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"Because You Left" is the premiere episode of Season 5 of Lost. Originally broadcast on January 21, 2009, it is the 84th episode of the series. Jack and Ben attempt to assemble the Oceanic Six for a return to the Island while the survivors left behind begin experiencing strange time shifts after the Island's "move".
Synopsis
On the Island
1970s
Chang filming the Arrow orientation video
At 8:15 a.m., a man whose face can't be seen hits the snooze button on his alarm clock. Next to him, an Asian woman hears a baby making noise from a crib in the other room and tells him that it's his turn to take care of the child. After putting on a record, he gives his baby a heated bottle of milk before showering, shaving, and getting dressed for the day. When the record starts skipping, he turns the player off.
A man walks to one of the other buildings in the Barracks, where a camera crew has set up to record the first take of the second DHARMA Initiative orientation video. He is revealed to be Dr. Pierre Chang. The director offers Pierre a script, but he says he does not need it and indicates he is in a hurry to begin as he puts on a Dharma Initiative lab coat. As filming begins, Pierre identifies himself as Dr. Marvin Candle and begins to describe Station #2's primary purpose, indicating that it involves protecting the Dharma Initiative from anyone who lived on the island before they arrived. Suddenly, Pierre is interrupted by a concerned worker (named Eric) barging into the room. Dr. Chang curses and demands an explanation; Eric says that there is a problem at the Orchid.
Eric drives Dr. Chang to the Orchid in a Dharma Initiative van, and they make their way past the construction workers to the elevator. After descending, Pierre puts on a hard hat and walks out into the subterranean station, which appears to be under construction. A foreman tells him that in the process of tunneling through a certain spot according to Dr. Chang's plans, six carbon drill bits have been melted and a drill operator has been incapacitated. He shows Pierre the seemingly impenetrable rock wall and the drill operator is lying on the ground nearby with a nosebleed. The foreman shows Chang a printout which he says came from SONAR-imaging of the wall that reveals the outline of the frozen wheel in an open chamber 20 meters behind the wall.
Faraday is revealed to be among the DHARMA workers
As the foreman begins to outline his plan to blow through the rock and expose the inner chamber, Dr. Chang emphatically forbids the foreman to set explosives in the area for any reason whatsoever, because he believes there is an incredible amount of power on the other side that will allow them to manipulate time. When the foreman asks incredulously if they will be able to travel to the past and assassinate Hitler, Pierre tells him not to be absurd, saying that there are laws which cannot be broken even if one has the ability to manipulate time. Dr. Chang orders the foreman not to drill anymore because doing so might allow the energy to escape, with potentially catastrophic results. As Chang leaves, he bumps into a worker who is looking down and carrying an air-gas tank. The worker apologizes, and when he looks up, he is revealed to be Daniel Faraday, wearing a Dharma Initiative jumpsuit with the nametag "Joe" on it. As Dharma Initiative medics in hardhats carry the drill operator away on a stretcher, the foreman remarks to Daniel that Pierre must think they are stupid if he thinks they will believe in the possibility of time travel.
Between 2001 and 2002
The Beechcraft crashes
Immediately after Ben turns the frozen wheel, a loud noise is heard and a flash lights up the sky above all the survivors who are still on the island. As the light dissipates, Locke realizes that it is suddenly raining, and Richard and the Others, along with their entire campsite, have vanished. Confused and alone, he shouts for anyone in earshot.
On the Zodiac, Neil asks what the light was. Daniel, noting that they can still see the island, says that the raft "must have been inside the radius."
On the beach, Juliet and Sawyer realize that the smoke from the freighter has disappeared. Sawyer tells Juliet that the helicopter was heading for the freighter. Suddenly, Bernard emerges from the jungle, shouting for Rose, who arrives a few seconds later. Sawyer tries to calm them down, suggesting that they head back to the beach camp, but Bernard exclaims that the camp is gone. Indeed, all of the tents are gone, along with the kitchen and all of their crucial supplies. Just then, Daniel arrives with the other survivors from the Zodiac, insisting that the camp is not gone. Charlotte embraces him in relief at his safe return, but Sawyer interrupts their reunion and demands to know who Daniel is. After Miles tells Sawyer that Dan is their physicist, Dan asks Juliet to quickly take him to something manmade on the Island. Juliet tells him that there is a Dharma station - albeit one that imploded - 15 minutes from the camp. Daniel is prepared to leave immediately, before the flash of light has a chance to happen again. When Sawyer prods him about his statement about the camp, he replies "Your camp isn't gone. It hasn't been built yet".
