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‘I Thought The Helicopter Was With You!!’ Eggtown!! LOST 4.4!!

First first first first by Corterville	Feb 21st, 2008 01:01:34 AM
Always wanted to say that
first by gunnafan	Feb 21st, 2008 01:01:56 AM

second Then !! by gunnafan	Feb 21st, 2008 01:02:27 AM

How many episodes are left of this season? by kikuchiyoboy	Feb 21st, 2008 01:03:16 AM
It's been damn good so far.
More spoilers (How it ends Spoiler boy) by textual	Feb 21st, 2008 01:15:25 AM
In Zatanna speak: norra si "nos" s'etaK
so when kate says by punto	Feb 21st, 2008 01:21:34 AM
"I have to go, or he'll wonder where I am" on last years flash-forward, she meant her son?
This show is insane. by The Real McClane	Feb 21st, 2008 01:25:15 AM
It's like a damned train wreck. Horrifying, a complete abandonment of all understanding... confusion... frustration... madness... anger... needless weirdness and a nonsensical plot. But be damned if I can't stop watching it. Fucking J.J. puts an addictive chemical in his shows that make you crave 'em nightly. Just like that sneaky ass Colonel Sanders and his chicken. Bastards.
This show makes me go WTF every time I see it by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 01:37:14 AM
but I keep watching it, because it's cool.
Oh, and the title Eggtown makes me think of Hurley by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 01:38:58 AM
and his Cluck Cluck job.
Herc by cuckoo's indian	Feb 21st, 2008 01:44:47 AM
I love the previews the day before the episode screens, but it would also be fun to get your takes on the episode after it screens, maybe as an ammendment put on the bottom of the story. Basically, what I'm saying is, your opinion matters to me. :)
Hercs opinion means by Mezzanine	Feb 21st, 2008 01:56:48 AM
nothing to me. But I agree with Cuckoo's Indian, that it wuld be something cool to see.
Can't wait, the show's been aces so far, BUT HERC... by iamnicksaicnsn	Feb 21st, 2008 01:58:20 AM
since they decided to only make 13 episodes this season because of the strike, how will that affect the remaining 16 episode season? Does this mean we'll get a 19 episode season at some point? Will we get 13 episodes this season, but a couple of them will be two hour episodes? Inquiring minds want to know!!!
I think we'll get 4 more episodes in April. by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 01:59:43 AM
We get 8 episodes now, and then a break, and then 4 more.
I'm willing to bet $5 that the entire spoilers by PirateEmery	Feb 21st, 2008 02:01:00 AM
will make their way onto this talkback before it airs tomorrow. I know, because I've known what happens in Eggtown before the premiere aired. I'm just happy that I don't know what's going on in The Constant. I love me my unspoiled Dessy episodes.
cuckoo's by Hercules	Feb 21st, 2008 02:01:18 AM
as I say, season four is three for three so far. the fat has been trimmed, the filler has dissipated, and all of the flashbacks are now great. Season four has been distilled down to almost PURE COOLNESS!
iamnicksaicnsn... by nerfherder111	Feb 21st, 2008 02:02:56 AM
i read somewhere carlton cuse said that the remaining 3 episodes will most likely be delivered in other seasons, as they still want to deliver the same total amount of episodes in the series as they had promised. they're not sure where or when exactly the 3 episodes are gna be thrown in yet
season 4... interrupted? by nerfherder111	Feb 21st, 2008 02:07:00 AM
i agree herc, its really been great so far... i have a feeling this is gna be a season that's gna be even more amazing on a second viewing once it's finished. has there been any final word on how they're gna air the rest of the season. im expecting at least some delay like everyone, but how much?
How does Kate by CaptainTripps	Feb 21st, 2008 02:07:44 AM
not end up in prison? Aside from killing her father, didn't she rob a bank? She must have gotten a lawer refferal from OJ!
Indiana Jones and the Search for Jacob by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 02:09:00 AM
Will Locke ever find Jacob's cabin? Will Ben ever tell Locke about the four toed statue?
the schedule as I understand it. by Hercules	Feb 21st, 2008 02:13:24 AM
we keep going non-stop till 4.7. then there's a break until April 24 (IIRC), when we start five more episodes. The thing I'm unclear about is whether or not the season finale is one or two hours. Season five hits the air early 2009.
i want hints, not spoilers by zooch	Feb 21st, 2008 02:17:21 AM
damned invisotext.
How Kate is not in jail... by Prof. Pop-Cult	Feb 21st, 2008 03:40:22 AM
I posted this theory in the last Talkback: When Kate returned to civilization, a hotshot lawyer represented her, and helped to convince the jury to acquit Kate. And also since Kate is one of the Oceanic 6, she's a huge celebrity. (This explains why Jack had a hard time getting a hold of her in the third season finale -- not because she was a fugitive.)
Does Kate use the Chewbacca defence ? by Miyamoto_Musashi	Feb 21st, 2008 03:57:07 AM

Clearly by hktelemacher	Feb 21st, 2008 04:16:22 AM
the people rescuing them have the pull to get Kate off the hook. Alright maybe not clearly, but some kind of a deal had to be made on her part in exchange for her freedom. Something not so nice I'll bet. It can't be as simple as Jack spinning things to amp her up as a hero who saved lives. Maybe the "he" she refers to in the finale is the dude who put together Naomi and the team, or the unseen alleged economist Ben and Sayid were targeting. She's totally sleeping with the enemy.
My guess is that by emeraldboy	Feb 21st, 2008 04:42:46 AM
Some of the oceanic six ended up working for Ben. Remember he is the arch manipulater. How did ben leave the Island. That is what I want to know. We will find out in time.
13 episodes total by Jor-El23	Feb 21st, 2008 05:11:38 AM
Isn't that what they've said all along? 7 episodes and 5 episodes is 12. Weren't we told that they'd filmed 8 episodes pre strike? Then we'd get 5 more after the hiatus?
13 eps. by theBigE	Feb 21st, 2008 05:25:31 AM
8 done, filming 5 more. We get ep #8, which was done pre-Christmas, after the hiatus. I'm guessing eps 12 and 13 are a double episode so it airs in May during sweeps time.
Anyone know when the next time by Itchy	Feb 21st, 2008 05:43:34 AM
I will see a lingering shot of Claire's ass will be ? That's all I really care about.
Season Length by Jinxo	Feb 21st, 2008 05:48:25 AM
I had been thinking too, okay, if this season gets shortened by, say, three episodes then maybe they'll just adjust and shift the cut episodes so that next season is three longer. But apparently not. And for good reason. That logic would sort of dictate stopping the current season three episodes before where it was supposed to end. So that means ending on a random point rather than the intended season ending climax. The producers say they intend to end on X point in the final episode and so, now, to get there they'll have to cut and change plans to get to that point quicker. And since those cut bits are points on the way to reaching X, not like they could then just paste them into next season episodes. The opportunity to tell those stories is just missed. I guess they could add episodes to the next season but they'd have to be new different stories/chapters they have to invent JUST to fill that air time and in that case why bother?
