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March 3, 2010

What Kate Does.

Let's talk about LOST! What Kate Does.

Barefooted Lennon hurries down the temple pathways to tell Dogen {Typing on an old typewriter} that "He's alive."   {Who? Sayid? Jacob? Locke?}
Dogen grabs hold of pendant his wears around his neck.
Happy Jack looks at awake Sayid.
Hurley sees this, "It worked! Dude, you're okay!"
Hurley hugs Sayid but Jack wants Hurley to let Sayid breathe. Jack asks confused Miles to get Sayid some water.
Sayid leans against Hurley with his eyes closed as he feels a little lightheaded.
Sayid asks "What happened to me?"
Jack smiles and happily tells him "You died."  {yet here he is...awake!}
Now Sayid looks confused.

Kate and Sawyer stand away from them. Skeptical Kate wonders how that's even possible, "I mean, one minute he's gone and now he's fine?" {I'm sure she's seen the previously thought to be dead come back and she brought young Ben to be saved from the clutches of death too.}
Sarcastic Sawyer feels of course he's fine, "He's an Iraqi torturer who shoots kids he definitely deserves another go-around." 
Sawyer is contemplating his exit strategy. He asks Kate how many guys with guns are outside this place; he was out cold when they brought him in. "How many guards did you see, 5, 10, 100?" Sawyer shares with Kate he's thinking about running.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Kate is outside the airport and she runs from Edward. She seeks escape in a taxi that already has a customer in it. Claire. {The dialogue is different here from the last episode!} Claire begs to be let out and tough gun toting Kate tells her to be quiet.
The driver stops as to not hit Arzt, who is bent over picking up something. "I'm walking here. I'm walking here!" {I guess the pigs weren't walking this time around. lol}
As they wait for Arzt to move his ass Kate sees Jack in the distance chatting on the phone. She looks confused. Claire tries to run but Kate pulls her back in. Kate demands the driver go; so he runs over Arzt's bag.
The backseat driver Kate directs the nervous driver to take a left at the light. Once stopped at the red light Claire begs to be let go and the driver runs away.
Cuffed and armed Kate jumps over the seat and takes the wheel. She demands Claire's purse and kicks pregnant Claire out of the car without letting her get her suitcase. {What a bitch!}
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Sayid is helped outside into the courtyard by the boys.
Sayid-"Who are these people and what do they want?"
Hurley-"It's the Others, dude. They caught us...again. I don't know...I think they're trying to protect us."
Miles notes that Hugo has assumed the leadership position; apparently this bothers him.
Jack examines Sayid's almost completely closed wound. Sayid looks puzzled and thanks Jack for saving his life.

Dogen storms over to confirm Sayid is alive. They want Sayid to come inside with them but Jack insists he go along too. Lennon informs Jack they need Sayid alone, that they have a few questions for him.
Jack-"You have a few questions, well so do we. Let's start with 'Who are you?', 'Why are you holding us here?' You..."
Lennon speaks for Dogen and lets Jack know once they've spoken to Mr. Jarrah they'd be happy to tell them everything they want to know. {We've heard this before!} Well, something tells smart Jack that they're not going to be happy to tell them anything. Dogen seems to not want to be bothered with Jack and the boys so he has his men physically subdue them.

Two shots ring out; it's Sawyer. {Is there a new sheriff in town again? lol} Dogen doesn't want his men to shoot at Sawyer. Lennon assures Sawyer they're not going to hurt his friend. Sawyer doesn't give a shit, they can do what they want because he's walking out of there.
Kate tries to get James to stop but he announces "I'm gone! You understand." He starts to remove the barricade and Dogen in English begs "Please. You have to stay."
Sawyer-"No, I don't....Don't come after me." He walks out the door.

Dogen's men take Sayid away and this upsets Jack, so fired up gun slinging Aldo wants everyone to calm down.
Lennon asks Jack were Ford went. Jack doesn't know. {I don't think Jack knows his last name is Ford.} Lennon asks Jack if he expects him to believe that.
Restrained Jack wonders, "He told me he wanted to kill me. You believe that?"
Kate proclaims she can bring him back even though she says she doesn't know where he went but she can track him. She is confident in her convincing skills not only to bring him back but to make him stay. {What a gal!} Jin offers to go with her.
Lennon informs Kate it's very important that Ford gets back there safely.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Kate pulls the taxi into a ratty garage. Armed, she asks the mechanic where his tire hammer is.
The mechanic-"A tire hammer will just cut off your wrists. Your problem is you need a punch press. And you're not going to be able to use one of those and keep that gun pointed at me." He's kind of volunteering. He does have a steady hand but feels they got off on the wrong foot. Kate warms up and offers him $200. The mechanic frees her from the bracelets and he's curious about them Kate shares she's wanted for murder.                                 
Kate-"You don't have somewhere I can change, do you?"
He points her in the direction of the bathroom, "Make it quick."
 




In the bathroom with its very old dirty and worn out mirror, and wheels all over, Kate goes through the bag she wouldn't let Claire take with her.





On top of baby goodies is a Polaroid picture of pregnant Claire and a stuffed whale.

{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}

Kate packs rope in her backpack. Jin is packing his backpack. Aldo warns Kate she better not slow them down.
Kate quietly says "You better not slow me down."
Jin observes this.
Jack tells Kate he'd go with her but he must fear Sawyer will kill him. {Uh, Sawyer said he wasn't gonna kill Jack.}
Kate will take care of James while Jack takes care of Sayid.
Jack-"Deal."
He pulls her back but only enough to lovingly tell her to be careful.
{Jack won't go there again or at least at this point!}


Sayid is strapped down to a table and his head is restrained.
Dogen blows some ashy powder over Sayid and looks into it as if trying to see an image of some sort. He also attaches wires to his chest {Head-Heart} and stomach because he is going to run current through Sayid's body as some sort of test.
Nervous Sayid just wants to know what Dogen wants.


Dogen cranks an old piece of equipment that looks like it was put together by an engineering and science student. {Listen to the sounds it makes and the color light it has.}

 This machine produces electric currents that shock Sayid.
Dogen even pumps up the juice for a stronger jolt.
Sayid yells out in pain, cries and asks why he's doing this. Sayid doesn't have any secrets. Then Dogen burns Sayid with a red hot poker; being careful to look at Sayid's eyes/face while being burned.
Lennon unstraps Sayid and apologizes that they had to put him through that. He explains it was a test, "We had to be sure." Of course they don't tell Sayid what they need to be sure about.
Lennon-"You passed." Sayid is escorted out.
Lennon asks Dogen, "I just lied to him, didn't I?"
Dogen, who is writing notes down says, "Yes."

