1. Dharma built a station in L.A., the Lampost, before any of the ones on the Island (Swan, Flame, Tempest, Orchid, Pearl, Arrow).
2. Locke killed himself (and by virtue of "next week on LOST," we learned that Ben was there for the suicide).
3. The Lampost was built to help Dharma find where the island is in time, and it still functions.
4. To return to the Island, you need to be on a plane flying over the geographic location the Island is during that time. However, actually crashing said plane on the Island is not required.
5. Faraday tells Desmond to find Ms. Hawking. Desmond does. This accomplishes nothing.
6. Jin ends up driving a Dharma Initiative van, wearing a Dharma Initiative uniform, carrying a Dharma Initiative rifle, and acting like a Dharma Initiative member. This is similar to Faraday's apparent position as a Dharma construction worker in the season premiere.
Anything else?
Interpretations later today.
About #6--I'm thinking that the people that were left on the island were stuck in the time period from when Locke turned the wheel. We don't know if the time shifts have continued since then. At that point, the well was gone, along with everything else--it was at the beginning of Dharma (at least as far as I can tell). This explains (to me, at least) why Jin is driving a Dharma van and dressed in Dharma clothing--he is now a part of helping the initiative go forward, and has been for 3 years (the same time the others have been off the island). And I'd guess the others that were left behind (Sawyer et al) are too. That's just my guess, though.
ReplyDeleteIt's all just guessing, right now. :) The Jin thing completely came out of nowhere. But your theory makes as much sense as anything.
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