Lost

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I still have many unanswered questions from story lines in the first season. Who was Ethan? Was he with Rousseau? Claire scratched Rousseau, and Ethan had taken Claire. So is Rousseau not telling everything? Perhaps Rousseau was trying to rescue Claire from Ethan? Is Ethan one of the others? I want to know more about Ethan, but I fear he is going to be forgotten in all of this.

I've been trying to figure that one out too. I doubt Ethan is one of the others. Rousseau's interest in the others seems pretty one-dimensional...get Alex back. She seems to fear/respect them enough to avoid them unless she's got a bargaining chip. Since it seems that Rousseau was there during Claire's captivity by Ethan, I find it unlikely that Rousseau would be amont the others if they already have what she thought was her barganing chip. If she wasn't able to get Alex back, she sure as hell wouldn't have been stupid enough to try to swipe Claire from them only to turn around and offer her back.

So that leaves 2 possibilities in my mind for Ethan. 1) He was working with Rousseau to get Claire for her. This seems least likely, as Rousseau hasn't mentioned his death at all. But, of course, she's crazy so who knows. 2) He's independent of Rousseau (whether he's alone or not is an unkown) and also has something to gain by giving the others something they want.