LOST Notes

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Originally Posted by BigCat

I think Sawyer's affirmative act made the detonation and possible death of all the candidates possible. Smokey couldn't do it on his own - the bomb would have fizzled like the dynamite in the cave. Richard couldn't kill a candidate either. But once Sawyer altered it, it became live.

Also, what the the protective range of the island? Even if Sawyer had not pulled out the wires, would they have really been saved since they were not actually ON the island when the bomb went off? Could Jack have been lulled into a false sense of security based on the Black Rock incident?