Claire Littleton

(About the actress: Emilie de Ravin)

Flashback Episodes: "Raised By Another", "Maternity Leave", "Par Avion"

Hails from: Australia

Who she was before: Minimum-wage-earning single mother-to-be.

Who she is now: Mother of Aaron

Why she was in Australia: She lived there.

Why she was on Flight 815: Flying to Los Angeles to give up her unborn baby for adoption.

Plane Section: Middle

Family issues: Claire's mother is in a coma following a horrific car accident where Claire claimed she was driving. She has been in the coma presumably for several years. In a big twist, it was revealed that Christian Shephard, Jack's father, is also Claire's father. He was absent from her life because her mother couldn't stand that he had another family and her aunt hated him. Claire's boyfriend, the father of her child, left her because he couldn't deal with the impending life-changing events. At some point after the plane crash, her mother does wake from the coma.

Big secret: She is the half-sister of Jack, though she doesn't know. Jack is not informed until after he has left the island.

Why she was flying to Los Angeles: Claire was flying there because a psychic told her that a family there will take her baby. He insisted she flew flight 815. Did he know she was going to crash on the island? Did he want her to?

Claire Littleton is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. She is Jack Shephard's half-sister, although neither of them knows this. She is the mother of Aaron Littleton who was born on the island soon after the crash and has done her best to raise Aaron the best she can. During her time on the island, she entered a relationship with fellow survivor, Charlie Pace.

Her life on the island:

While under control of the Others, Claire had some kind of chip implanted in her. The Others can activate it to make her sick.

When the island splits into people who wish to be rescued and people who wish to stay on the island, she joins the Island group, making the trek to The Others' village. While there, she is mildly injured (miraculously) when the Freighter mercenaries blow up the house she is in. While the survivors of this group are attempting to find safety, she is visited by Christian Shephard in the night and, according to Miles, walks away with him, leaving Aaron behind.

The next we see of Claire, she is sitting, contentedly, in Jacob's cabin with her father. When Locke asks why Aaron is left behind, she says he's "exactly where he needs to be." Off-island, Kate is haunted by the thought that Claire would not raising her child.

Questions:
Q: Is the baby "special"?
A: Some believed it was. And some believe it still is. But, After Claire escaped from Ethan, the Others didn't want Aaron any more. They wanted Walt. So that leads us to believe that Aaron is no longer special.

Q: Is Claire really Jack's sister, or step-sister?
A: Yes, half-sister, as revealed in "Par Avion."

Q: WillClaire ever find out that she and Jackare related?
A: Unknown. Jack, off-island, knows. If Jack finds a way to get back to the island, he may tell her. Also, she may have been informed by Christian Shephard.

Q: Have Claire and Charlie ever met in the past?
A: From what we know, no. It seems doubtful.

Q: Would Claire have given up Aaron if the plane hadn't crashed?
A: Probably. Maybe the crash was a good thing for her. But everyone has a guilty conscience. She could have kept Aaron even if she had not crashed.

Q: Is she still alive?
A popular theory is that Claire died in the explosion of her house and that the Claire we saw after that is an apparition of the island (ala Christian Shephard or Yemi). This is supported by her interactions with Christian and her strange demeanor in Jacob's Cabin.

Theories: Claire is the daughter of Christian Shephard that we saw in "Two For the Road". (Confirmed in "Par Avion")

Claire is familiar with astrology, she knows what sign Kate is in season 1

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