***Official*** LOST Season 3 Episode 7 Discussion -spoiler free-

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so the basic premise of this show now is:

they recruit people to the island for scientific research - ranging from actual science to psychology, sociology
this research is cutting edge stuff that is unethical and would not fly in the real world
the stuff they are doing is really controversial and most rational adults would object to it, if not try to stop it altogether
to combat this they need to raise kids in this environment and show the kids from an early age that this is 'the way'


i actually believe what juliette said to jack. i think she wants out and ben promised her that. in fact i bet alot of 'the others' want out, and only ben (or someone else) has the ability to let them go.


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This is pretty much what I am thinking except that I don't know if they really need to raise children or if they just wanted to get him in line.
But there is one big question that I ask myself since the beginning: Why on earth did these Others not just come out of the bushes to the crash site and say "Dudes, you are on our island and we ain't feeling that so get the hell out of here and we show you how." Instead they start abducting people and cry like babies when these people fight back and score a few frags on the way. This makes all this a little silly, although I love the show.