{"id":1771,"date":"2009-01-13T22:41:16","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T04:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2009-01-13T22:41:16","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T04:41:16","slug":"lost-theories-why-daniel-cant-remember-desmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2009\/01\/13\/lost-theories-why-daniel-cant-remember-desmond\/","title":{"rendered":"LOST Theories &#8211; Why Daniel Can&#8217;t Remember Desmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/daniel.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The ending of &#8220;The Constant&#8221; bothered me quite a bit.   How in the heck could Daniel have not remembered Desmond?   Desmond was the reason for his breakthru in discovering that minds can shift back and forth in time.  Wouldn&#8217;t YOU remember something like that?<\/p>\n<p>I thought about this off and on since the show ran, and even after watching that episode again, I was still stumped.<\/p>\n<p>Until today.<\/p>\n<p>It was sitting there as plain as day, and I didn&#8217;t see it. <\/p>\n<p>Daniel couldn&#8217;t remember because he didn&#8217;t experience it yet.  Remember that Desmond didn&#8217;t remember meeting Faraday before&#8230; he hadn&#8217;t experienced it yet.   Now that Desmond&#8217;s mind shifted, he does remember meeting Faraday.<\/p>\n<p>In an upcoming episode, Daniel&#8217;s consciousness is going to shift from the present into his body in the past day.  Why?   Maybe another high dose of magnetism hits him.   It might even happen because he&#8217;s been exposed to the radiation for so long during the testing on his rat in the lab.  Not sure how, but when it does happen, the only person that&#8217;s going to be able to snap him out of it is Desmond (just like the book said).<\/p>\n<p>Could it be just the opposite?  <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to see!  Whatever it is, Daniel is going to be in for a wild ride.<\/p>\n<p>LOST STARTS AGAIN JANUARY 21st, 2009!  BE READY!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ending of &#8220;The Constant&#8221; bothered me quite a bit. How in the heck could Daniel have not remembered Desmond? Desmond was the reason for his breakthru in discovering that minds can shift back and forth in time. Wouldn&#8217;t YOU remember something like that? 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