How did she come out of her coma??

So she woke out of her coma thingy. This is very interesting, I wonder how she managed that. And does she know Claire was pregnant and why she was on the plane?

She was subconscious when claire told her but.... she seemed to know about Aaron.

When she awoke out of the coma I am sure she was updated about Claire's pregnancy and also the crash.

Claire's mom was on life support. How did she live????

I would have thought that her sister Lindsay would have told her about Claire's pregnancy.

How she came out of the coma?? Ya got me unless Christian had asked Jacob to heal her like Ben told Juliet he'd asked Jacob to heal Juliet's sister Rachel. :shrug:

I don't seem to remember her memtioning Aaron . . . when did she metion it?

http://thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=95662

I started a thread on this too that already got buried. I have the same questions, that's for sure.

I think it is linked to Kate's mom's mysterious cure of cancer, probably link to Jacob's powers. Perhapes something to do with Kate and Claire's subconscious desires for their mothers to get better.

Could be a miraculous cure - or it could be a Time-thingie and it's her from before the accident... This time-thingie is going to get really interesting...

OR - The first thing that came to mind was, "That's not Claire's Mom, that's someone from Widmore's bunch trying to make Jack feel guilty about leaving the other Losties behind and hoping he will break down and tell everything - like where the Island is located."

I think it is linked to Kate's mom's mysterious cure of cancer, probably link to Jacob's powers. Perhapes something to do with Kate and Claire's subconscious desires for their mothers to get better.

hmm Kate's mom didn't look very cured, she just wasn't dead.

I like that last theory GL!

Nah, it's definitely Claire's mom. They picked an actress who quite resembled Claire and Claire's aunt.

Do we know that anyone in Claire's family knew she was pregnant? I thought Claire preganancy was only known by some of her friends, the father, and the fortune teller. She was with her mother while she was in coma, but I didn't think her aunt was there.

Can anyone point me to the episode that shows Claires family knew about the pregnancy?

. . .and how long was she in it?
probably 4 or 8 years

I definitely was not expecting that one. I can't help but wonder if she happened to come out of a coma at the same time the plane went down or Claire crossed into Jacob's Cabin.

Do we have any clue how long Claire's mother was in the coma before Claire left on 815?

I would expect a nurse or doctor would mention the fact that Claire was pregnant, when ever mom woke up.

I'd be very curious to find out when exactly she woke up. If she woke up the day of the crash I would expect that her car crash/coma was a result of Claire needing to goto the Island. Much like Juliet's ex getting run over. Also providing Claire with some emotional growth so she'll be a better mother.

If she woke up 100 days later when the losties made it off the Island then I would expect she plays a big role in getting Aaron and company back to the Island. Destiny decided that it needed her awake, it's a fickle bitch remember.

I got the impression she did not know that Claire was pregnant.

I'm voting for a miracle cure, i.e. Jacob, perhaps via Christian and Claire (if that was even them in the cabin?????)

They did recast the mom, so it is a different actress, but the same character. I don't think her mom ever knew Claire was pregnant, but enough other people did, that I'm sure she would have found out when she awoke from her coma.

I'm sure the Island wills it... :rolleyes:

Actually, for some reason, I thought of Juliet's sister because she's the one case we know of where the Island mumbojumbo worked to heal someone in the outside world.

Claire is arguably part of the island's stream of omnipotent consciousness now. Maybe she bribed Jacob into waking up her mom. ahahha

I was very surprised to see her, it was a shock but a good one. And I loved the little moment between her and Kate and Aaron. How difficult must it be for Jack to have to say nothing to her about her daughter and to pretend he had never even met her. Very interesting little twist.

Carole saying, "Her name was... Claire" best line of the episode for me. And Jack's reaction, the realization of what it meant, turning to look at Kate with Aaron... Wow!

I think it would have been more interesting if Jack and Claire had hooked up, as there would be more for Jack to deal with after gaining the knowledge. As it is, Jack and Claire had pretty much no connection whilst on the island, as far as I can remember, besides his duty as a doctor.

Totally a Jacob thing that she came out of the coma. He healed Juliet's sister.

And Claire told her mother she was pregnant before she left for Los Angeles. Even if you don't believe her mother could hear her in the coma, there surely would have been plenty of people to fill her in when she revived.

Excellent point. Poor thing was looking at Aaron thinking that her own grandkid wasn't lucky enough to survive the crash.

People DO get out of comas sometimes....

I wonder if the rest of the Oceanic Six end up learning about the Jack/Claire connection and the fact that Aaron has a living blood relative? Because... gosh. To keep a grandmother from her grandson like that, especially when she believes her daughter to be dead... I mean, I know that Jack knows. And obviously to tell would blow the cover on the lie. I just wonder if anybody else knows and how they feel about it.

