Bernard Nadler/Theories

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General

• In a deleted scene on Season 1 DVD, the pilot, Seth Norris is speaking to Claire in the airport about his mother. He tells her a story about how a tarot card reader told his mother that she would meet the perfect man whose name starts with a "R". He explains how she left her current boyfriend, a balding man named Bernard, and looked for this perfect man. Bernard then sold his company and became a multi-millionaire. (Season 1 Deleted Scenes transcript) It is likely that the Bernard in this story is the same Bernard that is married to Rose. However, as this is a deleted scene, it is unknown whether or not the writers will use this in Bernard's back story.
• This is not likely at all. Bernard is a dentist, not a multi-millionaire. Many names appear multiply on the show without significance.
• It's possible that he is more important than we are lead to believe , since his wife was healed by the Island, he's the only person left from the Tailies group with the other survivors and he saved Claire during "Live Together, Die Alone".
• Bernard was part of the Tailies because he was in the bathroom when the turbulence started, Cindy the flight attendant informed the passengers to buckle up because of the turbulence. As Bernard was making his way back to his seat the plane jolted again really bad and he decided to buckle up in the nearest seat as would anyone do when someone experiences that much turbulence. It is basic human instinct to protect oneself when facing great danger and the only way he was able to protect himself was strapping into the nearest seat available.

Safety

• Bernard wasn't a casualty of death or being captured by the Others because he was not supposed to be with the Tailies.
  • This makes sense, the only prominent/semi-prominent characters in the tail section are either dead or weren't supposed to be in the tail section

Marksman

• He learned his skill from hunting for sport, as proof Rose says

• Served time in the military, where he acquired his skills as an expert rifle shot.
  • The reason why he's not a "good person" and wasn't on Goodwin's list.