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After watching There’s No Place Like Home-Part 1, I was wracking my head around the lies they were telling and why they were presented. I figured that the 6 had to keep the island and what happened there a secret, and that meant keeping the fact that others were left behind a secret to protect the island.

Jack confirmed to the others on the plane before they landed to stick to their story and if they can’t answer something to just remain quiet. I feel that someone else had briefed them on what their story will be for reasons we’ll find out eventually. So I am going to throw out my idea on what I call the “Big Lie” which is Kate claiming to be the mother of Aaron.

Now I don’t understand the reasoning behind the claim that 8 survived the crash but 2 later died. That one is strange when it would be just as easy to say that only the 6 survived the crash. They haven’t stated who the other two are yet (unless I missed it) and this part of the story must have some purpose as well. I’m stumped on this. But the obvious lie about Kate being the mother of Aaron was challenged by one reporter. I thought it was strange that they would take such a risk with that claim since it would be so easy for the media to disprove that Kate was not 6 months pregnant when she boarded the plane before it crashed. If you recall in Kate’s trial, Jack noted how Kate helped everyone right after the crash and was somewhat of a hero. That’s quite a monumental task if you are six months pregnant. So why wouldn’t they just say that Claire was the mother but had died before being rescued. That would be a safe lie. At first I thought that Claire would be one of the 2 survivors who perished after the crash and that they would claim that Kate assumed the role of mother after her death but obviously that’s not part of their story.

So it got me thinking about why it was so important to hide Aaron’s true identity as Claire’s son. I think that Kate claims him as her son because if they disclosed that Claire was the mother, then Claire’s own mother would have gotten custody of Aaron. And that can’t happen because I believe that Aaron’s destiny is to return to the island and that wouldn’t happen if Claire’s mom had custody of him. I believe that Kate and Jack , Hurley, Sayid, Sun and Aaron are told they must eventually return to the island and they are all aware of this when they are briefed on their story. I recall Hurley saying to Jack that “we have to go back” in one of the flashforwards where Jack visited Hurley at the institution to check and make sure he hasn’t told anyone the truth. Maybe the 6 were told they will have to return to the island eventually and Jack and Kate decided that it wasn’t in their best interest or Aaron’s. I suspect it was Ben or Richard that told them what must take place and what the story is. It seems to me that Jack and Kate enjoyed playing house when they first returned and may have turned their backs on the idea of returning to the island and had no plans of following through with Ben’s or Richard’s instruction. Maybe they were told the story and had to stick with it otherwise something really bad would happen. I think Kate became attached to Aaron and was reluctant to return. Sayid went about his business of carrying on working for Ben so he is detached from the other 5 and only concerned about avenging Nadia’s death and taking down the leader who ordered her killed.

Clearly Kate is supposed to raise Aaron for the time being while in the real world but this was meant to be temporary at least until the war on the island is over. Remember when Charlie told Hurley that Jack can not raise Aaron in Something Nice Back Home. He didn’t say Kate can’t, only Jack. I believe the purpose for this is to stop them from playing house and encourage them to get on with the business finding a way to return to the island with Aaron. Which appears to happen because after the message is delivered, Jack begins his downward spiral desperately trying to convince Kate that they have to go back. Jack becomes increasingly desperate when he can’t figure out how to get back (now that the island has moved and Ben’s dead in the coffin and he was the only source of getting back…..I’m guessing). Sorry about brining up the coffin again but whoever is in it is really short. That coffin is small and if isn’t a kid, it’s a short man so that would be Ben.

Now with respect to the Jin lie, I also couldn’t understand why they would claim he perished in the crash. He was the other one i initially thought would be one of the 2 that survived the crash and died later on because Sun would soon be showing her pregnancy and if Jin died in the crash, then he couldn’t be the father based on the timeline. I figure that Sun is expected to return to the island after she gives birth safely and Jin is still alive and waiting for her on the island. My idea of why they are claiming he died in the crash is to hide the fact that he survived and impregnated Sun. I believe there are powerful players who if they found out that Jin fathered the child on the island, Sun’s baby would be in danger of being abducted. So she is likely going to tell the world that she became pregnant off the island and hope no one realizes the time line.

Anyway I would like to hear what you all think of the Jin and Aaron lie and the possible reasons behind it. This is my first post, I have always been a reader and only commented with ideas before. I have never had the patience to write out a theory especially if the Bad Gateway swallows it after spending 20 minutes writing it (I won’t let the Bad Gateway get the best of me). But since this site is back up, (and I am so happy it’s back -Thanks Jeff!) and in honour of this great site, i am posting my first theory. Feel free to stab holes in it. I welcome all comments.

Key episodes

#	Title	Aired	Central character	Theories
4.10	Something Nice Back Home	5-1-2008	Jack	140
3.22	Through The Looking Glass	5-23-2007	Jack	1251

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