LA X 1 and 2 Questions

So I'm rewatching the episodes and I have so many more questions now after I've had the chance to digest everything.

1) Why did the van travel with them to 2004 (which I'm assuming it is because apparently it's when Desmond blew up the Swan Hatch)?

2) Why is Juliet at the bottom of a hole in the Swan Hatch? If in fact the hatch actually got built and blown up by Desmond, Juliet and the hole shouldn't even be there. Plus, when Desmond blew up the hatch, he was inside and even he got blown out of it.

3) Why is Rose reading a Weekly Woodsman on the plane? That seems out of place.

4) Why did Locke say he went on a walkabout, when he's clearly in a wheel chair? Is Locke now a liar?

5) We see that MIB/Flocke tore the piece of tapestry. Is this the same tapestry that we once saw in the cabin? What's so special about it and why did he take it?

6) Why did Ben lie to Richard saying the Jacob was ok?

7) Why does Jacob refer to the MIB as an old friend?

8) Why is the pen in Jack's jacket gone?

9) While Juliet is alive she clearly says it didn't work, then when dead she says it did work. What's up with that?

10) How does Jacob's body guards know about the ash, but doesn't know that the MIB turns into Smokie?

11) How is it that Ben can summon Smokie, but doesn't know about the MIB?

12) It seems to me that every number shown or mentioned in this episode is not one of the "numbers" I'm guessing that was done on purpose.

13) How could they not see the real temple behind the outside one?

14) If Cindy, Zach and Emma were all on flight 815, why didn't they time travel with the rest of our Losties? Looks like they've just been hanging out in the temple through all of this.

15) Why didn't Jack recognize Desmond on the plane, when they clearly met while running in the stadium?

16) When Myles listens to dead Juliet why does it sound like the Smoke Monster is coming?

17) Why does Jin get subtitles and the new Asian guy doesn't? I think that kind of sucks.

18) Who were the fireworks meant for? Richard?

19) Why is the MIB dissapointed in everyone?

20) Why don't we see Claire on the plane? Also, is Claire pregnant, cuz they never showed her belly in the cab.

21) Is Desmond married to Penny, cuz he IS wearing a wedding ring on the plane.

22) Why does Jacob die so easily and then disappear in the fire?

LOST S6; LA X 1 and 2

Yes, LOST is finally back! It's a little bitter sweet knowing that this is the final season (I think a few of us may need a support group after the season finale) but this time around we will finally get some answers...hopefully. The premiere episodes were awesome in so many ways, answering some questions, confirming some theories, and creating more confusion. But I believe it's the confusion and questions that keep so many people hooked. So here we go...


Smoke Monster/Man In Black (MIB)/ Fake Locke (FLocke) - I believe that we can all agree that the MIB can shapeshift. He is at times Smokie, who lurks under the outside part of the temple (possibly waiting for his chance to get in), and is now FLocke. There is also the possibility that at times he has appeared as Jack's dad (which is really confusing me). Apparently, the MIB had the idea a while back to clone Locke, but how did he set up the whole scheme? How did Ben know to kill Locke instead of letting him kill himself? I mean think about this for a second, Eloise Hawking said that Locke was to take the place of Jack's dad in the coffin and Ben kept him on ice to keep the body fresh. With regards to the MIB inhabiting Locke's body or cloning him had to have been already set in place for Ben to be the one to kill him, keep him fresh, and get him back to the island. Also, at what point did the MIB clone Locke? I've always thought Christian Shephard was a good guy (even protecting himself from Smokie with ash laid around the cabin), but it was Christian Shepard that told Locke he needed to die to fix everything. So, did the MIB also shapeshift into Christian at the moment when he told Locke that he needed to die? Was that when the MIB's plan begun?

Theory: When good Locke couldn't get the O6 to come back, could the MIB have actually shapeshifted into off island Ben (who was wearing a black trench coat at the time), get the O6 to come back, killed Locke to take his body, got back on the plane, shapeshifted into Fake Locke, leaving real Ben to survive the Ajira flight, achieving his goal to then use real Ben as his murderer to kill Jacob. Phew, did you get all of that?

