Okay, so: was Claire actually imagining it all, or was she actually being attacked? Was Ethan maybe doing something to her in her sleep?
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
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Kate P. - Dec 01, 2004 4:43:18 pm PST #3273 of 10000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Liese S. - Dec 01, 2004 4:44:12 pm PST #3274 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Let's postulate that she was being attacked, physically. Who, and why?
Kate P. - Dec 01, 2004 4:45:58 pm PST #3275 of 10000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Ethan seems the most logical choice. He might even have access to the syringes and supplies in Danielle's bunker.
Polter-Cow - Dec 01, 2004 4:48:25 pm PST #3276 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Maybe he was trying to protect the baby. From whatever disease the old group contracted.
Of course, the threatening to kill her next week doesn't really lend credence to that theory.
Liese S. - Dec 01, 2004 4:50:08 pm PST #3277 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yup, okay.
(And for those keeping track of the rewatch, it definitely was Ethan who was Locke's hunting partner.)
So now, why? Why is the island interested in the baby? Who is going to raise it to be an evil, evil creature?
quester - Dec 01, 2004 4:54:34 pm PST #3278 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
as, I think, Nora pointed out
it was Le Nubian.
Liese S. - Dec 01, 2004 4:55:44 pm PST #3279 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Le Nubian is going to raise Claire's baby!??!?
Kate P. - Dec 01, 2004 4:56:17 pm PST #3280 of 10000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Well, do we think Ethan's working alone, or is there another colony of people on the island that he belongs to? Maybe they sensed the power of Claire's baby and wanted to use it for their own purposes.
I think the baby situation is the first instance on this show of real metaphysical forces at work, beyond whatever the monster on the island turns out to be. I mean, okay, we're going on Creepy Psychic's word, but if the baby is actually destined to be evil, then we're dealing with a world in which both destiny and pure evil are real. (Does that make sense to anyone but me?) It takes it one step beyond the world we inhabit, in my mind.
quester - Dec 01, 2004 5:00:02 pm PST #3281 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
maybe the psychic went to the Wesley school of prophecy and how to interpret them.
Liese S. - Dec 01, 2004 5:01:00 pm PST #3282 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I think the baby issues could still be not metaphysical. The introduction of the psychic is an interesting element, because we must either take him seriously and at his word, or not. Or he could be phrasing things in language that would cause a response in Claire.
Re: Ethan, well, Rosseau seems to believe there's a 'them' out there somewhere.