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Season 5 Episode 3 "Jughead"

1. Charles Widmore was... (dun dun dun)... an Other?! He was kind of a punk back then so maybe he ends up getting kicked off the island then goes on to form the Dharma Initiative to find and study the island's paranormal properties? Then, in the future, Ben (who was a Dharma employee) turned on Dharma and killed everyone (the purge). This would explain why Widmore wants to kill Ben. Revenge for Ben killing Widmore's entire crew and their families, destroying all the work Dharma had done. See the attached photo for the polar bear painting in Widmore's office.

2. I'm really starting to think that Widmore isn't the bad guy. Sure, he's a prick, but last night he just basically told Desmond to go away with Penny and keep her safe. I think he might really be trying to protect/ preserve the island rather than exploit it like previously thought. Older Widmore seems unconcerned with keeping or holding Desmond, but maybe that's because he truly has an interest in Penny's well being. He knows that Desmond is with her and will always protect her. In a way, Desmond is a great insurance policy. He's the game-changer, meaning there's no one better when it comes to keeping bad things from happening.

3. Speaking of Widmore, we now know why Ben and Widmore can't kill each other (remember when Ben confronted Widmore during the night in his hotel room). They discussed the "rules" and acknowledged that they cannot kill each other. The Others, as we know, cannot kill each other or at least are not allowed to and anyone who does is marked (like Juliet was when she killed Pickett). The rules are not game rules, like a game of Risk. The rules are what the Others live by. Oh, maybe that's why he gets kicked off the island in the first place (if he did actually get kicked off)! Because he killed the other Other (by breaking his neck) when that Other started to reveal where the Other's camp was.

4. Desmond and Penny's baby was named Charlie (Charlie Pace)

5. We now know why Richard visited Locke as a baby (the day he was born) and again as a child and gave him the "leader test." Locke told him to!

6. Apparently Faraday used his friend/companion/ girlfriend Theresa as a guinea pig for these time experiments. Remember that Boone and Shannon had a babysitter named Theresa. In season one Shannon had a dream where Boone repeated "Theresa falls up the stairs. Theresa falls down the stairs." Creepy.

7. If you want to read more about the Jughead bomb see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_17_nuclear_bomb

8. The military clothing worn by the Others were taken from the US soldiers that they killed. The uniforms were mid-20th Century US Army or National Guard uniforms with nametape. The uniform that Widmore wore had a nametape that read "Jones."

9. Why Charlotte is sick: Remember from The Constant (Desmond episode) that it was explained why Sayid didn't fall sick and Desmond did was because Desmond was exposed to radiation when The Swan imploded. And he needed a constant to counteract it. Also remember that Daniel and Charlotte were in protective suits when they went to The Tempest to disable the nerve gas (last season). Charlotte and Juliet got into a fight and Juliet pulled off Charlotte's protective mask. Daniel hasn't gotten sick because he made contact with his constant, Desmond. But Charlotte doesn't have a constant.
Why has Juliet had these symptoms if she was exposed to the same air? Maybe because she's been on the island longer than Charlotte. Proximity to the island may help you hold off the disease longer. However, not as long as those that haven't been exposed to radiation. Not sure about this...