What time is it? We have several different choices - the 70's, 2004, 2007, or 2010. Jack, Kate, Sawyer and the rest blew up the hatch in the 70's. The first Oceanic 815 flight took on in Sept 04. The Ajira flight with Sun, Ben and Lapedis landed in 2007. However, today is 2010 and the title of the episode is LA X. Notice the space - it is intentional. Does the X stand for 10, as in 2010? One thing I do believe is that Jack, Kate, Jin, Myles, Hurley and Sawyer are in the same time as Sun, Ben, Lapedis, Richard and the rest of the Ajira flight on the island. In Los Angeles, I have no clue.


Thanks ODI for screencap.
What's up with Juliet? OK, so my favorite part of the night was the interaction between Sawyer and Juliet. I really like them. Here we see her dying while talking about going dutch for coffee. This make me believe that her body died in Sawyer's arms while her mind traveled to some distant future or parallel universe where her and Sawyer actually meet and have coffee. When Sawyer makes Myles ask Juliet what she wanted to tell him and he said that she says, "it worked" i believe that the bomb did work and that the are all living out their lives in a parallel universe. If this is the case, then I also believe that fate will bring them all back together in some way. If Juliet and Sawyer are meant to be, I don't think that anything can stop that.

Is the MIB Satan while Jacob is God? The MIB specifically tells Richard that he wants to go home. But where is home? I'm going to go with a religious theory here. I say the MIB is Satan, or some kind of fallen angel who was thrown out of heaven and wants to get back. I'm also going to say that Jacob is either God or God's right hand angel. If this is correct, it makes sense to me why neither could kill each other. It also shows a parallel to the relationship that Ben has with Widmore (there are rules that they have to go by and neither could kill the other one). If they are indeed some kind of angel-like being then it also makes sense to me how they can inhabit the body of a dying person.



Oceanic 815 differences & similarities: According to Damon & Carlton on Jimmy Kimmel, jack purposely had less to drink and was also more nervous during the turbulence than Rose. With that said why are we seeing Jack's perspective on the plane. Everyone else seems to be going on their merry way, while Jack seems a little uneasy, possibly experiencing a bit of dejavu. OK - so who was NOT on the plane that was on the original? Michael and Walt, Shannon, and Claire (even though we see her in the airport we don't see her on the plane). I would like to say good job to having the pilots voice on the speaker be Greg Grunberg's, who was also the original pilot that died by Smokie's hands. Desmond was never on the plane in 2004, he was pushing a button in the hatch. However, if this plane ride isn't 2004 then I don't know. However, Desmond disappears as soon as Jack sees Charlie (so glad to see Charlie back). Even though the plane didn't crash, Jack still asks for a pen to save a life, like he did with Boone when they crashed on the island. Jack still has the same flight attendant, Cindy, who now has a job in the temple. Hurley is happy and is only lucky, which is a complete contrast to his former life. Kate is still in handcuffs and again manages to get away. Sawyer seems to be the same but maybe a little nicer and happier. I mean he did just kill the wrong guy he thought was the original Sawyer, plus he's giving Hurley advice on how not to be conned. Locke is still wheelchair bound, and actually lied to Boone about the walkabout.

Weird stuff: Oceanic loses Jack's dad, just like in the original plane crash when there was a coffin but no Christian Shephard. Jack seems like a more optimistic man when he meets Locke in the airport
claiming that anything can be changed, including Locke's spine, and he even offers him a free consult. Whereas Locke is more of the pessimist claiming that his spine can't be fixed. Oceanic also loses Locke's knives, which must be significant but I'm not sure why.



The island under water: First I'd like to give a nice little shout out to the Dharma shark appearance (check out the tail). I thought that was neat that he was thrown back into the picture. But why was the island under water while Oceanic was flying overhead? Did the bomb actually blow the island under water? Was it underwater from the original time that it disappeared? Is that how the Black Rock ends up in the middle of the island?

Hurley sees dead people: We've known for a while that Hurley can see the dead, like when he saw Ana Lucia and Charlie a few times. Since he has that ability, I believe that is why Jacob came to him to help with Sayid. But why save Sayid? Who is Sayid now? We know that child Ben was saved by that same water in the temple when he was given to Richard, but look at what that made ben out to be. Will Sayid have changed too? Is Jacob inhabiting his body, like MIB is doing with Locke? Will the final war be between FLocke and FSayid, aka MIB and Jacob?

Richard in chains??? So clearly Richard (who has been around for a very long time) knows who this MIB is. The MIB/FLocke says to him something like it's nice to see you out of chains. What does that mean? Well, it could mean that he was originally on the Black Rock chained up like those other guys who are now skeletons. But then that would mean Richard was possibly once a bad man or a prisoner. Did Jacob release him from the chains causing him to be Jacob's servant?



