Discussion: The horrible side effects of teleportation.

"Walter also uses the term "unthinkable." When Jones is speaking with Olivia at one point he says something like: "It would seem teleportation has some unadvertized side effects." I'm wondering if Jones knew what was going to happen, whatever that was, or if it was a surprise to him as well."

"I'm thinking that Jones knew what was happening, or at least he knew that 'something' was going to happen. He didn't seem overly surprised that he was experiencing a metamorphasis. He seemed to have only one goal - get the "tests" to Olivia."

"In the pilot episode, the man on the plane seemed to be experiencing what might have been the same health issues Jones is having before he injected himself. I also think that man didn't have a twin brother, but a doppleganger. "

"What killed him was whatever he injected and turned to soup. Before he shot up he was experiencing some agonizing discomfort which I believe were side effects from teleportation.

I believe what happened on the flight was not intended, and that there are factors that changed the orginial outcome from injecting the chemical."

"Which flight? The pilot episode, or "Tranformation"?

There was definitely unexpected results going on in "The Transformation", as the on-board Observer is the one who, imo, is seen ejecting from the plane shortly before impact, as our usual Observer (Michael Cerveris) watches from the soccer field."