aw, thanks Hammer :)

768. Rose
     Comment 768, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     My First posting: Is it possible that Karl, while with the others, had some how been brainwashed to spy on the others by an outside group trying to get information about the Island? Ben, discovering this and knowing his daughter’s love for karl, tried to recover Karl through a reverse brainwashing. This was cut short by Karl’s “rescue.” Now, at this point in the show, Karl was still a threat and beyond recovery. Ben and Danielle both knew this and knew that Karl would have to be killed. At the same time, they wanted to prevent Alex from discovering the truth about Karl as their feelings for each other were real. It was then arranged that, in following those coordinates, that karl would be killed, Danielle injured, and Alex safe by a group of others that we will never see?

769. skweez
     Comment 769, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Could you explain that again Skweez please?

     Sure… When you quote and reply to this post, cut everything from the word “Sure” to the end of the comment, including the word “quote” in brackets. Then, paste that comment right after the word “please?” and before the word “quote” from your original post.

770. RGS
     Comment 770, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     I didn’t check the fact yet, but I think Paik didn’t expect his daughter on the flight but did expect Jin to be on the flight. Sort of like how Widmore expected Des to sail close and then get stuck on the island…

     ^^^^^^^^^^
     Still playin’ Benvil’s advocate (bcuz its fun).

     Paik: Has anyone seen Sun, (smiling like Monty Burns) I wish to console her on the loss of Jin.

     Paik servant: Sir, um, Sun was on that flight with Jin.

     (Shooting servant in the head while simultaneously pulling out the antenna, with his teeth, on his 1998 analog cell phone)

     P: Widmore what the hell is going on, my daughter was on that flight!

     W: That is unfortunate, but we knew the risks.

     P: What if she survived and is on the island?

     W: Are you getting cold feet on me? Pull yourself together! What time will you have the faux plane ready? Did you talk to your Thailand hook up, I’m gonna need 323…er 324 bodies if we’re gonna make this work. We both want this island right? If it makes you feel any better, Ben probably gassed anyone who survived.

     P:Gassed?

     W: Yea I didn’t tell you that? Apparently Ben has a gas device on the island that can kill everyone on it with the flip of a switch.

     P: (Horrified) We’ve got to get people down there, that’s my daught-

     W: Relax, I’m building a solid team, I’ve got a drunk helicopter pilot, an archaeologist…sorta, a scientist and…um… AGuyWhoCan *cough* TalkTo*cough*DeadPeople *cough*. If all goes as planned we’ll be on that island within 2-3 months. I’m sure disabling a gas device will be a walk in the Paik…get it, walk in the…*dial tone*.

     Cut to Paik taking out his Samurai sword and preparing to fall upon it.

771. skweez
     Comment 771, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rose wrote:

     My First posting: Is it possible that Karl, while with the others, had some how been brainwashed to spy on the others by an outside group trying to get information about the Island? Ben, discovering this and knowing his daughter’s love for karl, tried to recover Karl through a reverse brainwashing. This was cut short by Karl’s “rescue.” Now, at this point in the show, Karl was still a threat and beyond recovery. Ben and Danielle both knew this and knew that Karl would have to be killed. At the same time, they wanted to prevent Alex from discovering the truth about Karl as their feelings for each other were real. It was then arranged that, in following those coordinates, that karl would be killed, Danielle injured, and Alex safe by a group of others that we will never see?

     Interesting theory. How did this other group communicate with Karl?

772. Michael
     Comment 772, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rose wrote:

     My First posting: Is it possible that Karl, while with the others, had some how been brainwashed to spy on the others by an outside group trying to get information about the Island? Ben, discovering this and knowing his daughter’s love for karl, tried to recover Karl through a reverse brainwashing. This was cut short by Karl’s “rescue.” Now, at this point in the show, Karl was still a threat and beyond recovery. Ben and Danielle both knew this and knew that Karl would have to be killed. At the same time, they wanted to prevent Alex from discovering the truth about Karl as their feelings for each other were real. It was then arranged that, in following those coordinates, that karl would be killed, Danielle injured, and Alex safe by a group of others that we will never see?

     ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     That would be pretty risky on the part of Danielle. Even with a good sharp shooter. Who ever did shoot Carl i believe took two or three shots to hit him.

773. skweez
     Comment 773, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     I didn’t check the fact yet, but I think Paik didn’t expect his daughter on the flight but did expect Jin to be on the flight. Sort of like how Widmore expected Des to sail close and then get stuck on the island…

     ^^^^^^^^^^
     Still playin’ Benvil’s advocate (bcuz its fun).

     Paik: Has anyone seen Sun, (smiling like Monty Burns) I wish to console her on the loss of Jin.

     Paik servant: Sir, um, Sun was on that flight with Jin.

     (Shooting servant in the head while simultaneously pulling out the antenna, with his teeth, on his 1998 analog cell phone)

     P: Widmore what the hell is going on, my daughter was on that flight!

     W: That is unfortunate, but we knew the risks.

     P: What if she survived and is on the island?

     W: Are you getting cold feet on me? Pull yourself together! What time will you have the faux plane ready? Did you talk to your Thailand hook up, I’m gonna need 323…er 324 bodies if we’re gonna make this work. We both want this island right? If it makes you feel any better, Ben probably gassed anyone who survived.

     P:Gassed?

     W: Yea I didn’t tell you that? Apparently Ben has a gas device on the island that can kill everyone on it with the flip of a switch.

     P: (Horrified) We’ve got to get people down there, that’s my daught-

     W: Relax, I’m building a solid team, I’ve got a drunk helicopter pilot, an archaeologist…sorta, a scientist and…um… AGuyWhoCan *cough* TalkTo*cough*DeadPeople *cough*. If all goes as planned we’ll be on that island within 2-3 months. I’m sure disabling a gas device will be a walk in the Paik…get it, walk in the…*dial tone*.

     Cut to Paik taking out his Samurai sword and preparing to fall upon it.

     Now, THAT was funny. But it does make sense. I’m not sure if I believe that these two men are in cahoots, though.

774. Hammer
     Comment 774, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     Now, THAT was funny. But it does make sense. I’m not sure if I believe that these two men are in cahoots, though.

     So that fact that Widmore and Paik had a partnership with doesn’t seem like a clue to you(learned in Bad Twin)?

775. skweez
     Comment 775, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     So that fact that Widmore and Paik had a partnership with doesn’t seem like a clue to you(learned in Bad Twin)?

     In cahoots as far as total domination of the island….

776. Hammer
     Comment 776, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     So that fact that Widmore and Paik had a partnership with doesn’t seem like a clue to you(learned in Bad Twin)?

     In cahoots as far as total domination of the island….

     Oh right…well I don’t think it’s that big of a stretch to go from business partners with a mafia style person to crime partner.

777. Rita
     Comment 777, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Could you explain that again Skweez please?

     Sure… When you quote and reply to this post, cut everything from the word “Sure” to the end of the comment, including the word “quote” in brackets. Then, paste that comment right after the word “please?” and before the word “quote” from your original post.

     I think I have it this time, thanks again Skweez!

778. Rita
     Comment 778, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Could you explain that again Skweez please?

     Sure… When you quote and reply to this post, cut everything from the word “Sure” to the end of the comment, including the word “quote” in brackets. Then, paste that comment right after the word “please?” and before the word “quote” from your original post.

     I think I have it this time, thanks again Skweez!

     Rats, didn’t work :( I give up.

779. skweez
     Comment 779, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     So that fact that Widmore and Paik had a partnership with doesn’t seem like a clue to you(learned in Bad Twin)?

     In cahoots as far as total domination of the island….

     Oh right…well I don’t think it’s that big of a stretch to go from business partners with a mafia style person to crime partner.

     By the way, did you read the book? If so, is it worth picking up?

780. jaime
     Comment 780, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I found a theory on the Lost.com homepage that’s pretty cool. Some things i agree with and some I don’t You can find it at timelooptheory.com
     This is not a spoiler because it is only someone’s theory, but it is quite extensive with it’s ideas as it outlines the ENTIRE show from beginning to what they think will happen in the end.

781. jaime
     Comment 781, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     This guy Jason Hunter actually created his own webpage just to post his theory

782. Circus Mom
     Comment 782, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     ! On my last post #750 I was experimenting on gettng the entire prior post, multi postings, into shadow and ONLY my new post in bold. Failed miserably! The whole thing ended up in shadow. Oh well.Here’s how you do it…
     Great, but how do you do it so that all the other posts before yours are in shadow and only yours is bold when there were mulitple posters before you (rather than just separating them with a line of asteriks, etc.)?”]
     testing testing testing. If I did it right, then thank you so much Skweez!!
     I don’t think I have it yet. :

     test

783. Circus Mom
     Comment 783, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Could you explain that again Skweez please?

     Sure… When you quote and reply to this post, cut everything from the word “Sure” to the end of the comment, including the word “quote” in brackets. Then, paste that comment right after the word “please?” and before the word “quote” from your original post.

     I think I have it this time, thanks again Skweez!

     Rats, didn’t work

     :( I give up.

     Rita, I sort of figured it out but it’s a lot a work. Our rows of ++++ or **** work just as well.

784. Circus Mom
     Comment 784, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Besides, Sun is at a minimum a poor man’s Penny. You could argue either way I suppose, but Sun IS actually married to Jin. Sun has access to arguably the same amount of resources as Penny. Penny had NO idea of where Desmond was, was not married to him, and still has spent resources trying to find him for 3 + years.

     Not so poor. Remember, Sun’s daddy is Paik, right? Someone we think MIGHT be in bed with Widmore? Just because Sun knows where the island is, doesn’t mean she can get there – we know Jack can’t. But when Sun LEFT the island, she may have had every reason to believe that Jin would be on the next helicopter out.

     Sun is Paik’s daughter. Penny is Widmore’s daughter. Maybe Libby is Hanso’s daughter? Mittelos’ daughter? I feel like there is a triumvirate at work here! Throw in the fact that Alex MIGHT ACTUALLY BE Ben’s daughter and you have something else to ponder. Maybe Alex is someone IMPORTANT’S daughter and they are after Ben because he is the one who kidnapped her.

     Okay, enough wild speculation for now! LOL

     By the way, I love the satellite orbiting every 108 minutes theory, but is that even POSSIBLE? That would be moving VERY quickly. Hooked, do you have a link to what you were reading?

     : ) P

     ++++++++
     See comment 726

785. Rita
     Comment 785, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     skweez wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Could you explain that again Skweez please?

     Sure… When you quote and reply to this post, cut everything from the word “Sure” to the end of the comment, including the word “quote” in brackets. Then, paste that comment right after the word “please?” and before the word “quote” from your original post.

     I think I have it this time, thanks again Skweez!

     Rats, didn’t work

     :( I give up.

     Rita, I sort of figured it out but it’s a lot a work. Our rows of ++++ or **** work just as well.

     *****************************
     That’s what I am thinking too!

786. Rita
     Comment 786, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     This guy Jason Hunter actually created his own webpage just to post his theory

     ******************************
     Read it a week or so ago. Pretty good really, but not ready to buy all of it yet.

787. jaime
     Comment 787, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     This guy Jason Hunter actually created his own webpage just to post his theory

     ******************************
     Read it a week or so ago. Pretty good really, but not ready to buy all of it yet.

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     Ya, some of it opened my mind and some of it seems as though it could never be possible.
     Either way it’s a great read and really makes you think

788. Trixanna
     Comment 788, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hi Jaime! Welcome to LA!!! I am sure more members will be attending in the next few weeks once the withdrawals really set in. I, for one, cannot believe we won’t have a new episode tomorrow.

     Here’s my LA question… is Rita the only LA Coffee Mug carrying member??? Be honest now.

     I am loving all of the posts, you guys are making me think harder than I have in a very long time! I am just too ignorant to come up with anything new on my own but I do LOVE reading what everyone else has come up with.

789. jaime
     Comment 789, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Hi Jaime! Welcome to LA!!! I am sure more members will be attending in the next few weeks once the withdrawals really set in. I, for one, cannot believe we won’t have a new episode tomorrow.

     Here’s my LA question… is Rita the only LA Coffee Mug carrying member??? Be honest now.

     .

     #################################

     If they actually exist i would love one…where did you get yours Rita?

790. Trixanna
     Comment 790, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     ShelloniusFunk posted this last week under the Ji Yeon thread… post #589. Cool stuff for us LA members to order! I only asked Rita because she said she had one in her Easter basket.

     http://www.cafepress.com/shelloniusjunk/5...

791. Circus Mom
     Comment 791, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     Hi Jaime! Welcome to LA!!! I am sure more members will be attending in the next few weeks once the withdrawals really set in. I, for one, cannot believe we won’t have a new episode tomorrow.

     Here’s my LA question… is Rita the only LA Coffee Mug carrying member??? Be honest now.

     .

     #################################

     If they actually exist i would love one…where did you get yours Rita?

     +++++++++++++++
     http://www.cafepress.com/shelloniusjunk?s=shelloniusjunk&type=0

792. Trixanna
     Comment 792, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Yep, that is the site. Once there, click on “Lost Junk” on the left side of the page. You will then see a LA thingee in the upper left corner, click on that and it takes you to a whole bunch of cool stuff!

793. Rita
     Comment 793, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     Hi Jaime! Welcome to LA!!! I am sure more members will be attending in the next few weeks once the withdrawals really set in. I, for one, cannot believe we won’t have a new episode tomorrow.

     Here’s my LA question… is Rita the only LA Coffee Mug carrying member??? Be honest now.

     .

     #################################

     If they actually exist i would love one…where did you get yours Rita?

     *********************
     I don’t know, it was in my Easter basket. My sister got it for me, I will ask her where she got it.

794. Rita
     Comment 794, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     Hi Jaime! Welcome to LA!!! I am sure more members will be attending in the next few weeks once the withdrawals really set in. I, for one, cannot believe we won’t have a new episode tomorrow.

     Here’s my LA question… is Rita the only LA Coffee Mug carrying member??? Be honest now.

     .

     #################################

     If they actually exist i would love one…where did you get yours Rita?

     *********************
     I don’t know, it was in my Easter basket. My sister got it for me, I will ask her where she got it.

     **************************
     Oh, I see you got an answer already. I love my mug!!

795. RGS
     Comment 795, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Ok here’s a potential mislead by abc. On the site it talks about the Lost repeats being enhanced episodes with NEW facts. Maybe it will have some additional points worth watching.

796. Trixanna
     Comment 796, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Ok here’s a potential mislead by abc. On the site it talks about the Lost repeats being enhanced episodes with NEW facts. Maybe it will have some additional points worth watching.

     Are you talking about the “enhanced episodes” of weeks past or are there more coming? Am I to understand that we won’t have ANY Lost episodes until they start back up in a month?

     Okay, it is officially less than a month until a new episode, right?? Panic IS setting in!!!

797. Hammer
     Comment 797, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Ok here’s a potential mislead by abc. On the site it talks about the Lost repeats being enhanced episodes with NEW facts. Maybe it will have some additional points worth watching.

     The ones I watched that aired before new episodes seemed to give info that would be helpful to non-blogger/researchers. Didn’t seem to help us addicts much.

798. PJSander
     Comment 798, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Ok here’s a potential mislead by abc. On the site it talks about the Lost repeats being enhanced episodes with NEW facts. Maybe it will have some additional points worth watching.

     As I understand it, tomorrow (3/27) ABC is airing S4E01, The Beginning of the End, as an enhanced episode (with the green pop-ups). I don’t believe THIS episode has aired as an enhanced version before (it is not on the website as such).

     Since they have not aired Ji Yeon and Meet Kevin Johnson with enhanced versions, we can hope that these two will also play during the “break.”

     According to tvguide.com, Confirmed Dead is airing on 04/03. That’s already aired in the enhanced version, but I am not sure if I saw it.

     I am pretty sure that April 2008 will go down as the longest month in history.

     : ) P

799. Circus Mom
     Comment 799, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     Ok here’s a potential mislead by abc. On the site it talks about the Lost repeats being enhanced episodes with NEW facts. Maybe it will have some additional points worth watching.

     The ones I watched that aired before new episodes seemed to give info that would be helpful to non-blogger/researchers. Didn’t seem to help us addicts much.

     Sometimes it did end a discussion by answering a simple question. No major reveals though.

800. bryguyco
     Comment 800, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Um, I didn’t have time to read all the posts but I caught a few things the last time I watched the last episode (for the 3rd time) and wanted to see if anyone was on here. If there is an online chat I would like to get my thoughts out. Help me! LOL

801. SpinPapi
     Comment 801, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Ms. Hawkins said “every single one of US [my emphasis] is dead” if Desmond doesn’t buy that ring in S03E08. I’m re-watching it now and just quoted her accurately.

     This is not about the world, as many have suggested, it’s about US. From HER point of view. Remember she was at Daniel Faraday’s school with Desmond’s head monk.

802. SpinPapi
     Comment 802, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     everyone should go back and watch this ep. there are a lot of misconceptions about it. so many loaded moments. I don’t want to ruin it for ya! cmon, go watch now, brother.

803. SpinPapi
     Comment 803, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     everyone forgets, as did I, that Desmond finds his picture with Penny in the explosion crater of the hatch while he is naked, and pleads in desperation, “please, let me go back. let me go back one more time. I’ll do it right. I’ll do it right this time. I’m sorry, Penny. I’ll change it!!! I’ll change it.”

     but how can he? or can he? are these fuckers telling us we’re stuck with this awful world? or are we just being conned once again? fuck them!

