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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Episode 3-7: "Not in Portland"

Juliet:

I found the idea that Juliet was also captive on the island a complete surprise. Though she had mentioned that Ben was a bad guy, given her apparent freedom to go where she pleased, accessibility to weapons and authority with the Others, I had no inkling that she was in a similar situation to Jack (if she is speaking the truth).
Very interesting how different Juliet was as a person in her flashback than on the island. She was much more timid and insecure. But even then, given her work being somewhat immoral, she clearly had something more inside of her than she showed.
Julet's husband was named Edmund Burke, another philosopher.
The woman who played Juliet's sister Rachel is Robin Weigert who played Calamity Jane in "Deadwood" on HBO.
The pregnancy test that Juliet's sister used was a Widmore pregnancy test like the one Sun took from the plane.
When Juliet opened the curtain in her sister's hospital room to look over Miami, the plane that was landing was an Oceanic plane.
The company that was recruiting Juliet to work for them was called Mittelos, which is an anagram for Lost Time.
There was an ad on the bus that killed Juliet's ex-husband for Apollo candy bars, which is the candy that was in the Swan Hatch.

Island stuff

Lots of subtle mentions of time in this episode (see the anagram above for example). More examples are below. Perhaps this is the show's way of telling us that is the secret to the island.
Since Ben came around during his surgery, did Jack miscalculate the amount of anesthesia or is Ben affected by the island in some way that throws off his body? There had been speculation that Ethan had more strength than the average man should have.
Tom (formerly known as Zeke or the bearded man) said to Jack, "Ben and Juliet have history." What kind of history? A sexual or business relationship? Perhaps Ben was one of Juliet's test subjects in the past with her fertility studies.
Over radio, the other said Austen (Kate) and Ford (James 'Sawyer'). Some people thought those were code names for Sawyer and Kate, but in fact, those are their last names.
Tom said tonight, they grabbed Jack to do the surgery, rather than getting Ben to a mainland hospital of sorts (or something) because of something that happened as a result of the hatch blowing.

Room 23

Who is Karl? First thought he may be a plant to screw with Sawyer when he was first captured, but then we saw Alex looking for him all over this "Alcatraz" island. Is he an Other, and if so, what did he do to get tortured by his own people? or perhaps he is part of the other group of Others that may people believe are on the island...
The guard whose knee Kate threatened to shoot was played by Rob McElhenney who plays Mac on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" on FX.

He was reading the Stephen Hawkin book History of Time, Chapter 7 "Black Holes Ain't so Black" which discusses the possibility that Black Holes may bend time.

High chance that Walt had also been in Room 23 (or a similar room). In an episode last season, That Walt said he was fearful about going back in "that room" when Miss Klugh chided Walt.
When Alex, Sawyer and Kate went into room 23, only Sawyer got hypnotized by the screen. Why was that? Did something happen to Sawyer in the past, or maybe on the "Alcatraz" island that made him react that way?
Room 23 is getting compared to the movie A Clockwork Orange, where, apparently, evil violent people were tortured in a very similar way, to make them good. While we haven't seen Karl be violent, perhaps the Others see him as Evil (as they have stated they are Good) and are trying to turn him Good.
Here is the video from Room 23 again: Room 23 Video

Here is a write up of each item shown on the video: Room 23 video writeup

Another time reference: when the audio of the video is played backwards, it says "Only fools are enslaved by time and space." Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/share?v=gwWhM8Xb_oQ&embed=1

General LOST stuff:

So Jacob is apparently the leader of the Others, or at least Ben's superior. In the bible, Benjamin was Jacob's son from Rachel, Jacob's favorite wife. Juliet's sister was Rachel, and Juliet got her pregnant through her experiments, etc. Perhaps there is some symbolism between this all...think about it.
In the most recent ABC podcast for Lost, Damon Lindeloff and Carlson Cuse say that there is an Easter egg in the Room 23 video relating to the Adam & Eve skeletons that Locke found in the cave.

SPOILERS:

Episode 8: "Flashes Before Your Eyes" -Desmond-centric: A suspicious and determined Hurley enlists Charlie to help him wrangle the truth out of Desmond, who has been acting strangely ever since the implosion of the hatch.
Widmore pops up in this episode.
Desmond may pass Charlie on the street singing for money in the flashback.
Desmond tells a central character that they will die.
Down the road, going to get back to Claire and importance of her baby.
Also, Sun is going to figure out what Charlie did to her (kidnapping and starting that fire) which will cause tension between both Sun and Charlie, and Claire and Sun.
From Entertainment Weekly, February 16th issue:

Flashbacks for the remainder of this season include Claire, Hurley, Sayid, Jack (and his freaking tats) and Locke (and finally how he got into the wheelchair).
Losties find out that the Others have a submarine.
In episode 9 (February 21st), Cindy the stewardess and those kidnapped kids, all from the Tailes section of the plane, show up.
The Dharma and Others connection may be revealed in episode 11, on March 7th.
Throughout the rest of the season, repercussions of Ben's spinal surgery will play out.
Though everyone hates the new characters, Nikki and Paulo, the plan is to make them have important roles.
Something may happen between Jack and Juliet.

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Episode 3-6: "I Do"

There was not too much to talk about with this Kate-centric episode. I felt that we didn’t really learn much more about Kate than we didn’t know before. There a few things to think to about from that episode. I also added some general LOST stuff out there on the web. And as always, I finish off with spoilers for both the next episode and the remainder of Season 3.

Kevin, Kate's finance's name, is the same name as Sarah's finance (Jack's ex) who ran off when she got paralyzed.
Is Karl dead, the kid who tried to help Sawyer escape from the cages at the beginning of Season 3? Is he an Other? if so, do the Others then kill their own?
When Pickett and the other Other left the viewing room, Pickett was bitching about how Ben was letting Jack operate on him. Who is Jacob? Did Henry step out of protocol to save his own butt when he saw that Jack was a doctor? If Jack was not on the list, how did Juliet have all that paperwork on him? Is Jack then dispensable? Is this who Ben mentioned and was so scared of when he was taken by the Losties?
Is Ben Alex's dad? Probably not birth dad since Rousseou "gave" Ben to Sayid but didn't seem to know him, just knew he was an Other. Maybe he adopted Alex once the Others took her from Rousseou.
We still don't know what happened to Kate when she was brought to Ben when they first got captured and brought to this new island. Maybe Kate got REALLY roughed up or something, because she seems to be acting weird, not as aggressive and in control as she used to be. Maybe something similar to the pacemaker trick they did to Sawyer.

General LOST stuff:

This article came out about the future of LOST. Check it out: http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=247697&GT1=7703

50 LOST Loose Ends - 50 unanswered questions out there about LOST, going to back to Season 1. http://tv.ign.com/articles/745/745595p1.html

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Episode 3-5: "Cost of Living"

Eko stuff:

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje who played Eko had only committed to a year contract with LOST, he didn't want to be on the show long term. So the producers had planned on him not lasting too long. But Michelle Rodriguez had also only committed to one year. So when they killed her off, they wanted to space out Eko's death so they were not too close nor connected.
Eko's Flashback:

Did Eko buy the vaccine to sell and make money (he was leaving for London) or to get the bad guys back so he could kill them?
This backstory did not connect Eko to anyone else on the island that we can tell. Why have him survive the hatch implosion just to kill him off a few episodes later?

His death was different from other deaths:

Not done by a human or accident, but by black smoke
Boone and Shannon had found redemption in a way, became a different and better person than they were off island. Eko refused redemption.

When Eko was brought back to the beach by Locke and Charlie, it was interesting to see how the Losties were behaving/reacting to having no doctor since Jack is captured. All they did was stick Eko in a tent, put the flaps down and hope he healed himself.
Yemi (Eko's brother)'s body was gone from the plane, very similarly to Jack's dad's body not being where it should be in the "White Rabbit" episode of Season 1. Were the bodies ever there? Boone saw Yemi's body and the heroin from the paln was there. And why did the plane end up there anyway?

