Before your eyes game explained6/17/2023 Little things give Desmond deja-vu and remind him of parts of his time on the island-when Desmond looks at the time-1:08-on the clock, when Penny says, "It's not the end of the world," when the microwave beeps like the computer in the hatch, when the delivery guy at Widmore Industries has the package for 815-all these incidents give Desmond deja-vu and eventually lead to small flashbacks of the island-exactly like in the Flash Sideways universe, when Desmond sees Charlie holding up his hand to the submerged car's window and has a flashback of him in the Looking Glass station, when he hears Penny's name, etc. He wakes up confused, seemingly re-living a significant point in his life from several years ago, and even though he doesn't realize that he was just on the island, he retains a dazed, worried look in his eyes while he talks to Penny, as if he's just woken up from a strange dream-like the look Jack had when he woke up in the Flash Sideways universe at the beginning of season 6. The color red plays a big part in this episode-the paint, the odd flashing square on the microwave, the walls in Widmore's office, the shirt Desmond is wearing when he meets Eloise and later breaks up with Penny, the color of the shoes on the guy who gets crushed by the scaffolding-I wonder what it's supposed to represent.ĭesmond's whole experience in this flashback-re-live-whatever-it-is is eerily similar to his experience in the Flash Sideways universe. Ever notice how everyone says "fix" instead of "save" or "heal"? Jack, Sarah, Rose, Bernard, etc.ĭesmond wakes up covered in red paint. ") It seems that the writers even avoided the word "save" throughout he entire series. Pace), but in the end it was Claire who saved him and helped him feel valuable ("Maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me. He was always told he had to save the ones he loved ("Save us, Charlie!"-Mrs. Thank you for-helping Claire not drown." Does that seem like an odd word choice to anyone else? For some reason or another, the writers have reserved the word "save" for Charlie's baggage. Later, when Hurley and Charlie are about to try and get Desmond drunk, Charlie says, "This morning, I'm sorry I wasn't more grateful. She was probably about to say "If you hadn't saved/rescued me." Charlie walks away, and Claire continues to Desmond, "Anyway, I just really wanted to say thank you-thank you so much for-for being there." You expected her to say, "for saving me," but she chose "being there" instead. Examples:Īfter Desmond saves Claire from drowning, Claire is thanking him, and she says, "If you hadn't-" At that moment Charlie walks up and complains that Aaron's hungry. Even when "save" is the obvious word choice, the writers avoid it. Throughout the episode, for some reason the writers don't let anyone use the word "save" except for Charlie when he's playing "Wonderwall" in London. 7 Eloise - "Never done this before, have you?".5 Eternal recurrence and changing things.
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