Bill’s Lost Site

March 3, 2006

Whispers

Filed under: Show Recaps, Whispers

New reader Amber passed on some information from the Fuselage that I wasn’t aware of. Really great stuff Amber - thanks!

We all know that there have been times when we have heard whispers. Often difficult to hear and decifer the whispers haven’t really meant anything to me until now.

There is a great post at the Fuselage that I highly recommend you read. Two contributors, rvturnage and penyours are avid audiophiles. They have taken the time to break down each of the whispers. Please CLICK HERE to access their post.

When the timer went down to zero with Locke frantically entering the numbers into the computer there where several whispers. The whispers are very sophisticated - they come in on different channels on your stereo (left, right and center) and at different speeds. The beauty is that you can download the audio files yourself and listen to them. Here is the link to the post. Thanks so much to those two for their work in preparing the transcripts.

From rvturnage here is the text:

Center channel
1. Let go of Henry(1.5 sec)
2. (Can we/Just?) abort (2.8 sec)
3. I warned him not to do it (3.2 sec)
4. Can’t do it from the shelter/south (can’t move him…?) (4 sec)
5. Hello( 6 sec)
6. Apparently they have done this before (6.5)
7. Time to get another (13 sec)
8. I’ve decided to go with this/I want to see it (15 sec)
9. We’ll decide (17 sec)

Center Channel - Fast Speed
1. Stop him
2. That’ll do/I’ll go (.5 sec)
3. I would have saved him but she ran into him (1 sec)*
4. We need a torturer (2 sec)
{silence}
5. Control of his buddy (7.5 sec)
{silence}
6. You’ve heard them fighting for control (10 sec)
7. All over (11.5)

Center Channel - Super Fast Speed
1.What are they going to do to Henry in there ( 0 sec)
{silence}
2. Plan something…he got busted (4 sec)
3. It’s not over (6 sec, this part was a different speed than the rest)
4. Obviously he knows something (8 sec it was sped up a little too fast)
5. Drop the (blast) door (12 sec)
6. It’s gone wrong (12 sec, in background)
6. Don’t set ‘em free (13 sec)

Left and Right Channel
1. You to tell him what to do (1.5 sec)
2. Is he crawling (or crying) (2.25 sec)
3. Why don’t you tell him who you are (3.5 sec)
4. Thought I could get you to them (5 sec)
5. It’s not over (7 sec)
6. Who called the doctor (12 sec)

Left and Right Channel Fast Speed
1. I don’t think he’ll be able to con them (2 sec)
2. Boy that makes you confident (4 sec)
3. Is that computer on (5 sec)
4. How long has it gone for (6 sec really meshed in with the music)
5. He’s fine (10 secs really meshed with music)

Left Super Fast Speed
1. Stand up so they’ll call it off (1.5 sec)
2. Who are you caring about
3. He don’t work (3.5)
4. We wanted to share it (4.5)

Right Super Fast Speed
1. Somehow we will go and reach him(.5 sec)
2. From here it wasn’t so great (4 sec)

Wow - that’s a ton of stuff that I didn’t hear at all. Sure makes Henry look like an “Other”.

It continues though. When Jack is pulling Sayid off of Henry the whispers start up again.

1 Too close (2.2 sec right after Henry says “I’ll tell you whatever you want”)
2. Don’t talk to them (behind he’s lying) (4.5 sec)
3. That guy’s stupid (5.5 sec) faint, behind “lying”
4. I’d never let them beat me (6 sec)
5. I protect my people (7.75)
6. What do you want to do (9.5 sec very faint)
7. Don’t let them break you Henry (10.25 sec very faint)
8. Who told you they’re gone (12 sec)
9. Think carefully now (13 sec)
10. How are we gonna save Henry (14 sec)
11. You can’t save him (16.5 sec)
12. I can hear you (18 sec)
13. What have I got to do (18.5 sec)
14. Try to save Henry/I can’t see you (20 sec)

Talk about some interesting stuff! It appears that the whoever is whispering can see what is going on inside the hatch. What we don’t know is if Henry can hear the whisperings? Is he somehow dialed in to what is being said? Is Henry affiliated with the whispering or are the folks whispering just following his progress?

Tons and tons of questions. Any thoughts - post your comments!

February 16, 2006

Interrogation Notes

Filed under: Show Recaps, Whispers

*** UPDATE *** I have added a new post about whispers being heard while Sayid “interrogates” Henry. Great stuff. Click HERE to go to the post.

