Comments on: Anyong, Charlotte

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:30:45 +0000

Jack, my assumption about the time travel in this show (and based on Faraday’s explanations) is that time is one linear track so if Jin and Rousseau met in 1988, the Rousseau would have that memory in 2004 but Jin wouldn’t because he hadn’t been to ‘88 in his own linear timeline yet.

But I’m trying not to think too hard about the complexities of time travel and this show. They are doing a good enough job with it but inherent with time travel are fallacies you won’t be able to account for or explain away.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:06:15 +0000

I guessed when Christian said he couldn’t help Locke up, it was because he was a ghost or spirit or something similar. That was the first thing to pop into my head.

The Rousseau/Jin question. This is where I always get confused on time travel. When Rousseau met Jin in 2004, had she met him before? Or because 1988 happened after 2004 in this instance, would she not have recognized him? And what really happened in 1988… was it the events as they first occurred (without Jin), the events of last night (with Jin), or did 1988 happen twice – the first time without Jin and the second time with him? I feel so stupid and headachey with all this time travel stuff.

I’m trying to remember if we’ve met anyone who could be Charlotte’s mother? But her story made me wonder why she and her mother seemed to be able to leave, while the O6 couldn’t leave without everyone saying the island needs them back. What’s the difference – why does the island need some of them but not the others?

Anyong makes me shed a tear for the Bluth’s.

By: Bianca

Bianca — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:14:28 +0000

HAHA i loved the Anyong.

Actually I can’t even recall Rousseau and Jin having any scenes together. I think it’s also possible she may have never met him. Unless I’m totally forgetting something.

I’m pretty sure Christian is actually dead. Assuming Jacob is a spirit of some sort I think he is able to inhabit dead bodies as a way of having a vessel of communication.

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:12:57 +0000

The thing with Rousseau is, she was never particularly chatty or forthcoming. So it’s entirely possible she remembered Jin, and just didn’t think it was worth mentioning. I’m guessing there’s still a lot more story around Rousseau and what happened there that we don’t know about … yet.

Likewise with Christian, who may or may not be Jacob, may or may not be dead, and may or may not be corporeal (as in, he couldn’t help John up because he’s either a ghost, an illusion, or a projection). There’s definitely more mystery to unwrap before we understand the full extent of his story. I’m starting to wonder at this point if he’s either A) ancient beyond belief, or B) the personification of the island itself. In which case, him going out and having kids with multiple mothers could be like Zeus doing the same and siring Hercules, and the alcoholism thing could be his version of God becoming human in the form of Jesus so that he can experience the world, and falling prey to sins of the flesh.

By: freakgirl

freakgirl — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:52:48 +0000

I was wondering if Rousseau’s people weren’t crazy, that it was SHE who went crazy. I mean, her babydaddy was correct about Smokey being a security system. I dunno.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:59:01 +0000

Sun with a gun is not a bad thing. And, my goodness, she should’ve just shot him in the face in the van. He’s so obnoxious.

So, are we to assume that Rousseau recognized Jin in the present? Or was she too far crazy for that kind of recognition?

By: sandra

sandra — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:55:12 +0000

Also, when the light flashed throughout this episode, it seemed portrayed differently from previous ones, as if more intense, and also more frequent. Could it be because they were moving closer to the wheel, or is it because their bodies were just getting weaker and so the flashes feel more intense?

By: sadnra

sadnra — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:27:40 +0000

Awesomeness! So I assume that Charlotte’s new memory of Daniel means that at some point we’ll see him travel back in time in hopes of propelling a new direction for the future in an attempt to save her, just like he created a new memory for Desmond (or has he already attempted that and failed because Charlotte HAD to die?). On the other hand, the fact that Desmond is now with Eloise because of Daniel’s memory implant, perhaps it is not too late for dead Charlotte, as Eloise has to do something special with/to Desmond to go back in the past and since the rules don’t apply to Desmond he may be able to do what Daniel obviously could not.

I don’t know if that paragraph makes a lick of sense, really. Oh well.

Anyong.