Lost

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I don't think the people in the preview are the "Others" but more of survivors of flight 815 like Adibisi from Oz. These survivors seem more savage than the main cast. They show some of them in the pictures link I posted before.

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So, the dead man's switch Desmond keeps executing: let's assume for now that it is tied in somehow with the cloud/smoke 'creatures' that rampage the island. If this is true, does the switch temporarily disable them somehow, or is Desmond using it to his advantage as a desperate way to keep the Others at bay? (ie: if we assume the switch controls the smoke columns/'creatures' somehow, then maybe the Others are in far flung areas of the Island to keep away from them and that is partly why they only seem to venture out when there is a new child to kidnap?)

Also, what was the tracking/beeping noise that the spund speaker made? Assuming it wasn't making noise because of Kate escaping or Jack approaching the innard of the compound, then what was it alerting Desmond to? And why did Desmond look scared all of a sudden and say to Locke "Did you hear that?!" Maybe it was because he heard Jack coming or was it something else perhaps?

He's just a minder. Didn't he say something along the lines of: "The world? Is it still there?" to Locke? Obviously, with the snowman code he's expecting someone to come and relieve him, which puts the likelihood that Ethan was down in the hatch with him near 0. Just a lone dude, who's down there, waiting to be relieved and suspects that if anyone comes for him it means the world has been destroyed or some type of mass destruction event has happened.

The noise is to alert him that the time to enter the code is up. It happens in SE02E01 as well. Think of it as the 3 minute timer on the Dead Man's switch.

He likely heard Jack and is worried that more people are going to invade his space.

[aren]

In this episode nothing happened.

We saw the perspective from Kate and Locke going into the hatch. We also saw what happened to Michael, Swayer, and Jin on the raft during the events taking place with the hatch.

I don't think the people in the preview are the "Others" but more of survivors of flight 815 like Adibisi from Oz. These survivors seem more savage than the main cast. They show some of them in the pictures link I posted before.

I agree. They are the survivors of flight 815, but the savage clothing and look make me believe that they are "infected."

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time for my crackpot conspiracy theory (I'm not spoilering this so if you want to stay in lala land please don't read the post):

MAIN PLOT THEORY:
"The Others" aren't the survivors of the ass-end of 815 but are the majority of whatever group of scientists Rousseau and Desmond were part of, but infected with whatever the wacky supervirus is they had quarantined on the island. Presumably, they've killed off the majority of the tail-end survivors leaving only a few left (namely michelle rodriguez -- she's not an "other" according to the canadian preview for next week.)

My guess is that this bug essentially drives anybody infected to the point of insanity (which would explain the savages at the end of last nights episode) and they're all looking for some sort of miracle cure which they believe to be a baby born on the island (therein with a natural immunity due to it developing in the womb of somebody previously infected, not unlike how some babies are born with natural immunities to other virii.) Aaron (Claire's baby) may/may not have an antibody for the virus in his blood, but the others don't know about Aaron -- they knew only of Walt due to them running into the raft and figure he's their saviour. But we all know Walt is the black youth version of Neo, what with creating the polar bears out of thin air and stopping the rain and shit. Perhaps in him lies the secret to defeating the Others, either by using his wacky scanners power to destroy them or cure them by wishing the virus out of existance.

Desmond, being one of the two sane people left from the previous expedition (Rousseau would be the other, my baby antibody theory leads me to believe that she somehow got a biological innoculation from the virus while birthing Alex but has spent so much time on the island she's started her trip down batshit insane lane), is left to keep an eye on the project by the corporation Dharma, who may/may not have created this virus in hopes of biological warfare. There's a proximity alarm near the hatch opening, so whenever its breached he's gotta stop the failsafe from destroying the island with the numbers in the old computer. This is assuming that the whole underground bunker is used as a research facility to study the superman flu they got goin' on there.

The crash victims of flight 815 likely have been infected with the virus already, assuming it's an air-born bug, but the effects don't kick in for awhile. So, in effect, they're all LOST.

NUMBERS:
Just a reeeeeeeeeally big set of coincidences. People have looked at the number system at every fucking conceivable angle from atomic masses of elements to eastern religious references, and while some make sense they don't really seem to "click" with what's going on in the island.

