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Old 01-04-2007, 02:51 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Default Did walt actually contact Michael?

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Originally Posted by KoR-evo,January 04, 2007 12:48 pm
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Originally Posted by The_other_other,January 04, 2007 01:12 pm
Now from what i can gather the common view is that the others contacted michael to set him up and manipulate him. However, looking back, it seemed to me that the only reason they wanted him was to get ben back, yet when Michael was contacted Ben had not yet made his appearence, so the others couldnt have planned it. This makes me think that maybe it was walt who contacted Michael, and the others used him as a spur of the moment thing.

Now im not sure what it could mean, but it does open the possibility that there is a means of communication in the others village which can be used without detection. Of course im probably wrong
I think there is Other means of communication (pardon the pun). I think that we should perhaps also bear in mind that Walt can probably remote view and send messages through his minds eye and all that jazz..

However i think that Bea (Mrs Klugh) confirmed what happened when she said:

"There's been a development, Michael.."

Which i interpret to mean that it was indeed them who posed as Walt and contacted Mike via the computer..but that it they originally took Mike for a different reason - that being to help them understand Walt better. I imagine that they'd hit a brick wall with Walt after some initially impressive results - "We got more than we bargained for when we had Walt" (Ben) and they thought that perhaps Mike could help them unlock Walk further. My bet, is that they wanted Walt to help save Ben

Anyway, the Others usually have 2 or 3 contingency plans running at the same time and so when they saw that Ben's 'hatch plan' was failing they had to change their other plan with Mike and send him back on a rescue mission. One thing about the Others is that theyre very adaptable..and thats what they did with regards to this change of plan, imo.

Thats how i interpreted it anyway
yes i suppose thats probably the case. Im not sure, its just they (picket) seemed surprised to see michael, and we all know how good the others are at acting all-knowing and thinking on their feet, but you are probably right.
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