Someone mentioned that a nurse would tell Claire's mom that she was pregnant (I'm too lazy to quote it, I haven't finished my coffee) but I'm not sure if I were a nurse that I would tell someone that "Hey, your daughter died in a plane crash - oh, and also, she was pregnant. Double whammy!" I might just keep it a secret so that I caused less hurt. But as someone else said, it's entirely possible that she DID hear Claire while she was comatose and so did know. I don't know. I lean more towards her not knowing, because she probably would have told Jack that Claire was pregnant with his nephew.

Carole had a sister, Lindsey, and Aunt Lindsey was probably the one to tell her. Not to mention that they didn't live in a vacuum and coming out of a coma is kind of a big deal. I'm sure there were plenty of family members/friends to visit her and bring her up to speed. Plus, if I were her, I'd want to know why my daughter was going to LA anyway and I don't think they lied about Claire's departure. There was a failed adoption, I'm sure that came up.

Fierro, I'd very much prefer just coming out of a coma by herself, but eh... the Island has to manipulate everything. :drowsy:

I was wondering if Margo knows about "the other woman"... they've switched places now. Carole is the one who thinks two family members are dead when in fact they're alive (no, I don't think Claire's dead)...

I think that Jack must have been realizing in his mind before the name was actually uttered that it was Claire. I mean it was a blonde and blue-eyed Australian woman... but when she actually said Claire he looked like he got shot and was pushed back a little bit, you know? Like something slammed into his body. That was just amazing. I've watched the scene like five times now!

I'm thinking we won't be seeing Claires mom any more.
Her purpose was to let Jack know Claire was his sister.
Her charater had the most reason to show up at Christians funeral.

Not only was he the father of her daughter, but she alone knew that Jack had a sister he knew nothing about.

I think that Jack must have been realizing in his mind before the name was actually uttered that it was Claire. I mean it was a blonde and blue-eyed Australian woman... but when she actually said Claire he looked like he got shot and was pushed back a little bit, you know? Like something slammed into his body. That was just amazing. I've watched the scene like five times now!

So totally agree... best part of an excellent episode. :thumbsup:

but when she actually said Claire he looked like he got shot and was pushed back a little bit, you know? Like something slammed into his body. That was just amazing. I've watched the scene like five times now!Yeah. Totally looked like he had been punched in the gut. That made me gain a ton of levels of respect for Matthew Fox's acting ability. It was amazing.

I agree, this scene was the best one in an amazing episode. Matthew was great in it. I actually first thought it was Aunt Lindsay, because I couldn't quite remember what the actress looked like. Then I was like "What?... She woke up!?"

I hope this somehow takes us further into the playing out of the prophesy. I'd like to see her again, maybe down the line in season 6. (I want Claire to be alive!!!!)

I thought it was her aunt too except a different actress. So right on target to have her wake up being that this is Lost! All I could feel is sorrow for Claire not knowing her mum is awake and moving along. And I totally agree with Matthew Fox doing a great job. That little, quick expression of grief and then the look her gave the baby. BRAVO! I so love this show!

How did she come out of her coma??

I'm not convinced that was really Claires mom. it seems the island can reach out, who's to say it's not a ghost, or something supernatural? If the island wants them back, what better way than to reach out to Jack and tell him that Claire is his sister

I would agree with previous posts that there is a connection between her coming out of the coma and the Jacob/dead Claire theroy.

I was thinking perhaps, since the show is about redemption, that somehow Claire made a choice (with Jacob's/Islands powers) to save her mom (to redeem herself from the car crash) and give the island the sacrifice (Claire's life) it demanded!

I'm not convinced that was really Claires mom. it seems the island can reach out, who's to say it's not a ghost, or something supernatural?

Yep
Jack is not supposed to raise him, so this could just be a trick to get jack to hand over the kid.

also didnt she look more like Julliet than Claire, not sure what that means but aparently Ben does.

i really don't know. She didnt knew that she was pregant.... but Jack know that Aaron its his nephew..

I agree that this was a fantastic scene and a long-awaited revelation. BUT-- despite Jack's understandable shock, this is a woman who has lost her child. I could not believe that she went ON and ON saying she was sorry for his loss, and he said not ONE word about HERS! He lost his middle-aged father, but she lost her 20something daughter! She said several times "I'm sorry for your loss." I was just stuned that he did not reciprocate. In addition, it is unconscionable that Kate should steal that child and raise him when he has a grandmother! I know they are all under some sort of intense constraint, but it is so terrible that Claire's mother could have had a bit of her daughter back in Aaron, and doesn't have that opportunity.

I think it would have been more interesting if Jack and Claire had hooked up, as there would be more for Jack to deal with after gaining the knowledge. As it is, Jack and Claire had pretty much no connection whilst on the island, as far as I can remember, besides his duty as a doctor.Why is everything improved by incest with you? :biggrin:

Carole had a sister, Lindsey, and Aunt Lindsey was probably the one to tell her...

IIRC, the aunt and Claire were not close. I don't think the aunt knew that Claire was pregnant. I believe that the only ones that knew were a friend of Claire's (that went to the fortune teller with her), the fortune teller, and the biological father.