First off, If you haven’t watch the first 2 season, GTFO! Seriously. The first season was basically the framework for the main characters: their background and their struggles. These characters have history with one another, good and bad.
Alright, here comes the hand-holding…
Sayid met Ben in the “past”, which means that the Ben we know and love had known Sayid from before. I wasn’t trying to explain why he traveled back in time but just explain that Ben used the fact that he had met Sayid in his past, Sayid’s future, to accomplish tasks for him. Ben always knew they would get back to the island because he no doubt met them as a child. Ben hid all of this because that’s what he does.
Sawyer is on a power trip because he’s actually doing something productive. Problem is, Jack’s still got his girl and the girl he has is going to start some shit. Comparing Sawyer to a highschool kid is so perfect for the way he’s acting. Juliet placing him as a janitor because she knew Sawyer is intimidated by him… priceless. However, it’s just going to cause problems in the future. They’re all being childish.
Let’s talk Daniel Faraday. We already know he’s working on the power source that is the orchid. We don’t know in what respect and we don’t know if he’s even a physicist or a janitor. We know he says something to Chang that either intimidated him or impressed him so Chang probably moved him there to help build the Swan. They are, more than likely working on the Swan, having only recently discovered the electromagnetic pocket of energy.
Sun. Who cares about Sun? At all. She’s been a boring, uninteresting eye-sore from day one.
The smoke monster. We have been given clues as to what it is. In fact, this season. When the French that crashed there were taken by it, they were taken to what looked like a temple and then they returned a bit… funny. We can ASSUME the smoke monster is some type of ancient defense against intruders who try to defy the island or certain monuments. This is obviously speculation, but if you watched the show you’d have come to the same conclusion.
I did not create this show. neither did anyone else here. If you are looking for answers, keep watching the show and shut the hell up. This is probably one of the most watchable shows on television, imo. They almost ALWAYS answer questions they pose. The smoke monster and what the island is… these are things that are supposed to be hidden. It’s part of the allure. If you babies don’t like it, don’t watch it and don’t waste our time posting here. If you have questions, thats fine. If you have input, that’s fine too. But don’t go dogging the show because you aren’t paying attention (or in that one idiots case, haven’t watched the first 2 seasons…).