During the airport hallucination scene with Boone and Locke, Boone mentions that Desmond is helping himself. With the rest of the scene, the comments made about the characters seem to jive with what we know about their current situation, but how is Desmond helping himself?

he is with a bunch of hot chicks

But how does that fit into the "real" life of the island? I guess we don't really know where Desmond was at the time. Maybe he was with hot chicks between the time he turned the key and Hurley found him naked in the forest.

Desmond's helping himself because he can see the future. At least that's my observation.

But how does that fit into the "real" life of the island? I guess we don't really know where Desmond was at the time. Maybe he was with hot chicks between the time he turned the key and Hurley found him naked in the forest.

I thought it was just a "tongue in cheek" moment...

I would say that Dessy can see in the future, but he isn't helping other people, just himself. But that would completely contradict what ahppened in TCL(?) when he saved Claire from lightning. Maybe it could be that he is using his visions to help himself gain what he wants, perhaps maybe Claire?

And it was just a hallucination, so it could also mean nothing. :shrug:

And it was just a hallucination, so it could also mean nothing. :shrug:

The last thing to ever say on Lost. ;)


All the others seemed to be right on and directly parallel to reality, so I do think what he said about Desmond means something. Although I just don't know what yet.... maybe when we see more of Desmond we'll figure out what his deal is, and why it relates to Boone's statement.

I took it to mean that at that time Desmond didn't need Locke's help, he was working things out on his own.

Yes, and there was the tongue-in cheek aspect too! ;)

During the airport hallucination scene with Boone and Locke, Boone mentions that Desmond is helping himself. With the rest of the scene, the comments made about the characters seem to jive with what we know about their current situation, but how is Desmond helping himself?

I think that we just have to look at Locke's situation to understand what was meant.
Locke had lost his faith in the island and "Boone" helped him back onto the path of faith.

I think that what "Boone" meant is that whatever Des is going through, he's working it out on his own. I think that we'll find out more about what that means whenever Des has a flashback episode.

And Boone was dead before Desmond showed up on the show. So it would be very odd for there to be anymore interaction there...

Boone's message was very specific to what was happening at that point in time ... remember Charlie and Claire - "OK for now"? What he told Locke was immediately relevant to what Locke had to do at the time. I don't think we can assume that his advice extends beyond that incident. :rolleyes:

I would say this means Des is doing whatever he can to get back to Penny. He's helping himself and everyone else is expendable.

And Boone was dead before Desmond showed up on the show. So it would be very odd for there to be anymore interaction there...

I don't know... I don't think that was the real "Boone" so I'm not sure that it matters. I think that if Des needed help, he would have seen "Kelvin".

Is it possible that Boone had a run-in with Desmond in the past? Maybe Desmond took advantage of Boone somehow, so Boone now says that he's "taking care of himself" in a reference to the past... foreshadowing that he's not of the "Live together, die alone" mentality?

Is it possible that Boone had a run-in with Desmond in the past? Maybe Desmond took advantage of Boone somehow, so Boone now says that he's "taking care of himself" in a reference to the past... foreshadowing that he's not of the "Live together, die alone" mentality?

I dunno about the LTDA mentality, but if there is one character ho always tries to help people, it's Desmond. Starting with his very first scene with Jack, and ending with his

desperate attempts to save Claire / Charlie or whoever else needs to be saved

he is the one reaching out, even in the most desperate times. Even when he is about to blow himself up for the greater good, he stops for a bit to try and restore Locke's faith...

He is not just trying to help himself. That's a pretty unfair statement.

But it's always possible that he met Boone before. On this show one never knows.

Am I the only one who thought Boone just meant that Desmond was coping, and didn't require Locke's immediate attention? :dizzy:

I think that line had a significance. I thought that something had happened to Desmond when he turned the key in the hatch and now he's trying to change the consequences. I got the impression that Desmond is the only one who understands the situation and has to fix it himself. You know, or not. :ohwell:

Am I the only one who thought Boone just meant that Desmond was coping, and didn't require Locke's immediate attention? :dizzy:

I think that's part of it, but like I said on the first page, we'll probably find out the rest of the significance in Des's next episode. That scene (as with most dreams/visions in this show) seemed to be all about foreshadowing.

Am I the only one who thought Boone just meant that Desmond was coping, and didn't require Locke's immediate attention? :dizzy:

I thought that too, and I've always thought that everything that Boone said applied to what was going on with the Losties at that particular point in time. He wasn't commenting on anything that was going to happen in the future.

I think that line had a significance. I thought that something had happened to Desmond when he turned the key in the hatch and now he's trying to change the consequences. I got the impression that Desmond is the only one who understands the situation and has to fix it himself. You know, or not. :ohwell:

That's an interesting idea - I'm sure Des understands what is going on with himself more than anyone else does. As for the situation in general, I'm pretty convinced that he's going to have a major part to play, so I think you could be right. :rolleyes:

tell me I'm crazy but desmond protecting himself could be because he is aaron but in the future (he saved him from the lightning and talked to claire about him) and that explains why he can see the future (he was on it)

:fett4:"He's not good to me death"

:desmond::locke: