my *hopeful* theory is that Jack's flashforwards are actually Desmond's visions, and Desmond's going to warn him not to get on the helicopter yet or he'll regret it. how else would they play it out? is Jack going to travel back in time or will he find some sort of way to get back to the island?
That's a cool theory! But, it seems to me that Desmonds visions seemed to be revolving around Charlie and Claire. My feeling is that for some reason known only to the universe and probably to MIss whatever her name is, Charlie and Desmonds fates were somehow wrapped around each others and when Charlie died, it stopped.
I think that's an excellent theory.He has been involved with Jack before, and he was right about him fixing Sarah. Even though in that one episode on the island when he and Jack were alone and Desmond was running off to his boat, he seemed unsure how he knew. How are they linked? Why have they met twice, in two different places?
[Desmond stumbles and falls while running through the jungle. Jack enters with his gun drawn.]
JACK: Stop.
DESMOND: Oh, right. The code, yeah?
JACK: What?
DESMOND: Listen carefully. If by some miracle you manage to get the computer working again you've got to enter the code: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42, hit execute. Again: 4, 8, 15...
JACK: Shut up!
DESMOND: Sorry?
JACK: Nothing is going to happen. Some man takes you down there, shows you a movie, and you push a button on, on faith alone? Nothing is going to happen!
DESMOND: In about 15 minutes you're either going to be very right, or very wrong, brother. You want to shoot me? Shoot me. but I'm not...
JACK: Why are you running? You don't even know what you're running from?
DESMOND: I remember you -- running -- I know you -- I met you -- Los Angeles. I was training, yeah? You twisted your ankle...
JACK: Stop.
DESMOND: You're a doctor, right? There was this girl -- you were worried -- you said, you said you failed her. That was you.
JACK: It doesn't matter.
DESMOND: Was she okay, the girl?
JACK: It doesn't matter.
DESMOND: What happened to her?
JACK: It doesn't matter.
DESMOND: How can you say it doesn't matter?
JACK: I married her! [Jack breaks down crying.]
DESMOND: Right, and you're not married to her anymore, then?
[Jack lowers his gun. Desmond goes back to get his pack.]
That's a cool theory! But, it seems to me that Desmonds visions seemed to be revolving around Charlie and Claire. My feeling is that for some reason known only to the universe and probably to MIss whatever her name is, Charlie and Desmonds fates were somehow wrapped around each others and when Charlie died, it stopped.
I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old, the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold." "If we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored."
desmond's flashes... i just re-watched that one... reminded me so much of 'slaughterhouse five'... billy pilgrim, being unleashed from the dimensions of time and able to jump from one spot to another in his life... knowing future, past and present all at the same time... even if jack were to go back and 'save them'... the universe has a way of course correcting...wouldn't they die anyway? that is if they are dead... they could just be trapped on the island... trapped in the dimensions of time...
I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old, the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold." "If we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored."
I was reading The Golden Compass and what if the Island was some kind of Eutopia. Maybe that was a scientist in the newspaper clipping and one of Jack's last hope to get back to the Island.
I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old, the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold." "If we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored."
I was reading The Golden Compass and what if the Island was some kind of Eutopia. Maybe that was a scientist in the newspaper clipping and one of Jack's last hope to get back to the Island.
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