Locke:

Locke is now running things at the beach with the Losties. He seems to be running things more like a commune, saying that everyone can come along when he was going to the Pearl Station

Was it just a good way to get the new characters, Paolo and what's her name, into the show or was it new leadership?
Jack's leadership method was more about surviving the island while Locke's is more about understanding the island.
Perhaps Jack knew it was good to keep some things from people so they don't panic.
Sayid seems to be a little annoyed by Locke's style of leading. Maybe this will be a bigger issue down the road.

Jack:

Funeral: Benry made Jack attend the funeral, which was a very Asian custom oriented funeral (wearing white gowns, not black). Perhaps this is a connection to old DHARMA ways?
Was Jack invited because he had tried to save Collen, or did Ben want to show him a more human side to the Others?
Unclear how often these funerals happen to the Others. Juliet said in this episode that she "hates funerals" but in a previous episode, she had said that she is "not used to death."
Interaction between Jack and Juliet with the video:

If Juliet is telling the truth about wanting Ben dead, wonder if she wants to step into role as leader.
In the relationship between Ben and Juliet, it seems to run parallel to the Jack/Locke relationship. Ben = Jack while Juliet = Locke.

Ben/Jack- Dictatorial, people follow out of respect of authority
Juliet/Locke-more emotional, involved with the people.

Don't forget that when Juliet held that gun to Kate's head, Sawyer believed she would have shot Kate. She has something inside her that perhaps actually makes her bad, and maybe then Ben is actually good.

Black Smoke:

This episode confirms that when people on the island see people from their past, it is actually the Black Smoke.
Eko chasing Yemi through the woods was very similar to Jack chasing his fathre through the woods in "White Rabbit" in season 1. Both followed a "person" to where their body should have been but wasn't.
It is quite clear now that what the Black Smoke is, it has an agenda.
Danyelle had mentioned it in the past as the monster, so she must have seen it, and one would imagine the Others have seen it too.
Is it a tool of something else? is someone controlling it somewhere?
It was very interesting that Locke thought it was beautiful while Eko definitley did not.
The Black Smoke would not have killed Eko, it seems, if he had asked to be redeemed. The other time Eko looked at the Smoke face to face and when Locke looked at it too, they both had faith in something big (the island, religion)
When in the form of Yemi, the Black Smoke said to Eko "You speak to me as if I am your brother." Maybe the Black Smoke doesnt even know what form it takes. It appears to be "an incarnation of a monster' or a "manifistation from Eko's memory." The first time Eko met the Smoke, there were flashes of memories the Smoke pulled from Eko's brain. Perhaps it did that so it would be able to manifest itself based on those memories.

Patch Guy:

Seemed as though Sayid was more surprised than other to see the Patch guy in the monitor. Perhaps he recognized him, maybe from his days with the US Army?
Remember that in the hatch the Tailes had found, there was a glass eye...and an Army knife. Could be a connection there.

Random:

Last line of this episode was "We're next." which is what Eko said to Locke before he died (at least, what Locke said Eko said.). Does this mean that the Black Smoke will be judging everyone, and their lives depend on what its judgement?
Confirmation from the executive producers: the polar bears on the Hydra station escaped during the collapse of DHARMA.

Spoilers:

Next episode: "I Do"-Kate-centric.
Official ABC synapsis Jack makes decision regarding Ben's offer. Kate feels helpless when it looks like an angry Pickett is going to make good on his threat to kill Sawyer. Locke discovers a hidden message that may guide him through his next steps in journey to unlocking the secrets of the island.
Nathan Fillion from the tv series "Firefly" will be playing Kate's husband.
We will find out more about Karl (the boy in the cage with Sawyer in the first episode of season 3, who tried to help Sawyer escape) in this episode. We'll find out why he is there and why he tried to escape.
When the show returns in February, it will be a Juliet flashback.
Right now, it appears as though Bernard is the only Tailie left alive. But around episode 8 of this season, we will be seeing Cindy (stewardess) and the 2 kids taken from the Tailies in "The Other 48 hours"

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Episode 3-4: "Every Man for Himself"

Desmond used "psychic ability" to help Claire:

Since he saved Claire from the lightening, does that change the future somehow (think Back to the Future)
Is Desmond now seeing the future? and is he using it to help people?
Perhaps rather than a flashback from Desmond, we'll get a flash forward.