I'm not gona bother touching on the eagle, shark and mist because it's pretty clear that all three are security measures by whoever is monitoring this quarantine. Anyway there's my two cents, now all I can do is wait until next wednesday when (hopefully) they let us know what in holy fuck is going on in the show.

edit: and if you're gonna try and call me out on the whole Jack/Desmond dialog from the last episode, Desmond did say he almost became a doctor which would lead me to believe he's got the knowledge and understanding to study the effects of a virus on the human body, which would make him a perfect candidate for Dharma's research program.

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and if you're gonna try and call me out on the whole Jack/Desmond dialog from the last episode, Desmond did say he almost became a doctor which would lead me to believe he's got the knowledge and understanding to study the effects of a virus on the human body, which would make him a candidate for Dharma's research program.

So Desmond running into Jack years before at the stadium was just a coincidence?

[Port]

So Desmond running into Jack years before at the stadium was just a coincidence?

And Desmond doesn't recognize Jack. Jack recognizes him, but Desmond does not, evidenced when Locke tells Desmond 'the resident doctor, Jack' is coming.

Also, Rosseau says she got to the island 16 years and was brought by the numbers. She wasn't part of the group running the show at the island.

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So Desmond running into Jack years before at the stadium was just a coincidence?

Yeah. That, or Desmond is actually one of a pair of twins, the other Desmond being the one Jack ran into at the stadium. That would explain why Desmond doesn't recognize him.

I honestly think people are buying into this show too deep. Hell, sometimes I even think that I do. Sure a lot of the connections are eerie and almost feel orchestrated, but that's seriously a lot of under-the-radar type stuff to work out so that specific group of people end up on the island. It almost seems like it would be more trouble than its worth.

Also, Rosseau says she got to the island 16 years and was brought by the numbers. She wasn't part of the group running the show at the island.

Like I said, she's been there for sixteen years so it's more than likely she's beginning to feel some sort of insanity/cabin fever/isolation sickness from being stuck there for so long (that, or my antibody theory doesn't work and she's got insane from the virus). It just seems a little flaky to me. And for all we know, she could just be lying to the survivors in hopes to keep her real reason for being there -- part of the research team from Dharma -- from being exposed.

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Desmond, being one of the two sane people left from the previous expedition

I don't think Rousseau and Desmond are form the same team at all. Rousseau has been on the island at least 16 years (since 1988~9) based on the looping transmission that the island broadcast. They weren't researching the island--they were responding to a transmission of the numbers and their boat ran aground. She may be lying--who knows?

I'm not certain Jack's flashback with Desmond was 16 yrs ago. Desmond may not recognize Jack because it was such an insignificant event in his life. Jack remembers because Sarah was healed "miraculously" the next day.

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I'm not certain Jack's flashback with Desmond was 16 yrs ago. Desmond may not recognize Jack because it was such an insignificant event in his life. Jack remembers because Sarah was healed "miraculously" the next day.

That, or maybe Desmond just hasn't recalled where he's seen Jack's face before. We've seen the two face to face for like THREE SECONDS - you can't yet say "OMG Desmond doesn't remember Jack!" Desmond has been down there without any human contact, he has (some) reason to be afraid and/or paranoid of people, it might just take a few moments for things to click.

As for John mentioning "our doctor, Jack," gee, it isn't like Jack is a common name or anything. Do you know how many doctors in the world named Jack there probably are?

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That, or maybe Desmond just hasn't recalled where he's seen Jack's face before. We've seen the two face to face for like THREE SECONDS - you can't yet say "OMG Desmond doesn't remember Jack!" Desmond has been down there without any human contact, he has (some) reason to be afraid and/or paranoid of people, it might just take a few moments for things to click.

As for John mentioning "our doctor, Jack," gee, it isn't like Jack is a common name or anything. Do you know how many doctors in the world named Jack there probably are?

I was just going to say the same thing. I think it is in fact Desmond. We seen mere seconds of them seeing each other. Jack just happened to be the 1st one to say something.