***OFFICIAL*** LOST Season 3 Episode 20 Discussion -spoiler free-

[nolanfan34]

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What if Ben really is the father of Alex. Rousseau may be Annie in deep cover. She has never been in a scene with an other. She's the one who discovered henry gale and lit the fire with the black smoke to try and steal Claire's baby. Just a theory of course, just don't know why she would then try to rescue Claire.

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I like this in theory. It always has seemed convienient that Rousseau apparently goes years at a time undetected, and then she just happens to capture the leader of the Others, who by-the-way was trying to infiltrate the Losties?

Probably isn't what happened, but it's potentially a plausible twist.

[EaglesRB]

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Rousseau may be Annie

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Are we just deciding that Rousseau changed her name from Annie to Danielle and developed a french accent?

I always assumed that she was born and raised in France due to the distress signal in season 1 being in french.

[chicken10der]

Not that I necessarily agree with the Rousseau = Annie theory, but a few things to consider:

- Her 'French' accent is not very good (it is actually Croatian), and we have not once heard her speak French.

- She could be pulling a 'Henry Gale', posing as somebody that actually did crash on the island but is already dead.

- She was directly responsible for implanting Ben into the 815 group.

Not very likely that these things actually mean anything, but I just like to look at things from all angles.

[EaglesRB]

For some reason I had not considered that Rousseau could be another Henry Gale, I like that theory.
Roll on the Rousseau flashback episode.

[James282]

plausible about rousseau, but consider a) how she wept like a babe when Sayid fixed that music box. when she said b) my husband didn't know the safety was broken either when i shot him c) she would have had to just stay in hiding down in her hole for 16+ years considering Alex's reaction to Sayid's comment about looking like her mother. Seems like there is absolutely no reason to hide Rousseau away that long. Send her down there to work a 2 decade deep cover op just in case someone else happens upon the island? They'd have to do A LOT to really make that storyline jive, and I don't really buy it. Also, she takes the losties to the black rock the first time, and then goes and gets dynamite while watching Locke obviously up to no good in there and just turns around and leaves. I dunno, sometimes people just are what they are, even on LOST.

James

[TheDudeAbides]

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Not that I necessarily agree with the Rousseau = Annie theory, but a few things to consider:

- Her 'French' accent is not very good (it is actually Croatian), and we have not once heard her speak French.

- She could be pulling a 'Henry Gale', posing as somebody that actually did crash on the island but is already dead.

- She was directly responsible for implanting Ben into the 815 group.

Not very likely that these things actually mean anything, but I just like to look at things from all angles.

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When I first heard this theory, I immediately dismissed it. Now I'm not so sure. It may not be likely, but it sure seems possible. It's that last point that really made me reconsider it.

[inlemur]

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Not that I necessarily agree with the Rousseau = Annie theory, but a few things to consider:

- Her 'French' accent is not very good (it is actually Croatian), and we have not once heard her speak French.

- She could be pulling a 'Henry Gale', posing as somebody that actually did crash on the island but is already dead.

- She was directly responsible for implanting Ben into the 815 group.

Not very likely that these things actually mean anything, but I just like to look at things from all angles.

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When I first heard this theory, I immediately dismissed it. Now I'm not so sure. It may not be likely, but it sure seems possible. It's that last point that really made me reconsider it.

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Rousseau may not be who she says she is, but she can't be working with the others. In the process of that last point, she shot Ben through the chest with a crossbow. Even if he knows the island will heal him (which he doesn't considering he has cancer at this point), I doubt he'd agree to that.

[econophile]

omg GSB, start the new thread. i am already excited! and no i did not read the massive spoilers.

[PLS]

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One thing that I don't think has been touched on is the significance of Ben's mother dying at his birth and the women on the island dying at birth as well. Perhaps this is related in some way?

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Wow, that is incredibly insightful.