Sawyer:

this episode set up what he was willing to do and willing to compromise to save himself.
Yet he gives the money he received to his daughter, perhaps that was a con too?
He said to put the money in a bank in Albuquerque, which is where the bank was that Kate robbed.
In some episode, Sawyer made a reference to Florida, so now you have Kate and Sawyer connected peripherally in Iowa, Florida and New Mexico.
After this flashback, seeing how Sawyer was in jail and what he did to get out, perhaps there is a chance that the Others can turn him. Before this episode, thought he'd be the last one to turn.

Implications of Hydra station on separate island:

not an easy escape-the cages aren't really cages (how easily Kate got out of it), the island itself is the cage.

Implications of Colleen's death:

it was interesting to see how quickly Jack was to help an "Other"

we will be finding out whose X-rays those are up there.

Colleen's husband (Pickard) may be very eager to take vengeance.

Jack and Juliet had a conversation about power, where Juliet was saying that she does not have to listen to Ben. This conversation mirrored the conversation between Benry and Locke, when Benry was locked up in the Swan Hatch. It was regarding Jack and Locke. Both conversations had the line "It doesn't work that way. We make decisions together."
X-rays:

they belonged to a man in his 40's with a tumor. Benry? Sawyer? Locke's (his license said his DOB was 5/30/56 and remember LOST is occurring in 2004, plus you don't know how old those x-rays are)?
Perhaps they belong to an Other we haven't met yet. Maybe Benry is not the leader, but tumor man is. While in captivity, Benry did say "Our leader is a great man." Was he talking about himself or someone else?

Island:

How do the Losties not see the island. Even if they are on other side of the big island, they have climbed mountains.
But perhaps this little island explains why Benry was so freaked out when he learned about Desmond's boat.
Other village is on the big island with the Losties. Ben told Ethan he could get to the Losties in 2 hours by foot.
Apparently, the polar bears swam from little island to big island since those cages that Sawyer and Kate are in had originally held them.

Easter Eggs in episode:

Dialogue of the Others: "Two days ago the sky went purple and the coms are down"

initially it seemed as though they were not surprised by the light in the sky when the hatch imploded, but perhaps they were.
What are these coms to?

to the outside world, not to each other?
to other groups of Others?
2 way or just 1 way (for listening only or communicating?)
So far, we know that Ben and the Others can see what is happening around the Hydra Station. Can they see other hatches, like the Pearl Station can?

Audio from intercom in Jack's cell

There were 2 voices. Here is the dialogue:

1. Speaker 1: (Everything's) under control (.5 sec)
2. Speaker 2:yeah? (2.35 sec)
3. Speaker 2: You know what he's doing to Colleen? (3.09 sec, note Closed Caption had "Karl" instead of Colleen)
4. Anyone hear what the comm/con is saying (4.19 sec)
5. Speaker 1: the man knows what he's doing (5 sec)
6. Speaker 2 it was a mistake bringing those two here (7 sec)

Which 2 are they talking about? Sawyer and Kate? If the intercom said Karl, was it the Karl that Alex had talked to Kate about (the kid that helped Sawyer try to escape from the cages)?

