First off, there was a fake commercial for the DHARMA Initiative right before the last segment. Go to http://www.octagonglobalrecruiting.com/ and register. They say that something will happen in San Diego during the dates of Comic-Con. I'm assuming it's the launch of the next online viral marketing game. Ugh. And here I was planning on not going.
1) The Big Mo vs Jogging in Place: What made the Season 3 finale feel so special was the sense that the show was moving forward. This episode despite answering major questions like how the Oceanic 6 got off the Island and why everyone else was left behind, who was in the coffin, how Ben got off the Island, etc., etc. didn't propel the story significantly in any new direction. Really it asked more or less the same questions that it attempted to answer, so we end up asking the same questions just in new ways. The Oceanic 6 have to get back to the Island. Why? We still don't know after an entire season. They just do. We know Locke's dead, but why? Now we probably have to wait an entire season to find out how and why Locke left though probably it's the same thing: he had to move the Island again. We know the Oceanic 6 have to lie, but it doesn't make any sense. Why couldn't they have just stayed with Penny? Exposing themselves to the public lets Widmore know they're alive and are lying and could at any moment decide to tell the truth. Really doesn't lying about it in such a public manner elevate the danger? And how are the people on the Island in any danger from Widmore? It MOVED. It's easier now to find the Oceanic 6 than it is the Island.
2) Characterization: "Through the Looking Glass" served to closely examine Jack in every way. It treated getting off the Island as a test of Jack's leadership abilities and whether he was prepared to live with the consequences of his decisions. "No Place Like Home" was a mish-mash of updates on the Oceanic 6 that didn't feel Finale worthy. Did any of the characters grow? Was there significant play between the present and any of the flashforwards? Were any of the flashforwards fundamentally necessary? Instead of serving characters the episode served plot.
3) Payoffs or scams:
-The entire season the Oceanic 6 acted as if they had personally done something they were ashamed of and tried to cover up. But really they got rescued by accident.
-The Island moved, but why? All the bad guys were already dead.
-Ben wore a jacket when he appeared in Tunisia. But why did he need a jacket just for the few minutes it took to move the wheel? Wearing the jacket made it seem as if the entire Island had already moved to a cold climate.
-According to Jack, Sawyer "chose" to stay on the Island, making it seem as if he made an explicit decision for personal reasons, even personal gain. The way he said it to Kate made it seem as if Kate should be angry at Sawyer. Yet in reality his decision saved Kate. But the circumstances are almost so ridiculous it's not rehashing. There's any number of ways Sawyer could've made a sacrifice to save Kate, but jumping out of a helicpoter to make it lighter is one of the less interesting and more contrived ones I can come up with.
-Michael. Good god, please tell me they did not bring back Harold Perrineau just for that. Please tell me Christian whisked him off to the Island. Please tell me we're not going to be seeing him as a random ghost ala Christian. Did Ben know that's how he had to die when he recruited him? Does this really make up for killing Ana-Lucia and Libby?
-Claire. OK, enough. Is she dead, alive or what? Aside from Hurley worried about leaving her behind and Jack half-heartedly saying he'd go back to get her, her fate was more or less swept under the rug and forgotten, her appearance in Kate's dreams just muddying up the waters more.
-The Orchid. Treated almost like an afterthought. Instead we get the reveal that there's essentially a black hole underneath it that can be activated... by turning a frozen donkey cart wheel a third of a revolution. Seriously... even for a show that claims nothing you see wouldn't also be in a Michael Chrichton novel, the magic yellow light that makes the Island go "Yoink!" is crossing the line.
-Locke didn't move the Island. He just didn't. Sure, Ben says Locke had to be the one who was told to do so by Jacob, but then why did Locke have to even accompany Ben to the Orchid after he told him? And did Ben know he could give himself up and would then be freed so he could get back to the Orchid?
*Is Sun teaming with Widmore to get revenge on Ben? Does she blame Ben for the death of Jin? She should, but how would she know? Are we going to get a whole episode devoted to her finding out?
