A superb observation! I love it!

I think that part of Charlie’s dream may have been a plan. I think usually the seasons are planned out at once, and maybe even ideas for the next seasons are laid out while working on the season that will be released first. Throughout season 1 they kept hinting at the tail section survivors and season 2 followed that story for the most part. Jacob was set up really early in the story, during season 3 if I’m not mistaken. I think some things were definitely planned out early on while others were not, but I think in the end they really nailed connecting everything. A good example of their plan being changed is the part about how Eko was supposed to be a bigger role only to be cut short quickly. That explains why they cut his great character so soon, I always wondered why they decided to kill him off and now we know that they didn’t. And now knowing that a lot of his planned story were moved to Desmond and Ben I can see that they did have a long term plan for him, as I believe that he was supposed to be the one who experienced the time jumps, or at least he was supposed to have a bigger part in it and I can definitely see him being in that role. I wanna know exactly what parts of his story were moved to Ben though, as I can’t really remember many. Either way I think this fact goes to show that they had a solid plan laid out for stories that wouldn’t happen for another season or two, as the time stuff was in season 4 while Eko dies early season 3. Not too big of a jump but I do believe that they had a solid idea for what to do for season 3 and 4 by the time of season 2, as the final scene of season 2 teases the boat that the survivors find near the end of season 3 and explore the story of in season 4.

That is an incredible compliment to receive so thank you :) But I refuse to believe that anything could be more enjoyable than LOST :D

Thank you very much for your kind words :)

Re Desmond, watch "LOST EXPLAINED PART 3 - THE TIME LOOP" 5m 10s in

The mythology is incredibly rich indeed.

Not at all. We can read any of the events that have a supernatural/paranormal edge to them in LOST as being the result of The Island influencing causality. To make certain things happen. Claire's dream is a catalyst for the events of 'Raised by Another'. I think your reading of how the dream leads to certain behaviours and events is totally astute and fair.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 cool! Dont forget that Locke's dream about Horace is a repeating time loop! But this is probly one of the best videos you've done. Some of the finer details of Claire and Charlie's dreams or the further instructions dream hadn't occurred to me! Really the only detail left I don't get would be "why was Hurley speaking Korean???"

@@TheFourthAct I think Hurley's dream is a great example of the randomness that can spill out of our brains during dreams. The Island is communicating but there is always the dreamer's own subconscious filling in the gaps. It might have meaning related to the past, or emotional states. Hurley seeing the Mr. Clucks mascot is food related, both to his past working there and his present having to provide food to people once again. While Jin speaking English to him could be seen as foreshadowing to "Dude, your English is awesome!". And Hurley knowing Korean could be a foreshadow to him someday being able to communicate with anyone regardless of language... like Jacob.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 yeah I guess. That's kinda what I had figured. There's clear foreshadowing in all of it and purpose of Hurley learning leadership...But Hurley speaking Korean I guess we just have to assume it's he because he becomes very powerful at the end haha

Firstly, thank you for your very generous and kind words. I will endeavour to make future videos about different aspects of LOST, which might eventually include subjects such as "what is canon". As for your friend, the best way to try and convince him is by getting him to watch some of these videos. I have tried in my own life to explain the show to cynical fans, and been met with similar resistance. I partially created this video series in order to make my arguments and explanations more compelling and convincing to those who struggle to accept that LOST did make sense. Sometimes, people are better convinced by video essays than they are by one-to-one conversation, as the videos provide visual evidence and connections to reinforce the thesis being put forward.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 My friend came to discuss the credibility of light consciousness after watching together the first videos of your channel, which I introduced to him, so I think there is nothing to do to convince him, it's a shame. Anyway, thanks for the answer!

I really love that interpretation.

Absolutely correct! The sideways is the ultimate collective dream in LOST.

Same here. Would be fascinating to have a window into those conversations.

Yes, you're correct. I touched upon this idea briefly in Chapter Four on "The Island" and the various powers it demonstrates. But after having a few debates with commenters on the nature of the dreams and what was responsible for them, I felt compelled to make a more in-depth chapter on dreams.

The catch is when the island doesn't have something for you to do or someplace it needs you to go, then you (i.e. Locke) don't get a message.

I'm not sure how his time travelling self getting shot at the Nigerian plane crash site circa 2001 by Ethan would affect present day Locke in 2004 at the same site (chronologically taking place three years after the crash/shooting). The only force with the power to heal and take away healing is The Island itself.