The Sub:

The Others said to Ben, "The sub is back"

Do they have a submarine? This could explain how Ethan struck from the water and how they "snuck" up on Sun on the boat (though Sayid's plan SUCKED anyway)

The Mural: many many episodes ago, we saw a mural painted on the wall of the Swan Station. Here is a screen shot of it: http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~andorfc/iowa_mural.html

Now that we know more about the Others, there is some analysis of it going on.
On the mural, there are houses, which may represent the Others' village(s). There is a sailboat, perhaps Desmond's, and a submarine in the far right corner.

The overall layout is divided horizontally by waves, perhaps symbolizing the Losties' mainland (big island) on the top and the Others on the bottom.
There are 3 houses, perhaps representing 3 different Other villages?

Perhaps the bigger question: who painted it? someone who actually knew the layout of the island, or maybe someone who survived the first "incident" and had the ability to foresee the future like Desmond seems to now.

Spoilers:

Next Episode: "Cost of Living"-Eko's flashback.

Synopsis: Eko wrestles with demons from his past while Locke and some other Lostaways head back to Pearl Station in the hope of finding a computer to help them locate their friends. Jack doesn't’t know who to trust when two of the Others seem at odds with each other.
See a guy with a patch, shown on a monitor in what appears to be the Pearl eStation. Maybe it was his eye the Tailies found in the hatch they had been hanging out in before they left to find the Losties.
A major character, regular actor, but not Sawyer, dies in this episode.
There will be a love triangle between Charlie, Claire and someone else this season.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Episode 3-2: "Further Instructions"

This episode was actually supposed to go before “The Glass Ballerina” but for some unknown reason, didn’t.
This episode’s opening was, shot for shot, the same as the opening in the pilot, but Locke instead of Jack (for example, this one opened on Locke’s eye, but it was Jack’s in the pilot. While Locke sees Desmond in the brush, Jack had seen Vincent.)

Perhaps Locke = new Jack and will take over as the leader of the Losties while Jack will be “turned” by Ben and the Others.

Believe the flashback was more about the community he found than the fact that he got duped, again.

See him looking for family again (oh the father issues on this show).

Do see how he got his hunting skills and knowledge of Peyote paste.

Timeline: believe this takes place after the last flashback

Also could be looked at as parallel between Locke’s commune family and the Others.

THEORY: Joining the Others may make sense to Locke, having joined a commune before. Also may be a test for himself to see if he can do it without becoming a dupe or mark again.

Or, if Locke is the new Jack, then Jack will get duped, not Locke. Maybe the stuff that happened in and about the hatch has brought back Locke’s faith

Possible that the head of the commune was the lead singer or head of the band, Geronimo Jackson. This band was mentioned by Eddie, the undercover cop, AND was an album in the hatch that Hurley and Charlie found.
We do not know if Locke actually shot Eddie. Here is a screen shot of Eddie the undercover cop's ID : http://humpys.net/view_pic.php?id=247&season=3
Perhaps that commune that Locke was part of was growing and selling the marijuana to fund DHARMA.
In the drug dream with Boone, Ben/Hurley/Desmond all worked for the airline. Jack was being investigated by Benry, Sawyer and Kate were together, while Sayid was in charge of Sun and Jin. Hurley was on his way to do the work Ben asked of him…is Desmond working for the Others too?
More writing on Eko’s stick:

http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?pid=76524&fullsize=1

In the bear cave, the skeleton on the ground was wearing clothing with the Pearl Station logo on it.
There was a dirty Tonka truck in the cave. Apparently Walt had been playing with one when he was a kid in one of Michael's flashback episodes. http://humpys.net/view_pic.php?id=250&season=3
After Locke rescued Eko, there is the belief that when Eko then spoke to Locke, it was really the island speaking through Eko, and Eko was really unconscious.
Desmond may or may not have the ability to predict the future now.

Perhaps he cannot predict the future, but rather after, the hatch implosion, Locke, Eko and Desmond actually got sent to the future for a day. All episode people kept asking Locke where he was for a day.

If they went into the future, then possibly Desmond heard Locke’s speech then. Desmond did not say to Hurley, “I see that Locke is going to save Jack, Sawyer and Kate.” He actually said “Don’t worry. Locke is going to go after them. He said so in his speech.” This sounds like Desmond already heard the speech, even though Locke had not yet said it.