Bujold by NudeandAroused	Feb 21st, 2008 06:03:54 AM
I thought Geneieve Bujold was almost named Janeway before Mulgrew was. Still, this has been an interesting season thus far. Much better than last year.
Bujold wasn't almost named ... by Hercules	Feb 21st, 2008 06:48:56 AM
She was hired and filmed in the Voyager's captain's chair. Creative differences ensued for two days of shooting. Kate Mulgrew was the producers' second choice. Gibney, who earlier played LaForge's girlfriend on ST:TNG, was apparently their third.
Kate's Defense Team... by Baron Merlot	Feb 21st, 2008 07:02:57 AM
...could've been paid for by Penelope, Desmond's Billionaire girlfriend. That might explain her gettin' off.
Jesus, I hate to be a spoiler whiner . . . by Nice Marmot	Feb 21st, 2008 07:06:17 AM
. . . but I avoid the Lost Talkback until I've seen the newest show. But I always know where it is and can read its title. Do you HAVE to put a quote from the show in the Talkback title??? Usually it's vague, but this one seems to indicate something major.
Kate's defense by Jor-El23	Feb 21st, 2008 07:27:12 AM
was probably paid for by Abbadon/Oceanic/shadowy cabal that Ben and Sayid eventually try to dismantle
We're getting 13 episodes this season by Abin Sur	Feb 21st, 2008 07:36:04 AM
Herc is correct that there will be a break after episode 7, because the producers found that episode to be a more "logical" place to start the hiatus...when Lost returns (in April?) they will show episode 8 (that was already filmed pre-strike) and then FIVE more episodes after that. Yeah, we still don't know if the finale is one or two hours - but they've been 2 hours every season so far, so I don't see them breaking tradition even with a shorter season.
Spoiler question.... by MemBirdman	Feb 21st, 2008 07:46:37 AM
CS Lewis?
This show is a mess by Spoiler_Man	Feb 21st, 2008 07:56:08 AM
What happened to America's IQ levels? Did everyone suddenly get really dumb a few years ago?
Season 4 sounds like it keeps getting better by Miyamoto_Musashi	Feb 21st, 2008 07:56:38 AM
Agree with others 3 from 3 so far very good and some of the best network tv we have seen in a long time.
Does Geordi marry Melissa Dunbrook, by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 21st, 2008 07:56:56 AM
in the series finale?
Best Lost theories by Miyamoto_Musashi	Feb 21st, 2008 07:59:44 AM
Can anyone suggest the best site for Lost theories, as comprehensive as possible please
7 episodes, 6 week break, 6 episodes by fedrich519	Feb 21st, 2008 08:00:16 AM
That's the breakdown. They filmed 8 episodes, but the producers figure episode 7 is the more logical point for a break. Then April 24th we return with the one pre-strike episode plus the five more being filmed for a total of 6 more.
When do I get to see more Sun? by Miyamoto_Musashi	Feb 21st, 2008 08:02:39 AM
The girl not the star. Am very partial, ok obsessed with Asian girls and as such Sun is on top of my list of Lost girls I want to ....
Just gimme a spinoff with Ben having Sayid kill people by SpyGuy	Feb 21st, 2008 08:03:22 AM
Every week, some unsuspecting dude or chick meets their end at the hands of Sayid. Mix in some scenes of Ben looking all bug-eyed and menacing and you have yourself a Top 10 series.
Come to think of it by CaptainTripps	Feb 21st, 2008 08:10:31 AM
we really don't know how long last year's flash back was after they got back to the states. Maybe they do send her to jail for a couple years and she's out on parole by the time Jack contacts her. Any chance that the "he" she mentions to Jack is her PO?
This show IS a mess by slone13	Feb 21st, 2008 08:11:44 AM
A hot, delicious, addicting mess
Considering I've watched The Economist by nalapou	Feb 21st, 2008 08:28:17 AM
11 times... yes, 11, I'm glad a new episode is finally on tonight. Frick I dunno what I'm going to do during the 5 week hiatus... go outside maybe? Who knows...
Here in north Florida... by Kid Z	Feb 21st, 2008 08:28:22 AM
... near Tallahassee (yes, there really is such a place... it's the state capital) there's a tiny little town called "Two Egg" (Yes, there really is!) The episode title "Eggtown" immediately makes me think of that place, even though Two Egg's just a gas station, 4 or 5 houses and a stop sign.
Am I the only one? by jones1899	Feb 21st, 2008 09:09:21 AM
I've loved every last bit of Lost for the past 3 seasons, but something about this season lacks the oomph I've seen and felt before on the show and I don't know why. Its not that its bad, but I swear these first 3 eps could have been put in one ep. I'm all for building up suspense and characters, and even during the "slow" part in S2, I had nothing bad to say, but maybe its the feeling that there are more commercials or something, I just feel at the end of these episodes I'm not really satisfied. Still best show on tv though.
Bujold was a disaster as Jayneway. by I Dunno	Feb 21st, 2008 09:20:34 AM
I saw that clip and she was terrible. The only thing I can say is that she had a nicer voice than cigarette smoker, coffee drinker, Kate Mulgrew.
Anyone finding this season treading water already by jimmy_009	Feb 21st, 2008 09:26:11 AM
It feels like the midseason droop in momentum. I don't feel like they've actually progressed any since the season finale.
Agreed jones1899 by jimmy_009	Feb 21st, 2008 09:27:55 AM
There's something missing. I think it's momentum. I thought the show would start burning forward after the finale last season and seeing as how they know the end point. But they are in a holding pattern. Really, the Losties aren't in any different position than they were during the finale.
Susan Gibney=Leah Brahms=SCHWING! by uss cygnus	Feb 21st, 2008 09:28:46 AM
"Every time you're touching this engine, Geordi, you're touching me." YEAH, BABY!
You are the only one by Shigeru	Feb 21st, 2008 09:29:10 AM
Best first 3 episodes ever. ever.
"Booby Trap" = One of the top 5 TNG episodes ever. by uss cygnus	Feb 21st, 2008 09:31:36 AM
And Susan Gibney was a big reason why. That, and a Promelian Battle Cruiser, and Picard taking the conn...and now I've done it, I've gone cross-eyed.
Oh that's who she is, Leah Brahms? by I Dunno	Feb 21st, 2008 09:34:55 AM
Damn. She would have been much nicer to look at as Jayneway than Kate Mulgrew.
First of all... by jones1899	Feb 21st, 2008 09:55:14 AM
I am apparently NOT the only one who feels this way. And if you'd read my post, I loved the last 3 seasons because they took their time. Some of the best episodes were actually pretty light on plot progression, but the character moments were so good I still felt satisfied at the end of the ep. For some reason I don't feel satisfied this season.
Can someone explain... by jones1899	Feb 21st, 2008 09:58:14 AM
Why the flip Jack, Kate and Sayid -three smart cookies- are trusting these new guys so much. Sayid himself said he knows they arent there to rescue them adn yet he trusts that if he brings back the chick they'll take him on the helicopter. Why would he believe that? Then Miles not denying they were there to kill them, the guns, the gas masks...! Seriously?
