Lost - 4/25/07 "D.O.C." (spoilers)

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

However, we still don’t know who killed Sun’s lover

Sir Isaac Newton.

I wonder if they are going to kill Sun next season.

Each season is 30 days. She'll die at the end of the fifth season if nothing changes, and they're already planning on ending the series around that point.

I wonder what they did with all their time on the island before the crash gave them people to victimize.

According to Juliet's flashbacks, it looks like they played all sorts of head games on each other.

So, the wreckage of Flight 815 was found.

Allegedly found.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I hate how the writers are playing around with this purgoatory thing agian.

They're not. Hanso just put a wrecked plane where rescuers would naturally be looking -- 815 was so off-course, they likely never came by the real crash site.

 

[delericho]

But your "easier" explanation that Mikhael faked his own death isn't easy by a long shot. Tell me, how did Mikhael manage to fake frothing at the mouth and bleeding from his ear if he had his hands tied behind his back?

How about this:

The sonic fence can cause bleeding from the ears that is painful, but not ultimately harmful. This explains why there weren't huge numbers of rotting animal carcasses at the fence. As for the frothing and appearing dead...

Mikhail (and quite possibly all the Others) had a false tooth containing an agent that caused the frothing, and also some of the poison from those spiders that got Paulo and Nikki.

The questions I have are what Mikhail was doing blundering around on the island like that (which seems very un-Otherish), and what it was he really took with him when he went. Remember, the successful con has the mark looking at one hand while the other is doing something else. In this case, Mikhail drew attention to the sat-phone (obvious), and then did... what?

Something I don't get is that Julie mentioned that on the island, women who get pregnant always die. Yet on the island, men's sperm count dramatically increases.

Seems kind of counterproductive...

If the island vastly improves the immune system, it could well be a strong allergic reaction. The mother's body incorrectly identifies the baby as harmful and attacks it. What I don't understand is why this causes the mother to die, rather than miscarry, but perhaps the baby's own immune system fights back?

Things don't look good for Kate at this stage.

 

[Hand of Evil]

The sonic fence and Mikhail, it is possible that the fence just caused an implant in Mikhail to go off, like the one in Claire. This re-inforces that every one taken by the Others have had one inserted into them, meaning the fence just does not keep people out but IN. Julette, just had the code to activate and deactivate it, being a high up on the island.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

The questions I have are what Mikhail was doing blundering around on the island like that (which seems very un-Otherish),

I assumed he was tracking down the source of the flare Hurley fired myself. He may have already been on the lookout for the helicopter (possibly he shot it down?). I think he was very surprised to see that Desmond and the others were already there- but then, I don't think the Others know of Desmond's second sight nor could they predict where it might lead him if they do know of it.

and what it was he really took with him when he went. Remember, the successful con has the mark looking at one hand while the other is doing something else. In this case, Mikhail drew attention to the sat-phone (obvious), and then did... what?

Well, it could be that he assumed everyone would be suspecting that he was just happy to get away with his life, that being what he had bargained for (when he really wanted the phone). Still, you might be on to something.

 

[RigaMortus2]

MacCutcheon is the name of a fictional brand of Scotch whisky first featured in "Flashes Before Your Eyes".

Charlie finds a bottle of MacCutcheon in Sawyer's stash.

Admiral McCutcheon is the name of a character in a television remake film of the classic story, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (by Jules Verne). In this remake, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje plays the character Cabe Attucks.

 

[Demmero]

Ah...the time theme again!

My sister caught something when Mikhael said he was killed "last week." Ben told Juliet he'd meet her in a week. With all the time travel/time jump stuff...what if the Others somehow have a Time Reset Switch (hey, Ren & Stimpy had a History Eraser Button, so anything's possible) that lets them jump a week back in time? It would explain Mikhael being alive; it would explain how the Others always seem to be 2-3 steps ahead of the Lostaways.

Probably nothing, but...did anyone else catch what Locke's dad said the first time his son couldn't kill him? Something along the lines of "Come back and try again--I'll be here all week."

Just saying....