Marc B. Wrote:The thing that really confused me was when Locke entered the cabin and not only saw Jack and Claire's father but Claire herself! She looked a bit crazy too. So are we to assume she is now dead and Locke is seeing her like the other "ghosts" or is she alive and doing as they ask?
I wasn't surprised to see Claire there, she did walk into the jungle with the being who looks like her father. I still won't say it's actually her father.
She certainly was acting in a very un-Claire-like fashion, and looked a little whacked. What happened to her on that jungle walk with her "dad?" I'd like to see that.
In the most recent audio podcast, a fan wrote in to the writers and begged them, threatened them, never ever to hurt Claire. The writers danced around the answer, but I had the feeling that Claire would be fine, in the long run.
Quote:And was anyone else surprised when they showed the doctor alive and well on the boat? So the boat wasn't lying a few weeks ago when they said on the radio the doctor was fine.
I wasn't surprised to see the doctor alive nor was I surprised to see him die as he did. Time is the key to what is whacky and uncontrollable about that Island. The doctor's death was yet another way to emphasize how time is out of sync on the Island.
If Locke can "move" the Island, it surely will be moved in time. How the hell they will do that remains to be seen. But how the hell have they been able to do anything they've done thus far on that Island?
I've just about given up trying to guess anything. As I think CC said, the writers are dealing from a stacked deck. Yes, I know all writers have it over the audience, but these writers pull stuff out of their bag of tricks that is impossible for us to conceive. Every time you think you're near to a good guess at what is happening, the writers throw something bizarre into the pot, something you could never know as a humble member of the audience.
It was a good episode, but I've yet to watch it again, which is telling for me. I usually watch LOST episodes again immediately. I haven't done that in the last couple of weeks.