If you haven’t seen Locke’s second episode. The one with his father.
Anyways, I’ve come across a couple viewings that aren’t about speculation so much as me missing things due to glare on the TV or morons talking nearby.
First off, regarding the episode with The Evil Numbers. At the end of the episode we see The Evil Numbers engraved in something…is it Locke’s mystery metal thing, or is it something else?
Second, when Sawyer shot OtherSawyer what did OtherSawyer say? Something about him not being Sawyer but actually owing money to Sawyer instead? I couldn’t understand it!
Third and soon to be irrelevent (and irrelevent to those who are caught up)…and I know it will soon be thanks to USA-goddamn-TODAY. I can see why everyone sees Shannon as a screwup and a waste of time, but why does Boone say something to Shannon along the lines of, “They all think we’re jokes”? Why would people think that about Boone? Sure, he screwed up with the drowning woman, but his napping on sentry duty hadn’t happened yet. So, why was HE seen as a screwup?
I know there’s plenty of places I could look this stuff up, but I’ve still got an episode or three to go and I’d really like to avoid spoiling things for myself.
Robert Patrick’s character (whose name was “Hibbs”) was using Sawyer to kill a guy who owed him money and hadn’t paid up – (presumably it had gotten beyond the time frame where Hibbs would go for a leg-breaking-warning). He told Sawyer that this was the guy who had pulled the con on his family, resulting in Dad killing Mom and then committing suicide. But it wasn’t the guy – Hibbs totally set him up. When our Sawyer started reading the letter to the guy he shot (“Dear Mr. Sawyer…”), Bleeding Guy had no clue what he was talking about.
Hmmmm… probably because he hadn’t really contributed anything particularly notable – but probably more because Shannon’s his sister. They were probably just seen as a couple of priveledged rich kids with no useful ability or input. Although that may have just been more Boone’s perception (and self-pity?) than anything else. After all, you’re right – he was at least more useful than Shannon, who had mostly spent her time since the crash sunbathing and trying to flirt/sweet-talk Charlie into catching her a fish.