Not mo much that nothing has happened, by jones1899	Feb 21st, 2008 10:02:34 AM
just that nothing true to the characters has happened. Read my post a few back - thigns just don't make sense. The effect of that at least for me is that things have less oomph this season. This show IS a character driven experience and when you lose sight of that and have your characters just going through the motions of the plot, then you lose a great deal. The fact is, with all the HUGE things that are happening this season, I am frustrated that I'm just not into it like I should. Understand?
CORRECTION!!! by dynamicb	Feb 21st, 2008 10:04:50 AM
She was originally up for Seven of Nine but was given to Jeri Ryan because Brannon Braga was banging her.
Not so much that... by jones1899	Feb 21st, 2008 10:07:10 AM

If you meant character development by Shigeru	Feb 21st, 2008 10:16:59 AM
Then you shouldn't have mentioned that nothing has happened?
Word of advice about this site by nam0krut	Feb 21st, 2008 10:17:43 AM
I just tried to read this page from my Treo Smartphone and the invisotext showed up visible! So tonights episode has been ruined for me! DOH! Lousy Web 2.0!!
Not a lot of options!?!? HA! by jones1899	Feb 21st, 2008 10:21:43 AM
They have the guns. The folks that they are pretty sure are there to kill them? No guns. Options aplenty!
Shigeru... by jones1899	Feb 21st, 2008 10:29:22 AM
I never said nothing has happened. I said what has happened lacks any impact for me as a viewer BECAUSE this season seems more involved with the plot than the characters. I feel as though these once great characters are just being led along by the plot and not acting like they should based on the years we have spent with them this far. My saying that these first 3 eps could hae been put into 1 ep is just a result of there being no real moment that has mattered to me yet. I have always defended Lost's slow times when it was more about character - as I said, those were some of the best eps. I used to be on the edge of my seat, just praying the commercials would end becuase I was so involved. Now, its just simply a good show. Maybe they are just building to something, but I hope they remember who these people on the island are. BTW, I totally admit not even being sure myself what the problem this season is, so I admit to not being clear enough in previous posts.
Wierd Lost dream by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 21st, 2008 10:30:39 AM
I had a dream the other night where I was a character on Lost. The losties were wlaking with Ben still tied up as a hostage and they were taking them to some special machine. When they put him in the machine all of his special island powers would be gone. Similar to them forcing him to leave the island, he would lose his connection with it. The machine had five or six different lazers attached to it and each laser was responsible for a different island power, i.e. Desmond's future sense was one, Locke's powers came from another. The Losties set all the machines to take away the power and were about to put Ben in it when all of a sudden Jack switched it back and threw himself into the machine so he was hit with all the lasers and thus gaining all of the special island powers that Ben and others have. Then Jack just started doing this evil laugh. Then I woke up....LOST
Richard Alpert by Phimseto	Feb 21st, 2008 10:30:57 AM
Heard that the new issue of Entertainment Weekly discusses whether or not Nestor Carbonell will be returning to the show. Does anyone have the info on that?
Should have been "Weird" not "Wierd" by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 21st, 2008 10:31:32 AM
I cant spell.
Fastest pace ever... by sapno_krei	Feb 21st, 2008 10:36:28 AM
This is what people have been waiting for, a fast paced progression of events (as compared to previous seasons), and yet there are STILL complaints! I personally think the fast pace will level off in a few eps, and we'll be back to the quieter moments which are absolutely necessary to the story. I, for one, love how the writers have kickstarted the season.
Only moment thus far that felt out of character.. by Jonah Echo	Feb 21st, 2008 10:37:58 AM
was Jack's pulling the trigger on Locke. Sawyer shooting one of the defenseless others seemed reasonable for his character, and the fact said others had been ready to kill them, but there definitely needs to be some fleshing out of the conflict between Jack and Locke. Locke's destruction of the sub and various things, and Naomi are pretty nuts and destructive to the group but even Ben hasn't killed defenseless people(he gave the order for sawyer, bernard, jin to be kept alive). And yet, we are supposed to believe that all those people would still follow Jack? It seems like there is something of a push on the writer's end to foreshadow that things with Locke might go really wrong. Anyone else think that Ben knows he will have to leave the island soon, and is grooming Locke as replacement guardian of the island. He puts Locke through the same test he endured-kill an unloving parent, and then puts Locke in a place to manipulate others to achieve his ends, and then shoots him in the one place that won't kill Locke just to test his communion with the island. He also knows no one has as much to lose off-island as John Locke, and so he will never leave. Is the plan to have Locke defending the island from it's enemies within while Ben goes back and takes care of enemies without?
Fast paced is not what I have been waiting for. by jones1899	Feb 21st, 2008 10:47:36 AM
Now I see why. To be clear, this show is still great, just not as great so far.
Sue Gibney? Wasn't she raped by Doctor Light? by C.K. Lamoo	Feb 21st, 2008 11:02:31 AM
Or am I having an identity crisis?
Jack pulling the trigger by Phimseto	Feb 21st, 2008 11:04:11 AM
On the contrary, Jack pulling the trigger was completely in character. A gun-wielding Locke shows up again with rescue being so close (and life and death, in the case of Sun), combined with the fact that Jack is an unbalanced state, all adds up to a fairly explainable action by that character. Not only is it in keeping, but the writers haven't abandoned that moment - see Sayid's quiet dressing-down of Jack last episode.
jones1899- I think you're in the minority by Lovecraftfan	Feb 21st, 2008 11:10:37 AM
Back when it was slowly paced people complained that it didn't move fast enough.
why do all the quoted lines by redfishbluefish	Feb 21st, 2008 11:24:19 AM
have to be followed by double exclaimation marks or double question marks? i find it kind of irritating. perhaps this annoyance is what helps me not read the dreaded and alluring invisotext.....
Charlie becomes Beak by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 21st, 2008 11:31:15 AM
Just read are favorite ex-hobbit, ex-junkie,ex-ghost(?), will be appearing as Beak in the upcoming Wolverine movie. I'm not to familiar with the mutant Beak, but I'm excited to see Dominic acting in a new role.
FUCK GREY'S ANATOMY! by J-Dizzle	Feb 21st, 2008 11:32:28 AM
Why don't they let that shitty show get the shitty 10pm slot?
No Jeff Fahey this week? by DKT	Feb 21st, 2008 11:33:28 AM
Interesting...
I wasn't one of the ones who complained when by jones1899	Feb 21st, 2008 11:41:50 AM
the show was slow. At least then I really cared when something happened. It had a weight to it. Now, and I am willing to concede its just me, I just don't find myself caring as much. Scenes that should have oomph to them just don't. I feel as though if I'd seen Jack pull the trigger on Locke in previous seasons it would have been gripping. For me, this season, it just wasn't. Again, the show is still great, I just feel like its missing the mark in a way. Its not as gripping for me like it used to be. I feel like its going through the motions and the characters aren't being true to who they are. And still nobody has explained why, if Sayid, Kate and Jack have guns and they are pretty sure the new guys want to kill them, they still go on errands for them - trusting the new guys will hold their end of the bargain. These guys have guns and gas masks and are sneaky as fuck and you have this badass aoldier, a smart leader and a kickass chick with guns and they just go along. I don't buy it. I am first to admit however that I will not miss an ep until the SERIES finale, I just wish I cared more about what I was seeing. But that's just me...and that other guy.
