4x05 - "The Constant" Flashbacks

This is a Desmond-centric flashback.

I can pretty much explain what happened in this flashback. The basis for this flashback is the novel, "Slaughter-House 5" by Kurt Vonnegut. In this novel, the main character, Billy Pilgrim is "unstuck in time." While the reason for this is unclear, Pilgrim's consciouness travels back and fourth throughout various points in his life at random. Given Daniel Faraday's assertion that he unstuck Elousie in time for his experiment, we can assume that Desmond is experienceing something similar.

Other points to mention.

1. Given that Desmond is in the army, this flashback most likely takes place after "Flashes Before Your Eyes."

2. The Black Rock set sail from Portsmouth, England March 22, 1845, purportedly on a trading mission to the Kingdom of Siam. The ship was believed to have been lost at sea. Seven years later, the journal of the ship's first mate was discovered among the artifacts of pirates on Île Sainte-Marie, an island off the coast of Madagascar. This journal was believed to be the only surviving remnant of the Black Rock's ill-fated final voyage.

3. Charles Widmore is bidder #755 at a Southfield's auction for lot #2342, the journal of the Black Rock's first mate. The contents have not been published and are unknown to anyone outside the family of the seller, Tovard Hanso. (All information to this point was stolen graciously from www.lostpedia.com). What is Charles Widmore's interest in this journal? Could this be how the Widmore group is attempting to find the Island?

4. Why did Mr. Widmore give Desmond, Penelope's address?

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