I had the strangest feeling that we won't be seeing Desmond back on the island.
Anybody else get that feeling?

Yeah, I wasn't feeling good vibes about that either. He looked really good though, right?!

It sure does look that way, but this is LOST and things are never as they seem. I hope he comes back.

Can't say I got that vibe, but I can see why'd you think that. He must feel closer to Penny than ever being on that heli and so close to the freighter.

I was really surprised to see Des on the heli. I am unspoiled so I really have no clue if HIC is leaving the show. I hope not!! Bu with Sayid leaving... I dunno. I really don't think we won't see either of them again. That would be so odd. I hope we see Lapidus, Sayid, Des on the freighter... or wherever the end up (finding Michael and Walt maybe?)

I got the same vibe. There was something strange about him getting on that helicopter...I almost got the feeling he was going to die or something.

He might be off the island, but I have no doubt we'll be seeing more of him. As with Sayid tonight, I hope he'll be looking hot, hot, hot when we do.

Yeah I'm getting a bad feeling. I really can't see him getting back to the real world at all. At least not now.

I had the strangest feeling that we won't be seeing Desmond back on the island.
Anybody else get that feeling?


There is no way that Sayid and Desmond are going to be gone. There are quite a bit of episodes on deck this season. They might get to the freighter but that doesn't mean they are home.

Yeah, I wasn't feeling good vibes about that either. He looked really good though, right?!

He looked awesome. :D My sister and I screamed when we saw him.

I got the same vibe. There was something strange about him getting on that helicopter...I almost got the feeling he was going to die or something.

Me too. Kind of as if it was a "too good to be true" scenario.

I don't think we're goiing to see freighter activity at least this season becasue it could potentially give away too much. So I don't see either of them being too active the rest of season four becasue it would be kind of lame to have them keep coming and going -- not to mention the fact that they'd have answers.

I felt really weird seeing that. I love Des as a character so it bothered me to see him go already.

I don't think we're goiing to see freighter activity at least this season becasue it could potentially give away too much. So I don't see either of them being too active the rest of season four becasue it would be kind of lame to have them keep coming and going -- not to mention the fact that they'd have answers.

I felt really weird seeing that. I love Des as a character so it bothered me to see him go already.

I think we will get some freighter activity. It's about the only way that we can meet Ben's inside guy. Plus we have to meet everyone else on the boat that we hear on the other side of the phone.

There was definately a sense of forboding in that scene and Faraday's warning to Lapidus sent chills up my spine.

I dunno, I think something's gonna go wrong with them trying to get to the freighter. I think it's way too early for people to be off the island for good. Although a Sayid and Desmond storyline on the freighter would be cool, I dont think we're quite to that point in the story yet.

There was definately a sense of forboding in that scene and Faraday's warning to Lapidus sent chills up my spine.
Major foreboding. IMO nobody's getting to the freighter. I've been on planes that do that tilt and veer to the right thing after takeoff to get on course, but I'm thinking this helicopter is going right back to where it started (like Desmond's boat)

Major foreboding. IMO nobody's getting to the freighter. I've been on planes that do that tilt and veer to the right thing after takeoff to get on course, but I'm thinking this helicopter is going right back to where it started (like Desmond's boat)

Yes, and don't forget, Lapidus only promised "I will take you off this island," not "I will take you to the freighter."

That totally reminds me of Ben's wording to Michael on the Pala Ferry dock: "if you follow such-and-such bearing, you will find rescue..." not necessarily a given that Michael made it back to civilization. You know these antagonists love to be tricky with their semantics!

Major foreboding. IMO nobody's getting to the freighter. I've been on planes that do that tilt and veer to the right thing after takeoff to get on course, but I'm thinking this helicopter is going right back to where it started (like Desmond's boat)

Which is why they needed to stay on that bearing. But if Frank knew the correct bearing they could get out. No?

I hope you're right -- I think it's probably wayyy to early to have anyone leave for good.

mmmm Des looked good when he appeared. I don't think they're done with him yet. He's psychic, remember? surely that ability didn't die with Charlie!

Yes, and don't forget, Lapidus only promised "I will take you off this island," not "I will take you to the freighter."

That totally reminds me of Ben's wording to Michael on the Pala Ferry dock: "if you follow such-and-such bearing, you will find rescue..." not necessarily a given that Michael made it back to civilization. You know these antagonists love to be tricky with their semantics!

Compass bearing 325? Ben's instructions to Mike and Faraday's instructions to Lapidus one in the same?

I definitely do not think that Sayid and Desmond are done for this season. Frankly that would be very disappointing. AND if they didn't give us any freight action this season I think they would have a lot of mad fans to deal with. Really if you think about it they kind of have to. All the action on the island right now is pointing toward the freighter and its purpose. Plus since Des and Sayid are getting off, as I said in another post, that would be an opportunity for the writers to finally give us some current off-island material. I'm starved for that right now. I want to see what is going on away from the island and how it relates to what is going on ON the island. That would be AWESOME and I feel confident that somewhere in the next ten episodes we'll get some of this. Especially since they already revealed that Ben has a man on the boat. We've got to find out who it is and I don't think it's a wait til next season mystery, I mean it is LOST so who knows, but it just feels like something they will go into a lot more throughout the season.

i dont think desmonds done

He has a flashback comming up in 2 eps.

