Quote Originally Posted by Worf101
5. What's with the red herring of Desmond on the plane, he appears then disappears?
If there is no island to go to, then Desmond either (a) doesn't enter the boat race that takes him to the Island or (b) completes the race without incident. I don't know what he's doing on the plane, but I'll bet it's because all of their lives will cross again regardless of the Island's existence.

The moral of the story is...you can't change fate, brother.