My Serious, Logical Thoughts on Theres No Place Like Home
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This is a line from the famous movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) starring Judy Garland. This is not the first Oz reference. There was Henry Gale the man who was in the balloon and whose name Ben stole for a while and there were the feet Desmond saw in one of his visions that looked suspiciously like the feet of the witch on whom the house of Dorothy fell.
OPENING SEQUENCE
Notice the luck charm held by the co pilot. It looks like a rabbits foot and the pilot says the cargo, the Oceanic six, have bad mojo. This is a subtle reminder of one of the themes of the show which is luck versus fate. You may have noticed different characters taking different sides in this argument throughout the series. Is it luck that these six survived the crash or was it fate? Of course we know more survived and the same argument could be said about them. The reunion scene at the airport was touching. Which side are you on? Fate or luck?
The father of Hurley must have been relieved when Hurley said he did not want the money back. Recall the only reason he came back anyway was for the money.
HURLEY NUMBERS
We see a rare appearance of all the Hurley numbers together. Usually we just see a few of the numbers but here we see all of them together. We saw all of the numbers together written on the hatch, on a bottle and now on the speedometer and odometer of a car.
HOME IS WHERE THE PLOT IS
It should be noted that home is anything but peaceful for our Oceanic Six. Although Sayid meets and marries Nadia she is soon murdered most likely by goons of mister Widmore. Hurley will have himself admitted to the asylum again after seeing the ghost of Charlie. And Jack will start taking drugs after seeing the ghost of his father. A far cry from the meaning behind the words uttered by Dorothy in the movie. To her home was a happy place where she wanted to be. We know Jack will very much like to return to the island shortly and probably Hurley as well. Although Kate is not seeing ghosts that does not mean she will not.
LETS GET THIS ISLAND MOVING
If the island really can be moved then I am reminded of the famous floating island first introduced in the movie Dr. Dolittle. No not the Eddie Murphy version, the 1967 version. In the movie an island actually floats around and changes position. This begs the question has the island been moved in the past? If so was it near Africa at some point? Then that would explain how the brother of Eko crashed his plane on the island. He did not have far to fly. Is the island moving process the same one that transported Ben to the desert in Africa? Is it related to the Black Rock in any way? A moving island certainly would be hard to locate. Are we talking teleportation here because that would explain a lot.
JIN
Looks like Jin is really dead. I had hoped that he was still on the island but Sun says that there are two men responsible for the death of Jin one of whom is her father. Who is the other? Keamy? Ben? I vote for Keamy and company.
ALL IN THE FAMILY
We now get a better understanding of why Jack took so long to come over to the house of Kate. Kate said I know why you dont want to see the baby but until you do there is no us going out for coffee. It is because the baby is the nephew of Jack and he knows it. But he cannot tell anyone. They must stick to their story. And why is that by the way? Here are some theories I have as to why the Oceanic Six made up their story:
No one would believe them and they did not want to sound crazy
They made a deal with Widmore or his men that if they were allowed to live then they would tell no one of the island or their experiences there
Which idea do you like or can you think of another reason why the Oceanic Six would make up a lie about what happened to them?
WONDER WONDER HOW I WONDER WHO …… WHO PUT THE C4 ON!
Did you notice the large amount of C4 on the boat? I know that Michael had a bomb which later turned out to be a fake but even he seemed surprise to find all that C4 there. So where did it come from? And it seemed hooked up and ready to detonate. Does anyone know? Did I miss something because I do not remember being shown all the C4 before on the boat. What about the LOSTaways who made it to the freighter with Sayid? Since they were not members of the Oceanic Six what will happen to them? I assume that they will be killed at some point perhaps by whoever kills Jin.
ORCHID STATION
The real orchid station is underground and is where the controls are that move the island. In the notebook of Faraday we see the eight-sided DHARMA logo with a spiral pattern in the middle. The spiral pattern begins with what looks like the ends of a fish. The words Space Like Factors appear above and to the right of the drawing. Is this a slight reference to teleportation?
The father of Sun found out the hard way that hell hath no wrath like a womans scorn when Sun buys ownership in his company. She shows him that she has business acumen. Notice how he says that she would not understand his business affairs and meanwhile she has just bought stock in his company.
ODDS AND ENDS
When Hugo says he still wants to get off the island John tells him that it is a little late for that. But obviously it is not since he makes it off the island. What happens to get Hurley off it then? Recall the boat running people to the freighter is still operating and then there is the helicopter. That is two chances right there to get off. But he must do it before the island is moved.
Who does Ben signal with the mirror? Answer: One of his own followers such as mister Alpert. What message does Ben tell them? Probably meet me at the Orchid station.
The soda crackers Hurley eats are 15 years old and 15 is a Hurley number.
John says to Ben I thought you said that you had no idea why he (mister Widmore) was trying to find the island. However this line makes no sense since Ben did explain to Locke why Widmore wanted it. Ben said that he wanted the island for its healing powers then he could charge a huge price for sick people to come to the island and get cured. That is what Ben told Locke in Otherville. Why then does Locke make this absurd statement. Also Ben says that he has not been entirely truthful. What am I missing here? Help anyone?
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