*The biggest problem LOST has is not that it's showrunners don't know what they're doing, it's that they have the show plotted out too well. But that's a much longer rant that I can't get into just now.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
4x12, "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1"
*Honestly: not much to talk about. We're introduced to The Orchid, though if you haven't watched the orientation video you have no idea why it's important. Everyone seems to be moved into place. And we see some of the supporting beats of the flashforwards (the Nadia/Sayid reunion, the Camaro getting fixed, Jack learning Claire's his half-sister). You get the sense the trap is being set again and starting with the first scene in Part 2, it'll be sprung, the show going non-stop action till The O6 get off the Island.
*So the Commander of the Battlestar Pegasus is now repping Oceanic Airlines? WHAT.
*Hmm... so Sun has now taken control of Paik Industries. In the LOST universe Paik and Widmore supposedly know each other (this is from one of the LOST novels) so does this put Sun now in direct contact with Widmore? And does she use her father's company to find the Island next season?
*Is Jin really dead? Sun seems to think so, saying "two men" were responsible for it, one being her father. I'm beginning to think more and more that he's actually not because...
*Locke's going to move the Island with the Orchid. (Check out Faraday's notebook: "TimeLike"?) And I think what ends up happening is he moves the Island while the O6 are just not on it.
*The timing of how it all happens though is going to have to come together quickly. The O6 are all over the place, with Sun and Aaron on the Freighter, Kate with The Others and Hurley at the Orchid. I can't even remember where Sayid and Jack are at other than trying to find each other. I wonder if the 06 aren't actually together, they're just left behind all over the place and end up getting picked up randomly by Penny or something.
*With Michael reappearing it feels as if he's still being considered an after thought despite returning supposedly a full-tome cast members. What exactly is he supposed to be doing for Ben now? Will he actually make it till next season or die in the Finale to redeem himself? That'd be a cop-out but I see it happening.
IN TWO WEEKS: THE GRAND FINALE! The Island Moves! Or... not. It's Part 2 of "There's No Place Like Home"
*So the Commander of the Battlestar Pegasus is now repping Oceanic Airlines? WHAT.
*Hmm... so Sun has now taken control of Paik Industries. In the LOST universe Paik and Widmore supposedly know each other (this is from one of the LOST novels) so does this put Sun now in direct contact with Widmore? And does she use her father's company to find the Island next season?
*Is Jin really dead? Sun seems to think so, saying "two men" were responsible for it, one being her father. I'm beginning to think more and more that he's actually not because...
*Locke's going to move the Island with the Orchid. (Check out Faraday's notebook: "TimeLike"?) And I think what ends up happening is he moves the Island while the O6 are just not on it.
*The timing of how it all happens though is going to have to come together quickly. The O6 are all over the place, with Sun and Aaron on the Freighter, Kate with The Others and Hurley at the Orchid. I can't even remember where Sayid and Jack are at other than trying to find each other. I wonder if the 06 aren't actually together, they're just left behind all over the place and end up getting picked up randomly by Penny or something.
*With Michael reappearing it feels as if he's still being considered an after thought despite returning supposedly a full-tome cast members. What exactly is he supposed to be doing for Ben now? Will he actually make it till next season or die in the Finale to redeem himself? That'd be a cop-out but I see it happening.
IN TWO WEEKS: THE GRAND FINALE! The Island Moves! Or... not. It's Part 2 of "There's No Place Like Home"
Thursday, May 8, 2008
4x11, "Cabin Fever"
*Move the Island? How does one do that? Now, on the special "Access: Granted" featurette included on the Blu-Ray editions of Season 3 DVDs, Damon and Carlton are asked specifically if the Island is indeed an Island.
Damon Lindelof: If an Island is defined by land mass surrounded by water they are on an Island.
Carlton Cuse: Right. That’s good.
Damon Lindelof: Right.
Carlton Cuse: Yea. I don’t think we should say anything more than that.
