This episode was a great mix. Some good, light-hearted moments with a decent peppering of the chaos that is to come. Miles and Hurley are fantastic together and need to start a paranormal detective agency once back in California. I’d watch.
Let’s start in grid 334, once and future home of the Swan.
Poor Alvarez, who took a filling through the brain thanks to the unique electromagnetic properties of the island. Jack mentioned his fillings aching when he walked past the wall back in season 2… Is this due to the natural properties of the island or some machinery that’s being built for use in the Swan? Perhaps to enhance the natural electromagnetic energy to serve whatever purpose the Swan is to have. The button only has to be pushed after the Incident, meaning that the mysterious looming event could have something to do with a malfunction of this machinery – either as a cause or an effect.
It could be that the Swan is the cause of and solution to the potentially earth-shattering electromagnetic buildup – which could potentially throw off the Earth’s magnetic field and lead to planet-wide disaster.
I’m guessing that the failsafe was constructed as an absolute last resort, with the Dharma engineers having no idea just what would happen if the key was turned. Maybe everything would be okay, or maybe it would enhance the problem and destroy the world. If something went wrong, as it did when Locke busted the Swan computer, a 10% chance of salvation with a 90% chance of destruction beats the 100% chance of everything going all to heck.
And the dreaded numbers are a serial number that was placed on the hatch door. Maybe that’s all they ever were. They weren’t cursed, as Hurley believed – the only “curse” was what the island did to him to ensure that he ended up on the plane. Back in “This Place is Death,” when I first heard the transmission in what I believe to be Hurley’s voice, I was disappointed and in denial. I didn’t like the idea at all. But now I do. It has a kind of poetry to it – the numbers belong to Hurley. If he’s the one whose voice is on the transmission.
It could be that the numbers had no real importance to the Dharma Initiative, and the only reason that they had to be entered was because, after the Incident, Dharma needed something to enter into the computer, and those numbers were waiting innocently outside of one of the entrances to the Swan.
Speaking of Alvarez: after Miles enquired about the body, Chang responded with “What body?” Was this just Chang’s way of reminding Miles and Hurley to keep quiet, or was the body literally gone? Could the demise of Alvarez have been a convenient opportunity for Dr. Chang to use the body in an experiment at the station? The exterior is still under construction, but we don’t know how much of the sub-level is complete. A teleportation or time travel experiment could have destroyed the body – or left it lost somewhere in time or space. Or possibly it was just examined and destroyed. The point is that Dr. Chang had interest in it, so something was up.
Felix “told” Miles that he was delivering papers to Widmore – the same photos and purchase order that Tom (a moment of silence…) showed to Michael (and again…) to convince him of Widmore’s deception on the world.
It’s safe to assume that Felix was killed by the others, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that Widmore staged the fake plane crash. This could have been done by a mysterious third group (more on Bram in a bit,) and Felix was only delivering the evidence to Widmore.
I want Bram to be a good guy, but he’s with Ilana and she hit Frank, and that puts her on my bad side. I thought that they were working with Widmore – another attempt by him after his last group failed – but I’ve been proven wrong. And we’ve been given no indication that Ben had anything to do with Bram or Ilana, so it appears that they’re not working with the others. The only affiliation that leaves (that we’re aware of) is Dharma. Could Bram and Ilana be connected to Dharma?
If Miles and his mother were sent off the island because Dr. Chang learned of the upcoming purge, which I suspect, then were others sent to safety as well? Could the Children of Dharma want to continue the war that the Dharma Initiative lost?
Widmore said that a war was coming, and I assumed that it was between Widmore and the others for control of the island, but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. The war could be between the others and the Children of Dharma.
Widmore knew that the Oceanic Six had to return to the island because he knew that some of them were present in the days of the Dharma Initiative. When he was banished he left the island on the sub, which was in control of ther others, which means that Widmore was still the leader when the purge took place (assuming that his banishment and loss of leadership occurred at the same time, which I do.)
Ben and Charles Widmore are fighting each other, but the entrance of a third side could force them to work together, possibly under the leadership of John Locke. The Dharma Initiative knew that the island was powerful, and it’s possible that the Dharma Kids know enough of what the DI knew to be formidable opponents to the others.
The giant crate being lugged across the island could have equipment left over from the DI days, possibly developed with the assistance of the island’s abilities. Could it involve them trying to change the past? They may attempt to stop the purge from ever happening, which just may be the cause of the Incident.
Kate, Kate, Kate… Oh, Kate… I’m with Roger: mind your own business! Juliet said it best after Roger stormed from the room: “Well, here we go.”
