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here's what i got. ben didnt take the boat back. there is some kinda teleport and it ends up in the desert. remember previously when they were doing a dig in the desert and found darma and polar bear remains, i think there mightbe another teleport somewhere in the artic. thats how the bears got on the island.
 
here's what i got. ben didnt take the boat back. there is some kinda teleport and it ends up in the desert. remember previously when they were doing a dig in the desert and found darma and polar bear remains, i think there mightbe another teleport somewhere in the artic. thats how the bears got on the island.

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I think Ben knows an awful lot more than we initially thought. We already saw that there was some sort of game with rules between him and Whitmore and that he knows a whole lot more such as with the cloud monster. He also knew everything about the militants.

That said last night's episode was one of the best in the entire duration of the show. The future story with Sayid and Ben was also well done and explained a lot. I also liked how Ben had manipulated Sayid (you could see he knew he had planned on hiring Sayid once Ben turned and smiled after acting shocked)

Next weeks looks like it may slow down a little bit with the Jack previews but hopefully the remainder of the season can keep up with pace.
 
They can also start killing off people that are not "survivors". I thought for a minute that Claire would be dead (and Erin end up with Kate). I guess they are saving her death/fate a few more episodes.
 
here's what i got. ben didnt take the boat back. there is some kinda teleport and it ends up in the desert. remember previously when they were doing a dig in the desert and found darma and polar bear remains, i think there mightbe another teleport somewhere in the artic. thats how the bears got on the island.

And how they got Locke's father there...
 
Well when Desmin (sp?) went back to the boat he got unstuck in time and started going back and forth. He seemed to be able to change things in the past. Time also appears to pass differently on the island from the rest of the world.
 
here's what i got. ben didnt take the boat back. there is some kinda teleport and it ends up in the desert. remember previously when they were doing a dig in the desert and found darma and polar bear remains, i think there mightbe another teleport somewhere in the artic. thats how the bears got on the island.

It isn't just a straight TELEPORT. Did you notice that Ben also specifically asked the desk clerk what YEAR it was? He's time traveling as well as teleporting!!!

Also, did anybody catch on when he first went into the hidden room in his house, he came out all covered with SOOT, that the (sooty) SmokeMonster shortly thereafter came out and destroyed all the bad guys? That seems to indicate that Ben can (or has) CONTROL of the "SmokeMonster"! This show just gets more awesome all the time.
 
here's what i got. ben didnt take the boat back. there is some kinda teleport and it ends up in the desert. remember previously when they were doing a dig in the desert and found darma and polar bear remains, i think there mightbe another teleport somewhere in the artic. thats how the bears got on the island.


That's as good as any theory I guess. And it makes lots of assumptions. But I agree that there is something un-normal. :)