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SOS (Season 2)

ISAAC: There are certain places with great energy -- spots on the Earth like the one we're above now. Perhaps this energy is geological -- magnetic. Or perhaps it's something else. And when possible I harness this energy and give it to others. May I?
[He puts his hands near Rose's face and closes his eyes. He suddenly opens his eyes, looking disturbed.]
ROSE: What? What, what is it?
ISAAC: I'm sorry. I can't do anything for you, Rose.
ROSE: I didn't expect you to. [Rose goes to a window and looks out at Bernard talking to a young girl on crutches.]
ISAAC: It's not that you can't be healed. Like I said, there's different energies. This is not the right place for you.
ROSE: Where is the right place?
ISAAC: I wish I knew. I'll return your husband's donation.
ROSE: Don't. I'm going to tell him you fixed me. I'm going to tell him you fixed me.


316 (Season 5)

ELOISE: Aha. Here we go. [Sighs] All right. I apologize if this is confusing, but... [To Jack, who is distracted] Let's pay attention, yes? The room we're standing in was constructed years ago over a unique pocket of electromagnetic energy. That energy connects to similar pockets all over the world. The people who built this room, however, were only interested in one.
SUN: The Island.
ELOISE: Yes. The island. They'd gathered proof that it existed. They knew it was out there somewhere, but they just couldn't find it. Then a very clever fellow built this pendulum on the theoretical notion that they should stop looking for where the island was supposed to be and start looking for where it was going to be.


Isaac of Uluru ( http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Isaac )was aware of the existence of pockets of electromagnetic energy , we should have listened to him! :biggrin:
In Lost everybody speaks for a reason! :yes:

Oh yeah, dude was totally right. I was like "HAH! I was right! Electro magnetic energy for the win!"...or something.

It's been long held by many fans that Isaac's dialogue with Rose would turn out to be one of the most important conversations for understanding the larger mysteries of the show. Your are correct sir.

I would really like to know what he saw that made him come to that conclusion so quickly!

WOW good catch I saw the title of the thread and I was like "who the hell is Isaac of Uluru?" didn't even remember this

I mentioned this in another thread..just happened to see this episode last week and when he said it I bookmarked it, and it was crazy to see it only a few days later.

My next question would be ,,, Why wasnt this particular "pocket" right for Rose ?.. but the island obviously was... Are different pockets more appropriate for different things ? One for cancer, one for spinal injuries, one prevents aging, etc... or is the Island the "cure all" for everything, regardless of where it is.

Agreed. I, like others, was immediately certain that this was important information, and have been on the lookout for these "special places" since that episode. We now have 5, I believe: The Island, LA, Uluru, Tunisia, and Tallahassee. The challenge for me is working out their geographical relationship. I thought I had it until LA was added to the list.:drowsy:

Who woulda thought LA was special ? :biggrin:

What's more, in the Bible Isaac is Jacob's father.

He could be originally from the Island. Maybe he left it for Australia at the time of the purge.

What's more, in the Bible Isaac is Jacob's father.

He could be originally from the Island. Maybe he left it for Australia at the time of the purge.


VERY INTERESTING .....that just might be possible.

What's more, in the Bible Isaac is Jacob's father.

He could be originally from the Island. Maybe he left it for Australia at the time of the purge.

Great catch...wouldn't surprise me at all!

IMO the Isaac scene was more about foreshadowing than about insider knowledge on his part. An early hint that "pockets" "energy" yada yada would be important.

IMO the Isaac scene was more about foreshadowing than about insider knowledge on his part. An early hint that "pockets" "energy" yada yada would be important.

I don't see him as being an Other, just he knows about pockets of energy and it's a good way of giving us that info and having us forget about it until years later.

Agreed. I, like others, was immediately certain that this was important information, and have been on the lookout for these "special places" since that episode. We now have 5, I believe: The Island, LA, Uluru, Tunisia, and Tallahassee. The challenge for me is working out their geographical relationship. I thought I had it until LA was added to the list.:drowsy:

I don't think LA is a "special place". My apologies Pythagoras. LA is special but we have only found out that is just has an energy pocket. We don't know what the energy pocket does. They had to get on a plane in order to get back to the island. It wasn't like they "stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished" from someplace in LA. (I was kinda hoping it would be something like that. I miss Dr. Sam Beckett).

Also, like someone said earlier in the thread, I think these "special places" have to be categorized based on why they are special. Just like Rose couldn't be healed in Uluru but could be healed on the island, I don't think just anyone can be healed in Tunisia or Tallahassee. These two places might very well be EM centers for travel and not for healing. I hope we find out why some of these places are so special.

[s]I think these "special places" have to be categorized based on why they are special. Just like Rose couldn't be healed in Uluru but could be healed on the island, I don't think just anyone can be healed in Tunisia or Tallahassee. These two places might very well be EM centers for travel and not for healing. I hope we find out why some of these places are so special.

Perhaps they all have different purposes?

I've been thinking for a while that the "special" places all have a connection to the Island in some way that we've seen, except for Uluru (but there still is a similarity there in that it's a healing place and the island is too). Tunisia is obviously travel and maybe something else, LA is location, and Tallahassee...?

I think all of these places except the island have different "properties" associated with them, and perhaps the island is a "hub" of some sort? Maybe it contains all the properties of the respective other places?

I don't think LA is a "special place". My apologies Pythagoras. LA is special but we have only found out that is just has an energy pocket. We don't know what the energy pocket does. They had to get on a plane in order to get back to the island. It wasn't like they "stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished" from someplace in LA. (I was kinda hoping it would be something like that. I miss Dr. Sam Beckett).

Also, like someone said earlier in the thread, I think these "special places" have to be categorized based on why they are special. Just like Rose couldn't be healed in Uluru but could be healed on the island, I don't think just anyone can be healed in Tunisia or Tallahassee. These two places might very well be EM centers for travel and not for healing. I hope we find out why some of these places are so special.

Yes, I agree. Maybe the LA location doesn't have much to offer besides what the Lamppost station is already doing.

Perhaps they all have different purposes?

I've been thinking for a while that the "special" places all have a connection to the Island in some way that we've seen, except for Uluru (but there still is a similarity there in that it's a healing place and the island is too). Tunisia is obviously travel and maybe something else, LA is location, and Tallahassee...?

I think all of these places except the island have different "properties" associated with them, and perhaps the island is a "hub" of some sort? Maybe it contains all the properties of the respective other places?

This is why I am clinging tightly to the theory that the Blast Door Map is really a map to these places. Perhaps Uluru is like the Staff as it is for healing, and so forth. The island, by my thinking would be the question mark... it connects them all -- plus the fact that it's always moving makes the question mark appropriate for it.

The giant "I AM HERE" indicator pointing to the Swan always made me think that it means something other than the obvious. Either the island is actually indicated by the Swan, or Radzinski is not really dead, but off the island at whatever place is represented by the swan. (Or, I suppose, like Charlie, really dead AND somewhere else indicated by the swan ;))

What's more, in the Bible Isaac is Jacob's father.

He could be originally from the Island. Maybe he left it for Australia at the time of the purge.

Or maybe each of these special places around the world has their own guardian: Jacob on the island, Isaac in Australia, Hawking in LA?