S6E4 THE OTHER OTHERS

The bloody arm blond boy in jungle who told Flocke he could not kill "him" (a reference to Sawyer) brought to mind a very old observation about the "Other" Others. When the Tailies were setting up their camp after the initial crash, they were infiltrated by Goodwin on the direction of Ben. His order was to get in with the survivors and make lists. There were several kidnapping attempts, with one ending with Eko killing some unknown people. However, the first one where Cindy and the children, Emma and Zach, were gone can be easily explained since we now know Cindy was an Other.

In the jungle, Ana Lucia hid from a group that was terrorizing her people. As the camera panned, there were only shots of legs . . . of children, marching through the jungle. It gave me a Lord of the Flies vibe. Shipwrecked children spar over how to create their new island society splits them a part into rival factions. This was during the time that it was believed that the Others were a bunch of native hostile humans at war with outsiders. We have to add the possibility now that anyone on the island could be human, dead, undead, a spirit or a smoke monster.

Ghost boy appears to be quite familiar with Flocke and "the rules." Flocke runs after him as if to silence the ghost boy from telling his parents something bad, like he is breaking the rules. Or not playing fairly. Or abusing lesser life forms like humans.

Ghost boy adds another layer of groups into the power structure of the Island. If the Other Others are spirits taking the form of children, and Richard's Others are spirits taking the form of adults, there could be a clear distinction on how each group perceives itself and its role.