My Serious, Logical Thoughts on Jughead

TITLE

Comes from the name of the hydrogen bomb Jughead. This is not the first time that unusual names have been given to bombs. The bombs dropped on Japan were named Fat man and Little Boy. If the others buried the bomb and most likely they did, is it still on the island now? Does it pose a threat? Does the buried bomb have anything to do with the electromagnetic anomaly that was associated with the swan hatch? I would think no because although Faraday suggested to bury the bomb in concrete, and the anomaly was also contained in concrete, the bomb would not have been classified as an electromagnetic anomaly even though it was leaking. Also one bomb would not destroy the world.

50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

When Ana Lucia and Goodwin were talking about the knife they found, it was mentioned that the knife was army issue and about 50 years old. Now we know why. Because the army was on the island in the 1950’s testing bombs.

HOW DID THE ARMY FIND THE ISLAND?

Not answered but we can theorize that they found the island by accident. Here are some other ships that found the island by accident:

The Black Rock

The ship of Danielle Rousseau

Flight Oceanic 815

HOW DID THE OTHERS FIND THE ISLAND?

Unknown. Also unknown is when the Others came to the island and founded their group. Also who is Jacob and how did he get to the island? Is Jacob immortal? A crazy theory is that it all has to do with Atlantis! Alpert and Jacob were original Atlantians, when Atlantis disappeared into the sea they were just moving the island!

TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER

Alpert looks the same in the 1950s as he does today. If the saying is true “with age comes wisdom” then should not Alpert be the leader? But Ben became the leader over Alpert. Alpert said that the leader selection process begins at a very young age. Ben was recruited to be leader at a young age which agrees with statement of Alpert about early recruitment. Recall that Ben as a boy met Alpert in the jungle and asked if he could join the Others. Presumably the decision on who becomes leader is made by Jacob.

IT IS RUDE TO ASK HOW OLD YOU ARE (OR WHY ALPERT DOES NOT DATE GIRLS HIS OWN AGE)

How old is Richard Alpert? Alpert was present at the birth of John Locke and looked the same as he does now. Alpert also came to see Locke as a young boy. Now we know how and why. Locke had told Alpert in 1954 that Locke himself would one day be leader. He also gave Alpert his birth date. With this information, Alpert apparently was able to track down the location of the birth of Locke knowing what would happen in the future. Then he proceeded to recruit Locke for leadership in The Others. This brings up intriguing question like was Alpert there when the Black Rock crashed? Was Alpert part of an ancient society like the ones who built the four-toed statue? Atlantis anyone? Did Alpert and his people build the turning wheel the moves the island?

ADAM AND EVE

The dead bodies found in a cave referred to as Adam and Eve in season one were about 50 years old which fits the time period in this episode. These two bodies could be dead soldiers, dead Others or even dead LOSTaways. Which brings up the question if LOSTaways die do they still transport through time? If the answer is no then the bodies in the cave could very well be LOSTaways who were killed at some point in time. In this episode 3 LOSTaways were killed by land mines. And just how many of the LOSTaways are left on the island? By the time they reach the Others camp in 1954 there is only Sawyer and Locke accounted for (Juliet, Charlotte, Faraday and Chinese guy do not count as LOSTaways). Everybody else is either dead (like Neil) or unaccounted for. Where are Rose and Bernard in this episode hmmmm? They were not at the rendezvous point or with Locke and Sawyer. We will assume that Rose and Bernard along with a few lucky survivors are elsewhere on the island scattered about. Perhaps they did not hear Sawyer scream out the rendezvous point?

LATIN

What is the deal with speaking Latin? This is the first time we have heard Others speaking it. Scientists and doctors like Juliet use Latin to classify things. Everything from insects to even stars are classified using Latin (Stars use Latin with Greek). This is because Latin is a dead language and therefore not subject to change. That makes it easier, and scientists all over the world can use the same name for a species regardless of what language they personally speak. The last time I heard Latin really used in a movie was the Passion of the Christ when the Roman soldiers spoke it in the movie. You can also see it in old episodes of Star Trek the Next Generation. Some of my favorite Latin sayings are:

Cogito ergo sum = I think therefore I am

Sumus quid sumus = we are what we are

TRISHA TANAKA IS DEAD BUT TERESA SPENCER IS STILL ALIVE

What exactly did Faraday do to Teresa Spencer that put her in the state she is in? As we saw in the episode The Constant those who got too close to the island experienced time travel of their own but seemingly only in their mind. The radio operator for example traveled through time while his body remained in the present. The same thing happened to Desmond. We also saw it happen to Eloise in the lab of Faraday. Undoubtedly Faraday tried a human experiment on the unfortunate miss Spencer and this is the result. She is forever skipping through time in her mind while her body remains. Notice that Charlotte also suffers from time travel in this episode. We learn that Widmore funded the research of Faraday. Widmore learned about the properties of the island while there ergo time travel and such and was probably trying to use the research of Faraday to find a way back to the island. Else why would a rich powerful man fund research like that? It goes toward motive. What does Widmore want more than anything? To get back to the island or more likely to control the island. Just look at the enormous sums of money he has spent. He hired the freighter and mercenaries and faked a plane crash! No cheap thing! This man is driven. I do not believe rumors that Ben faked the plane crash.

