Post by Raistlin Majere on Oct 2, 2006 13:44:16 GMT -5
I was watching the season 2 recap, and was giving thought to the matter of the Others leader who claimed himself as Henry Gale. First of all, the real Henry Gale was found in the ground, presumably killed by the Others leader or by something else, but how did Henry get on the island, I wonder?
Regardless, once the Others leader pretended to be Henry, he gave the group a map to the balloon, knowing full well how suspicious Sayid and the others were of him. It looked to me that either he wanted to be discovered as a liar and was only there to gather information, or, alternatively, it might have been, for some reason, to simply get everyone but Locke out of the hatch, to set up the situation where Locke got trapped, and claim not to have pressed the button just to plant the seed of doubt in Locke. But to what purpose? Could the Others have some sort of control over what happens in the Swan, making it possible to trap Locke and reveal the blast door map? Or perhaps the Others wanted the hatch destroyed, but didn't want to implicate themselves, so they made Locke doubt pressing the button, making him destroy it, if destroyed it was.
Thoughts?
Regardless, once the Others leader pretended to be Henry, he gave the group a map to the balloon, knowing full well how suspicious Sayid and the others were of him. It looked to me that either he wanted to be discovered as a liar and was only there to gather information, or, alternatively, it might have been, for some reason, to simply get everyone but Locke out of the hatch, to set up the situation where Locke got trapped, and claim not to have pressed the button just to plant the seed of doubt in Locke. But to what purpose? Could the Others have some sort of control over what happens in the Swan, making it possible to trap Locke and reveal the blast door map? Or perhaps the Others wanted the hatch destroyed, but didn't want to implicate themselves, so they made Locke doubt pressing the button, making him destroy it, if destroyed it was.
Thoughts?