Things are going to go downhill fast for the visitors from the next millennium. Here’s where we’re at, from the Dharma Initiative’s point-of-view: Ben disappeared, or was taken, and Juliet, the doctor on duty, didn’t report it; Kate, who has only been on the island for a few days, has shown an unusual interest for Ben – enough for Roger to be suspicious; Jack admitted to being friends with Kate, insinuating that he knew her well, even though they were supposed to have met only a few days previous; Phil knows that Jim and Kate were involved in the disappearance of Ben – and that they crossed out of Dharma territory in the process – though Phil is being held captive by Jim and Juliet. Nothing good can come of this, and all of it is linked to Kate, who just can’t seem to stop causing trouble. But the show would be a lot less interesting if she did just mind her own business.
Our friends are about to be exposed, which could end up with them toughing it out alone in the jungle, or possibly seeking shelter with the others. This would introduce them to Charles Widmore, making him familiar enough with Kate, Jack, and Hurley to recognized them when the 06 are rescued. Plus, if Sayid met up with the others, who knows what information he passed on to them.
I believe that the Incident has something to do with the reconnection of those stranded in 1977 with Locke, Ben, and Sun in 2007. I can’t even imagine what the details of this might be – maybe something that Locke has to do in the temple, which may still be housing the others after Ben sent them there.
As Miles and Hurley are heading to the Orchid the song “It Never Rains in Southern California,” by Albert Hammond, is playing. That seemed to be a bit of foreshadowing: “It never rains in California / But girl, don’t they warn ya / It pours, man it pours.” For three years Jim, Juliet, and Miles lived a fairly calm and comfortable life, but now that their friends are back, it’s about to get rough.
Daniel is back! His 2004 knowledge of physics had to be a great help to the Dharma scientists in Ann Arbor, and it’s likely that he was vital in the development of the Swan. The notes that Caesar was leafing through in the Hydra were the same as those that we saw in Daniel’s notebook in “The Constant,” so he obviously shared what he knew with the Initiative.
For an episode that was centered on Miles, I don’t have a whole lot to say about him. He has daddy issues, which puts him in league with just about every other character on the show. Were his powers a result of being born on the island? Maybe that’s why the others had an interest in Aaron. He was conceived off-island, so it doesn’t seem that he would have been much use in determining a solution for whatever is killing women who conceive on-island.
It could be that anyone born on the island has the potential to be special in some way. Maybe that’s why women who conceive on the island can’t survive: whatever was done to prevent children being born on the island was done to prevent them from being special. But would that mean that Ethan was special?
And does the Incident have something to do with expectant mothers dying?
We did learn that Miles’s primary motivation seems to be money. He wanted 1.6 million dollars from Ben to match the money that Widmore was going to pay him. Of course, spending three years living in the same community as your dead parents and younger self might have an effect on your priorities and motivations.
And finally: Hurley. Not much to say other than how much I loved that he was writing The Empire Strikes Back, “with a couple improvements.” Seriously, how great can this character be?
That’s about it. I do have this theory that Dr. Chang already knows that Miles is his son, but when I tried to put it down in a logical form everything went haywire. I still think that he might know – I just got that feeling.
I think I’m going to watch the original Star Wars trilogy this weekend, and maybe wonder what might have happened if Luke and Vader had had a nice father-son talk instead of a hand-amputation and a leap into the abyss.
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Okay, a couple of thoughts I had while reading your post:
1) The Swan serial numbers. We know from the Sri Lanka video that the numbers AREN’T meaningless. They are the results of the Valenzetti equation. (When was that complete, anyway?) And the numbers were broadcast from the tower as a reminder to the scientists and others working on the island; when they changed, they knew their job was complete. I do not therefore believe that Hurley gave the numbers meaning himself. However, it’s still possible I suppose that he fabricated the Valenzetti equation results himself. I guess we’ll find out. But for now, my only question is whether or not the serial number came before or after the Valenzetti numbers.
2) The Third Group, and the coming war. I just realized that all of the theories being tossed around, none of them seem to include the Losties themselves! I suddenly feel like they have to have some role to play in all of this, otherwise what, in the end, is the point of them being involved at all? Other than Locke, absolutely none of the original survivors are playing any significant roles right now. (The only possible exception being Sawyer, MAYBE.) So what’s up with that? Any thoughts? I do think it makes sense that the new group is the new Dharma (the “one true way”), but I am still struggling to figure out why the Losties had to crash at all. Kind of a big piece of the puzzle, you know.
