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.