The previously unseen footage from There’s No Place Like Home (Part 2) told us who the mysterious “other survivors” of the plane crash were. Boone supposedly died of massive internal injuries soon after the crash. Libby supposedly also died in the first week, also suffering from head trauma and memory loss. Charlie was said to have made it until a few weeks before they left on the raft. At least they stuck with the part where he drowned.
I guess it makes sense that not everyone who survived the initial crash would also survive being stranded on a deserted island. (As the castaways well know.) But why did Jack choose Boone, Libby, and Charlie?
The easy, most obvious answer is that they are actually dead. Confirmed dead. They won’t be popping up in the future to cause trouble for the Oceanic 6, because the members of the Oceanic 6 know for sure that they are dead. They couldn’t say that, for instance, Sawyer initially lived, but then died before they were rescued. If Sawyer suddenly waltzed back onto the mainland in a few years, there would be pointed questions about the Oceanic 6 story.
Sure, Sayid told everyone at the press conference that there was no chance that any other survivors of Flight 815 would be found. But that was speculation on his part, and it would be considered another miraculous marvel if another crash survivor popped up. No one would wonder why Sayid lied, because he wouldn’t have necessarily known.
But why these three specifically? There are plenty of other “survivors” that are known to them to be dead: Shannon, Ana-Lucia, Mr. Eko, Nikki, Paulo, Arzt…
If anyone has any theories, I’d love to hear them.
