Lost!

[Pirate Bill]

Originally Posted by bewitched

There is what appears to be a woman in the shadows behind Sun just as the doors fly open and tendrils of what appears to be Smokey enter the room. As to who it is, I agree with GD that it is likely Claire.

I rewatched it last night looking for this woman in the background and saw what you are talking about. Unfortunately, I think in this case it's a production mistake. It looks like a cameraman (or camerawoman) to me.

I have Lost saved to my computer. Unfortunately I can't get a screenshot since it plays back in a video overlay. But I did blow out the brightness to try to get a better look and it definitely looks like someone leaning over a camera with the camera resting on their right forearm, in a handheld shot sort of way. Looks like he (or she) is getting the reverse shot of Christian from behind Sun but wasn't hidden well enough.

If you can find a screenshot then crank up the brightness and you'll see what I'm talking about.

As for the afterlife theory, this came up in season 1 and the writers said that it isn't. Doesn't mean that dead people aren't walking around. It just means that the island is not where the dead go.