As Sawyer, Juliet, Daniel, Charlotte and Miles head toward the Swan, Faraday asks them to move faster. Sawyer demands that Faraday explain what is happening. Faraday says that it would be too hard to explain to a quantum physicist, much less Sawyer, and again insists that they keep moving. However, after Sawyer loses his temper and slaps Dan, he tells them to imagine the Island as a record that is skipping. The Island is now "dislodged" in time, and either the Island or the survivors are now moving through time. Sounding concerned, he asks if the survivors' group is all accounted for. Sawyer says no, realizing that Locke is unaccounted for.
Ethan threatens Locke
Meanwhile, while climbing a hill, Locke narrowly misses being struck by a damaged, low-flying plane, which then crashes in the jungle. Finding a Virgin Mary statue that had fallen from the plane, he realizes that the plane is the Beechcraft that he and Boone found in the jungle. (It had been perched on a cliff for years when they discovered it in 2004). Locke arrives at the crash site and tries to climb up the cliff to the plane, shouting for survivors, but he is cut short by gunfire from the jungle below. One of the bullets hits him in the leg, and he falls to the ground, stunned. The shooter runs out of the jungle and reveals himself to be Ethan. Assuming that Locke was on the plane, he demands to know how many others were onboard. Locke tries to explain who he is, stating that he wasn't on the plane, and that he knows who Ethan is. Locke tells Ethan he was appointed by Ben as the leader of the Others, but Ethan says that this is ridiculous, and prepares to shoot him. Then - just in time to rescue Locke - the white light appears again (though Ethan does not appear to notice it) and the day suddenly turns to night.
January 2005 or later
Locke holds on to Alpert's compass
Locke sees that the Beechcraft is now decaying on the ground, where it fell when Boone climbed inside. Elsewhere, the group arrives at the Swan, which is still a crater in the ground, prompting them to conclude that Flight 815 has already crashed. Sawyer argues that they could change the past by stopping Jack and the others from launching the helicopter (which they believe crashed in the ocean). Faraday, however, is adamant that the past is like a street - one can move back and forth along it, but one cannot create a new street.
Meanwhile, Locke sees a moving light in the darkness, which turns out to be Richard walking out of the jungle, holding a torch and a first aid kit. Richard removes the bullet from Locke's leg, explaining that he, Locke, told him where to find him - or rather will tell him. Richard gives him a compass that he must give back to Richard the next time he sees him; Richard says he won't recognize him then. He also tells John that the only way to save the Island is to get those who left to come back; and in order to do that, he will have to die.
Between 2001 and 2002
Desmond, in a DHARMA HAZMAT suit, encounters Faraday at the Swan back door.
Another flash occurs and the hiking group realizes that the crater has disappeared. Juliet uncovers the hatch in the ground, now intact as Locke and Boone originally discovered it. The group quickly moves to the rear entrance and Sawyer repeatedly knocks on the door, but nobody responds. Faraday reiterates that Sawyer won't be able to meet Desmond because Desmond didn't remember meeting him in the past. After everyone else leaves for the beach, however, Faraday goes to his knapsack and retrieves his notebook. After paging through it while mumbling to himself, he goes and knocks on the Swan door himself, and Desmond opens the door momentarily, armed and wearing a HAZMAT suit. Faraday tells Desmond that he is uniquely special, and that only he can help them because "the rules" don't apply to him. Daniel instructs a confused Desmond to seek out his mother in Oxford if he escapes the Island. As he is about to say his mother's name, another flash occurs, once more causing a timeshift. Unlike Ethan and Richard, when talking to Locke, Desmond appears to have been able to see and hear the flash.
Off-Island
2008
Kate is visited by Dan Norton.
Inside the Hoffs/Drawlar Funeral Parlor where "Jeremy Bentham"'s funeral was held, Ben asks Jack to close Locke's casket so that they can put it in the van out back. When Jack inquires as to where they are going to take John, Ben tells him that before they take him anywhere, they must pick up Hurley. Jack informs Ben that Hurley is in the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute and Ben thinks that will make him the easiest of the remaining Oceanic Six to recruit. When Ben refers to them as Jack's "friends", Jack replies that they're not his friends. He wonders aloud how all this happened, and Ben responds coldly, "It happened because you left, Jack."
