The producers, during season 1,
stated that “there are no space ships
and no time travel.” I believe this
statement was made long before the producers had even worked out the framework
to the story. Back in season 1, I the
producers were trying to tell a simple story of people who had crashed on an
island, showing how they were all intertwined and possibly been unknowingly
planted on flight 815. However, once the
producers had reason to believe the show could go on for several seasons, they
introduced the concept of time travel.
Yet, they’ve been cleverly trying to deter the audience from ever coming
to this conclusion. I’m sure that people
will not want to agree with me on this, and they will state that I’m just
saying this to defend my theory - but you do have to admit that the producers
still have an out in the event that they do decide to center the show around
time travel – given they have not recently said anything along the lines of
“time travel is NOT an element to the show” or “the sequence of events on the
show happen in a linear fashion on ONE timeline.” Also picture it this way – the producers will
not hint at the “big reveal” until the very last episode of the series. They want to keep the audience guessing on
most of the main questions (ie, what’s the smoke monster) for the next 3 years
– they’re not going to even hint at “the answer.” And, time travel is a single concept that can
nicely bring together the entire series.
Think about it – all this “unexplainable” stuff happens on the island
for 6 seasons, and we see these intertwined flashbacks and flashforwards. Then, in the end, Ben says “Jack, when you
came to the island, you went back to the year 1996. If you ever return to the island, you can go
back in time.” [Read More...]