Mikhail Bakunin/Theories

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Contents 1 Role among the Others 2 Identity 3 Healing abilities 4 Equipment 5 Awareness of observation 6 The missing eye

Role among the Others

• Given his ability to communicate with the outside world (it appeared that the station not only had television and presumably internet access as he was often assigned to collect information about people, but also we saw how a person could communicate off island as Ben did with Richard while showing Juliet the status of her sister), Mikhail must be completely trusted by Ben and believed to have absolutely no desire to leave the island, and could not be corrupted into selling what he knows about the island to an interested party such as Widmore.

• He also has way more autonomy that the other Others - he is allowed to operate completely on his own without Ben's supervision.

• He also appears to be Ben's henchman, willing to do whatever Ben asks, even killing Others

• He was lower in the chain of command than Bea Klugh as she demands that he kills her. The person who knows more information would be the one who demands to be shot.

• His ability to heal (like Locke) may imply his importance to the island.

Identity

• In "Through The Looking Glass", Ben whilst speaking to Mikhail states "You have always been a loyalist"

• He may have been conditioned in Room 23 to be cooperative; Bea Klugh seems to have an almost domineering control over Mikhail when giving the order to shoot her and could be evidence of his conditioning.

Healing abilities

• When Locke beats Mikhail in "The Man Behind the Curtain," none of the Others seem terribly concerned about his well being afterwards.

• Perhaps this is because of Mikhail's healing abilities. We see him survive the sonic fence, being shot with a spear gun in the chest, and lots of abuse. He seems to always reappear.

Equipment

• The refrigerators full of meat on a small farm would suggest that this is where the meat that Juliet used to make the cheeseburger that for Jack came from.

Awareness of observation

• Bakunin could have been watching them as well with a hidden camera in that station. He saw them setting up the surveillance and was waiting for them to look at him before turning off his feed.
• The camera that Locke saw was the one that redirected back to The Pearl station.
• He could have walked up to the camera when the recording light lit up, triggered by Locke who activated it while changing the feed in the Pearl.

The missing eye

• He is the person represented by the face with the eye crossed out in the Swan mural.
  • It may be significant, however, that the crossed out eye in the mural was the left eye, and Mikail's missing eye was his right.
• He was in the Soviet army, he could very well have lost his eye, or use of it, in the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979 to 1989), as he does mention he was involved in it.
• He lost his eye before he got to the island, so it cannot be healed.
  • Though it has healed quite well considering the eyeball is missing.
  • The island has healing properties, but does not seem capable of regenerating lost limbs (Dr. Candle) or resurrection (all the dead folks), so he very well could've lost his eye on the island.