Choppin Broccoli
05-19-05, 02:15 AM
1. Leslie Arzt. It's gotta be an anagram of something. Just like Ethan Rom is an anagram. I wondered last week why this guy just showed up out of nowhere and started offering helpful information. He sure seems to be following Ethan's set path, though (establish a rapport, then turn on the group), AND he's got an anagrammed name (of what, I have no idea--the best I could come up with was "Let's Realize," and that's assuming it's spelled Leslie, rather than Lesley or Lezlie or Lezley or any other variation). Maybe he's trying to thwart the plan to launch the raft (he's the one telling them they have to hurry up and finish it right now, AND he's the one who insists he's the only one who knows how to handle dynamite just to go with Jack, Danielle, etc. into the jungle--and since he turned around to go back before the monster came, how is it that he came running out of the jungle AT the group from IN FRONT of them later on?) And is it me, or does this guy bear a striking resemblance to the pilot that appeared to be mauled by the "monster" early on?
2. James Ford. Sawyer's real name. Any idea of its significance (if any--although my guess is if they took the time to mention it, it's significant). And why has Sawyer done a 180 and decided to become a model citizen all of a sudden? Pure guilt? Or something else?
3. The Black Rock. Never thought it might be a ship. I first thought it was the ship that Danielle's team "ran aground" to end up on the island. But that ship was facing out to sea, as if they were preparing to launch it. Maybe "The Others" showed up to stop Danielle's team from launching the ship, kinda like they're showing up now, just as our castaways are launching the raft. I suspect people are about to be infected with the sickness Danielle keeps referring to.
4. Vincent. This is not your average "boy and his dog" relationship. The leap into the water after him is proof of that. I wondered early on if Vincent could be the reincarnation of Walt's mother (although Vincent was around while Walt's mother was still alive, so maybe the dog is just "housing" her soul, kinda like the Golden Retriever in Locke's story about his mother).
5. Background characters. I couldn't place them, but a LOT of the characters sitting in the background tonight looked like characters we've seen in prior flashbacks. I KNOW that guy next to Jack at the bar is someone, but I can't place him. I also think the kids on the broken cup looked familiar (were they the kids being ushered out of the hotel room last week?)
6. The numbers. I guess Hurley didn't notice them on the hatch. One thing I'm pretty sure of, though, is that Hurley wrote the numbers on the slip of paper he put in the bottle. He asked Charlie not to look at it so Charlie wouldn't be cursed (but Charlie DID look at it, so maybe something bad is about to befall Charlie). Or maybe the fact that the numbers are on the raft explains why the raft will fail in its goal. Also, did you notice that Jack's seat on the plane was in row 23 and the girl at the bar (Michelle Rodriguez? Rosario Dawson? Can't remember her name) was in row 42? Those are two of the numbers. Makes me wonder, first of all, if the rows that survived the crash were rows 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42, and secondly, if that character is alive somewhere on the island (maybe with Rose's husband--again, I don't think they'd have made such a big deal of telling us how much Rose believes he's still alive if he weren't).
7. The "monster." Danielle claims it's a security system of some kind, or an alarm system? Apparently it warns "The Others" when someone comes too close or something? Or maybe it's meant to scare people away? But Locke knows enough to tell Hurley to stand perfectly still. Why would standing still make you safe? Obviously, being the only one who has survived an encounter with "the monster," Locke would know what he's talking about, but what does he know that nobody else does?
8. "The island." How many times have we heard Locke refer to "the island" will do this and "the island" will do that? Nobody suspected that the Black Rock might be a ship. Maybe "The Island" is something's name as well (like a craft, or a person/being, instead of just the island they're on). Locke has been tricked before. Maybe whatever "the island" is is trying to convince him that it means the land mass they're on, when in reality, it's something/someONE else.
9. When Locke tells Hurley that "the monster" is moving away from them, the rain stops. The two are connected in some way. Are rain and the monster connected in ALL the prior episodes? I can remember a few instances where they are, but I don't know for sure.
10. Danielle's baby was taken 1 week after it was born. How old is Claire's baby right now? And is there any significance to the fact that it hasn't been given a name yet? At first, I surmised that if the theory that the response to Boone's distress call in the plane was the same group of castaways, only in the future, was correct, then maybe Danielle was "Future Claire." But the more I watched tonight, the more I abandoned that theory. There's not enough to go on there. And am I imagining things, or did we find out tonight that Danielle's baby, Alex, is actually a girl? I was so busy sorting out all the information from tonight's show that some of it slipped past me.
11. The toy plane. We got a little more of the story tonight (at least the marshall's interpretation of it), but I still don't think we know the whole story there. At least we now know that the plane was placed in a New Mexico safe deposit box to keep it away from Kate. But why? I doubt for pure spite. There's something more there.
12. Jack. We found out tonight that at the time of the crash, Jack wasn't married anymore. Did it end in divorce or death?
13. The scratches on Danielle's arm. Significant enough to show us (and for her to cover up the real way and reason she got them), but glossed over enough that we're just supposed to forget about them. That leads me to believe that they're significant. Clearly, there were four scratches, as if made by a human hand or an animal with claws.
14. Walt and Michael. The altercation in the hotel just prior to the plane leaving. Any significance? Are we being led to believe, as some have theorized, that Walt's concentrated hatred may have brought down the plane? Also, does Vincent's presence have any effect on Walt's "powers?" For example, do the weird things tend to happen more when Vincent is away from Walt, or when Vincent is nearby? Anybody know? Also note that the altercation happened at 5:23 a.m. (23 being one of the numbers).
