Things are moving quickly, now. When Ben was told that he had 48 hrs (several episodes ago), I was wondering how they were going to drag that out for the rest of the season. Now I see that they didn’t. Most of them are back on the Island now. The Island let them back without Aaron. Is that because Aaron is less important? Or is it a numbers thing, get as many back now as possible, and go after those left behind later? As I mentioned in my sidebar at the right, “Why are they there”, I originally thought that Aaron was important to the Island. However, now I wonder if the psychic just used Aaron to get Claire on the plane, and that Claire is more important than Aaron is.
Speaking of Aaron, the obvious question is, “what did Kate do with Aaron?” But for me, the real question is why she is so mysterious about it? She absolutely did not want to talk about it with Jack. Naturally she would feel guilty about abandoning Aaron. But it seemed to me that she is covering up something. I can’t see why she would be so cagy if she gave Aaron to Claire’s mother. Or her own mother. I can’t think of who else she would have given him to. Did she put him up for adoption? Still doesn’t seem like enough to make her act that way, but maybe. Also, what convinced her to give him up and go back to the Island anyway?
Frank, the pilot, was supposed to be the pilot on flight 815. Now he, too, is going back. Was his flight schedule manipulated by Ben? Or is the Island at work there?
Ben said, when he was about to move the Island, that whoever moves the Island can never come back. And yet he is going back. Probably because he wasn’t the one who was supposed to move it in the first place, but Locke was. But then, that begs the question, why does Locke (or at least, his body) get to go back. If Locke was supposed to be so important to Jacob, or the Island (if they are separate entities), why did the Island want Locke to move the Island and leave?
Some of these questions will likely be answered in this coming episode, as well as why Ben was all beat-up and bloody. He probably was trying to kill Penny, and Desmond beat him up for it. Was he successful?
And, oh yeah, why flight 316? 3 isn't one of the numbers.
I read that this next episode was supposed to air before the last one, but they switched the order because they felt it made more sense, and because it was “cooler”.
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- Locke - Both Alpert and Abaddonhave been watching Locke for a long time, presumably because of the time traveling he was doing. Abaddon seems to be working for Widmore, as he is the one who hired Naomi, Faraday, Lapidus, Miles, and Charlotte. Abaddon convinced Locke to go to Australia on a walk-about, which ultimately got him on flight 815.
- Jack Sheppard - I have to wonder if Christian, Jacks father, already had some affiliation to the Island, seeing as he is standing in as proxy for Jacob lately. Part of Dharma involved medical advancements, and we have seen that some people on the Island seem to heal extremely fast. When the Sarah, woman who would become Jacks wife, was in an accident, Jack was able to miraculously heal her. I wonder if Christian, with the help of Island resources, played a hand in that.
- Claire Littleton - Claire is Christian Sheppard's daughter. Again, Christian seems to be important to the Island somehow. Her son, Aaron, may be important too, if the psychic is to be believed. One thought, though: Did the psychic get Claire on flight 815 so she would have to be the one to raise Aaron, or did he use the pregnance as an excuse to get Claire to the Island? In sort, who needed to be on the Island, Aaron or Claire?
- Hurley - When Hurley was in the hospital, there was another patient, Lenny, who kept repeating the numbers. Hurley picked up on those number, and won the lottery with them. That put him on someones radar. My theory is that when Lenny's obsession with the numbers is discovered, Libby is hired by Widmore to go undercover as a patient in the hospital (Widmore is desparetly trying to find the Island, and the numbers are his only lead). Then, perhaps as a separate initiative, Widmore somehow rigs the lottery to come up with the Islands number, to flush out some other lead. When Hurley wins with those numbers, Libby is then tasked with trailing Hurley....
- Kate - Kate's step-father is in the military. He served in Iraq with Inman (the man who taught Sayid to torture, and Desmond to push the button). Does this make her important, too, somehow?
- Jin and Sun - Jin was sent by his father-in-law on a mission to deliver a watch. Is Sun's father working with someone involved in the Island? Who was the watch to be delivered to? Widmore? Was the watch even significant, or was it just a ruse to get Jin and Sun on the flight?
- Sawyer - I'm grasping at straws here. Locke is important to the Island. Locke's father was a con man, and he destroyed Sawyers family. Sawyer eventually grows to emulate him. One of his marks, the one who has his baby, bumped into Kate once. Somehow this all puts him o the radar. They are not sure if he is important, but better safe than sorry, so they get him on Oceanic 815.
- Michael and Walt - Did someone from the Island cause Walt's mother to die, so that Michael would go to Australia to get Walt? And was Walt really more than the Others expected, or did they have other plans for him? Plans that he has yet to fulfill?
- Charley - Charley is an innocent bystander. He did meet Desmond in England, when Desmond first started time traveling. As a musician, he was able to figure out how to turn off the radio jammer, but he was supposed to be dead by then, so the Oceanic Six were not supposed to get off the Island. My guess is that the Island didn't want him there, but he worked in Widmores favor.
- Boone and Shannon - Shannon's father was killed in the same crash that injured Sarah, Jacks' future wife. Might Jack have been able to save him if he didn't concentrate on treating Sarah?
- Anna Lucia - Innocent bystander. She was with Christian in Australia.
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OK, it's been a whole week, so you know my lack of memory. And, the remainder of The Biggest Loser is on tonight at 7, so I'll be missing the rerun. I should probably tape it. Anyway,
who was the Middle Eastern guy who said "Sorry about your friend"? I think it was at the airport and directed to Jack.
Was Aaron considered one of the Oceanic 6 or are we missing someone: Jack, Hurley, Kate, Sayid and Sun. Who's the sixth?
Any significance to the book Ben was reading on the place. I think it was called Olysses.
I sure am enjoying the season!! Will miss you at lunch Monday, Roy.
I didn't recognize the ‘middle eastern guy’ (I think he was Latin American), so I don't know for sure if he is supposed to be someone who will be a regular this season or not. I think he is a new character, named Caesar. He just overheard Jack talking to the check-in lady about bringing his dead friend (Locke) on the flight.
Yes, Aaron is the sixth.
On Lost, there is ALWAYS significance to any book anyone is reading. The book was Ulysses (I believe it was written by James Joyce). I don't know the story, but it paralleled Homers The Odyssey, which is about a long journey home.
Wow. Now that you mention it, The Odyssey would have a big significance to Desmond, since Odysseus, after spending many years as a captive on an island, travels the seas trying to get home to his wife, Penelope.
Hmmmmmm!
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