804. SpinPapi
     Comment 804, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     “you can’t change it. you can’t change it no matter what you try to do. just can’t change it.” well if that is so true then how did he rescue Charlie so many times? if Charlie had died in the ocean, he would never have saved the LOSTies by telling them it was not Penny’s boat. hello. there is massive misdirection here. we are led to believe it’s fate but this show is NOT ABOUT FATE. watch it more closely and you’ll see.

     “you’re a good man, Charlie [Brown].”

     yes it’s just a TV show. but the dialectics are insufferable. this is a show about LOVE, LIFE, FATE. none of them exist w/o the other.

805. RGS
     Comment 805, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     SpinPapi 801-804

     Easy Papi, simmer down nah, we’re not going to stick you with anything. I’m sure Hammer and PJ didn’t mean to put you in a panic state by poo-pooing the notion that we may get new information from these enhanced episodes.

     I know it will be a long month but carrying on making a German spectacle of yourself is not going to make Apr. 24 come any sooner.

     I’m sure your ideas have merit though, and they aren’t outside the realm of other theories that have been posted. :P

806. Rita
     Comment 806, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     bryguyco wrote:

     Um, I didn’t have time to read all the posts but I caught a few things the last time I watched the last episode (for the 3rd time) and wanted to see if anyone was on here. If there is an online chat I would like to get my thoughts out. Help me! LOL

     ***************
     Lets have your ideas. We can be a pretty good sounding board. You really should take time to read the other posts, though (and it’s the rules). Chances are, someone else also caught the same things you did, and may spark even more creative genious from you, who knows??!

807. PJSander
     Comment 807, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Um, I didn’t have time to read all the posts but I caught a few things the last time I watched the last episode (for the 3rd time) and wanted to see if anyone was on here. If there is an online chat I would like to get my thoughts out. Help me! LOL***************

     bryguyco wrote:

     Lets have your ideas. We can be a pretty good sounding board. You really should take time to read the other posts, though (and it’s the rules). Chances are, someone else also caught the same things you did, and may spark even more creative genious from you, who knows??!

     = = = = = = = = = = =

     I recognize that 800+ posts is a WEE bit excessive.

     BUT we DO have our rules. LOL

     One of the forum veterans recently taught us that if you “Control F” on a webpage, you can type in a key word and “highlight all” to see each place on the page that word is found. That might be a good way to look up your theory to see if anyone else has discussed it before you post yourself.

     For example, if you have a theory about the Oceanic 6, you could “Ctrl F” Oceanic 6 and O6 and read just the posts that mention those. You can even “Quote and reply.”

     HTH
     : ) P

808. PJSander
     Comment 808, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     In my comment above (807) I tried to make the quote and replies work properly, but ended up misquoting both previous posters! Each said the other’s post. *sigh*

     Sorry!

     : ) P

809. Neil
     Comment 809, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     BASICALLY EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ http://www.timelooptheory.com

     this is a fantastic theory about the island and what this programme we love is all about.

810. jaime
     Comment 810, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Neil wrote:

     BASICALLY EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ http://www.timelooptheory.com

     this is a fantastic theory about the island and what this programme we love is all about.

     ***********************************
     Hey Neil….i agree (post 780)

811. jaime
     Comment 811, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Thank you Trixanna, Circus Mom, and Rita
     My LA mug has been ordered!! Yea!

812. bryguyco
     Comment 812, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     bryguyco wrote:

     Um, I didn’t have time to read all the posts but I caught a few things the last time I watched the last episode (for the 3rd time) and wanted to see if anyone was on here. If there is an online chat I would like to get my thoughts out. Help me! LOL

     ***************
     Lets have your ideas. We can be a pretty good sounding board. You really should take time to read the other posts, though (and it’s the rules). Chances are, someone else also caught the same things you did, and may spark even more creative genious from you, who knows??!

     Thanks Rita! I will work on reading all the posts but if you will indulge me this one time as a rookie I would be much abliged.

     My question is this: Did anyone else notice in the hospital scene with Michael that the first time he comes around and thinks he sees Libby that in the back ground there is nothing in the window next to the door and that the monitor next to his bed is a screen with his heartbeat and pulse but in the very next scene after he screams and a different nurse comes in that there is now a Christmas tree in the window and the monitor next to his bed is newer and different?

     Desmond called Penny on Christmas eve and she’s next to a Christmas tree and it’s assumed that Michael is on the Freighter at the time that call is made. So how can Michael be in a hospital bed in Manhatten when he’s supposed to be on the freighter when Desmond calls Penny? Is he jumping back and forth like Desmond did when he freaks out on the helicopter?

813. deangoodes
     Comment 813, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Bryguyco–The monitors in Michael’s hospital room are the same, there are actually two monitors-one monitoring his vitals and one delivering his meds.
     The Christmas Tree (which I didn’t notice, good catch) could just be up a month or so before X-Mas therefore not causing any problems with the timeline.

814. PJSander
     Comment 814, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     bryguyco wrote:

     My question is this: Did anyone else notice in the hospital scene with Michael that the first time he comes around and thinks he sees Libby that in the back ground there is nothing in the window next to the door and that the monitor next to his bed is a screen with his heartbeat and pulse but in the very next scene after he screams and a different nurse comes in that there is now a Christmas tree in the window and the monitor next to his bed is newer and different?

     Desmond called Penny on Christmas eve and she’s next to a Christmas tree and it’s assumed that Michael is on the Freighter at the time that call is made. So how can Michael be in a hospital bed in Manhatten when he’s supposed to be on the freighter when Desmond calls Penny? Is he jumping back and forth like Desmond did when he freaks out on the helicopter?

     This has been mentioned a few times. (See posts 128, 135, 211, 290 and 437 among others.)

     I think that the first time, when he sees Libby as a nurse, it is a bad dream. The second time is “real” and so the details are different.

     JMO

     : ) P

815. PJSander
     Comment 815, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     The Christmas Tree (which I didn’t notice, good catch) could just be up a month or so before X-Mas therefore not causing any problems with the timeline.

     Well if a department store donated the Christmas items, it could well have been October first! LOL Our local WalMart put up their Christmas department in AUGUST!

     *sigh*

     : ) P

816. Hammer
     Comment 816, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     bryguyco wrote:

     Desmond called Penny on Christmas eve and she’s next to a Christmas tree and it’s assumed that Michael is on the Freighter at the time that call is made. So how can Michael be in a hospital bed in Manhatten when he’s supposed to be on the freighter when Desmond calls Penny? Is he jumping back and forth like Desmond did when he freaks out on the helicopter?

     I think you are confused. ALL of Michael’s flashback happened BEFORE Des made the call to Penny. Why do you think he was in the hospital at the same time?

817. bryguyco
     Comment 817, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     This has been mentioned a few times. (See posts 128, 135, 211, 290 and 437 among others.)

     I think that the first time, when he sees Libby as a nurse, it is a bad dream. The second time is “real” and so the details are different.

     JMO

     : ) P

     I get that seeing Libby was a dream and that most likely when Michael screams and wakes up and the “real” nurse comes in that it could be a different time. What caught my attention was the Christmas tree at the hospital in the hallway. Let’s just say that we are to believe that when Michael is in the hospital that it is indeed Christmas Eve give or take a couple of days. How can Michael be in the Hospital AND on the freighter when Desmond calls Penny on Christmas Eve. Could Michael be jumping from New York as Desmond was from the helicopter and then on the freighter?

818. bryguyco
     Comment 818, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     I think you are confused. ALL of Michael’s flashback happened BEFORE Des made the call to Penny. Why do you think he was in the hospital at the same time?

     Hammer, because when Michael leaves the hospital and goes to his mom’s house to try to see Walt BEFORE he leaves to Fiji there are Christmas decorations in his mom’s house and on the door. It’s Christmas Eve when Desmond calls Penny and it’s Christmas timeish when Michael is in Manhatten. How is he in both places on Christmas?

819. deangoodes
     Comment 819, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I think he meant it was close to Christmas. The crew on the boat stated their last port was Figi, which is where Michael joined the Freighter. So it was within the last couple of weeks, which is when you would see a Xmas tree up. But just because there was a tree up doesn’t mean it was Dec 23, or even December at all as alluded to by PJSander earlier.

820. Hammer
     Comment 820, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     bryguyco wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     I think you are confused. ALL of Michael’s flashback happened BEFORE Des made the call to Penny. Why do you think he was in the hospital at the same time?

     Hammer, because when Michael leaves the hospital and goes to his mom’s house to try to see Walt BEFORE he leaves to Fiji there are Christmas decorations in his mom’s house and on the door. It’s Christmas Eve when Desmond calls Penny and it’s Christmas timeish when Michael is in Manhatten. How is he in both places on Christmas?

     Depending on how long it takes to sail from Fiji to the island (my guess is not long) this is just symantics. Your point was he was in the hospital bed and on the boat at the same time, when in fact he wasn’t.

821. Polli Kovitch
     Comment 821, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO JUMPED OFF THE FREIGHTOR?

822. jaime
     Comment 822, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Polli Kovitch wrote:

     WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO JUMPED OFF THE FREIGHTOR?

     ***********************************
     Really? Her name is Regina. She worked as a communications officer, though it isn’t known whether this was her primary job. She likely took the job after Minkowski started to act ‘crazy.’

     munications

823. jaime
     Comment 823, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     You can read more about her at Lostpedia.com
     Keep in mind though that Lostpedia is written by people like you and me so it’s not considered fact.

824. lost4ever
     Comment 824, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     bryguyco wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     I think you are confused. ALL of Michael’s flashback happened BEFORE Des made the call to Penny. Why do you think he was in the hospital at the same time?

     Hammer, because when Michael leaves the hospital and goes to his mom’s house to try to see Walt BEFORE he leaves to Fiji there are Christmas decorations in his mom’s house and on the door. It’s Christmas Eve when Desmond calls Penny and it’s Christmas timeish when Michael is in Manhatten. How is he in both places on Christmas?

     ————————–
     Christmas is a season. I’m not sure where you work or live, but we set up our decorations just after thanksgiving and don’t take them down until after New Year.

     @ 801-804 SpinPapi

     That was an excellent episode. Thanks for reminding me about that. Can you PLEASE keep the vulgarity off of this blog. It’s hard to sound very intelligent with crap in your mouth.

825. Circus Mom
     Comment 825, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I am worried that SpinPapi might be having side effects.

826. Circus Mom
     Comment 826, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I read “The Ultimate Theory” last night. It’s all so simple, all you need is a hair brush to control the island and the smoke monster.
     I guess back in seasons 1 and 2 a lot of that couldn’t be disputed easily. Hammer was right. It is interesting to see what people used to think.

827. lost4ever
     Comment 827, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     You can read more about her at Lostpedia.com
     Keep in mind though that Lostpedia is written by people like you and me so it’s not considered fact.

     Lostpedia is a great site for info on the show. It’s my SECOND favorite lost website. The intelligent discussions and theories on this website makes this one my favorite. You can also watch full episodes on ABC.com in case you missed one.

828. lost4ever
     Comment 828, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     Bryguyco–The monitors in Michael’s hospital room are the same, there are actually two monitors-one monitoring his vitals and one delivering his meds.
     The Christmas Tree (which I didn’t notice, good catch) could just be up a month or so before X-Mas therefore not causing any problems with the timeline.

     —————————-
     We also stated previously, that the man next to him looks like Alvar Hanso. First time you see him, he only has tubes in and the next time you see him, he is wearing an oxygen mask. There are no whispers before Libby appears to him.
     IMO, like PJ stated, they were trying to indicate to us that it was a dream sequence; or from Michael’s perspective, a REALLY bad nightmare.

829. sector7
     Comment 829, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     SpinPapi wrote:

     Ms. Hawkins said “every single one of US [my emphasis] is dead” if Desmond doesn’t buy that ring in S03E08. I’m re-watching it now and just quoted her accurately.

     This is not about the world, as many have suggested, it’s about US. From HER point of view. Remember she was at Daniel Faraday’s school with Desmond’s head monk.

     Hawking’s quote is not specific enough. Could be she is talking about the world or could be she is talking about all who are like her and Des (have flashes). We need more evidence.

830. Rita
     Comment 830, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Bryguyco–The monitors in Michael’s hospital room are the same, there are actually two monitors-one monitoring his vitals and one delivering his meds.
     The Christmas Tree (which I didn’t notice, good catch) could just be up a month or so before X-Mas therefore not causing any problems with the timeline.

     —————————-
     We also stated previously, that the man next to him looks like Alvar Hanso. First time you see him, he only has tubes in and the next time you see him, he is wearing an oxygen mask. There are no whispers before Libby appears to him.
     IMO, like PJ stated, they were trying to indicate to us that it was a dream sequence; or from Michael’s perspective, a REALLY bad nightmare.

     ******************************
     About that, Lost4ever: It would be very unusual for a guy like Alvar Hanso to be put into a hospital room with ANYBODY, let alone an unknown man with no insurance, who just tried to kill himself. So if it WAS him, that would be really creepy. I was thinking that the changes in the room that everyone noticed indicated an amount of time passing, like he was “out of it” for long enough for the roommate to go from being on a ventilator to only needing an O2 mask. We don’t know how long he was in the hospital, but someone else pointed out that he left the hospital in pretty good shape, considering how injured he was when admitted, so it may have been awhile. As for Libby, she wasn’t a nurse, but was some kind of counselor. A suicide attempt may need some kind of counselor visit so it wouldn’t have seemed unusual for her to be there in that capacity in reality, though I agree it wasn’t “real”. In fact, if we weren’t already in fb mode, I would have thought we were haven’t another fb to his first hospitalization following his original accident. Maybe it was an actual memory of that time, showing that Libby had been there then. She makes me more suspicious all the time.

831. lost4ever
     Comment 831, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Bryguyco–The monitors in Michael’s hospital room are the same, there are actually two monitors-one monitoring his vitals and one delivering his meds.
     The Christmas Tree (which I didn’t notice, good catch) could just be up a month or so before X-Mas therefore not causing any problems with the timeline.

     —————————-
     We also stated previously, that the man next to him looks like Alvar Hanso. First time you see him, he only has tubes in and the next time you see him, he is wearing an oxygen mask. There are no whispers before Libby appears to him.
     IMO, like PJ stated, they were trying to indicate to us that it was a dream sequence; or from Michael’s perspective, a REALLY bad nightmare.

     ******************************
     About that, Lost4ever: It would be very unusual for a guy like Alvar Hanso to be put into a hospital room with ANYBODY, let alone an unknown man with no insurance, who just tried to kill himself. So if it WAS him, that would be really creepy. I was thinking that the changes in the room that everyone noticed indicated an amount of time passing, like he was “out of it” for long enough for the roommate to go from being on a ventilator to only needing an O2 mask. We don’t know how long he was in the hospital, but someone else pointed out that he left the hospital in pretty good shape, considering how injured he was when admitted, so it may have been awhile. As for Libby, she wasn’t a nurse, but was some kind of counselor. A suicide attempt may need some kind of counselor visit so it wouldn’t have seemed unusual for her to be there in that capacity in reality, though I agree it wasn’t “real”. In fact, if we weren’t already in fb mode, I would have thought we were haven’t another fb to his first hospitalization following his original accident. Maybe it was an actual memory of that time, showing that Libby had been there then. She makes me more suspicious all the time.

     ——————-
     Respectfully disagree with you. IMO it was a dream and the events, which stated above, only support my opinion, especially because there were no whispers. I originally thought Michael would have been in the hospital for a while recovering, but they never indicated what injuries he suffered. Most car crash vitims are immediately put into a neck brace. He couldn’t have been in the hospital for too long. He left the island on November 27.

832. lost4ever
     Comment 832, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I have also stated before that I don’t think it was Hanso the second time.

833. sector7
     Comment 833, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Libby told Ana that she was a clinical psychologist.

834. Rita
     Comment 834, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Bryguyco–The monitors in Michael’s hospital room are the same, there are actually two monitors-one monitoring his vitals and one delivering his meds.
     The Christmas Tree (which I didn’t notice, good catch) could just be up a month or so before X-Mas therefore not causing any problems with the timeline.

     —————————-
     We also stated previously, that the man next to him looks like Alvar Hanso. First time you see him, he only has tubes in and the next time you see him, he is wearing an oxygen mask. There are no whispers before Libby appears to him.
     IMO, like PJ stated, they were trying to indicate to us that it was a dream sequence; or from Michael’s perspective, a REALLY bad nightmare.

     ******************************
     About that, Lost4ever: It would be very unusual for a guy like Alvar Hanso to be put into a hospital room with ANYBODY, let alone an unknown man with no insurance, who just tried to kill himself. So if it WAS him, that would be really creepy. I was thinking that the changes in the room that everyone noticed indicated an amount of time passing, like he was “out of it” for long enough for the roommate to go from being on a ventilator to only needing an O2 mask. We don’t know how long he was in the hospital, but someone else pointed out that he left the hospital in pretty good shape, considering how injured he was when admitted, so it may have been awhile. As for Libby, she wasn’t a nurse, but was some kind of counselor. A suicide attempt may need some kind of counselor visit so it wouldn’t have seemed unusual for her to be there in that capacity in reality, though I agree it wasn’t “real”. In fact, if we weren’t already in fb mode, I would have thought we were haven’t another fb to his first hospitalization following his original accident. Maybe it was an actual memory of that time, showing that Libby had been there then. She makes me more suspicious all the time.