15. Sayid. We're led to believe that Shannon is the one who causes Sayid to be detained at the airport. But the timeline doesn't match up. Sayid was recruited to work for the CIA AFTER he was detained in the airport. If he'd been detained in tonight's episode, he wouldn't have even been on the plane when it went down. I think we'll find out in a subsequent episode that Sayid was running after somebody when he asked Shannon to watch his bag. Who, I have no idea.
2. James Ford. Sawyer's real name. Any idea of its significance (if any--although my guess is if they took the time to mention it, it's significant). And why has Sawyer done a 180 and decided to become a model citizen all of a sudden? Pure guilt? Or something else?
3. The Black Rock. Never thought it might be a ship. I first thought it was the ship that Danielle's team "ran aground" to end up on the island. But that ship was facing out to sea, as if they were preparing to launch it. Maybe "The Others" showed up to stop Danielle's team from launching the ship, kinda like they're showing up now, just as our castaways are launching the raft. I suspect people are about to be infected with the sickness Danielle keeps referring to.
4. Vincent. This is not your average "boy and his dog" relationship. The leap into the water after him is proof of that. I wondered early on if Vincent could be the reincarnation of Walt's mother (although Vincent was around while Walt's mother was still alive, so maybe the dog is just "housing" her soul, kinda like the Golden Retriever in Locke's story about his mother).
5. Background characters. I couldn't place them, but a LOT of the characters sitting in the background tonight looked like characters we've seen in prior flashbacks. I KNOW that guy next to Jack at the bar is someone, but I can't place him. I also think the kids on the broken cup looked familiar (were they the kids being ushered out of the hotel room last week?)
6. The numbers. I guess Hurley didn't notice them on the hatch. One thing I'm pretty sure of, though, is that Hurley wrote the numbers on the slip of paper he put in the bottle. He asked Charlie not to look at it so Charlie wouldn't be cursed (but Charlie DID look at it, so maybe something bad is about to befall Charlie). Or maybe the fact that the numbers are on the raft explains why the raft will fail in its goal. Also, did you notice that Jack's seat on the plane was in row 23 and the girl at the bar (Michelle Rodriguez? Rosario Dawson? Can't remember her name) was in row 42? Those are two of the numbers. Makes me wonder, first of all, if the rows that survived the crash were rows 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42, and secondly, if that character is alive somewhere on the island (maybe with Rose's husband--again, I don't think they'd have made such a big deal of telling us how much Rose believes he's still alive if he weren't).
7. The "monster." Danielle claims it's a security system of some kind, or an alarm system? Apparently it warns "The Others" when someone comes too close or something? Or maybe it's meant to scare people away? But Locke knows enough to tell Hurley to stand perfectly still. Why would standing still make you safe? Obviously, being the only one who has survived an encounter with "the monster," Locke would know what he's talking about, but what does he know that nobody else does?
8. "The island." How many times have we heard Locke refer to "the island" will do this and "the island" will do that? Nobody suspected that the Black Rock might be a ship. Maybe "The Island" is something's name as well (like a craft, or a person/being, instead of just the island they're on). Locke has been tricked before. Maybe whatever "the island" is is trying to convince him that it means the land mass they're on, when in reality, it's something/someONE else.
9. When Locke tells Hurley that "the monster" is moving away from them, the rain stops. The two are connected in some way. Are rain and the monster connected in ALL the prior episodes? I can remember a few instances where they are, but I don't know for sure.
10. Danielle's baby was taken 1 week after it was born. How old is Claire's baby right now? And is there any significance to the fact that it hasn't been given a name yet? At first, I surmised that if the theory that the response to Boone's distress call in the plane was the same group of castaways, only in the future, was correct, then maybe Danielle was "Future Claire." But the more I watched tonight, the more I abandoned that theory. There's not enough to go on there. And am I imagining things, or did we find out tonight that Danielle's baby, Alex, is actually a girl? I was so busy sorting out all the information from tonight's show that some of it slipped past me.
11. The toy plane. We got a little more of the story tonight (at least the marshall's interpretation of it), but I still don't think we know the whole story there. At least we now know that the plane was placed in a New Mexico safe deposit box to keep it away from Kate. But why? I doubt for pure spite. There's something more there.
12. Jack. We found out tonight that at the time of the crash, Jack wasn't married anymore. Did it end in divorce or death?
13. The scratches on Danielle's arm. Significant enough to show us (and for her to cover up the real way and reason she got them), but glossed over enough that we're just supposed to forget about them. That leads me to believe that they're significant. Clearly, there were four scratches, as if made by a human hand or an animal with claws.
14. Walt and Michael. The altercation in the hotel just prior to the plane leaving. Any significance? Are we being led to believe, as some have theorized, that Walt's concentrated hatred may have brought down the plane? Also, does Vincent's presence have any effect on Walt's "powers?" For example, do the weird things tend to happen more when Vincent is away from Walt, or when Vincent is nearby? Anybody know? Also note that the altercation happened at 5:23 a.m. (23 being one of the numbers).
15. Sayid. We're led to believe that Shannon is the one who causes Sayid to be detained at the airport. But the timeline doesn't match up. Sayid was recruited to work for the CIA AFTER he was detained in the airport. If he'd been detained in tonight's episode, he wouldn't have even been on the plane when it went down. I think we'll find out in a subsequent episode that Sayid was running after somebody when he asked Shannon to watch his bag. Who, I have no idea.