Damon Lindelof: Yes. That’s how that’s...
Carlton Cuse: That’s right.
Damon Lindelof: This is about definitive answers. We have defined the term Island we’ve confirmed that we are in fact on one.
Carlton Cuse: And it's surrounded by water.
Damon Lindelof: It is.
Carlton Cuse: But everything beyond that is kind of up for grabs.
So... that doesn't really mean the Island is, you know, attached to anything.
I nearly crapped my pants when Locke said it because for the longest time the Grand Unified Theory that had most annoyed me was "The Island Moves". It was just too hard to accept and could be made to answer a lot of questions like how the Nigerian Drug Plane, the Black Rock, etc, etc. ended up there.
This also has led to speculation that Locke will move it someplace in the arctic (thus Hurley's igloo drawing and Ben's breathing out crystalized air when he, um, appears in Tunisia wearing a parka).
If the Island does move I think it won't be in a way we expect. Maybe it'll be... teleported.
*Claire is dead. Christian acted as if there was no time to explain why she was there when he could very simply have said, "I brought her here." She seemed way too satisfied being in Jacob's cabin. I've already seen some speculate she's met the spirit/ghost/electromagnetic after-image reanimated by The Monster of Charlie and is now perfectly content to be where she is.
*I guess Christian is not Jacob... but he speaks for him? What does that mean? I feel like we're in an episode of the Prisoner: "Who are you?" "The NEW Number 2!" "Who is Number 1?!"
How many people do we have to go through to actually get to someone or something that can reliably name itself "Jacob"? Maybe we'll never get to him?
*How great would it have been if Locke chose the comic book? But knowing he considered himself "The Hunter" it was obvious he was going to pick the knife. What's interesting is Alpert thinks that's the wrong answer, yet apparently recruits him again when he's in high school. What changed from one age to the other? And did each object correspond to a particular role? For some reason the tube of dirt looked awfully familiar...
Meanwhile, Sledgeweb points out a similar test is used to pick the successor to the Dali Lama.
*Plan B appears to be a DHARMA station and may indeed be The Orchid.
Next week: The time has come... and wouldn't you know it with the finale music they whipped out for Sayid's boat ride! It's Hour 1 of the three hour Season Finale, "There's No Place Like Home"!
Damon Lindelof: If an Island is defined by land mass surrounded by water they are on an Island.
Carlton Cuse: Right. That’s good.
Damon Lindelof: Right.
Carlton Cuse: Yea. I don’t think we should say anything more than that.
Damon Lindelof: Yes. That’s how that’s...
Carlton Cuse: That’s right.
Damon Lindelof: This is about definitive answers. We have defined the term Island we’ve confirmed that we are in fact on one.
Carlton Cuse: And it's surrounded by water.
Damon Lindelof: It is.
Carlton Cuse: But everything beyond that is kind of up for grabs.
So... that doesn't really mean the Island is, you know, attached to anything.
I nearly crapped my pants when Locke said it because for the longest time the Grand Unified Theory that had most annoyed me was "The Island Moves". It was just too hard to accept and could be made to answer a lot of questions like how the Nigerian Drug Plane, the Black Rock, etc, etc. ended up there.
This also has led to speculation that Locke will move it someplace in the arctic (thus Hurley's igloo drawing and Ben's breathing out crystalized air when he, um, appears in Tunisia wearing a parka).
If the Island does move I think it won't be in a way we expect. Maybe it'll be... teleported.
*Claire is dead. Christian acted as if there was no time to explain why she was there when he could very simply have said, "I brought her here." She seemed way too satisfied being in Jacob's cabin. I've already seen some speculate she's met the spirit/ghost/electromagnetic after-image reanimated by The Monster of Charlie and is now perfectly content to be where she is.
*I guess Christian is not Jacob... but he speaks for him? What does that mean? I feel like we're in an episode of the Prisoner: "Who are you?" "The NEW Number 2!" "Who is Number 1?!"
