Why was our flippant little ghostbuster selected for this mission to the Island? Maybe Jacob's cabin needed a little housekeeping performed with that ethereal lookin dustbuster. Or perhaps Miles was just trying to collect a bill from Ben.
Nah... I don't think so. I know it's going to sound hackneyed, but he sees dead people. Really folks, he's got an in with the dead-set. He can sense who is dead and who are just lousy party hosts. And that's why Widmore recruited him. You can't tell the undead without a ghostbuster.
And I know, if I was going to send a hit squad to a mysterious island, where it seems you can't keep a good man/woman down, I'd certainly want someone along who could sort them all out.
And that brings me around to my other theory (see: Ding Dong which is dead). If Claire is alive, then what is this two-edged dialog about?
SAWYER: You all right, sweetheart?
CLAIRE: Yeah, a bit wobbly, but, uh, I'll live.
MILES: Well, I wouldn't be too sure about that.
Scary! I've seen other blog post suggesting that Claire can't be dead because she is suppose to raise Aaron. Let's look at this carefully. If she DID die in the cabin when it was demolished by the rocket, it appears that she was doing a good job of mothering Aaron after the explosion. And it looks like the undead can hold a baby (Christian). Hey, there's nothing in the rules to say the undead can't be parental.
And this ties in with what is happening in the Jack/Kate flash forward. Things just aren't going good for our newly domesticated couple. They shouldn't be raising that baby. And the Island wants the little turnip head back. And so does our undead Claire.
Claire was told that Aaron should not be "raised by another," and I think that even though she bit the big one, the powers to be on the Island are "course correcting" as we speak.
Maybe now we know why Jack (in the future) is so determined to get back to the Island. Does he intend to bring along a little traveller?
We are building up to a rather large battle on the Island, and Miles is going to be quite busy keeping track of the living and undead.
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I have seen this theory all over the net lately, and while it is an interesting theory, i don't see it as one that is going to come to fruition. Miles ambiguous line to Claire was, imho, simply a way for the writers to screw with us. Miles was probably just talkin about Keamy, and how he has a gun fetish.
I think it's possible that everyone's putting too much importance on the, "I wouldn't be too sure about that" line. I mean, she's saying she'll live, while they're barricaded into a house after surviving a barrage of gunfire and had rockets blowing up houses. It could be that he just means she wasn't safe from Keamy and his crew yet.
Or it could be a significant line. I'm not saying it's not, I'm just saying it might not be.
I agree it might be possible that Claire is dead and is still able to raise Aaron ... but ONLY if they both remain on the island. I read a theory that if someone dies and isn't buried then they will come alive again -- become undead (which is how we know that Danielle and Karl really are dead). If this is true and if Claire really died in that explosion she would be undead because she wasn't buried.
It's obvious that Claire is supposed to raise Aaron, but that doesn't mean she can't die as long as she stays on the island. Maybe the Psychic knew that the Island keeps people alive. She sent Claire to the one place in the world where she could ensure Claire will always be there to raise Aaron. If it had been a regular island and a regular plane crash, then that doesn't ensure Claire will raise Aaron because she could die in the crash or they could be rescued and Claire could have given up the baby.
Like you said, course correction. Claire can die and still raise Aaron.
Michelle said:
"I agree it might be possible that Claire is dead and is still able to raise Aaron ... but ONLY if they both remain on the island. I read a theory that if someone dies and isn't buried then they will come alive again -- become undead (which is how we know that Danielle and Karl really are dead). If this is true and if Claire really died in that explosion she would be undead because she wasn't buried. It's obvious that Claire is supposed to raise Aaron, but that doesn't mean she can't die as long as she stays on the island. Maybe the Psychic knew that the Island keeps people alive. She sent Claire to the one place in the world where she could ensure Claire will always be there to raise Aaron. If it had been a regular island and a regular plane crash, then that doesn't ensure Claire will raise Aaron because she could die in the crash or they could be rescued and Claire could have given up the baby. Like you said, course correction. Claire can die and still raise Aaron."
I will take your answer a few steps further. The was somehow caused to get Claire (and in kind, Aaron) to the Island. The psychic is in on this whole mystery. When he discovered that Claire had no intent on keeping the child, he made arrangements to convince her to fly to LA and give the baby to another couple. He purchased the 815 tickets.
I think we will find out in the future that her husband was also in on the plot.
But, currently, a few people are more concerned with going home, instead of listening to the Island. No mind, the Island will course correct and get what it wants.
In a sense, I would say that that is the raison de etre, the main motivation for most of what's happening. Oh, there are subplots going on, but having Aaron on the Island is the prime mover here.
Hmmm... does maybe explain a few of Miles's strange actions. Why does he suddenly take an interest in Claire? Why does he let her walk off into the jungle in the night? He had to know Sawyer wouldn't take kindly to his so literal interpretation of the protection order (and indeed he was saved a beating by Aaron's crying).
The more i think about it the more i think Claire is dead. And its no wishful thinking, ghost Claire will certainly be at least as annoying.
miles is there to make sure ben is alive. since he can sense dead people he would know if he came across a body that they say is ben's.
