A
AARON
The infant son of Australian survivor Claire (Emilie de Ravin);
was kidnapped by Rousseau in her ill-fated attempt to make a trade with
the Others for her own abducted daughter, Alex. A psychic warned
Claire — dumped by Aaron's father while she was still pregnant — that
''danger surrounds this baby.''
B
BLACK ROCK
Antique ship where the survivors found shackled skeletons in
the hold — and nitroglycerin-caked dynamite to blow open the hatch.
Inexplicably marooned in the landlocked ''Dark Territory,'' which Rousseau
says, like the island itself, is protected by a ''security system'' (one
explanation for the monsterlike happenings there).
C
COMIC BOOKS
Specifically, Faster Friends, a Spanish-language funny book
in which Green Lantern and Flash encounter a polar bear. Soon after Walt
(Malcolm David Kelley) flipped through it, a polar bear appeared on the
island. Other conspicuous reading: Watership Down, A Wrinkle in Time,
The Third Policeman, and The Turn of the Screw.
D
DHARMA INITIATIVE
Funded by reclusive munitions mogul Alvar Hanso
through his peace-seeking Hanso Foundation, the Dharma Initiative is (or
was) an inquiry into human behavior that originated with scientists
Gerald and Karen DeGroot. Seeking to establish a ''large-scale communal
research compound,'' the DeGroots built at least six research facilities
on the island; Station 3 (or ''The Swan''), a bunker located under a hatch
in the jungle, was tasked with studying electromagnetism. At some point
an ''incident'' occurred, and consequently, a string of numbers must be
inputted into a computer inside Station 3 every 108 minutes, or
else...well, no one knows. Until recently, Station 3 was manned by
Desmond, an acquaintance from Jack's past, who fled after Jack, Locke,
and Kate entered the hatch. Are the castaways part of some sick psych
experiment? Discuss.
E
ENFORCER
The Mafia-style job Jin (Daniel Dae Kim), a lower-class
fisherman's son, reluctantly took for Sun's father. Jin entered
management training at Mr. Paik's factory as a condition of marrying Sun
(Yunjin Kim) but was ''promoted'' to ''special assistant,'' requiring him to
beat a government official into submission.
F
FATE
Written on Charlie's (Dominic Monaghan) four finger bandages on his
left hand. Also a major theme: What brought these people to this island?
In Charlie's case: He'd flown to Australia hoping to lure his
brother — the lead singer in their band, Drive Shaft — to a reunion.
