Who is Lt. Daniels? I don’t recognize the character.
The black guy who talks to Locke in the rehab center. That actor, Lance Reddick (as I believe was mentioned previously in the thread), played Lt. Cedric Daniels in The Wire… and did a hell of a job there so its cool to see him here.
OK,never saw The Wire so I did not get the reference.
If it was mentioned somewhere in the previous 3752 posts, I forgot it!:)
There’s a smoke monster on the island. Really.
MattN
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If this whole show ends up being something dumb like “OMG they are all stuck in locks brain” I am going to be really, really pissed. I really don’t think I liked today’s episode.
I agree.
The last two episodes have been very disappointing and they’ve gone so far into la-la land that I don’t think they can really explain what is going on without it being something really fucking stupid.
I don’t think so. I get the feeling Loche has always been “chosen” by the island. The Island has always favored him. Ben knew this and that’s why he tried to get Loche to join them.
I’m a little leery of “move the island” but I’m not sure it means “physically move”
I haven’t seen this episode yet, but somehow this line makes me think that there will be a series finale in two years where those on the island, and the Oceanic Six, have to coordinate their actions without communicating (except via time travel, using Constants), to get everybody home. Making the show a fine illustration of causal theory. Unless they mess that up in favor of some dumbed down explanation. Which they will.
This, of course, means that Ben’s decision to hunt down Penny for sheer revenge will endanger the ultimate happy end.
“Move the island” most likely refers to it’s place in time, not physical space. Everything is being set up to connect the island’s big mystery to time and the island’s effect on it or manipulation of it. Even the bit stuff like the doctor’s fate point to it, not to mention the direct references from Faraday and the whole deal with Desmond. This week we got anothe rdirect reference with Richard showing up decades in the past looking the same as he looked on the island. They need to show Richard with no shoes on, as I’d like to get a count of his toes.
Awesome episode this week. Tons of setup for a big showdown and some reveals. I think Jacob is going to be the black guy (Lt. Daniels) from the way he said to Locke “next time we meet, you’ll owe me one”. One thing that bugged me though, if Horace had a freaking MAP to the cabin the whole time, then that means it was always fixed in one location. So why was it so hard for Ben and Locke to find again? Unless the cabin itself is disassociated with normal time on the island.
Hurley and Ben interacting made me LOL this episode.
I’m pretty sure that Hurley’s ‘we’re all nuts’ comment meant mentally he went to his happy place: the looney bin.
I had an interesting thought:
Claire walked away with her had, leaving Aaron.
Claire never survived the attack.
I’ve been thinking, who says the 4-toed statue is from the past? If the island itself can move through time then it could easily come from the future. I’ve heard theories that like the appendix, the pinky toe will be an evolutionary casualty as well.
Thought the second: if the island can move through time, is Jacob it’s constant? Of course I’m looking at the island as kind of sentient being as that’s how people refer to it. “The island won’t let Micheal die” etc.
I’m having trouble keeping track of the bit characters. The guy who went to visit young Locke about his special school. Have we seen him before? What about the black orderly helping Locke? Or that guy Christian at the end?
Lostpedia is your friend, Hanacker.
Obviously, I’m still hanging in there as a Lost fan… but I just spend the last month or so blasting through all five seasons of The Wire and I think it ruined Lost for me.
Guy who visits Locke = Richard, who also appeared years later to a young Ben, and still looks the same on the island now as he did 40 years ago when Locke was born.
Black Orderly = no name guy who appears in several times and places off the island interacting with people who have been there or will be going there. He gets my vote as the eventual reveal of “Jacob”, especially after he told Locke “next time you see me, you’ll owe me one”.
Christian = Jack and Claire’s father. Supposedly died in Australia, thus requiring Jack to go retrieve the body and fly him home. Body dissapeared post-crash, and he was seen on the island post-crash by both Jack and Claire.
Lostpedia linked above can expound further.
The question I have is: who is Lt. Daniels (or according to Lostpedia, real character name - Matthew Abaddon) working for? Up until this last episode I was under the very, very, very strong impression that he worked for Widmore, i.e. his hiring the crew, visiting Hurley and asking weird questions about “are they alive”. But his “visit” to Locke in the hospital basically causes Locke to end up on the island - something that you would think would be very bad for Widmore.
Either Abaddon is a double agent for Jacob/The Island/is Jacob, or Locke is a pawn in a fight between Widmore and Jacob. If it is the latter, then only the writers know which way Locke will go. Unless they start writing him consistently.
JeffL
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Oh - I forgot that Jack’s dad’s body was on the plane.
So - the Island could have brought him back to life… hmmm…
(yeah, I can be slow at times.)
Or he was never dead to begin with. From what I remember, the coffin from the plane was empty when Jack found it.
bloo
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Yeah. And just like Abbadon trying to get Locke to go to Australia, it was a way to get Jack there too, on the same flight. Or something. But since Ben didn’t look like he knew the plan was going to come down over the island when that happened…maybe … time travel…brain melting…
