The Other Woman/Theories

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Harper Stanhope

Theory 1: Harper can time travel

Evidence

• This is how she appears and disappears right in front of Juliet and Jack.
• This is also how she knows (in the flashback) that Ben will kill Goodwin if he finds out about his relationship with Juliet. This is why Harper is more concerned about Goodwin's safety than hurt about the affair.

Counter-evidence

• Individual characters time traveling has yet to be proven (though there seems to be some evidence indicating that Richard Alpert may have).
• We've seen Others disappear mysteriously in a similar fashion without any time travel involved.
• When Desmond time travelled he didn't disappear he stayed there in body in both timelines.
• Harper could easily have known Ben was a danger to Goodwin without needing to travel in time. If she had time travelled she would have done more to save her husband's life.

Theory 2: The Harper Juliet sees in the present is "the monster"

Evidence

• Like the apparitions of Yemi and Christian on the island, the monster is taking advantage of Juliet's guilt by manifesting as Harper and telling her to kill Daniel and Charlotte to advance its own ends.
• This is how she appears and disappears right in front of Juliet and Jack.

Counter-evidence

• Goodwin might have been a more convincing vessel.

Charles Widmore

and the Hanso Foundation

• Charles secretly owns the Hanso Foundation and is using all his power to find this island, which is why they had Matthew Abaddon and Naomi to recruit the people from the freighter to find the island.
  • The Hanso Foundation is a subsidiary of the Widmore Corporation, or is at least largely funded by them.
    • The Widmore Corporation, along with Paik Heavy Industries, is currently involved in "active projects" with the Hanso Foundation.

and his reason for finding the island

• Charles Widmore wants to find the island
  • to take advantage of the unique healing properties
    • for exploitation for personal gain
    • to cure himself or someone he cares about who is dying of some kind of inoperable cancer, or paralyzed like Locke.
  • to continue the work DHARMA started or start some new sort of experimentation on the Island's strange properties.

Who does Harper think Juliet looks like?

• Emily Linus. Juliet and Mrs. Linus look strikingly similar, and Ben is known to have some issues with the loss of his mother.