Speaking of Actions in Character by evolution1085	Feb 21st, 2008 11:43:01 AM
What makes Kate want to adopt a kid? If the speculation is true **beware theorific spoilers ahead and Claire dies while being rescued, why would Kate take care of Aaron, unless she felt responsible for her death, but hell she's been running from the responsibility of murder forever so what changes there end theory*** These flashfowards are like the action adventure books that let you make your own endings, except you flip to the ending and have no subtext, so everything's a giant mindfuck
Phimsetto by Jonah Echo	Feb 21st, 2008 11:44:07 AM
I agree that the show is dealing with Jack's little episode, but I think currently those sequences from the season 3 finale that take place post-rescue set up that firing of the gun more than the stuff on the island to this point. Given the degree I trust Lost though, I fully expect that when the whole thing is seen in full, there will be sufficient explanation here.
Is jones1899 the new sickfix? by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 21st, 2008 11:45:44 AM
This TB is becoming strangely familiar to last week's TB. Hmmmmm.
My Female Death Theory. by kdoc13	Feb 21st, 2008 11:57:23 AM
Keep in mind this is mere speculation, not spoiler. But I think Sun is the next major actress who is going to die. Here's why. She can't have the baby on the island, if she doesn't get off the island, she dies.
jones1899 is MUCH better than sickfix by Shigeru	Feb 21st, 2008 11:59:22 AM
Because he is friggin reasonable. As to his points: shrug at this point there has been SO much character development over 3 seasons that I'm fine with watching those characters do stuff.
Frank's comment by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 21st, 2008 12:01:30 PM
Does anyone remember exactly what Frank said to Sayid? Did he say if you bring back Charlotte
Didn't finish that by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 21st, 2008 12:06:58 PM
I meant to say, did he say "if you bring Charlotte back safe, I will take you off this island" or "i will take you to the boat"? I thought he just said he would take them off the island. I think his wording was very important, maybe Sayid and Desmond on headed to somewhere other than the boat. Either for a good reason of a bad one. Maybe the shit has hit the fan on the boat because of Ben's mole and that is why neither Daniel of Charlotte wanted to go back to the boat. Just a thought.
What do you mean LESS CAPTIVE Kate!? by Sick Fixx	Feb 21st, 2008 12:22:22 PM
No shackles, no leg irons, no handcuffs or fingercuffs or bellychains??? No cavity searches or hands behind her head??? :(
more important question is by Shigeru	Feb 21st, 2008 12:22:59 PM
why did Frank say "if minkowski gets on the phone hang up immediately." ?
Season 4 pace by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 12:29:46 PM
I love everything about this show. I do admit though that this season does have a very different feel compared to the previous three. This is not necessarily a bad thing. It's just that it seems after three episodes, probably including the fourth,only a day and a half have passed by on the island so far but such insane things are going on in such a short time. This gives this season kind of a 24-type feel of break-your-neck speed pacing this season (well maybe not that extreme but possibly like deadwood, where one season was like a week in the show). I don't mind this at all but I can see why people feel like this season is different.
Spoiler site by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 12:32:38 PM
Also for those looking for lost spoilers and theories, just go to lostpedia.com. That site has got anything you would ever want to know about lost. beware of the spoilers page tho because they are really on top of their game. They know who Kate is with off island (there is a full summary of tonight's episode) and who will most likely die this season
Quote at the top by Shigeru	Feb 21st, 2008 12:38:26 PM
Maybe it's in reference to Miles.
node by Shigeru	Feb 21st, 2008 12:39:10 PM
yeah, the trust issues probably coupled with the fact that they're kind of being held captive and everything didn't go according to plan.
Order up by rbrog77	Feb 21st, 2008 12:48:44 PM
I'll have the information but hold the spoilers and put the h8rs on the side. Can I get that with German Potato Salad?
Uh... what about the other others? by Ex-Teenager	Feb 21st, 2008 12:52:00 PM
I really enjoy Fantastic Journey, uh I mean Lost but weren't there a whole slew of Others who didn't get sent on the beach ambush with Tom and who didn't accompany Ben to meet Jack and the group at the radio tower? If they don't care enough about their leader to at least send a small search party to find him after a few days, wouldn't they at least have moved back into the little village they formally occupied that Locke and his group went to? I would imagine having running water, real houses and indoor toilets would be preferable to wiping your ass with leaves while being rained on and chased by Polar bears. Naming a character CS Lewis is a little too cute... Also, did anyone else notice the name on Ben's fake passport? It was Dean Moriaty, the character based on Neal Cassady in Keuroac's On the Road. Someone on the writing staff has a sense of humor and speaking of that, how about hiring Darin Morgan to write an episode or two? As much as I enjoy the show, there is much to make fun of.
The Other others by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 12:59:00 PM
Only one night has passed since Ben ordered Richard to take the rest of the others to the Temple. Maybe it's a long walk.
CS Lewis?... by DanielKurland	Feb 21st, 2008 12:59:25 PM
I've been watching and loving this season a lot, but what is this CS Lewis connection? I must have missed it... Is Charlotte's last name Lewis?
Re:Daniel by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 01:01:12 PM
yea her name is Charlotte Staples Lewis
Thanks Alex138! by Ex-Teenager	Feb 21st, 2008 01:27:15 PM
Forgot that in the world of Lost a single night passing can take 8 months our time. I discovered during the strike that most TV shows are better when they are available in their entirety on DVD so you can watch them without long breaks allowing you to forget what's happened. I certainly think that's the case for Lost.
Kates Hinder by Yo Yo Ma	Feb 21st, 2008 01:28:29 PM
What does Kate's hinder is not languishing in stir mean? Did I miss something? I guess well I don't know what to guess.
"We’ll learn why Kate’s hinder isn’t languishing in stir." by xannibal	Feb 21st, 2008 01:28:29 PM
I fully support any update on Kate's hinder.
Oh crap - don't read that title by xannibal	Feb 21st, 2008 01:31:16 PM
Sorry! It's s spoiler - sorry, sorry, sorry!!!
Dominic Monaghan by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 01:44:32 PM
you guys hear that he got cast in Wolverine as a mutant named 'Beak' who has hollow bones like a bird and feathers that grow from his arms and can not quite fly but merely glide? Dude got shafted the day they handed out mutant powers and superhero names.
Beak was in Grant Morrison's X-Men by Shigeru	Feb 21st, 2008 02:01:57 PM
He basically was a fucking bitch who squaked a lot.
Node by rbrog77	Feb 21st, 2008 02:20:51 PM
Did not see that. Pretty f'ing cool. Maybe......nah, I won't go there.
Actually the name on Ben's passport was named by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 02:27:54 PM
after Sherlock Holmes' villian Moriarty.
You didn't mention by rbrog77	Feb 21st, 2008 02:30:03 PM
...all the LOST nominees. It too got a best series nom. Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Locke, Ben, and Juliet for lead or supportings. And Kevin McKidd from Journeyman lead too. Good stuff.
