I have an overall theory that focuses on the Others. I am still developing it, but here it is...
Well, the first part of my theory has come true - Alex is Rousseau's daughter, not Ben's. But this plays an intricate role in my theory.
You see, there is something on the island that does not allow women to reproduce - as seen in Not In Portland when the man presents Juliet with the xrays of turns out to be a 30-some-odd year old woman that Juliet thought was a 60-some-odd year old woman. So, this explains why the Others take the children - they take them so they have more Others as time goes on.
Ben and the Others then recruit Juliet, the fertility doctor, to come to the Island to help figure out the problem - why women cannot get pregnant.
In the course of Juliet working on the problem on the island, Ben realizes (if he didn't already know) that Juliet had successfully impregnated a male field mouse. He also knows that she has successfully impregnated her sister (her sister's cancer is red haring).
Ben, being the megalomaniac that he is, decides that he wants to father a "real" child - you know, as opposed to his fake daughter, Alex. So he gets Juliet to begin treatments. The problem that arises is that Juliet's treatment, while successful on her sister, didn't account for the long-term consequences that have now lead to Ben's spinal tumor.
It's this issue (and/or possibly a failed romance) that is at the heart of the tension between Juliet and Ben. Enter Jack, the spinal surgeon, to save the day...
well...at least this day....
Theory by gregory
Well, the first part of my theory has come true - Alex is Rousseau's daughter, not Ben's. But this plays an intricate role in my theory.
You see, there is something on the island that does not allow women to reproduce - as seen in Not In Portland when the man presents Juliet with the xrays of turns out to be a 30-some-odd year old woman that Juliet thought was a 60-some-odd year old woman. So, this explains why the Others take the children - they take them so they have more Others as time goes on.
Ben and the Others then recruit Juliet, the fertility doctor, to come to the Island to help figure out the problem - why women cannot get pregnant.
In the course of Juliet working on the problem on the island, Ben realizes (if he didn't already know) that Juliet had successfully impregnated a male field mouse. He also knows that she has successfully impregnated her sister (her sister's cancer is red haring).
Ben, being the megalomaniac that he is, decides that he wants to father a "real" child - you know, as opposed to his fake daughter, Alex. So he gets Juliet to begin treatments. The problem that arises is that Juliet's treatment, while successful on her sister, didn't account for the long-term consequences that have now lead to Ben's spinal tumor.
It's this issue (and/or possibly a failed romance) that is at the heart of the tension between Juliet and Ben. Enter Jack, the spinal surgeon, to save the day...
well...at least this day....
Theory by gregory
