Libby - the Mole
Here is the bombshell posting that you have all been waiting for - Libby is a plant. Here are the reasons why I believe this to be the case.
In the episode titled “The Other 48 Days” we learn about the tail section of the airplane. The opening scenes show the crash. Libby is introduced to us then. She is warm, compassionate, a real take charge person (she resets a guy’s broken leg). She also is responsible for taking care of the children.
The second attack from the Others it appears that Libby was still watching the kids. She is the first to report their absence. She then also notices that Nancy is gone.
Libby then suggests that they all move off the beach and into the jungle. She and Goodwin both agree on that plan.
Libby then later confides in Ana Lucia by saying, “Back at the beach — the night they came back — you said that Nathan was gone for 2 hours? That he was missing? Creeps me out, Ana. Do you really think it’s possible that one of us is one of them?” This validated Ana Lucia’s belief that Nathan as the plant - not Goodwin.
When debating about whether Nathan is one of the Others Libby says, “He never talks about himself, Nathan. Every time I ask him anything, he just dodges.”
Of course, we find out later that Nathan was not one of the Others but in fact Goodwin was. Transcript from the Episode
OK - so she is a bad judge of character in terms of Nathan and just happened to be the adult that was watching after the kids when they were abducted.
How about last night’s episode? When talking to Hurley something peculiar happens. Hurley thinks that he knows Libby from somewhere. Libby changes the subject. She then responds that they met on the plane when Hurley stepped on her foot while he boarded the plane. She remembers Hurley was the last one on the plane. Hurley does not seem to remember stepping on Libby’s foot.
So, how does all this point to Libby being one of the Others? The big clue in my opinion was that Hurley stepped on Libby’s foot while boarding the plane. We know that Libby was in the tail section of the plane when it crashed. Hurley was not. If Hurley was the last person on the plane and we know he sat in the mid section how did he step on her foot?
Couple of thoughts on how Hurley might have stepped on her foot - one is she was in the back of the plane when the plane fell apart but her seat may have been somewhere else. She could have been waiting for the restroom or visiting with someone at a different seat location. Another, Hurley may have had to stow his carry-on luggage in the back of the plane if the overhead bins were all full near his seat. One other point - Hurley may know Libby from the psych ward since she did say she was a clinical psychologist.
While it is possible that Libby is just like everyone else, I doubt it. She is part of the experiment and that is where Hurley knows her from.