Node32774 by jimmy_009	Feb 21st, 2008 02:30:59 PM
Yeah, I think it's treading water. It's taken three episodes to even get to the 'rescue team' getting anyone off. And yeah the camp has split in two, blah blah blah. Lot's of walking, blah blah blah. More walking. I'm going get this person back. This is all stuff we've seen a thousand times on this show. They filled three shows with what could have been condensed to one if they paced it well. Instead they filled it with people walking around and looking for someone else. Kate and Jack go looking for hurt Naomi. Sawyer, Kate and Sayid go looking for Locke's Gang. Everyone walks around a lot. Seriously, this is one episode spread out to kill time. And I LOVE this show. I just feel I'm still in a holding pattern waiting for this season to actually kick in and have the changes promised by the finale actually happen. The flash forwards have been good, though thankfully, but they are so brief compared the island time, which is been there, done that.
Is anyone surprised that the helicopter doesn't make it? by jimmy_009	Feb 21st, 2008 02:36:08 PM
That would actually move the story along, which would be inconsistent with the season thus far.
Iron Man trailer to be on Lost tonight! by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 02:46:24 PM
Found out on Superherohype.
Offtopic: NBC cancels 'Las Vegas' - no season 6, then... by Pennsy	Feb 21st, 2008 02:52:46 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2gz7vh
And CBS jettison's 'Moonlight''s showrunner by Pennsy	Feb 21st, 2008 02:55:18 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2r9neg. Maybe that's why it wasn't in the network's announcement of early renewals last week.
Interesting interview with Darlton by Desmondo	Feb 21st, 2008 03:02:30 PM
Checkout spoilerslost for an interesting interview with Darlton..They go on the record and tell us we will know who is the in the coffin by the end of the season and what has happened to the people not rescued. And some other stuff about time travel, and alternate dimensions, etc, quashing a few fan theories it would seem. Also they note that "the maxwell group", and everything else to do with 'find815' was pretty much made up by some internet company, and not canon, or anything to do with them.... My time with it feels slightly wasted. I always think that the explanations for the mysterious on the show will not be anywhere near as outlandish as people suggest... e.g why are they stealing children? They can't get pregnant, and are running some tests. Similarly everyone on 815 is dead... some crazy alternate dimension? Nope probably just government cover up.
Bionic Woman cancelled! by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 03:17:38 PM
Sorry Katee Sackhoff.
I love this season... so far. by Lashlarue	Feb 21st, 2008 03:21:26 PM
It could all go down hill, but compared to seasons 2 and 3? You gotta be kidding me! Season 1> Season 4> Season 3> Shit on a stick> Season 2
Lost is really overhyped but it's a good show by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 03:32:17 PM
sometimes I wish that sites would hold off on spoilers until after the episode.
xan...and Jimmy by Cheif Brody	Feb 21st, 2008 03:58:39 PM
I don't think it's much of a spoiler really...I mean...Kate was "free" to go visit Jack last season at the airport...so it's kinda obvious she beats her wrap...or is still a fugitive...either way...she's not "playing house" with Big Bertha in the state pen. Jimmy...please do not provoke node...you will not like node when he is angry. The opening 4 episodes of this season make last season's opening "mini-pod" seem like a 40 yard dash for quadruple amputees and 90+ elderly citizens. I don't think they are treading water in the least. Now that the "end date" for LOST is in sight...they don't have time to "tread water". But you mentioned all the walking the cast does all over the island...what would be nice with the "enhanced repeats" they are showing before the new episode...would be a handy little map of the island that pops up to pinpoint WHERE on the island the scene is taking place from time to time. 4 seasons in...and I still have no idea how long it takes people to walk from say...the cockpit...to the Other's barracks.
Prison Break blows by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 04:00:44 PM
The first season was great, but wow, talk about milking a concept.
jimmy_009 you're not alone by The_Squid	Feb 21st, 2008 04:14:45 PM
I too think the show has been moving a bit slow, but the begining of the season is always slow. Remember how slow the opening of seasons 2 and 3 were? It doesn't help that the identies of the Oceanic 6 and the revelation that Ben made it off the island was spoiled. AICN is definately a love-hate relationship.
HERC! by Deep Roots	Feb 21st, 2008 04:33:09 PM
howabout you wander over the WIRE talkback, and see what a clusterfuck of major spoilers have been allowed to live and thrive? Huh?
The sad thing is by The_Squid	Feb 21st, 2008 04:40:50 PM
I didn't even try to read the spoilers. I personally despise spoilers. It's just, people have been posting the indenties of the Oceanic 6 on these talkbacks since the premiere. Just like on the Wire talkback, I got unlucky and read a post I shouldn't have. The same exact shit is happening on the Wire talkback and may have ruined the ending of the whole fucking series for me.
The sad thing is by The_Squid	Feb 21st, 2008 04:40:55 PM
I didn't even try to read the spoilers. I personally despise spoilers. It's just, people have been posting the indenties of the Oceanic 6 on these talkbacks since the premiere. Just like on the Wire talkback, I got unlucky and read a post I shouldn't have. The same exact shit is happening on the Wire talkback and may have ruined the ending of the whole fucking series for me.
I Gotta Say...Janeway was an interesting character by uss cygnus	Feb 21st, 2008 04:54:09 PM
in a very below average show. But you gotta respect her character was an Indiana native. : - )
Agreed jones1899 by Ang_Lee	Feb 21st, 2008 05:12:08 PM
The show is great, but the "magic" is gone.
You say the "magic" is gone. by slone13	Feb 21st, 2008 06:02:19 PM
I say that you are inaccurate.
They should do more with Ben by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 06:15:45 PM
He's such a great character, but every year he's just a whipping boy. He really needs to grow and stretch. I want more of his awesome back story.
I think people who spoil shows and movies by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 06:26:53 PM
on purpose are one notch above child molesters. I don't mean those who post spoilers with tags. Those who mean for people to see them by accident. Evil evil dudes.
I try to avoid spoilers for things I like by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 06:30:06 PM
I enjoy the show more. Of course, some times I slip up like when I read the back of The Phantom Menace CD cover.
I can think of no better punishment by The_Squid	Feb 21st, 2008 06:56:35 PM
Except perhaps getting beaten to death by Chris Partlow.
that happened to me too by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 07:09:34 PM
and the cursor was nowhere near it. shrug
Get a good adblocker. by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 07:13:51 PM
I use IE 7 Pro, and it works pretty good.
are you guys watching these "enhanced" versions? by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 07:17:51 PM
They just brought up something I forgot about. Jack told Kate he loved her like 3 days ago (island time) and now he sent her off to Sawyer. WTF?
Skywalker....Do more with Ben???!! by Cheif Brody	Feb 21st, 2008 07:22:32 PM
Umm...did you miss last week's episode...where it showed Ben was doing the whipping on some Iraqi National Guard ass? Sayid is running around all over killing FOR Ben. I think his whipping boy days are over...and his character IS growing and stretching just fine. Gotta run...show's on in 30 mins!!
Expecting the Iron Man trailer by SpencerTrilby	Feb 21st, 2008 07:32:21 PM
more than the show itself
Yeah, but Ben was in the last scene and by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 07:33:23 PM
that was a flashforward. It kinda ruines the suspense to know he gets off the island. I want more scenes like them finding the passports.
