Post #117 LOST Revelations

I didn't get anything posted about the most recent episode of LOST, so here we go:

Episode Title: The Variable
Primary Focus Character: Daniel Faraday

In this episode, we discover that Daniel has a plan to alter the timeline of the island. He remembers the bomb he had previously advised that Richard Alpert should bury. If the bomb was detonated, it would wipe out the island and the electromagnetic energy on the island, thus causing Oceanic Flight 815 to never crash on the island, and he would never be on the freighter sailing to the island. This is all catastrophic for the present islanders, so Daniel attempts to get the inhabitants to evacuate, but that fails.

We also realize that in his "I can change the future/past" thinking, Daniel is a believer in free-will and the ability to change what might seem predestined. However, his mother is a firm believer in destiny and the predetermined outcomes of life. She believes that we cannot change the future/past; so much so, that she encourages adult Daniel to go with the freighter to the island. (Even though she knows that her younger self will eventually kill him)

Questions from the episode:

- What is the nature of the falling-out between Eloise Hawking and Charles Widmore?
- How and when did Eloise leave the Island?