How many people do we have to go through to actually get to someone or something that can reliably name itself "Jacob"? Maybe we'll never get to him?
*How great would it have been if Locke chose the comic book? But knowing he considered himself "The Hunter" it was obvious he was going to pick the knife. What's interesting is Alpert thinks that's the wrong answer, yet apparently recruits him again when he's in high school. What changed from one age to the other? And did each object correspond to a particular role? For some reason the tube of dirt looked awfully familiar...
Meanwhile, Sledgeweb points out a similar test is used to pick the successor to the Dali Lama.
*Plan B appears to be a DHARMA station and may indeed be The Orchid.
Next week: The time has come... and wouldn't you know it with the finale music they whipped out for Sayid's boat ride! It's Hour 1 of the three hour Season Finale, "There's No Place Like Home"!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
4x10 / "Something Nice Back Home"
*There's already some dissatisfaction on the Fuselage about this episode's heavy Jater emphasis. Do people seriously think the Jack/Kate/Sawyer soap opera is irrelevant? I don't mind it one bit. I was thrilled actually when Kate stepped out of the shower and kissed Jack. I threw up my hands and proclaimed, "The Good Guys Won!" Jack then proceeded to prove himself a complete asshole. Really there was a lot of interesting subtext here with Jack once again coming across as the obsessed Mr. Fix-It, in this case trying to fix whatever it is he has left with Kate:
Sure there was no drama about whether Jack was going to survive his surgery. That wasn't the point despite some chatter to the contrary. What was really going on there was Jack using the occasion to get closer to Kate, even while Juliet was saving his life. He could have a relationship with Juliet, but that's too easy... there's nothing there to fix. (And Juliet's aware enough to recognize that even if Jack himself doesn't.) Meanwhile in the future when things finally look right with Kate he can't let himself be satisfied with that, he needs to break that relationship to have something to fix, too.
*I guess Karl and Danielle are indeed dead. Ewwww.
*I assume the smoke detector reference was a hint that Christian was the smoke monster. Some people have pointed out that the detector was beeping only because the battery was dead, but still there could've been any number of ways to get Jack to step out of his office and they went with a smoke detector. Me'thinks that is no coincidence.
*Now what exactly was Christian doing with Claire and the baby? Remember the last time we saw Christian he was in Jacob's cabin in Jacob's chair. Could Christian be taking Claire to Jacob's cabin?
*And assuming Christian was the monster, are we slowly connecting the pieces that Jacob = Monster = Christian?
*Bonus Easter Egg from last week: On the latest podcast, Damon and Carlton did indeed confirm that when Ben lands in Tunisia he breathes out a vapor, indicating he'd just come from a cold environment. Hmm... any connection to Penny's listening station in the arctic or Hurley's igloo drawing?
Sure there was no drama about whether Jack was going to survive his surgery. That wasn't the point despite some chatter to the contrary. What was really going on there was Jack using the occasion to get closer to Kate, even while Juliet was saving his life. He could have a relationship with Juliet, but that's too easy... there's nothing there to fix. (And Juliet's aware enough to recognize that even if Jack himself doesn't.) Meanwhile in the future when things finally look right with Kate he can't let himself be satisfied with that, he needs to break that relationship to have something to fix, too.
*I guess Karl and Danielle are indeed dead. Ewwww.
*I assume the smoke detector reference was a hint that Christian was the smoke monster. Some people have pointed out that the detector was beeping only because the battery was dead, but still there could've been any number of ways to get Jack to step out of his office and they went with a smoke detector. Me'thinks that is no coincidence.
*Now what exactly was Christian doing with Claire and the baby? Remember the last time we saw Christian he was in Jacob's cabin in Jacob's chair. Could Christian be taking Claire to Jacob's cabin?
*And assuming Christian was the monster, are we slowly connecting the pieces that Jacob = Monster = Christian?