I like the idea of WHY Miles is there, and I also like some of what you are saying about Claire and Aaron. Damon has said several times that AAron is central to the entire story...
I think all the theories about Claire being a zombie or ghost are way overthinking things. Same with Miles's comment - he's just referring to the fact that the building is surrounded by six guys with guns and grenades. "I'll live" isn't something you can be sure about when you face attack from military personnel.
And I think Miles came to the island because Widmore didn't know the fate of all the dharma people (he was probably an investor along with Hanso) and a guy who can talk to the dead can find out how they died.
Milo said:
"And I think Miles came to the island because Widmore didn't know the fate of all the dharma people (he was probably an investor along with Hanso) and a guy who can talk to the dead can find out how they died."
Point well taken. I'm curious to what what tonight's episode will add or subtract from these theories. I have a show performance tonight, so I won't be able to comment back until after I see the episode tomorrow online. But, it's all very interesting to say the least.
Mark Buehner said:
"The more i think about it the more i think Claire is dead. And its no wishful thinking, ghost Claire will certainly be at least as annoying."
Well Mark, I'm 55 and single. Anyone woman younger than me can be as annoying as she wants... I'll still give her a look. Hehehe...
I think we're forgetting that although Miles does see/hear dead people, he also has a mad skill of lie-detecting, as they illustrated throughout his introduction. I was under the impression the entire time that Miles was brought along because he can detect lies and Ben is the ultimate liar. If Ben can manipulate and lie to everyone about everything, wouldn't it be of utmost importance to have someone there who is immune to that?
I think his ability to see/hear dead people is secondary to his original mission, but it just so happens that there are TONS of dead people to see on this island, thus making his secondary skill quite useful to the story.
However, if the question is *why* was Miles included on the team, I think it was because of Ben's manipulating. As he said himself to Sawyer after he was seeing and hearing the dead people, "I didn't sign up for this."
It's worth remembering the funeral ritual the Others had when Colleen died. Remember, they put her on a raft and sent her out to see? I think there's a good reason for that--if you're dead and stay on the island, you might be coming back.
Nikki and Paulo 2.0, here we come
i hate that claire is getting all this attention. shes hot as hell, but her character sucks. my .02.
The focus is on Aaron and not Claire. Miles is interested in the baby. Since Aaron was born on the island, there is a special connection between the two of them. The island harbors the essence of those who died there, so perhaps it wants to use Aaron as a living conduit between those who died and those who are still alive. It is looking for the strong psychic children. Remember Ben's obsession with getting a child born ON the island? He has one now and believe me, the Island wants Aaron back! Miles can sense that the dead are drawn to Aaron and he's wondering why and what's so special about him. I get the feeling that we're going to find out soon.
remember what locke says at the end of the nikki paolo episode? "things don't stay buried on this island"?
notice how convenient it is (and good for the ego) that some of these LOST-breathing message writers think Darlton wrote N and P off the show b/c the fans posting on message boards told them to?
i think, at some point, we'll see that N & P had a VERY important role in the LOST universe, which is to show us the difference between living and dead. otherwise, why would Darlton admit that it was Smokey who stunned bit Nikki, and NOT another spider?
mark my words...Nikki and Paolo are key. we've all been duped. there hasn't been an episode yet that "doesn't fit", and these writers are way way way too smart to make such a glaring mistake.
One thing that I keep thinking about is Desmond's vision of Clair and Aaron getting on a helicopter together. None of Desmond's visions were EVER wrong so this is a big issue. Granted, Desmond could have been lying to Charlie just to get him to turn off the switch at the Looking Glass, but that seems like a stretch and something that Desmond wouldn't do (after all he didn't lie to Charlie when they were "camping" and ended up saving his life, even thought it might have meant sacrificing his chance to get to Penny). So I'm going to assume that Clair and Aaron have to get on a helicopter together at some point, and if Clair is actually dead, will leaving the island effect her "undeadness"...?
He was hired by Widmore. Widmore planted the Oceanic 815. I believe Widmore choose Miles not to talk to the supposed dead people on the island(815) but the Dharma people. Widmore is Dharma!
Widmore says the island was his first
Miles' comment to Claire isn't the only thing that he says/does that hints to her being dead. He takes an interest in her. His curiosity with her and wanting to know what her "visions" were seems to be hints to me as well.
It could very well be nothing, or the writers pulling a "Giles in season 7 of BTVS" on us, but the more I see, the more it looks like they're "softening the earth" again for another twist like with the time travel.
In regards to Miles' purpose for being on the team, we are assuming that Abaddon is in cahoots with Widmore. After 'Cabin Fever' I am not convinced that this is the case. We can assume that Widmore is connected to the Dharma Initiative from his connections to the Hanso Foundation and the Dharma logo on the secondary protocol that Keamey reads from. Abaddon, however, either has a connection with Alpert, as demonstrated by his persuading Locke to go on the walkabout, OR represents an entirely new agent in the mix. We've never seen a direct connection between Abaddon and Widmore and in my opinion, the team of scientists may have a separate purpose than Widmore's crew.