Daniel knows the future

This shouldnt be be bugging anyone.

The episode was carefully crafted to reveal how he knows.

Watch it again and pay attention to the Main focus of this episode---which was Daniel experimented on himself and has done damage to his brain

Who else damaged their brain?--his girlfriend.

How? Mind Time travel

What other clues? Charlotte uttered the same words in this episode about chocolate that she did when she died. The script is littered, from top to bottom, that Daniel experienced this same phenomenon---its how he wrote in his journal. We are meant to witness that Journal empty and then we see it totally filled and constantly being read by Daniel during the episode.

Get it now?

Daniels mind time traveled into his future body and gained concrete facts about the future. The writers wrote in this memory problem from Daniels very first scene on Lost to account for Daniels freewill. I wrote this in Lostpedia--and 100 dingbats erased it---but Daniel could not recall his name when Jack and Kate first met him--he also exhibited "word searching" when saying his stuff was in his "pack"( a long pause while the mind searches for the write word). So this was planned from day one.

The other huge clue in this episode is confirming the Plane in the trench is REAL. I have been crying this since Naomi crashed on the Island. The scripts keep spilling out clues that widmore planted it and culminated tonight with his confession. Its how you reinforce a lie in the views mind. There is no need to continue talking about the trench plane in episode after episode if it is really fake.

Daniel cries when he sees it because it is real. He was BS'ing Jack. He knows the plane doesnt land in LA. He knows it always suppose to crash in the pacific--thats the REAL timeline. People keep waiting for time to change not realizing the entire show is screaming that time was changed when 815 crashed on the island instead of the pacific.

Daniel cries because during mind time travel he figured this out. However, he doesnt remember due to his condition. But you dont subconsciously cry over a fake plane crash.

As I said in the last blog--a bomb is heading toward the electromagnetism in both timelines. I know Im the first to say this as I read all the forums. Pat pat :)

What lies in the Shadow

Its a common phrase

When it is used it almost always refers to a town or city. Like Denver lies in the shadow of the Rockies. Im surprised most of you have not heard this phrase.

If it is literal it would mean the Orchid. Which would probably mean they are taking the box to the well---to blow up the wheel.

The incident may very well be a future event, possibly an explosion at the Well, the reverberates back through time to where Jack is now. Remember you heard it here first. Damons favorite NG Trek episode is the finale in which a future event, simultaneous with past events cause, well, an incident of sorts.

If it is not literal it could be some sort of mind control phrase to trigger these certain people. Remember Dharma was using these techniques.

That would explain the abrupt change in behavior. Paying attention to script structure. Infection was explicitly mentioned in the script as well as the very hole in which the 80's expedition team was infected. Pay attention to elements of the script and how writers try and create contemplation in the audiences minds. Your suppose to consider infection. It doesnt mean it IS--it just means they want you to consider it when evaluating their very abrupt change of attitude.

What is in the crate may even contain the agent that changed them. If Widmore is in that box that would be the ultimate magic box for him--as that was ALSO highlighted in the episode. This was the best script of the season as most of the writing has been weak and thats why people are tuning out this year. There has been almost nothing to write home about yet..hence the empty blog

Contemplation is the name of the game here --as it is not possible to know what is going on yet but they want our heads spinning with ideas. Please dont forget the Trojan Horse metaphor implied by the book Ben was reading on the plane either. It could be exactly as it appears--a code phrase. But thats a bit too obvious for me and quite frankly a little lame as its already been used with Desmond. Greeks bearing gifts is a nice touch though if Widmore or a modern Jughead is in the box. 2 nuclear explosions--one in the past and one in the future--through time at the well --might be enough to implode into the singularity that seems to exist on the island.