     ——————-
     Respectfully disagree with you. IMO it was a dream and the events, which stated above, only support my opinion, especially because there were no whispers. I originally thought Michael would have been in the hospital for a while recovering, but they never indicated what injuries he suffered. Most car crash vitims are immediately put into a neck brace. He couldn’t have been in the hospital for too long. He left the island on November 27.

     ****************************
     I guess I am unclear in what way you are disagreeing with me?

835. jaime
     Comment 835, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     You can read more about her at Lostpedia.com
     Keep in mind though that Lostpedia is written by people like you and me so it’s not considered fact.

     Lostpedia is a great site for info on the show. It’s my SECOND favorite lost website. The intelligent discussions and theories on this website makes this one my favorite. You can also watch full episodes on ABC.com in case you missed one.

     Me too, i always go to Lostpedia for info…but as has been said before by others, including yourself, it’s not always fact

836. jaime
     Comment 836, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I just like to let newbies to the site know that.

837. lost4ever
     Comment 837, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     I guess I am unclear in what way you are disagreeing with me?

     I must have misunderstood what you were saying. IMO, the sequence of events in that scene led me to beleive that was a dream. Im’ sure on the grand scheme of things it has nothing to do with the bigger topics of the show. And yes Sector 7 Libby told Ana she was a clinical psychologist, she also said she spent a year in medical school. It’s too bad she didn’t tell anyone her last name (widmore).

838. lost4ever
     Comment 838, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     I just like to let newbies to the site know that.

     I LOVE your research Jaime. Keep it coming. I’m a newbie to this blog also.

839. jaime
     Comment 839, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     Bryguyco–The monitors in Michael’s hospital room are the same, there are actually two monitors-one monitoring his vitals and one delivering his meds.
     The Christmas Tree (which I didn’t notice, good catch) could just be up a month or so before X-Mas therefore not causing any problems with the timeline.

     —————————-
     We also stated previously, that the man next to him looks like Alvar Hanso. First time you see him, he only has tubes in and the next time you see him, he is wearing an oxygen mask. There are no whispers before Libby appears to him.
     IMO, like PJ stated, they were trying to indicate to us that it was a dream sequence; or from Michael’s perspective, a REALLY bad nightmare.

     ###########################################

     What do you all think of this…
     Maybe the guy in the bed next to Mike is Anthony Cooper. According to the timeline his accident and Mike’s attempted suicide happen somewhere between days 75-80. Cooper was put into an abulence and then given an injection of some sort, when he wakes, he’s on the island.
     Do you think it looks like him?

840. Rita
     Comment 840, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     I guess I am unclear in what way you are disagreeing with me?

     I must have misunderstood what you were saying. IMO, the sequence of events in that scene led me to beleive that was a dream. Im’ sure on the grand scheme of things it has nothing to do with the bigger topics of the show. And yes Sector 7 Libby told Ana she was a clinical psychologist, she also said she spent a year in medical school. It’s too bad she didn’t tell anyone her last name (widmore).

     ***********************
     Yes, I was thinking of a clinical psychologist in the sense of counselor, someone whom the hospital would call in the evaluate a patient who made a suicide attempt, though I agree that it was most likely a dream. Are you speculating that Libby’s last name is Widmore? We don’t really know that for sure do we?

841. lost4ever
     Comment 841, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     What do you all think of this…
     Maybe the guy in the bed next to Mike is Anthony Cooper. According to the timeline his accident and Mike’s attempted suicide happen somewhere between days 75-80. Cooper was put into an abulence and then given an injection of some sort, when he wakes, he’s on the island.
     Do you think it looks like him?

     It does look like him. I suppose it could be him depending on where Michael crashed his car. Cooper was in Tallahassee when he was in an automobile accident. Where was Michael?

842. lost4ever
     Comment 842, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     We don’t know this for sure, but in a podcast from a couple years ago they stated that they heard a rumor that there are 2 branches to the Widmore family, an American one and a British one. Just a theory.

843. LostinSev
     Comment 843, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Now didn’t we see Libby in Hurly’s FB and at the end she was in the mental hospital as a PATIENT!!!!! She looked as crazy as they come!!! She could simply be lying about what she does. And about Michael in the hospital… remember when he was hit by a car while crossing the street (in his earlier FB’s), well, could he have remembered Libby being in his past for a moment (thinking it was a bad dream or something). It is funny how some of the characters make it in other people’s past. I.E. Jack and Des, Hurly and Libby, Libby and Des, Des and Charlie and POSSIBLY Michael and Libby????? I personally think that Libby is a wild card and that we need to learn more about her. I don’t think she is who she says she is…

     I also find it hard to believe she is dead. What’s up with those darn pillows covering her stomach when she got shot. I think she knew what was going to happen. It is like she is playing these Losties like a game of sorts. Maybe she is a Widmore or Hanso?? A crazy daughter?? When you have all that money, you can do just about anything. This may sound crazy, but I think Libby is a major player in this whole island thing.

     Did she ever have a FB? I think we have only seen her in the Lostis’ or Des’ FB? Did you all ever see her getting on the plane in Australia?

844. Rita
     Comment 844, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     Now didn’t we see Libby in Hurly’s FB and at the end she was in the mental hospital as a PATIENT!!!!! She looked as crazy as they come!!! She could simply be lying about what she does. And about Michael in the hospital… remember when he was hit by a car while crossing the street (in his earlier FB’s), well, could he have remembered Libby being in his past for a moment (thinking it was a bad dream or something). It is funny how some of the characters make it in other people’s past. I.E. Jack and Des, Hurly and Libby, Libby and Des, Des and Charlie and POSSIBLY Michael and Libby????? I personally think that Libby is a wild card and that we need to learn more about her. I don’t think she is who she says she is…

     I also find it hard to believe she is dead. What’s up with those darn pillows covering her stomach when she got shot. I think she knew what was going to happen. It is like she is playing these Losties like a game of sorts. Maybe she is a Widmore or Hanso?? A crazy daughter?? When you have all that money, you can do just about anything. This may sound crazy, but I think Libby is a major player in this whole island thing.

     Did she ever have a FB? I think we have only seen her in the Lostis’ or Des’ FB? Did you all ever see her getting on the plane in Australia?

     *****************************

     I had been thinking that Libby showing up in Michael’s FB could be 1: Memory of Michael’s first hospitalization, or 2: a dream (driven by guilt perhaps). But the more I think about it, it would be odd to have her be one of these on THAT scene, and later be a clear manifestation (aboard the boat/freighter/ship/vessel) (of smokey/whisperer) later. So, the more I think about it, the more likely it seems that she was a manifestation in BOTH scenes. Not sure why the scenery changed (if it did) at the hospital though. (Now, was that clear as mud??)

845. lost4ever
     Comment 845, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     Did she ever have a FB?

     IS that a JOKE about Libby?

     Welcome to LAA( I think ), HI, i am new here, My name is lost4evr.

     ALL the episoedes are available on ABC.com.

     If that is not a JOKE, at least attempt to watch all the episodes at least ONCE. It would make these BLOGS alot easier for ALL of us. “”lostpedia.com” is a good website for the fans interested in the show. I wouldn’t believe in everything on that website, but the BASIC facts are, IMO, spot on.

846. lost4ever
     Comment 846, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     I had been thinking that Libby showing up in Michael’s FB could be 1: Memory of Michael’s first hospitalization, or 2: a dream (driven by guilt perhaps). But the more I think about it, it would be odd to have her be one of these on THAT scene, and later be a clear manifestation (aboard the boat/freighter/ship/vessel) (of smokey/whisperer) later. So, the more I think about it, the more likely it seems that she was a manifestation in BOTH scenes. Not sure why the scenery changed (if it did) at the hospital though. (Now, was that clear as mud??)[/quote>

     Sure was.

847. lost4ever
     Comment 847, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     I had been thinking that Libby showing up in Michael’s FB could be 1: Memory of Michael’s first hospitalization, or 2: a dream (driven by guilt perhaps). But the more I think about it, it would be odd to have her be one of these on THAT scene, and later be a clear manifestation (aboard the boat/freighter/ship/vessel) (of smokey/whisperer) later. So, the more I think about it, the more likely it seems that she was a manifestation in BOTH scenes. Not sure why the scenery changed (if it did) at the hospital though. (Now, was that clear as mud??)[/quote>

     Sure was.

     I like that theory. Did Michael try to kill himself originally when he was injured and couldn’t visit Walt? Maybe they have met in the past; but if she existed in his past, I don’t think that would be a “manifestation”, that would be a dream.

848. Circus Mom
     Comment 848, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     I had been thinking that Libby showing up in Michael’s FB could be 1: Memory of Michael’s first hospitalization, or 2: a dream (driven by guilt perhaps). But the more I think about it, it would be odd to have her be one of these on THAT scene, and later be a clear manifestation (aboard the boat/freighter/ship/vessel) (of smokey/whisperer) later. So, the more I think about it, the more likely it seems that she was a manifestation in BOTH scenes. Not sure why the scenery changed (if it did) at the hospital though. (Now, was that clear as mud??)[/quote>

     Sure was.

     I like that theory. Did Michael try to kill himself originally when he was injured and couldn’t visit Walt? Maybe they have met in the past; but if she existed in his past, I don’t think that would be a “manifestation”, that would be a dream.

     +++++++++++++
     I think it was a dream of his earlier hospitalization after the car hit him. I actually posted this back on post 436. I think Michael did recognize Libby from that hospital visit right after he shot her. He turned and shot, and then looked extremely shocked. Not someone he expected to see.

849. Rita
     Comment 849, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     I had been thinking that Libby showing up in Michael’s FB could be 1: Memory of Michael’s first hospitalization, or 2: a dream (driven by guilt perhaps). But the more I think about it, it would be odd to have her be one of these on THAT scene, and later be a clear manifestation (aboard the boat/freighter/ship/vessel) (of smokey/whisperer) later. So, the more I think about it, the more likely it seems that she was a manifestation in BOTH scenes. Not sure why the scenery changed (if it did) at the hospital though. (Now, was that clear as mud??)[/quote>

     Sure was.

     I like that theory. Did Michael try to kill himself originally when he was injured and couldn’t visit Walt? Maybe they have met in the past; but if she existed in his past, I don’t think that would be a “manifestation”, that would be a dream.

     ***************************

     Michael didn’t try to committ suicide the first time, he was hit by a car just as he hung up from Susan when she told him her new husband wanted to adopt Walt. He was very upset and without thinking, stepped out into traffic. Still would have merited a visit by a therapist/counselor/psychologist I think, so it is possible that Libby DID visit him at that time, although we really don’t know that. However, I do still think BOTH visitations were manifestations rather than the first being a memory or dream.

850. Rita
     Comment 850, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     I had been thinking that Libby showing up in Michael’s FB could be 1: Memory of Michael’s first hospitalization, or 2: a dream (driven by guilt perhaps). But the more I think about it, it would be odd to have her be one of these on THAT scene, and later be a clear manifestation (aboard the boat/freighter/ship/vessel) (of smokey/whisperer) later. So, the more I think about it, the more likely it seems that she was a manifestation in BOTH scenes. Not sure why the scenery changed (if it did) at the hospital though. (Now, was that clear as mud??)[/quote>

     Sure was.

     I like that theory. Did Michael try to kill himself originally when he was injured and couldn’t visit Walt? Maybe they have met in the past; but if she existed in his past, I don’t think that would be a “manifestation”, that would be a dream.

     +++++++++++++
     I think it was a dream of his earlier hospitalization after the car hit him. I actually posted this back on post 436. I think Michael did recognize Libby from that hospital visit right after he shot her. He turned and shot, and then looked extremely shocked. Not someone he expected to see.

     *************************

     You could be right, that Michael recognized Libby when he shot her, but I always just thought he had a moment when he realized what he had just done, and for one moment felt the horror of it (to explain the look on his face at the time). Was this the first time Michael had seen Libby on the island?

851. deangoodes
     Comment 851, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     My guess is that Libby is NOT Widmore’s daughter. That would make her Penny’s sister, and Desmond would have recognized her. I don’t know if the two ever met on the island, but he did get his boat from her so we would have found out then if the two knew each other.

852. TanziTwo
     Comment 852, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     deangoodes wrote:

     My guess is that Libby is NOT Widmore’s daughter. That would make her Penny’s sister, and Desmond would have recognized her…

     How about a half sister. Jack has been living with his half sister Claire for three months and has no clue as to the relationship. Widmore may be like Christian Shephard – regularly donating to the Dharma gene pool to try and resolve the fertility issue. Libby was raised by US mom, Penny by UK mom. All in all they are just another two bricks in the Widmore wall.

853. Hammer
     Comment 853, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     TanziTwo wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     My guess is that Libby is NOT Widmore’s daughter. That would make her Penny’s sister, and Desmond would have recognized her…

     How about a half sister. Jack has been living with his half sister Claire for three months and has no clue as to the relationship. Widmore may be like Christian Shephard – regularly donating to the Dharma gene pool to try and resolve the fertility issue. Libby was raised by US mom, Penny by UK mom. All in all they are just another two bricks in the Widmore wall.

     ++++++++++++
     Pink Floyd, cool.

     Makes sense to me especially if the rumor of two families (US,UK) are true.

854. LostinSev
     Comment 854, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     regarding post#845 No! this is not a joke!! I do watch every episode of Lost!! What I don’t do is watch them a second time or surf all of the Lost sites. I was turned onto this site just this season, so yes, I am fairly new. Thanks for the warm welcome Lost4ever!!! I can’t remember every show and all of their details, so with that said, I don’t remember a show that soley focused on Libby!!! Let’s be kind and helpful (Lost4ever)!!!

     Keep all the great theories rolling, guys!!!

855. Hammer
     Comment 855, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     regarding post#845 No! this is not a joke!! I do watch every episode of Lost!! What I don’t do is watch them a second time or surf all of the Lost sites. I was turned onto this site just this season, so yes, I am fairly new. Thanks for the warm welcome Lost4ever!!! I can’t remember every show and all of their details, so with that said, I don’t remember a show that soley focused on Libby!!! Let’s be kind and helpful (Lost4ever)!!!

     Keep all the great theories rolling, guys!!!

     Hello and welcome. I am the self proclaimed welcoming committee. May I suggest that when you have a question, try lostpedia first. If you are not satisfied, please contact my office direct(LOL).

     Don’t sweat it, we’ll all get through this thing. Don’t forget to contact your LAA sponsor when you feel an attack coming on…

856. Rita
     Comment 856, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     TanziTwo wrote:

     deangoodes wrote:

     My guess is that Libby is NOT Widmore’s daughter. That would make her Penny’s sister, and Desmond would have recognized her…

     How about a half sister. Jack has been living with his half sister Claire for three months and has no clue as to the relationship. Widmore may be like Christian Shephard – regularly donating to the Dharma gene pool to try and resolve the fertility issue. Libby was raised by US mom, Penny by UK mom. All in all they are just another two bricks in the Widmore wall.

     **************************

     TanziTwo, or maybe a neice? Cousin? If the “rumors” are true and there is a US branch of the Widmore family, could be a relation but not necessarily as close as daughter? Just a thought.

857. Rita
     Comment 857, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     Did she ever have a FB?

     IS that a JOKE about Libby?

     Welcome to LAA( I think ), HI, i am new here, My name is lost4evr.

     ALL the episoedes are available on ABC.com.

     If that is not a JOKE, at least attempt to watch all the episodes at least ONCE. It would make these BLOGS alot easier for ALL of us. “”lostpedia.com” is a good website for the fans interested in the show. I wouldn’t believe in everything on that website, but the BASIC facts are, IMO, spot on.

     *****************
     Lost4ever, I have read all of your posts and this type of response just doesn’t sound like you. Having a bad day?

858. LostinSev
     Comment 858, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hey! I am just an average housewife and mother of two very small children. I find great enjoyment in watching Lost and reading all of these posts (while the little ones are napping), so please forgive me for not going to Lostpedia.com first before asking about Libby having her own episode/FB’s. Lost is my only escape from my REALITY!!!LOL!!

859. Rita
     Comment 859, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     Hey! I am just an average housewife and mother of two very small children. I find great enjoyment in watching Lost and reading all of these posts (while the little ones are napping), so please forgive me for not going to Lostpedia.com first before asking about Libby having her own episode/FB’s. Lost is my only escape from my REALITY!!!LOL!!

     *********************************

     Actually LostinSev, we ALL ask questions about details we have forgotten. Although we all WISH Libby had had a fb, so far nothing, just hints from other people’s fbs. Keep your ideas coming.

860. DelRay
     Comment 860, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lostinsev said -

     DelRay wrote:

     … so please forgive me for not going to Lostpedia.com first before asking about Libby having her own episode/FB’s.

     Nope – Sorry – L4ever was being very kind and helpful when she asked you to do your own “simple” research. Here is the link. read up.

     http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Libby

861. Trixanna
     Comment 861, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Time for a group (((((HUG)))))

     I see the effects of LOST withdrawal are starting to kick in. Group meeting on the island tonight at 8:00… hope we can all make it!

