Hurley/Desmond Connection

OK, so we know Desmond is waiting for a replacement. I think Desmond is the replacement for Leonard (the guy Hurley meets in the psych ward that was repeating the numbers) Leonard must have gone crazy after typing those numbers in every 108 minutes for god knows how long!

Originally Posted by RocketFoot

OK, so we know Desmond is waiting for a replacement. I think Desmond is the replacement for Leonard (the guy Hurley meets in the psych ward that was repeating the numbers) Leonard must have gone crazy after typing those numbers in every 180 minutes for god knows how long!

Minor correction, But I believe thats every 108 minutes (the sum of the numbers)

Typo...sorry. It is corrected now. Thanks, sometimes I get excited and can't type as fast as my mind works!

yeah. i think hurley is the 'him' that desmond is asking for.

I do think that Hurley is connected to Desmond somehow, since he is the only one with a relationship to all the numbers prior to the crash.

But, correct me if I'm wrong, wasn't Leonard in the Navy listening station with Sam Toomey when he heard the numbers? I thought that's what Sam's widow told Hurley when he visited her in Australia.

Of course, Leonard could have been in the hatch after hearing the numbers...anything is possible!

[pb_docarzt]

I suspect at some point we are going to hear that joke again, which will of course raise more questions.

Originally Posted by DocArzt

I suspect at some point we are going to hear that joke again, which will of course raise more questions.

Hurley could know the answer. But he might not know what it means.

The only people who would know the answer to the question would be people directly tied to the project... or people who have been a part of the project... Lenny. I'm predicting a flashback with Hurley and Lenny again, where Lenny tells Hurley the joke, but with a cryptic answer, and Hurley calls it stupid, but doesn't forget it. We still have to find out why Hurley ever went to the psych ward afterall.

[tripletmomma2000]

I heard on the radio that Hurley made the joke, and gave the punchline in the first season:

"What did one snowman say to the other snowman?"

"Do you smell carrots?"

Desmond said whoever he replaced died.

Maybe the guy in the psyche ward was a previous attendant.

Originally Posted by paynomind

Desmond said whoever he replaced died.

Maybe the guy in the psyche ward was a previous attendant.

I don't think you can believe anything Desmond says.

I'm thinking the project is still active. Desmond was being groomed as a replacement for whoever the previous hatch attendee was. (I think Lenny was a previous attendee... maybe not the one just before Desmond, though. And if you agree that Lenny was a previous attendee, how did he get off the island?) Desmond's cover-up was to say he was training for a race around the world... that way, when he 'vanished' people would attribute it to his race. He was brought there 3 years ago in keeping with his timeline, which would probably be true since it coincides with Jack's, so he can't really make it up. At this time, whoever was in charge of the project resupplied the bunker with food, washing machines, and Tide.

Another possibility is that the project just recently was closed, which left Desmond stranded for an extra 2 years, so far. Either nobody knows he's there, or anybody who does know is incapable of doing anything about it.

Regarding the '2 people at a time issue'... It wouldn't make much sense from a psychology point of view to make the task 'easy', which it would be if there were two people involved in entering the button sequence. Perhaps they start the experiment with two people in the hatch, one in the know, and one not (Desmond). After a few days, the one in the know starts wigging out, and says he's gotta get out of the hatch... but notice the 'quarantine' sprayed on the hatch? Desmond would freak out and try to get him to stay. When he does leave, Desmond would stay, scared to leave and believing the responsibility is all on him now. Heightened emotional and pschological stress. Begin experiment.

He'd also consider the other guy as dead, when he doesn't return. After all, where else is he going to go? If he died in the hatch, where's the body?

These are just thoughts though. And some things don't jive. Why would they have guns? For a sense of importance/realism? Seems kind of dangerous to have two strangers living together in an underground prison with guns at hand. One could kill the other quite easily. But maybe that's a risk 'Dharma' was willing to take.

What do you people think?