Update: According to the Sri Lanka video copyright, it was made in 1975, and it included the Valenzetti numbers. Therefore the serial number stamped on the Swan station in 1977 could have been a deliberate choice by Dharma, not a coincidence. Also, this proves with 99.9% certainty that Hurley is NOT responsible for the numbers!
An interesting point here is that Eloise says that a mathematician figured out how to predict gateway windows to the island. I immediately thought that mathematician was Enzo Valenzetti. As we know his #’s are an equation that predicts when the end of the world will occur. I guess my question would be how does he know of the island? What would he believe the island to be? God, Eden, Shambala???
The question I had immediately following SLiH is how the hell did Dan get off the island? I believe this gives great credence to the third way off the island theories. Now to connect my questions a bit, could Dan’s pseudonym be Enzo Valenzetti? I believe he is at least somehow connected to Enzo…
Ooooh…THOUGHT PROVOKING!
Although I don’t actually think Dan is Valenzetti. According to the Lostpedia profile on him, Enzo was born in the 1920′s and was commissioned by the UN in 1962. Now, if Dan has been doing some extra-curricular time-skipping on his own that’s another story. I do think, however, we won’t get through the rest of the season without hearing someone (most likely Dan) refer to Valenzetti. Maybe he met him off-island.
Also, if SLiH happened before BYL (S5 premiere), how did Dan go from being a scientist on the island to being apparently just another nameless construction worker beneath the Swan. I might need to go back and rewatch BYL just to see what I’ve forgotten. Now if it happened BEFORE SLiH, that would make more sense I think.
Geez, I just don’t know.
In SLIH, baby Miles is said to be three months old. So if SLIH<BYL then Dan had three months to get off the island and get recruited by DHARMA.
On the other hand, he might have a falling off with DI and, as shown in BYL, hides his face in the presence of Chang. It seems he’s not supposed to be at the Orchid.
Also, notice that the level of construction from BYL to SLIH is quite similar, three months would show a great difference.
That’s all assuming this is the same Dan in both scenes.
That would be great if Dan turns out to be Enzo.
Dan took a sub like the other Dharma folks, to get off the Island. Sorry, but I don’t see the mystery here.
same as neoloki, I think Dan took the sub early in 74 (maybe after the two weeks) and became an important and well known scientist in the U.S. his 21st century scientific knowledge certainly would help him.
THANK YOU, cap10tripps..
You are the very first person I have heard say there is another way to get off the Island.
Hello…..?? How was Widmore traveling off Island starting another family? I know we are all having issues with following time lines, but Penny had to be like 20 years old when Widmore was banished.
If the Sri Lanka video is considered canon it certainly changes my ideas on the numbers, but from what I’ve found the whether or not it is canon is uncertain. Either way works for me. I like the idea of the numbers being ultimately coincidental, but the Valenzetti equation is interesting, as well.
I don’t believe that Daniel getting off the island is a big mystery. He’s a physicist who wound up in the middle of a project involving many scientists, it’s plausible that he told Horace that he might be of some help and was sent to Ann Arbor to work alongside other scientists. He arrived back on the island with them, probably for some work involving the Swan.
As for the mathematician who found the way to the island – it could be Horace. He is a mathematician, and he seems to be the man in charge on the island.
I think that Valenzetti’s work would have existed before Dharma, and was a possible influence into the formation of the Initiative, all of which would have happened before Daniel arrived in 1974. A formula that predicts humanity’s self-destruction would be outside of the realm of a physicist’s domain (unless you adhere to determinism, but with that there are way to many factors to consider.)
I’m hoping that the Valenzetti equation doesn’t come into play. The premise feels flimsy to me, and I’d hope that Dharma’s purpose was deeper, or perhaps more sinister, then changing a few factors in an equation.
I do believe that our original castaways will have an important part to play, and that none of them returned to the island without a purpose, but what that part could be, I have no idea. There are many elements flowing into place, but Jack, Kate, Hurley, and the rest seem to be caught in the middle of things at the moment, and who knows where they’ll end up. I’m sure it will be someplace interesting.
Good points, but they made it a point to say that there was a NEW recruit, a scientist from Ann Arbor. That would mean that Dan had nothing to do with the DI before we see him getting out of the sub. Dan in 5.1 could’ve been spying on what DI was up to (which explains why he hid his face from Chang) with the plan to be recruited as a scientist in a couple months. This would mean that he had to find a way off the island that did not involve the DI…
…or perhaps a couple years…
Dr. Chang: Sub’s here from HQ. I need your help bringing them in.