I have to admit 'Fire + Water' is one of my least favourite episodes of LOST. It is a contrived story that goes nowhere -- a perfect example of the writers treading water. But the dreams remain fascinating ciphers and are the highpoints of an otherwise dreary episode.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 I wouldn't necessarily say it didn't go anywhere as it leads to Sawyer's episode later. Sure, it might be petty but I do enjoy Charlie's revenge being part Sawyer's gun con.

Had we been shown that the Man in Black had this power then I might be more inclined to agree with your assessment but it is never demonstrated, and S6 visually confirms all of his abilities. There are certain things that only The Source can do. Jacob and the Man in Black have powers but they are limited. The reason why LOST has proved to be confusing for so long to some fans is because they don't recognise the presence of a third influencing force in everything that happens -- The Island itself, aka The Source. The prime mover. When we look at every dream on the show (both on and off island), the idea that they are coming from the MiB doesn't make any sense. Nor does crediting Jacob. Only the Horace Goodspeed dream momentarily implies MiB's influence, but this idea is contradicted within the same episode 20 minutes later when Locke meets Fake Christian in the cabin and tells him a contrasting story. Locke already believes Jacob is in the cabin, he doesn't need a dream to confirm this. All this dream does is help Locke find the cabin again (which the island has been intentionally moving). As I laid out in my video, The Source wanted similar goals achieved as the Man in Black at this point. Every other dream in the show makes more sense as coming from The Island/The Source. The idea that MiB had this power and used it only once is a bit flimsy to me. Another example of him being credited as being more powerful than he is and over-complicating what is a simple answer: The Island speaks to people through dreams and visions in order to guide them.

Everyone interprets dreams differently. Some characters can dismiss their dreams as simply their subconscious acting up, whilst other characters in LOST directly act on what they experience in their dreams. Charlie is not alone. Both Locke and Eko also treat their dreams as prophecy or instructions. In terms of Charlie specifically in the scene you cite -- where he takes Aaron into the sea -- he is simply sleepwalking. I don't think we need to assign a supernatural origin to the sleepwalking. It is most likely the result of his anxiety, withdrawal and general confusion over what is happening to him in those dreams. There are many cases in real life of people doing dangerous or extreme or out-of-character things during bouts of sleepwalking. In my opinion, 'Fire + Water' is more character-originated mystery than island-originated mystery, if that makes sense.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Okay, seems logical enough. Certainly unfortunate for Charlie, at least in that first sleepwalking instance.

My feeling about Charlie Pace's path is that the island provided him with what it thought he most desired: heroin. A whole plane full of it in the statues. I also imagine that long term there might have been fields of poppies on top of a mountain for him to make opium and then heroin if he wanted to. By going clean and bonding to Claire, he was no longer committing to the island, so the island decided to do away with him. Pace was candidate-195. Desmond keeping Charlie alive so he can turn off the jammer in the Looking Glass seemed messed up. But if the Island wanted the freighter's crew to show up so that Ben (and then Locke) would turn the "frozen donkey wheel," then it manipulated them all to get there in quite a roundabout way. Really makes me feel they didn't have free will until after the Incident at the Swan brought them back to the present, coinciding with Jacob's demise. Or perhaps certain people were expendable and others weren't?

Ilana's group came on the Ajira flight with the Oceanic Six. They were following instructions from Jacob. He no doubt directed them to get on Ajira 316 but to maintain their anonymous cover until they got to the island and found each other. Charles Widmore was also following instructions from Jacob, hence why he was granted permission to return (with Desmond as a fail-safe) in order to help fight the Man in Black. He explains to Ben that Jacob came to him after the events of S4 and the freighter in order to get him back on side for the endgame. This is why Charles' goals are different in S5-S6 because he has a new mission and purpose.

We see in S3 episode 'The Man Behind the Curtain' that DHARMA children are sent to school where they learn all about the known history of The Island. It is likely that Charlotte attended classes like this between 1974-1977 where she learned about the old structures DHARMA were investigating, including the well.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Thank you, it's really makes sense

I agree that the way Locke handled Boone's death was poorly judged and an example of Locke putting his own beliefs/secrets/plans ahead of the group. But he was technically right when he called Boone's death a sacrifice that The Island demanded. If Boone had not been in that accident then Locke would have had no motivation to go back to the hatch to beat his fist bloody against the door. Which in turn would not have stopped Desmond from killing himself in a moment of despair down there. Boone died so that Desmond could live, so that the world could survive. The dream/vision was always about leading Locke and Boone to the beechcraft, and leading Boone to his death.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Naw. If the island wasn't done with Desmond, it wouldn't have allowed him to suicide, like it stopped Michael from doing.

