Eloise Hawking pushes Daniel to forget Theresa and work, gives him his journal

Daniel graduates from Oxford and exits the ceremony with his girlfriend Theresa Spencer. His mother, Eloise Hawking is waiting outside for him and waves him over. Daniel introduces Theresa to Eloise and she dismisses her and congratulates Daniel. Eloise invites Daniel to celebrate his graduation with lunch and Daniel puts his arm around Theresa and says "We'd love to." Eloise says that she wants to have lunch with Daniel alone since she doesn't see him often. This upsets Daniel but Theresa says it's okay.

At the restaurant, Daniel tells Eloise that she was rude to Theresa and that Theresa is is girlfriend. Eloise says that she's his research assistant and that Daniel should be focusing on his work which is what's important. Daniel says that Eloise has made her wishes abundantly clear and "Why would I waste my gift on a woman." Eloise tells him that he's not going to have time for relationships and the women his life are going to be terribly hurt. Daniel tells her that she's pushed and pushed him and asks when will it be enough. Daniel says that he's the youngest doctor to graduate from Oxford and that he just got a 1.5 million pound research grant. Eloise asks who the grant is from and Daniel says that it's from an industrialist named Charles Widmore. The name Widmore seems to stun Eloise and after a pause, she says that she doesn't want to fight and that's not why she came. Daniel asks her why she came and Eloise pulls out a wrapped box and says "To congratulate you." She gets up and says "Good luck Daniel and I do hope you know I mean that." After she leaves, Daniel opens the box which contains the journal that he'll later write down all the things he knows about the island. On the first page Eloise wrote a note that says the following

Daniel,

No matter what, remember, I will always love you.

Mother

So Eloise Hawking not only seems to know which path people should take with their lives, but she seems to see the future in general. She seems to know that bad things will happen both Theresa and Charlotte, yet she seemed surprised when she found out that Charles Widmore gave Daniel a research grant. I guess her ability is selective.

Desmond meets Abigail and Theresa Spencer

Desmond Hume tracks down the home of Theresa Spencer, the woman in the photo with Daniel Faraday. Her sister Abigail answers the door wearing a Quikmart vest. After Desmond says he got Theresa's name from Daniel, Abigail invites him in. Desmond is shocked to find Theresa in a hospital bed being fed by a nurse/caregiver. Abigail says that Theresa is "away" right now. She says sometimes she wakes up and thinks that she's three years old and "yesterday she was talking to our dad" who died five years ago. She also says that Daniel ran off to the states and abandoned Theresa. Abigail reveals that Charles Widmore funded Daniel's research and covers Theresa's medical and living expenses. Apparently Theresa became the subject of Daniel's experiments which led her to this state.

Why did Daniel use Theresa as a test subject? Did Charles Widmore convince him to? Also, why did Daniel leave for the United States after Theresa ended up in this state? It seems that Thersa is experiencing some similar side effects as George Minkowski and Desmond but with out the eventual death. It seems that Theresa has managed to slip in and out of time without, well dying. I'm sure this isn't the last time we'll hear about Theresa.

Desmond goes to Oxford, rummages through Daniel's lab

Desmond makes his way to the Oxford campus only to find Moira, the receptionist/information desk, to be lady less than helpful. She tells him that there are no Faradays in the school's records. When she asks him what year Desmond visited, he hesitates and says he doesn't remember. He apologizes and leaves when she asks why he's seeking the information. [A quick note: Moira is played by Mary Ann Teheny who also played the Oceanic gate check worker in who helps carry Locke on Flight 815 and lets Hurley on board when he's late.]

Desmond makes his way to the physics department on his own and finds a door with a "DANGER - FUMIGATION - DO NOT ENTER" on it. He breaks into the room, which was Daniel's lab, to find Daniel's stuff covered and newspaper on the windows. The blackboard, maze and the device he used on Eloise the mouse is still in the lab. He also finds a photo of Daniel and a woman named Theresa Spencer. A curiously well informed janitor comes into the room and says that he incinerated Daniel's rats and that it's not surprising that there is no record of Dan because of "what he did to that girl." He also told Desmond that he wasn't the first person to come poking around through Daniel's things.

Why did the janitor know so much about Daniel and his work? Also, why is the school still storing Daniel's stuff if they don't want any record of him being there to exist? There's some thing about this scene that are a little weird.

The screen grabs of the lab have been enhanced because the room was so dark.