The New Man in Charge/Theories

Taking Care of People

When Hurley realises he is now the new new Jacob, Ben helps him understand by telling Hurley that he should do what he does best, what he has always done - take care of people. The scope of this could broaden out dramatically. He may see his role as taking care of people in the past as well as the future of the Island.

• When the French Team were marooned on the Island, Montand picked up the Numbers being broadcast. On listening to the audio of that, it sounds like Hurley's voice reading the numbers. Yet this was before the Dharma Initiative,so who was broadcasting the Numbers? The theory is that Hurley now realises how the Numbers were linked with Jacob's final group, but also that only he seemed to have an awareness of how they permeated the events on the Island. As someone who always thought they were bad luck, he may now ironically find that it is he that begins their broadcast, as an early beacon or pattern to the Candidates.
  • The DHARMA Initiative was on the island from the early 70s, the French Team didn't arrive until 88. DHARMA were either active or dead by time the French team arrived (since people disagree on the year of the purge), it was definitely DHARMA who were broadcasting the numbers from the radio tower.
• With Ben's help (and knowledge of what the DI were trying to do), Hurley makes use of the Islands power to move himself in time.
• There was always the question of the continuing DI food drops, even though the the DI had ceased to be and there was never the sound of a chopper. As a previous organizer for the food, and a cook with the DI, he would know what to include in the drops. It may now be a simple matter for him to construct a time loop to continue the drops for the Losties and Others.
  • The video shows that the food drops were an automated Dharma process, which the Others made use of.
    • Closing down the food drops would seem to indicate that there was no longer a large group of people in the Island.
• "Stay away from my son."--Colinlcamp.ME 18:46, June 23, 2010 (UTC)
  • The Lost time travel aspect is more sophisticated than this. Hurley just doesn't get to pop in and out of time 'fixing' things. For one thing, Lost acknowledges that out of bad events can come good consequences (for both others and the protagonists). But also Lost recognises that all events that might change time have an on going legacy. That's why, as far as I can tell, almost every time event in Lost (except MiB giving the watch to Locke) ended up being passive (ie observational). That meant that while we gained a different perspective but didn't change anything.
    • As Ben says, "I can't change the past. I can only take responsibility for it."

Whispers

• Hurley will try resolve and free the people like Michael, who are "unable to move on" and held as the Whispers.

Being Special

• Walt is special because he always was going to be a Protector.