     Was anybody else horrified last night to find out there was no enhanced episode?? The channel I watch LOST on even said, “Coming up next, an enhanced episode of LOST”. Then… of all things… “Special Report” popped up on the screen and there was NO episode!!!! Ugh!!!

     Jaime, did you get your mug yet??

     See you all tonight at 8:00!!

862. LostinSev
     Comment 862, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I have a question… (not meant to be sarcastic) So everything on Lostpedia is fact in regards to this show? Just wondering?

863. deangoodes
     Comment 863, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I watched the enhanced episode of the first episode this season last night. I am in Wisconsin and although I didn’t watch the entire episode (I couldn’t pull myself away completely from the NCAA tourney) I thought it was worthwhile. Hurley with his dive into the water and then the difficult times telling people Charlie was gone. I did find it odd that Hurley couldn’t say the word “dead”. He just stopped mid sentence and didn’t actually say it. It could just be good acting, he may have been too choked up to finish his thoughts.

864. DelRay
     Comment 864, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     @lostinsev
     Lostpedia describes what was seen and identifies the majority of opinion as just that – majority of opinion. Minority opinion is arbitrated and frequently identified (footnoted) along with majority opinion. As for theories, and such, those are segmented on the site from the generally accepted ‘facts’. Lostpedia is also really good about going back to previous season episode summaries and updating them when new info updates old ‘facts’.

     Lostpedia is a wiki consensus tool and

     DelRay wrote:

     was created in order to allow fans of the show to organize the massive amounts of theories, plotlines and cast information that was generated by the show’s premise.

     DelRay wrote:

     A wiki is web software designed for collaboration, unlike a traditional website where pages can only be read.

     DelRay wrote:

     Wikis are generally designed with the philosophy of making it easy to correct mistakes, rather than making it difficult to make them.

     More on wikis here
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

865. jaime
     Comment 865, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hey LostinSev :)

     When i first arrived to this site, there was a ittle blog snobbery i must admit. I’d like to think we are all pretty educated on the happenings of Lost, however, there is much we don’t know and so we come here for answers. The only requests that we ask (besides the rules) is that you check out previous posts to make sure it hasn’t already been discussed. A lot of topics you’ll find have been thouroughly discussed. If your ever wondering about a certain topic, you can hit Control F and then type your word of choice…ie. Libby. You’ll get to see every post in which her name appears. (Great tool brought to my attention by someone here on this site) Other than that it’s all up for discussion…theories, ideas, comments. So don’t be scared away :)

866. jaime
     Comment 866, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Time for a group (((((HUG)))))

     I see the effects of LOST withdrawal are starting to kick in. Group meeting on the island tonight at 8:00… hope we can all make it!

     Was anybody else horrified last night to find out there was no enhanced episode?? The channel I watch LOST on even said, “Coming up next, an enhanced episode of LOST”. Then… of all things… “Special Report” popped up on the screen and there was NO episode!!!! Ugh!!!

     Jaime, did you get your mug yet??

     See you all tonight at 8:00!!

     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     Yes i did…thank you. Can’t wait for it to come (I’m such a nerd :) )
     And by the way…I got an enhanced episode.

867. Hammer
     Comment 867, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Time for a group (((((HUG)))))

     I see the effects of LOST withdrawal are starting to kick in. Group meeting on the island tonight at 8:00… hope we can all make it!

     Was anybody else horrified last night to find out there was no enhanced episode?? The channel I watch LOST on even said, “Coming up next, an enhanced episode of LOST”. Then… of all things… “Special Report” popped up on the screen and there was NO episode!!!! Ugh!!!

     Jaime, did you get your mug yet??

     See you all tonight at 8:00!!

     Detroit area Trix? We had a special report about Detroit media folks, our episode aired at 1:00a.

868. Hammer
     Comment 868, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     I have a question… (not meant to be sarcastic) So everything on Lostpedia is fact in regards to this show? Just wondering?

     Not necessarily. There may be some inaccuracies. But simple questions like “who is” and “what happened” are accurrate enough.

869. Trixanna
     Comment 869, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Jamie!!! I wanted an enhanced episode sooooo bad!!! I am sooooo jealous. Yes, Hammer, Detroit-ish area. At least it was a Detroit station and you have the right channel. Did you hear them say that LOST was coming up? Wow. I ate a whole can of lima beans after that little incident (kidding of course). I am sure that “From The Heart” or whatever they called it was a lovely program but I was too mad to watch!

870. Hammer
     Comment 870, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     I have a question… (not meant to be sarcastic) So everything on Lostpedia is fact in regards to this show? Just wondering?

     BTW, not being a smart a** here, but you have to realize that the folks on this site go into every bit of minutia about the show. When a question like who is a character comes up this late in the game…we sometimes get a little testy. Don’t sweat it, really. I suggested lostpedia since you are new because it really is a great way to get caught up and get minor details. If you don’t, that’s okay too…someone will answer you questions here. You just may have to endure some elses lack of patience. After you post a few times, you’ll be a regular and forget about all this crap.

     Let’s hear your theories.

871. Hammer
     Comment 871, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Jamie!!! I wanted an enhanced episode sooooo bad!!! I am sooooo jealous. Yes, Hammer, Detroit-ish area. At least it was a Detroit station and you have the right channel. Did you hear them say that LOST was coming up? Wow. I ate a whole can of lima beans after that little incident (kidding of course). I am sure that “From The Heart” or whatever they called it was a lovely program but I was too mad to watch!

     Oh, I skipped it too because it seemed like a feature about Mitch Albom or something he was involved in. Yeah, we got pimped huge on that deal.

872. LostinSev
     Comment 872, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Thanks for all of your help!!! I will be more careful next time. (smile)

873. Michael
     Comment 873, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Grandfather paradox….Might gives some insight why people from the island can kill them selves when off the island.

874. jaime
     Comment 874, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Trixanna wrote:

     Jamie!!! I wanted an enhanced episode sooooo bad!!! I am sooooo jealous. Yes, Hammer, Detroit-ish area. At least it was a Detroit station and you have the right channel. Did you hear them say that LOST was coming up? Wow. I ate a whole can of lima beans after that little incident (kidding of course). I am sure that “From The Heart” or whatever they called it was a lovely program but I was too mad to watch!

     Oh, I skipped it too because it seemed like a feature about Mitch Albom or something he was involved in. Yeah, we got pimped huge on that deal.

     ************************************

     I don’t think that you missed anything that you probably didn’t alerady know. One thing though…. they did say that Charlie, when he was visiting Hurley @ the mental facility, was an apparition. Other than that it was…Hurley seeing the cabin for the first time “This is Jacob’s cabin” obvious points like that….i did miss the first 15 minutes though. Anyone else catch anything new or interesting in the enhanced version?

875. Michael
     Comment 875, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Michael wrote:

     Grandfather paradox….Might gives some insight why people from the island can kill them selves when off the island.

     ++++++++++++++++++
     Can’t kill them selves. sorry

876. Toeknee
     Comment 876, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     I don’t think that you missed anything that you probably didn’t alerady know. One thing though…. they did say that Charlie, when he was visiting Hurley @ the mental facility, was an apparition. Other than that it was…Hurley seeing the cabin for the first time “This is Jacob’s cabin” obvious points like that….i did miss the first 15 minutes though. Anyone else catch anything new or interesting in the enhanced version?

     I thought that “apparition” comment was interesting. Earlier, when Hurley was in the interrogation room, and “saw” Charlie swimming behind the window, they said Hurley was having a “vision” of Charlie. What’s the difference between a “vision” and an “apparition”? Were either, or both, of them manifestations of Smokey/the island/the whispers? Or were they both figments of Hurley’s imagination? My guess has always been they’re both figments of Hurley’s imagination (as I mentioned earlier), but I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m proven to be wrong. But then again, we may never get an answer to that.

877. Michael
     Comment 877, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Because there is no info on Libby it steers me to think that there is a Widmore connection there. Something about her name. No i no its not uncommon and almost everyone on the show goes by a different name at one point in time but Libby’s real name Elizabeth and Penny’s real name is Penelope. Like i said not uncommon, Just took notice.

878. lost4ever
     Comment 878, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     regarding post#845 No! this is not a joke!! I do watch every episode of Lost!! What I don’t do is watch them a second time or surf all of the Lost sites. I was turned onto this site just this season, so yes, I am fairly new. Thanks for the warm welcome Lost4ever!!! I can’t remember every show and all of their details, so with that said, I don’t remember a show that soley focused on Libby!!! Let’s be kind and helpful (Lost4ever)!!!

     Keep all the great theories rolling, guys!!!

     I apologize for the sarcastic comment. You are right it was not very kind. It should have been helpful though. Yes Rita, It was a very bad day. Some days are good and some days are bad, I never know. I need to get to that island for a cure. I am truly LOST4EVER.

879. jaime
     Comment 879, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     I don’t think that you missed anything that you probably didn’t alerady know. One thing though…. they did say that Charlie, when he was visiting Hurley @ the mental facility, was an apparition. Other than that it was…Hurley seeing the cabin for the first time “This is Jacob’s cabin” obvious points like that….i did miss the first 15 minutes though. Anyone else catch anything new or interesting in the enhanced version?

     I thought that “apparition” comment was interesting. Earlier, when Hurley was in the interrogation room, and “saw” Charlie swimming behind the window, they said Hurley was having a “vision” of Charlie. What’s the difference between a “vision” and an “apparition”?

     Were either, or both, of them manifestations of Smokey/the island/the whispers? Or were they both figments of Hurley’s imagination? My guess has always been they’re both figments of Hurley’s imagination (as I mentioned earlier), but I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m proven to be wrong. But then again, we may never get an answer to that.

     #################################

     I think this has been discussed somewhere before but I couldn’nt find it in any of the posts. My question is about Lewis, Hurley’s pal at Santa Rosa. When he pointed out to Hurley that there “was a guy staring at him” was he
     A. Talking about the guy you can see in the background behind Charlie
     B. Able to “see” Charlie
     C. Is Lewis an apparition to Hurley as well

880. Toeknee
     Comment 880, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     I think this has been discussed somewhere before but I couldn’nt find it in any of the posts. My question is about Lewis, Hurley’s pal at Santa Rosa. When he pointed out to Hurley that there “was a guy staring at him” was he
     A. Talking about the guy you can see in the background behind Charlie
     B. Able to “see” Charlie
     C. Is Lewis an apparition to Hurley as well

     My thoughts on this issue are in comment #610. I think I’m in the minority with that “theory”.

881. lost4ever
     Comment 881, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     LostinSev wrote:

     Was Michael hit by the car maybe in the same way Juliet’s husband was hit by the bus? A little course-correcting perhaps.

     I am not clear as to what manifestations are? I assumed that “manifestations” were caused by the island/whispers. Are apparitions the same as manifestations? If so, then that would mean manifestations/apparitions are different then hallucinations/dreams. Manifestations/apparitions ACTUALLY occur where as dreams/hallucinations occur in that person’s consciousness.

882. lost4ever
     Comment 882, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     That post was in regards to Rita #849. Also great theory CicusMom.

883. Rita
     Comment 883, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     jaime wrote:

     I think this has been discussed somewhere before but I couldn’nt find it in any of the posts. My question is about Lewis, Hurley’s pal at Santa Rosa. When he pointed out to Hurley that there “was a guy staring at him” was he
     A. Talking about the guy you can see in the background behind Charlie
     B. Able to “see” Charlie
     C. Is Lewis an apparition to Hurley as well

     My thoughts on this issue are in comment #610. I think I’m in the minority with that “theory”.

     **************************

     The only thing that makes me hesitate to agree with you ToeKnee, is that so many apparitions have appeared to people that it is hard to know the difference between an actual “visitation” of sorts, and simply one’s imagination. Most of the time, it seems that the apparition is a “visitation” (vision, manifestation, something “real”) rather than just one’s mind playing tricks. How do we know? Has anyone noticed whether or not a true manifestation is ALWAYS accompanied by whispers?

884. Rita
     Comment 884, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     LostinSev wrote:

     Was Michael hit by the car maybe in the same way Juliet’s husband was hit by the bus? A little course-correcting perhaps.

     I am not clear as to what manifestations are? I assumed that “manifestations” were caused by the island/whispers. Are apparitions the same as manifestations? If so, then that would mean manifestations/apparitions are different then hallucinations/dreams. Manifestations/apparitions ACTUALLY occur where as dreams/hallucinations occur in that person’s consciousness.

     ***************************
     Yes, that is my understanding of it also.

885. Hammer
     Comment 885, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I’ve always thought that apparitions are NOT one’s imagination but something you see that you normally wouldn’t.

     This from Meriam-Webster:
     1 a: an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon b: a ghostly figure2: the act of becoming visible : appearance

886. lost4ever
     Comment 886, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     I wonder if Hurley’s imaginary friend “Dave” is the same as Libby’s husband David?

887. Hammer
     Comment 887, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Further:

     I believe that the apparitions on the show are not the characters imagination. They are appearance by either the “spirit” or smokey(or a combination if they are related as my whisper theory goes.).

     So the apparitions, visions, manifestations might all be from the same source.

888. Rita
     Comment 888, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Further:

     I believe that the apparitions on the show are not the characters imagination. They are appearance by either the “spirit” or smokey(or a combination if they are related as my whisper theory goes.).

     So the apparitions, visions, manifestations might all be from the same source.

     ****************************
     But are ALL appearances then manifestations as opposed to imaginations?

889. Circus Mom
     Comment 889, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita,
     Yes, to the best of my recolection and research Michael saw Libby for the first time, on the island, when he shot her.

890. Michael
     Comment 890, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Further:

     I believe that the apparitions on the show are not the characters imagination. They are appearance by either the “spirit” or smokey(or a combination if they are related as my whisper theory goes.).

     So the apparitions, visions, manifestations might all be from the same source.

     ****************************
     But are ALL appearances then manifestations as opposed to imaginations?

     ++++++++++++++++++++++

     Hurly was seeing the one guy before he went to the island. Then he saw him on the island. How does that play in?

     The faith healer in Australia said there are different spot on the earth that can help or do whatever. His being on, the other on the island, maybe the institution as well?

891. PJSander
     Comment 891, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     Yeah, half sister could definitely work. I have two half sisters that I have never met and that don’t even know I exist. *g*

     : ) P

892. PJSander
     Comment 892, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Was anybody else horrified last night to find out there was no enhanced episode?? The channel I watch LOST on even said, “Coming up next, an enhanced episode of LOST”. Then… of all things… “Special Report” popped up on the screen and there was NO episode!!!! Ugh!!!

     The enhanced version of TBOTE (S4E01) is now available at abc.com. Just scroll down to the bottom of season 4 as it is listed just above the original version of the episode.

     HTH,
     : ) P

     BTW, my comment above (891) was supposed to quote post 852 talking about Libby and Penny possibly being half sisters. Not sure where the original quote ended up. Maybe it is being broadcast from the communications tower on the island. *G*

893. jaime
     Comment 893, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     I wonder if Hurley’s imaginary friend “Dave” is the same as Libby’s husband David?

     #################################

     Oh, good thought. Huley’s father’s name is David as well. hmmmmmmm

894. jaime
     Comment 894, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     There are so many coincidences like that though

     Ben mother and Locke’s mother..Emily
     Charlie/Charles Widmore
     Charlotte Lewis Charlotte Malkin
     Daniel Faraday Danny Pickett
     Kate’s fiance Sarah’s fiance…Kevin
     Tom (other) Tom (aaron’s father) Tom (Kate’s childhood friend)
     I’m sure there are more i can’t think of right now

895. Trixanna
     Comment 895, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Thanks PJ. I have never watched an episode on my computer (gasp) but I think I will do so now, need to get my lost fix! Should be nice w/o commercials.

896. Michael
     Comment 896, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     jaime wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     I wonder if Hurley’s imaginary friend “Dave” is the same as Libby’s husband David?

     #################################

     Oh, good thought. Huley’s father’s name is David as well. hmmmmmmm

     Desmonds middle name is david.

897. Luke Jackson
     Comment 897, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     OK…

     it’s going to be 4-5 weeks until we get new episodes? Does anyone know the air date for new episodes? Where can we get this info? Thanks..

     Luke Jackson
     http://solipcyst.blogspot.com

898. Lins
     Comment 898, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     April 24 it starts back up again at 10 pm

899. Lins
     Comment 899, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Luke Jackson wrote:

     OK…

     it’s going to be 4-5 weeks until we get new episodes? Does anyone know the air date for new episodes? Where can we get this info? Thanks..

     Luke Jackson
     http://solipcyst.blogspot.com

     April 24 it starts back up again at 10 pm

900. Trixanna
     Comment 900, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Okay, I just finished watching the enhanced episode of “The Other Woman”. I used the Control F on that blog and didn’t find this…

     When Ben had Juliette over for the romantic dinner, there was a painting on the wall of a woman that looked a lot like Juliette (or possibly the “her” that she looks like. It could also have been his mother since she has a similar appearance. That is the only thing I caught that I hadn’t seen before nor heard mention of. It may not be anything, just an observance that I made.

