Even though, like someone mentioned, last night surprisingly wrapped up a lot neatly, there’s still a lot to learn, for sure. One thing that is often overlooked, for me, is how the hell Locke’s dad got to the island: fortunately, they did allude to that last night, when Locke asked, “Is this the magic box?”
Also, from that same scene, does anyone have any theories about what happened there? I was a little confused; was Ben putting all the metallic items in the “closet” in order to break the thing? What was the purpose of that closet?
So Ben knew what was going to happen when he turned the frozen donkey wheel, which means it has probably been turned before. And he knows (or believes) that whoever turns it can’t get back to the island, so he probably knows who turned the FDW. Someone we know, perhaps?
Maybe Widmore – he could have been on the island at some point, turned the wheel, found himself in Tunisia (or wherever the antipode was at that time), and that’s why he’s spending so much time and effort trying to find the island – he’s trying to get back there. If not physically, at least get it back under his control.
My understanding is that putting the metal in there and activating the pod caused an explosion which blew out the back wall. How Ben knew it would blow out the back wall, not the sides or the door itself is a good question. Also, why not have a more convenient access to the tunnel? The tape Locke watched said the pod was placed there because it was near a McGuffin. Did activating the pod from the control room make the wheel turn? Was the pod designed to channel “time/space-moving energy” from the McGuffin to the pod so that only the biological matter inside the pod moved and not the whole island? What is the McGuffin, besides yellow lights and smoke on the opposite side of the wheel wall? Why was it so cold down there? Why couldn’t we see Ben’s breath if it was so cold down there?
Inquiring minds want to know. The writers have three years to work it out.
Wasn’t he just kidnapped after Others or Others-related-people caused his car to run off the road? Don’t know where I got this idea, but it’s what’s in my head.
That was the concensus at the time. I’m still not completely convinced, especially with the time-and-place jumping that’s been going on here. OTOH, Friendly was on the mainland recruiting Michael (I’m not clear on the timing here), so it’s possible he was able to kidnap him and somehow wish him back to Lost Island.
I think Ben would have tied him up and tortured him. At least, that’s what I would have done if he had killed my daughter. Everybody wins! (Except for Keamy)
Well, he killed the doctor with no thought that he or his team might need the guy in the near future. Heck, didn’t he currently have injured teammates that needed the doctor? A whole bunch of redshirt deckhands scurrying about and he grabs the guy with skills they need? I don’t think he thinks things through.
I’m not actually hoping Jin is dead, but I won’t be surprised if he is. Daniel Dae-Kim was arrested for DUI, and every cast member who has been arrested in Hawaii has been killed off. I like Jin’s character and I’ll be sad to see him go, but I can’t feel sympathy or support an actor who drives drunk in my hometown.
Also unclear to me is why Ben, before he surrendered himself, gave Locke the instructions for how to take the elevator to the Orchid Station. Locke wouldn’t have known what to do when he got down there.
Does time pass differently on the island? I know there was the slight time shift but I wasn’t aware of any dialation.
They crashed on 9/22/04 a were there for 100 days. As far as I know when they were rescued they had only been gone for 100 days.
That deadman switch - I’m amazed that deep underground it still managed to send its signal to the boat. Is that realistic? This is the Straight Dope, I’m sure there must be several experts in this thread alone who can tell us.
I’m still trying to work out the “go to the island on a bearing of 305” vs. “go to the freighter on a bearing of 305” dilemma. Shouldn’t one of those directions be 180 degrees from the other, not the same? Someone with navigational skills please tell me – is there something I don’t understand about navigation, or do the writers just think we’re stupid? :dubious:
I was trying to figure that out. I figured if disconnecting it would make it explode, that meant that there were two lines of power, such that if it gets power from one but not the other, then it explodes, but if it gets power from both then it’s okay. But then if they can completely deactivate the battery by freezing it, then they should have been able to just cut the battery power once they froze it.
But I know nothing about electrical engineering much less bomb making.
I’m wondering about that as well.
I found it both touching and slightly creepy when Hurley talked to Mr. Eko over the chessboard before leaving with Sayid.
Can someone explain to me why Sun would blame Jack for Jin’s death? I’ve been trying to figure it out but it still doesn’t make sense to me. It’s not his fault they were leaving the island, since she wanted to due to her pregnancy. It’s not Jack’s fault that the ship blew up or that Jin didn’t get off it in time. Why does she blame him? I know it’s probably going to be blazingly obvious once someone explains it to me, but please, humor me.
