Who LOST Kam this season?

[kexodusc]

I was talking Lost talk to a collegue this morning and our discussion went round many issues, but the one that we came up with that we both liked is this...

Charles Widmore is part of the Dharma Initiative.

Ben schemed to kill all the Dharma people on the island. But there must have been (and probably still are) Dharma people on the mainland. They would know about the island and about Ben and his people.

What if Widmore is a Dharma guy using his resources to get to the island and find Ben. Firstly, to punish Ben for his slaying of the Dharma folks on the island. Secondly, to continue their research. Ben thinks that he has to save the Island from Dharma, so it would stand to reason that he would want to keep Widmore away.

If Widmore is part of Dharma, he may have filled Penny in on the whole story. It would explain how Penny knows about the Island and knew where to look for Desmond. It also explains how the guys in Iceland (or wherever) knew where and how to look for the blip when the hatch exploded, and report it to Penny.

We've learned to think of Widmore as a bad guy because we see him through Desmond and Ben's eyes. If Widmore somehow knows about Desmond's time travelling ways, then his distain for Des may be nothing more than trying to save his daughter from a heartbreak that he knew was coming. Even if he doesn't know about Desmond's time travel, he's still just a Dad trying to protect his daughter from someone that he, perhaps, thinks isn't good enough for her. Ben's dislike for him is because he sees Dharma and, therefore, Widmore as his enemy.

But what if Widmore is really the good guy???

Interesting theory...
I personally think Widmore is NOT a Dharma guy - the show suggested he came across the journal of the Black Rock's captain via the estate of Dr. Hanso...so of course he knows some stuff about the Island is looking for it.
The Dharma Initiative seems to be a bit more, well, noble and less sinister than Widmore.

But then again, if they're so righteous, why have a poison gas factory and why fight the "hostile" inhabitants of the island?

Hmmm....ya could be right. There's obviously some sort of connection, and yes, the DI would definitely have contacts around the world.

[Worf101]

That's one of the BIG questions isn't it?

1.What IS the Dharma Initiative.

2. Who are they now, since their enitre facility was wiped out by Ben?

3, Is Whidmore part of the D.I.?

4. How did the D.I. keep their discovery and exploration of the Island secret lo these many years?

5. Now that the Oceanic 6 are back in the world have they told anyone about where the hell they were all those months and did this include any disclosures about the Island?

I personally believe that Ben is holding everyone else hostage on the Island thereby forcing everyone else to keep mum on its existence and to get Sayid and the others to do his bidding. Ben is the Anitchrist, for sure.

Da Worfster