I think that "Patch" is a new character. Radzinski shot himself with a sawed-off shotgun, Kelvin was beaten to death by Desmond (accidently), and there are most likely more people that remain from DHARMA that are not related to the Others... I actually find it hard to believe that both Kelvin and Desmond weren't associated with them. We'll have to see what this means... Hopefully this season.
On one hand, I wonder where a new (not actually seen before) character would come from without anyone knowing about them, but on the other hand they really haven't been on the island THAT long so it's possible there are unknowns still roaming about. We only know what happened to Radzinski from what Kelvin says, so we can't assume he's dead. Radzinski has a decent working knowledge of the stations (thus his map) and he might very well have motivation to come out of hiding again when the Swan was actually destroyed.
As for Dharma, I can see where Desmond is a legitimate castaway, but Kelvin? Did he ever say how he got there?
There a lot of things we can see in the promo, and other things we can't. For instance, editting is probably fooling us at this point. For an example, It appears that Ben Limus is the person with the spinal tumor, but it could be any of a couple of Others, including Tom, Pickett, or "Him", who we know is not actually Ben. Also, Eko does not even get hit by the axe, but makes a noise as if he did - editting.
Ain't that the truth! I see rampant rumors on shows all of the time, from Lost to Survivor, based on the editted footage for the next episode. It's amazing how many people will fall for the same trick time and time again. I expect to see at least one of the castaways travel to the Pearl and see Patch on a video screen to some other station. Everything else is suspect.
Who is "Him"? I lost you in the conversation there.
Anyone else note that Eko and Locke are sort of the anti-thesis of one another and that their names are similar when spelled backward? I was just explaining to someone how the Ewoks were named in Star Wars and that came to mind. It's probably meaningless, but this show makes you think of EVERY coincidence you come across.
I wonder if Eko will clue in to the island's healing properties now? I mean if he's up and walking after the destruction of the Hatch AND a polar bear attack, he's got to wonder, right? And speaking of that healing effect, does it also affect fertility? That could explain why the Others swipe kids. With Juliette as an expert, they might have figured that out. And here's some more speculation way out on a limb... If the healing/infertility effect is geological in nature, maybe the second island doesn't generate the same effect and, in fact, its composition BLOCKS the effect. That might explain why there are people over there mining the rocks. If those rocks are ground down and included in the vaccine, you might protect a person from the infertility if you started the injection when they were young enough. <shrug>