I think Desmond will be back on the island. i don't think that Sayid got off the island at that moment on that helicopter trip.

I get a bad vibe about Desmond leaving on that helicopter. I don't think that he is going to die but I do get the feeling that something is going to go wrong, maybe not in the helicopter but once they get to the freighter.

I think Des is still too much a part of the story to disappear. Also, we have a truncated season so maybe he has more to do once the new eps are made in the spring.

He looked really good though, right?! He always does. hehee

i didnt felt that way 'cause i heard he was having a centric episode. ... and if its a flashforward he won't die.

I had the strangest feeling that we won't be seeing Desmond back on the island.
Anybody else get that feeling?

You know I really got that vibe about Sayid but not about Des. There were no shots of Des looking out the doors at the island below. The shots were focused on Sayid only. If both were going, I think we would have had a syrupy music farewell for both of them. Plus Des has that whole unresolved Penny storyline. He has to come back.

Even though he has a small part in The Economist, we would see him more now.

Yep! Got that same vibe. Actually told the screen " No Des, Don't get on the Freighter of
Death.":fear3:

I definitely do not think that Sayid and Desmond are done for this season.
Sayid can't be done because he's one of the Oceanic 6.

Oh NO say it isn't so :(

I think we will be seeing more of Desmond as bad guy/employee of Widmore. That is after all why he ended up going on the trip around the world--to prove himself to Widmore. Possible Sayid vs. Desmond episode coming up or maybe Hurley vs. Desmond if Hurley finds out that Charlie died so that Desmond could leave the island???

oh. good point Party At Black Rock

He's in the regular cast listing at the start of the episodes so far. So is (semi-spoiler, regular cast-related)Harold Perrineau (Michael), who hasn't yet been in any episodes, so I'd assume Des will be in the rest of this season, or at least most of it.

I definitely do not think that Sayid and Desmond are done for this season. Frankly that would be very disappointing. AND if they didn't give us any freight action this season I think they would have a lot of mad fans to deal with. Really if you think about it they kind of have to. All the action on the island right now is pointing toward the freighter and its purpose. Plus since Des and Sayid are getting off, as I said in another post, that would be an opportunity for the writers to finally give us some current off-island material. I'm starved for that right now. I want to see what is going on away from the island and how it relates to what is going on ON the island. That would be AWESOME and I feel confident that somewhere in the next ten episodes we'll get some of this. Especially since they already revealed that Ben has a man on the boat. We've got to find out who it is and I don't think it's a wait til next season mystery, I mean it is LOST so who knows, but it just feels like something they will go into a lot more throughout the season.


When I started this thread I didn't mean to imply that either die. I don't think that's the case.

At the same time I think we wwon't see them asmuch becasue I doubt we will see freighter action. My theory is that they're at the North Pole. So if the freighter were say 80 miles offshore then they would be in arctic waters which would be a MAJOR REVELATION which I don't think will come this season.

You could possibly show all the freighter action inside I suppose and then reveal eventually that the freighter is in the arctic but I think that would be a bit of cheating.

I got the "vibe" too. Des' facial expression was pretty enigmatic. Perhaps Des & Sayid will team up to do some fighting. I think they'd work well together.

I got the "vibe" too. Des' facial expression was pretty enigmatic. Perhaps Des & Sayid will team up to do some fighting. I think they'd work well together.

I'd love to see that.

He's in the regular cast listing at the start of the episodes so far. So is (semi-spoiler, regular cast-related)Harold Perrineau (Michael), who hasn't yet been in any episodes, so I'd assume Des will be in the rest of this season, or at least most of it.

I was wondering if Harold Perrineau is mentioned, simply because of the amount of times it's been mentioned that Ben has a "man on their boat."

I get a bad vibe about Desmond leaving on that helicopter. I don't think that he is going to die but I do get the feeling that something is going to go wrong, maybe not in the helicopter but once they get to the freighter.

Me too! The scene looked so nice, but the music was so ominous. Gave me shivers.

He wont be coming back if it was Charles Widmore who gave Naomi that picture and instructions to kill Desmond....and maybe thats why the two freighties gave each other that knowing look when he brought up Penelope Widmore...they didnt know who Penelope is, but they sure recognized the name Widmore. But maybe Charles just wants to bring him to Penelope before she ends up finding the Island.

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Yeah, and I got the feeling that this was the season the writers were done with frustrating us. Seems like any mysteries brought up this season will be answered in a few episodes.

All I know is there better be a freighter in next weeks episode. ;)

I think we will get some freighter activity. It's about the only way that we can meet Ben's inside guy. Plus we have to meet everyone else on the boat that we hear on the other side of the phone.