That chain of events with the beechcraft *was* The Island's way of preventing Desmond from killing himself. Remember the different ways The Island stops Michael from killing himself? Sometimes the gun jams, but other times another person shows up at just the right time to prevent the man from carrying it out (Tom Friendly showing up in the alleyway). It's never a coincidence. The Island's interventions happen in many, many different ways.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Maybe. Perhaps they were helping each other? Something about Locke beating on the hatch and the light coming on? But it sounds like island's plan B to me. Locke has so few opportunities in his life for free will, that his attitude and how he treats others may be the only thing he has control over. Similar to Desmond's attitude change after getting blasted on Hydra Island. "Sure Charles, anything you say" or words to that effect. So I don't want to give him a pass on how he treated Boone and Naomi.

You don’t have to give any character a pass on the bad choices they make. The Island doesn’t force choice, it merely facilitates the choice. Locke’s whole story is a cautionary tale about the dangers of blind faith. He makes a lot of questionable moral decisions throughout the show. And he is responsible for his own actions. Desmond reaffirms the idea that these events were fated to happen in the Season Two finale when he tells Locke: “You say you don’t believe in destiny, that there’s no such thing as fate. But you saved my life that night so I could save yours.” The only reason why Locke was at the hatch door that night was because of what happened to Boone. The only reason Boone was in that accident is because of the dream that Locke had. The Island guides Locke to the plane then took away the use of his legs so Boone would have to make the choice to climb up into the plane. And these choices and outcomes lead Locke to unintentionally stopping Desmond from committing suicide that night, which would have left the button unmanned and the world would have ended. The Island facilitated these events. The characters made the choices. The outcomes of those choices feed into The Island’s tapestry. It’s destiny. It’s meant to happen this way.

If you watch Chapter Seven on "The Cabin" I explain *when* this scene in the wheel chamber is taking place. It is happening in 2007 after Ajira has already come back with John Locke's body. The reason why Fake Christian knows about Eloise Hawking and how to bring back the Oceanic Six is because this has already happened. And he has already scanned Locke's body and turned into him up top. Fake Christian is therefore repeating the exact movements and words Real Locke remembers Fake Christian saying to him. The Man in Black is essentially recreating this memory in real time as it happens, if that makes sense? It's part of this causal time loop in which the snake eats its own tail. MiB doesn't help Locke up because that is not what happened in Dead Locke's memory. Furthermore, the Man in Black cannot risk contaminating time travelling John Locke in any way by doing something different. In case that somehow disrupts or alters the timeline in some way. It has nothing to do with the fact that Locke is a candidate (a common theory) because we see MiB physically touch candidates at various points throughout the show. The only rule is that he cannot harm or kill them.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Thank you very much, you are the best

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 I always assumed it was because MiB astral projected into the wheel chamber and didn't have corporeal form

We see him pick up and light the lantern, so he is definitely corporeal.

I answer that question in my video on "The Magic Box", which you can view here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pciWoqmUu7TWknk.html

It most definitely was not MiB 😉 And I make my thoughts on that abundantly clear in this video.

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 With all do respect (and I mean that because I love your videos), but I lived and breathed this show for 6 years. This was MIB convincing Locke to go to the cabin where he could speak "on behalf of Jacob" which would cause Locke to move the Island (this part got screwed up because Ben just had to do it), which would mean he'd cause time travel, which would then send Locke off the island, where he would die, so the others could bring him back, so that he could get Ben to kill Jacob.

But Locke already believed that Jacob resided in the cabin. He didn’t need a dream to convince him of that. The problem was that the cabin was moving and he needed to locate it. None of that was MiB’s doing. It was the Island, aligning events to happen at the right time. Also, there’s a discrepancy between what the dream says (Horace claims Jacob is there) and what the MiB says (that he is only speaking on Jacob’s behalf). Why would he contradict his own lie? It makes no sense to do that unless it is coming from two different sources who both want the same outcome for different reasons. It is never proven or demonstrated that the MiB had the power to give dreams. Not once is that confirmed. None of the other dreams make much sense having come from MiB either as I demonstrate in this video. The Cabin Fever dream is the only one that people reach for to justify this unproven power but it doesn’t even make sense within MiB’s long con to give contrary information to Locke. It is clear to me that every dream on the show came from the island and this was another case of guiding Locke towards his causal destiny. I know some fans continue to believe this MiB-dream theory, but I am not one of them and have justified my reasoning in this video.

Not at all. It is definitely Walt! Confirmed :)