*Bonus Easter Egg from last week: On the latest podcast, Damon and Carlton did indeed confirm that when Ben lands in Tunisia he breathes out a vapor, indicating he'd just come from a cold environment. Hmm... any connection to Penny's listening station in the arctic or Hurley's igloo drawing?
4x09 / "The Shape of Things to Come"
I believe this is the first episode where Brian K. Vaughan was credited as the lead writer and it showed. On it's face this was the Wacky Adventures of Benjamin Lynus, globetrotting around the world acting as super-spy assassin. But really it was about a simple question: what would you do when you've lost everything. The answer is "Anything." What Ben's gong through though takes it further: he seemed to believe he was never going to lose Alex. Never. Those were "the rules." So he not only is capable of anything, but he wants his enemy to know what that feels like, too. An absolutely incredible dynamic, done neatly, quickly and efficiently - dare I say it - as only someone who knows how to work a 22-page script can do it. Bravo, Brian, Bravo.
*An Emmy for Mr. Emmerson?
*I may have missed a crucial part of dialogue, but I think it's safe to assume Ben and The Monster are on the same wavelength. I still don't think Ben controls the Monster outright but probably knows exactly what to tell it to get it pissed.
*They keep teasing Claire's going to die.
*They're setting something up with dead people not being dead because of timey-whimey, wibbly-wobbly shananigans. Could this set-up a return of Christian, Libby or even Charlie?
Next week: "Something Nice Back Home"
*An Emmy for Mr. Emmerson?
*I may have missed a crucial part of dialogue, but I think it's safe to assume Ben and The Monster are on the same wavelength. I still don't think Ben controls the Monster outright but probably knows exactly what to tell it to get it pissed.
*They keep teasing Claire's going to die.
*They're setting something up with dead people not being dead because of timey-whimey, wibbly-wobbly shananigans. Could this set-up a return of Christian, Libby or even Charlie?
Next week: "Something Nice Back Home"
Darlton Grades Fan Theories!
Fans submitted theories to USA Today which handed them over to show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. The two of them graded ten of the submissions, as well as giving each some of their patented smarmy commentary. Below are the highest graded ones with commentary excerpts:
The Diabolical Experiment
Lindelof: A
Cuse: A
Matthew Abbadon (the thin man who recruited the freighter crew) gains control of Aaron. This brilliant boy is fated to grow up and eventually work in a secret “Area 51” military laboratory on a remote Eniwetok-like island. A diabolically powerful experiment goes very wrong and Aaron is trapped in another dimension, eternally unstuck from space-time normal and only partly able to contact this dimension (as through Ben and the dead, like Jack’s dad and Charlie). We know Aaron — as an adult after the disaster — by the name “Jacob.” Everything which happens in Lost is part of a desperate millennia-long effort orchestrated by Jacob to alter the flow of events such that his original fatal error in creating a space-time rift is averted at the critical moment. Across centuries Jacob manipulates forces to gather the interconnected Lost-ies; their fates are all bound together with his fate. Jack the healer exercises free will and — thanks to eventually working together with Locke, and most especially thanks to the love and sacrifice of Kate — rescues and cures Jacob, so healing the space-time rift and saving the world. Jack and Kate will live the rest of their lives together in love, ultimately becoming the island’s Adam and Eve at rest in the cavern.
Cuse: “The fluidity of space-time is something which is very much on the right track in this theory. Even if some of the specifics are not quite right, there’s a lot of free thinking in this theory.”
Lindelof: “It’s not exactly the most accurate theory in the world. But there is a lot of supporting evidence, a lot of thought. Obviously, this person watches the show very closely.”
*****
Dharma Chameleon
Lindelof: A
Cuse: A
There is an off-island presence for Dharma that is working to get back onto the island to finish their work with the Valenzetti Equation. Ms. Hawking (the white-haired time-traveler who crossed paths with Desmond) was a former Swan worker and developed the same ability Desmond has. Ms. Hawking accidently got this ability during the original incident. She survived by finding her constant — Brother Campbell — and left the island. After leaving the island, her visions developed, and she has seen what needs to take place in order for Dharma to regain control of the island.
