On May 16, 4:42 pm, "Joseph Donovan" <bayne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Jim Gysin" <jimgy...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message:
>
> > I'm still thinking that Future Sun truly believes that Jin is dead.
And
> > what with the C4 business (a bit of overkill in terms of the amount
they
> > have there, but it's a show) on the freighter, my guess is that it
will
> > somehow end up that the freighter goes BOOM! and Sun, seeing it from a
> > distance somehow, assumes that Jin went to pieces. But in reality,
Jin
> > and Desmond somehow managed to get away. Michael, OTOH, will perhaps
> > pay the ultimate price for his own redemption as he acts to save the
> > others.
>
> That was my interpretation also, they had enough C4 in that room to
> completely obliterate an armored battle****p let alone a small freighter.
I
> think the writers want to make it clear that nobody anywhere on the
> Freighter (or immediate vicinity) will survive if that device is
triggered.
> Apparently there is a relay that must receive a continuous signal from
> Kheamy's corresponding device strapped to his arm, or perhaps Kheamy can
> remotely trigger the device if he stops receiving a signal? The First
Mate
> (or whoever it was) mentioned a powerful radio transmission was blocking
his
> sonar reception, so I guess Kheamy's device and the one aboard the
freighter
> that actuates the bomb must both be transceivers?
>
> My prediction is that someone on the freighter will attempt to play Bomb
> Disposal expert and the device will go off. Sayid would have been a
good
> candidate to disarm the bomb, with his experience of electronics,
electrical
> circuits, and probable explosives knowledge from working in MI. Daniel
> would have been the 2nd best choice, with his doctoral level knowledge
of
> Physical Sciences, he probably would have been easily able to decipher
the
> bomb components and circuitry. Unfortunately, neither is present, Just
> Desmond, Jin, and Michael; one, two, or all three are going to try to be
a
> hero, everything depends on how sophisticated a bomb Kheamy employed and
> what sort of redundancies it may have?
>
> J Donovan
Well, the obvious choice would be Michael since the island won't allow
him to be killed. He can redeem himself by saving the lives of Jin and
Desmond to make up for the two lives he took--unless the two lives he
saves are Sun and Aaron. Once Michael redeems himself, presumably he
can be killed.
-yngver
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