I don't understand people who leave LOST on purpose by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 07:34:48 PM
I mean he didn't leave but they think they're gonna go do some other show that's gonna be bigger. And that's not likely. Him and Harold Perrineau and where the hell is Maggie Grace? Know what I'm sayin'?
Cheif Brody by The_Squid	Feb 21st, 2008 07:39:42 PM
I agree Ben has now become one of my favorite characters. He was always a good villian, but now he's cooler than ever. One of my favorite scenes from last week's episode was when Sayid found all of Ben's passports and foreign currency. He's like some sort of badass independent spy.
"the filler has dissipated" by punto	Feb 21st, 2008 07:42:44 PM
I assume you mean after the first episode of the season, where absolutely nothing happened?
I don't enjoy Ben by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 07:52:38 PM
It's probably because I'm superficial where actors are concerned.
Michael Emerson is one of the finest TV actors by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 07:59:24 PM
That guy creeps me out everytime.
time for more lost by Pipple	Feb 21st, 2008 08:02:17 PM
I wonder how they're going to avoid answering questions this week...
Kate continues to be... by Phimseto	Feb 21st, 2008 08:04:54 PM
...the #1 character I would happily see dead. What a misanthrope she is.
Susan Gibney by Dradis Contact	Feb 21st, 2008 08:06:52 PM
was Captain Benteen on DS9, a much better role than when she discovered that Geordi was masturbating into the holodeck.
Kate's bad by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 08:12:22 PM
all the women on this show are bad, except maybe Claire
Yeah by Phimseto	Feb 21st, 2008 08:16:31 PM
I've never seen Claire so puffy-eyed before. She looked worse than when she returned to camp after being kidnapped..................... ..if only that were true. Charlie's heart = pwned.
C'mon Sawyer...Call Ben Mr Furley. by gotilk	Feb 21st, 2008 08:17:58 PM
I dare ya. Floyd the barber might be a stretch. Did he call him Professor Fate yet?
so i'm guessing... by Ron Burgandy	Feb 21st, 2008 08:19:57 PM
her "son" is Aaron?
yay by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 08:23:43 PM
one of my favorite movies. :D
there's been some bad dialogue in this episode by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 08:25:49 PM
"bust him out" when did the writer's strike begin again? lol
8 survived? by Ron Burgandy	Feb 21st, 2008 08:26:52 PM
but only 6 got off the island....and the other stuff too...makes u wonder what or who is making them say this bullshit...presumably the people Ben and Sayid are hunting down...
Jive Ass Cracker by Jive Ass Cracker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:28:26 PM
Did Jack just say that only eight people survived the crash?
Great googly moogly by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:29:34 PM
Plain Kate is Hot. In-Court, make-up, put-together Kate is absolutely bonerrific. Not to mention Claire has some painted on jeans tonight. Those cute little buns are crying out to me.
Yes. Yes he did by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:31:25 PM
8 survived. I guess Locke's group -Hurley "died" in the crash according to the story they must stick to. "I'm sick! Of lying!!"
So is Bruce Lee ben's guy? by Pipple	Feb 21st, 2008 08:32:15 PM
i'm thinking he is...
Holy Shit! by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:34:04 PM
Did you see Ben's reaction when Dan came in? Why 3.2 Mil?
OFF THE FUCKING HOOK by Charlie Murphy	Feb 21st, 2008 08:36:01 PM
this season has been fantastic. only 8 survived?!?! ben's a fuckin' big shot in the real world? aw man this kicks ass
Definately by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:36:09 PM
NOT Ben's guy. But they must work in similar circles, similar bosses. Dan knows who Ben is and what he can do.
Sawyer's been on the island too long by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 08:36:23 PM
Jin was already Bruce Lee. He's recycling.
Ben's guy.... by Ron Burgandy	Feb 21st, 2008 08:37:10 PM
i'm thinking is michael...name of michaels upcoming episode implies an alias perhaps. 3.2M as i'm guessing he knows how much money Ben has access to and wants it all. Or the value itself has some meaning (an amount Ben stole once) but as said, he's trying to get the money for extotion/personal reasons not as some sort of vendetta
The Marshall by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:39:02 PM
is the father. Had her handcuffed and joined the mile high club before the crash. Bent over the sink. Not.
Mommy! by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:41:28 PM

Dammit by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:44:45 PM
I wish I hadn't spoiled myself. I know how this fucker ends and I would have enjoyed the WTF so much more without knowing.
Kate by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:46:25 PM
will put out in Bear cages. You know she had to get some in a eal bed.
Real bed by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:46:41 PM

OK by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:48:52 PM
ESP of sorts...gettting 2/3 right with a deck of cards...is progress? What the hell? Is Danny testing his telepathy on the island?
I just realized by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:50:31 PM
I was talking about Miles in the posts above, not Danny. Dan is our bearded science geek. That has telepathy now. And Ms Lewis is very cute.
The final 10 minutes by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:51:32 PM
Here comes the BIG reveal!!!!!!
looks like it by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 08:51:35 PM
You know that shocking bit wouldn't even have been shocking if I hadn't read it. This episode is kinda sucky. Why do they even bother with Kate-centric episodes?
Locke's a badass. by Shermdawg	Feb 21st, 2008 08:53:51 PM

"yes by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 08:54:53 PM
it would have been the worst thing in the world". I love Sawyer.
Locke.... by Ron Burgandy	Feb 21st, 2008 08:55:28 PM
just went Jack Bristow on Miles...awesome... and i'm still sure Aaron is kates "son". Claire doesn't survive and she takes the kid, its what the "bonding" scene earlier hinted at.
Hey Kate... by Phimseto	Feb 21st, 2008 08:55:34 PM
...just because you slapped Sawyer doesn't mean he's wrong.
Booty Call by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 08:55:38 PM
Gotta love Kate. She does get the walk of shame back home, however. Score one for Sawyer.
oh shi- by Onset	Feb 21st, 2008 08:59:19 PM
Aaron?
a ha! by Ron Burgandy	Feb 21st, 2008 09:02:37 PM
...so after rescue Jack must find out Claie is his sister....which is why he can't face the kid as his decision to get them off the island killed him mum.
That Kate's son name is Aaron... by MeshGearFoxx	Feb 21st, 2008 09:02:56 PM
is pure coincidence people!
Great set up by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 09:02:59 PM
THey really make you think it's Sawyer's kid (Jack doesn't want to see it). Kudos. Poor Claire!
Jack,Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Aaron,_____? by Shermdawg	Feb 21st, 2008 09:03:19 PM
Who's the last of the six?
explain that shit to me by Pipple	Feb 21st, 2008 09:03:23 PM
isn't Aaron clare'd baby? Did Kate steal it?
I was hoping the baby had tentacles... by tonagan	Feb 21st, 2008 09:05:21 PM
and a gaping mouth with razor-sharp teeth. Now that would have been a cool ending.
HOLY SHIT by mrgreentheplant	Feb 21st, 2008 09:05:49 PM
damn have not had an ending surprise me like that since maybe "oh shit john's been crippled the whole time." that was awesome
trailer by amievil	Feb 21st, 2008 09:06:29 PM
where the fuck was the Iron-Man trailer?
