Season 3 - "I Do" Kate's wedding backstory.
Watched this one again and remembered one of those little "mysteries" that had long since been forgotten. It is this episode that reveals the grunt work Kate and Sawyer were chain-ganged to, busting rocks and hauling away, was indeed for the purpose of creating an airfield. I remember thinking this an odd thing, but nothing was said of it so it fell to the wayside. But recently with "Meet Kevin Johnson" as well as a few prior episodes, this intrigues me even more.
Until this point, it seems the others were traveling to the Island primarily by submarine. The concept for this makes sense, given it is a hidden mode of travel to the outside world, thereby protecting the location of the island. But what, then, does is the meaning for an airstrip? Planes of any size can hardly go undetected. So why an airstrip?
Ben integrity seems firm: he wants to protect the island. So bringing in planes doesn't make much sense unless he wants to play Moses and get the people out of Egypt (aka the real world) and get them to the promised land (the island) in mass numbers. Other than Juliet's comment to Sawyer in "Through the Looking Glass" Part 2 (a runway for aliens), I don't see another reason for it. What does this airfield represent for the island??
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2 comments:
The airstrip, of course. I totally forgot.
You bring up a good point. Ben is all about protecting the island. An airstrip doesn't seem to match that motive.
I think your mind is going in the right direction with the whole Moses motif.
We have heard talk from Ben about a "list." What if Jacob's list goes beyond the people on the island, to people from the world abroad?
The only other reason I can think of is that Ben is building the airstrip to satisfy the needs of islanders who "want" that a way off.
Sadly my quoting will be off for this one, but Ben told Locke (I think) that people want to stay on the island, but it is important for them to feel like they can leave at anytime. The submarine protects that "illusion." Perhaps an airstrip is an act (against Ben's better judgment) to keep people happy. If that's the case, I don't think Ben would ever let it come to fruition.
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