I have to say that Eight is spot on about Desmond at least. Eight you have a way of keeping the good threads alive. (NP-theory)and this one. Good job! Keep the wheels spinning. I think Sayid will come back, but I think we've seen the last of Desmond on "the island". His agenda now will be Penny for his thoughts! We shall see.

I think if the freighter people were out in the arctic then Naomi's team would've been dresses a little warmer when they crashed. JMO

Des has to come back to the Island. He had the vision of Claire getting on to the helicopter on the beach. Aren't the "visions" he had from his perspective:confused: ? therefore he has to be there- right? So all you Des fans can relax.:biggrin:

Des has to come back to the Island. He had the vision of Claire getting on to the helicopter on the beach.Unless, of course, he lied to Charlie about Claire. Perhaps he saw himself getting on the rescue helicopter.


Anyway, I bet we don't hear from them for several episodes. I'm going to guess that we'll eventually see one or both return to the island, and only find out what happened to them via flashback, a la Locke in The Brig.

I know they are not really showing Desmond this episode. Pretty sure he is in the next one.

I hope he gets rescued by Penny from the freighties, and thus doesn't end up being O7

[quote=Hanover;1765871]He wont be coming back if it was Charles Widmore who gave Naomi that picture and instructions to kill Desmond....and maybe thats why the two freighties gave each other that knowing look when he brought up Penelope Widmore...they didnt know who Penelope is, but they sure recognized the name Widmore. But maybe Charles just wants to bring him to Penelope before she ends up finding the Island.


I totally agree...I have always thought Widmore had it out for Des and that's why Naomi had his picture with Penny -- now how he got that picture is anyone's guess but I do not doubt Widmore's ability to obtain it somehow. (Maybe from the photographer who took the photo!)

I dont think so, because they would have givin us a good-bye scene like what we got from Sayid and if both of them flying off the the helicopter was a good-bye to Desmond too, then I dont think they got rid of Desmond the right way...

Major foreboding. IMO nobody's getting to the freighter. I've been on planes that do that tilt and veer to the right thing after takeoff to get on course, but I'm thinking this helicopter is going right back to where it started (like Desmond's boat)

He did tilt and veer after he was a few miles from the island, so I don't see how he stuck to the bearing. If he does end up back on the island, there won't be enough fuel for another attempt.

I hope we see more of him. He's my "X" factor in this show. I think a lot more things revolve around him than we know.

I have the same sinking feeling..... :cry:

Since Desmond wasn't on flight 815, he probably wouldn't be grouped in with the Oceanic 6 even if he were among those brought back to civilization. I think we'll likely see a fairly elaborate cover story explaining how and why only 6 people supposedly survived flight 815; tagging Desmond along would just end up making it a little more complicated...

I refuse to entertain the notion of his demise. Refuse I tell you!

There ya go, Madge, that's my girl!! :hug:

Can't say I got that vibe, but I can see why'd you think that. He must feel closer to Penny than ever being on that heli and so close to the freighter.

I wonder how Desmond would feel if he did get rescued and was reunited with Penny. He spent years struggling with himself, trying to prove to himself, and Penny, and her father, that he was worthy. The big race around the world was supposed to seal the deal, but as we have seen, that turned out to be a big fat FAIL!!! He didn't win the race, didn't even finish the race, and didn't save the world.

He spent 3 years saving the world!
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There ya go, Madge, that's my girl!! :hug:

¡Soy con usted hermana!

Asi que estamos juntos, hemanita mia!

Hell yeah, "just saving the world" he was...he ain't being repaid by being offed...if I have to huddle with Gregg Nations and write the thing myself - LOL!!!

::mutters to self:: Gee, passionate about this much, Kar? Por eso me llamo Loca - LOL!

I wonder how Desmond would feel if he did get rescued and was reunited with Penny. He spent years struggling with himself, trying to prove to himself, and Penny, and her father, that he was worthy. The big race around the world was supposed to seal the deal, but as we have seen, that turned out to be a big fat FAIL!!! He didn't win the race, didn't even finish the race, and didn't save the world.

By my theory, Widmore bears some of the responsibility for Desmond being on the island in the first place, and was backing Ben all along. If that theory proves correct and Desmond is rescued (but isn't included in the O6) then through Penny, Des may be the conduit through which the rest of the O6 learn of Widmore's part in the affair.

He's not yet reading Our Mutual Friend, and I doubt he'll read it on the helicopter...

He spent 3 years saving the world!

That he did! And he turned the key at the risk of his own life, to save the Losties.

He's not yet reading Our Mutual Friend, and I doubt he'll read it on the helicopter...

Good point.

Well, we could see him getting rescused by Penny, but maybe he is the Adam and she is the Eve in that cave, they both die, and as long as they truly love another. And all you need is someone who truly loves us. Even if it means to die together. Live together, or die alone.