Desmond's book:When jack sees Desmond on the plane, Des is holding a book by Salman Rushdie. The interesting thing about Rushdie is that he is most known for his work called, " Satanic Verses" which I find super interesting, especially since I'm leaning toward the MIB being Lucifer (or someone like that). However, the book that Des is holding is a very complicated one called, "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" which takes place in a sad city, the saddest of cities, a city so ruinously sad it had forgotten its name. It also has a place where the weather changes in reflection of the characters' behavior. There are also various islands and a continent is also shown on the moon.There is also a place that is divided between dark and light.

Hurley's guitar case: We find out that in Hurley's guitar case is an ankh, the symbol for eternal life. But what's more interesting is the note hiding inside the ankh. Did Jacob know what was going to happen? He handed Hurley the guitar case before he ever flew back on Ajira, which means that the note had already known the future. that being said, why did the note say that Sayid had to be saved or else? Which leads to my next question, the asian guy had read the note and knowing that Sayid had to be saved or else, he still asked jack for permission to take Sayid's body and save him (which I found kind of weird).


Thanks ODI for the screencap.
Rose and Bernard: Does Rose still have cancer. The two seemed so happy, but if you recall their purpose for being in Australia was to see a healing doctor to get rid of Rose's cancer. By the way, check out the cool little easteregg on the magazine that Rose is holding.

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Hurley likes it Hoth

SO I ABSOLUTELY LOOOVVVVEEED LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE, " SOME LIKE IT HOTH." It can't get any better when you mix LOST with Star Wars and people who talk to the dead. Awesome. Plain and simple awesomeness! There were soooo many Star Wars references so I'll get to those first.

1) Hoth - Hoth was the ice planet featured in Empire Strikes Back. Hoth is the sixth planet of the remote Hoth system. It became famous as the one-time location of the Alliance to Restore the Republic's Echo Base during the Galactic Civil War. It was also the site of the Battle of Hoth, a major engagement between Imperial and Rebel forces. It was also the place where Luke was freezing cold and cut open a Tauntaun and crawled inside to keep warm - yummy!

2) Hoth=ice cold; polar bear talk=ice cold

3) Miles learns who his father is. Luke and Darth Vader had a similar story. Could that mean Dr. Pierre Chang is a member of the dark side?

4) Miles uses his own force to talk to dead people. Luke used the force to move things. But let's not forget he saw his favorite dead people at the end of Return of the Jedi.

5) Hurley talks of Luke getting his hand cut off and well most of us know what eventually happens to Dr. Marvin Candle/Chang (he loses and arm as seen in the Dharma videos)

6) Hurley apparently rewrites Empire Strikes Back. I'd love to see that version where Luke and Darth have a heart to heart.

7) This was definitely a "father" episode for many reasons. But I wanted to point out that Roger is suddenly concerned for Ben, even though he has always blamed and mistreated Ben for killing his mother while in labor. Similar to what happened to Padme Amidalia when Luke and Lei were born.

8) Could Miles be the cause of his own daddy issues? Remember back in the Orchid video when Dr. Chang freaks out because both rabbits are too close. Could Miles have his heart to heart, Chang freaks and send mom and baby away?

9) Since Hurley is writing and talking about the place of Galactic Civil War, should we expect the beginning of our LOST war?

With Star Wars aside...

10) We find out 100% that Widemore was behind planting the fake Oceanic plane in the ocean when Miles does his talking to dead people thing for Naomi.

11) Numbers 4,8, 15, 16, 23, 42 where everywhere: there was a 8 on the ear of the ceramic rabbit outside of the dead man's door when Miles was young, the microwave in the apartment says 3:16, 4 on the apartment door, and of course Hurley actually watching them put the #s on the Hatch door. But why does a hatch door need a serial number?

12) So a guy died by his metal filling - could it have been put in by Bernard (since he is a dentist)



13) Bram (the guy in the van who grabbed Miles) was also seen flying over on Ajira. He was the guy last week on the beach with Ilana holding a gun at Frank. But whose team is he on? We know there's Widmore vs Ben. It doesn't seem like he's on Widmore's because he wanted Miles to miss the boat. It doesn't seem like he's Ben's team because Ben clearly didn't recognize them on the beach when asking to help with the chest. But Is Bram and Ilana on a third team that knows something about what lies in the shadow of the statue? I believe they're looking and may belong to Richard's original people. Or, could they be with the original Hanso/Dharma Initiative?