Claire is sitting alone on a bench on a street. Kate pulls up in the taxi and makes nice nice with Claire. "Where were you going?"
Kate returns her bags and lets her know she didn't take any of her money. She offers to take Claire to the home of the couple who are adopting her baby on Langdon street in Brentwood. They were supposed to meet Claire at the airport but didn't show up. Claire thinks they got their days mixed up or something, "It's not like they abandoned me."
Claire takes the offer.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
In the jungle Kate asks Aldo why they want them to stay at the temple.
Aldo-"We're protecting you."
Apparently from the big pillar of black smoke that makes a ticka-ticka sound and looks pissed off. He does note Kate's been on this island a while.
Jin asks Aldo if he knows anything about another plane coming in, "An Ajira flight."
Aldo-"I'm sorry,is this a press conference?"
Justin interjects with mentioning the one that landed... Aldo tells him to shut up. {Well Jin, there's your answer!}
Kate gets a closer look at a decoy trail and directs them the other way. She bases it on her experience. Justin agrees with Kate.
Aldo-"Of course she is. After you princess." {Love it!!} He asks Kate what her strategy is for bringing her boyfriend back. Sawyer shot a guy on his way out.
Justin saves Kate from stepping on a tripwire on the ground. Jin thinks it looks like one of Rousseau's traps. The tripwire connects to a large net filled with rocks.
Justin-"The French woman? She's been dead for years. This couldn't be one of hers."
Again Aldo shuts him up.
Tough Kate demands Aldo tell her what Justin was gonna say.
Aldo-"You don't even remember me, do you? You don't recognize me?! Well maybe this'll jog your memory...Three years ago You staged yourself a prison break and ya did it by knocking the guard out with the butt of your rifle. That would be me."
Kate hits him, tosses her canteen to trip the tripwire and releasing the trap. With both guys knocked out she takes their guns. Jin wonders what she's doing.
Kate-"Escaping."

Sayid is returned to the "spring" room and is met by Miles, Hurley and Jack. Hurley felt it necessary to announce "He's back!"
Sayid is in pain; he shares that they tortured him and he doesn't know why. "They didn't ask me any questions."
This fires up Jack. He walks over to the two armed guards at the door and tells them to step aside; which they do. {Wow! That was too easy.}

Jack finds his way and walks right into Dogen's lab where he's mixing up a concoction. Lennon is happy to see Shephard came on his own. Jack demands to know what they did to Sayid. The talking head, Lennon says they didn't do anything to him, "Your friend is sick."
He tried to find explain, although there's not a literal translation...the closest thing would be..."infected".
Jack doubts that as Sayid isn't even running a fever. Dogen gives a mocking chuckle.
Jack-"Did I say something funny?"
Lennon doubts it because, "He doesn't really have a sense of humor" although Lennon's comment seems to amuse Dogen.
Dogen has created a pill which he wants Jack to give his friend. Jack wonders why Dogen doesn't give it to him.
Lennon-"Because it won't work unless he takes it willingly and he won't take it willingly from us." {He kind of laughs his way through that.}
Jack-"Maybe you should have asked him to take it before you tortured him."
Lennon-"We didn't torture him. We were diagnosing him." You know...to see if he was infected. Jack isn't giving anything to Sayid unless he knows what's in it.
This compels Dogen to reach out to Jack by speaking English and playing on the role/fault that Jack played in Sayid getting hurt; along with the others who were hurt or died by helping Jack. {All of this for a friggin pill! Come on!}
Dogen tells guilty Jack that this {pill mission} is his way to redeem himself. He puts the tiny with package with the pill in Jack's hand.
Dogen-"It's medicine. And your friend needs it."
Jack-"What happens if I don't give it to him?"
Dogen-"The infection will spread."

Miles questions Sayid about his experience. "So, nothing,there wasn't anything? No white light, angels singing, no dead relatives?"
Sayid remembers being shot.
Hurley wonders if he's a zombie. Sayid is not a zombie. {So, did Sayid "really" die or not?}
Hurley is cool leaving Jack and Sayid alone for their chat because "Yeah, see, private talks kinda freak me out coz they usually lead to me having to do something I don't quite understand."
Jack-"I'm right there with ya."
Miles and Hurley will be in the "food court" if they need them. Jack drinks some water from a canteen and Sayid doesn't want a drink when Jack offers him some.
Jack tells weak and angry Sayid that the Others were trying to diagnose him. Sayid doesn't buy it, "They told me it was some sort of test...which they said I passed. Clearly I didn't."
Jack shows him the pill that the Others claim is medicine.
Jack- "I don't know. And you know before, when you, when you thanked me for saving your life... I didn't have anything to do with it Sayid. I didn't fix you, they did."
Sayid-"I don't care who fixed me. I only care about who I trust. So if you want me to take that pill Jack, I'll do it."
{Is it just me or does Sayid's accent sound different. lol. You can see Jack is not sure and he also doesn't know who to trust. Does he take the leap of faith?}

Jin asks Kate, "Where are you going?"
Kate is catching up with Sawyer even though she has no intention of going back to the temple; she's not interested in being a prisoner.
Jin-"Where did your plane land, Kate?!"
You know, the plane she, Jack and Hurley came in on. Sun was on that plane too and he has to find her. {OMG! He's SO close!!}
Kate-"You think they're gonna tell you? You think they care about you or about Sun or about any of us?" {Who?! Kate you ass, he's talking directly to you!}
Jin-"Who do you care about, Kate?"
Kate wishes him "good luck" and walks away. When she catches up with Sawyer she guess they'll figure out what to do next.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Kate drives the taxi with the directions in her hand. Claire asks where her handcuffs went.
Kate-"I cut them off." Claire likes the nice neighborhood and feels the "couple" are nice too. {Kate gives a look.}
Claire-" What you think they didn't come to the airport on purpose?"
Kate-"Why would I think that?"
Claire-"Good. Coz They didn't." They arrive at the house and Claire needs the support of her new criminal friend to go in with her because she doesn't want to go up there on her own. Kate wonders if she's kidding her.
Distraught Mrs. Bascom answers the door. Claire introduces herself to the woman. Mrs. Bascom won't be adopting the baby because her husband left her. She wants Claire to believe that she wanted the baby so much but she can't do it alone.
Claire-"So you just changed your mind?" Mrs. Bascom explains her life is a little bit complicated.
Kate speaks up on Claire's behalf, "She came all the way from Australia and you don't call?"
On cue Claire gets pains, "Ah! It's coming!"
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Armed Kate arrives at the ramshackle Dharma barracks. She hears noise coming from inside a house; Sawyer's house.

