It's weird that Desmond would voluntarily want to leave his constant to sail around the world. What happens if he has another incident on the boat? You can't just blank out for 75 minutes at a time when you are sailing alone. That's an incredibly dangerous race. What if he falls into the ocean? What about when he was alone in the Swan for 3 years because either Inman was investigating the island or Inman was dead? Wasn't Desmond having episodes then? Wasn't that potentially very dangerous if he blanked out and missed pushing the button?

This part of his life seems totally removed from the period where he time travels uncontrollably. I'm guessing that that the episodes stopped and Desmond had thought he was crazy but then regained his sanity. Though that seems like a pretty cheap way out for the producers.

(1.) Once Desmond lived long enough to be on the freighter with Sayid and make the call to Penny he changed his future, but that didn't change his past, so how did he manage on the boat and in the Swan that whole time without having episodes and accidentally killing himself?

(2.) How MUCH time does the constant have to be in a person's life at different periods to save the person from dying??? Penny is in his past and his future, but she's gone from his life for more than 3 years he's on the island. How does that work?

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Closed because you already opened a similar thread, potpie. Next time, use the edit button. It's your friend.

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