I was hoping the baby had... by The_Squid	Feb 21st, 2008 09:06:31 PM
four toes, but it being aaron was really cool.
Dan and his cards by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 09:06:44 PM
I don't think they were testing Dan for telepathy. I think Charlotte was testing Dan's memory, he could have some mental issues. She said she wanted to see if he could remember the cards, so he saw them before. And when we first met him in 'Confirmed Dead' he looked like a f'n basket case. Also with the kid playing Aaron- I doubt we will see much of the kid because they don't want to dig themselves into another whole with a child actor who ages too fast for the show's timeline.
I love LOST... by mthrndr	Feb 21st, 2008 09:07:08 PM
but this episode sucked compared to the others this season.
GREAT EPISODE!!! by JackIsLost	Feb 21st, 2008 09:07:14 PM
Is it Claire's Aaron (which would explain why he's so damned old) or is it the spawn of Kate and Jack and the reason he is so damned old b/c of the weird time shift b/w the island and the rest of the world?
I'm not happy about this by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 09:07:50 PM
That psychic said that Claire had to raise the baby because her goodness would protect him. And now Aaron's being raised by a succubus. Craptastic.
Aaron is..... by Loosejerk	Feb 21st, 2008 09:08:02 PM
retard strong. Dharma baby formula will do that to you.
hey wait a minute. WHERE WAS IRON MAN? by Pipple	Feb 21st, 2008 09:09:47 PM
Did i miss it? i had to piss but it was only about a minute long...
Mongoloid Baby!!! by Emit Brown	Feb 21st, 2008 09:10:09 PM
I agree with the gent above that said the baby was a mongoloid. He reminded me of a Baby Jimmy Durante. I guess they wanted to make it clear that this was definitely not the genetic pairing of a hot beotch like kate and one of the too studs from Dharma island. claire bumped uglies with somethin' really ugly to create that kid. that kids so scary, his mamas nipples invert when he goes to suck the teet.
Next Week by StuckInthePresentPaused	Feb 21st, 2008 09:10:57 PM
ok is anyone else as thoroughly confused as i am about next week. Desmond with short hair confronting Daniel with even longer hair all my thoguhts are not thrown away. can we get the full synopsis for next week ASAP
Iron Man trailer is coming NEXT thursday by SpencerTrilby	Feb 21st, 2008 09:12:00 PM
FUCK. IT.
Eggtown by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 09:12:45 PM
What was the significance of this episode title? Locke ran out of eggs to cook for breakfast? Kate's egg ain't knocked up? Miles had a very special egg force fed to him? I usually pick up on the title significance right away but this one's just too ambiguous...
They had to show how Kate escaped by sjlm90	Feb 21st, 2008 09:13:00 PM
..the Wrath of the Law. and the kid is suppose to have a huge head. he always had it, what did Charlie call him? if he didn't, it wouldn't have made any sense whatsoever. ha
What's Jack's thing about Aaron? by captain_kirk	Feb 21st, 2008 09:13:24 PM
Obviously he still loves Kate. Kate obviously stole Aaron. The legal stuff wasn't realistic, especially if it was a federal case, which made no sense--but either state or federal, Kate couldn't have just walked out a door with the matter signed and sealed. Obviously explains the Kate/Jack/son issues (Kate Jackson?) and why she's reluctant to go back to the island. Also, perhaps she fears for Aaron's safety if they DO go back. Theory: is Aaron Jacob reincarnate?
Claire won't die by Keogh	Feb 21st, 2008 09:13:32 PM
I have a strong feeling she forgoes the warning and tells Kate to raise him off island till she is able to get off the island. I think the whole laundry scene was a forshadowing of that.
PS...Worst of the season...and PREDICTABLE by Emit Brown	Feb 21st, 2008 09:14:20 PM
I just want to add that this was by far the worst episode and that twist ending was terribly predictable. however, it was not predictable that the baby would look like Baby Jimmy Durante. That kid is so ugly...HOW UGLY IS HE...that kid is so ugly his mama feeds him with a sling shot.
shit by therobcat	Feb 21st, 2008 09:14:39 PM
Claire's gonna die huh? Locke is King Badass Hail to the King Did baby Aaron remind anyone else of Aaron the secret Service guy from 24? Inter-dimensional crossover anyone?
what's with all the hate toward the ugly kid? by JackIsLost	Feb 21st, 2008 09:14:57 PM
Yeah, he's ugly. My god, people, let it go...
Retarded baby... by theBigE	Feb 21st, 2008 09:15:56 PM
Just what my wife asked. "Does Kate's kid have Down's? Is that why Jack won't see him?" But, being unspoiled, I still called it! I knew it would be Aaron as soon as we saw him in bed. I suspected it before. That is all.
What's all this talk about Iron Man? by Shermdawg	Feb 21st, 2008 09:16:01 PM
I didn't see no Iron Man. Were we supposed to see Iron Man? I didn't see him.
I should proof read by therobcat	Feb 21st, 2008 09:16:55 PM

I'm using firefox right now. by therobcat	Feb 21st, 2008 09:18:09 PM
It works for me...
jacob is iron man by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 09:18:48 PM
he will soon be turned to steel in the island's great magnetic field. and will most likely travel time with faraday's help. but it will turn out to be for the future of mankind. (sorry that was incredibly lame but you can go suck it!)
Locke is kind of a hypocrite.... by Francis Begbie	Feb 21st, 2008 09:19:07 PM
I love this show to death but I remember Locke yelling at Ben for living in houses and having running water, he said Ben was cheating and that's why the Island abandoned Ben. Now Locke brought everyone to the barracks and is using technology. hmmmm......
Yeah by therobcat	Feb 21st, 2008 09:19:09 PM
I don't know what pwnage is, but it was pretty 100% pure asskick
superherohype was full of shit by Pipple	Feb 21st, 2008 09:19:39 PM
here's the original news story: http://www.superherohype.com/n ews/topnews.php?id=6831
Claire's Psychic by The Alienist	Feb 21st, 2008 09:19:39 PM
....who really wasn't a psychic (he confessed as much to Eko) told Claire her baby was in danger and she MUST raise it herself. Obviously, this doesn't happen. Maybe another reason why they shouldn't have made that phone call....
yeah, the love line was STUPID as fuck by Judge Briggs	Feb 21st, 2008 09:20:25 PM
Do you love the defendant? Oh give me a fucking break... a federal prosecutor would never ask such a dumb fucking question... foul ball on the part of the writers!
8 survivors huh by wellaware1	Feb 21st, 2008 09:21:19 PM
Would Aaron be considered one of the Oceanic 6 (he was technically on board I guess). I do not think so. Everyone says Sun and Jin and that little going to America speech seems to foreshadow that. Then Claire would be one of the other 2 "survivors"...who is the last one.
aaron by MeshGearFoxx	Feb 21st, 2008 09:22:04 PM
Everyone must know in present time that it's not really Kate's son because based on the kid's age they would know that he was born on the island. This all depends on how long after 92 days they ultimately get off the island but if not many thereafter they would also know that Kate wasn't pregnant (and showing) going on Oceanic 815 originally . I think Claire dies and asks Kate to take care of her son. Just don't know how they explain it off the island.
