Comments on: What Caused The ’77 Losties To Time Travel Back To 2007?

By: bobt

bobt — Tue, 11 May 2010 02:59:33 +0000

I think it’s important to remember that it had to be 2007, because that was the exact amount of time that elapsed since they left the island in 2004 (approximately 3 years).
For some reason, they had to transfer back to the present time line they were originally in; possibly because the 70s timeline ceased to exist..

I think the real mystery is that when Locke moved the island, he appeared in Tunisia in 2007, I’m guessing maybe couple months before he committed suicide. So he effectively skipped over a period of existence; it’s miraculous. It’s a TV show, I know, but still miraculous

By: JacobsDoubleWide

JacobsDoubleWide — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:21:46 +0000

them flashing and seeing the bomb in that year would seem to fit with MIB’s plan since he needed Locke in that year. I’m starting to think that Jacob’s plan and MIB’s loophole criss cross though. So they both wanted the Losties in these times for different reasons (or the same reasons and Jacob is trying to use Locke’s own plan against him). The fact that Widmore knows Jin knows where these pockets are makes me think he is working with MIB because I’m leaning towards all their jumping being MIB’s plan

By: waycurious

waycurious — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:48:46 +0000

Jacob brought them there.

By: Penelopedean

Penelopedean — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:38:21 +0000

I think this one will never be answered.

By: greatforsaken

greatforsaken — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:33:35 +0000

The bomb set off the energy that was building up and going crazy at the swan site. It was much like the flash that sent them thru didfferent time frames to begin with. I think we will also find out that Rose and Bernard flashed to 2007 as well, which would be further proof that it was the same kind of flash.

But that doesnt answer the entire question. Yes, the energy is the how to some point. But is it just coincedence that when they flashed they happened to end up in major events of our stories history? They end up in a time before Locke’s birth that allows him to effectively start the chain of events that makes the Others think that he is their new special and unique leader. The end up being able to witness the bomb which gives them the idea in the first place to use it to detonate the Swan site. The end up in Dharma times which allows Jin to learn some about the electro magnetic pockets on the island. (we havent seen the turnout of his conversations with Widmore and his scientists so we dont know what he was able to tell them) Then the rest of the Losties arrive in 77, mere days before the Swan being built, putting them in place to cause the Incident. Ive always thought that someone had to be controlling where they were flashing to, wether it was Jacob or Mib or the higher power that may exist.