YOU THINK HE KNOWS THIS ISLAND BETTER THAN ME?

Now we know how Widmore knows about island. When Locke asked Ben how Widmore knew about the island Ben said that he did not know. Interesting Alpert knew Widmore on the island in 1954 and obviously would know how Widmore knew about the island since Widmore was there. We can only assume that Widmore was such a minor guy back then that Alpert just forgot him or that Alpert deliberately did not reveal to Ben how Widmore came to know about the island. In either case that is very strange. Why would Alpert withhold vital information about their enemy? Or another explanation is that Ben simply lied and Ben knows very well that Widmore used to be on the island. That is likely since Ben has lied about many things when it suits him. Most notably he lied about the smoke monster and about being Henry Gale. Notice how Ben controlled the smoke monster and used it to kill soldiers. This would explain why when Ben was in the bedroom of Widmore he said that he could not kill him. Perhaps Ben regards Widmore as an Other Brother and therefore will not kill him. However he had no qualms about killing the two girls in the Looking Glass. We have seen Widmore bidding on the diary of the first mate of the Black Rock. Since Widmore claims to know the island well he certainly knows about the Black Rock. Now the question is why does Widmore now say that the island is his? That is what he said to Ben when Ben confronted him in his bedroom. Did Widmore lead a mutiny against Alpert and was expelled from the island? After all he didn’t want to listen to Alpert in this episode. That would explain a lot. Widmore wanted to take over but lost a civil war and was forced out. Now he wants revenge. He wants to kill everyone on the island and get Ben. We need more information on the Ben-Widmore relationship. There has to be more there than we know.

ODDS AND ENDS

• Most but not all of the Others from the 1950’s have Australian accents except for Alpert and Widmore.
• Who is the blonde chick with the gun on the island? Will she turn out to be one of the Others of Locke in the future?
• Will they time travel to the boat arrival of Danielle? Might make a cool episode.
• The old 1960s series Time Tunnel is very similar to what is going on now.
• Mrs. Hawking is the mother of Faraday. This is the gray-haired lady we saw in the episode The Lie who told Ben he only had 70 hours to get all six LOSTaways back. Apparently there is a brief window where you can return to the island. Is there a wormhole of some kind? We also saw Hawking in the episode flashes before your eyes as the ring salesman and also in a picture on the desk of the head monk in the abbey where Desmond was.
• The son of Desmond is named Charlie - no doubt named after Charlie Pace whom he befriended and watched drown. Sniff sniff. Miss you Charlie.
• The Chinese guy uses his Ghost Whisperer talents in this episode when they cross the burial ground of the soldiers.
• Do not forget that Sam Toomey was on or near the island during WW II and heard the Hurley numbers broadcast. We may also see an episode about this.
• When the island moved did the other nearby island also come with it? I say yes. This is the other island where Sawyer and Kate were in cages.
• Jack and Kate never appear in this episode. A rarity.

Q

My Serious, Logical Thoughts on Because You Left

Welcome to the new webiste and to the review of Because You Left.

When Marvin Candle (not real name) wakes up it is 8:15 am. These are Hurley numbers and also the flight number of the plane that crashed. Candle puts on a record and its starts to skip. The skipping record foreshadows the people on the island skipping through time. In the cave we see the workman who was drilling into the "time room" I guess you could call it and starts bleeding and freaking out. The time travel quality of the island has deleterious effects. We have seen this before. When the radio operator and a friend went out into the boat near the island they eventually both died. Desmond almost died but made a phone call to Penny. She was his "constant" that saved him. Also note Faraday's female friend with the nose bleeds as they skip through time. She also is suffering from the time travel. Will she also die? LOST seems to mean now "lost in time". Years ago when someone posted that idea on the ABC board I did not believe it. And I have said for years that they were not lost in time. Well look where we are now? Skipping through time! There was actually a small clue of this some years ago. Sawyer was reading a book called "A Wrinkle in Time". Although we did not know it then it was actually foreshadowing what was to come. In the cave outside the time room we see Faraday. Is he still skipping through time with everyone else or is he on his own now? Is he part of DHARMA? Did he get a job there or just steal a uniform? What is his goal? Does he want to get into the time room perhaps to stop their skipping through time? Why else is he in there?

