Sayid Jarrah/Theories

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Future Events

• Eko's last words to Locke, are a premonition to a future confrontation(s) between the Monster and all who were there when Eko died, including Sayid, after they have all returned to the Island.
• After being prevented from torturing Henry Gale/Ben for information, Sayid asks Charlie why everyone else has forgotten what the Others have done, framing the reference to things that Charlie would only specifically known about, but perhaps Sayid is the only one who remembers other things which have happened - such as being questioned by the Dharma Initiative in the 70s, or shooting Ben.
• Ben recruits Sayid to kill those behind the cover up, including Elsa's boss, Mr. Avellino because he wants to keep the Island safe.
• Sayid will be revealed as an atheist/agnostic who prays only occasionally, or in times of great need.

Not who he claims to be

• Sayid is definitely a BAD guy, he was a torturer - one can try to run from who they are but Sayid (as of "He's Our You") has accepted that he is just plain evil. I see no evidence of Sayid ever doing anything selfless and his actions that seem so were only out of misguided lust (Shannon and Nadia) and revenge (everything he does on the island to "protect" the losties).
• Sayid Jerrah is one of the few characters the entire cast (Locke, Sawyer, Hurley, Kate, Jack, Desmond, Charlie) seem to trust unconditionally, even when they don't trust each other (this is also true of Kate). From the moment his presence became known on the island, he worked to visibly gain the trust of the survivors by trying to send a message off the island in several different ways. However, it's been shown on the show that this unconditional trust isn't necessarily well-placed, as Sayid's "instincts" and decisions often are wrong, way off-base (ex: Sayid claims the crew of the freighter must be monitoring communications on-island), or dangerous to the other survivors (ex: Sayid's attempt to trap the Others with a signal fire by their dock), although this isn't something the survivors seem aware of or concerned with, because of his ongoing work to gain and maintain their trust. Fixing the transceiver and his overall ability with technology, organizing groups to collect water, his work identifying Danielle's message and her papers, apologizing to different survivors for putting them in harms way or harming them as with Sawyer and the Koreans, his pursuit of Henry Gale's true identity, his fearless engagement of Mikhail and the Others, his suggestion to turn of Danielle's message simultaneous to the attack on the Others, his seemingly constant battle to protect the survivors from the others, are all acts and traits which personally affect members of the surviving group to view him in a role of active leadership/protection, and therefore as a trustworthy guardian figure. There is no time when any character question's Sayid's trustworthiness, despite visible mistakes on his part. This is extremely suspicious, especially as these mistakes are always attributed to Sayid's determination to protect the survivors: Anyone who is unconditionally trusted should be watched. Sayid himself puts a lot of emphasis on trust, often taking responsibility for projects and endeavors because he claims to be the only person he can trust.
• Sayid may be connected to Dharma or a group trying to avenge themselves against Ben Linus or The Others, perhaps as a hired assassin. If the theory that Annie is actually Diane Jansen Annie/Theories#Identity is true, the question remains, how is she connected to Sam_Austen , and what does Sam Austen mean by telling Kate, "You were five years old, I wanted to take you with me..." ? It is simply too convenient that Sam Austen is Kate's "father" and also encounters Sayid in Iraq during Desert Storm, roughly a year before the Purge. The Dharma Initiative may be connected to the US military, evidenced by the knife discovered by the Tailies in the hatch, and supported by Kelvin Inman's recruitment by the Initiative to operate the Swan station. Kelvin Inman's encounter with Sayid allowed Inman to witness Sayid's character strengths in a personally trying situation for Sayid. Inman indicates recognizing Sayid's willingness to work to survive, and his apparent lack of unconditional loyalty. Inman also "liberates" Sayid's personel file, which means he knows how to find him. If the Initiative is a US military operation, it is certainly a highly secretive, confidential endeavor, and standard military operating procedure may not be appropriate or possible as a response to a fatally offensive attack on the Initiative. Sayid may be hired as a spy or assassin to uncover what, precisely, happened to the Dharma Initiative and enact destructive revenge against those parties responsible.

The attacks on Sayid

• Candidates for Responsibility
  • Charles Widmore. He wants to do anything to interfere with Ben's plans to get the Oceanic Six back to the Island. In basic terms, what ever is bad for Ben is good for Widmore. He understood, for a reason we do not yet know, that Ben had to have all of the Oceanic Six. Widmore is a powerful man. He could have taken Sayid any time during the past three years, but Ben is at the point of executing his plan. Widmore never realized that Hugo would be the problem. Widmore is the most-likely candidate, since Ben is using other means to round up the O6. He who controls the O6 can go back to the island with them. Since Ben and Widmore are competing for control of the island, this competition is playing out in the struggle to control the O6.
  • Benjamin Linus. Sayid "resigned his position" with Ben's "project;" he used the term "worked for Ben." Ben is not a particularly tolerant man. Setting someone after Sayid was a measure designed to drive Sayid back into the fold. Since Sayid is already resistant to following any more of Ben's instructions, it would be easier for Ben to incapacitate Sayid and transport him to The Island rather than convincing him to do so willingly. Also, since he's been off The Island, Ben has had access to a veterinary/kennel facility which would have tranquilizer a tranquilizer gun, and darts readily available.
  • Sun-Hwa Kwon. She wanted Sayid as bait for Ben. She has all the money she needs to hire all the people she wants.
    • this makes no sense
  • Economist, who ever he is, because he is a loose end.

Will Sayid Die in Season 6

This is in reference to the fact that Sayid is shot and bleeding to death in the end of Season 5.

He Will Die

• One of the central themes of the show is that you cannot change fate - what happened will happen. Jacob saved Sayid from being hit by the car like Nadia, just like Desmond was constantly saving Charlie from death. But Sayid's destiny, just like Charlie's, is to die.
  • Although whether or not you cannot change destiny is true will ultimately be revealed when we find out whether or not Jack can change the future/Oceanic flight 815 lands safely at LAX
• If the survivors DO NOT simply end up back on the plane to LAX, Sayid will die, due in no small part to the fact that the character reached a moral event horizon when he shot young Ben. Because it was Roger Linus who shot Sayid, it comes around.
• If they do end up in the alternate timeline. The universe will course correct and Sayid will die by the end of the season.

He Will Not Die

• We have seen that Jacob has unusual healing powers - i.e. Locke. He will save Sayid.
• Similarly, smokey seems to have healing powers - i.e. Ben. Smokey will save Sayid.
• We've seen the island heal other ppl before (for instance Locke several times - also from a gunshot wound). The island will heal Sayid.
  • Although maybe in those other times with Locke being healed from a gundhot wound, it was Jacob or smokey who were actually saving him. We didn't know then of their healing powers and so just thought it was generally 'the island' saving him.