Yeah, well, uh, having there be some sort of time loop aspect to the whole thing has been a common recurring theory among Lost fans for a long time, so I didn’t really come up with the idea fully formed or anything. But of all the Lost theories I remember reading about on forums and such, having Desmond be a Total Time Looper Guy is the one that is starting to make the most sense based on what they’ve showed us thus far late last season and in season 5.
Actually, I meant the thing about the skipping record. (Although the rest of the post does nicely encapsulate Des’ arc so far.) A skipping record starts this season as well.
I wonder if Desmond’s time loop ability is related to being at ground zero when the hatch blew up - like he got slammed with a truckload of tachyons which gave him the ability or something.
I’m also still wondering about Daniel’s relation to time. There have been strong hints he is not remembering the events of his life in a strictly linear fashion.
Hemalin
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Young Locke picked 3 objects. A vial of sand that looks like the sand that was surrounding Jacob’s cabin, the compass and then a knife. After he picked the knife, Richard got a bit upset, told Locke he was mistaken then hurried out out of the house. Looking back, that scene seems to indicate that Richard realized what old Locke told him was correct and Richard had to hurry back to the island to help him. Locke was correct about the other two objects, I don’t believe we’ve seen anything about the knife yet so we don’t know if that was one of Jacob’s items or not.
Well, that’s strange. I’d recalled he looked upset only after Locke chose the knife over something else … Wouldn’t Richard have become increasingly agitated if that were the reason?
You seem to be thinking there was just one correct item. I think Richard was happy with the first two choices, but for whatever reason the knife was a bad one.
HRose
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Missing this, why Ben would kill Pen?
Russ
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Widmore’s people killed Ben’s daughter.
Because Widmore killed his daughter, so Ben vowed he’d kill his daughter.
HRose
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Whispers I don’t know, but the apparitions have always been connected to the smoke monster.
If this is going to be consistent the apparitions can’t be natural and spontaneous, but a trick the monster was doing for its own purpose. If the apparitions were just “echoes” then they would be more random.
Yeah, I haven’t seen that episode since it aired but the way I remember it is the three items were presented as sort of finalists and Little Locke was supposed to pick one of them, the one he most identified or wanted or whatever, and he picked the knife and then Richard seemed kinda of pissed. I may be totally misremembering that, though.
My for-now intepretation of the scene is that Richard did as Locke suggested and looked him up after he was born and then gave him that choice as a test to see if he was really the future “leader” and was frustrated when he “failed” by not picking the compass first and foremost. They mentioned somewhere that they pick their leaders early on in life (Dalai Lama style), so Richard probably expected Locke to be ready, not knowing at that point in the timeline that Locke’s journey towards being the “leader” of The Others is a longer journey and way more convoluted than for past chosen leaders.
I recall the other two. I was referring to the suggestion that the knife was actually a correct answer and the reaction was merely one of sudden belief - where it felt like the opposite to me. Like you say, a failure.
Hemalin
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I take back what I said, Locke picked the knife because of his ‘hunter vs. farmer’ thing. He knew the knife was wrong but he picked it anyway because he dislikes the idea that he is not a hunter.
The very first introduction to Desmond also includes him starting a record, way back at the end of season 1 or the beginning of season 2 (I can’t remember which part) when he’s in the hatch. Anyone remember if it was skipping then? Either way could make sense (it’s not skipping yet because he’s not “skipping” through time yet because he hasn’t been exposed to that big hatch-destroying explosion, or it is skipping because he’s the time skipping dude even if it hasn’t started yet) and makes for a cool connection. Not that I expect him to literally have some effect on records, but just as a symbolic thing. It’s awesome that they tied that back.
bloo
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I think if he had picked the compass, Richard would have taken young Locke back to the island.
Ms, Hawking’s maps strongly suggest a location change for the island by the different positions marked with the pendulum (although why anyone would expect a chalk-tipped pendulum to ever mark more than one spot is beyond me).
1954 Richard didn’t meet Juliet, she was following Sawyer/Ford.
“Make your own kind of music.” I don’t think it skipped (who’s got it tivo’d still?). The needle was knocked off when Locke blew the hatch according to:
That’s the impression that I’d gotten. That he failed the test due to his self-image issues.
DT1
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Past episodes are at abc.com. They keep all of the prior seasons up as well.
The first time Jack arrived on the island he was traveling with his “dead” father in a coffin. We’ve since seen that Jack’s father has some sort of connection to the island. Now Jack will be returning to the island with a “dead” Locke in a coffin. Is there a pattern here?
There’s definitely something going on with Jack’s dad beyond time travel.
He showed up in the “Episode Zero” mobisode, and in Jacob’s cabin.
Okay we all knew they’d bring Jin back.
— Alan
I feel stupid for asking, but who was the girl again at the very end? It seemed important we know who she is for that “aw snap!” moment, but I’m blanking on her name.