Her visions include a complicated pattern of people that are required to be on the island in order for a set series of events to occur for Dharma to return to the island. With the help of others, including Christian Shephard, Richard Malkin, Nadia and Libby, the group ensures that specific people are on the plane in order for the series of events to occur.
Desmond must reach the island to cause Flight 815 to crash; Locke must locate the hatch to keep Desmond alive. Desmond must influence Charlie to turn off the jamming device. Jack calls the freighter.
Cuse: “This is a very evolved theory that has a lot of stuff in it that’s pretty close to the mark. We really responded very strongly to this theory.”
Lindelof: “We liked the way it was worded, so concisely. And because it does contain the aforementioned theories of time travel and manipulation of space-time, this theory gets a solid A.
Cuse: “As a matter of fact, we can’t even comment on it too much because there’s a lot in here that’s pretty accurate.”
Lindelof: “We’re not going to explain why we’re giving it an A. Hopefully, the writer of this theory will take their A and be very proud, put it up on their refrigerator.”
Cuse: “It’s not all correct, but we kind of responded to the way this person thought.”
Lindelof: “It’s not all correct, but it could be correct.”
Cuse: “Or parts of it could be correct.”
Lindelof: “That’s correct.”
Cuse: “I will say that this person is going to really respond to Season 5 and feel very superior to everyone else.”
Lindelof: “Then, in Season 6, we will crush their spirits and prove them wrong. And until then, they should enjoy the ride.”
*****
The 6 and the Sickness
Lindelof: A
Cuse: B+
What do Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sun and Sayid have in common? None of these five were anywhere near the Swan station when it imploded and the sky turned purple. So what does this mean in relation to the Oceanic 6? Very simple. They are literally the only survivors of Oceanic 815 that can safely leave the island without dying.
We know that the ‘Sickness’ is actually the form of time travel that Desmond experienced when leaving the island on the helicopter. But Desmond didn’t die when he left the island because he found his constant in Penny Widmore. But more importantly because he had been injecting himself with the Dharma vaccine since the day he entered the Swan.
This brings us to Aaron Littleton, the last member of the Oceanic 6. Aaron has been injected with the same vaccine in the womb and after being born. The vaccine seems to curb the effects of the sickness when leaving the island.
We know at least some of the 815 survivors are still living on the island in the future. Meaning only those who can leave the island will. The rest of the Lost-ies are left behind (unwillingly) due to the effects of the ‘Sickness’ they will experience when leaving.
Cuse: “In ‘The Constant,’ we obviously saw that it’s important to stay on the right bearing going on and off the island. As the freighter got closer to the island, people started experiencing sickness, and we know that Rousseau’s people suffered from a sickness when they came to the island, so this person is in the house in certain areas.”
Lindelof: “The causal relationship between the sickness and the strange fluctuations in space-time is a good catch. As far as the Oceanic 6 being the only ones who can leave the island, that is incorrect, so we’re going to say it’s a wash.”
The Diabolical Experiment
Lindelof: A
Cuse: A
Matthew Abbadon (the thin man who recruited the freighter crew) gains control of Aaron. This brilliant boy is fated to grow up and eventually work in a secret “Area 51” military laboratory on a remote Eniwetok-like island. A diabolically powerful experiment goes very wrong and Aaron is trapped in another dimension, eternally unstuck from space-time normal and only partly able to contact this dimension (as through Ben and the dead, like Jack’s dad and Charlie). We know Aaron — as an adult after the disaster — by the name “Jacob.” Everything which happens in Lost is part of a desperate millennia-long effort orchestrated by Jacob to alter the flow of events such that his original fatal error in creating a space-time rift is averted at the critical moment. Across centuries Jacob manipulates forces to gather the interconnected Lost-ies; their fates are all bound together with his fate. Jack the healer exercises free will and — thanks to eventually working together with Locke, and most especially thanks to the love and sacrifice of Kate — rescues and cures Jacob, so healing the space-time rift and saving the world. Jack and Kate will live the rest of their lives together in love, ultimately becoming the island’s Adam and Eve at rest in the cavern.