She watches him from the hallway as he retrieves a memory box{Magic box} from beneath the floorboards. The heartbroken man takes out a small piece of brown fabric. It means something to him. He hears a noise and threatens to shoot the intruder. Kate tells him she's there because she was worried about him. Sawyer doesn't really give a shit.

Kate pulls the taxi up to an emergency clinic where Claire is put into a blue wheelchair. The nurse is informed Claire thinks she's having contractions that started 3 minutes ago. {A whole entire fucking three minutes ago!! Wow!}
A black and white cop car pulls into the lot. Kate confirms to the nurse she's with Claire.

In the OB Triage and hooked up to monitors, Claire is near panic over what's going on with the baby. Kate heads into the hallway and grabs the attention of Dr. Goodspeed to go and take a look at Claire. Claire's freaking out.
Goodspeed-"What's happening...is that mother nature's gotten a little ahead of herself. Are you ready to have your baby?"
Claire-"Ah,ah,I'm sorry what!?"
Goodspeed-"You're at 36 weeks. 3 centimeters dilated, and about 80 percent effaced, which means...if you want you can have your baby tonight."
Claire-"If I want? So what y, you, you mean you can stop it then?"
Goodspeed-"Maybe, however to do that would require a number of drugs."
Claire-"What drugs? I mean will that hurt the baby?"
Goodspeed-"No their perfectly safe, I just don't wanna have to stick you with needles if I don't have to. So, it's up to you."
Claire-"I,I'm not ready." {So, just like that it gets to be "turned off-stopped" hmmm}
Goodspeed-"OK, let's get her started on an Nifedipine drip." The Maternal Fetal monitor goes flat line and Claire freaks.


Goodspeed-"Margret, let's do an ultrasound. I want to get a picture of what's going on in there, ah, it could just mean the baby's out of position."
Claire-"Wh,what are you saying? What's happening to my baby!? Is my baby ok? Is Aaron Ok?"
Goodspeed-"See? {baby image moves} There he is. Everything's just fine. Your boy just likes to move around. 140 BPM perfectly normal. I have a feeling, that Aaron, is gonna be a handful. Now let's see if we can slow this down. Ya did great mommy. Thanks."
Kate holds Claire's hand or Claire holds Kate's hand.

{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Sawyer site alone on the end of the dock until Kate comes to visit.
Kate-"A couple of days ago you asked me why I came back to the island...I need to find Claire. I thought, maybe if I could catch up to you, you could help me, and then, maybe if we could find her and bring her back to Aaron then maybe all of this wouldn't have been for nothing. I'm sorry. I never should have followed you."
Sawyer-"Which time?"
Kate notes the house he shared with Juliet and apologizes to him for Juliet. "If I hadn't come after you on the sub then you two would have left and she would have never died..."
Sawyer feels it's not her fault she's dead, he feels it's his fault. He is teary eyed telling the story of when Juliet was sitting on the dock "tryin' to leave this place... and I convinced her to stay. I made her stay on this island because I didn't want to be alone. You understand that, right? But, uh... But I think some of us are meant to be alone. {He looks at a diamond ring he's holding} I was gonna ask her to marry me." {Got that engagement ring from the Dharma Initiative jeweler, did ya?} He throws the ring into the water. He feels Kate can probably make it back to the temple by nightfall and walks away. Kate cries alone.

Dogen spins a baseball on his desk {Note typewriter, red books, cloth under typewriter.} Jack walks in and asks, "What's that?"
{Really, Jack?! You know baseball, don't ya? Your daddy taught you all about the Red Socks.}
Jack remarks Dogen speaks pretty good English for someone who needs a translator.
Dogen is amused, "We both know that I don't need a translator."
He explains he needs one because he has to remain separate from the people he's in charge of. {Walks among them, but is not one of them.} It makes it easier when they don't like the decisions he makes for them. {Is Jack talking to himself here!?}
Jack-"Who are you?"
Dogen-"My name is Dogen."
Jack-"Are you from here, the island?"
Dogen-"I was brought here like everyone else." {See, the "island" is a place you are brought to.}
Jack-"What do you mean, brought here?"
Dogen-"You know exactly what I mean... You didn't give your friend the pill, did you?"
Jack confirms he didn't because he doesn't know what's in it. Jack "got that" it would eliminate the infection.
Jack holds the pill and asks "What's in it?"
Dogen can't explain; there isn't any time, even though Dogen says "he'll die..."
Jack-"He already died!" Jack insists on knowing what's in it and Dogen just wants Jack to trust him. {Again, Jack can't trust/leap of faith.}
Jack-"I don't trust myself. How am I supposed to trust you?...Let's see where trust gets us."
Jack swallows the pill and Dogen physically removes the pill from him. Jack wonders if Dogen will tell him now what's in it. {Boy, Jack is still stubborn!}
Dogen-"Poison."

Claire smiles as she looks at the black and white ultrasound printout image of the baby. She is visited by a detective and officer. The woman detective Rasmussen comes in asking about the woman who signed in with Claire, Joan Hart.
Claire didn't immediately know who she was talking about.


The police officer looks around but doesn't seem to do a very good job because he doesn't find Joan Hart who is hiding in an attached storage room.
Claire tells the detective Joan Hart was just the cab driver. "I needed help and she brought me up here."
Rasmussen asks if Hart gave any indication where she was headed. Claire doesn't know so they leave.
Joan Hart thanks Claire and Claire asks, "Why are they after you? What did you do?"
Joan/Kate-"Would you believe me if I said I was innocent?"
Claire would believe her. She also offers Joan/Kate her "not much of a limit" credit card for doing what she did for her. Of course Joan/Kate takes it and compliments the baby's name; Aaron.
Amused Claire doesn't know why she said it, "It's like... I don't know...I knew it or something."
Joan/Kate-"I think you should keep him."
Claire wishes her good luck.
Joan/Kate-"You too."
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Kate fills up her canteen from the spout outside a Dharma house and she watches lost Sawyer enter the house; he doesn't say a word to her.

Dogen pours 2 cups of tea and confirms to Lennon that Jack swallowed it. Dogen puts the cup in front of Jack and Jack questions what it is. Dogen tells him it's tea and they both drink it. Jack wonders why they want to kill Sayid.
Dogen-"We believe he's been...{says something in Japanese}"
Lennon-"The closest translation is claimed." Jack asks claimed by "what".
Dogen-"There's a darkness growing in him. Once it reaches his heart...Everything your friend once was...will be gone."
Jack wonders how Dogen can be sure of that.
Dogen-"Because it happened to your sister."

