Richard Malkin/Theories

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Richard Malkin

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Stated as questions or possibilities (avoid question marks, "Maybe", "I think", etc).
More appropriate for another article.
Illogical or previously disproven.
Proven by canon source, and moved to main article.
Speculative and lacking any evidence to support arguments.
Responding to another theory (use discussion page instead).

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Psychic Powers

Is actually a psychic, and dissuaded Mr. Eko from pursuing the miracle investigation into his daughter's resurrection to ensure that Eko boarded the plane for Los Angeles. Thereby making sure Eko would be there to help raise and even possibly baptize the baby.
Perhaps everything that is happening to Aaron (i.e. born, raised on the island, but then taken off the island and raised by Kate) is ultimately what is best. This is why Claire in the cabin is perfectly at ease.
Richard Malkin tells Mr Eko he is a fraud in order to stop the Church/Eko from investigating Charlotte's Miracle. This was to protect his daughter from a media circus, or ostracization, or some other negative effect, and was lying about his psychic abilities.
- He also says his wife is a zealot. He may also feel like religion is also a fraud, just like psychic powers.

Counter-evidence:

If he is psychic, why put Aaron on the plane (sending him to the Others), but then tell Claire not to let anyone else raise him (i.e. don't give him to the Others)?
Richard Malkin has no psychic powers, and him claiming that he was a fraud in "?". Malkin simply acted the way he did ("Raised By Another") because the family in L.A. had bribed him in order to get a child.
Richard Malkin was being forced by either Ben or Charles to get Claire on the island.
- As we have seen, both Ben and Charles Widmore have the funding and ability to make anything happen.

Much like Richard Alpert and Ethan Rom had a job to get Juliet on the island, Richard Malkin's job was to get Claire and Aaron on the island, both cases being for reasons having to do with the Others' infertility problem.
- The Others have not tried to take Aaron after the birth yet - they only seemed to want to use any pregnant lady to see if a person can give birth. I don't think the baby itself is important, otherwise they would surely have tried to take the baby again.
Richard Malkin claims: "I gather intelligence on people and I exploit it". This is what the Others do.
About the supposed adopters in Los Angeles: "They are good people." This is what the Others claim of themselves.

Malkin is the "Ms. Hawking" of both Claire and Eko. His role in their lives was to get them on the island, as it was both their destiny.
Rachel and Charlotte Malkin are friends, and that information about Claire's situation was given to Richard Malkin by his daughter.
Richard is a fraud (as he claims) and he created a scam to sell Claire's baby for money.
- This is supported by Malkin telling Eko that he was paid $16,000 by a couple in Los Angeles to convince a pregnant girl to board a plane.
  - Why would he had called Claire for four months to persuade her she's the only one who has to raise the baby and go through all that effort when in the end his purpose was a completely different one? He could've worked directly to convince her to give the baby up for adoption to that couple in LA. And why would he insist that Claire went on flight Oceanic 815 in particular?
  - In the newer episodes throughout Season 3, it would make more sense that it was The Others that paid that money.
    - However Malkin could be lying to Eko about not having psychic powers in order to convince Eko to stop the investigation of his daughter so that he too makes flight 815 and ends up on the island.