     LA meeting in ten minutes on island… see you there! ;-)

901. Rita
     Comment 901, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Okay, I just finished watching the enhanced episode of “The Other Woman”. I used the Control F on that blog and didn’t find this…

     When Ben had Juliette over for the romantic dinner, there was a painting on the wall of a woman that looked a lot like Juliette (or possibly the “her” that she looks like. It could also have been his mother since she has a similar appearance. That is the only thing I caught that I hadn’t seen before nor heard mention of. It may not be anything, just an observance that I made.

     LA meeting in ten minutes on island… see you there! ;-)

     I think the “her” that Harper mentioned most certainly has to be either his mom or else Annie. She would have been approx Ben’s age at the time of the purge (in which we assume at this point that she died). Don’t you wonder if he ever got to meet with “mom” on the island, at least as a manifestation? I hope we have more Ben flash backs!! There’s a LOT we don’t know yet.

902. Trixanna
     Comment 902, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita, you are correct about not knowing a lot about Ben. We know he saw his mom on the island so it seems like we should learn more about her at some point. I hope he did get to “meet” with her in some capacity. Ha… maybe SHE was a Widmore!

903. Deangoodes
     Comment 903, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Oh Poor Poor Trixanna; to paraphrase James Earl Jones from Field of Dreams–There will be commercials, there most certainly will be commercials.
     And they’re unavoidable. But get comfy in your computer chair and enjoy.

904. Toeknee
     Comment 904, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     Dean – my condolences on your Badgers. Who knew Davidson was this good?!

905. Toeknee
     Comment 905, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     The only thing that makes me hesitate to agree with you ToeKnee, is that so many apparitions have appeared to people that it is hard to know the difference between an actual “visitation” of sorts, and simply one’s imagination. Most of the time, it seems that the apparition is a “visitation” (vision, manifestation, something “real”) rather than just one’s mind playing tricks. How do we know? Has anyone noticed whether or not a true manifestation is ALWAYS accompanied by whispers?

     I understand what your saying – it is hard to know what is an apparition and what is imaginary. The only reason I think Charlie wasn’t a manifestation or apparition like the others we’ve seen (e.g., Christian, Yemi, Libby in the most recent episode) is that it was HURLEY that saw him. If Charlie appeared to any other character I would indeed think it was a manifestation of smokey/the island.

     However, given Hurley’s history, and given that Dave was in Hurley’s imagination and was NOT a manifestation of smokey/the island (we know this because noone else ever saw Dave, only Hurley could “see” him), I believe Hurley imagined Charlie, just as he imagined Dave.

906. Hammer
     Comment 906, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     The only thing that makes me hesitate to agree with you ToeKnee, is that so many apparitions have appeared to people that it is hard to know the difference between an actual “visitation” of sorts, and simply one’s imagination. Most of the time, it seems that the apparition is a “visitation” (vision, manifestation, something “real”) rather than just one’s mind playing tricks. How do we know? Has anyone noticed whether or not a true manifestation is ALWAYS accompanied by whispers?

     I understand what your saying – it is hard to know what is an apparition and what is imaginary. The only reason I think Charlie wasn’t a manifestation or apparition like the others we’ve seen (e.g., Christian, Yemi, Libby in the most recent episode) is that it was HURLEY that saw him. If Charlie appeared to any other character I would indeed think it was a manifestation of smokey/the island.

     However, given Hurley’s history, and given that Dave was in Hurley’s imagination and was NOT a manifestation of smokey/the island (we know this because noone else ever saw Dave, only Hurley could “see” him), I believe Hurley imagined Charlie, just as he imagined Dave.

     ++++++++++++++++++
     Respectfully disagree that Charlie was just an imagination for two reasons. Enhanced version said apparition(which is not imaginary) and two another character DID see Charlie(he informed Hurley that Charlie was watching him). I do believe that Dave was likely imaginary, but who knows…Dave could be a dead person too.

907. Hammer
     Comment 907, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Rita,
     Yes, to the best of my recolection and research Michael saw Libby for the first time, on the island, when he shot her.

     Nope, Libby was with Ana Lucia and Eko when the tailies had Sawyer, Michael and Jin in the pit. Libby talking to Michael is when we learned that there were 23 tailies that survived the crash.

908. Toeknee
     Comment 908, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Respectfully disagree that Charlie was just an imagination for two reasons. Enhanced version said apparition(which is not imaginary) and two another character DID see Charlie(he informed Hurley that Charlie was watching him). I do believe that Dave was likely imaginary, but who knows…Dave could be a dead person too.

     Yeah, that word “apparition” from the enhanced episode does make me doubt my “theory”. However, I’m not completely sold on the other patient “seeing” Charlie, as I explained in comment 610.

     It would be nice if this would be cleared up more definitively (at least in my mind), for example, by having Charlie appear to Jack or one of the other O6, but I don’t think that will happen.

909. Hammer
     Comment 909, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Respectfully disagree that Charlie was just an imagination for two reasons. Enhanced version said apparition(which is not imaginary) and two another character DID see Charlie(he informed Hurley that Charlie was watching him). I do believe that Dave was likely imaginary, but who knows…Dave could be a dead person too.

     Yeah, that word “apparition” from the enhanced episode does make me doubt my “theory”. However, I’m not completely sold on the other patient “seeing” Charlie, as I explained in comment 610.

     It would be nice if this would be cleared up more definitively (at least in my mind), for example, by having Charlie appear to Jack or one of the other O6, but I don’t think that will happen.

     ++++++++++++++
     Cool, I know where you’re coming from.

910. Deangoodes
     Comment 910, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Thanks Toeknee. First they took out G’Town and now Wisconsin, I wonder how far they can go….

     I have a question: Since Ben and Locke’s moms are both named Emily, is there any info out there showing it could be the same woman, or on the flip side is there any showing that it couldn’t be?

911. Hammer
     Comment 911, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Deangoodes wrote:

     Thanks Toeknee. First they took out G’Town and now Wisconsin, I wonder how far they can go….

     I have a question: Since Ben and Locke’s moms are both named Emily, is there any info out there showing it could be the same woman, or on the flip side is there any showing that it couldn’t be?

     Damn good question. I once wondered if those two were supposed to be the Bad Twins, but we saw Ben’s birth and there was only one baby…and Ben’s mom passed away at birth. Locke’s mom was still alive when Locke was an adult…so I guess I’m answering your question as I type. LOL

912. RGS
     Comment 912, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Respectfully disagree that Charlie was just an imagination for two reasons. Enhanced version said apparition(which is not imaginary) and two another character DID see Charlie(he informed Hurley that Charlie was watching him). I do believe that Dave was likely imaginary, but who knows…Dave could be a dead person too.

     Yeah, that word “apparition” from the enhanced episode does make me doubt my “theory”. However, I’m not completely sold on the other patient “seeing” Charlie, as I explained in comment 610.

     It would be nice if this would be cleared up more definitively (at least in my mind), for example, by having Charlie appear to Jack or one of the other O6, but I don’t think that will happen.

     I tend to agree with you Toeknee on both counts, especially wishing they could be a little more definitive about what each is, ultimately it may not matter as off the island the appearances could be a ploy for the dramatic effect.

913. skweez
     Comment 913, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     In the enhanced ep last night. It stated that the drawing on the chalk board was a clue to Abaddon’s real reason for visiting Hurley. The chalkboard had a drawing of a shark, a tree, the sun, an island and water/waves. Did anybody get anything from that?

914. Hammer
     Comment 914, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     skweez wrote:

     In the enhanced ep last night. It stated that the drawing on the chalk board was a clue to Abaddon’s real reason for visiting Hurley. The chalkboard had a drawing of a shark, a tree, the sun, an island and water/waves. Did anybody get anything from that?

     IMO that was for the casual viewer, we figured out why Abaddon was there as soon as he asked if “they” are still alive. The clues were about the island.

915. Hammer
     Comment 915, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Oooof, Big Ten is taking a beating tonight eh? MSU’s getting pounded…

     Just to add to my defense on Hugo seeing Charlie. Why would they do a scene about Hugo seeing Charlie in an FF off the island for no reason other than to say Hugo is insane? I think it was supposed to be a tie in to Michael seeing Libby off the island…that you can’t escape the island’s reach. I don’t think it’s merely their conscience getting the better of them, the mythology is too deep.

916. leah
     Comment 916, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     I wonder if Hurley’s imaginary friend “Dave” is the same as Libby’s husband David?

     Even i know that.

917. DocH
     Comment 917, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     re-913 skweez – i remember the scene well, with hurley in his flashforward. there was also a picture of a ship. it had a single sail, like a viking ship (ancient hansos?). it did not have a skull – but it had a cross-bones on the sail… i assume that the ship on the chalkboard represents ‘the freighter’.
     ps —how did stanford do?—

918. leah
     Comment 918, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     Hooked wrote:

     Here is the link: http://www.uen.org/swan/argos.html

     Wow. The site looks pretty authentic.

     There may well be a link to the fact that “something” can orbit the earth every 108 minutes, but given that the earth is rotating while the satellite is orbiting, the only places where THAT particular “swan” satellite will actually pass every 108 minutes are the poles.

     Still, if a satellite can orbit in that direction every 108 minutes, I supposed SOMETHING can orbit the earth so that it passes over our island every 108 minutes. According to a quick look up online, satellites can orbit the earth in as little as 90 minutes, depending on how high in the atmosphere it is. So it is definitely POSSIBLE.

     Loving the theories!
     : ) P

     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
     only me ….because of my extensive researching
     job earlier this week, i missed lost on sunday .only just watched it today.Any way il come back to the episode in a mo, Whilst i was trawling through pages of dross on the http://www.i googled 108=24hr ????? a mountain of sites came up!absolutly nothing related to anything useful,except one!www.buttonpushers.com.well, That had to be investigated.. . .ha !im not going to say anymore ,please read for yourself cos i couldnt begin to explain the theory contained .i would like someone else to take a look and give their insight,im not sure whether its a deliberate plant or if its offical .but 108 does equate to 24 hours in this theory.Just think of the counter on a front of a vcr.

     so back to real time ,the episode . no mysteries for me , all seems straight forward. i thought this ep answered some of the burning ‘questions’ for me.Icant help thinking the whole thing is some how familiar ,not in the’ read it some where else ‘or the’ story line s been copied’ sense of familiar,but the character plot lines?let me give you a couple of examples.micheal in the hospital [again]the throwing away of mobile phones[sayid,micheal]its all so ……frustrating sorry about this just writing out loud! does any one remember the girl charlie went out with from england she was a penny widmore type of girl wasnt she?
     i thik frank helecoptered that nasty piece of works onto the island to shoot the losties it was unfortunate that they got reaussau and karl first.
     ben most certainly has forsight, he knows whats coming next ,he either orcatrates events with the knowledge of the out come or his
     future actions are dictating presant day actions ,example if ben knew their was a snyper on the island he could use it to his advantage to get rid of two’ thorns in his side’convieniently .
     and how ben would be able to stick a note in the bomb to delay detonation?
     ffwd to future ,change something ,come back,wait for effect?
     how would he know when widmore was beating someone up so he could film it ?ffwd to after event get the time the event took place,come back ,be ready with the camera?
     why was it vital that the gas be turned off at the tempest? ben , i think the gas was turned off in the presant day,so ben couldnt gas the dharma in the past?
     someone else is using the time hopping to thwart ben,sounds wierd and i have said it before.
     lost is working backward .that is the best i can do to describe it.
     Ive got a couple more theories but they can wait

     excuse the spelling again .cant seem to activate spellchecker

919. Rita
     Comment 919, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Oooof, Big Ten is taking a beating tonight eh? MSU’s getting pounded…

     Just to add to my defense on Hugo seeing Charlie. Why would they do a scene about Hugo seeing Charlie in an FF off the island for no reason other than to say Hugo is insane? I think it was supposed to be a tie in to Michael seeing Libby off the island…that you can’t escape the island’s reach. I don’t think it’s merely their conscience getting the better of them, the mythology is too deep.

     **********************

     I agree with Hammer on this one (sorry ToeKnee), I think the appearances of Charlie are “real” in the sense of not being only in Hurley’s imagination. Interesting idea that Dave could be a dead person and that Hurley had the ability to see him even BEFORE the island experience. I agree that the point for Hurley is that he is NOT insane, but is trying to escape into that world, familiar to him, but that the island can find him even THERE.

920. Polli Kovitch
     Comment 920, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     KEY threads-
     LIBBY-
     a) GIVES Des the boat that sets him off and our plot..NOTE after her husband has died (WHO WAS THAT?)
     b)-IS a PATIENT (or appears to be one) with HURLEY
     c)-HAPPENS TO BE on 815 (OR was she “an Other” or a “Freightor-in-Waiting”) and shows up
     d)-is a clinical psych who GOES FOR HURLEY right from the start…without telling him so..that she knew him before (mmmm that does not sound like a professional move)
     e)-is shot by MICHAEL…(if she is Widmore’s daughter ..love that theory..then Ben benefits)
     f)-haunts MICHAEL and us

921. Toeknee
     Comment 921, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     Oooof, Big Ten is taking a beating tonight eh? MSU’s getting pounded…

     Just to add to my defense on Hugo seeing Charlie. Why would they do a scene about Hugo seeing Charlie in an FF off the island for no reason other than to say Hugo is insane? I think it was supposed to be a tie in to Michael seeing Libby off the island…that you can’t escape the island’s reach. I don’t think it’s merely their conscience getting the better of them, the mythology is too deep.

     **********************

     I agree with Hammer on this one (sorry ToeKnee), I think the appearances of Charlie are “real” in the sense of not being only in Hurley’s imagination. Interesting idea that Dave could be a dead person and that Hurley had the ability to see him even BEFORE the island experience. I agree that the point for Hurley is that he is NOT insane, but is trying to escape into that world, familiar to him, but that the island can find him even THERE.

     ————————-
     You guys may very well be correct about not being to escape the island’s reach, which was also implied by Tom in the Meet Kevin Johnson episode.

     Not to beat a dead horse here, but… I didn’t think the point of the scene where Hurley sees Charlie was to tell us yet again that Hurley is crazy. However IMHO, that scene makes use of the knowledge we have that Hurley has a history of mental illness and of imagining people who aren’t there. The point of that scene was that the writers wanted to partly explain to us why Hurley feels the way he feels later in the episode when he tells Jack they have to go back to the island, which in turn gives us a better understanding of why Jack told Kate “We need to go back” at the end of the season 3 finale. Without the Hurle/Charlie scene, we’d have even less of a clue as to why Hurley feels the need to go back to the island.

     I probably would never have thought Hurley was imagining Charley if he had never imagined Dave. The previous episode with Dave served as a set up for this scene. Just as Hurley imagined Dave as a result of his guilt over killing the people on that balcony, he is now imagining Charlie as a result of the guilt he feels for something related to the O6 leaving the island.

922. Polli Kovitch
     Comment 922, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     YES..but, Hurley got the “numbers” when he was at the pysch ward. This was not imagined. These numbers ultimately get him to the Island.

     EVERYONE has projected images of their CONSTANT…Charlie is Hurley’s. These are “guardians” created by the Island. Kate happens to have a black horse; Locke had Walt; Michael has Libby. The OTHERS do not have these projections.
     Of the survivors, ONLY JACK, Sun,Sawyer, and Sayid do NOT have a projected image to guide them. Perhaps they don’t need them.

923. Rita
     Comment 923, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     ————————-
     You guys may very well be correct about not being to escape the island’s reach, which was also implied by Tom in the Meet Kevin Johnson episode.

     Not to beat a dead horse here, but… I didn’t think the point of the scene where Hurley sees Charlie was to tell us yet again that Hurley is crazy. However IMHO, that scene makes use of the knowledge we have that Hurley has a history of mental illness and of imagining people who aren’t there.

     The point of that scene was that the writers wanted to partly explain to us why Hurley feels the way he feels later in the episode when he tells Jack they have to go back to the island, which in turn gives us a better understanding of why Jack told Kate “We need to go back” at the end of the season 3 finale. Without the Hurle/Charlie scene, we’d have even less of a clue as to why Hurley feels the need to go back to the island.

     I probably would never have thought Hurley was imagining Charley if he had never imagined Dave. The previous episode with Dave served as a set up for this scene. Just as Hurley imagined Dave as a result of his guilt over killing the people on that balcony, he is now imagining Charlie as a result of the guilt he feels for something related to the O6 leaving the island.

     *****************************
     But what IF…Hurley wasn’t actually imagining Dave? What IF Dave was an early apparition which appeared to Hurley BEFORE the island (which, like Walt, would give credence to HIS “specialness”)?? What IF Hurley was NEVER “crazy”???

924. Rita
     Comment 924, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Polli Kovitch wrote:

     YES..but, Hurley got the “numbers” when he was at the pysch ward. This was not imagined. These numbers ultimately get him to the Island.

     EVERYONE has projected images of their CONSTANT…Charlie is Hurley’s. These are “guardians” created by the Island. Kate happens to have a black horse; Locke had Walt; Michael has Libby. The OTHERS do not have these projections.
     Of the survivors, ONLY JACK, Sun,Sawyer, and Sayid do NOT have a projected image to guide them. Perhaps they don’t need them.

     **********************
     Well…Jack did have his father on the island. But I’m not yet sold on the idea that EVERYBODY needs a constant. We have only been told so far that Desmond, Eloise, Daniel, and possibly Brandon and Minkowski do.

