First post here. I have been reading this forum for awhile now, and you guys have some amazing thoughts about the show!

I keep thinking about Desmond and his new ability. It seems to me that when the "implosion" occurred in the hatch by all rights Desmond should have been sucked into the hole. However, it could be possible that the extreme electro magnetic force that was occurring caused a rift in time space. Desmond was shifted forward in time, how far we don't know. Then, either the rift corrected itself pulling him back (naked) and on top of the imploded hatch. Or, he was able to travel far enough into the future that he could find a way to travel back to where he came from.

I think the experiment he conducted tonight was to see if he could change the past/future. He knew about the lightening, and wanted to spare claire from it so he tried to convince her to move. When that didn't work he created a lightening rod to attract the lightening away from her. So now, he knows he can change things. That is my theory on Desmond this week, who knows it may be entirely different next week.