Looking Glass Station - Underwater Hatch

I’m really looking forward to this week, and beginning the long haul of hopefully good episodes. To prepare, I’m going to dump out a couple random theories or thoughts I’ve been considering about the show, and see which ones play out and are either proven or not.

1. I think Kate is playing along with the others, and has been since the beginning of season 3, after her meal with Ben. This could be complicated by any number of twists, such as her just pretending to cooperate with them to then turn on them later, or them suspecting that and using her in spite of it, etc. etc. - double/triple twists, etc.
2. Paulo (I think that’s his name) said something interesting in the bathroom in the Pearl; something to the effect of “the bathroom still works”, which was supposedly the exact same line that Charlie said when he was exploring the cockpit section with Jack and Kate. I speculate that this is a reference to Paulo having other reasons for going in there, just as Charlie did.
3. I still think that the info the others get from the outside world is a one-way communication; they get whatever someone on the outside gives them, but they cannot make requests or have conversations, etc.
4. The four toed statue is a red herring. I believe that its only purpose is to cause those who find their way onto the island (as well as us as viewers) ask some weird questions.
5. The losties will (hopefully) follow that cable one way or the other (ocean or jungle) or both, and find something interesting. Of course, they could also find it tied to a big heavy rock or tree - another red herring, for those on the island as well as us as viewers.
6. Ben used to monitor the Pearl; they show too many shots with him in that other monitor room that it seems obvious.
7. How the heck did the others not know about Desmond’s boat? Ben seemed not to, until they said something about it and he said “I have to have that boat”, or something to that affect. This is especially interesting since the guy that was with Desmond definitely knew about it, and seemed to have hidden it in almost plain sight to anyone with unfettered access to all of the island, as we assume the others have. Something doesn’t line up.
8. I still think Libby didn’t belong in that place where Hurley was. Whether she was there to spy on the numbers guy or she actually did have some sort of mental issues (hopefully somehow related to the projects/experiments), I hope we find out soon.