925. Toeknee
     Comment 925, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     But what IF…Hurley wasn’t actually imagining Dave? What IF Dave was an early apparition which appeared to Hurley BEFORE the island (which, like Walt, would give credence to HIS “specialness”)?? What IF Hurley was NEVER “crazy”???

     Well, that would go against everything we were told in the “Dave” episode. I suppose it’s possible that in a future episode, they may come out and say, “Oh remember that Dave guy, well it turns out that even though we told you he was in Hurley’s imagination, we were lying”. Yes I know that they’ve led us to believe one thing and then shown that to not be correct – e.g., Mikhail dying at the sonic fence, Naomi being instantly killed by Locke – but those were shown to be incorrect very soon after the incident occurred, not seasons later. It would be very disappointing if they could just come out and pick anything they want from a previous season and say, “Oh that didn’t really happen it was just the island.”

     So, regarding Dave – his appearance didn’t follow “the rules” of the aparitions/manifestations of the island/smokey, unless I’m misinterpreting the “rule” that the apparition/manifestation of smokey/the island is visible to more than one person.

     The doctor didn’t see Dave – remember he took a picture of Hurley and Dave, and then he showed the picture to Hurley, and then Hurley realized Dave was all in his imagination.

     Contrast this with other apparitions:

     Christian – both Jack and Hurley have seen him

     Walt – Sayid, Shannon, and Locke all have seen him

     Kate’s Horse – Sawyer and Kate both saw it

     Jacob’s cabin – Ben, Locke, and Hurley have all seen it

     Harper (if she was a manifestation of smokey, which is not definite) – Juliet and Jack saw her

     If Dave was a manifestation of smokey/the island, other people in the hospital would have seen him.

926. Toeknee
     Comment 926, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Polli Kovitch wrote:

     YES..but, Hurley got the “numbers” when he was at the pysch ward. This was not imagined. These numbers ultimately get him to the Island.

     I agree – he didn’t imagine being in the hospital, he didn’t imagine Lenny, he didn’t imagine the numbers, winning the lottery, going to Australia, getting on OA815, or crashing on the island.

     But, he did imagine Dave. And he may have imagined seeing Charlie at the hospital.

927. Rita
     Comment 927, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     But what IF…Hurley wasn’t actually imagining Dave? What IF Dave was an early apparition which appeared to Hurley BEFORE the island (which, like Walt, would give credence to HIS “specialness”)?? What IF Hurley was NEVER “crazy”???

     Well, that would go against everything we were told in the “Dave” episode. I suppose it’s possible that in a future episode, they may come out and say, “Oh remember that Dave guy, well it turns out that even though we told you he was in Hurley’s imagination, we were lying”. Yes I know that they’ve led us to believe one thing and then shown that to not be correct – e.g., Mikhail dying at the sonic fence, Naomi being instantly killed by Locke – but those were shown to be incorrect very soon after the incident occurred, not seasons later. It would be very disappointing if they could just come out and pick anything they want from a previous season and say, “Oh that didn’t really happen it was just the island.”

     So, regarding Dave – his appearance didn’t follow “the rules” of the aparitions/manifestations of the island/smokey, unless I’m misinterpreting the “rule” that the apparition/manifestation of smokey/the island is visible to more than one person.

     The doctor didn’t see Dave – remember he took a picture of Hurley and Dave, and then he showed the picture to Hurley, and then Hurley realized Dave was all in his imagination.

     Contrast this with other apparitions:

     Christian – both Jack and Hurley have seen him

     Walt – Sayid, Shannon, and Locke all have seen him

     Kate’s Horse – Sawyer and Kate both saw it

     Jacob’s cabin – Ben, Locke, and Hurley have all seen it

     Harper (if she was a manifestation of smokey, which is not definite) – Juliet and Jack saw her

     If Dave was a manifestation of smokey/the island, other people in the hospital would have seen him.

     *****************************

     Well, I was all ready to diagree with you, until you got to the part about OTHER PEOPLE being able to see the apparitions when they appear. OK, you have a good point there. The reason I was GOING TO disagree was about your point of it being too long ago since we saw the “Dave” episode to change the “rules” now. I’m not sure about that. I expect that Libby will be revealed as something much different than we have seen her to be, even though it too has been a long time since we saw her in the the old role. I expect the unexpected from LOST. Changing Dave into an apparition wouldn’t really surprise me that much. However, as far as we have been told, no one else ever saw Dave. That DOES seem to make a difference. You are right.

928. Circus Mom
     Comment 928, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     PJSander wrote:

     Hooked wrote:

     Here is the link: http://www.uen.org/swan/argos.html

     Wow. The site looks pretty authentic.

     There may well be a link to the fact that “something” can orbit the earth every 108 minutes, but given that the earth is rotating while the satellite is orbiting, the only places where THAT particular “swan” satellite will actually pass every 108 minutes are the poles.

     Still, if a satellite can orbit in that direction every 108 minutes, I supposed SOMETHING can orbit the earth so that it passes over our island every 108 minutes. According to a quick look up online, satellites can orbit the earth in as little as 90 minutes, depending on how high in the atmosphere it is. So it is definitely POSSIBLE.

     Loving the theories!
     : ) P

     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
     only me ….because of my extensive researching
     job earlier this week, i missed lost on sunday .only just watched it today.Any way il come back to the episode in a mo, Whilst i was trawling through pages of dross on the http://www.i googled 108=24hr ????? a mountain of sites came up!absolutly nothing related to anything useful,except one!www.buttonpushers.com.well, That had to be investigated.. . .ha !im not going to say anymore ,please read for yourself cos i couldnt begin to explain the theory contained .i would like someone else to take a look and give their insight,im not sure whether its a deliberate plant or if its offical .but 108 does equate to 24 hours in this theory.Just think of the counter on a front of a vcr.

     so back to real time ,the episode . no mysteries for me , all seems straight forward. i thought this ep answered some of the burning ‘questions’ for me.Icant help thinking the whole thing is some how familiar ,not in the’ read it some where else ‘or the’ story line s been copied’ sense of familiar,but the character plot lines?let me give you a couple of examples.micheal in the hospital [again]the throwing away of mobile phones[sayid,micheal]its all so ……frustrating sorry about this just writing out loud! does any one remember the girl charlie went out with from england she was a penny widmore type of girl wasnt she?
     i thik frank helecoptered that nasty piece of works onto the island to shoot the losties it was unfortunate that they got reaussau and karl first.
     ben most certainly has forsight, he knows whats coming next ,he either orcatrates events with the knowledge of the out come or his
     future actions are dictating presant day actions ,example if ben knew their was a snyper on the island he could use it to his advantage to get rid of two’ thorns in his side’convieniently .
     and how ben would be able to stick a note in the bomb to delay detonation?
     ffwd to future ,change something ,come back,wait for effect?
     how would he know when widmore was beating someone up so he could film it ?ffwd to after event get the time the event took place,come back ,be ready with the camera?
     why was it vital that the gas be turned off at the tempest? ben , i think the gas was turned off in the presant day,so ben couldnt gas the dharma in the past?
     someone else is using the time hopping to thwart ben,sounds wierd and i have said it before.
     lost is working backward .that is the best i can do to describe it.
     Ive got a couple more theories but they can wait

     excuse the spelling again .cant seem to activate spellchecker

     +++++++++++++
     I think someone forgot to push the button. My copier will only print 75% of a page, my printer is leaving patches with no ink, when I do normal things on the computer I get abnormal results.
     Leah, when I type in http://www.buttonpushers.com.wlll I get nothing. When I drop the .well I get a email service. Help, where do I go to see your theory. I need a LAA meeting,

929. Hammer
     Comment 929, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Toeknee wrote:

     Rita wrote:

     But what IF…Hurley wasn’t actually imagining Dave? What IF Dave was an early apparition which appeared to Hurley BEFORE the island (which, like Walt, would give credence to HIS “specialness”)?? What IF Hurley was NEVER “crazy”???

     Well, that would go against everything we were told in the “Dave” episode. I suppose it’s possible that in a future episode, they may come out and say, “Oh remember that Dave guy, well it turns out that even though we told you he was in Hurley’s imagination, we were lying”. Yes I know that they’ve led us to believe one thing and then shown that to not be correct – e.g., Mikhail dying at the sonic fence, Naomi being instantly killed by Locke – but those were shown to be incorrect very soon after the incident occurred, not seasons later. It would be very disappointing if they could just come out and pick anything they want from a previous season and say, “Oh that didn’t really happen it was just the island.”

     So, regarding Dave – his appearance didn’t follow “the rules” of the aparitions/manifestations of the island/smokey, unless I’m misinterpreting the “rule” that the apparition/manifestation of smokey/the island is visible to more than one person.

     The doctor didn’t see Dave – remember he took a picture of Hurley and Dave, and then he showed the picture to Hurley, and then Hurley realized Dave was all in his imagination.

     Contrast this with other apparitions:

     Christian – both Jack and Hurley have seen him

     Walt – Sayid, Shannon, and Locke all have seen him

     Kate’s Horse – Sawyer and Kate both saw it

     Jacob’s cabin – Ben, Locke, and Hurley have all seen it

     Harper (if she was a manifestation of smokey, which is not definite) – Juliet and Jack saw her

     If Dave was a manifestation of smokey/the island, other people in the hospital would have seen him.

     *****************************

     Well, I was all ready to diagree with you, until you got to the part about OTHER PEOPLE being able to see the apparitions when they appear. OK, you have a good point there. The reason I was GOING TO disagree was about your point of it being too long ago since we saw the “Dave” episode to change the “rules” now. I’m not sure about that. I expect that Libby will be revealed as something much different than we have seen her to be, even though it too has been a long time since we saw her in the the old role. I expect the unexpected from LOST. Changing Dave into an apparition wouldn’t really surprise me that much. However, as far as we have been told, no one else ever saw Dave. That DOES seem to make a difference. You are right.

     ++++++++++++++++
     In all this discussion about Dave, y;all have lost the fact that the orginal arguement ToeKnee was putting up was that Charlie was Hugo’s imagination because no one else saw him (except the other patient). I do think that Dave=imagination, but Charlie was not. I don’t think they used Dave to set us up for Charlie…that would make Charlie’s appearance pointless. Dave was set up to get Hugo to the phsych hospital in order to meet Lenny who was driven crazy by the numbers…beat the crap out of that dead horse ehh?

930. Hammer
     Comment 930, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Just listened to the podcast again.

     Dave=apparition/imagination.

     So to me that means Dave was Hugo’s imagination before the island(which set up his meeting with Lenny to get connected to the numbers) and Dave was an apparition while Hugo was on the island(smokey/whisperers getting to Hugo?).

931. Hammer
     Comment 931, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     re-913 skweez – i remember the scene well, with hurley in his flashforward. there was also a picture of a ship. it had a single sail, like a viking ship (ancient hansos?). it did not have a skull – but it had a cross-bones on the sail… i assume that the ship on the chalkboard represents ‘the freighter’.
     ps —how did stanford do?—

     Hey DocH, staying safe I hope?

932. Hammer
     Comment 932, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Also, it seems to me that D&C are trying to let us know that the apparitions and smokey(manifestations) are different(still might be related though). I feel that the apparitions=whisperers. I am also remembering that the sonic fence worked against smokey. What I am wondering: Is smokey “others” friendly or not?

933. Hammer
     Comment 933, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     I wonder if Hurley’s imaginary friend “Dave” is the same as Libby’s husband David?

     Even i know that.

     Don’t think so:
     “In an interview with Buddy.tv, the executive writers and producers discuss the source of the name “Dave”:
     “ Damon Lindelof: We like certain biblical names and David is one of them. David happened to be my father’s name, maybe that’s sort of subconsciously rattling around in there.

     Carlton Cuse: The connection between the imaginary Dave and Dave his father was completely intentional, I mean we wanted basically Hurley to imagine a friend and have that be wrapped up in his unresolved relationship with his Dad, so that’s why his imaginary friend is named Dave.

     Damon Lindelof: As to Libby’s ex, that’s an entirely different David we may or may not meet in the future.”

934. Hammer
     Comment 934, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Polli Kovitch wrote:

     YES..but, Hurley got the “numbers” when he was at the pysch ward. This was not imagined. These numbers ultimately get him to the Island.

     EVERYONE has projected images of their CONSTANT…Charlie is Hurley’s. These are “guardians” created by the Island. Kate happens to have a black horse; Locke had Walt; Michael has Libby. The OTHERS do not have these projections.
     Of the survivors, ONLY JACK, Sun,Sawyer, and Sayid do NOT have a projected image to guide them. Perhaps they don’t need them.

     I don’t remember who posted it, but I agree that constants are not needed for everyone. I thought Daniel’s comments let us know that it was needed for folks having side effects from being exposed to high levels of radiation AND trying leave/enter the island.

935. Rita
     Comment 935, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     leah wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     I wonder if Hurley’s imaginary friend “Dave” is the same as Libby’s husband David?

     Even i know that.

     Don’t think so:
     “In an interview with Buddy.tv, the executive writers and producers discuss the source of the name “Dave”:
     “ Damon Lindelof: We like certain biblical names and David is one of them. David happened to be my father’s name, maybe that’s sort of subconsciously rattling around in there.

     Carlton Cuse: The connection between the imaginary Dave and Dave his father was completely intentional, I mean we wanted basically Hurley to imagine a friend and have that be wrapped up in his unresolved relationship with his Dad, so that’s why his imaginary friend is named Dave.

     Damon Lindelof: As to Libby’s ex, that’s an entirely different David we may or may not meet in the future.”

     *******************************

     Well that settles that!! Great info, thanks Hammer.

936. Hammer
     Comment 936, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     leah wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     I wonder if Hurley’s imaginary friend “Dave” is the same as Libby’s husband David?

     Even i know that.

     Don’t think so:
     “In an interview with Buddy.tv, the executive writers and producers discuss the source of the name “Dave”:
     “ Damon Lindelof: We like certain biblical names and David is one of them. David happened to be my father’s name, maybe that’s sort of subconsciously rattling around in there.

     Carlton Cuse: The connection between the imaginary Dave and Dave his father was completely intentional, I mean we wanted basically Hurley to imagine a friend and have that be wrapped up in his unresolved relationship with his Dad, so that’s why his imaginary friend is named Dave.

     Damon Lindelof: As to Libby’s ex, that’s an entirely different David we may or may not meet in the future.”

     *******************************

     Well that settles that!! Great info, thanks Hammer.

     +++++++++
     Quite welcome. This interview was published back in March of ’07. I am hoping that when we add this info(that Dave was imgaginary) to the info from the latest podcast(that Dave is both imaginary and apparition) that we can conclude that the apparitions and manifestations appear as someone/something important to the character…and hopefully the whisperers and smokey are somewhat related.

937. Polli Kovitch
     Comment 937, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     - CONSTANT question: Carlton and Damon have some clear literary themes that run perpetually and recursively through the scripts- we all need constants..we must stand together to suvive. My take is that the notion of the CONSTANT is one of those great humanistic-LOST- points made both literally in the Desmond-Faraday connection..but most importantly figuratively.

     - APPARITION Question: As to the revelations through illusions, our internal projections direct us(dreams and fantasies) ..and, in Lost, the Island has made them external so we can all see them. As someone earlier pointed out, some of the “appearances” have been shared by more than one character simultaneously. Some of the choices made by the writers are clear- of course, Hurly would see Charlie; but, others are less clear, why do both Locke and Shannon see Walt? What is the connection there? Why Dave for Hurley..where did he come from? Of course, Libby would haunt Michael? Why a black horse for Kate AND Sawyer? These choices seem key.

     -THE BABY question- obviously, Ben wants the Others to survive and brought in Juliet to make that happen. SO>>how did Alex survive birth. Was Rousseau pregnant before she came to the island? If Ben is Alex’s father (still a litte unclear..given Rousseaus’ pronouncements..”she is not yours”)..then the baby was conceived on the Island? Where did the late Karl come from? He is the same age as Alex roughly..did they grow up together?

938. Hammer
     Comment 938, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Polli, I can only offer answers to a couple of the “minor” questions you posed. Where Dave came from is explained in the interview I quoted in post 936, that basically he replaces Hugo’s dad. He acts like his dad(except when he appears on the island he tries to get Hugo to “end the dream” by jumping off the cliff) and is named after his dad. So it’s a daddy issue. This is also consistanat with Claire’s ability to survive child birth. So I would conclude that Danielle would have to be preg. before arriving.

     Until we find out more about Rousseau, she claimed to have given birth shortly after arriving on the island. Add that to the fact that Ben had to introduce Alex to Danielle, it seems that Danielle was being truthful about having her baby kidnapped and Ben is likely the “adoptive” father.

     I believe that Alex and Karl did grow up together because when he went to main island with Kate and Sawyer, he mentioned something about the children from the tail section have a better life and also mentioned something about he and Alex as kids.

939. Hammer
     Comment 939, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     The last sentence in paragraph one should be the last sentence in paragraph two.

     Oops.

