2x23: "Live Together, Die Alone" (Flashbacks)
Okay, lets start with the flashback. It's Desmond day in the sun today and what deep, dark secrets are in the original man in the box's past? Points of interest:
Number 1: Released from prison for insubordination in Her Majesty's army. Only possession: a copy of "Our Mutual Friend," by Charles Dickens. Ex-boyfriend of one Penelope Widmore. Her father, Charles Widmore intercepted every letter Desmond sent to her during his time in prison. He offers Desmond a large sum of money to stay away from his daughter but Desmond refuses.
NOTE: When I say Widmore, I mean the same Widmore in Widmore Labs, the company that manufactured Sun's pregnancy test and the same Widmore that appeared in the billboard we didn't actually see during Charlie's flashback in "Fire + Water." Interesting company you're keeping there, Desmond. Also, could "Our Mutual Friend" be a potential easter egg with a clue about the show?
Number 2: Later on at a coffee shop in Los Angeles Desmond encounters Libby who is grieving over the loss of her husband. She pays for his latte, and then, upon learning of his intention to enter a sailing race which spans the entire globe, she gives Desmond her husband's boat (aptly named "Elizabeth"), and Desmond swears he will "win this race for love."
NOTE: Hey, look everyone! It's Libby! I guess it's safe to assume that she will be appearing in other flashbacks next season and we will get some understanding of her story. Could her husband's death have anything to do with her being instutionalized? Also, Charles Widmore is financing the race that Desmond is about to enter. Wouldn't it be great to see the look on his face if Desmond were to win that race?
Number 3: After his boat veers terribly off course, Desmond winds up on the Island. He is rescued and brought into the Hatch by Kelvin Inman, who is disappointed to learn that Desmond isn't his replacement. Desmond and Kelvin lived inside the hatch together for three years until Desmond killed Kelvin after learning that Kelvin was secretly repairing Desmond wrecked sailboat and planning to leave the island without Desmond.
NOTE: A whole shitload of information is revealed here!
a) The Hatch is stationed over an area of electromagnetism which is constantly building up. Entering the code every 108 minutes keeps the electromagnetism in check.
b) Kelvin had an emergency key which could be inserted into an ignition lock underneath the hatch which could diffuse the buildup of electromagnetism entirely.
c) Kelvin's former partner, Radzinsky, made several edits to the Orientation film, started painting the invisible map on the blast door (which Kelvin later continued), and committed suicide when living in the Hatch became too unbearable.
d) On the day Desmond killed Kelvin, he stayed outside of the hatch for too long and the timer ran down to zero. The electromagnetism was so powerful that it crashed Oceanic Flight 815.
e) Kelvin is the CIA operative who forced Sayid to torture information out of one of Sayid's superior officers.
Afterthoughts: Some of the characters on the show have some obscure connection with other crash survivors but Desmond really takes the cake. He's met Jack, Libby, and the Widmore family before ever winding up on the island. I still believe that anyone who asks the question, "why are these people so connected?" is asking the right question.
In one of DjDan's podcasts, he interviews a student who was offered a scholarship by the Hanso Foundation where he then was tricked into working on a project that would create an EMP weapon that could theoretically bring down the moon. Could the experiments inside the hatch have been an earlier attempt at building such a weapon?
Number 1: Released from prison for insubordination in Her Majesty's army. Only possession: a copy of "Our Mutual Friend," by Charles Dickens. Ex-boyfriend of one Penelope Widmore. Her father, Charles Widmore intercepted every letter Desmond sent to her during his time in prison. He offers Desmond a large sum of money to stay away from his daughter but Desmond refuses.
NOTE: When I say Widmore, I mean the same Widmore in Widmore Labs, the company that manufactured Sun's pregnancy test and the same Widmore that appeared in the billboard we didn't actually see during Charlie's flashback in "Fire + Water." Interesting company you're keeping there, Desmond. Also, could "Our Mutual Friend" be a potential easter egg with a clue about the show?
Number 2: Later on at a coffee shop in Los Angeles Desmond encounters Libby who is grieving over the loss of her husband. She pays for his latte, and then, upon learning of his intention to enter a sailing race which spans the entire globe, she gives Desmond her husband's boat (aptly named "Elizabeth"), and Desmond swears he will "win this race for love."
NOTE: Hey, look everyone! It's Libby! I guess it's safe to assume that she will be appearing in other flashbacks next season and we will get some understanding of her story. Could her husband's death have anything to do with her being instutionalized? Also, Charles Widmore is financing the race that Desmond is about to enter. Wouldn't it be great to see the look on his face if Desmond were to win that race?
Number 3: After his boat veers terribly off course, Desmond winds up on the Island. He is rescued and brought into the Hatch by Kelvin Inman, who is disappointed to learn that Desmond isn't his replacement. Desmond and Kelvin lived inside the hatch together for three years until Desmond killed Kelvin after learning that Kelvin was secretly repairing Desmond wrecked sailboat and planning to leave the island without Desmond.
NOTE: A whole shitload of information is revealed here!
a) The Hatch is stationed over an area of electromagnetism which is constantly building up. Entering the code every 108 minutes keeps the electromagnetism in check.
b) Kelvin had an emergency key which could be inserted into an ignition lock underneath the hatch which could diffuse the buildup of electromagnetism entirely.
c) Kelvin's former partner, Radzinsky, made several edits to the Orientation film, started painting the invisible map on the blast door (which Kelvin later continued), and committed suicide when living in the Hatch became too unbearable.
d) On the day Desmond killed Kelvin, he stayed outside of the hatch for too long and the timer ran down to zero. The electromagnetism was so powerful that it crashed Oceanic Flight 815.
e) Kelvin is the CIA operative who forced Sayid to torture information out of one of Sayid's superior officers.
Afterthoughts: Some of the characters on the show have some obscure connection with other crash survivors but Desmond really takes the cake. He's met Jack, Libby, and the Widmore family before ever winding up on the island. I still believe that anyone who asks the question, "why are these people so connected?" is asking the right question.
In one of DjDan's podcasts, he interviews a student who was offered a scholarship by the Hanso Foundation where he then was tricked into working on a project that would create an EMP weapon that could theoretically bring down the moon. Could the experiments inside the hatch have been an earlier attempt at building such a weapon?
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