Last season's finale was marked by the Others taking Walt, so why not cap this one by Michael retrieving his son? That's just what happened, but not before Jack exposed Michael's betrayal of his friends, and Hurley realized that his would-be love, Libby, died at Michael's hand. The merry band found some interesting tidbits along the way, including the massive pile of pneumatic tubes used to transport notebooks from the Pearl observing station. It's been pretty clear that next season will focus on the Others, so it worked pretty well to introduce them to us now.
Aside from Ms. Klugh aka Dee , there was Sea Captain Zeke real name Tom and Fake Henry Gale, who not only seems to be their leader but managed to keep his real name concealed.
But still, who are they? They set Michael and Walt off to sail away in what seemed to be the same boat they used to capture Walt. Questions left dangling In a morally relative world like Lost Island, who knows what that possibly means? Actually, the Others were this season's big tease. Episode after episode, viewers got brief glimpses and threatening hints.
Even as Sayid combed the beach on a scouting mission this week, there were no big revelations, no secret panels hidden under their primitive yurts. Even the Dharma door under Square Rock, the landmark used to find their camp, yielded nothing. At least not that we've seen. What's clear, then, is that we all were being moved out of the hatch and on to the next round of threads: the Others, the Dharma backstory, the island's supernatural mysteries.
The big bang But that's not to say the season didn't finish with a bang. What followed was stunning: a bright flash that flooded the skies, along with an earsplitting whine. Unseen, though, was the hatch itself, and Locke or Eko. Both men were inside when Desmond turned the switch, and whether their faith or some blast doors saved them will remain a puzzle for now.
Farewell hatch, welcome Others. It's a long summer, but come fall, the game is afoot. On November 5, the survivors entered the station. Desmond explained the Swan protocol after a confrontation with them and then fled thinking the computer had been permanently damaged.
Sayid managed to repair the computer, and Locke and Jack had a stand-off over whether to push the button. Locke convinced Jack to take a "leap of faith" and push it, and they agreed to organize shifts with other survivors to continue doing so. That same day, a vision of Walt appeared to Shannon and spoke backwards "Don't push the button. Button bad". Days later, Locke inadvertently let the timer reach zero.
The station released a loud escalating sound as if something were powering up and the timer then flipped to a series of red and black hieroglyphics. Locke discovered it was still possible to enter the Numbers and, on pressing Execute , the counter reset, flipping back to Later, it appears a similar event took place off-camera, while Locke was trapped underneath the blast door.
Ben then still known as Henry Gale claimed that he did not press the button, but given the catastrophic consequences of not pressing the button, it seems very likely that he was lying.
Following the DHARMA protocol, the survivors made an effort to set up shifts of two people in the station to operate the computer - with Locke initially taking on more shifts than anyone else. Locke's faith in the station, however, began to fall apart after Ben's arrival - and Ben's description of the Swan as a "joke.
Eko, however, took over the duty of pressing the button. After Locke destroyed the computer's monitor, the timer once again expired without the button being pressed.
Although Desmond activated the failsafe , the resulting "event" termed the discharge was felt across the entire island, and resulted in the destruction of the Swan station. An electromagnetic pulse from the discharge interrupted communication among the Others and also caused the failure of the satellite dish at the Flame.
The discharge was also large enough to be detected at a distant tracking station. Immediately after turning the failsafe key, Desmond's consciousness traveled back to Very few actions can we take to affect anything outside of the planet, much less solar system. Assuming no design. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.
Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. What was the symbolism behind pushing "The Button" in Lost? Ask Question. Asked 5 years, 9 months ago. Active 1 year, 1 month ago.
Viewed 5k times. Improve this question. I think it gave Locke and Jack something to butt heads over. Locke was the man of faith and Jack was the man of science.
Locke would continue to push the button out of a belief that it needed to be done without understanding why which was the opposite of Jack.
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