Smoke Monster Sightings Around the Island
November 6th 2006 21:10
Confirmed Monster Sightings
"Pilot" – The smoke monster (or maybe two of them) thrashed about in the trees first night and killed the pilot on the second day.
"Walkabout" – Locke met the monster on day five and later described it as a bright light.
"Hearts and Minds" – Boone had a vision, thanks to Locke's hallucinogenic paste, and got chased by the monster. Not a real monster encounter, but I include it, nonetheless.
"Exodus" – On day forty-four, Locke was nearly dragged down the hole and told Jack to let him go. He changed his mind moments later when the smoke monster reared up.
"23rd Psalm" – Eko saw the visions inside the smoke monster on day forty-nine; Charlie witnessed it at the same time.
"Cost of Living" – Eko was killed by the smoke monster, day seventy-one?
Possible Monster Sightings
If I understand what happened with the smoke monster in "Cost of Living", then it takes a body (absorbs it?) and then manifests itself as that body. In "23rd Psalm", when Eko and Charlie met the smoke monster, we saw flashes of Eko's life inside the smoke. So the smoke monster can read minds and then manifest itself as a relevant person.
Christian Shephard's coffin was empty when Jack found it in "White Rabbit". It's possible the smoke monster got there first and manifested as Christian. Of course, that raises the question of why? What did the smoke monster hope to gain by leading Jack through the jungle? In that episode, Locke found Jack dangling off a cliff. After pulling him up, he imparted some wisdom. First, his usual, "...everything that happens here, happens for a reason..." But then he follows with something that may reflect what the smoke monster wanted: "...a leader can't lead until he knows where he's going."
Eko left Yemi's body in the plane when he burned it. Cremation of a human body needs high temperatures that can't be achieved with just gasoline poured around. The metal of the plane isn't terribly flammable, either, so Yemi's body was probably fairly intact after the flames extinguished. And the question here is, what did the smoke monster hope to gain by Eko's confession? I said in a previous post that the smoke monster killed Eko for his lack of remorse over the repeated murders in his life, and I still think that's true, but that doesn't explain why the smoke monster wanted Eko to feel remorse or acknowledge his guilt.
Danielle called the smoke monster a security system. The blast door map has notes about Cerberus-related activity that is minimal during lockdown and restocking, but heightened during emergency shutdown of intranet services. Is Cerberus the smoke monster? If so, it's an odd sort of security system that judges the hearts of men. I do suspect the smoke monster as a major reason the Others stay away from that side of the island. After all, they believe they are good and that their choices are right, no matter what it costs the people who get in their way.
From the previews, it looks like the Losties will discuss the smoke monster. Maybe Desmond will have something to add.
"Pilot" – The smoke monster (or maybe two of them) thrashed about in the trees first night and killed the pilot on the second day.
"Walkabout" – Locke met the monster on day five and later described it as a bright light.
Ian Somerhalder plays Boone
"Exodus" – On day forty-four, Locke was nearly dragged down the hole and told Jack to let him go. He changed his mind moments later when the smoke monster reared up.
"23rd Psalm" – Eko saw the visions inside the smoke monster on day forty-nine; Charlie witnessed it at the same time.
"Cost of Living" – Eko was killed by the smoke monster, day seventy-one?
Possible Monster Sightings
If I understand what happened with the smoke monster in "Cost of Living", then it takes a body (absorbs it?) and then manifests itself as that body. In "23rd Psalm", when Eko and Charlie met the smoke monster, we saw flashes of Eko's life inside the smoke. So the smoke monster can read minds and then manifest itself as a relevant person.
John Terry plays Jack's father, Christian
Eko left Yemi's body in the plane when he burned it. Cremation of a human body needs high temperatures that can't be achieved with just gasoline poured around. The metal of the plane isn't terribly flammable, either, so Yemi's body was probably fairly intact after the flames extinguished. And the question here is, what did the smoke monster hope to gain by Eko's confession? I said in a previous post that the smoke monster killed Eko for his lack of remorse over the repeated murders in his life, and I still think that's true, but that doesn't explain why the smoke monster wanted Eko to feel remorse or acknowledge his guilt.
Danielle called the smoke monster a security system. The blast door map has notes about Cerberus-related activity that is minimal during lockdown and restocking, but heightened during emergency shutdown of intranet services. Is Cerberus the smoke monster? If so, it's an odd sort of security system that judges the hearts of men. I do suspect the smoke monster as a major reason the Others stay away from that side of the island. After all, they believe they are good and that their choices are right, no matter what it costs the people who get in their way.
From the previews, it looks like the Losties will discuss the smoke monster. Maybe Desmond will have something to add.
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On the other hand, I do think Hurley seeing Dave was a product of the island or something on the island.
A few other things that I'm not sure about are Shannon's sightings of Walt and Kate's black horse.