Should the Oceanic 6 be 7??

KoolKid

Am I missing something here??
The Oceanic 6 story is 8 people survived the crash initally & 2 died later.
They are the 6 that remained.
Aaron wasnt born when the plane crashed.
Would they seriousally have counted Clair as 2?
Any thoughts on this?

Sherifu

The story is Kate was pregnant.

"By then, there were only eight of them left. Jack was injured, and Kate dragged the survivors out of the water and onto Membata's beach. Kate administered first aid to some of the survivors and found food for them. Kate was said to be six months pregnant with Aaron at this time, which drew suspicion from one reporter ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 1"). At some point three of the original eight survivors died and Kate gave birth to Aaron."

KoolKid

Sorry ment to say Kate not Clair..
Any giving evidence at Kates Trial Jacks testimony was 8 survived & 2 died.
Would Kate have been counted as 2?

Sherifu

3 died according to Lostpedia. Text in my first post.

http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Oceanic_6

Sad Professor

There was a few lines cut from the press conference scene in which Jack talked about the other 3 survivors. ABC are re-airing an expanded version of 4x12 next week which will include some of it. Apparently, according to the lie, the other 3 survivors were Boone, Charlie and Libby.

SP

KoolKid

I'll have to dig out the episode. But I am sure Jacks testimony was 2 died not 3

Talisman

If that's the case then Jack can easily be found out and be done for perjury.

KoolKid

Thats what I was thinking... I couldnt imagine it being a continuity error.

Sad Professor

Kate cut Jack off before he could finish what he was saying. The story might be that 2 died shortly after the crash and the 3rd later on.

Although there were a few problems with Jack's testimony. He said they crashed on an island in the South Pacific. But the plane was found in the Sunda Trench which is in the Indian Ocean not the Pacific. According to the press conference scene, Membata, the island they washed up on, is one of the lesser Sunda islands. So either Jack doesn't know his geography or the writers don't.

While on the topic, no one seems to be discussing why Widmore/Ben/whoever would plant a fake plane 4,000 miles in the *opposite* direction of 815's flight path.

SP

Axwell

There is no evidence in any of the episodes to suggest that a 3rd person died though and this lostpedia excert suggests they did. It would make more sense if there was and that Aaron wasnt counted initially as one of the 8 survivors but it seems to me that he is being counted.

In Episode 4 Jack states in the court case 8 survived and that Kate administered first aid but that 2 later died.

In epsiode 12 at the press conference he again states that 8 survived.

Surely if a 3rd person died he would have said it at some point either in the court case or at the press conference. Also Sayid is asked if it possible anyone else survived, this would have been an ideal time to say if a third member had died later on.

It seems that they are going with counting Aaron as the 6th person even though he technically wasnt born at the time so i dont think there is a 3rd person who died in between.

While on the topic, no one seems to be discussing why Widmore/Ben/whoever would plant a fake plane 4,000 miles in the *opposite* direction of 815's flight path.

I would think that the plane was planted there to put any search parties as far off the islands actual location as possible. Assuming Widmore put it there he wants the island for himself and knows that search parties will find his plane and continue to search around that area while the island obviously lies elsewhere.

Sad Professor

Axwell wrote: »

Surely if a 3rd person died he would have said it at some point either in the court case or at the press conference.

See what I posted above, Axwell. There was a few lines cut from the press conference about who the other 3 survivors were. They'll be included in an expanded version of the episode ABC is airing next week.

I would think that the plane was planted there to put any search parties as far off the islands actual location as possible. Assuming Widmore put it there he wants the island for himself and knows that search parties will find his plane and continue to search around that area while the island obviously lies elsewhere.

But the only way the plane could have ended up there is if the pilot went in the opposite direction from take off. Planting it there risks suspicion more than anything. The Pacific is a big ocean, Widmore could have at least placed it somewhere east of Sydney as apposed to 4,000 miles north-west. I dunno but I think the plane's location is a major clue.

SP