Later, Jack shaves his beard off in a hotel room, and Ben lays out a suit for him to wear. Ben tells Jack that once they get Hugo they will then find Sun, Sayid, and Kate, but Jack doubts they will be able to recruit them all. Ben then reveals to Jack that he has not seen Locke since when just before he moved the Island in 2004. Jack tells Ben that John told him that everyone that they left behind on the island would die unless he returned to the island. Ben asks Jack if Locke told him what happened to those they left behind after the Island moved. When Jack says Locke did not tell him Ben remarks that they will never know what happened to them then.
In Los Angeles, Kate is at home, watching cartoons with Aaron, when she is visited by Dan Norton, an attorney working for an unknown client. Norton claims to have a court order to conduct a blood test to determine if Aaron is actually Kate's child. Kate refuses to allow the test and tells Norton to leave, which he does, saying that he will be back with a sheriff. Kate frantically packs a bag, grabbing an envelope of cash and a gun (which were hidden in her room). She tells Aaron that they are going "on vacation" before picking him up and leaving.
Charles Widmore asks Sun what their common interests are.
At Heathrow Airport in London, Sun attempts to fly to Los Angeles via Oceanic Airlines, but finds herself locked in a room by airport security. Charles Widmore reveals himself as her captor, saying that he is angry that she had the "audacity" to approach him the way she did in London, in broad daylight in front of his work associates, but he still wishes to talk about their "common interests." When asked what exactly those interests are, Sun replies, "To kill Benjamin Linus."
In their hotel room, Ben and Jack see a television news report about Hurley's escape from Santa Rosa after apparently murdering a man. Ben realizes that their plan to reunite the Oceanic Six has just become more complicated.
By-standers mistake Hurley for the killer
Meanwhile, Hurley and Sayid stop at a fast food restaurant before going to the safe house, which is in an apartment building. While walking toward the room, Hurley asks Sayid about the man Sayid killed (who Hurley is now accused of murdering). Sayid doesn't know who the man was, but said that he was armed and that he'd been watching Hurley for some reason, which made him "an enemy", especially after what happened to Locke. When Hurley comments on Sayid's paranoia, Sayid reveals that he has been working for Ben Linus and cautions Hurley that, if Linus ever tells him to do anything, he should do the exact opposite. Sayid notices that a piece of tape that he'd placed on the door to the room has been broken, indicating that someone has entered the safe house.
Desmond and Penny sailing to Oxford
One man attacks Sayid at the door, and Sayid quickly kills him by throwing him over the balcony. Another man attacks him inside, and after a lengthy fight, Sayid kills him too, but not before he is shot with an anesthetizing dart, which renders him unconscious a moment later. A passerby notices the dead body of the first man, and takes a picture of Hurley with a gun in his hand and covered in what appears to be blood (it is actually ketchup). Hurley runs inside, rescues Sayid, and the two escape.
Finally, on a sailing boat with Penny in an unknown location, Desmond wakes up, remembering what Faraday told him. While Penny brushes off the experience as a bad dream, Desmond insists that it was a real memory. He sets off for Oxford to find Daniel's mother.
Trivia
General
- There is a new shot shown in the recap at the beginning of this episode that features an overhead view of the US Coast Guard plane as the Oceanic Six are greeted by their family members. That shot was not featured in any aired or otherwise officially released version of "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1".
- A green ceramic alien head is visible under the stereo on the shelf as Pierre Chang walks into the Barracks recreation room and films the orientation film for The Arrow.
- The Arrow filming includes workers sporting the main DHARMA logo: Fern ("crew"), Jay ("worker"), and presumably Kyker (the director named on the clapper board, a likely reference to Lost property master, Rob Kyker who also played Jacob for a time). They are interrupted by Eric ("construction") and meet Tony ("construction") and Faraday, dressed as Joe ("construction").
- Penelope and Desmond are both seen wearing wedding rings in the final scenes, suggesting that they are now married.
- Locke's question to Richard Alpert about the compass is a possible reference to the Via Domus compass from Lost: Via Domus (that compass did not actually point north).