940. Polli Kovitch
     Comment 940, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer, thanks for your insightful response with the references to prior season details. Your interpretations throughout the blog with are rich and engaging. You really know the LOST history. So good point, regarding Rousseau’s pregnancy prior to arrival on the Island. Any ideas about who is Alex’s actual father (I would think that matters to Ben who is fierce in his defense of Alex? Another one of the scientists that Rousseau arrived with perhaps? ALSO

941. Polli Kovitch
     Comment 941, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     continued…

     ALSO…who is LEONARD? He gives Hurley the number combination at the hospital? Got your point regarding Dave and the connection to his father’s name. But I sometimes wonder if Dr. Brooks was actually working with Ben. If the photo had some “photoshop” alterations. If Dave might return…in person.

942. PJSander
     Comment 942, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Regarding Alex’s biological father… has anyone said the name “Widmore” in front of Rousseau? Maybe Alex is yet another Widmore daughter? Yeah, it is a stretch, but it would explain why Ben wants to keep her safe – to use as a hostage to exchange for his own life.

     : ) P

943. Hammer
     Comment 943, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Thanks, but I don’t retain ALL of my info, I have to do research to keep up.

     Yes, her man was named Robert. We assume him to be the real father because she claimed to be 7 months preg. when hitting the island. He either died from the sickness or Danielle shot him. Her story to Sayid was a different from the message that was being broadcast from the tower. I think she told Sayid she had to shoot some of the team members because they were infected by the illness and they were all dead before she went to the tower. The message was something about “it” or “them” was killing someone…not clear who(some of her team or maybe some “others”) was being killed.

944. Hammer
     Comment 944, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     Regarding Alex’s biological father… has anyone said the name “Widmore” in front of Rousseau? Maybe Alex is yet another Widmore daughter? Yeah, it is a stretch, but it would explain why Ben wants to keep her safe – to use as a hostage to exchange for his own life.

     : ) P

     Oh, I like that possibility.

945. Hammer
     Comment 945, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Polli Kovitch wrote:

     continued…

     ALSO…who is LEONARD? He gives Hurley the number combination at the hospital? Got your point regarding Dave and the connection to his father’s name. But I sometimes wonder if Dr. Brooks was actually working with Ben. If the photo had some “photoshop” alterations. If Dave might return…in person.

     Okay, Leonard was a Navy guy stationed in the South Pacific and he overheard the same transmission of the numbers being broadcast in a loop that Rouseau’s team heard(that got them to go toward the island). He used the numbers to win money and became full of bad luck just like Hugo. BTW Hugo got the numbers from Leonard at the hospital because Leonard went coo-coo and kept repeating the numbers.

946. Hammer
     Comment 946, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     PJSander wrote:

     Regarding Alex’s biological father… has anyone said the name “Widmore” in front of Rousseau? Maybe Alex is yet another Widmore daughter? Yeah, it is a stretch, but it would explain why Ben wants to keep her safe – to use as a hostage to exchange for his own life.

     : ) P

     If you are correct, Ben’s comment that Whidmore’s group would use her as a hostage just to get to Ben may be untruthful. They may be after both? Whidmore sent Des to get Lost and may have sent Henry Gale, maybe he sent Rouseau’s team to get Lost too?

947. leah
     Comment 947, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     leah wrote:

     PJSander wrote:

     Hooked wrote:

     Here is the link: http://www.uen.org/swan/argos.html

     Wow. The site looks pretty authentic.

     There may well be a link to the fact that “something” can orbit the earth every 108 minutes, but given that the earth is rotating while the satellite is orbiting, the only places where THAT particular “swan” satellite will actually pass every 108 minutes are the poles.

     Still, if a satellite can orbit in that direction every 108 minutes, I supposed SOMETHING can orbit the earth so that it passes over our island every 108 minutes. According to a quick look up online, satellites can orbit the earth in as little as 90 minutes, depending on how high in the atmosphere it is. So it is definitely POSSIBLE.

     Loving the theories!
     : ) P

     +++++++++++++
     I think someone forgot to push the button. My copier will only print 75% of a page, my printer is leaving patches with no ink, when I do normal things on the computer I get abnormal results.
     Leah, when I type in http://www.buttonpushers.com.wlll I get nothing. When I drop the .well I get a email service. Help, where do I go to see your theory. I need a LAA meeting,

     //////////////////////
     Circus mom
     http://www.buttonpushers.tv. if that does,nt work then google the words 108=24hrs i know its hard to find it took five attemps for me to find it again.

948. leah
     Comment 948, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Im not sure if we should stop quoting d+c interviews and actors tv interviews, some bloggers may not have access to the media since most material is usa centred.Besides has some info in the past been planted to lead us up the garden path?

949. lost4ever
     Comment 949, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     Im not sure if we should stop quoting d+c interviews and actors tv interviews, some bloggers may not have access to the media since most material is usa centred.Besides has some info in the past been planted to lead us up the garden path?

     There have been a number of fake websites in the past, however I don’t think that D & C would mislead us in their podcasts.

950. leah
     Comment 950, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     leah wrote:

     PJSander wrote:

     Hooked wrote:

     Here is the link: http://www.uen.org/swan/argos.html

     Wow. The site looks pretty authentic.

     There may well be a link to the fact that “something” can orbit the earth every 108 minutes, but given that the earth is rotating while the satellite is orbiting, the only places where THAT particular “swan” satellite will actually pass every 108 minutes are the poles.

     Still, if a satellite can orbit in that direction every 108 minutes, I supposed SOMETHING can orbit the earth so that it passes over our island every 108 minutes. According to a quick look up online, satellites can orbit the earth in as little as 90 minutes, depending on how high in the atmosphere it is. So it is definitely POSSIBLE.

     Loving the theories!
     : ) P

     +++++++++++++
     I think someone forgot to push the button. My copier will only print 75% of a page, my printer is leaving patches with no ink, when I do normal things on the computer I get abnormal results.
     Leah, when I type in http://www.buttonpushers.com.wlll I get nothing. When I drop the .well I get a email service. Help, where do I go to see your theory. I need a LAA meeting,

     //////////////////////
     Circus mom
     http://www.buttonpushers.tv. if that does,nt work then google the words 108=24hrs i know its hard to find it took five attemps for me to find it again.
     ////////////////
     Im sorry http//www.buttonpusher.tv/

951. leah
     Comment 951, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     leah wrote:

     Im not sure if we should stop quoting d+c interviews and actors tv interviews, some bloggers may not have access to the media since most material is usa centred.Besides has some info in the past been planted to lead us up the garden path?

     There have been a number of fake websites in the past, however I don’t think that D & C would mislead us in their podcasts.

     ////////////////////////////////////////////
     Why would you think d+c wouldnt mis lead us? you ve only to look at this blog.Everytime there is a twist in the story line ,the post numbers increase? I am a true fan of lost and i would never have a negative word said about it ….but i cannot believe that it is not being written as they go along .it may be ten episodes along , but i dont think there is a script some where in the offices of D+C,that has the storyline from start to finish contained in it? for a start it wasnt written by just one person.
     For all we know D+C could be reading all that is written by us on this blog and could be using a few ideas we come up with.Out of nearly 1000 posts, this episode alone[average500 each episode] im sure their are some good ideas.
     equally, you would think that the answers to the mysteries of lost would be contained in those same 1000 posts, and yet no one has cracked it. we ve all been right at some point or another but we havent worked it out fully to an agreeable conclusion why…. because the plot line changes!

952. Polli Kovitch
     Comment 952, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     The 108 minute theory being discussed makes real sense in science- in terms of the satellite. Lost- Series 2- is going to come back again and again with deeper clues.

     When a satellite travels makes an elliptical and/or equatorial orbit, the length of time is usually over two hours, BUT not when it is a polar orbit.

     University of Wisconsin-website: Polar Operational Environmental Satellites – POES- have orbits that are significantly lower and shorter than ellipitical or geostationary orbits, taking about 100 minutes to travel from pole to pole and produce high resolution “snapshots” of the Earth.

953. Rita
     Comment 953, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     leah wrote:

     ////////////////////////////////////////////
     Why would you think d+c wouldnt mis lead us? you ve only to look at this blog.Everytime there is a twist in the story line ,the post numbers increase? I am a true fan of lost and i would never have a negative word said about it ….but i cannot believe that it is not being written as they go along .it may be ten episodes along , but i dont think there is a script some where in the offices of D+C,that has the storyline from start to finish contained in it? for a start it wasnt written by just one person.
     For all we know D+C could be reading all that is written by us on this blog and could be using a few ideas we come up with.Out of nearly 1000 posts, this episode alone[average500 each episode] im sure their are some good ideas.
     equally, you would think that the answers to the mysteries of lost would be contained in those same 1000 posts, and yet no one has cracked it. we ve all been right at some point or another but we havent worked it out fully to an agreeable conclusion why…. because the plot line changes!

     *******************************
     Leah, I couldn’t disagree more. Of course the actual script is being written over time and by a number of different writers, BUT the actual story line HAS been settled from the beginning. D&C have told us that. I disagree too that D&C would deliberately mislead us. Give us vague information that we could interpret in several ways, yes, but deliberately mislead us? I don’t believe that. As for “cracking the mysteries of LOST in the blog”, how would we know if we did or not? Actually, in reviewing the achieve blogs, I have been amazed at how often we DO get it right, but not always. I guess we will just have to wait it out and see what comes.

954. Hammer
     Comment 954, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     A. I will not stop bringing up D&C until the owners of this blog change the rules.(We’ve been using them to confirm and debunk for years now).

     B. So many things are starting to tie together from the beginning. I normally ignore folks who state that it is made up as we go, but it’s really getting irratating. If you are a “true lost fan” you would see that the story is starting to really come together.

955. Lins
     Comment 955, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Going back to the whole Adam and Eve thing…I am re-watching the first three seasons now and just started on S1 and thought it was interesting that it was Christian Shepard who “led” Jack to the caves…and ultimately to Adam and Eve. Not sure why it seems important to me, but something tells me there may be more to that story…I’ll have to see if any more revelations come from re-watching!

956. Cheetos
     Comment 956, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     It’s been bugging me — How does Jack’s hair remain the same length throughout all seasons??? Even if there were clippers in one of the suitcases…..

     haha.. i know he’s doing other shows and movies, but that detail bothers me

957. Hammer
     Comment 957, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lins wrote:

     Going back to the whole Adam and Eve thing…I am re-watching the first three seasons now and just started on S1 and thought it was interesting that it was Christian Shepard who “led” Jack to the caves…and ultimately to Adam and Eve. Not sure why it seems important to me, but something tells me there may be more to that story…I’ll have to see if any more revelations come from re-watching!

     Keep ‘em coming.

958. Rita
     Comment 958, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lins wrote:

     Going back to the whole Adam and Eve thing…I am re-watching the first three seasons now and just started on S1 and thought it was interesting that it was Christian Shepard who “led” Jack to the caves…and ultimately to Adam and Eve. Not sure why it seems important to me, but something tells me there may be more to that story…I’ll have to see if any more revelations come from re-watching!

     I noticed that too, Lins, about Jack’s dad leading him to the caves, the water, and to his coffin. I don’t know what, if anything, it all means either. What I do wonder though, is how that wood coffin survived being dropped from the sky without a scratch, but then was smashed to pieces by Jack with just a stick. Hmmm. Just one more puzzle piece to put together.

959. ghostrider
     Comment 959, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     My 9-year old wants to know if the next episode of LOST will consist of 42 minutes of Juliet running through the jungle.

960. PJSander
     Comment 960, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Rita wrote:

     What I do wonder though, is how that wood coffin survived being dropped from the sky without a scratch, but then was smashed to pieces by Jack with just a stick. Hmmm. Just one more puzzle piece to put together.

     You know, I remember THINKING that when it first aired, but didn’t know enough about the producers to realize that was probably not just an ERROR but rather, a CLUE.

     I wish I had time to watch all the episodes from the beginning again! LOL

     : ) P

961. TanziTwo
     Comment 961, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     ghostrider wrote:

     —if the next episode of LOST will consist of 42 minutes of Juliet running through the jungle.

     I’d settle for 41 minutes of Juliet running thru the jungle – or jumping on a trampoline.

     TanziTwo wrote:

     re:

     Adam & Eve = Jack & Kate. They waited toooo looong to goooo baaack to the island and wound up overshooting their timeline, when they did.

962. Circus Mom
     Comment 962, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lins wrote:

     Going back to the whole Adam and Eve thing…I am re-watching the first three seasons now and just started on S1 and thought it was interesting that it was Christian Shepard who “led” Jack to the caves…and ultimately to Adam and Eve. Not sure why it seems important to me, but something tells me there may be more to that story…I’ll have to see if any more revelations come from re-watching!

     +++++++
     Whe Jack takes Kate, Charlie and Locke to the caves for the first time. There appears to be large faces on the walls. Primitive looking faces about 20 feet tall. Several people I have takled to see them. As you re-watch, do you see them?

963. Lins
     Comment 963, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Lins wrote:

     Going back to the whole Adam and Eve thing…I am re-watching the first three seasons now and just started on S1 and thought it was interesting that it was Christian Shepard who “led” Jack to the caves…and ultimately to Adam and Eve. Not sure why it seems important to me, but something tells me there may be more to that story…I’ll have to see if any more revelations come from re-watching!

     +++++++
     When Jack takes Kate, Charlie and Locke to the caves for the first time. There appears to be large faces on the walls. Primitive looking faces about 20 feet tall. Several people I have takled to see them. As you re-watch, do you see them?

     **************
     I haven’t gotten that far yet, I’ve only made it through Episode 5…but I’ll be sure to let you know, thanks for the tip!

964. Circus Mom
     Comment 964, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Leah,

     I checked out the site but 108 dosn’t = 1 day. 108 is the number of frames removed from the count on the video each hour so thet the video count and real time will be equal after 24 hours. There are 2592 frames removed from the count in 1 day. Here is the link if anyone else would like to check it out. http://www.buttonpusher.tv/simple_timecode/

     It was fun reading.

965. leah
     Comment 965, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Im sorry if i misled you, circus mom. I believe i said 108=24hr NOT 108 ‘MINUTES’ =24 hr ? does nothing ring a bell on this sight to you? I found it very interesting.not even the fact that its main contributer is called ben?. ben on button pusher?

966. Circus Mom
     Comment 966, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     leah wrote:

     Im sorry if i misled you, circus mom. I believe i said 108=24hr NOT 108 ‘MINUTES’ =24 hr ? does nothing ring a bell on this sight to you? I found it very interesting.not even the fact that its main contributer is called ben?. ben on button pusher?

     leah wrote:

     Im sorry if i misled you, circus mom. I believe i said 108=24hr NOT 108 ‘MINUTES’ =24 hr ? does nothing ring a bell on this sight to you? I found it very interesting.not even the fact that its main contributer is called ben?. ben on button pusher?

     I don’t see where 108 = 24 hours anywhere on here. The only 108 is referenced to one hour. I can see how it could look like it might be connected but don’t think there is a direct connection. I see more possibilities with the swan migration site as far as connecting to Lost. Anyone else read it?

967. ghostrider
     Comment 967, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Masterful, really, the way Michael Emerson took a ‘small role’ and turned it into what is now clearly the dominant character on LOST. How could the writers not wrap dialogue and plot around the twisted looks that guy can create? I went back and watched the episode where he’s Henry Gale caught in the net. Quit a piece of work in retrospect. I don’t know anything about his prior work as an actor.

968. Lins
     Comment 968, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Lins wrote:

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Lins wrote:

     Going back to the whole Adam and Eve thing…I am re-watching the first three seasons now and just started on S1 and thought it was interesting that it was Christian Shepard who “led” Jack to the caves…and ultimately to Adam and Eve. Not sure why it seems important to me, but something tells me there may be more to that story…I’ll have to see if any more revelations come from re-watching!

     +++++++
     When Jack takes Kate, Charlie and Locke to the caves for the first time. There appears to be large faces on the walls. Primitive looking faces about 20 feet tall. Several people I have takled to see them. As you re-watch, do you see them?

     **************
     I haven’t gotten that far yet, I’ve only made it through Episode 5…but I’ll be sure to let you know, thanks for the tip!

     **************
     It looks like there are faces carved into the stone walls of the cave…is that what you were referring to? Hmmm…stone faces to go with a four toed stone foot?

     Also, noted that when they found Adam and Eve, Kate asked Jack how the bodies got there to which he replied (paraphrasing), “I don’t know, you guys shot a polar bear, how did that get here?” Makes me wonder more what connected A&E have with the whole Dharma time travel thing?

     Also noticed how when Sun was planning her escape at the airport, her confidant told her that Sun’s father would do whatever it takes to find her…so what if Widmore/Paik really are the good guys and Ben really did fabricate the whole fake plane thing?

     Ahhhh! Too many questions! How many more days to go now?

969. Toeknee
     Comment 969, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     ghostrider wrote:

     Masterful, really, the way Michael Emerson took a ‘small role’ and turned it into what is now clearly the dominant character on LOST. How could the writers not wrap dialogue and plot around the twisted looks that guy can create? I went back and watched the episode where he’s Henry Gale caught in the net. Quit a piece of work in retrospect. I don’t know anything about his prior work as an actor.

     I saw him in a guest role as a stalker/serial killer on ABC’s The Practice in the early 00′s, and he was just as creepy in that role as he is on Lost.

970. RGS
     Comment 970, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     B. So many things are starting to tie together from the beginning. I normally ignore folks who state that it is made up as we go, but it’s really getting irratating. If you are a “true lost fan” you would see that the story is starting to really come together.

