Maybe Henry got amnesia in the balloon crash, and didn't remember anything about himself. Not knowing your own name could be slightly maddening. In a desperate attempt to reclaim his identity, he took the name of the only person around. The dead Henry Gale.

Or maybe Henry is gay and was afraid the people on the Island were bigots, so he made up the whole wife thing, and took the name of his now dead boyfriend to honor him.

I'm going with the first theory though.

Not Dharma. The Others. I think the others are Dharma people who were in the two stations affected by "the incident." I think Dharma plugged the underground tunnels, armed the guys in 'Station 3, the Swan" and cut the people in the two effected stations loose to fend for themselves (make them ex-Dharma).

Remember: both of the other spies weren't on the passenger lists. So, if it was Dharma, they weren't thinking of everything there, either.

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charlie98210
"Whoa!" she said. "Cry 'Havoc!' And let loose the dogs of war!"
And, like Banquo's ghost, they just won't go away.

Hello,

I think that saying that it was his friend who died in the crash would have not have had the same emotional punch as saying that his wife died. Yes, it would mean that his cover story would have seemed true - but, I dunno, I don't think he suspected that anyone would dig up a grave to verify his story (especially his wife's grave - that just seems so much more personal). I wonder why he decided to do that as well; he probably just didn't think it through.

Point #2. The air shaft (Hatch) was locked from the inside. The ladder leading up to it was gone. Stenciled on the inside of the Hatch was the word "Quarantine" which, since it's on the inside, meant the island outside was under quarantine.

You may also recall that when Desmond ran, there was an inner and outer door at the outside entrance of the bunker (Station 3, the Swan). My first thought when I saw it was, "Airlock!"

The losties have since tied back the inner door in order to make coming and going easier.

I would also put forward the idea that the two Dharma people running the counter reset at the Swan (one of whom died before Desmond got there) had only the most minimal knowledge of what was going on (based on the orientation film).

This was because Dharma considered them expendable.

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charlie98210
"Whoa!" she said. "Cry 'Havoc!' And let loose the dogs of war!"
And, like Banquo's ghost, they just won't go away.

I've thought it over...what if he took on the identity of Henry Gale because he KNEW the real Henry Gale was "HIM" (Desmond's replacement), possibly he killed him, and thought that using his name would help him gain access to the Swan hatch...there's something in there he needs.

Now...I wonder if his real name is Murphy, married to his lovely wife Jennifer!

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Sorry...I think my Kharma just ran over your Dogma...

Maybe Mr. Hanso brought them all to the island as a group as to escape being sued or having horirbly high insurance.

Kyle

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