Another Other
02-20-2010, 04:14 PM
These are just a few things I spotted during a rewatch of Season 2 in the last few days.
1. When Michael and Walt have their three minute chat with Miss Klugh watching, Michael asks Walt what they've done to him, and Walt says "They been making me take tests" to which Klugh quickly responds to Walt, "We're not going to talk about that. Do you want me to put you back in the Room?" or something much like that. But before they hauled Walt in, she had specifically asked Michael if "Walt appeared in places he couldn't be."
Tests. Dogen was giving Sayid a test last episode. Sayid is a candidate according to this episode. Was Walt also being tested by the Hydra Island folks to see if he was a candidate? Did he fail his tests and that is why they let him go with Michael at the end? Is the room perhaps not just a brainwashing center, but a way to focus the "powers" of the candidate? Perhaps force him or her to "appear in places they couldn't?" Is that why Walt appeared to Shannon and spoke backwards right before her death?
2. During the final scene of the Season 2 Finale, the Russians are playing chess in their fuselage-looking igloo (complete with airplane portholes). Before the anomaly goes off, one of them says to the other "Are you trying to lose?!" and the other one says "All part of the plan! Part of the plan!" Noticeably, the White Queen is sidelined while the Black Queen is dominant within the White territory (check perhaps?). Then we got another chess shot last season in Dharmaville where the White King was completely missing from the game.
Are these actually subtle references to Jacob's death all being "part of the plan" and that the seemingly inevitable loss will be turned into victory at the last moment? Usually when one Queen goes down, the other is gone in quick measure if both players are at all smart. Leaving your opponent to use their Queen is an invitation for trouble. Does this have anything to do with Kate's name not appearing in the cave list?
1. When Michael and Walt have their three minute chat with Miss Klugh watching, Michael asks Walt what they've done to him, and Walt says "They been making me take tests" to which Klugh quickly responds to Walt, "We're not going to talk about that. Do you want me to put you back in the Room?" or something much like that. But before they hauled Walt in, she had specifically asked Michael if "Walt appeared in places he couldn't be."
Tests. Dogen was giving Sayid a test last episode. Sayid is a candidate according to this episode. Was Walt also being tested by the Hydra Island folks to see if he was a candidate? Did he fail his tests and that is why they let him go with Michael at the end? Is the room perhaps not just a brainwashing center, but a way to focus the "powers" of the candidate? Perhaps force him or her to "appear in places they couldn't?" Is that why Walt appeared to Shannon and spoke backwards right before her death?
2. During the final scene of the Season 2 Finale, the Russians are playing chess in their fuselage-looking igloo (complete with airplane portholes). Before the anomaly goes off, one of them says to the other "Are you trying to lose?!" and the other one says "All part of the plan! Part of the plan!" Noticeably, the White Queen is sidelined while the Black Queen is dominant within the White territory (check perhaps?). Then we got another chess shot last season in Dharmaville where the White King was completely missing from the game.
Are these actually subtle references to Jacob's death all being "part of the plan" and that the seemingly inevitable loss will be turned into victory at the last moment? Usually when one Queen goes down, the other is gone in quick measure if both players are at all smart. Leaving your opponent to use their Queen is an invitation for trouble. Does this have anything to do with Kate's name not appearing in the cave list?