4-2: "Confirmed Dead" 2008.02.07 - TWoP Forums p50:
-Also, my vote on the mystery kid in the photos is Walt. They've covered his growth by making his 'image' taller, but they'd be hard-pressed to explain the actual kid's aging if they were to bring him back in physical form. Michael has already tried to pawn Walt off on his mother in flashback; maybe he did it again.
there we go. that's what I'm talking about. and yes, finale of season 1 Michael at airport calling his mother, I tht again: why does no one think that is Walt in the pictures in his grandmother's house?
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-As far as who's ultimately responsible for sending the Boaties, I think the Dharma Initiative is defunct... they were wiped out when the Others took over the island. But I also think that Hanso, Widmore, Paik, and Oceanic are all connected, and I think they're the ones trying to find the island so that they can start it up again. (Atropos)