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==Unanswered Questions==
 
==Unanswered Questions==
* Is he the only Other, besides Dogen, who can speak Chinese?
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* Is he the only Other, besides Dogen, who can speak Japanese?
 
* How and when was he brought to the Island?
 
* How and when was he brought to the Island?
 
* Was he with Dogen?
 
* Was he with Dogen?

Revision as of 00:21, 11 February 2010

Lennon is one of the Others taking refuge in the Temple. He acts as translator for Dogen. ("LA X, Part 1")

On the Island

2007 (Season 6)

When Jack, Kate, Hurley, Jin, and Sayid arrived at the Temple, Lennon acted as a translator for Dogen. When Dogen ordered them shot after hearing they were on 815, Lennon asks, "Are you sure?". When Hurley announced that Jacob sent them and wanted Sayid to be healed, he and Dogen appeared surprised. Lennon then asked for proof the group was sent by Jacob. Hurley produces a guitar case containing a wooden ankh. Inside the ankh was a paper presumably listing the survivor's names, among other unspecified information regarding Sayid.

Lennon later on was present when Sayid was taken into the spring to be healed, and tells everybody that he wasn't able to be saved. He led Hurley to Dogen's chamber in the temple, where he learned that Jacob was dead. Lennon assisted The Others in preparing the Temple's defenses, and told Hurley the goal was to "keep 'him' out".

Lennon was then sent, along with several armed Others, to retrieve Jack so that Dogen could speak with him. As Lennon tried to convince Jack to come with him, Sayid suddenly sat up, alive, much to Lennon's surprise. ("LA X, Part 2")

After conferring with Dogen about this turn of events, Lennon summoned Sayid to Dogen's room, where Sayid was promptly tortured. Lennon informed Sayid that it had simply been a "test", and that he had "passed". As Sayid left, Lennon asks "I've just lied, haven't I?" ("What Kate Does")

Trivia

  • The casting call described him as "Male, mid 30s to late 50s, could be any ethnicity. Scruffy, edgy and charismatic, yet can be deferential when needed; may have gone a little stir-crazy. Spokesperson and translator for the president of a foreign corporation. He facilitates the weight and power of his boss’s commands. He is a wily negotiator who is far more powerful than it seems from his position...." [1]
  • He wears the same style of glasses musician John Lennon (with whom he shares a name) was famous for wearing.

Unanswered Questions

  • Is he the only Other, besides Dogen, who can speak Japanese?
  • How and when was he brought to the Island?
  • Was he with Dogen?
  • What do his necklaces mean?

References