Jin treks through the jungle with a rifle and stops for a drink by the stream and is jumped by Aldo and Justin. Aldo knees him, "That's for my head!" He asks where that bitch is. Jin tells Aldo he doesn't understand as he's going back to the temple. Justin thinks Jin is alone and they should take him back, but Aldo remarks, "Maybe we didn't find him alive."
Justin-"Aldo, no! We can't, he's one of them!"
Aldo-"He may be one of them." Jin makes a run for it and his foot is caught in a trap! Sarcastic Aldo asks Jin, "Where you going?" and is shot two times in the chest while Justin gets taken out with one shot. Jin looks up to see it is Claire who fired the shots.
Claire looks puzzled and confused.






What Kate Does is a GREAT episode!
Hmmm, make a quick change, Kate.
I am so sad for Sawyer, after a few years of finding peace, love and a sense of "growing up" he now has a broken heart that is being filled with hurt, anger and loneliness.
Is the "infection" a form of a poisoned heart? Meaning a heart that is so hurt it turns ugly and filled with anger and resentment? Or is the "infection" a contamination of something else? Maybe there is no "infection" at all.
Kate and all the Lostie's seem to me to be having memory and a sense of things being very familiar. How can we deny that?!
Plus we still get repeated "Island" images/dialogue/scenarios/people/clothes/items that are very close to "off island". How can we deny that?!

Another thing I should mention is after all these years with the way I format my notes and photos I think it's safe to say the same clues do indeed repeat themselves over and over and over again... like a friggin loop!


Things to Note...Questions to ask...
* We see two different versions of Kate's dialogue with the taxi driver at the airport. WTF is up with that?
* This season seems to have a state of voices and sounds in the background.
* Sawyer yells "Hey, I'm walking here" in Two for the Road when Christian is getting out of the car at the bar.
* Karma. Redemption.
* Life-Death-Rebirth.
* Kate doesn't notice Claire's pregnant until she looks through the bag.
* Game. Deal. Strategy. Baseball. Christian.
* On the move. Out of position. Time. Timer.
* Test. Exam. Examine. Diagnose.
* Richard doesn't want Locke shot and Dogen doesn't want Sawyer shot.
* Sawyer throws an engagement ring in the water. Desmond throws an engagement ring in the water.
* Sayid is connected to a machine that produces electric current. This also happened when Rousseau captured him. And we've seen Locke use a machine that supposedly stimulates his legs with electric current.
* Maybe only a part of Sayid "died".
* Mechanic. Machines. Tools. Chains. Medical equipment. Ultrasound.
* Wires. Electro-machine. Head restraint. Limb restraints.
* Driver. Tools. Toolbox. Monitor. Printed out data/photo.
* Head and Chest- Hearts and Minds.
* Head. Lightheaded.
* Guns, Guns, Guns, Guns...and yes...more guns.
* Aldo hints to the episode Not in Portland with room 23.
* Pills. Drugs. Alchemy. Medical.
* Prison.
* Do sick, infected and claimed all mean the same thing?
* What is real {if anything} and what is not?
* Who is telling the truth? Who is manipulating? Who can be trusted? What are lies?
* Polaroid picture of Claire. In Santa Rosa Hugo's photo with Dave was a Polaroid.
* The stuffed whale was seen with Aaron when Kate and Jack were together in L.A.
* Decoy. Fake. Picture.
* There's rules on how to take the "pill".
* Tests. Challenges. Missions.
* Jack feels the Others in the temple fixed Sayid.
* Days mixed up. 10-22-2004.
* "Ethan"-"Goodspeed" is a doctor in L.A.. We've seen him in Miami and on the "island". Is he in L.A. because Cheng saved him from one of the purges? Or is "Ethan" anywhere he "needs" to be?
* Ethan examined pregnant Claire on the "island".
* I wouldn't be surprised if the temple with its courtyard is shown in an overhead shot and it's the shape of a huge Bagua. The center of a Bagua offers protection.
* Does Jack know why they were brought to the island? How much does Jack really know about other "island" related things and people?
* The tortured torturer gets tortured!

* I must again bring up The Psychedelic Experience.  Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, it is an instruction manual intended for use during sessions involving psychedelic drugs.  It is authored by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert.
I also wanted to add that in the 1960's John Lennon and the Beatles explored the "mind freeing" and "altered state of consciousness" experiences with drugs to reach enlightenment, spiritual connection and experience "Ego Death".    On the album Revolver, specifically the song "Tomorrow Never Knows", Lennon's lyrics were directly connected to Timothy Leary's The Psychedelic Experience.


Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream
It is not dying, it is not dying
Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void
It is shining, it is shining
Yet you may see the meaning of within
It is being, it is being
Love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing, it is knowing
And ignorance and hate mourn the dead
It is believing, it is believing
But listen to the color of your dreams
It is not leaving, it is not leaving
So play the game "  Existence"  to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning...



Vocabulary and Research...
* Ajira is Hindi for Island.
* Claimed-A basis for demanding something; a title or right. 2). To state to be true, especially when open to question.
* John Langdon is an American graphic designer, ambigram artist, painter and writer. Langdon is known mostly through his association with author Dan Brown and his books Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol.
* LUCK SYMBOLS- Rabbit foot. Horse shoe. Penny.
* I found my old notes from Fire + Water to be interesting after seeing this episode.



We learned in What Kate Did that Kate has murder in her heart.
The mirror Kate looks into was not clear, could that mean she's "infected"?    We also know she has a soft spot for babies.
What does Kate do? She takes control of people's lives, pulls them in and doesn't realize the enormity of the wake she leaves them in. What is really in Kate's heart?

These people are desperate to know, "Where are they going?" and they look in the mirror and wonder, "Who are you?"   Those are real questions someone who is truly lost will ask.

Love to all who are "LOST"™

Disclaimer: I never claim to know everything about the show and my thoughts by no means make me right! The things I share here are my views and/or opinions. I don't claim to catch every single detail either! You all know I hate spoilers! And I stand clear of reading certain sites as to not take me off my own course of research. The one thing I don't need to do here is rehash all of the obvious clues from an episode, we all know what they are. Understood? Good! Let the fun begin! I'll only note things that I know come up as clues later, but need to be noted when they first show up and things I find that will be of importance! It will get very exciting as we progress into the story.

September 8, 2009

One of Them.

Let's talk about LOST!  One of Them.


"They're getting closer! Move it!" 

The Iraqi soldiers including Sayid are hurrying to burn and shred files and papers while there is bombing going on all around them.


