I believe that there really are two islands and Ben's stunt was not a con on Sawyer. I refer to the second island as Pala Island because of the Pala Ferry, but you can call it what you want, there is no evidence what Pala refers to.

We know that Alex, the teenage girl that I am led to believe is Rousseau's daughter, but has been unconfirmed, is on Pala Island because she talked to Kate from the woods.
We also know that her friend was held in Kate's cage. We also know from... Maternity Leave and Live Together, Die Alone that Alex was on the Big Island with Ben's crew.

How did Alex get from the Big Island to Pala Island and for what purpose?

Damon confirmed in the 10/9/06 podcast that Karl's a legitimate escapee. This means that escape from Ben is the likliest motive.

1. They could have swam or taken some other vehicle such as a raft, pieces of the plane, or remnants of Michael's raft.
2. They could have escaped on the big island and were then brought to Pala by Ben's crew in the exact same process as J/K/S or even with J/K/S.
3. They could be traveling between both islands using floatation, swimming, tunnels, etc.

Any theories on this one based on the existance of a second island? Damon's confirmation plays down the ""Karl's in on it" scenarios.

Don

I believe that there really are two islands and Ben's stunt was not a con on Sawyer. I refer to the second island as Pala Island because of the Pala Ferry, but you can call it what you want, there is no evidence what Pala refers to.

We know that Alex, the teenage girl that I am led to believe is Rousseau's daughter, but has been unconfirmed, is on Pala Island because she talked to Kate from the woods.
We also know that her friend was held in Kate's cage. We also know from... Maternity Leave and Live Together, Die Alone that Alex was on the Big Island with Ben's crew.

How did Alex get from the Big Island to Pala Island and for what purpose?

Damon confirmed in the 10/9/06 podcast that Karl's a legitimate escapee. This means that escape from Ben is the likliest motive.

1. They could have swam or taken some other vehicle such as a raft, pieces of the plane, or remnants of Michael's raft.
2. They could have escaped on the big island and were then brought to Pala by Ben's crew in the exact same process as J/K/S or even with J/K/S.
3. They could be traveling between both islands using floatation, swimming, tunnels, etc.

Any theories on this one based on the existance of a second island? Damon's confirmation plays down the ""Karl's in on it" scenarios.

Don

Well, I've been assuming that Alex is part of Ben's crew, so she would have travelled back and forth in the same manner that the rest of them did. She didn't stay with Clare once she helped her to escape, which indicated to me that she had to get back to her regular duties with Ben's group. I haven't seen any evidence that Alex is on the run from Ben other than she has spoken to Kate covertly (though that could just be because Alex was supposed to be on duty somewhere else at the time).