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The Others are the mysterious inhabitants of the fictional island in the American Television Series '' Lost ''. Danielle Rousseau coined the term ''The Others'', which the survivors of Flight 815 have adopted to describe anyone on the island they have not previously met. They have kidnapped children on the island, such as Rousseau's infant daughter, Alex, and a number of tail section survivors, and they apparently won't hesitate to kill anyone who gets in their way. The Others seem to have superior physical strength and stamina and do not leave footprints or make any sound whatsoever when walking, making them completely untraceable. Their appearance is sometimes heralded by mysterious black smoke or by strange, barely audible whispering. A LIST OF OTHERS Ethan Rom Ethan Rom was the first of The Others to be introduced. Ethan lived among the survivors of Flight 815 during their initial days on the island, until Hurley Discovered He Was Not On The Flight manifest. Coincidentally, just as that discovery is made, Ethan kidnaps Charlie and Claire . He tells Jack and Kate that if they follow him, he will kill either Charlie or Claire. Following up on his promise, Ethan hangs Charlie from a tree and leaves him for dead. This attempt fails however, due to Jack's swift intervention to resuscitate Charlie. Ethan takes Claire to a Dharma station with medical supplies and a nursery for her baby. He puts a Syringe into Claire's stomach, claiming it will prevent the baby from becoming sick. He keeps her drugged, and in this state Claire comes to trust Ethan and wants him and The Others to take her baby. He tells her they are a good family and good people. Before she gives birth, she disappears from the station. Ethan demands that Claire be returned to him or he will kill the survivors one by one. Again, Ethan keeps his promise and kills Scott Jackson. The following day Ethan falls into a trap set up by Jack, Locke, Kate and Sawyer. Before he can be interrogated, Charlie shoots him dead. Another play on words in the Lost Universe is that his name is an anagram of Other Man "Mr. Friendly" Mr. Friendly , whose real name is unknown, appears to be the unofficial spokesperson for The Others. However, he is not the leader of The Others. According to the faux "Henry Gale" , Mr. Friendly is no one and nobody, compared to other "Others". Mr. Friendly first appears on a boat alongside three partners: a pair of twin men, and an older woman. Later, he confronts Jack and the rest of the survivor search party that was assembled to find the missing Michael. (See: "Encounters with the Others" below) Claire's memories of her time at the Staff station show a shaved and clean Mr. Friendly wearing regular clothing instead of the dirty, haggard look in which he has shown himself in public. During her exploration of the Staff, Kate finds Mr. Friendly's clothes, fake beard and theatrical glue inside a locker. Seemingly, Mr. Friendly's dirty appearance is merely a disguise. Why the Others desire to appear rugged and dirty is unknown. Goodwin Goodwin was a spy for The Others, and lived among the tail section survivors for the initial days of their stay on the island, claiming to be a former member of the Peace Corps . After Nathan is accused of being a traitor and thrown in a pit-cage, Goodwin kills him to throw suspicion off himself. Later, when he and Ana-Lucia are alone, Ana-Lucia says that she knows Goodwin is one of The Others. Goodwin reveals that the survivors who have been abducted are "good people." "Nathan was not a good person," Goodwin tells Ana-Lucia, "That's why he wasn't on the list." He also claims that the abducted kids are ''in a better place'', which upsets Ana-Lucia. They struggle, and in the course of their fight, Goodwin is impaled on a wooden stake and dies. "Henry Gale" Rousseau captures Henry Gale in one of her traps and alerts Sayid , who brings Henry to the hatch and interrogates him. Henry claims he's from Minnesota and was riding a hot air balloon that crashed on the island, but this is confirmed to be a lie. Henry Gale does not show the same physical strength as presented by others of his kind. Instead Henry Gale has presented a strength in manipulation. He has done well in convincing Locke, Jack, and others that he is a crashed survivor himself (before this was proven false) and is continuing to exude his manipulation on Locke while going on a hunger strike. (For more specific details on Henry Gale See: "Man In The Hatch" ) Alexandra Rousseau Alex , while not technically one of ''The Others'', was kidnapped by them after Danielle gave birth to her. Alex is now 16-17 years old and has been raised by The Others, joining them on their expeditions on the island. Claire believes that the teenage girl who helped her escape from "The Staff", one of the DHARMA