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Who is Charlotte - Really - I am Lost on This One.

Posted by lostfan

June 4, 2008 |

I mentioned in my review of the season finale that I thought Charlotte might be Annie.  If you haven’t been following the story line Lost for a few seasons, Annie is Ben’s first little love interest.  In fact, she might be the only person who every was truly nice to Ben without wanting something in return.

Annie gave Ben dolls that represented the two children, and these dolls were so important that Ben hung onto them well into adulthood.   Annie disappeared (or at least we don’t know what happened to her) and Ben turned into the worst boyfriend ever.

What I know:

  • Ben and Annie are roughly the same age.
  • Annie lived on the island.
  • Annie had red hair.
  • Annie splits and leaves Ben to get all possessive and mean.
  • Charlotte has red hair.
  • Charlotte lived on the island but left.
  • Charlotte still makes Ben mean.

Yes, the evidence is thin and circumstantial, but I can’t help but to wonder if Annie is Charlotte.  There are some problems with the theory…  Ben shoots Charlotte.  When Charlotte seems honestly shocked when she learns from Miles that she was born on the island.  Charlotte probably would be older (but maybe not).

So, if Annie is Charlotte, what does this mean for her?  After all, Ben won’t soon find out, he is off of the island.  If next season goes the way I think it will, the Oceanic 6 won’t make it back anytime soon (they will try in the finale of season 5 and get back on season 6 - or so I assume).  If they are the same person, is that a waste of a plot twist?

Anybody out there agree or disagree with this thought?  Who is Charlotte - really?


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  1. carrey on June 6, 2008 7:44 pm

    I think you could be onto something. it would definitely be an interesting plot twist! being that everyone and everything in ben’s past has had such an influence on him, it is certainly conceivable. i kinda thought something seemed strange when charlotte told faraday she didn;t want to leave the island and said to him, “would it sound strange if i told you i have always been searching for where i came from?” or something to that nature. i was like, hmmmm…what exactly does THAT mean?

    as far as the whole jeremy bentham/ utilitarianism theory, i looked up more on him/it and was trying to draw some parallels to the show. the theory is based on “the greatest happiness principle”, meaning that the right act or policy is that which causes the greatest happiness for the greatest number”. I think this could be illustrated when Ben says in the end to Jack, “we ALL have to go back”. This kind of “all for one and one for all” attitude has always been an underlying theme in LOST-people always wanting to stick together for the common good. ofcourse it hasn;t ALWAYS been the case, but for the better part it seems to be.

    I don’t know. These are just my thoughts right now. I can;t believe we have 8 months until the show is back on. I swear I don;t know what I am going to do! Do you have any plans for discussion in the months in between?

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