OR Locke, Desmond and Eko may all be connected or linked on some psychic plane since they were all in the hatch together when it imploded.

OR Desmond may be a figment of Hurley’s imagination. Hurley was the only one who talked to him during the whole episode. Desmond did not join the group for Locke’s speech, though it appeared as though he was within ear shot.

There are 3 tunnels left leading out of where the hatch had been. Perhaps the implosion opened the wall that was sealed in the hatch that Sayid and Jack had found. Maybe they will follow it to go deeper into the island. http://gallery.lost-media.com/albums/ep-caps/season3/3x03-instructions/2/instructions-cap-298.jpg
2 new characters were introduced: Nikki and Paulo

Originally were supposed to be introduced in a scene where they are caught having sex in Jack’s tent by Claire. But this scene was cut.

Be prepared to see more of them.

Hurley did not mention what happened to Michael (or Walt) nor did anyone ask. Though frustrating, it is consistent with the communication issues we’ve seen in the prior 2 seasons.

RANDOM:

Screen shot of Benry's monitors in the hydra station from the Glass Ballerina: http://humpys.net/view_pic.php?id=234&season=3

SPOILERS:

Next Episode: “Every Man for Himself”

Sawyer-centric

May also have a Desmond flashback, but they have never done 2 different character flashbacks (not including Sun/Jin and Michael/Walt) in the same episode.

Episode Synopsis: Sawyer discovers just how far his captors will go to thwart his and Kate’s escape plans. Jack must scrub up to save an Other’s life. Desmond’s behavior perplexes the survivors when he starts constructing an unknown device.

From Kristen at E! Online:

We’ll learn something about Sawyer’s role in this world.

Sawyer will have a bad day. And Kate will clueless as to why.

Jack will start to play Juliet.

Nikki (new character) will talk with Desmond.

Benry will have a bizarre reveal to Sawyer that if true, will change what we know of the LOST island.

Next episode of “Every Man for Himself” is titled “Cost of Living”

It will be Eko-centric.

Synopsis: Eko wrestles with demons from his past while Locke and some other Lostaways head back to Pearl Station in the hope of finding a computer to help them locate their friends. Jack doesn’t know who to trust when two of the Others seem at odds with each other.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Episode 3-3: "The Glass Ballerina"

Theme of show: are you a killer?

Jin is not a killer (couldn't kill Baldy)
Juliet is a killer (at least Sawyer thinks so)
Sun is a killer (Colleen taunted Sun that she could not really shoot her)

Lots of speculation that Sun's baby's father is Jae, not Jin, though I can't get the timeline to work in mind on this.
We learn that there is a dark side to Sun. She sacrificed her maid when she broke the ballerina. She sacrificed Jae when she cheated (and got caught) having an affair with him.
Did Jae jump from the window or was he killed by someone other than Jin?
When Jin says something like, I know you have betrayed me, to Sun on the beach when she finally tells him they are building a trap for the Others, does he simply mean the betrayal at the moment, or when she didn't tell him she spoke English, or does he really knwo about her affair?
Ben Linus says "you never made me any pie" to Juliet. Did they have a past relationship, or perhaps he was held in their cages at some point (could be what she meant when she said, in last episode, "It's not who we were, it's who we are now"

Though when Colleen came in and said "am I interrupting anything", there was some clear tension going on, which implies that Ben and Juliet had some relationship at some point.

Jack laughs at the Red Sox winning the World Series and takes the news about Bush with a straight face? What kind of a crazy world is that?

Jack's dad used to say, "And that's why the Sox won't win series." Jack said it once or twice, and Sawyer said it once too - he also got it from Jack's dad, when they were in the Australian bar.