Miles: Sure. New recruits.
Dr. Chang: No. Scientists from Ann Arbor.
Miles assumed they were new recruits, but Chang said that they weren’t. So Daniel was already with them.
Ahhh, spot on. Still there is a mystery surrounding Dan’s involvement. By Mile’s reaction there was no plan made between Dan, Miles, and Juliet. The scene from SLiH could def be an earlier moment in time then the scene from 5.1 though. Good catch…
Isn’t the Valenzetti equation part of the ARG and therefore not considered to be canon?
I dont think Valenzetti Numbers/ARG are Canon.
No one has ever said that it was canon except for those like us in the LOST blogging community. Eloise’s mention of a mathematician signifigantly boost any theories regarding Enzo Valenzetti and his equation…
No one except Damon Lindelof, but what does he know?
Sorry, I should back up what I said. This is from an interview TPTB did with Buddy.tv:
Damon Lindelof: “I would say in terms of all the… background that we did, in terms of the Valenzetti equation and explaining the formation of the Hanso Foundation and doing the other films…we’d consider that stuff canon to the show.”
So I still stand 100% behind what I said. Valenzetti is definitely part of the story.
Doesn’t canon mean bogus? Idk, either way I too believe Valenzetti’s equation will definitely come into play…
Sorry, cap10. Canon means “official” or “accepted.” It’s actually originally a Catholic term that refers to laws or biblical texts that are officially recognized by the Vatican. (Like the Gospel of Mark but not the Gospel of Mary Magdalene.) It’s just been used by geeks like us I guess because we take our favorite shows pretty seriously.
And for the record, Damon and Carlton have said that the other ARG’s, like Find 815 for instance, are NON canonical. They were written by people from marketing firms and any information in them should not be considered part of the real mythology. And now you know!
There is no evidence that 1977 Dharma knows or cares about the mythology of the island. I think that is why the writers showed us that Horace knew nothing about the BlackRock when LeFleur was created and Horace didn’t seem to know the meaning of the ankh he found in Amy’s drawer, he just got upset that his wife may still be loving her first husband. Unless there was a dramatic change in Dharma, which is possible in 30 years, then unlikely that Bram’s team is Dharma.
Seems to me there hasn’t been much talk about everything that was on the chalkboard that Jack was cleaning in SLiH. (All of the egyptian context)
Good point. I honestly didn’t see the egyptian context, but it brings up the question of why would DHARMA children be studying this???
Okey, i have to spit some things out too.
1. The Dharma Initiative is (linked to) a powerfull and resourcefull organization. To think that a simple purge of the inhabitants of the island would cause the DI to close down is just wrong. Obviously, off-island Dharma must have known that the island was inhabited by native people. I believe that the DI is still alive and (secretly) planning to take over the island.
2. What lies in the shadow of the statue? It’s just a codeword, i think. Maybe it has to do something with timetraveling. Asking Miles was a way to see if he remembers something from being in the past with the DI.
I don’t know.. whatever.
Your first point is very valid. The pallet drop from season 2 shows that Dharma is still active in some way. Even though most of those on the island were killed, someone had to know that the button was still being pushed, and provided for those in the Swan.
It’s possible that Dharma has decided to return to complete their work on the island, possibly being spurred on by the fact that the button no longer exists.
I believe that DHARMA thought everything was fine until the numbers stopped being pushed and the The Hatch imploded. I think that is when the food drops stopped too. Cant say that is my theory, I have read/heard it several times and it makes sense to me.
We don’t know that the food drops stopped. Jack and Kate found the pallet on the sixty-first day after the crash – the Oceanic Six were rescued on the hundred and first day. There was a good amount of food on the pallet, plus what was in the Swan – enough for the one or two people who should have been inside to make it for a while.
The drops could have continued.
Or spurred on the fact that the fail safe was turned alerting Pen’s arctic scientists. You know, you bring up an interesting point with the pallet drop. If Widmore/Paik/Hanso/Dharma had no idea where the island was, how were they able to complete drops? Ben and the others must’ve been faking Dharma out. Then Pen’s arctic scientist’s would only be there to find Desmond. Again, good point Mr. Zombie. My brain hurts…
Am I the only human who thinks what lies n the shadow of the statue is the Frozen donkey wheel? When Sawyer et al saw the back of the statue they were standing right above FDW. yes it is a code word but it has a real answer that shows the other team member you know what makes FDW work. Which LOST viewers don’t know yet. I hope we find out before end of next season.
