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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2280813" data-attributes="member: 99">You're probably right.  But I have one alternative theory that might be an interesting twist.What if Charlie recognized the fact that the Virgin Mary statues are the only artifact they've seen so far on the island that resembles a toy (a doll) or has any religious signifcance.  Charlie seems to come from a Catholic background and, although he's clearly made some sinful choices throughout his life, he may see some value in giving that statue to Claire for Aaron.  So perhaps he emptied the heroin from it and brought back only the statue.I'm not saying this is likely but it would put a twist on what was clearly a cliffhanger of sorts.  The only thing that in any way corroborates this idea is that the statue was very clearly sticking out of his bag.  Assuming that he had wanted to keep his secret secret, he would have made sure it was tucked away where Sayid couldn't see it (and assuming that the story of the contents of the plane has gotten around then he wouldn't want anybody else to see it either).</blockquote>