I don't think that was his normal wheelchair. It was the "special" one that they use to help him get on and off the plane (they couldn't find it in the original timeline which is why they had to carry him on the plane). I think Michael and Walt are on the plane, but it would be a little weird seeing Malcolm David Kelley as an 18 year old now as opposed to the little kid version. I think they just chose not to show them because of that.
Well they never showed him get off the plane the first time. So yes they carried him on.. in Sydney, and wheeled him off in LA. Unless I am missing something?
I haven't read anything about LOST since the TMMB ended, so sorry if this has already been hypothesized or known for a while but... Would it make sense if Jacob has been using Christian's body in the previous seasons? Christian's dead body was on the 815 flight that crashed, and Jacob taking it over would help explain one of the biggest mysteries of the show -- why/how Christian was on the island. I remember thinking of Christian as Jacob's helper in some way, maybe it was just Jacob all along? Although that would bring up a whole set of questions, the first one being why Jacob acted as Christian when he told Locke to "say hello to my son for me." This would mean that Jacob has the power to take over dead bodies, supporting the theory that revived Sayid in the temple is actually Jacob, while the MIB has the power to transform into appearance of others. Another theory could be the smoke monster was Christian, which would make some sense because he supported Locke to a journey that eventually led to the Ajira crash, and smoke transforming into his image.
Just on that alternate reality slippage, perhaps that could be why Jack's neck was bleeding? The alternate reality version of the time-travelling nosebleed?
I don't. I won't be terribly upset if that's how it ends up but: 1) Richard apparently used to answer to the name Ricardus, a clue that he may be much older than someone born in the 19th Century, and 2) as I recall, Smokey strongly implied that the Black Rock wasn't the first time Jacob had brought humans to the island as indicated by the fact that they were arguing about it in the first place. Besides, someone had to build that statue and the temple.
I just like thinking of Nestor Carbonell's eyelashes softly caressing my body... *sigh* focus: What did the preview of next week's episode have? I can't see it, I downloaded the episode.
Here it is: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEFJTmbMA2U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEFJTmbMA2U</a> Based on this, I think that (spoiler tags in case you didn't want to know what was in the promo) Spoiler Sawyer leaves the group. I think Flocke will take advantage of his anger and "recruit" him Also, Lostpedia has the name of those two new characters: Japanese Leader: Dogen Dweeby Translator: Lennon I can't remember hearing that during the episode.
Are then to assume that Flocke was responsible for blowing up the submarine and for beating up Charlie when he tried to steal the baby? Also, the "box" that Ben spoke of to John Locke. Are we to assume that is the temple?
No, that was Locke. Flocke didn't come into play until after Locke had died and his body had been brought back to the island. The box was a metaphor. Ben said, in the show, that the box was a metaphor. It's a metaphor for the island being a place where miraculous things happen. That's all.
Actually, I always thought that it was odd that she changed her surname to Kwan. Korean women usually keep their name after marriage, so they could actually be married, albeit without the (odd) name change.
I noticed something in the Sayid-dipped-in-the-spring scene. As they were carrying him out, after the [un?]successful attempt to save him, his arms fell backward into what appeared to be an unnatural position. His body was in a cross position. It almost looked like the scene of Jesus being taken down off the cross and carried away. As thick as this show is in imagery, I took it to possibly mean that Sayid had died for the sins of his friends, and his resurrection would be their saving grace. Darlton have already alluded to Sayid being "possessed" by something; perhaps the entity that possesses him will save the Templeites and Losties from Smokey. All that supports the Jacob reincarnate as Sayid theory, I guess.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have 4 cases of the Smoke Monster appearing as a human being. The Man in Black, talking to Jacob Yemi, killing Eko Alex, threatening Ben Locke, fucking shit up all over the island. What do Yemi, Alex and Locke have in common? They're all dead. What do we know about the Man in Black? Nothing. I hypothesize that Smokey can only take the form of dead human beings, while perhaps Jacob can inhabit the bodies of dead people. So, Christian Shepherd. What about Christian? His body not being in the coffin seems to suggest that his body would have been inhabited by Jacob. Also, the way Christian spoke to Locke was VERY reminiscent of the way Jacob spoke to Ben in the statue. (though that could be my imagination). Then again, Christian orchestrated the events that lead to the death of Locke, so perhaps it IS Smokey? PS: Hurley ONLY went to Australia because he believed he was cursed and wanted to find Sam Toomy (Tumi? Tomey? Tumey? Whatever) But now that he believes he is lucky, he went to Australia on business for Mr. Clucks. BUT HE STILL WENT TO AUSTRALIA AT THE SAME GODDAMN TIME.
Also, in the timeline where the bomb sank the island, Widmore and Hawking are dead, meaning no Penny, and no Faraday. Des was, however, wearing a wedding ring.
Penny was probably already born in 1977, so I wouldn't be surprised to see her in the pocket reality at some point.
Concerning Chang's arm the bomb is irrelevant, drilling into the electromagnetic pocket was what sucked all the shit down the shaft (and caused the incident/crash), they were doing that regardless. EDIT: dumb question nevermind, let me ask an entirely different one. Did they ever mention how setting off an H bomb did anything to prevent the plane crash, or how the science of that would work? The energy somehow released or dispersed by being submerged, or what? I'm trying to remember Faraday explaining it but am drawing a complete blank here.
So glad this show is back. This is the first season I'm following it with you guys on TiB but I have to say I love reading all your thoughts on it. The Christian/Smokey/Jacob thing got me really intrigued. We have seen 2 different forms of Christian on the island. One, he is wearing a suit with those white shoes. The other, he is wearing what looks like "island-wear". It's brown and dingy and definately not the suit. So taking into account that maybe Smokey impersonates the dead person, and Jacob actually takes over their physical body, could we have been seeing Jacob and Smokey both taking on his image? The coffin was empty when jack found it, is that because Jacob took control of the body? I'm trying to remember all the different times we've seen him. When Christian told Locke to turn the wheel, what was he wearing and who was telling him to do it? I am going to have to do some more research and find out for each time and try to make sense of it but it crossed my mind reading your thoughts. i.e. We've seen Richard do this too but only once and I think it was just continuity error. When he speaks to Ben for the first time as a child, he is dressed in Island-wear, every other time we've seen him he's all nice and proper. And if this is true, it lends more support to the theory that Sayid is now Jacob. He wasn't necessarily resurrected, his body was taken over by Jacob, just like he did with Christian.
I've been wondering about this as well, but according to old Nestor there's a whole upcoming episode that goes into Richard's history. I can't wait to see that one. "It points north, John" still cracks me up to this day.
There is, it's called Ab Aeterno, it's Latin for "Since the beginning of time". Speaking of Mister Maybelline, this still give me a good chuckle everytime i see it.
Widmore may have been off-island at the time of the explosion. Remember in the finale as they were heading from the caves into Dharmaville, Richard referred to Eloise as "our leader?" My assumption is that this means she was in charge whenever Widmore went into the real world.