Comments on: You KNOW, Jack. You know that you’re here for a reason.

By: Fazel

Fazel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:39:01 +0000

Ah, ok. Now, it’s starting to come back to me. I remember that scene perfectly, just not that specific line about he has to die.

Oh Terri, what would I do without you =)

By: Ms Terri

Ms Terri — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:24:38 +0000

Hi, Fazel! I do like trying to answer questions, though I don’t always know the answers.

This one, though, I do remember. It was in the first episode of Season 5 (“Because You Left”), when there were a lot of time flashes, and Locke was hopping from one time to another.

At one point he ran into Richard, and Richard gave him a compass. It was then that Richard said that Locke had to go back and get the other Losties in order to save the Island, and that in order to do so, Locke would have to die.

By: Fazel

Fazel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:42:30 +0000

Hey, it’s me again =)
I just saw ep 5×05 This Place is Death. Locke said to Christian (Jack’s dad):
“Richard said I was going to die.”
Now, when did Richard say this to Locke?

PS. I hope it’s ok that I come here and ask these questions, as I suspect it will be more frequent from now on. The reason being 1 ep/week, a lot of these details becomes forgotten.

/thanks

By: Ms Terri

Ms Terri — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:43:31 +0000

You’re welcome. I think that everything Michael did was because he was motivated by guilt. First he felt guilty because he wasn’t in Walt’s life, then he felt guilty because he let the Others grab Walt, then he felt guilty because he shot Ana Lucia and Libby. So he was always trying to redeem himself.

It does seem like everything Michael did just made things worse. But then Christian Shephard showed up at the end — so maybe Michael did what he was supposed to do to play out his “destiny.”

By: Fazel

Fazel — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:14:39 +0000

That’s right, it was Tom. I remember what was told to Michael to make him join the mission. But we all know that the freighter people were not all bad people, only Keamy and his team of mercenaries. The rest of them most likely didn’t know of the Island or what Keamy and co. was doing. In fact, I’m positive of it. So I guess it was Michael being Michael. Meaning: stupid and making not whole lot of sense (just like at the end of s2).

Thanks again Mrs. Terri =).

By: Ms Terri

Ms Terri — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:01:37 +0000

It was Tom, not Widmore, who offered Michael the job on the freighter. Tom told Michael that Widmore was trying to kill all the people on the island, and that Michael could stop Widmore. So Michael thought that by blowing up the boat, he was saving his friends on the island.

The dynamite at the end wasn’t the same as the bomb that Michael brought with him. So his surprise when he saw it was probably genuine. It must have been Keamy, or one of his cronies, who set it up.

I’m pretty confused about the freighter stuff too, so I’m not totally sure this is right. But I think it’s pretty close.

By: Fazel

Fazel — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:16:15 +0000

Another question if you don’t mind
I am catching up on Lost again (long time since I saw s4), so memory is fuzzy. I want to run it by you, if I’ve gotten everything in check.

-I seem to recall that Michael went on a suicide mission, more or less, when Widmore/Abaddon offered him the deal to go on the freighter. He accepted. At the end he obeyed the order to blow up the freighter. But Ben only played him, nothing went off. But that doesn’t hold less merit that Michael would’ve done the deed. But where is the logic in that? When previously Walt distanced himself from his dad because of murder. So now his idea for redemption/atonement is kill more people? Have I missed something?

-I saw a “previously on Lost” recently. It was from the finale, 4×14. Michael, Michael, Jin, Sun and Desmond barge in a room on the freighter. They stumble on to the bomb. Michael is genuinely surprised and says “Oh my God” with a disbelief look. Who set the bomb up for real this time? Was it Keamy before he left (I seem to recall that)? Shouldn’t Michael known how the device was set up? Since he was originally supposed to (or at least thought so) use it.

By: Ms Terri

Ms Terri — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:21:13 +0000

Glad I could help. There’s nothing worse than having a scene stuck in one’s head — except maybe having a song stuck there!

By: Fazel

Fazel — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:09:31 +0000

Ah. Thank you so much! It’s driven me crazy today .