Lost

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

It is certainly possible that what Eko saw on the ground was a question mark. I didn't look at it that closely. But it still remains that the the Pearl is not the question mark on the blast door map.

There was a question mark made of dirt. Eko sees it from above and comes back down. Then he walks along the question mark, rubs his hands in the dirt, tastes it, and says the area was salted to keep the plants from growing in.

I have no clue how you missed that The Pearl is the question mark. The map led them there, and they found it.

I cried and cried over Libby. I was totally rooting for her to say something. I suppose the writers want this Michael ruse to move forward. This may get seriously ugly, quick.

It occured to me that there are so many ways of looking at things and it's hard to understand who's in the right. Even the Others think they're the right ones, and hell, they may be, for some insane reason. But when Eko and John have dreams that tell them what to do, it's tough to say "He could be wrong." Unless whoever's controlling things has a mind-control ray...hell, what other explanation is there for Charlie's bizarre baby-snatching impulses?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I have no clue how you missed that The Pearl is the question mark. The map led them there, and they found it.

No, he's right about that much...the question mark on the door is in the middle. "The Pearl" is written next to one of the outlying hatches on the door-map. So they still haven't found THE question mark. But that doesn't mean that whoever's running the show doesn't use the question mark as a generic symbol to mark all (or important) hatches.

[Stan4dSteph]

The mark on the ground looked like a question mark. Later on in conversation, it was referred to as a circle for a target to mark the location. My thought is that the plane crashing down there smudge the circle so it looked more like a ?

I believe this is the ? Eko's brother wanted him to find. There is also the possibility that he was referring to the ? on the blast door map. I'm guessing we haven't heard the last of ?

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Later on in conversation, it was referred to as a circle for a target to mark the location.

That's right - that's why I keep thinking it was a target. Eko did refer to it as that.