Cuse: “The fluidity of space-time is something which is very much on the right track in this theory. Even if some of the specifics are not quite right, there’s a lot of free thinking in this theory.”
Lindelof: “It’s not exactly the most accurate theory in the world. But there is a lot of supporting evidence, a lot of thought. Obviously, this person watches the show very closely.”
*****
Dharma Chameleon
Lindelof: A
Cuse: A
There is an off-island presence for Dharma that is working to get back onto the island to finish their work with the Valenzetti Equation. Ms. Hawking (the white-haired time-traveler who crossed paths with Desmond) was a former Swan worker and developed the same ability Desmond has. Ms. Hawking accidently got this ability during the original incident. She survived by finding her constant — Brother Campbell — and left the island. After leaving the island, her visions developed, and she has seen what needs to take place in order for Dharma to regain control of the island.
Her visions include a complicated pattern of people that are required to be on the island in order for a set series of events to occur for Dharma to return to the island. With the help of others, including Christian Shephard, Richard Malkin, Nadia and Libby, the group ensures that specific people are on the plane in order for the series of events to occur.
Desmond must reach the island to cause Flight 815 to crash; Locke must locate the hatch to keep Desmond alive. Desmond must influence Charlie to turn off the jamming device. Jack calls the freighter.
Cuse: “This is a very evolved theory that has a lot of stuff in it that’s pretty close to the mark. We really responded very strongly to this theory.”
Lindelof: “We liked the way it was worded, so concisely. And because it does contain the aforementioned theories of time travel and manipulation of space-time, this theory gets a solid A.
Cuse: “As a matter of fact, we can’t even comment on it too much because there’s a lot in here that’s pretty accurate.”
Lindelof: “We’re not going to explain why we’re giving it an A. Hopefully, the writer of this theory will take their A and be very proud, put it up on their refrigerator.”
Cuse: “It’s not all correct, but we kind of responded to the way this person thought.”
Lindelof: “It’s not all correct, but it could be correct.”
Cuse: “Or parts of it could be correct.”
Lindelof: “That’s correct.”
Cuse: “I will say that this person is going to really respond to Season 5 and feel very superior to everyone else.”
Lindelof: “Then, in Season 6, we will crush their spirits and prove them wrong. And until then, they should enjoy the ride.”
*****
The 6 and the Sickness
Lindelof: A
Cuse: B+
What do Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sun and Sayid have in common? None of these five were anywhere near the Swan station when it imploded and the sky turned purple. So what does this mean in relation to the Oceanic 6? Very simple. They are literally the only survivors of Oceanic 815 that can safely leave the island without dying.
We know that the ‘Sickness’ is actually the form of time travel that Desmond experienced when leaving the island on the helicopter. But Desmond didn’t die when he left the island because he found his constant in Penny Widmore. But more importantly because he had been injecting himself with the Dharma vaccine since the day he entered the Swan.
This brings us to Aaron Littleton, the last member of the Oceanic 6. Aaron has been injected with the same vaccine in the womb and after being born. The vaccine seems to curb the effects of the sickness when leaving the island.
We know at least some of the 815 survivors are still living on the island in the future. Meaning only those who can leave the island will. The rest of the Lost-ies are left behind (unwillingly) due to the effects of the ‘Sickness’ they will experience when leaving.
Cuse: “In ‘The Constant,’ we obviously saw that it’s important to stay on the right bearing going on and off the island. As the freighter got closer to the island, people started experiencing sickness, and we know that Rousseau’s people suffered from a sickness when they came to the island, so this person is in the house in certain areas.”
Lindelof: “The causal relationship between the sickness and the strange fluctuations in space-time is a good catch. As far as the Oceanic 6 being the only ones who can leave the island, that is incorrect, so we’re going to say it’s a wash.”
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