- When Desmond and Daniel are talking, and the flash is just about to happen, Desmond seems to notice the noise and bright sky right before the time shift. The other non-Survivors this episode, Ethan and Richard, didn't seem to notice anything. Desmond most likely can see/hear the flash because he is "special".
Production notes
- Daniel Dae Kim is credited as a regular in this episode although Jin does not appear.
- This episode marks the first time Pierre Chang appears outside a DHARMA video on the show.
- According to DarkUFO, the opening scene of "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" was originally intended to be the opening scene of this episode. The roles of Caesar and Ilana were originally cast for the season premiere because of that. Supposedly, the new opening scene with Pierre Chang and Daniel Faraday was added later, after it was decided to use the scene following the crash of Ajira Airways Flight 316 as part of "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" instead. [1]
Bloopers and continuity errors
- When the alarm clock goes off in the opening scene, the alarm itself isn't actually set. The alarm is set on the left-side of the clock and is set to 12:00.
- On the zodiac raft, Steve Jenkins was wearing a backpack immediately before the Island moved in "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2", but when the sky turns normal again in this episode, his backpack is missing. Furthermore, a bearded background extra has been replaced by Neil "Frogurt", and another background extra sitting next to him has disappeared.
- When the Island moves, Locke covers his face with his left arm; but when the flash finishes, the scene has been flipped which makes it appear he's got his right arm up.
- Sun's passport is displayed in an unlikely format:
- Adobe Photoshop in Windows XP is shown as being document scanning software.
- There are many inconsistencies between the human-readable information and the machine-readable zone of the passport:[1]
- SKA is not a valid ISO code; it should have been KOR.
- Her birthday is encoded as April 4, 1972.
- Her nationality is encoded as Japan.
- Her passport expiry is encoded as May 31, 2006, although the human-readable part shows 2011.
- Even if the software is correct, there is no network connection. (Note: The tray symbol of the working network connection may be switched off.)
- The computer's time display does not match the time seen on a wall clock a few seconds later.
- The passport was issued in 2001; it is extremely unlikely that Sun managed to keep her original passport throughout her time on the island.
- When the witness takes a picture of Hurley with the gun, the man Sayid threw over the railing is shown in a different position than the one in which he landed.
- The man Sayid threw over the railing could have been moved by the people investigating down below.
- The rip in Desmond's HAZMAT suit is now on the left leg, as opposed to when it was on Kelvin's right leg in "Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1".
- Desmond is lowering the anchor into the water during the final scene instead of raising it.
- Kate is never actually served with the court order; Norton never hands it to her so she can read it.
- The construction foreman at the Orchid describes an image as a SONAR image. SONaR (SOund NAvigation and Ranging) is normally associated with sub-surface maritime navigation, ranging to avoid collision and/or targeting of torpedoes and depth-charges.
Recurring themes
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| Animals • Black and white • Character connections • Children • Coincidence • Death • Deceptions and cons • Dreams • Economics • Electromagnetism • Eyes • Fate versus free will • Games • Good and bad people • Imprisonment • Isolation • Leadership • Life and death • Literary works • Mirrors • Missing body parts • Nicknames • The Numbers • Pairings • Parapsychology • Parent issues • Pregnancies • Psychology • Rain • Redemption • Relationships • Religion • Revenge • Salvation • Secrets |
- The people on the Island are skipping through time. (Time)
- In the beginning of the episode, the alarm goes off at 8:15. (The Numbers)
- The face of the alarm clock. (Black and white)
- Shotgun Willie, the record Pierre Chang puts on. (Black and white)
- Pierre Chang's record player starts to skip, and later Daniel uses a skipping record as an analogy for what is happening on the island. (Foreshadowing)
- The foreman expressed disbelief at the idea of time travel to Daniel, who is actually a time traveller himself. (Irony)
- Someone is suspicious of Aaron's parentage. (Parent Issues)
- Juliet tells Daniel that the Swan is a 15-minute walk from the camp. (The Numbers)
- Desmond meets Daniel for the second time before Daniel arrived on the Island. (Character connections)
