Originally Posted by
mr. synellinden
Now about the Patchy part of the episode - first of all, he's alive - big surprise, but hard to imagine that Locke, Kate, Sayid did not check his pulse after the fence incident. Maybe he wasn't dead and the island has great healing powers as Patchy suggests (if, so why did Boone die and why was Ben in need of a surgeon?) but if he was killed by the fence, can it resurrect the dead? If so, are Mr. Eko, Shannon, Ana Lucia, Ethan, Goodwin, Paolo and Nikki coming back? I guess we can assume he wasn't really dead, but that still leaves the Boone question.
And he shows up because he was obviously tracking/looking for the new arriver(s). Charlie, Desmond Jin and Hurley are aware that Patchy is dangerous - tried to kill Sayid, has a lot to hide, etc. - and thought that he was killed by Locke but they just accept Desmond's demands that they 1) allow him to treat RPC, and 2) let him leave? Who are these people? They've been terrorized by the Others for months and then they just agree to be diplomatic with him? By the way, he was ready to kill Jin. Then, after he steals the phone, they still let him go? Wasn't the right approach, save her life or you're dead, and when you do save her life, you're coming with us?