Tariq is yelling "Keep shredding you cowards! We leave when I say! {hits a soldier.} Stop again, and I'll kill you myself! I'm your commanding officer and you will do..."   
The American soldiers barge in demanding to know who's in charge.   The Sergeant wants the Iraqi soldier, who is not distracted by his task of destroying the files, to stop what he's doing.   Another American soldier says "They don't understand" but the Sergeant knows they do understand. {Of course they understand, in our story there are no language barriers-really}   
The Sergeant threatens to fire on 3 if he doesn't stop shredding, "One...Two..."    Sayid bolts up and tells the shredding dude to stop or they'll kill him. 
The Sergeant asks Sayid, "You in charge?"     
Sayid says he is not, and when asked who is in charge he lies and says  there  is no commanding officer here; he left for Hillah two hours ago.
The Sgt.-"Your English is good, Abdul, but you're lying. And that ain't so good.",and he hits him with his rifle. {Knocked out!}


At the military base Sayid is taken inside by Sgt Austen.
Sgt Austen says to Sayid, "Let's go, hombre Son, we don't want to be here anymore than you do.   Your pal, Saddam, had to go marching into Kwait.  Here we all are. Buccelli here says that you speak English. Ever do any translating? "
Sayid-"Formally, no." 
Sgt Austen-" Hell, the fact you know what "formally" means we're good.    Apache helicopter went down in this sector two days ago.  Our sources tell us the pilot was captured. It's very important that we get this pilot back. We know that he was taken to the local Republican Guard intelligence commander, a man named Tariq.  Do you know him?"
Sayid-"Yes, he was our commanding officer."
Sgt. Austen-"Do you know where he is?"
Sayid-"When the bombing started he fled to Hillah" 
They open the double doors and Sgt. Austen welcomes him to Hillah.   Tariq is already sitting inside.
{Flash Whoosh
At the beach, Sayid is cleansing himself in a small trough.  Ana Lucia comes running out of the jungle asking "Where's Jack?"
Sayid wants to know why? 
Ana  leads him into to the jungle where they sneak up on Danielle who is just walking around with her rifle, of course.
Ana-"There. See?"
Sayid-"Go back, I'll deal with this...Go back Ana Lucia and don't tell anyone what you saw."   {Sayid has a knife/dagger hanging from his belt}

 Ana Lucia leaves. {Why is Ana sworn to secrecy? What's the big deal? Hmmm?






Sayid approaches Danielle and she says she was looking for him.   She was going to wait until dark and find him at his tent.   {WTF? Look for him? 1st off she knows where he friggin lives!  She's going to wander about in the jungle, keep on wandering, wait for dark and sneak into their camp and wake him? Was she looking for him or going to wait?}

Sayid-"Where are we going?   You said you were looking for me.   What was your plan?   To hide in the woods hoping I would pass you by?"
They walk, she says "They need to keep moving".
Sayid-"Not until you tell me where we're moving to"
She wants him to trust her.  {HA!}
Sayid-"The last time we met you arrived to warn us the Others were coming which they weren't.   In fact, it was a diversion to kidnap Claire's baby.    So pardon me for not trusting you."
Danielle- "This place that I am taking you to...there's something that will help you, something important."     To earn his trust she offers him her rifle.   {Something that will help him what? How?}
{Flash Whoosh}
Cuffed  Sayid interrogating Turiq via questions asked from Sgt Austen.  They want to know where the pilot is.
 Sgt. Austen-"Look, we know for a fact he interrogated the pilot day before yesterday. Hell, probably in this room.    Tell him if we get our man back safe and sound, he goes free."
Sayid translates Austen's English into Iraqi.
Sayid-"They will let you go if you tell them where the pilot is."
Tariq-"You are a disgrace.   You're an Iraqi soldier!   Steal his gun and kill them all.    Right there on his belt.   You can get a few of them before you are killed."
Sgt Austen wants to know what Tariq is saying.
Sayid lies, "He says he does not know."
Sgt Austen-"I was born, but I wasn't born yesterday, son.   Now, if you don't help me out here, someone else will take over.   And that someone, he won't play nice at all."   {So, when were you born? How old are you? And who won't play nice???  Hmm?!!!!}
Sayid-"I am sorry. He does not know."
Sgt Austen starts to leave, "Okay, you had your chance. Guards, lock him back up.
{Flash Whoosh}
At the beach a tree frog is annoying Sawyer who is trying to sleep.
Sawyer asks Jin for help. "This is unbelievable. Hey! Hey, you hear that thing? You hear that frog... that frog?   You want to help me find it?"
Jin gives him a rude brush off.   Sawyer asks, "What? We ain't friends anymore?"


Sawyer, out looking for the frog in the jungle, runs into Hurley who is eating ranch dressing composite.
Sawyer-"What do you got there, Rerun?"
Startled Hurley tells him that the Dharma Initiative ranch dressing will keep in room temperature for up to 7 years.     {It'll keep in room temp for 7 years, but now it's outside!  Or is it? Yuck!   We hear lots of animal/bird sounds in the background.} 
Sawyer uncovers Hurley's secret stash that Hurley doesn't want him to tell anyone about.




Sawyer-"What, that you stole food from the group?  Now, why would I want to do that?" Sawyer asks Hurley if he's seen the tree frog and Hurley says "Yeah". 
Sawyer makes a deal with Hurley,"Tell you what... you help me find that thing, you can keep right on ranch dipping. We got a deal?" 


Sayid walks with Danielle and wonders,"How much further?"  But she doesn't reply. "Danielle?"
Danielle-"We're here."
Sayid-"And where exactly is here?"
Danielle bends down, picks up a bow and arrow set she hid under some leaves.  They hear a man yelling/begging for help, "Help me. Hey, somebody here."   There is a man hanging in a net trap from a tree.  

Danielle wants Sayid to listen to her and warns, "Don't believe a word he says. He's one of them"  
     
The man in the trap says he has no idea what she talking about and that she's crazy.

Sayid asks how long has he been up there.
The man-"Since last night.  Please, just cut me down. My name is Henry Gale.  I'm from Minnesota. Please."       Danielle says he's lying.
As Sayid cuts the trapped man down Danielle tells him he's making a serious mistake.  
Once freed Henry runs and Danielle shoots him in the shoulder with an arrow; rendering him unconscious.     Sayid is troubled by her shooting Henry without  provocation.
Danielle-"If I wanted to kill him, I would have killed him".

