Team Others

           Who are the others? One of the most asked questions for the first two seasons until many of them were answered in the third season. In the first season all we knew was that they were already on the island before the crash and that they are in the baby stealing business. And with pregnant Claire and everybody having so much unprotected sex on the island, the business was a booming. Hell, they stole Walt right off the raft in the first season right before burning it.

The mindblowing season 3 premiere shows
that the others are actually civilized. WHHAAAT?

            They are ruthless, skilled, strong, and most importantly…silent. Their footsteps make no sound as they walk. They dress in savage clothing to hide their comfy suburban lifestyle on the island, as shown in the photo. But their story is even more complex.

            Although they may steal children and often kill off one or two minor characters, the others are actually quite docile people, especially when they have an alternative motive. In the third season we get behind the scenes of the others and see what they're really all about. After they kidnap Jack, Kate, and Sawyer, the others befriend Jack, the spinal surgeon, in hopes to recruit him to Team Others so that he could perform surgery on their leader's spine. Fate? That's what the others think.

The Dharma Initiative after Benjamin Lunis gassed them.

            But a leader doesn't become a leader unless he takes a little something. Benjamin Linus, the leader, was recruited on the island as a child when his father got a job in the Dharma Initiative, a covert company in conflict with the island natives (the others). When child abuse from his father caught up to him as an adult, Linus took revenge on his father and all those in the Dharma program by wiping them out with poison gas. By doing this, Linus took the opportunity to rule the island with the others.

            While this may be massively confusing, remember that the show has six seasons and lots of time to explain this in detail. Nevertheless, the others provided the most mystery on the island, and the most entertainment on the couch for me.