2x09 What Kate Did

[ses3d]

Originally Posted by mattepntr

When Richard visits Locke as a child (in "Cabin Fever") to see which things "already belong to him", one of the things Richard sets on the table is "The Book of Laws". Interesting.

very interesting with these connections - thank you! this is why i'm participating in the rewatch.

but if Locke is so important, then why was he allowed to die?

[TheEyeOfTheIsland]

Originally Posted by ses3d

very interesting with these connections - thank you! this is why i'm participating in the rewatch.

but if Locke is so important, then why was he allowed to die?

Since the season 5 finale, we know for sure that there are at least 2 "higher powers" on the island, namely Jacob and Mr. X, and that they have different agendas.
Then there are of course Smokie and the island itself. The open questions here are: Do these two have their own agenda? And how do they relate to Jacob and Mr. X?

We know that Locke has been healed in the moment he crashed on the island. We know he encountered the smoke monster ("I've looked into the eye of this island") and that he had dreams where he saw the Beachcraft. We saw him talk twice to Christian Sheppard.
Jacob was there after his father pushed him out of the window and Mr. X's words imply that he used Locke for his plans.

So to summarize it: We see different higher powers act on John Locke..
His death led to a certain chain of events. So, did all of the higher powers want him to die? Was the island trying to prevent him from dying while Mr. X was pushing him into it?

Hopefully, season 6 will answer these questions. I've always been a big fan of the character of John Locke, but the more I watch (and rewatch) LOST, I have the impression that on the island, he is being used by someone, that he is a pawn in some kind of big game.

[Dr. Chameleon]

Great find on the Book of Laws connection between S2 and S4! I, too, was captivated by Eko's story and wondered if/how it might tie in to the island mythology.

Something else that stood out for me was the way a dying Sawyer seemed to channel Wayne (much like Sawyer's "haunted boar"). While this is an apsect of the show I'm not particularly thrilled by, I have to think that S6 is going to have some focus on the ghosts/dead aspect of the show that's been building for so long (Christian, Kate's horse, Hurley/Dave, Sayid's cat, Charlie, possibly Claire, Miles, possibly Locke, etc.), and maybe ties into the "underworld" hieroglyphics of the countdown timer.

Eko's "don't mistake coincidence for fate" I'm sure will resonate through to the end.

Why didn't Kate's dad never show up during the Oceanic 6 period when they were off the island?

And while I understand that within the context of the episode it built tension, it doesn't make any sense to me at all, in the big picture, why that segment of film was spliced out of the orienation, taken to the Arrow and hidden. Who would do that and for what purpose? I also hope that Radzinsky wasn't really in the hatch for ~20 years...if he was there when the incident happened and when Kelvin was there in the '90s, I'm assuming there was a break somewhere inbetween. I guess Inman later says that Radzinsky made the edit, but I still don't understand why, especially if the "quarantine" was in effect.

[Bone Saw!]

Originally Posted by Dr. Chameleon

Why didn't Kate's dad never show up during the Oceanic 6 period when they were off the island?

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He may have gotten in trouble with his army folks if they realized he knew what she had done, and still gave her an hour's worth of head start before he called her in.

Originally Posted by Dr. Chameleon

And while I understand that within the context of the episode it built tension, it doesn't make any sense to me at all, in the big picture, why that segment of film was spliced out of the orienation, taken to the Arrow and hidden. Who would do that and for what purpose? I also hope that Radzinsky wasn't really in the hatch for ~20 years...if he was there when the incident happend and when Kelvin was there in the '90s, I'm assuming there was a break somewhere inbetween. I guess Inman later says that Radzinsky made the edit, but I still don't understand why, especially if the "quarantine" was in effect.

This doesn't make sense to me either.. Unless for some reason Radzinsky wanted whoever found the video to use the computer for other reasons besides pushing the button?

[Dr. Chameleon]

Originally Posted by Bone Saw!

This doesn't make sense to me either.. Unless for some reason Radzinsky wanted whoever found the video to use the computer for other reasons besides pushing the button?

The only way I can imagine justifying that would be if Radzinsky at some point went over to the Other side and was trying to get anyone who followed him in the hatch discovered by the Others (assuming that any attempt to use the computer to communicate would be intercepted by the Others).

Did the producers ever confirm who Michael was talking to on the computer?

[Bone Saw!]

Originally Posted by Dr. Chameleon

The only way I can imagine justifying that would be if Radzinsky at some point went over to the Other side and was trying to get anyone who followed him in the hatch discovered by the Others (assuming that any attempt to use the computer to communicate would be intercepted by the Others).

Did the producers ever confirm who Michael was talking to on the computer?

Pretty sure they did confirm it's Walt, although they stopped short of saying he was actually using another computer to communicate with Michael. They hinted that it may have been telepathic communication, or something..

[dedflagblues]

What I found most enigmatic about the piece of the orientation tape that was at the arrow, is the part where Chang says that using the computer to speak to the outside world could lead to another "incident". Was he just making an idle threat to scare people from doing so? Because we've seen the incident, so how could using the computer lead to another one?

[What'sDoneIsDone]

I think that what was meant by "another incident" is what would happen if the numbers weren't entered. Using the computer to communicate could tempt people to abandon their posts in the Swan, resulting in another incident.

[bonds0756]

I think Chang meant that another Incident could occur if someone used the computer to surf the web, leaving the computer riddled with viruses and spyware.

[Sox Girl]

Originally Posted by Dr. Chameleon

Why didn't Kate's dad never show up during the Oceanic 6 period when they were off the island?

On rewatching this episode, I thought Sam Austen would be a great character to bring back in S6. He has a lot of potential either in the past or future.