Ok. Dead is dead and you don't get to come back form that, right? Well, not really, because there are a bunch of dead people around the Island and popping up in crucial moments. The first dead man walking was Christian, who I thought was some sort of guilt induced mental ghost for the first few seasons, until it became obvious season five that the dead were interacting with the living in very purposeful ways.
We've got Locke who is dead but not dead, and also Christian and Alex. Its possible that Clair was killed in the house explosion. I am thinking that perhaps Sayid is dead too. Here is why:
1. Its been pointed out again and again that the O6 had to WANT to come back to the Island. Sayid did not come back on his own free will, but was dragged onto the plane via Ilianna's handcuffs.
2. Sayid somehow got sucked back to 1977, but was not with Kate, Jack and Hurley. Christian's body disappeared and dead Locke was found 'wondering around the jungle'.
3. Sayid keeps appearing from the jungle in critical moments -- at just the 'right' time to be captured, but not let free by Jin (thus put into the brig and able to shoot lil' Ben) and just in time to keep Kate from getting shot as she is walking away from Jack's crazy plan.
4. Sayid was able to fix the bomb to go off on impact. However, he might have 'fixed' it NOT to go off at all. I mean, just because the screen went white doesn't mean that the nuke went off. Poor old broken-to-pieces-at-the-bottom-of-a-huge-hole Juliet would have hardly had the strength to make an impact sensitive bomb that didn't explode after a fifty foot plus fall go off with a rock.
5. Our tank-topped wonder said "nothing can save me".
6. Jacob got Ilianna to capture Sayid and get him on that flight, so we know that he wanted Sayid for some reason or another. Hurley was just as determined not to go and all it took was for Jacob to give him a little pep talk and guitar case.
I think that Sayid might have died in the 316 plane crash and that he is being inhabited/animated in the same way that Christian/Locke/Alex and possibly Clair are (although, perhaps, by Jacob and not TMIB).
This is one of the only ways that I can make sense of the fact that Sayid was forced onto 316 when it has been stated over and over again that everyone had to go back on their own free will. In the Lost game there are always consequences for breaking the rules.
I hope, actually, that season six proves me wrong on this one. This whole invasion of the body snatcher thing is all ready getting a bit much and I would hate for yet another character to be relegated to the undead.
Any other thoughts on why Sayid was forced onto the plane and what that means for him?
