Lost Season 5 - Spoilers EVERYWHERE! :p

[McLovin']

Sun didn't go back because her purpose in this timeline is to do something in 2007 while the rest of the Losties were meant to influence the DHARMA time period causing it to become what it is now.

[Del Murder]

I think both of those theories are pretty crappy but one of them is probably right. I still want to know when/where Rose and Bernard are too. Are those the only people left alive from the original crash?

[The Man]

Sun didn't go back in time because she was pregnant when she left the island, and wasn't pregnant when she came back. At least, that's my theory.

[Del Murder]

That doesn't make sense because they weren't trying to recreate the circumstances of how they left the island, but how they came to the island first. But you could be right because this show obviously doesn't need to make a lot of sense.

[Moon Rabbits]

My wife suspects that someone from the Oceanic Six went back in time if someone from that time wanted them back. Thus Juliet -> Jack and Sawyer -> Kate. But if this is true, who wanted Hurley and Sayid back? And is there a point in time when this "calculation" was made as now Sawyer and Juliet seem pretty content without Jack and Kate unless it's at some unconscious level.

I don't enjoy this theory at all, but it seems plausible. Sayid x Hurley sort of don't fit, though. Then again, Sawyer and Hurley were buddy buds, I doubt that's why though. Maybe Charlie wanted Hurley to go back to the 70s?

Blech. I think the Island just sent the O6 where they were supposed to go to fix the problem.

[The Man]

That doesn't make sense because they weren't trying to recreate the circumstances of how they left the island, but how they came to the island first. But you could be right because this show obviously doesn't need to make a lot of sense.

Well, Mrs. Hawking said that if they didn't "all" come back, then the results would be "unpredictable." Presumably that meant Ji Yeon, (possibly) Aaron (though the "don't you dare bring him back" suggests otherwise in his case, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Claire actually meant Ben instead), and Desmond as well. In fact I'm thinking it's going to be Desmond returning that fixes everything. We still don't know what Ben was doing at the docks but I'm pretty sure whatever it was was designed to lure him back to the island.

[Craig]

i just hope they dont do a whole time loop storyline where they never get back to 2007 and are stuck in the 70s and 1 of them becomes jacob and 2 of them become adam and eve and the rest do whatever they want (die in the purge maybe) and then it shows the plan crashing again in 2004 so its just an inevitable time loop, thatd be a cop out if you ask me... although im pretty convinced that jacob, adam and eve all must be characters we already know so its quite likely something like that will happen

they need to escape the 70s, go back to 2007 and get involved in a war between ben and widmore

[Moon Rabbits]

i just hope they dont do a whole time loop storyline where they never get back to 2007 and are stuck in the 70s and 1 of them becomes jacob and 2 of them become adam and eve and the rest do whatever they want (die in the purge maybe) and then it shows the plan crashing again in 2004 so its just an inevitable time loop, thatd be a cop out if you ask me... although im pretty convinced that jacob, adam and eve all must be characters we already know so its quite likely something like that will happen

they need to escape the 70s, go back to 2007 and get involved in a war between ben and widmore

This seems so sadly likely.

Also: Jacob = Jack, Adam and Eve = Rose and Bernard.

[McLovin']

Rose and Bernard being Adam and Eve seems a little..disappointing? Being Jack and Kate would be more effective than just having it randomly be Rose and Bernard.

[Del Murder]

Pretty sure they will get out of the 70s before the series ends. There's still another whole season left. They aren't going to spend the whole thing in the 70s, especially when a few of the characters are still in the present.

[Moon Rabbits]

Rose and Bernard being Adam and Eve seems a little..disappointing? Being Jack and Kate would be more effective than just having it randomly be Rose and Bernard.

Well, yeah, I don't actually expect it to be Rose and Bernard, but I hope it is. It would be a cute way to end their story - I mean, they had all these emotional (and health) problems off the Island, and when they came to the Island it all got fixed. It would be cute, I say~!

But, the producers said that Adam and Eve will "prove they had it all planned out from the beginning," so I doubt it's actually Rose and Bernard because that explains nothing, really.

Weren't Adam and Eve inside plane seats, too? I wonder how that's going to be explained. Maybe Jack and Kate have been dead all along!

Also @Del, concerning the timeline: (SPOILER)I read a spoiler that said, towards the end of this season, the Donkey Wheel gets turned again. Presumably this fixes all the time travel issues.

Concerning spoilers, I also read one of these people will die by the end of the season: (SPOILER) Ben, Miles, Daniel, Sawyer, or Jin. Personally, I think it's going to be either Ben or Jin. Miles has had far too little of his background explained, Sawyer's character is still developing, and Daniel is required to explain all the "sciencey" crap on the Island. Ben's character feels like he's reaching the end of his character arc, learning to "trust" and "be trusted" and whatnot (+ he was all wounded when Locke is resurrected); Jin, too, seems like he has reached the end of his character arc - he learned to trust Sun, sacrificed his own happiness/freedom to keep her away from the Island, and has just become a very strong character all around. Not only that, but not letting Sun and Jin reunite would be the most tragic thing ever.

EDIT: Also, wtf@Aaron? I'm really curious to know what Kate did with him before leaving and how that will affect the story on the Island.

[Levian]

Kate and Hurley should really just stay in the past forever since they're both wanted for murder and all. Not much left for Jack or Sayid either. Sun and Jin needs to go back to the present to be with their baby.

and the shocking twist in the end of this episode was the least shocking twist yet. :/

[McLovin']

Concerning spoilers, I also read one of these people will die by the end of the season: (SPOILER) Ben, Miles, Daniel, Sawyer, or Jin. Personally, I think it's going to be either Ben or Jin. Miles has had far too little of his background explained, Sawyer's character is still developing, and Daniel is required to explain all the "sciencey" crap on the Island. Ben's character feels like he's reaching the end of his character arc, learning to "trust" and "be trusted" and whatnot (+ he was all wounded when Locke is resurrected); Jin, too, seems like he has reached the end of his character arc - he learned to trust Sun, sacrificed his own happiness/freedom to keep her away from the Island, and has just become a very strong character all around. Not only that, but not letting Sun and Jin reunite would be the most tragic thing ever.

Since it's probably gonna be a finale death I would say it has to be (SPOILER) Sawyer or Ben since if it was Jin, Daniel or Miles I don't think fans would care that much and a death at a finale should be major.

[The Man]

Kate and Hurley should really just stay in the past forever since they're both wanted for murder and all.

You mean Kate and Sawyer? Hurley was cleared of all charges.

Not to mention, I doubt any of them will ever leave the island again, nor will American law enforcement have any interest in visiting it, so they're safe. Well, as safe as you can get on that island anyway.

[Del Murder]

Who are Adam and Eve and why are they significant? I have a vague recollection of it but not much.