- As Sun goes down the escalator at the airport, the woman on the intercom mentions flight 23 to Paris at Gate 15. (The Numbers)
- Daniel tricks the other people into leaving him alone at the Hatch, so that he can speak to Desmond alone. (Deceptions and Cons)
- The DHARMA orientation films are filmed in front of a movie set in the Barracks recreation room with costumes and props to make it appear that Pierre Chang is in a study or office. (Deceptions and Cons)
- It rains after the island moves. (Rain)
- Dogs are barking as Sayid and Hurley reach the safehouse. (Animals)
- Desmond recalls his hidden memories in form of a dream. (Dreams)
- Sun is locked in a room at the airport. (Imprisonment)
- Locke finds himself (once more) isolated from everybody he knows, except occasionally from Richard. (Isolation)
- Sawyer calls Daniel "Danny Boy" and "Dr Wizard" and "Dilbert", and Charlotte "Ginger". Kate calls Aaron "Goober". (Nicknames)
- In order to save everybody on the Island, Locke will presumably have to die, according to Richard. (Sacrifice)
- Pierre's record starts skipping just as the singer sings the line "can't make a record if you". (Irony)
- The name of the law firm hired to get blood samples from Kate and Aaron in order to find out if Aaron really is Kate's son, is "Agostini and Norton" - an anagram for "Aaron isn't, don't go in". (Anagrams)
Storyline analysis
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| A-Missions • Crimes • Economics • Leadership • O-Missions • Relationships • F-Missions • Rivalries • S-Missions |
- Sayid kills two men in the safe house. (Crimes)
- Juliet and Sawyer are seen as new leading figures for the castaways. (Leadership)
- Ethan is told that, according to Ben Linus, Locke is supposed to be the new leader of Ethan's people. (Leadership)
- Even though Sayid works for Ben Linus, he warns Hugo against him, telling Hugo to always do the exact opposite of what Linus says. (Rivalries)
Cultural references
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| Art • Automobiles • Games • History • Literary works • Movies and TV • Music • Philosophy • Religion and ideologies • Science |
- Shotgun Willie: A song by Willie Nelson, from 1973, by the album of the same name.
- Hitler: One of the DHARMA construction workers proposes to use the time effects of the Orchid to kill Hitler. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the German Nazi Party. He was the ruler of Germany from 1933 to 1945.
- A common theme of many time travel stories in science fiction is attempts to kill Hitler either fail or else make things worse.
- A Christmas Carol: Sawyer calls himself "the Ghost of Christmas Future," a reference to one of the spirits who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in the book by Charles Dickens.
- Gilligan's Island: Sawyer calls Charlotte, "Ginger" after he slaps Daniel Faraday. Ginger is a reference to ginger-haired Ginger Grant, a character on Gilligan's Island, a classic U.S. television show about a group of people that were stranded on a tropical island. The character had a bit of an attitude (like Charlotte) and hung out with a brainy professor (like Faraday). "Ginger" is also a general term for people with red hair.
- Dilbert: Sawyer calls Daniel Faraday "Dilbert" when Faraday tries to convince him of the futility of his plan to enter the Swan Station through the "back door" to stock up on supplies. Dilbert is the main character of an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams who, like Faraday, is consummately dressed in a white shirt with a black tie.
- The Andy Griffith Show: Kate calls Aaron "Goober". Goober Pyle was a dimwitted mechanic in both The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off Mayberry RFD.
Literary techniques
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| Comparative: Irony • Juxtaposition • Foreshadowing Plotting: Cliffhanger • Plot twist Stock characters: Archetype • Redshirt • Unseen character Story: Flashbacks • Flash-forwards • Flash sideways • Framing device • Regularly spoken phrases • Symbolism • Unreliable narrator |
- The episode begins with a record skipping, which is later used as a metaphor for how the island is moving through time. (Foreshadowing)
- The beginning of the episode is similar to the beginning of season 2 and season 3. In all of these episodes we're introduced to a unknown person, who we're not able to recognize at first. The person then turns on the record player (or cd player as we see in season 3), and begins to do some daily activities - grooming for example. Furthermore all of the season beginnings starts off slowly and calm, but is at some point interrupted by something chaotic (Hurley blasting through the pile of fruits in season 4 for example).
