The suicide factor would definitely up the drama on the show. Especially if Shannon dies by her own hands and everyone else thinks somebody else did it but this would happen anyway even if she didn't kill herself.

This season of Lost needs to update the hype creating something really different. I think the Shannon suicide would be the trick if we see how evil she is.

I also think it would be fairly shocking if Kate was the one to do it b/c as we can see from the episodes this season and at the end of last she is alligning herself further and further away from Jack who I percieve to be "good" while agreeing with Locke who is obviously "evil" By her going back to the Hatch, believing in fate, and pinning for Sawyer. I can't wait and see what happens.

I have no idea, but this sounds as good as the rest.

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> Could it be suicide? Could the visions of Walt drive her nuts, cause her to think
> she's got the illness and cause her to take her own life?

I think Shannon is too selfish and self-centered to commit suicide. I don't see her killing herself and she probably still wants to settle the score for her brother's death. She certainly wouldn't consider suicide if she thought she had 'the illness', she'd be more "Oh woe is me, somebody help me, poor little me is sick". She'd demand the best nursing care they could muster on the island, maybe not even be satisfied with their best efforts. Even if she realized that killing herself might prevent her from spreading it, she still wouldn't think that way. She's not the type to follow the "one for all and all for one" train of thought.

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I'm very new here, and this is my first time posting in this forum, so please forgive any whoopsies I may post.

I've seen suspicions that the victim is Shannon on other boards, but I've always just taken that as guessing. Is it certain that the death is a woman, or speculation from spoilers?

My thoughts - although everyone thinking it's a woman may be the case (hey, it's a 50/50 shot!), I keep thinking that it's Walt, and only for a very practical reason - real time vs. tv season time vs. Malcom David Kelly's age vs. Walt's age. If they're only supposed to have been there a month so far, and clearly a year has gone by in real time, I just don't see how they'll be able to keep Walt's character going unless they kill him off or recast him. Walt is supposed to be only 10, yet MDK is 13 in real life. With the way kids grow, I've been thinking that the most logical conclusion in keeping the hormonal growth spurts of a 13 year old off of the show is to kill of his much younger character.

Just a thought - glad to have found this forum at any rate!

Good to see you over here, India. I can't find a link (okay, I'm not really looking for it) but I am pretty sure the producers have confirmed it is a female who dies.

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