Here is the information that Sayid was able to extract from Henry. Keep in mind that I think Henry is full of it so trust nothing he says but here goes:

Name: Henry Gale
Lived in: Minnesota
Wife’s Name: Jennifer Murphy (Maiden Name)
Crash Date: 4 months ago - maybe longer
Location: North side of the island? That is where the cave was that they lived in.
Equipment: Emergency Transmitter - an ADF Beacon (click HERE to learn about this)
Wife’s Status: Dead
How Did She Die: She was sick. She developed a fever and 2 days later she became delirious
Balloon Description: 140’ High., 60’ Wide, 550,000 cubic feet of Helium and 100,000 cubic feet of Hot Air (click HERE to read about hot air balloons)
Business: Sold – owned Mining operation – mined non-metallic minerals
Rich: Was rich … no longer though

Couple of other thoughts. First, I think he is definitely an Other. While being interrogated he appeared to be less afraid than a man should. Sayid had pliers out and was ready to break/rip fingers off and yet the man was calm. He then started to probe Sayid about who he lost on the island. He was in control of the situation.

Second, the man asked no questions about the group. He wasn’t curious at all? Stuck on a deserted island for 4 months and you finally meet people. You don’t have anything to ask? He doesn’t need to. He already knows more about them than they can imagine.

Third, why did he run. I know that Danielle is loopy an all but seriously. Sayid cuts you down and appears to be a good guy. Sayid has the gun. Why run – why not find out what is happening. To me the escape and Danielle’s shot seem to be a set-up.

But then again I could be wrong.

Episode Recap … 2/15/2006

Filed under: Show Recaps, Whispers

Things are improving. Loved the episode. Here is what stood out:

1. Sayid’s flashback is from Desert Storm (appx 1991)

2. Where did Sayid learn perfect English? Nobody else in the room spoke any English. My guess is that Sayid’s family is wealthy … more on that later.

3. Danielle went to get Sayid to tell him about the captured Other. She mentioned that she was going to get Sayid in his tent at night. Yet, she is milling around the camp many, many hours before nightfall.

4. Related to #3 - is Danielle in on this? Was the capture a set-up? Click HERE for my thoughts on this.

5. I am not a frog expert but I am willing to guess that the frog is very specific to a certain region of the world. That might help us understand that we are talking about somewhere in the South Pacific or possibly an island off the coast of Africa.

6. How could Sawyer be surprised that Jin doesn’t like him any more? Is Sawyer really that dense?

7. Salad dressing is good for 7 years. It would stand to reason that Dharma was planning on repleneshing the hatch at least every 7 years. Maybe not though.

8. Our captured buddy - where was he walking through the jungle for 2 days? What was he hoping to do? Also, his clothes sure looked neat. He had an undershirt and then a nicer shirt over that. Maybe he found another hatch with a working Neptune Washer/Dryer set-up.

9. The man’s name is Henry Gale from Minnesota. Click here for more details that were extracted from the confession.

10. Danielle is a really good shot. To take the guy down while he was running - to hit him in a place that wouldn’t kill him but seriously disable him - wow. Not bad for a scientist.

11. Why didn’t the American interrogate Sayid’s commanding officer?

12. Sayid’s father was “a great hero”. Again - I bet this translates to wealth or opportunities which led to Sayid being trained in English.

13. Man Sawyer is a jerk. Why not give Hurley the frog. It’s not like I’m from PETA or anything but seriously - let the thing live.

14. The numbers went down to 0. Click here for my thoughts on that.

15. The soldier that is dropping off Sayid looks at a picture of what is presumably his daughter. Low and behold - it is a picture of Kate.

— BONUS —

Normally I don’t write about the previews for the next episode … but this one looked good and there were a couple of images that flashed that caught my eye.

1. We see doors in Claire’s flashback with the words “Escape Hatch”. What in the world has an escape hatch.
2. The Dharma logo is associated with the medical logo - the snake around the staff. Is Dharma’s fundamental research related to medicinal studies? Or is just this particular hatch?
3. It shows Claire on a table with a long needle being poked in her very pregnant tummy. Claire is awake during this and looks to be very calm.

I found some great screen caps from the preview. You can clearly see each of the items I highlighted above. Click HERE to view the pictures. Thanks to the blog The Tail Section for the pics.

Can’t wait to see what happens next.

*** Update *** Click HERE for a transcript of whispers in this episode.

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