i knew desmond had a bigger part to play when we first saw his in the early episodes it saddens me that hes dead now.. esp. if pen is lookin for him (I think this is a better story than most of the main characters!)
I think the fact that he caused the plane to crash is brilliant (not that it crashed but how it all ties in).. i think there had to be some kind of answer to why the plane crashed so that they could all believe it (nobody beileves things jus happen in general people need a scientific answer)! so this is it.. weather someone orcistrated the events of that day of desmonds or whatever... he did crash the plane. I think that they are talkin alot about "fate" here agree with logan too.