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Lost: Cabin Fever

Cassie

Cassie

Touching the monolith
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There be spoilers here Wacky.

THat was a kick ass episode!

One of my friends from elsewhere posted a theory about the show. I'm gonna repost it.. he thinks he has it all figured out, but I doubt it.. still a good theory.

OK. I think I finally have most of this worked out. I think that the big secret on the island is that there is some sort of time machine/teleportation device, and that is why Widmore wants the island so badly. With that device he can pretty much own the world. Ben’s sudden appearance in the desert two episodes ago, Richard’s unchanged appearance throughout time, and Mr. Happy’s comment that he can go wherever he wants to go easily support this theory. And, keeping the island safe from exploiters like Widmore is why Ben thinks that his brutal tactics make him and his own "the good guys." I also think the presence of a teleportation device explains how they are going to “move the island” as Jack’s dad obviously mentioned to Locke last night.

I think that the Darhma Initiative built the thing, and used the electromagnet to run it, which harnessed some property of the island. But it was an experimental technology that accessed a power they could not control, so they had to discharge energy every once in a while, which explains the hatch with the numbers. Kind of. It also doesn’t explain how the machine, which is probably at the Temple, is working now, since that infrastructure was destroyed, and the machine is still obviously being used. The psychological tests that Dharma was doing were to make sure that the electromagnet and/or time travel did not mess with people's heads too much, or to see if they would be the types who could handle the enormous job of being chrono-naughts.

Why did "The Oceanic Six" go back to reality? Jack and Hugo are nuts. They need to get better first. And I think Hugo has a mission there, so he needed to go. Jack also may be there to support Kate, who is there to support Aaron, who ultimately may have his own job to do. but, Kate is a cold-blooded murderer, and The Others never wanted her. Aaron went with Kate. Said was needed as an enforcer by Ben. Sun wanted her baby born away from the island. I think she has some sort of amnesia.

What this does not explain is the healing properties of the island. I hope that they come up with some interesting SF explanation for that, and don’t fall back to mysticism/fantasy. It also would account for the purpose of the smoke monster, but not its genesis or nature. There is obvioiusly still lots to be discussed there; many minor mysteries, as it were.

There are two more themes that they will be developing in the last two seasons. The first is the building of a society, and the second is luck.

Building of a society: The Others have always wanted this, and the Tailies have a few times made reference to Lord of the Flies. The Others have always wanted some stable group to take care of the island and keep it away from men like Widmore. The Tailies have had a chance to decide if they are going to descend into barbarity (and choose the knife, like Locke as a boy did) or build up a society based on rules and fairness (Locke should have picked that Book of Laws, shouldn’t he have).

As for luck, I have been convinced that the best thing that ever happened to every single one of those people since season 1 was crash landing on the island in the first place. Everyone’s life got better after the crash, they were just too miserable to know it. Consider: Jack was able to escape his past and family life. Desmond will be able to foil his enemy, Widmore. Kate escaped prison. Hugo escaped his bad luck (which plays in on two levels). Aaron stayed with his mother. Charlie escaped drugs. Locke got his legs back and found his destiny. Sun and Jin fell in love again and made a family. And while the cast is talking about things like “fate” and “destiny” right now, what it boils down to is luck, and I hope the writers ultimately acknowledge that.
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YES.. the Claire part was cool. I can't imagine what they said to her to make her cool with leaving Aaron behind though.
 
GREAT EP!!

^that was a bit strange, Claire being so laissez faire about it all. huh?

..... And, since Christian is dead, does that mean Claire is? :(

poor Captain! Ben was so wrong (or lying!) about him.

LOL Michael still can't be killed.

HTF will they move the Island???!!

Creepy Black guy from the Asylum encouraged John to go on a Walkabout!! And John will "owe him".

MOAR!!!
 
Maybe the island brought Christian back to life! I hope Claire isn't dead.

It was cool when Richard showed up at Locke's when he was a kid... I wonder if Locke chose the wrong item on purpose? It almost seemed like he did.
 
lol.. you don't have to hide your replies cause I put the name of the episode in the title, if they click on it it's their own damn fault! meep!
 
heh, this is true; - but you know how it is when peeps say I WONT PEEK TIL TOMORROW but then they scroll down anyway - I just like making them have to click to get spoiled.

Plus, of course, I like using spoiler tags.

BTW: We need MOAR - this ep was just a tease! :D

p.s. Ben is SO jealous of John! LOL!

How come Richard didn't ask John why he chose the knife, or why he drew the Smoke Monster in that picture? He didn't credit the kid with much! Just left in a huff after John chose the knife. I would've asked him, " WHY the knife when you know the book is yours?" and he would've said, "I don't want to go to your stinking DHARMA CAMP and get gassed, thats why!"

I'd also just like to add: YAY DESMOND AND SAYID TOGETHER
 
I am SCARED for Desmond because he stayed behind on the ship.. has he had a flash forward to after the rescue yet? SHIT.. I can't remember if he was in the previews for the next episode when they said they're calling you the Oceanic Six.. I remember Jack's face but that's it! NOW I'M PANICKING!
 
I can't read curiousa's spoilers because I'm having to use a proxy to access TK (very slow too!). But at the end of the episode I just kept saying "what? What the fuck?! whhaaaaat?"

I really wonder if the writers have planned this out, or did they just say "he wants us to move the island" because it was all kooky and fun and next week some other writer's in charge and they don't have to worry about it? :D
 
That's hot.

I was talking to that guy who wrote the long post I copied and pasted here.. he thinks Claire was just acting all normal in the cabin. I think normal would have been for her to be freaked out about her kid laying in the bamboo in the jungle. He's all.. no no she was confident and blah blah.. OK well I think she was stoned or something! :rwmad:
 
Christian drugged her with knowledge of the future or something... maybe he took her through one of those space/time anomaly thingies and her brain is a little scrambled now.
 
Pretty good episode!

Richard in a suit looked a bit like Raef.

Ranch dressing reference!

Horace being dead for "12 years" doesn't really make sense. Ben already had Alex before the Purge? Danielle never noticed the hundreds of Dharma people on the island?

If Horace built the cabin, where did Jacob live before he did so? UP SOMEONE'S ASSHOLE?

So is Locke the next Dhali Llama or what? That bit with him choosing objects was weird. Maybe the tube of stuff was the same ash that was around the cabin? OR SOMETHING?

Maybe Locke and Ben were born at the exact same time and are both potential chosen ones/reincarnations of Jacob.

Locke's mum was hot.

Can Keamey's unrelenting evil (he killed two innocent people within a minute this ep!) be explained a bit by "the sickness" like the captain said?

I guess the captain was a good guy then. So what was with the "don't trust the captain" note?

Abaddon...I have no clue what's going on with him. When he said "faith" I thought it might have been Mister Eko. Mister Eko was awesome.

Is Claire EEEEVIL now or DEAD or what? It was kind of upsetting how she didn't care about her baby. Still, she looked hot.

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CAN'T DO!"
 
Maybe the Dharma people stayed hidden from Danielle.. seems like they would have tried to help her instead of just stealing her baby. WEIRD.
 
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