That wouldn’t make any sense at all. This riddle “What lies in the shadow of the statue?” Doesn’t have anything to do with the FDW. The writers wouldn’t revert back to that since that was last year’s game changing element in the finale.
Smells like carrots!
absolutly love the idea of ben and widmore working together under the leadership of John locke
I’d be so interested in your theory surrounding P.Chang’s knowledge of Miles relation to him. I too think he MUST have some inkling that Miles is his kid. It’s not like ‘Miles’ is a super common name, esp. in Asian cultures. I know how hard it can be to logically justify seemingly disparate ideas when it comes to LOST (verbally or in writing) but maybe some bullet points? I’m really wanting to resolve that as well!
Awesome write up.
My plan for next week was to cover some things from earlier in the season, before I started posting. I should be able to come up with a sort of more-or-less semi-logical pseudo-theory of Chang’s knowledge of Miles by then.
There was a good five minutes during my second viewing of “Some Like it Hoth” where it made perfect sense to me. I’ll just have to dig it up again.
I shall wait then. Patiently and otherwise…
I don’t think there are 3 factions. I think that Ben and Widmore, while at odds, are on the same side. That means that the Shadow of the Statue group is probably one of only two factions.
whilst the losties run around trying to save the world & figure things out…- i would love the ultimate irony that they themselevs were the ones responsbile for everything from start to poissibly finsh & destroying the world or whatever…in a cycle that continuously repeats itself…:-)
No no no no… I am absolutely 100% super-mega-totally opposed to time loops! If the series ends up being a loop, it will almost be as devastatingly disappointing as if it had all been a dream. I will be crushed beyond recovery.
Not that I think that that’s where it’s heading. Quite the contrary – I think we’re heading for a dramatic and satisfying conclusion.
The following theory was conceived by Sean Dunleavy, of Bermudas, the blogger at lostbutfound.typepad.com who ahs been proposing for several years that Lost is partly a sociopolitical allegory of american post-911 policies.
This theory, though, has nothing to do with politics, and he presents it as Grand Unifying Theory. Check it out, please:
The Grand Unifying Theory about the Monster, the infection, The Black Rock, the black rocks, Locke’s spinal recovery, Locke’s weather predictions, the strange visions, the psychic powers, the time-travel, the vaccine, the unexplained rashes, and more
The following theory is scruffy and imperfect, but I have a strong hunch it’s on the right track.
Black rock
The Black Rock – a mining vessel – was named after the black rocks abundant on the island. These rocks are the same “non-metallic minerals” that Ben refers to while pretending to be Henry Gale.
The island’s black rocks possess a unique property: Although non-metallic, they are extremely sensitive to certain electro-magnetic (EM) fields – such as the EM fields affecting the island, and the EM fields created by the human central-nervous-system.
If black rock is ground into a fine particulate – whether by natural erosion or by deliberate human action – it can have a variety of environmental, physiological, and psychological effects.
Environmental effects of black rock particles
If released into the atmosphere, black rock particles can “seed” clouds and influence rainfall patterns.
Physiological effects of black rock particles
If ingested – typically via inhalation – black rock particles will be attracted to the electromagnetic fields of the subject’s central-nervous-system, and will “infect” the subject’s brain, spine, and nerves. When the now-charged particles encounter a break in the subject’s nervous system, they travel across it, thereby carrying nerve impulses across damaged areas and restoring nerve-functioning in subjects with spinal injuries. (Note: This is what occurred in the case of Locke, who had his spinal injury cured after he became “infected” by the particle-rich air of the island. It’s also what happened in the case of Jack’s future wife, whom I think Jack’s father secretly infected with black rock particles, in an effort to bring Jack some happiness.)
In rare instances, particle-infection is accompanied by a mild skin rash and fever, lasting only a few days. (Note: Known cases of such symptoms include the rash Sullivan reports to Jack during the golf game, and the fever and rash that Aaron displays not long after his birth.)
Typically, infected subjects are unaware that they have been infected by the black rock particles. This is in large part because the airborne particles are in too low a concentration for the subjects to notice them.
Note that, except in special cases, anyone who breathes the island’s air becomes infected with black rock particles. In other words, ALL OF THE CASTAWAYS HAVE BECOME INFECTED.
Psychological effects of black rock particles
When in the brain, the black rock particles make the subject a powerful transmitter and receiver of electromagnetic information. As a result, infected subjects gain a limited ability to read and influence one another’s thoughts. However, the infected subjects are typically unaware they have this ability, and as such find themselves confused when they experience strange dreams and visions that contain information unknown to the subject but known to others (for example, when Eko dreamed about Ana’s death as it happened).