Tie him up, take him to your doctor, he's no good to you dead"   She also says "You talk to him Sayid, as I recall that is what you do. But know this, he will lie, a long time, he will lie."
Sayid ties him up and carries him back to camp. 
{Flash Whoosh}
Sayid in cuffs is brought into see Inman who is looking at a file.
Inman-"I want to talk to you about your buddy, Tariq.  Uh, look, I get it.  You're a man who values loyalty.  Even doing a little translating for us... you feel like you're doing the wrong thing.   I get that, and I respect it.   This is what Tariq was doing before he took over command of your intelligence unit.   He was the head of the chemical warfare battalion in the North.   {plays a video tape.}  He personally supervised the use of sarin gas on this village.  {Sayid watches sad and as if hypnotized.} You recognize it, don't you?  You had relatives in that village didn't you, Sayid?  So, you know what Sarin gas does.  No discrimination...the entire marketplace... innocent women, children."
{Nerve gas.}
Pained and compassionate Sayid has seen enough.
Inman-"Loyalty is a virtue. But unquestioning loyalty... I don't think that's you."
Sayid-"Why should I believe you?"
 Inman-"How do you think we knew you had relatives in that village?  We liberated your personnel file, and Tariq's.  All we want is our pilot back, so we can send him home to his family." {The file was under the remote control.}
Sayid will have to make Turiq talk. {Guess how?}
{Flash Whoosh}
In the hatch Sayid tells sleeping Locke to "wake up".    He shows Locke the prisoner. Locke wonders, "Minnesota, huh?"
Sayid-"That's the question, isn't it?"   {They have Henry by the weight bench}
Gale-"Where am I?"
Sayid-"Who are you?
Sayid questions him and we learn:
Henry Gale, four months ago we crashed my wife and I, trying to cross the pacific in a balloon. "She died. She got...she got sick three weeks ago.  We were staying in a cave off the beach. Ah, my shoulder. At least untie my arms."

Jack comes in wondering what's going on.  Sayid explains that Rousseau trapped him in the jungle; she believes he's an Other.
Henry-"An other what?"
Jack-"You shot him with an arrow?"
Sayid-"Do I have a bow?"
Jack will treat Henry.
Jack says to Henry,"Hey, hey, you with me? {to Sayid} What, you were just going to let him bleed to death?"
Sayid was trying to get honest answers while he was able to give them; and Henry's wound is far from life threatening.   Locke suggests they  should let Jack treat him first, then they'll get their answers.
Sayid-"Jack, do not untie him."

In the jungle Sawyer and Hurley are still on the hunt for the tree frog.  Hurley feels this is how people get killed in scary movies.
Sawyer-" If this was a scary movie I'd be with a hot chick not you, Barbar."
Hurley-"It's Babar."
Sawyer-"Why don't you shut up, Hammo. Or your ranch disorder's going to be the new lead item on the coconut Internet."
Hurley admits his fatness but at least people like the fat guy/him.   Hurt Hurley leaves Sawyer to find his own frog.
Sawyer- "Look, man. I'm sorry, alright? This frog is killing me.   You've got to help me out. Please." 
Hurley agrees to continue this very important hunt!

Jack removes the arrow from Henry as Sayid and John watch from a few feet away.
John asks Sayid what he thinks.   Sayid wants to know what he thinks.
Locke-"I think he's pretty convincing."   Sayid agrees, but they need to know if he's telling the truth.
Sayid- "Does Jack still have the combination to the armory?"
Locke- "For now he does." 
Sayid-"How long would it take for you to change it?"

John is concerned this is about Sayid being angry and punishing someone but Sayid doesn't need to punish anyone; he just wants the truth.    Locke will get started on changing the combination.   They both know Jack will have issues with what must be done to get the truth.

Sayid asks Jack {still working on unconscious Henry} if Henry said anything.
Jack- "No, he didn't.  He was in shock."
John-"We can't just leave him laying here, Jack.  If people see him it'll create a panic."
Sayid suggests they put him in the armory; it's secure.  {It's a good thing Locke and Sawyer moved all the guns out, making room for a prisoner!}
Locke feels it's better to err on the side of safety.   All three men carry Henry into the armory.  Jack says they need the cot to be brought in because Henry shouldn't be on his back. 
Jack and Locke exit the armory and Sayid closes himself in with Henry.    He is doing what needs to  be done
{Flash Whoosh}
Sayid enter the room with Tariq carrying the tool box he got from Inman.
Turiq-"They're letting you speak with me alone now?"


Sayid opens the box, "You need to tell me where the helicopter pilot is." 

Tariq-"This is their new bluff?   That you're going to torture me?   They think you will do this? Sayid, you are a loyal soldier.   The son of a great hero.   Do not disgrace your father!   You wouldn't dare harm me!    You will follow my orders as your commanding officer.   Take that bag.  Put it over your head and tape it up.   Kill yourself, now!   That's an order.   Do it and die with what little honor you have left." 
Sayid-"You would have me take my own life... the information means nothing to you!"
Tariq spits in Sayid's face.   Sayid picks up pliers.
Inman paces Sayid comes in and shares,"The pilot was executed  two days ago.   He's buried in a field  four kilometers from here.   I can take you there."
Worn out Sayid hands the box to Inman. {Bloody hand.} 
{Flash Whoosh} 
Jack tries the combination and can't open the door.   Jack bangs on the door demanding Sayid open it.
Jack -"Why isn't this combination working John? Did you change it?"
Locke- "Yeah"
Jack -"Why would you do that?"
Locke- "You were raising an army"
Jack- "What?'  {Jack looks confused, like he doesn't know what John's talking about}
Locke- "And why you didn't ask me to help, well that's your business.  There's only one reason to raise an army Jack.  It's because we're at war, and like it or not, whatever Sayid has to do behind that door, well that's a part of it too."
Jack- " What if he's telling the truth, John?'
Locke- "What if he's not?"

In the armory Sayid questions/interrogates Henry.  {ALL IMPORTANT STUFF!}
Sayid- "You said you came to this island four months ago, yes?"
Henry-"Where am I?"
Sayid-" Please, answer my question."
Henry-"Yeah, yes we landed four  months ago. Maybe more. Who are you?"
Sayid-"And you were in a cave for all that time?"
Henry-"Off the beach on the North shore of the Island."
Sayid-" How far from this beach to where you were captured?"
Henry-"I don't know."
Sayid-"How many days' walk?"
Henry-"Two.  Two days."
Sayid-" Why did you stay on the beach for so long?"   {On the beach?, off the beach in a cave?}
Henry-"Why wouldn't we?   We wanted to be there for fly-overs. We had an emergency beacon, a transmitter."
Sayid-"What kind of transmitter?"
Henry-"An ADF beacon. We wanted to make sure we'd be spotted.  Look, whatever you think I am, I'm not. Please, please just... tell me your name."
Sayid-"Your wife, what is her maiden name?"
Henry-"Murphy."
Sayid-"Where did you meet her?"
Henry-"University of Minnesota."
Sayid-" How did she die?"
Henry-" She got sick."
Sayid-"She got sick?"
Henry-"It started as a fever.   After two days she was delirious.   Then she died.   I don't know why you're asking me all these questions.   I don't know why you're treating me this way ...why I have to explain to you who I am when you don't tell me who you are."
Sayid-"I was 23 years old when the Americans came to my country.  I was a good man.  I was a soldier.   And when they left, I was something different.   For the next six years I did things I wish I could erase from my memory...things which I never thought myself to be capable of.    But I did come to learn this... there was a part of me which was always capable.  {Listen to this/Sayid's voice here!It's different. Yes it could very well be just the voice is different due to dubbing, but it's very mysterious indeed.} You want to know who I am?   My name is Sayid Jarrah, and I am a torturer."
{Should Sayid already know who Henry is?}

