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My Serious, Logical Thoughts on Cabin Fever

Welcome to cabin fever

TITLE
This actually has a double meaning. First there is the obvious one where Locke, Hurley and Ben are looking for the cabin but then there is the cabin fever suffered by the crew of the ship. The captain accuses Keamy of suffering from it in this episode.

OPENING SEQUENCE
The music playing is called Everyday by Don Mclean.

EYE OPENER
Notice again an eye scene. It usually happens at or near the beginning of an episode and usually involves the eye being shut and then opening. They say the eyes are the lamp to the soul. Sometimes people read other people by looking at their eyes. For example take the comment made by Mary Steenburgen in the 1979 movie Time After Time when she says that man was crazy I could see it in his eyes. Referring to Jack the Ripper. We actually get a rare double eye opener in this one since the first one was just a dream.

THINGS TO WATCH FOR
The poster of Geronimo Jackson on the locker door when Locke is rescued from the locker. Geronimo Jackson was found in music collection in the hatch. You can also see him on a shirt worn by an undercover cop that Locke invited to his commune in a previous episode.
The drawing of the smokey. When Locke was a boy he made a drawing that looks a lot like the smokey monster. The drawing also reminds me of the box of Pandorra. When the box was opened evil got out. A box has also been referred to by Ben. Is this the same box in the drawing of Locke? One gets the feeling that smokey is not man made.
When Locke says dont tell me what I cant do. The famous quote was first seen in the episode Walkabout when the tour guide told him he could not come with them.
Mister Alpert. He sure ages well! He looks the same age in 2004 as he did when Locke was just a boy. Time travel? An immortality drug? Same goes for the orderly. The orderly was actually an employee of Mister Widmore and was seen giving orders to Naomi before her boat left for the island. He gives Locke the idea of the Walkabout and somehow he knows what Locke will do with this information. He also knows he will meet Locke again and Locke will owe him one.
What was that thing on the arm of Keamy? I think it was a bomb. If the heart of Keamy stops beating it is set to go off.
The comic book that says hidden land on it. The island would certainly qualify as hidden land.
Hugo dreaming about molomars.
Locke has a sister named Melissa. Note though that she is not a blood relative.
The phone of Omar picking up a morse code signal. This is the beach asking about the doctor as we saw in the episode of last week when they found his body. Strange things are afoot in the space-time continuum. The signal from the beach seems to travel into the past.

LOCKE HOLDS THE KEY
When Locke, Hurley and Ben visit the graves of the DHARMA people, Locke mentions that there may have been one hundred of them. But in a previous episode Ben has made a comment that there were about forty of them. We also learn in this episode that the decision to kill DHARMA was not the decision of Ben but came from higher up. Also we learn that Ben was chosen to be the defender of the island by Jacob. Ben used to have dreams and Jacob would talk to him but now the island has chosen Locke. This is why the last time Locke was at the cabin Jacob said to him help me. This means the island, ergo Jacob, is asking Locke to become the new island defender or his chosen one if you will. Locke has a destiny for this which apparently goes all the way back to his birth. You can see mister Alpert in the hospital when Locke is born. Also Horace tells Locke that Jacob has been waiting for him for a long time.
How did he know Locke was special? This may have something to do with the way Locke miraculous fought off all these infections as a new born premie or because Jacob predestined Locke from birth. But later apparently Locke was not living up to expectations as Mister Alpert did not take Locke to his school. If there really was a school. Alpert claims to run a school for children who are extremely special. In any event we know he is involved with the island. The school may be a ruse. Note that Locke is playing backgammon. We also saw Locke playing this game with Walt in the pilot episode. Locke also knew the history of backgammon which indicates he is probably an avid player. Hurley is also.
Mister Alpert presents several objects to Locke which he then asks which are already his. The objects are a compass, baseball mitt, Book of Laws, comic book, knife and vial of sand. The decision of Locke to choose the knife may show the tendency of Locke for survivalist living such as experienced in a Walkabout. Where Alpert for some reason may have hoped that Locke would be more science oriented. You can see that guidance counselor telling Locke that he is scientist material, and he is urged on by Mister Alpert who invites Locke to their science camp. Note that the company of Alpert is in Portland. Recall the episode Not in Portland and the company Juliet went to. But Locke rebels against this because he thinks it makes him a nerd. Has anyone seen the Big Bang Theory on CBS? Hmmmmm? Note how emphatic John is when he says he is not a scientist. As we all know, Jack is the man of science while Locke is the man of faith. There was even an episode called Man of Science Man of Faith. What object did Alpert think John was supposed to choose? It should be noted that Locke has stated in a previous episode that he has no need for compasses on the island and in fact gave his compass away. This may be an indication that the compass was the wrong choice. Also the mitt is a sports object and since Alpert wanted Locke more science oriented and not sports oriented this would seem to be the wrong object. The scene with the guidance counselor bears this out. The sand is found on the island and could represent the island. This may have been the object Alpert hoped Locke would choose.
Locke says that he likes boxing meaning the sport. Actually where he ends up is in a box company where they do a different kind of boxing eh?

YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO SEE THAT
Hurley makes an interesting comment when he says that the reason why Ben, Locke and he can see the cabin is because they are the craziest. Locke says that the ability to see the cabin makes Hurley special. Remember there was an episode called special and it was about Walt. I have always thought that special meant psychic ability. Hurley gives a new idea by implying that special also means at least a little crazy. It makes you think that whatever makes you crazy also imparts a psychic gift to you.

CLAIRE AND CHRISTIAN
Is Claire dead? If she was alive then she would never give up her baby so I think she is gone. Christian says that the baby is right where it is supposed to be. At the moment it is away from its mother. Would this not contradict what the psychic said when he told Claire that the baby must be raised by her and not by another? What gives?

THE GHOST OF THE FATHER OF JACK
In a flashforward scene we see that Jack has a prescription written by his father whom we know to be dead. We think Jack may have forged it but now it is certainly possible that the ghost of the father of Jack could have indeed written him the prescription.

DARMA DEAD
Ben states that he was not the leader when the DHARMA INITIATIVE was killed. Who was it then? Mister Alpert?

WHERS BENDO?
What is the secondary protocol that Keamy gets from the safe? It tells where Ben is going. Is it to the temple or the cabin or someplace else?

A MOVER AND A SHAKER
Even if Locke did move the island, the helicopter is already there so they would still have to deal with Keamy. Keamy however is running out of men. This will make it slightly easier for the LOSTaways to fight back, but Keamy mentioned torching the island. This most likely refers to some major weapon used against the island to kill all the people on it. I would think gas would be the best choice because Widmore wants the people dead not the island destroyed.

CARS
We have now seen at least three people get run over by a car\bus in the series. They are:

Emily in this episode
Michael gets hit by a car
Juliet wishes a man would get hit by and guess what he does!

WILD TANGENT
Cabin Fever was also a 2003 movie about people who contract a flesh eating virus while at a cabin in the woods starring Rider Strong and Jordan Ladd.