alright! another question from anonymous to tide us over while we wiat for another 'lost: missing pieces.'
We never learned what became of the abducted children. The abduction was logistically necessary. With the timeline being on the order of weeks, the actors would have outgrown their parts. As it is, Malcolm David Kelly is probably 6'2" by now with a voice like that of James Earl Jones.hey, thanks for reading the blog and posting your questions! i am rather obsessive about it all, mostly because i'm finding that a level of detail has gone into creating the show that matches the level of detail of my investigation.. the writers are smart, damn smart, and great storytellers, so i'm happy to immerse myself in the world of it.
but onto your question: we do in fact learn what's happened to the children. the two kids taken from the tail section, zack and emma, reappeared in two episodes of season 3, along with the stewardess cindy, who had somehow been converted to the other's camp. so it looks like the kids are safe, and are being raised as adopted, in much the same way that alex was raised. amazingly, the two kid actors who played zack and emma really don't look all that different from their brief appearance in 'the other 48 days later,' so unlike with walt, there's not really any strange growth to account for.
but walt. walt made a quick appearance at the send of season 3, and as everyone had expected, he's considerably larger than when he left the island a season ago. now here's the thing about walt - he appears in places that he isn't. it's entirely possible that locke's vision of walt was of a walt from the future, and i guarantee you that all of walt's appearances from here on out will take place in the future, in flash-forwards, where his growth makes perfect sense.
but while we're talking about kids, let's address an important question: who are karl's parents? where did he come from? he can't be a child from dharma, because they were all gassed, and he's too young. no one can give birth on the island, so it has to be another story of child abduction.
in other, real world news, the strike continues on, and it's awful to think how this might affect the way 'lost' plays out. if it continues much longer, which it looks as though it's going to, season 4 will only be 8 episodes long.. and they may have to cram a full season and a half of story into season 5. which will royally suck. i'm sure they're working hard on options. they fought so hard for the end date, here's hoping that they can fight just as hard to keep the integrity of the story once they go back to work.
damon wrote this great piece for the 'why we write' series featuring striking writers. it's a great insight into his storytelling mind. enjoy.
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Thankyou for filling in that huge gap for me. I don't know how I missed all those details. Cindy's appearance in the Other camp went right over my head. I somehow had the idea that there were more Taily children abducted, like seven or eight.
I'll throw out another thought that may already have been covered. Walt and Locke would seem to be redundant characters, would they not? We know Locke has "the gift" and was therefore a threat to Ben. Among the Losties, why do we need two "special" people?