The start of the final season of Lost. I am a big Lost fan since the beginning. In seminary we would host Lost parties to watch the show together and then stay up until the wee hours of the morning talking about Lost and looking up theories about the show.
Being the last season of Lost there are lots of questions that need to be answered. Over the next eleven days I will post eleven questions that I want answered before the series is over.
11. What is up with the time travel?
FARADAY: The Island… Think of the Island like a record spinning on a turntable… only now, that record is skipping. Whatever Ben Linus did down at the Orchid station… I think… it may have… dislodged us.
MILES: Dislodged us from what?
FARADAY:Time.
–(“Because You Left“)
I have thought about time travel before. The answer to time travel may not make or break the show. The answer to time travel will not resolve the season five the cliffhanger. But it is an important part of the show. Lost has presented us with various themes over the years and one of the themes is time travel. This is interesting on so many levels, but in the end it boils down to the question:
Can we change the past?
I have seen several video’s lately that try and piece some of the episodes together in a progressive fashion that make a timeline. When you look at the videos you try to catch a glimpse of the future and ask: Do we have the ability to change what’s already happened in the future or are we controlled by our fate?
Hey Joe,
I too am a huge Lost fan. I, like every Lost fan, have a few theories. My big one is that a lot is going to revolve around Hurley. Of course, I could be wrong, but he seems to be the only one that was kind of innocent when he came to the island. Everyone had some kind of evil in their past, but Hurley, so he is going to be key.
I also think that Locke has been dead since he fell out of the window and Jacob is the one who cause the loophole. This, of course means that not only Locke has been duped, but also Ben Linus. Linus has been just as duped as Ben has into doing what Jacob wanted.
I also think we are going to get a smoke monster flashback. The producers have wanted to do one, I think it will happen.
Finally, I think Richard (who cannot die) is going to die. We will see Richard’s story and then death to Richard, after all with Jacob dead, everything changes.
Justin, Great to hear there are other Lost fans out there!! I like your theories – you got me thinking about Richard, do you think that perhaps if Richard dies there is no more lost island? Is he that important?
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