Initiative Stations, is none other than Alex. ENCOUNTERS WITH THE OTHERS Attack on the Raft In the Others are seen out in the ocean when Sawyer, Jin, Michael, and Walt were attempting an escape from the island on a raft. The raft encounters a short-range fishing boat, with four people on board: a woman, two twin-like men, and Mr. Friendly. They demand that Walt be handed over to them, but Michael refuses. The Others then attack the castaways, kidnap Walt, and blow up the raft. Sawyer, Jin and Michael are left for dead in the ocean. Tail Section Encounter In The Other 48 Days , the tail section survivors of the ill-fated Oceanic Flight 815 have many encounters with The Others. Over the first two weeks, The Others take twelve of the tail section survivors, including children siblings Zack and Emma. During the raids, Mr. Eko and Ana-Lucia manage to kill three of The Others. Later on many of the tail section survivors grow suspicious of one another. They decide that Nathan, one of the survivors, is a spy, but later on they discover that Goodwin, assumed as another member of the tail section, is the real spy. After discovering this, the tail section survivors encounter the shipwrecked raft crew in Orientation . After deducing that the raft crew are also plane crash survivors, the tail section survivors set out for the midsection survivor's camp. Along the way, Cindy, a flight attendant on the plane, disappears. Jin and Eko's Encounter In "And Found..." , Eko is alerted to the presence of Others in the jungle. He hides Jin and himself in some brush and while there sees eight Others trekking through the jungle. They are only visible from the waist down, and one of them is carrying a teddy bear. Eko then claims that The Others leave no footprints and only allow you to see them at their choosing. Encounter In The Jungle In The Hunting Party , Michael decides to go after his kidnapped son Walt. Jack, Locke, and Sawyer follow him and run into Mr. Friendly, who has kidnapped Kate and threatens to kill her if they don't give him their guns and turn around. He claims that Walt is safe and Michael will not find Walt ''"where he's at"''. He says that the island is ''their'' island and the only reason the Flight 815 survivors are living on it is because they (The Others) allow them to. Mr. Friendly draws a line in the ground and says if any of the survivors cross that line, there is going to be trouble. Jack suggests to Mr. Friendly that he is bluffing and that The Others are not nearly as powerful as they want to appear. Mr. Friendly then tells at least twelve to twenty others to reveal themselves by lighting torches. After this he releases Kate and disappears into the jungle with his fellow Others. Man in the Hatch In One Of Them , Danielle captures Henry and brings him to Sayid. Henry explains that he is from Minnesota and crashed in a hot air balloon. Sayid does not believe Henry, and, convinced he is an Other, tortures him. Jack pulls Sayid off of Henry, and afterwards Henry is well taken care of and fed regularly. Two days later, Mr. Eko learns Henry is in the hatch. In order to keep Henry's presence secret, Jack agrees to allow Mr. Eko into Henry's room. There, Mr. Eko confesses and apologizes for killing two of the "Others". Later, Ana-Lucia enters the armory and asks Gale to draw a map to his balloon. She, Sayid, and Charlie find it along with a grave, which Henry said belonged to his wife. Sayid exhumes the body, and finds it belonged to the real Henry Gale. Upon further interrogation by Sayid, "Henry" admits that he is an Other and that if he tells Sayid anything about the Others his leader will kill him. Later, Locke visits Gale. Locke asks him what his real name is but Henry insists on being called Henry since he has come accustomed to it. Before Locke leaves, Gale makes a point to tell him that the hatch is a "joke" and that he let the timer run out but nothing ever happened. When Locke accuses Gale of lying, he replies, "I'm done lying." Later Jack confronts him and says his trade was a good idea, except vice versa: Jack says he is going to trade Gale for Walt. Gale finds this laughable and claims that The Others will never make the trade. At this point, Gale goes on a hunger strike and refuses to talk to anyone. When Jack leaves, Locke attempts to break the silence by asking more about the falsehood of the hatch. He begins to bang the outside of the armory door, but Gale only smiles to himself and remains silent. Henry Gale remains locked in the hatch's armory. Michael's Leave In Two For The Road , Michael is found and he explains to the other survivors that "The Others" are barely armed and that, the survivors as a group, can get back Walt. It is insinuated that more on Michael's encounter with The Others will be expanded on in later episodes. |
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