     Speaking of irritating, since blogging about Lost is one of my guilty pleasures I will share with you folks another guilty pleasure I just had, but first let me get the requisite topical comment out the way.

     I don’t think D&C would deliberately mislead with false information. Though I occassionally joke about them making it up as they go along (though partially true) I do realize that the outline of the story arc has been complete and things are coming together as far as main points of the story.

     Ok, what is up with folks taking their time coming OUT of a parking spot, when they see someone is in their car waiting for their spot? Yesterday I see someone getting in their car, I pull up and I began waiting for at least, at least 3 minutes for them to come out. (If you don’t think 3 minutes is long, try staring at your monitor for 3 minutes straight…you can’t do it!) As I was waiting however, another person was headed to their car to leave their spot, and they were about 4 spots closer to the front of the mall.

     Needless to say I then pulled up, pinning the vehicle I was originally waiting for, into their spot while the new spot took their sweet time pulling out. Old parking spot person was looking at me all irritated as I pointed to the new spot I was trying to get. Had me feeling like Sawyer did when he finally caught up to Locke’s dad–well not that good but you get my point!

     Moral of the story is get in your car, and get the heck outta the spot! You can do your little prep work in the aisle after you’ve let the person waiting for your spot into it.

     Phew* that felt good.

971. Hammer
     Comment 971, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     B. So many things are starting to tie together from the beginning. I normally ignore folks who state that it is made up as we go, but it’s really getting irratating. If you are a “true lost fan” you would see that the story is starting to really come together.

     Speaking of irritating, since blogging about Lost is one of my guilty pleasures I will share with you folks another guilty pleasure I just had, but first let me get the requisite topical comment out the way.

     I don’t think D&C would deliberately mislead with false information. Though I occassionally joke about them making it up as they go along (though partially true) I do realize that the outline of the story arc has been complete and things are coming together as far as main points of the story.

     Ok, what is up with folks taking their time coming OUT of a parking spot, when they see someone is in their car waiting for their spot?

     Yeah, I understand that certain minor details are created for the story as they go. And I don’t get upset with the jokes, just the complainers.

     I get pissy about those parkers too. I feel like knocking on their window and “letting them know” that I realize that this is their world and I am just “here on a visit”, but with their permission, would it be okay if I have this spot when their done screwing around.

972. TanziTwo
     Comment 972, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     … Moral of the story is get in your car, and get the heck outta the spot! You can do your little prep work in the aisle after you’ve let the person waiting for your spot into it.

     Driving etiquette rules apply! Some have to apply make-up, others just have to crack open that bag of slim-jims and get a good chew. If you are in the spot – you own it. Many folks wait to get to their car to make their cell phone call. “Got the stuff you asked for dear. Where to next?”, that is fair enough. BUT – all bets are off if they are touching the brakes and the brake lights are ON and/or the reverse back-up lights are ON. That shows intent to vacate. So vamanos! Parking farther away equals more exercise AND fewer door dents/dings, but I do like the “pull ahead and block” tactic, that equates to – “hey you’re parked and I’M DRIVING HERE.” (or as we say in Russian “toughshitzski”.)

     The best way to pass the parking space waiting time is to see how many “Sawyer Nicknames” you can come up with for the barbarian. “Freckles” for the make-up applier/hair comber. “Jabba” and “Pilsbury” for the larger criminal. “Rainman” for the confused. “Faraday” for the dis-oriented. “Bug-eyed Freak” for the evil guy you know is doing it just to tick you off…. The list goes on.

973. Hammer
     Comment 973, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Good stuff Tanzi…heh, heh….“toughshitzski”…heh, heh.

974. Circus Mom
     Comment 974, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     Good stuff Tanzi…heh, heh….“toughshitzski”…heh, heh.

     I agree, I just want them to full out so I can park, but havn’t you ever been the one in the parking spot and wanted to sit a minute because of some rude behavior of the person waiting for your spot. Following you to the spot and yelling, are you leaving, in a agitated tone. I know they have been waiting a while but……Anyway, I usually just buckle up slowly, can’t find anything else to do.

975. somebody else
     Comment 975, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     B. So many things are starting to tie together from the beginning. I normally ignore folks who state that it is made up as we go, but it’s really getting irratating. If you are a “true lost fan” you would see that the story is starting to really come together.

     Speaking of irritating, since blogging about Lost is one of my guilty pleasures I will share with you folks another guilty pleasure I just had, but first let me get the requisite topical comment out the way.

     I don’t think D&C would deliberately mislead with false information. Though I occassionally joke about them making it up as they go along (though partially true) I do realize that the outline of the story arc has been complete and things are coming together as far as main points of the story.

     Ok, what is up with folks taking their time coming OUT of a parking spot, when they see someone is in their car waiting for their spot? Yesterday I see someone getting in their car, I pull up and I began waiting for at least, at least 3 minutes for them to come out. (If you don’t think 3 minutes is long, try staring at your monitor for 3 minutes straight…you can’t do it!)

     As I was waiting however, another person was headed to their car to leave their spot, and they were about 4 spots closer to the front of the mall.

     Needless to say I then pulled up, pinning the vehicle I was originally waiting for, into their spot while the new spot took their sweet time pulling out. Old parking spot person was looking at me all irritated as I pointed to the new spot I was trying to get. Had me feeling like Sawyer did when he finally caught up to Locke’s dad–well not that good but you get my point!

     Moral of the story is get in your car, and get the heck outta the spot! You can do your little prep work in the aisle after you’ve let the person waiting for your spot into it.

     Phew* that felt good.

     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     What irratates me is people venting their personal peeves on a LOST blog. Get over yourself! The world does not revolve around you and it probably wouldn’t hurt you to walk a cars length of 4.

976. Hammer
     Comment 976, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     somebody else wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     What irratates me is people venting their personal peeves on a LOST blog. Get over yourself! The world does not revolve around you and it probably wouldn’t hurt you to walk a cars length of 4.

     ++++++++
     Sniffs bait….swims away.

977. RGS
     Comment 977, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     somebody else wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     What irratates me is people venting their personal peeves on a LOST blog. Get over yourself! The world does not revolve around you and it probably wouldn’t hurt you to walk a cars length of 4.

     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     Ok first of all, you copied MY carat quote divider thingy. So it’s you that needs to get over ME….

     Maybe you were the person I pinned in the spot. Were you wearing some purple pants with a pirate ruffled shirt, and some karate slippers? I’m not even going to speak on my athletic prowess, but I could walk 4 car lengths quicker than it takes a rocket to get from ship to the Lost island shore buddy!

     Now to segue my comment back to Lost, as I have done in the past…

     This is a good, unnecessary example of how varied interpretations of “typical” occurrences can be, just like they are in Lost. (Ok it is a weak tie-in but) I was thinking the person in the spot thought the world revolved around them…go figure.

     One Thursday down, three to go!

978. Hammer
     Comment 978, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     RGS wrote:

     This is a good, unnecessary example of how varied interpretations of “typical” occurrences can be, just like they are in Lost. (Ok it is a weak tie-in but) I was thinking the person in the spot thought the world revolved around them…go figure.

     One Thursday down, three to go!

     Noooo…you took the bait!

     978 posts in…the horse is dead until we get an new episode. :)

979. TanziTwo
     Comment 979, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     quote comment=”204768″]
     One Thursday down, three to go!

     - – -
     Not to quibble… but four to go 3, 10, 17 then 24 April.
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     quote comment=”204768″]
     What irratates me is people venting their personal peeves on a LOST blog.

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     (smelling chum in the water, & bites!)
     About venting pet peeves – you kinda just did.
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     quote comment=”204768″]
     I could walk 4 car lengths quicker than it takes a rocket to get from ship to the Lost island shore buddy!

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     Didn’t it take like more than a half hour for the rocket to get to the island?
     - – -
     I like the attitude, keep it up. Its kind of like Lewis Black, or Dennis Miller ‘on a rant’ monologue. [8′)

980. Trixanna
     Comment 980, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Ha Ha! Not much else to talk about til the new episode comes so why not pet peeves??? I would rather read a non-Lost post than a post from someone complaining about a fellow LA Member!!! Maybe this is a good time to introduce oursevles since we will all be pals for a few more seasons.

     I miss Lost!!! (pouting)

981. Hammer
     Comment 981, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Maybe this is a good time to introduce oursevles since we will all be pals for a few more seasons.

     Okay, I’ll go first.

     I’m 6’2″, 195 lbs., blonde hair, blues eyes. I like long walks on the beach(no shoes) and sipping long island iced teas. Hobbies include reading mysteries and blogging (Lost of course). Turn ons……I can’t do this…April fools…LOL.

982. Trixanna
     Comment 982, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Too funny Hammer!

     Speaking of reading, has anyone read any of the Lost books? Do you really consider Bad Twin to be a lost book? I read part of it but couldn’t finish. I have MANY Lost books and I buy the magazine every month… a new one may be out now or should be SOOOOOON!

983. Hammer
     Comment 983, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Trixanna wrote:

     Too funny Hammer!

     Speaking of reading, has anyone read any of the Lost books? Do you really consider Bad Twin to be a lost book? I read part of it but couldn’t finish. I have MANY Lost books and I buy the magazine every month… a new one may be out now or should be SOOOOOON!

     I have not. I have trouble reading books, one eye is near sighted and the other is far, which makes reading small print very difficult. So I am really choosey about what I read(which really sucks because I used to read quite a bit). So for Lost I rely heavily on others’ accounts.

984. Trixanna
     Comment 984, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hey, not too many people with eyes like yours! Do you wear contacts? That could help. I love my new glasses. The progressive lens (no-line bifocal) is one of the best on the market and it is wonderful! Reading is much easier with them!

     I think I have just about every book ever printed with ties to Lost but I haven’t been a faithful reader of them all. You know, so many books… so little time!!! I work part-time at a bookstore so I am always looking to find out what is out there.

985. DocH
     Comment 985, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     after 980 post – love all of the apparition (visible to all) talk, versus imagination (visible to one) talk. i can read the rss feed every 15 minutes (great wifi), i only get 10 minutes every 2nd or 3rd day on a pc that gives me access to the blog. i thumb in my thoughts on a pda/handheld daily, and have to paste/drag a dozen free email/blogments in 10 minutes, so it goes quick.
     —-
     yeah – safe here. some mortars last week. home in 2.5 weeks. al’sadr is a wimp/i scare him apparently. food is great. oddly… the kosher-style food is the best. 6pm to 6am, 12on/12off for the last 8 days, 17 to go. no sweat. getting warmer in april. home in time for s4e9.

986. lost4ever
     Comment 986, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     DocH wrote:

     after 980 post – love all of the apparition (visible to all) talk, versus imagination (visible to one) talk. i can read the rss feed every 15 minutes (great wifi), i only get 10 minutes every 2nd or 3rd day on a pc that gives me access to the blog. i thumb in my thoughts on a pda/handheld daily, and have to paste/drag a dozen free email/blogments in 10 minutes, so it goes quick.
     —-
     yeah – safe here. some mortars last week. home in 2.5 weeks. al’sadr is a wimp/i scare him apparently. food is great. oddly… the kosher-style food is the best. 6pm to 6am, 12on/12off for the last 8 days, 17 to go. no sweat. getting warmer in april. home in time for s4e9.

     ——————
     Thanks DocH for all you do to keep us feeling safe. Your work there is more important than anything I could ever hope to do. My father was a marine and served in Vietnam. I just wanted to say thank you. Stay Safe.

987. Hammer
     Comment 987, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     lost4ever wrote:

     ——————
     Thanks DocH for all you do to keep us feeling safe. Your work there is more important than anything I could ever hope to do. My father was a marine and served in Vietnam. I just wanted to say thank you. Stay Safe.

     Hear, hear…salute.

988. Rita
     Comment 988, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     lost4ever wrote:

     ——————
     Thanks DocH for all you do to keep us feeling safe. Your work there is more important than anything I could ever hope to do. My father was a marine and served in Vietnam. I just wanted to say thank you. Stay Safe.

     Hear, hear…salute.

     ***************
     Me too, thank you DocH, and to everyone with you.

989. Circus Mom
     Comment 989, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hammer wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     This is a good, unnecessary example of how varied interpretations of “typical” occurrences can be, just like they are in Lost. (Ok it is a weak tie-in but) I was thinking the person in the spot thought the world revolved around them…go figure.

     One Thursday down, three to go!

     Noooo…you took the bait!

     978 posts in…the horse is dead until we get an new episode. :)

     ==============
     So, Kate and Sawyer only see the horse because it’s dead? ;)

990. PJSander
     Comment 990, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     978 posts in…the horse is dead until we get an new episode. :)

     ==============
     So, Kate and Sawyer only see the horse because it’s dead? ;)

     ROFLOL. Well done!

     : ) P

991. lost4ever
     Comment 991, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     Hammer wrote:

     RGS wrote:

     This is a good, unnecessary example of how varied interpretations of “typical” occurrences can be, just like they are in Lost. (Ok it is a weak tie-in but) I was thinking the person in the spot thought the world revolved around them…go figure.

     One Thursday down, three to go!

     Noooo…you took the bait!

     978 posts in…the horse is dead until we get an new episode. :)

     ==============
     So, Kate and Sawyer only see the horse because it’s dead? ;)

     ———————-
     In the latest podcast, D & C stated that there are characters on their “undead” list. Kate’s horse was the third one they mentioned and then laughed about it.

992. Hammer
     Comment 992, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Circus Mom wrote:

     978 posts in…the horse is dead until we get an new episode. :)

     ==============
     So, Kate and Sawyer only see the horse because it’s dead? ;)

     +++++++++++
     Kudos, Lost humor is a dry as it gets…and I love dry humor.

993. Ger from Holland
     Comment 993, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     katesFriend wrote:

     so the island “course corrects” to serve it’s purposes?

     Anyone discussed the theory that all the island people are in fact dead and ‘recreated’ by the island in fysical form – which would explain why people who were lame can walk and why wounds heal quickly and why kids can’t be born, because you can’t create somethin out of nothing?

994. Hammer
     Comment 994, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Ger from Holland wrote:

     katesFriend wrote:

     so the island “course corrects” to serve it’s purposes?

     Anyone discussed the theory that all the island people are in fact dead and ‘recreated’ by the island in fysical form – which would explain why people who were lame can walk and why wounds heal quickly and why kids can’t be born, because you can’t create somethin out of nothing?

     +++++++++++++
     Ger, I guess that’s a different twist on the old pergatory theory, but I think that it is has made pretty clear that these folks are not dead. They appear back in the real world via flash forwards.

995. TanziTwo
     Comment 995, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Entertainment Weekly reviews LOST (3 patges)

     http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20188031,00.html

996. Hurley's Dad
     Comment 996, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Libby Theory – please debunk

     Libby is the only main character that we don’t know the last name for. IF she is Elizabeth Widmore and is working for her father:

     Q: Why was she in the asylum?
     A: To spy on LEONARD, not Hurley. Widmore’s information led them to a looney that sputtered out 4-8-15-16-23-42 over and over again. Libby was undercover there trying to get answers.

     Q: Why did she give Desmond the boat?
     A: Charles Widmore knew Desmond was going to be in the race and wanted someone to search the south pacific with his boat. There is a GPS transponder on the boat, which eventually leads Widmore to the islands general location.

     Q: Why was she in Australia?
     A: Same reason Hurley was…following the trail of the numbers (and/or Hurley).

997. Hammer
     Comment 997, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Hurley’s Dad wrote:

     Libby Theory – please debunk

     Libby is the only main character that we don’t know the last name for. IF she is Elizabeth Widmore and is working for her father:

     Q: Why was she in the asylum?
     A: To spy on LEONARD, not Hurley. Widmore’s information led them to a looney that sputtered out 4-8-15-16-23-42 over and over again. Libby was undercover there trying to get answers.

     Q: Why did she give Desmond the boat?
     A: Charles Widmore knew Desmond was going to be in the race and wanted someone to search the south pacific with his boat. There is a GPS transponder on the boat, which eventually leads Widmore to the islands general location.

     Q: Why was she in Australia?
     A: Same reason Hurley was…following the trail of the numbers (and/or Hurley).

     I won’t debunk because I think all three are true whether she is a Widmore or just works for him.

998. Hammer
     Comment 998, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     But to play along…what if Libby and Penny are…dun, dun, dun…twins (and Libby is the Bad Twin)?

999. jaime
     Comment 999, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

     Libby is the only member of the main cast who was never given her own centric episode. She is also the only main character whose motives for going to Australia and boarding the flight have yet to be disclosed.
     Libby is obviously a mysterious character with knowledge and a backstory that is still unknown, and unknown for the reason that it is not meant to be known until later in the show.Libby also knows Hurley from the past but would not tell Hurley where he knew her from and was obviously hiding something from him.
     *******(Info above from Lostpedia)*************

     end of story, she is a mystery that will not be solved for a while a predict

1000. Nicko
      Comment 1000, posted 2 years, 5 months ago -

      1000?

1001. Michael
      Comment 1001, posted 2 years, 4 months ago -

      Libby also stops the conflict between echo and he girl who drowned.

1002. Donte Plessner
      Comment 1002, posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago -

      Fantastic post! I absolutely agree along with you.



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