Ok, so, after watching this week's episodes "Because You Left" and "The Lie," I had some resonating questions/theories.
First, if the Oceanic Six do return to the island, does that mean it stops jumping through time? Is that the only thing that can stop the jumping?
Second, why is Charlotte affected by the island's time-jumping when no one else seems to be? Does it have anything to do with her (maybe) being born on the island?
Third, who exactly is Mrs. Hawking (pictured above with Desmond)? We last saw her in the Desmond flashback episode "Flashes Before Your Eyes." She was very adamant that Desmond NOT give the ring to Penny. But that got me thinking - if the universe course corrects, would it matter if Desmond proposed? Wouldn't the universe compensate somehow? Or is it different because the usual rules don't apply to Desmond, as Faraday said? If he had proposed to Penny, would he have changed history, which (as Mrs. Hawking said) would have been the end of them all?
And going back to Mrs. Hawking, is it possible that she's Daniel Faraday's mother? And is it just me, or did Ben call her "Annie" when he first saw her? Annie was the name of Ben's friend on the island during the Dharma days who gave him that doll. Could these possibly be the same people? If so, why is she so old now? (I might be going out on a limb here).
Fourth, what in the world is Sun up to? It's been made clear that she blames Ben and Jack for Jin's death. But why doesn't she blame Widmore? After all, his people were the ones who blew up the freighter in the first place. And what is she doing, conspiring with Widmore? Is Jin really dead? I don't think he is.
And what is up with Alpert and the Others? Why don't they move through time as well? I'm guessing they have a special relationship with time, considering they don't seem to age. Does that explain Charlotte's bad reaction to the time jumping? (I'm not sure how, but I'm rolling with it for now).
Of course there are tons of other questions, but I'll leave it there for now. What do you guys think?
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I had to tape it last night. I'll be back after I watch it.
I taped it so the hubby and I can watch it together...its the one show we can agree on.
More questions again this year but it was gooooood!
Yeah, I watched the solid two hours in near-complete confusion! I watched the first two seasons faithfully, then spaced out, got too "lost" to come back into the plotline and gave up. Now I'm watching again with my dad, who's a huge fan, and I'm just as lost as ever! Thanks for the post :) I'm going to Google around and see if I can get completely up to speed!
You may be onto something with Mrs. Hawking being Faraday's mother. I didn't catch the annie bit but I'll rewatch and look for it.
Also, I'm wondering about Sun as well. Does she really blame Jack? Or maybe that was a misdirection last year. She shouldn't really blame Jack more than she blames Kate, which makes me not trust her at all. I read somewhere else that maybe she hired the lawyers. Now that's some crazy stuff!
Maybe Alpert has mastered time and can move through it to people. I don't understand that at all!
I don't watch "Lost" so I'll "skip the post" and exempt myself from the discussion. I just bopped over here to visit your blog - followed over from Amy's BBAW committee posts which we are both working on the same committee.
Cool blog - I love your approach to reviewing and inviting reader participation and discussion.
Hmm...I had forgotten completely about Mrs. Hawking's previous appearance. Can't figure what the heck Sun is up to, but I don't she's as understanding and forgiving as she appeared to be to Kate, Charlotte was born on the island? I didn't know that, did I miss something. (Oh heck, I've missed lots I think...)
Locke must be getting tired of being shot and wow! doesn't he heal up fast.
I was confused for a second when Sun showed Kate the baby pic of her daughter, since Aaron shouldn't be that much older than Sun's child. But since she said. "its a baby picture", maybe it was an old one. Seemed odd though, a doting mom would carry a new picture, not a picture that's a couple years old.
I spend a lot of time feeling "lost" whilst watching Lost.....
I'm not 100% certain that Charlotte was born on the island, but I think she was. When Daniel was trying to convince her to leave on the Zodiac raft, Miles said something like "I'm surprised you're leaving so quickly when you've spent so long trying to get back here." And then later, the reason she tells Daniel she's staying is because she's been looking for the place she was born. My theory is that she thinks she was born on the Island.
It was a great episode and my head was spinning with all the time jumping, but I can't wait to see what some of these answers are.
I like your theory about Charlotte.
To be honest, I don't know what to think anymore!
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