So, let's just suppose that you're walking along, minding your own season 5 goodness when Eloise Hawking tells you "The room we're standing in was constructed years ago over a unique pocket of electromagnetic energy. That energy connects to similar pockets all over the world . . ."
All of a sudden, a bright light and loud noise come, and you're back in season 2 with Rose and Bernard in Australia. Long story short, Bernard takes Rose to a faith healer by the name of Isaac of Uluru.
Isaac says to her, "There are certain places with great energy—spots on the Earth like the one we're above now. Perhaps this energy is geological—magnetic. Or perhaps it's something else. And when possible I harness this energy and give it to others."
Isaac then put his hands on her, looks up (looking extremely troubled, I might add) and says “I’m sorry. I can’t do anything for you Rose . . . It's not that you can't be healed. Like I said, there's different energies. This is not the right place for you.” To which Rose replies, “Where is the right place?”
“I wish I knew.”
[bright light, loud noise—welcome back to the present]
So here are a few things that came to mind as I thought about this connection:
- The crazy faith healer was completely right. Even to the detail of the energy being “magnetic” in nature.
- The writers made you completely discount what he said and only apply it to that particular episode in context of Rose and Locke’s healings on the island. In reality, they were revealing a major plot line that wasn’t to be spoken of again for 3 whole seasons.
- Isaac acted as if he saw something when he laid hands on Rose. Was it her coming to the island? The plane crash? Was it deeper than that? Will Isaac make reappearance as the flashbacks continue?
- Many times it’s been eluded to how special Locke’s healing makes him. What about Rose? Is this the "right place" for both of them?
- S.O.S. was also the episode where you saw Locke wallowing in self-pity while Rose showed faith in their purpose on the island. (What a theme of the human plight of faith and doubt . . .)
I really think that connections like these are a testament to the quality of far-sighted writing that makes us love this show. But I also think it means that we’re looking for many answers that may be in plain sight . . . put there by the omniscient writers, like a cosmic joke directed at us mere mortals who can’t see past the next flash.
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No one has left a comment! I think that is a great realization. You sound cute, wanna marry?
I think the answers are in plain sight too. Especially now that they're letting on more and more information it makes me just want to go back and watch all the old seasons (which I totally don't have time for- so thank goodness for Lostpedia and all their cross referencing of episodes!)
Very astute observation, I'm so glad you posted it! Seriously, nice call, and I agree with Allison, it really makes you want to go back and watch everything again. I also love that it was neatly tucked in what many might discount as a fluff episode, because it's main characters aren't actually main characters. I think we will definitely continue to see things that make us praise the brilliant writers and their meticulous pre-planning.
How applicable this is to Bible reading! Prophecy that has come to pass is so incredible, and yet so many miss the obvious truth in it. Can we all band together when Lost is over and be the first to write a book about using Lost as a resource for teaching!?
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