14) So the sub arrives with Faraday (YAY) but it came with a load of scientists from Ann Arbor. So I'm hoping we'll finally get to meet the DeGroots (founders of the Dharma Initiative). But what I'm really hoping for is the meeting of Hanso!!!



15) The chalkboard that Jack is erasing has a a lesson about Egyptian mythology.

16) Everyone has daddy issues on LOST: Miles, Kate, Jack, Sawyer, Locke, Claire (being that her dad was Christian and he didn't live in Australia), Ben.

17) Miles sees baby Miles - so that means that two of the same people can exist in the same place at the same time

18) Polar Bear talk - Hurley is threatened to weigh Polar Bear poop - why are they weighing poop - who know? Dr. Chang is reading a polar bear book to baby Miles. Talk of Hoth - an icy cold place.

I seriously can't wait for the the Faraday episode!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Smoke Monster

WOW!!! All I can say is HOLY SMOKE! WOW WOW WOW! Dead is Dead was such an amazing episode of LOST. Something I've been waiting for for such a long time. We actually met Smokey! And it was amazing!!! Plus, we got almost an hour of Ben and Locke and LOST can never go wrong with two of their most amazing characters.

1) OK, I'm saying. I'm just putting my new theory out there right at the start: Current alive Locke is Smokey playing dress up. We clearly saw that Smokey takes other forms, such as with Alex in the temple, why not Locke? For the moment enlighten me and ponder this: a) Locke is alive after he was clearly killed by Ben, b) When Ben conjures Smokey, Locke comes out from the buses, c) Locke knows exactly where to find Smokey (yet we've never actually seen Locke at the temple before this ep. Only once dragged down a hole by Mr. Smoke and looking into "the eye of the island," d) when Ben goes to find Smokey below the surface Locke goes to find rope, e) when Ben is done having is chat with Smokey in the form of Alex Locke reappears with rope, f) Ben is told by Smokey to follow whatever Locke says!!! Maybe the title of the episode says it all "Dead IS Dead." OR - is Ben the one who is really dead? I mean he has been shot and beaten to a pulp several times. SO NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK?

2) Here's your brief lesson in Egyptian mythology (take a look at the pic above): Anubis is presumably on the right. Anubis was the god to protect the dead and bring them to the afterlife. He was usually portrayed as a half human, half jackal, or in full jackal form wearing a ribbon and holding a flail in the crook of its arm. Most likely all we have left of him is a foot statue now. HOWEVER, then there is a depiction of the Smoke Monster on the left of the picture. This is where I get excited about the Egyptian Apep, an evil demon, the deification of darkness and chaos. As the personification of all that was evil, Apep was seen as a giant snake, crocodile, serpent, or in later years, in a few cases, as a dragon, leading to titles such as Serpent from the Nile, and Evil lizard. Some elaborations even said that he stretched 16 yards in length and had a head made of flint. (Flint is what hikers use to make fires...which make smoke!!!) Plus, n an annual rite, called the Banishing of Apep, priests would build an effigy of Apep that was thought to contain all of the evil and darkness in Egypt, and burn it to protect everyone from Apep's influence for another year. AND, Apep was thought to live in the underworld, he was sometimes thought of as an Eater-up of Souls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3) Ben clearly has mommy issues. We all know that his mom died while giving birth to him and his father went around blaming him for killing her. Poor Ben. Now he's faced with killing Danielle and Alex, BUT he can't cuz there's a baby involved. Later, history repeats itself once more and we see Ben faced with trying to kill Penny (so glad he didn't), BUT he can't cuz there's a baby involved. So, it seems Ben does have a week side.

4) Who actually killed Alex? Keamy because he's a jerk. Widmore because he wanted revenge on Ben for getting booted from the island or maybe thought it would be a ticket back if he did what was initially supposed to have been done? Ben because he had to think of the island above anything else? OR Smokey, because she was bound to die anyway (according to Widmore)?

5) If Alex died because Ben was protecting the island, which is what he was initially supposed to do in the first place, does he really need to ask for forgiveness?

6) Widmore truly is the bad guy! He disobeyed the rules, went island and woman hopping way too many times, and really is kind of a jerk.