- Kate tells Aaron that the train in his cartoon won't go into a tunnel because he will never come out, foreshadowing their evacuation from their home moments later, and perhaps their return to the island. (Foreshadowing)
- Faraday insists that they can't change the past or stop what's happening, and Sawyer asks him who can; Faraday doesn't respond. This foreshadows Faraday's statement that Desmond is special and the "rules" don't apply to him, implying that Desmond can, in fact, change things. Also the cut after that statement was to Locke which might be a bluff. (Foreshadowing)
- Locke climbing up the tree roots to the Beechcraft symbolizes that he's in the middle of an uphill battle. (Symbolism)
- Locke's fall from the tree and landing on his back parallels his fall from the hotel window. He lays there initially in fear that he is paralysed again. (Irony)
- When Locke is separated from The Others, he is left in the jungle with nothing but a knife and his wits; literally the situation he longed for in "Walkabout". (Irony)
- Aaron is watching a cartoon with several vehicles rushing frantically, foreshadowing Kate's running away quickly after being pressed by the attorney Dan Norton. (Foreshadowing)
- Sawyer calls for a "time out", and later Juliet says "it's been a long day". (Irony)
- After running for a long time in her past, Kate will have to become a fugitive again in her future. (Irony)
- Daniel is moved through time in the exact moment he was about to say the name of his mother, which Desmond shall meet at Oxford University. Being like that, the name is never revealed. (Cliffhanger)
- Richard says, "What comes around goes around" in reference to Locke being shot by Ethan--when it was Ethan who was shot and killed by the Losties (Irony)
- Richard treats Locke for his gunshot wound, telling him he's bleeding to death, therefore saving his life. Shortly after, Richard tells Locke that Locke must die. (Irony)
- Pierre Chang says "God help us all" to the Dharma foreman in The Orchid. (Regularly Spoken Phrases)
- Sawyer at the Swan tells Desmond to "Open this damn door!" Twice. (Regularly Spoken Phrases)
- Desmond at the Swan asks Faraday "Are you him?" (Regularly Spoken Phrases)
- Daniel tells Desmond that he is "special". (Regularly Spoken Phrases)
Episode references
- When Locke explains to Richard that Ethan shot him, Richard replies "What comes around goes around", presumably in reference to Charlie shooting Ethan. ("Homecoming")
- Locke's climb to the Beechcraft is reminiscent of Boone's and Eko's climbs at the same location. ("Deus Ex Machina") ("?")
- The Beechcraft arrival is finally seen. ("Deus Ex Machina") ("The 23rd Psalm")
- The episode begins with Pierre Chang putting on a record, much like in "Man of Science, Man of Faith" and "A Tale of Two Cities".
- Pierre Chang's alarm clock features a black background and white numbers that flips the numbers, this is reminiscent to the Swan Station timer. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- Chang and Faraday reference "rules that can't be broken" regarding time travel. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes") ("The Shape of Things to Come")
- Locke's position as he falls after being shot is reminiscent to that after Anthony Cooper pushed him through an eighth story window ("The Man from Tallahassee").
- Pierre Chang and Eric ride in a DHARMA van similar to the one used by Ben and his father and discovered by Hurley. ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead") ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
- Pierre Chang being annoyed after having been interrupted is reminiscent of his reaction in The Orchid Orientation Video's outtakes.
- Charlotte's nose starts to bleed. ("The Constant")
- Following his note, "If anything goes wrong, Desmond Hume will be my constant", Faraday establishes Desmond as his constant. ("The Constant")
- A picture of Jack and Aaron together can be seen in Kate's home. ("Something Nice Back Home")
- Richard's compass is similar to the one that Richard offered to Locke as a child in the claiming test. ("Cabin Fever")
- Ethan shoots Locke with a U.S. M1 (or possibly M2) Carbine (.30 Carbine) similar to that carried by Ellie. ("Jughead")
Unanswered questions
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- For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Because You Left/Theories
- What is the nature of the Island's time shifting phenomenon?
- Exactly who is affected by the time jumps and why?
- Who built the frozen wheel and how does it end up buried under a wall of rock?
- Was Pierre Chang's baby born on the island?
- How does Faraday end up working as a DHARMA worker when the Orchid is being constructed?
- Why does Richard tell Locke that he has to die?
- Why do the rules of time not apply to Desmond?
- Who are the men trying to capture Sayid and/or Hurley?
External links
- ABC Medianet Press Release (12/31/08): Press release
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