(Note: The castways didn’t become infected until they arrived on the island, but they remained infected even after they left. This is why they didn’t see strange visions before they went to the island, but see strange visions on the island, and also after they have returned to the outside world.)
Special Effects
Some infected persons may find that their internal particles are sensitive to the black rock particles in the atmosphere; in such cases, an infected subject may find him- or herself able to predict the rainfall patterns of clouds seeded with black rock particles (as in the case of Locke).
In other cases, infected persons may become considerably sensitive to the electromagnetic fields that govern one’s position in time and space. In these special cases, persons may experience their consciousness moving through time in an atypical manner (as in the case of Desmond), or, in rare instances, find themselves physically moving through time and space (as in the case of Sawyer, Juliet, Miles, Jin, Faraday, Charlotte, and Locke, after the island shifts).
(Note that, because the infected person is radiating an EM field, a time-travelling infected person can carry with them any items within the vicinity of their personal EM field.)
Additionally, it is possible for some infected subjects to access artifacts of previously strong EM fields; for example, some infected subjects may find themselves able to detect the lingering electromagnetic patterns of thoughts held by persons now deceased (as in the case of Miles).
Particle Clouds
Although airborne particles are usually not in sufficient enough concentration to be seen by the naked eye, they can sometimes cluster together in densely-concentrated clouds. Such a cloud (referred to by the castaways as a “monster”) will move in a fashion suggestive of it having consciousness. In fact, the cloud is not conscious in any human sense. It only appears to be self-directed because it is responding to nearby electromagnetic fields (in the same way that a pile of iron filings moves in response to the pull of nearby magnets). Specifically, the cloud is responding to the electromagnetic fields of human thought patterns, both those of people presently on the island, and those of people who have been on the island in the past. (Note: These past thought-patterns have been “recorded” into both the particles in the cloud and the rocks of the island). As such, the cloud behaves according to the collective will of the island’s inhabitants, both past and present, living and dead; however, the cloud is most sensitive to the thought-patterns of people nearest to it, or to those of people (or groups of people) holding particularly powerful thoughts.
Even though individuals can exert conscious influence over the cloud, such influence is limited by the cloud being simultaneously influenced by the thoughts of other islanders – both living and dead – and by the cloud responding not just to one’s conscious thoughts, but also to one’s unconscious thoughts, which may be unknown to the person thinking them.
Most – if not all – of the islanders believe the cloud to be a sentient being, and not a reflection of the islanders’ collective thoughts.
Immunity
The vaccine provides a subject with temporary immunity from the effects of the infection.
(Note: That is why, after he takes the vaccine to prove it safe to give to Aaron, Charlie does not experience the bright light and loud noise that accompany the implosion of the Swan Station. It is likely that the light and sound did not exist in the real-world, but only in the minds of infected persons, as a result of the sudden discharge of EM energy overwhelming the black rock particles in their brains. Because Charlie was immune to the infection at that time, he did not experience the perceptual symptoms of light and noise that were experienced by his non-vaccinated companions.)
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Okay, so that was the crash course in the infection/monster theory. So far, the theory’s holding up okay, but we’ll have to see what happens as new information emerges. If you have questions or criticisms, let me know and I’ll adjust the theory as necessary.
Until next time, take care, everyone!
P.S. Walt appears to have been infected before the crash, sometime in his early childhood. That’s why birds fly into windows when he’s around — the electromagnetic particles in his body and brain are throwing off the birds’ navigation systems, which are sensitive to electromagnetic fields.
P.P.S. Ben and (at least) some passengers of Flight 316 are infected too (as evidenced by them perceiving a bright light and loud noise when the Swan imploded).
P.P.P.S. Richard (E.N: and most of the Others, except Juliet), however, does NOT appear to be infected, as he failed to travel through time when the island moved.
from lostbutfound.typepad.com
While you now have me finding it necessary to re-watch season 2 (particularly the finale), there isn’t too much I can easily discredit without re-watching episodes…one thing, though, that I have to note is this: you shouldn’t mean “some passengers of Flight 316″ in the second post-script. The passengers of Flight 316 weren’t around for the implosion of the Swan, unless they are who the Others are, in which case, well, that’d make little sense.
As for the claim that Richard and most of the Others didn’t travel through time, there’s one simple part: there’s no proof they didn’t…only enough for us to know that they were not there when Locke disappeared…so a major likelihood, yes, but no guarantee.