[D-Roc]

I just had a crazy notion and felt compelled to write it down before time erased my memory.

It struck me that LOST is only 5 months away from returning..this feeling of waiting for the new season to come back around is strikingly similar to the feeling that I had the same time last year, when we were all waiting for season 4. It's almost a feeling of dejavu..as if waiting for the upcoming season of Lost is set on a 'loop', one that we follow year after year, unable to change the course of time..BUT our experiences within each loop (hiatus period) is slightly different: Our knowledge of the show increases, the bond we have with our favourite characters strengthen or weaken, the nature of the ARG's change etc etc..basically all of our experiences in each hiatus-loop differ from the last. The only 'constant' (if you will) is that of 'time'..to be precise, "Lost Time".

With that in mind, the same premise could be translated over to the show itself, in that if time loops do exist, they could exist with the characters ability have different experiences in each lifetime (or loop), whether they know it or not. The one constant could be the loop itself, but the knowledge, experiences and awareness may grow, allowing each character a head-start for the next 'loop' or iteration of events IF they can remember what happened in their past loop/s.

Is this how Ben appears to know so much? Has he found a way to consciously accumulate his knowledge and experiences from 'past loops'? This would still leave him open to error and lack of judgement (i.e. Alex/Keamy) as not all of the previous loops' experiences will be remembered, and indeed they may be slightly different, hence the importance of choice in each iteration.

Just a wacky thought that I wanted to jot down, i'll prolly come back to this at some point to give it a bit of gloss.