In the jungle Hurley points out the tree frog; it jumps right at Sawyer and he catches it.
Sawyer-"All that noise from this tiny critter."
It reminds Hurley of a turtle he once had. Its name was Stuart.   It ran off when I was 10. Well, that's what his mom said.   He kind of thinks she threw him out.   Sawyer  looks interested in the frog, "You're a happy, little fella, ain't ya?"  
Hurley-"I have an idea. Why don't I take him...far from hereTwo beaches away? Then maybe he'll find a Mrs. Tree Frog.   That way he won't keep you up anymore, and everyone's happy." Sawyer has another idea; he crushes the frog, killing it.  "I hear with a little ranch they taste just like chicken"   He hands the dead tree frog over to Hurley.


Back at the hatch, Jack cleans up the blood on the floor.  
John offers to give him a hand but pissed off Jack tells him to shut up.    Jack notices the pliers are missing and asks where the pliers are.   
 
Inside the armory Sayid continues the questioning/interrogation.   He wants to know everything about the  balloon.
We learn she's 140 feet high, 60 feet wide.   And when she's up in the air 550,000 cubic feet of helium and a 100,000 of hot air keep her up.   And if you could look down on her you'd see a big yellow smiley face on top.     He traveled in that way because he was rich, it was his dream, and Jennifer thought it would be neat!
Sayid -"You were rich?"
Henry-"I guess I'm thinking of things in the past tense now.   How's that for optimism? He explains he became rich by selling his company; they mine Non metallic minerals.
"I know, everyone wanted to talk to me at cocktail parties."    Sayid threatens Henry with  the pliers around his finger and wants Henry to listen to him. "You said you buried your wife. Tell me where."
Henry cries-" In the jungle. By the balloon, in the jungle."
Sayid-"How deep? How deep did you dig the grave?"
Henry-"I don't... it was..."
Sayid-"How deep? How many shovelfuls of earth?!   Did you use your hands?!   How long did it take you?!"
Henry-"I don't remember."
Sayid-"You would remember!  You would remember how deep. You would remember every shovelful, every moment! {He cries}  You would remember what it felt like to place her body inside.   would remember if you buried the woman you loved.   You would remember ... if it were true!"
Henry-"Did you... did you lose someone?   Did you lose someone here on the Island?  Did you lose someone, too?  What happened to her?"
Sayid-"It was an accident.  It was an accident.   The woman responsible thought she was someone else...someone coming to hurt her... someone like you!"
Henry-"Just, just... This is all a mistake.   Slow down here, okay.    Hurting me isn't going to bring her back."
Sayid starts beating Henry over and over. "You know what I lost. Tell me how long." {Yes Henry does indeed}
Henry-" No, no. Help! Help me!"
Sayid-"Tell me who you are."

As Sayid is beating Henry he says " You know what I loved!" {Yes Henry does indeed} "Tell me what I already know.  I want to know the truth! Who are you?!"  {Is Sayid remembering anything here?!!!!}  Jack wants the door opened,
Locke- "Jack, this has to happen." {It HAS to happen! Is it written? HA!}
Jack pushes Locke demanding he open the door. The countdown timer starts to beep.  Jack won't let him push the button unless he opens the door!   The alarm is now under a minute! {The alarm starts at 4 minutes, now it's under a minute, ALREADY?}

Locke- "If we don't…You would risk everyone's lives?"
Jack- "You talked me into pushing that button once John, but it's yours now, you're the one who won't risk it. You, Me, I don't think anything's gonna happen when we get down to zero, you wanna see what's gonna happen, let's just see what's gonna happen!"
{Was it Jack's button at one time?  Does he know what happens? Hmmm?}

Locke says Ok, "Right 15",  but "Not stupid" Jack makes him open it.    Locke opens it, runs to the computer, enters the code incorrectly, {types 16 16} re-enters it and this time hieroglyphs are revealed; then noises {machine/fan winding up, bang and clanking.}  He pushes buttons and the timer resets. {RESET}

 Jack removes Sayid from the Armory and the beating of Henry!  Sayid insists he's lying. {Watch Henry's look to Sayid before Jack shuts the door! GREAT!}
Jack asks Sayid-"What the hell was that?"  
Sayid tells Jack "He is one of them."
Jack asks if he told him that.
Sayid-No, because I know.  He IS one of them"
Jack- "I think that's what Rousseau thought about you once Sayid. If I'm not mistaken she strapped you down, she shocked you, all because you were one of them."
Locke- "He is."
Jack- "What?"
Locke-"He is one of them. To Rousseau we're all Others. I guess it's all relative, huh?" {AAAHHHH!! I've been saying that all along!}
{Flash Whoosh}
Sayid is being transported. He just stares looking up. 
Sgt Austen is looking at a picture of a young Kate.  He asks Sayid if he has a wife and kids, he does not.  They pull over to the side of the road.
Inman tells Sayid "It's over. We're pulling out, not going to Baghdad.   So your man Saddam gets to stay in power which means you, in all likelihood, will remain in his employ. Guess you're lucky you have a new skill set you can use."
Sayid-"What you made me do no human being should ever have to do to another.
Inman uses a knife to cut the cuffs off of Sayid's wrists, freeing him.
Inman speaks Arabic to him.  "One of these days there will be something you need to know. And now you know how to get it."  {Inman lied and can speak and understand; he didn't need a translator!}
Sayid swears "I will never do that again."
Inman gives Sayid money, " Yeah. Good luck to you, Sayid.  Bus fare back to Ramadi. {tells the driver} Let's move out."     {Gave him American money in hundreds;Fuckin' bus fare! Puts it in his pocket}
{Flash Whoosh}
At the beach Sayid confesses to Charlie about the man down in the hatch; a stranger captured by Rousseau, "I beat him, I beat him badly".
Charlie,wearing his black hoodie, wants to know why he's telling him that?
Sayid- "Jack asked me how I knew, knew for sure that this man was lying?   How I knew for sure he was one of them... one of the Others.   I know because I feel no guilt for what I did to him.  But there is no way I could ever explain that Jack or even Locke, because both of them have forgotten."
Charlie -"Forgotten? What?"
Sayid-"That you were strung up by your neck and left for dead.   That Claire was taken and kept for days during which god only knows what happened to her.  That these people, these Others... are merciless... and can take anyone of us whenever they choose…. So tell me Charlie, have you forgotten?"   {YEP! And 'these people' do take them whenever they choose!}




One of Them is a GREAT and IMPORTANT EPISODE!
We see Sayid, a loyal solider of "an army" and he is the son of a great hero.   Who is his great heroic father?   Was Sayid born into the military as Jack was born into being a doctor?  Sayid said after he tortured Sawyer that he didn't want to do that anymore yet here he goes again.  But he will always be a torturer and a soldier because that is his role.

Yes, they ALL have forgotten.   Not just the things that have happened to them while on this "island" trip but everything else too.
Are things erased from their memories?  Did they forget that they belong on the "Island" or are tied to the "Island"?   Are a few of them starting to remember?

Did Danielle bring Sayid to Henry to help him remember? What was her reason for that? Are certain things being put into motion?  Was the 'capture of Henry' planned?  Who could have planned it?   Danielle?   Ana Lucia?   Henry himself?   All of them?
I think Ana has been aware of what her duty is on the island.  I don't think she is unfamiliar with Henry or Danielle at all.  Why would tough girl Ana, who supposedly hates these Others go and get Sayid (Or Jack) instead of taking Danielle out herself?

Henry tells Sayid his story 2 times:
First he says he and his wife CRASHED on the island and then later he says they LANDED on the island!  Well, did he crash or did he land?   Did our Losties crash on the island or did they land? Hmm?!! Yeah!!!!
Is Henry telling a story that we're all somewhat familiar with?  Crash/Land, stay on the beach, go to the caves, 4 months…. Whose story is he telling?   Is it part truth/part lie?  Does he know this information because it's all been written out, it's in a file, lived already, real/not real?     When Henry says "Whatever you think I am, I'm not", he's telling the truth!

The time frame Henry uses (4 month) is close to the time frame I gave you  already for the Losties arrival on the "island" until their rescue.    I wonder if I'm on the right track with that.    Again, we need to keep in mind that it's what we see as 'real' time, not taking into consideration that time maybe different on the island or is irrelevant or anything else freaky like that.
  
Things to note…Questions to ask…
* Father.  Son.   Soldier. 
* Relative.
* Back. 
* Up. Down. Left Right.
* Green.
* The Wizard of Oz reference.   A story about a girl whose adventure happens when she in unconscious/sleeping.  {Movie version}
* Danielle shoots Henry with an arrow, There is an 'Arrow' station.
* Trap.
* Game. Value. Tie. Deal
* Machine.
* Time. Timer. Reset. Computer.
* Photo.  Video. Movie. Capture.
* Translate. Communication. Language. Linguistics. Listen. Learn.
* Net. Internet. Files. Execute. Button. Code.   Erase from  memory. Reset.
* Military. War. Commanding officer.
* Fever.  Temperature. Degrees. BTW, are they outside or not? What will happen to Hurley's unrefrigerated Ranch composite?! 
* Crazy.  Disorder.
* Remember.  Forget.
* Deep.  Down.
* American money. Rich.
* Sayid threatens to cut off Henry's finger.   Ana Lucia threatens to cut off Nathan's finger.
* NONE of the soldiers have names on their uniforms.
*
They have done all this before.  Rerun. Do over. Loop.
*
Here Sayid feels no guilt. Charlie said he felt no guilt {he'd do it again in a minute} for what happened with Ethan in Outlaws.
*When we hear the story Henry tells about how he became rich he says he sold a mining company that mined Non-metallic minerals.   The Black Rock, as told by Locke, looked to be a mining ship. 
* The video Inman shows Sayid: On the top of the screen it says EYES ONLY-TOP SECRET.  Property of DIA...REEL 23108-42.   {EYES!!!!! DIA, could that stand for Dharma Initiative Army? HA! What's REEL/REAL?!!!} 
* Events on "Island"  blur with "Flashes".   Is anything real?  
* In all the craziness of getting Sayid out of the armory Jack, Sayid and Henry didn't hear the machine start up noises.
*
Locke. Lock- change the combination.
  
Vocabulary and Research…
You know I highlight "clue" words for you so you can see the clue repeat itself.    There are many words that we get as a clue and are taken at the obvious meaning for the situation, but LOST is FULL of word games!
 * The ADF Beacon transmitter.
- Beacon- Light used as a signal to guide.
Alarm, alert, beam, bonfire, flare, guidepost, heliograph, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, lodestar, pharos, radar, rocket, sign, signal fire, smoke signal, warning signal, watchtower.
* Board game 'Risk'.   A strategic board game.   It uses 2-6 players, Has a map of the world, 42 territories grouped into 6 equal continents.   Take over the world. 

For fun, I anagrammed the title. You know me, I'm crazy like that.
ONE OF THEM….The omen of.
An omen is a prediction, a sign of something yet to happen. We see examples of that in this episode.   Example, Locke gets a glimpse of what happens when the computer goes past zero; so many other things too. 
In addition to that fun tid-bit I'll ask you if the title of this episode is only about Henry? No

Here we have mention of a high fever and a sickness.  Again I come back to the possibility  that these experiences are happening in the Lostie's heads/minds.   There is a connection with the brain and it's electromagnetic field. {Electric currents, neurotransmitters and such}   Add to that the potential use of machines, MRI, CAT scans, etc..  I'm just saying!!

There is a reason these "Island"  residents are called "castaways"... On some level they have been or feel like cast outs or literally have been cast away from society.  Maybe their patients or inmates somewhere. 


Think about it..."Who are you?" seems to be the question at hand.  These people are lost in so many ways and seem to ask "Who are you? Where are we? and many questions regarding their own identity.  

I'm very excited for upcoming discussions of Henry.    He is NOT who you think he his!   He's quite clever.   But Sayid also mentions being one way and then became something different.  Transforming and changing.  Look deeper fans!

So... One of them…All of them!


 Love to all who are "LOST"™

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Disclaimer: I never claim to know everything about the show and my thoughts by no means make me right! The things I share here are my views and/or opinions. I don't claim to catch every single detail either! You all know I hate spoilers! And I stand clear of reading certain sites as to not take me off my own course of research. The one thing I don't need to do here is rehash all of the obvious clues from an episode, we all know what they are. Understood? Good! Let the fun begin! I'll only note things that I know come up as clues later, but need to be noted when they first show up and things I find that will be of importance! It will get very exciting as we progress into the story.