7) Going out on a limb here - Richard Alpert has always been on the island and is actually Egyptian (given the eyeliner look)! Maybe he is Jacob! Maybe Jacob is his father! maybe him and Jacob are brothers. Who knows, but I want a Richard Alpert flashback!

8) Who is Illana and why is she on this island with a big metal box? Why does Ben not seem to know or care, when he seems to know everything. And what's with, " What lies in the shadow of the statue?" Is she talking the whole thing or just the foot? Is it another code like the snowman/carrot riddle? Was she sent by Widmore?

9) Now that Ben is back is he a bit different? It seems he may not know as much as before. He didn't know about Hurley and the gang in the Dharma Initiative ( and while that is actually happening now in the past - it DID happen - cuz what happened happened!). He seems to truly not have known that Ben would be totally alive again (even though I think he may have had a clue it could work). He doesn't know where to find Smokey - which I found really weird. We definitely saw a more vulnerable Ben in this episode.

10) Who lived in Ben's house before Ben? I mean it does lead to Smokey's lair. Someone obviously built the house on top of Smokey's underground chambers.

11) Did taking Alex cause the island pregnancy problem? If the island or Jacob wanted Alex and Danielle dead, and Ben chose to save their life (a baby's life) then maybe killing babies before they're born was the other alternative. Especially since later on when Widmore is leaving it is clearly stated that he had a baby OFF the island with a woman. Why not on the island with a woman?

12) SO briefly this season I thought the whispers where people in a different time standing in the same place while talking (as in Sawyer watching Kate). That's obviously not the case. Now Ben tells Danielle to run the other way if she hears whispers. Why? Are the whispers related to the Others? If you can stretch your brain back to season 1 she told Sayid that she never saw them, but she heard them.

13) Why does Ben tell Sun to apologize to Desmond for him? The attempt to kill Penny doesn't seem like something Ben would apologize for. Was it for shooting Desmond and then realizing he has a kid? Possibly. Was it one last chance to redeem himself before having a face to face with Smokey?

14) Why does Charles so desperately want to go back? His life seems pretty good (even though he doesn't have a relationship with Penny). Why can't he talk to Elloise and figure a way to get back? I mean yes he was banished, but what is really stopping him from going back. Especially if he was able to send a freighter full of people there. Will the whole trying to kill Penny thing set her on a reconciliation trip to find her father and get revenge on Ben and get Desmond back to the island.

15) When Ben enters his old house the game Risk is exactly where Sawyer and Hurley left it right before Keamy came barging into Otherton and shot Alex. Which means what? Well, it could mean that the Ajira flight has actually landed just after Claire's house blew up, Alex was shot and the O6 and Ben left the island, which is why Sun isn't running into herself. Or am I way off and they can't run into themselves? I have a headache.

16) Why didn't Desmond die? I saw he has Michael syndrome - the island won't let him.

17) Close up on Locke's shoes. Why? We know he's wearing Christian's shoes cuz Jack put them on him. So is he filling Christian's shoes? I kinda say no cuz we just saw Christian talking to Sun. hmmm?

18) Does Smokey take people to the afterlife and if so, then is Ben not worthy of going yet??? Let's ponder this for a sec... Shannon became a better person and died. Boone became a better person and died. Charlie quit drugs, cared about everyone, sacrificed himself, became a better person and died, Michael couldn't die at first then saved everyone, sacrificed his life, became a better person and died. Ana Lucia - better person= died. Libby - better person= died. So who has been seriously hurt and hasn't died?Ben! Ben has been shot at, stabbed, beaten and is still living to talk about it. Jack! Jack even tried to kill himself and it got interrupted. Saywer has been very seriously hurt and is living to talk about it. Locke has been shot at and murdered and is still walking around (maybe alive - I believe he's Smokey tho). Claire blew up in her house and came out ok (kinda). Where she is, I have no idea.

19) Why did Ben have to drain out the water to summon Smokey? Is it a Smoke can't mix with water thing? Is that why we never see Smokey on the beach?

20) Last, but never least, young Widmore on a horse looked absolutely ridiculous! What is with that Fabio hair!?! Ben's younger hair days kinda sucked too!

