Why did Ben shoot Locke Posted by DarkUFO at 5/13/2007 07:22:00 pm View Comments Labels: Ben, Locke, Podcasts

From the Official Podcast.

CUSE: "Ben took Locke out to see JACOB as sort of a litmus test. He wanted to find out if in fact John Locke really was special, and if John Locke really could see or hear JACOB, that would indicate that Locke really WAS special. So when Locke DID hear JACOB, that really got...that freaked Ben out. That was a threat to Ben and his primacy. So he led him over to the pit and he shot him, 'cause he doesn't want his leadership of the Others challenged by John Locke.

Why the Other's allowed the Losties to control the button? Posted by DarkUFO at 4/01/2007 09:39:00 am View Comments Labels: Podcasts, The Magnet, The Others, The Swan

The mystery was answered in an official ABC podcast March 20. (the time of the question is 26:15, so you don't have to search)

Basically the Others did not know of the Swan Station until after Oceanic 815 crashed and Locke found it. The writers also imply that Locke led them to the Pearl station, where they monitored the Swan. Kelvin and Desmond were part of the Dharma Initiative. (Remember, Desmond referred to the Other's as Hostiles). Also what is interesting is that everything Mikhail said is true, except that he was never part of Dharma.

So the answer to the Mystery is that the Others did not know the consequences themselves. They may have believed it was similiar to "enter 77" and would provide a good way to rid the losties of their weapons.
Thanks to MikeQuinn007 for alerting me to this

Why did the Quarantine sign go into the air? Posted by DarkUFO at 10/31/2006 07:27:00 am View Comments Labels: Podcasts, Quarantine, The Swan

This was answered on the 30th October Podcast where they explained "the hatch imploded and created a vacume and exploded from the built up pressure"