It was interesting that Benry was shocked by the sailboat, which would indicate he doesn't know about Desmond, which may mean the Others are not Dharma or it could mean that the Others do not know about the Pearl hatch, or have the ability to see inside the Swan hatch.
Is Ben the leader, or the middleman? perhaps the leader on the island, but reports to someone off the island?
Juliet, perhaps she has psychic abilities, since she was able to break Jack down.
Remember, Sawyer was not privy to the info that the Pearl station had monitors to watch the Swan station, so he does not know they have cameras. Or he may be playing them, knowing the cameras are there.
When Colleen is getting a group together to go get Desmond's boat, Colleen says (whispers but people closed captioned it) to Danny, "We gotta go get the boat. It's 10 minutes from where the Galaga can retrieve it and bring it back for..."

Theories:

Galaga is how Others got onto the sailboat undetected.
Is it a boat, or a submarine?
Is it a water or air-based vehicle?
Secret route to Pallea Ferry dock (some speculate there is a secret underground tunnel system under the island).

Kate has not been same since put in the cage. Perhaps she struck a deal with Ben (like Ben offered Jack), between breakfast and being put in the cage. She is not usually as submissive as she has been acting. Maybe she is still drugged.
If Others have TV, maybe satellite, then could get info on Losties if a show ever did an expose on the missing people from Oceanic 815.
Ben Linus (NotHenry Gale's real name):

Google:

Ben Linus and get www.hansoadoptions.org
Go to bottom of page and there is a phone number that reads ( )-2006. Click the ( ). It takes you to this website: http://artemis.hansoadoptions.org/
This may just be a fan site, but since it appears as a paid link on google, it is hard to believe it is.
Perhaps connected to Ben saying he was born on the island. Perhaps he was adopted, or a test tube baby...

Greek mythology: Linos

Son of Apollo and Psamathe, whose father was the King of Argos. She feared her father and gave the infant Linus to shepherds to raise. He was torn apart by dogs after reaching adulthood and Psamathe was killed by her father, for which Apollo sent a child-killing plague to Argos.
Fits in with the crappy father issues all over LOST.

Maybe Ben did grow up on the island and when Dharma came in the 70s (he would have been a teen), perhaps DHARMA captured him and tested on him or something like that.

What does Benry want from Jack?

His medical skills?
To bring Jack, Sawyer and Kate into the Others society? Turn these leaders and the rest may follow?

Theories:

Island is own sovereign state.
There is a secret on the island (maybe the island itself) and one group of Others is there to protect the secret while the other faction is trying to make it public.
Sun, Jin and Sayid will stumble upon something important or new on their trek back to camp (perhaps that 4 toed statue)
Others grew up on the island, perhaps children of DHARMA scientists or test tube babies, and then were abandoned, except for the DHARMA food drops. Perhaps they have special abilities (Ethan seemed to have great strength, Juliet may be psychic).
Dark Territory on the island where Rousseau lives may be the only section of the island not monitored by cameras. May be why she has chosen to live there.
Perhaps Benry worked in the Pearl Station at some point. That could be why he had told Locke to stop worrying about pushing the button; he knew the Swan station was just something to be observed.

Spoilers:

Next episode

Back to Losties camp, where we know that Desmond (albeit naked) and Locke did survive the hatch explosion.
Locke is going to rescue someone (either Jack, Sawyer and Kate, or Eko, wherever he may be)

Karl, the kid in the cage near Sawyer who tried to help him escape, really is an Other. His attempt to escape, and his apology to Sawyer, was real. We will find out more about him by the end of the 6th episode.
There will be a flashback by an Other, but not for a while (perhaps even next season).
The Others are in other locations around the island, but are all part of the same group (maybe Ben's group is the good group, while the other faction(s) are what Ben considers evil. Ben's group may not have been the ones that killed the Tailes and took those kids in that Taily flashback episode.)

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Episode 3-7: "Not in Portland"

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Episode 3-6: "I Do"

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Episode 3-5: "Cost of Living"

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Episode 3-4: "Every Man for Himself"

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Episode 3-2: "Further Instructions"

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Episode 3-3: "The Glass Ballerina"

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

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