A LOST MIX

Here's your gigantic dose LOST from my world. Think of it as LaFleur, Namaste, He's Our You, and Whatever Happened Happend blended up and poured into a chilled margarita glass for you while sitting on a tropical island in the middle of nowhere during 1977 with blue vans driving by. Here we go:

1) Who is this Radzinsky guy? We've actually seen his work before (besides his Swan hatch model) and have been quite amazed.
Radzinsky actually has a histry (or shall I say future) working with Kelvin (Desmond's buddy in the Swan Hatch). Radzinsky was the guy that drew that crazy neon hatch drawing on the blast door that Locke found as it closed on him.
Radzinsky was also the guy who edited the Swan Orientation film. Kelvin told Desmond that, while he was asleep, Radzinsky committed suicide by putting a shotgun in his mouth and firing it, creating a blood stain on the ceiling. Because of the protocol, Kelvin had to bury him within 108 minutes. Desmond is assumed to be Radzinsky's replacement.

2) What has happened in the last 3 years? - Sawyer became head of security for the Dharma Initiative, fell in love with Juliet and made a nice little life for himself in Dharmaville. Meanwhile back on the mainland Jack grew a beard, became a drunk, lost his engagement with Kate, lost his rights to see his nephew, and tried to commit suicide. Who's the leader now, Jack? Who's the leader now? Sawyer has his life together keeping his friends safe and Jack couldn't get lead a pack of wolves to sheep if he had to.

3) When Sun is in the house with Frank and Christian (looking at Jin's Dharma pic) it looks as if someone is in the background. Probably Claire???

4) Locke and Christian both arrive on the islands in coffins and both looking very much alive. Which leads me to belive that Christian was on that island pre Oceanic crash, like Locke was there pre Ajira crash.

5). Does 1977 Chef Hurley order the food drops for 2004 Hurley?

6) Young Ben gives locked up Sayid a book called "A Separate Reality."Pretty interesting since that's exactly where they are. The book (often read and used for lyrics by Jim Morrison from the Doors) states, " Castaneda (author) describes the experiences he has with Don Juan while under the influence of the psychotropic plants that Don Juan offered him, peyote (Lophophora williamsii) and a smokable mixture of what Castaneda believed to be, among other plants, dried mushroom of the genus Psilocybe. The main focus of the book centered around Don Juan's attempts at getting Carlos to See, a practice best described as, in Castaneda's own words, "perceiving energy directly as it flows through the universe".

7) Just need to point out the Geranamo Jackson poster in the cafeteria - it's really been a hot topic on LOST this season. More info on the band here: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Geronimo_Jackson

8) Why was the Swan Hatch built you are wondering: it was originally built to study the island's unique electro-magnetic properties. Then an incident happens before 1980 and after the Swan is in place. The incident is the reason someone had to push the button every 108 minutes. So there is actually a time where someone in the Swan Hatch doesn't have to be enslaved to the button.

9) In Whatever Happened Happened we can see the gradual shift in Jack. He sounds just like Locke. He's there for a reason. He has no idea why, but he had to go back. He's just waiting to see what happens next.

10) Richard mentions Ellie and Charles Widmore. So, Ben is living on the island at the same time as Charles. Now Richard takes Ben into Smokie's temple and does his whole Pet Cemetery thing on him to save that little boy's butt. Meanwhile Ben loses his innocence (whatever that means - he's a messed up little boy to begin with) and will be cared for my the Other's. Will he be raised by his archenemy Charles now???

11) Apparently Claire is still alive somewhere on a LOST island (according to Kate). Who she's with and where she is - who the heck knows. But Aaron's with grandma now and that's all good. However, Kate can't keep a secret. Sawyer's ex and Claire's grandma now know of LOST island.

12) Ben grows up having Kate's blood in him. Just had to point out the weirdness in that! Could that possibly be why he first shared a romantic breakfast on the beach with her way back when?

13) Juliet helps saves Ben's life. Could that be why Ben specifically requested Juliet as the baby doctor and then fell in love with her.

14) Sayid, Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Juliet made Ben who he is today.

15) Who is the doctor in the Looking Glass station (the one under water)? The Fuselage has a lot of theories going on, but I'll give you my favorite. Ray Shephard! That would be jack's grandfather. Totally possible that jack's grandpa is a DI doc in the 70s.

16) Locke greets Ben with "welcome back to the land of the living." So what's that supposed to mean???

17) We see Richard carry Ben into the temple (Smokey's home) - looks like we'll get a face to face with Smokey pretty soon!