Official Walt and What He Said Discussion

[ROUGHNECK]

what did he say to shannon

[silverbugeye]

I tried to listen about 40 times and couldnt understand it

[grhawi]

Walt was talking backwards. What he said, when reversed, was the following: "Press the button. No button's bad."

[SofiaA]

I didn't get it either. I had the captions on and I don't think it had anything written for when Walt was whispering.

Originally Posted by grhawi

Walt was talking backwards. What he said, when reversed, was the following: "Press the button. No button's bad."

How did you figure that?

[stunnedtina]

Yeah how do you figure that one? who do you reverse with sound to find out what he was saying backwards? That's a bit of a confusion for me!

[grhawi]

Reverse it with Windows Sound Recorder. If you would like to listen, be my guest:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/p/s/psm5005/walt.wav

[Lost_Mommy]

wow!!! that is just creepy. Thanks for that! What button though? Something in the hatch??

[ROUGHNECK]

maybe the button jack was getting ready to push and the locke said i wouldnt do that

[grhawi]

The "execute" button, in my opinion. Walt has been "altered" (dare I say "brainwashed") by the Others. Pressing the "execute" button is somehow beneficial to the Others and detrimental to the crash survivors. Thus, Walt's instruction and subsequent qualification that "no button's bad" is an attempt at deception and manipulation. Why he had to say it backwards, I do not know.

[stunnedtina]

Oh wow that's so cool! I wonder what botton and why he said it backwards. Like I said right after watching this episode. It was a weird one!

[The Czar]

But remember Walt said "DONT OPEN IT"

[Astraea]

Or, vice versa. It will help him, and he hasn't been manipulated by the others yet. Free up the Others?

[Count2Five]

Yeah, if they ever get Walt back, do you tihnk he might not remember anything like Claire didn't?

[grhawi]

This was before he was captured and "altered" by the others, which gives evidence to my theory that opening the hatch and subsequently pressing the "execute" button is somehow beneficial to the others and detrimental to the survivors.

[Astraea]

Forgot he warned against opening it. Great point!