TITLE
"Because You Left." Why do bad things happed just because six people left? What does that have to do with anything. A partial answer comes from the episode "The Constant". In this episode which I alluded to earlier Desmond must contact Penny by phone just to stay alive. This phone call also stops him from skipping through time. Perhaps a similar thing is happening here. The six people are the island's constant. Without those six people everybody will keep skipping through time.

Note the name on Ben's coat when he turns the wheel. It is Haliwax. I am pretty sure that one of Marvin Candle's fake names is Edgar Haliwax. He mentions it in one of the orientation videos.

NEAL FOR REAL
Neal also named frogurt has been mentioned before. In the episode SOS Neal was mentioned as owning the frozen yogurt stand. We never actually saw him.

REINVENT THE WHEEL?
Who made the wheel that moves the island when you turn it? Was it a modern civilization? Was it a future civilization or a past one? What if it was a future civilization that had advanced time travel technology and they built the wheel? Or was it an ancient society like the one that built the four-toed statue. They didn't understand the technology but built the wheel because they were worshipping the island and this was part of their religion?

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? (OR YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD FROM A KATE TURNIP)
Who hired the lawyers to get blood from Kate and Aaron? I know your first thought is Widmore. After all he is an extremely powerful man and yes that is a likely candidate but not the only one. As Sun mentioned whoever did it knows about the lie but is not interested in exposing it. They just wanted Aaron. Recall when mister abaddon visited Hurley in the institution he knew about the lie. He asked about the other survivors of the plane crash. So there are people who know. Abaddaon also was involved in sending the freighter people to the island hence it's Widmore. It may also be prudent to mention that Aaron is supposed to raised by Claire or very bad things will happen.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN, OF TIME AND SPACE
The island has moved not only in time but also in space. We know this because we see the plane from Africa crash on the island and also because in last year's season finale we see the island disappear. Now we have solved one of LOST's mysteries. How did a small plane from Africa end up crashed on the island? It's because the island went to the plane not the plane to the island. The island has a way of crashing planes and ships. Remember Danielle and her boat. The electronics went out when they got near the island. Probably something similar happened to the drug plane. Locke has seen the plane crash before in a vision in season one I think. In the general theory of relativity space and time are not separate but are combined together into one entity called spacetime.

QUESTIONS QUESTIONS
Why didn't Ethan remember Locke after he met him after crashing on the island? How did Alpert know where and when to find Locke? This one is partially answered. Locke will travel in time meet Alpert give him the compass and tell him Ethan shot him. But still Locke did not know the date he was shot so how did Alpert know the date to show up at the plane to treat Locke?

Sun wants to kill Ben and she assumes Widmore does also. But when Ben was in the bedroom of Widmore he says that he can't kill Widmore. Why? we don't know. It's like those two are playing a game with rules and one of the rules is that you can't kill the other. But Ben is allowed to kill the daughter of Widmore apparently. Ben has mentioned that the rules changed when his daughter was killed. So is Widmore allowed to kill Ben? Does this break the rules. Widmore has never said he wants to kill Ben. Notice how Sun has become this vindictive woman!

Why must Locke die to save the island? Is Locke really dead or is he just mostly dead? (See movie Princess Bride starring Cary Elwes(Saw)) We have seen drugs on the island when Locke drugged Boone and made him see visions. If Locke does know drugs then could he concoct something to make him look dead? When Locke's body is returned to the island will he be revived? What will happen if the six people don't return to the island? Will it be the end of the earth? What does the mother of Faraday have to do with this? Is the mother of Faraday the gray-haired woman we see in the vision of Desmond in the episode Flashes Before Your Eyes? If so she may be the key to saving everyone on the island. If the rules don't apply to Desmond then can he change time? What did Faraday read in his book that made him go to Desmond? Was it the phrase "Desmond Hume is your constant" that we saw previously in the episode The Constant?

TIME TRAVEL AND SUCH
Farady states that in time travel there are rules and you cannot change the future even if you wanted to when you go back in time. Time is like a string and you can travel to different parts of that string. This is different than time travel in back to the future and my novel Chaotic Planet Origin (available at www.qcms.biz). In those time can split onto different branches. See my novel. There's a whole chapter on just time travel called the Time Traveler's Handbook.

WHAT THIS EPISODE TEACHES US
The lesson to learn from this episode is always empty the dishwasher. Don't believe me? Just ask the guy Sayid killed.

ODDS AND ENDS
When Alpert says "what goes around comes around" refering to Ethan shooting Locke may be a reference to Charlie shooting Ethan. Ethan shoots Locke. Charlie shoots Ethan.

John Locke has now been shot twice on the island. Once by Ben and once by Ethan.

Q