I thought we would find out more about Libby. All we found out that she is a widow and sold her husband's boat to Desmond. I want to know why she was in a mental institution. Think we will ever find out?

Maybe she was in the mental institution because she went into shock when her husband died? it could be a good twist- we suspect her and it turns out she is just a harmless woman who had a breakdown

She didn't seel the boat, she GAVe the boat away, at least that is how I understood it. Seems to me that is the actions of someone who is going down the path of mental problems (if she isn't already there)

I thought it was interesting that her husband's name was David. Could she have Walt-like powers and have been projecting Dave to Hurley both in the hospital and on the island? Of course, it's also possible that she was used by Widmore to get Desmond out to sea and permanently away from Penelope.

Cardie

Yeah I think it would be interesting if Libby was some sort of widmore agent and she showed up in several flashbacks conviently helping people onto the island.

I don’t think it’s possible to get all they want to tell us about Libby from one flashback perspective. I think it’s going to take a few more at least.

I thought it was interesting that her name wasn't Libby, but rather Elizabeth (which I've never heard shortened to Libby before).

Is she the Good Twin?

-- J

I know plenty of people named Elizabeth who shorten it to Libby. It's a particularly popular nickname in the south.

Cardie

Libby is a nickname for Elizabeth. I thought it always was and I had to look online to make sure. I think she was just wearing a wig to hide herself.

I feel as though Libby works for Penelope's dad and was told to give that boat to Desmond so he could do the sail. I don't think that Libby owns that boat at all.

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it but I have a feeling that Penelope's dad works for Dharma or created Dharma.

I don't think there are any Dharma agents 'helping' people get to the island, the fact that the plane crash was a result of the button not being pushed in time indicates to me that there was no selection or plan for getting the losties on to the island, quite the opposite.

i agree with the "works with Hanso" bit (just go to LostPedia and look at the pics of the supply balloon). but re: the timeline, i think Libby went into the institution after she gives the boat away, but it's just a guess.

Maybe she goes to the institution because she reealizes that she sent this guy to the island and goes crazy out of guilt.

Think of it this way, they are in a way "controlling" the magentism by pressing the button and relieving it's pressure. Sorry, I can't remember exactly how they explained it. If they can do that I'm sure that they can arrange for these people to arrive on the island.

Damon and Carlton have explained that Libby's backstory

will be revealed through several flashbacks next season, so she'll be a player in many different characters' flashes. They've said there's a definitive story as to how she got to the mental instituition and they will tell it in Season 3.

i agree with the "works with Hanso" bit (just go to LostPedia and look at the pics of the supply balloon). but re: the timeline, i think Libby went into the institution after she gives the boat away, but it's just a guess.
What supply balloon, what pics? Can't find any.

There was a balloon and some supplies dropped by parachute, but I'm not sure how either of those relate to Libby...

I don't know if all the Libby speculation for the past couple months has completely warped me or what, but I, for one, didn't really believe her story about her husband. I agree with the idea that she was hired by Widmore to give the boat to Desmond.

After all, the owner of an international conglomerate could easily buy a boat, have a name painted on it, and hire a woman to give it away to a guy you want to get Lost. :)

Oops, sorry, i guess i explained my theory elsewhere. i think that Libby might be sisters with Pen because they look so similar. i don't know why their accents would be so different though. i've also always wondered if she was an Other but this now seems even more unlikely than before. Anyways, Widmore is definitely connected to Hanso (as is Mr. Cluck's, apparently), here's the link: http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Balloon

Damon and Carlton have explained that Libby's backstory

will be revealed through several flashbacks next season, so she'll be a player in many different characters' flashes. They've said there's a definitive story as to how she got to the mental instituition and they will tell it in Season 3.

Agreed. I'm unsure why some are thinking the writers have left her story unfinished...

It is my opinion that Libby was used by Pen's father to get Desmond to the island. Somehow that boat was "programmed" or built to bring Desmond there, which I think is also shown by his re-arrival on the island in the finale. He talked about sailing for 2 weeks and ending back up there, which shows me that boat has to end up at that island, which must be because of the magnetic anomaly.

If Libby is Pen's sister, shouldn't Desmond know her?

I always suspected Libby was one of the "others" simply because we never saw any flashbacks about her through her eyes as we have the Losties. She was around long enough for us to get some insight into her past and how she ended up on the plane but none was given to us.

Now of course I need to figure out how she joined the Others so she can infiltrate the gang.

BTW - maybe the green bird was hers. She probably taught it to say "Hurley" since he was so much on her mind. Maybe her mission was to find out if he really was a good person. The plot seems to be hung up on this good vs evil theme.

Maybe she was in the mental institution because she went into shock when her husband died? it could be a good twist- we suspect her and it turns out she is just a harmless woman who had a breakdown

Somehow I doubt that she's harmless. How many of the Losties have turned out to be all good or all bad? I'm thinking she killed her husband because he was "sick," just like Danielle killed Robert and her team. Those were her words as well. They were sick. Maybe Widmore got her husband involved with Dharma, which led to him getting "sick," somehow forcing her to kill him.

Yeah I think it would be interesting if Libby was some sort of widmore agent and she showed up in several flashbacks conviently helping people onto the island.

I thought the way she told Desmond that her husband would "want you to" take the boat was kind of interesting. I'm thinking maybe she and her husband were also hurt by Widmore, so was looking for a way to get even. Helping Desmond seems like a likely way for her to do that.

I thought the way she told Desmond that her husband would "want you to" take the boat was kind of interesting. I'm thinking maybe she and her husband were also hurt by Widmore, so was looking for a way to get even. Helping Desmond seems like a likely way for her to do that.
Great angle to the whole Libby is an other thing some believe Shootfire!

At least we can lay to rest the idea that Libby was after Hurley for his money. She and her husband must have been rich, and she wasn't a hard-up widow if she GAVE the boat away on impulse.

I think she was just wearing a wig to hide herself.
The flashback was 3 - 4 years ago. I don't think it's a wig, I think they just want us to believe that's how she looked like before.

She was in Hurley's flashback before, briefly at Eko's, now Desmond's. Maybe she's somehow connected to a lot people on the island and through that Libby's past will be slowly revealed.
I mean, they can't create her own flashback, considering she's dead.

I myself find it pretty exciting how they made her so mysterious...but I sure hope all these mysteries are worth it in the end... ;)

It is my opinion that Libby was used by Pen's father to get Desmond to the island. Somehow that boat was "programmed" or built to bring Desmond there, which I think is also shown by his re-arrival on the island in the finale. He talked about sailing for 2 weeks and ending back up there, which shows me that boat has to end up at that island, which must be because of the magnetic anomaly.

If Libby is Pen's sister, shouldn't Desmond know her?

How do you program a sailboat? Isn't the entire point to a sailboat is that you have to sail it yourself, no autopilot, no one but you?

About being Pen's sister, not necessarily. Maybe their father didn't want Des to meet anyone in the family, maybe Libby's been living in America so long that they never had the chance.

You know, imho Libby looked better on the Island than in the past and (of course) in the asylum. She just looked more beautiful.