Did I mention that kid is UGLY by Emit Brown	Feb 21st, 2008 09:24:58 PM
That kid is so ugly, kate carries around a picture of the kid that came with the wallet.
Turniphead by CherryValance	Feb 21st, 2008 09:25:43 PM
Charlie called him "turniphead". sigh I miss Charlie.
Time is wacky by therobcat	Feb 21st, 2008 09:25:43 PM
Island Aaron is still pretty maybe 1, but, in show time, probably less. Off-Island Aaron is closer to 3. What the huh?
The promos ruined it for me... by Mouton	Feb 21st, 2008 09:25:56 PM
"ONE OF THE OCEANIC 6 WILL BE REVEALED!!!!111!!!!!111!!" And then, when it became obvious that Kate's "son" was going to be the big reveal, I thought it's either going to be Walt or Aaron, and, of course, I got all excited that it would be WALT! but no, it was Aaron. Thanks ABC!
Every time I write "pretty", put a "much" after it. by therobcat	Feb 21st, 2008 09:29:31 PM
I'm retarded I guess.
I think the ugly kid grows up to be... by Emit Brown	Feb 21st, 2008 09:32:21 PM
the ugly kid grows up to be Eli Stone. who watches this Eli Stone crap? Gay men that liked Allie McBeal? flush this terd before it stinks up my living room.
Gotta admit by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 09:33:12 PM
My least favorite of the opening 4 eps. It's good to answer the Kate question (if she's one of the 6, what happens with the criminal charges) and it had to be done. And we have the Miles/Ben reveal, so the mythology is moved forward slightly. But this one just didn't give me enough. I love Kate, but boy, KAte-centric is an understatement. I love the show, love the season, and still give it a 7/10, but IMO, they had to live up to an avg of about 9/10 for the 1st 3 eps. So - still better than 95% of TV, but not a top-end LOST. The Aaron reveal is quite a twist. Can't wait to find out what Ben is really all about.
Aaron can't be an Oceanic Six! by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 09:36:58 PM
He was born on the island.
Clearly Jack and Kate and the rest have agreed to tell... by JackIsLost	Feb 21st, 2008 09:40:24 PM
an elaborate lie about what happened, one of the benefits of which is that it gets Kate out of legal trouble. But how much do Kate and Jack know about what Sayid and Ben are up to? Are they in on it too? I still think the ultimate supervillain will turn out to be old man Whitmore aka Penny's dad. Thoughts?
Ugly Jimmy Durante Look-a-like Baby... by Emit Brown	Feb 21st, 2008 09:41:33 PM
Ugly Boy Aaron WILL be one of the Oceanic 6. As we saw tonight, they have a fake story cooked up by the public. "8 survivors that crashed on an island in the south pacific." the powers that be will also make it look like Aaron was on the plane registry. There is so much manipulation of the story of where these 6 crashed that Aaron's name being added to plane manifests will be an easy task. And as this show deals with space and time, they can very easily manipulate documentation via a little wormhole time travel. just you wait and see. too bad they can't go back in time and tell clair to fuck a handsome dude so aaron doesn't have to grow up ugly.
For the record... by Dr Dischord	Feb 21st, 2008 09:42:24 PM
The book Sawyer was reading while wearing his grandpa glasses was The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares, about a guy shipwrecked on an island who falls in love with a woman spoiler who turns out to be a hologram.
Agreed, Locke is a jackass.... by JackIsLost	Feb 21st, 2008 09:42:26 PM
Albeit a fascinating one. Come to think of it, he could be the supervillain Ben is working against in the future...
Aaron by The Alienist	Feb 21st, 2008 09:42:33 PM
Remember when we were all convinced that Aaron was "important"...then we found out studying Claire's baby was basically random, it had to do with the "pregnancy" not the actual "child". Now Aaron's back to be important again. I like that...
This "Oceanic 6" thing... by Mouton	Feb 21st, 2008 09:43:28 PM
seems like something the media made up to name the survivors AFTER they were "rescued", so if that's the case, then yes, Aaron can be one of the 6.
Wasn't Locke reading... by JackIsLost	Feb 21st, 2008 09:44:52 PM
ATLAS SHRUGGED on the island at one point? I remember that stood out. I wonder what the meaning of that was supposed to be, besides an obvious shout-out to the awesome Ayn Rand.
Dan and the Cards by RemikD	Feb 21st, 2008 09:46:17 PM
It was definitely about 'memory', but why couldn't it also be a bit of ESP? The show is implying there's something weird going on with time. Maybe they were performing some sort of experiment with sending information back in time. -RD
Hey Shermdawg by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 09:46:45 PM
Spoilerspoilerspoilerspopler.. .............................. ......................Sun and Jin are the final of the O-6. I believe one of the next eps is titled after the name of their soon-to-be-born son. Aaron needed no ticket on the plane at the time. Do you think Kate took Aaron against Claire's wishes an that's why he's not happy with her having him? Or just upset his 1/2 sister is dead.
Atlas Shrugged... by Emit Brown	Feb 21st, 2008 09:47:38 PM
and then vomitted at the sight of that ugly jimmy durante baby aaron. did i happen to mention that kid is ugly.
Locke's chosen taller ghost Walt and here's why... by discomatic	Feb 21st, 2008 09:51:50 PM
"Enjoy your breakfast."
captain_kirk by Dylan2e	Feb 21st, 2008 09:53:10 PM
Maybe the reason Jack doesn't want to see Aaron has something to do with the fact that he is Aaron's uncle. Claire and Jack are siblings.... Shouldn't Jack be the rightful guardian of Claire's child before Kate?
Claire's Psychic II by The Alienist	Feb 21st, 2008 09:54:05 PM
Okay, I watched the episode again and this is the psychic's exact quote: "You mustn't allow another to raise your baby!"
jack is the uncle by Dylan2e	Feb 21st, 2008 09:54:09 PM
But does he even know this fact?
What in the hell by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 09:55:15 PM
is the fixation on Ugly Baby? We had Kate semi nude, Claire in tight Jeans, Kate made-up and in a tight skirt...and you keep on about an ugly baby. I'm not quite sure what that says. Other than if you have kids they will probably be born with 3 eyes and gills. Retarded/ugly baby talk is bad karma.
Kate's mom by chimpjnr	Feb 21st, 2008 09:56:14 PM
Did she always look that similar to a Claire, albeit an invalid, dying, aged version? Ties in with the idea of Jack's father being her father too, I suppose...
Kate's baby by chimpjnr	Feb 21st, 2008 09:58:30 PM
So, was I the only one wondering as she walked up the stairs, will the kid be have blond bangs and a goatee...or be 200 lbs overweight...or Korean...?
captboulder by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 10:01:13 PM
That Ass is screencap worthy. Rewatch...she walks away from Kate inside their shack...I think when Locke drops by. GoodGod
was that the BRADY BUNCH house exterior? by Sir Loin	Feb 21st, 2008 10:02:30 PM
Sure looked like it at the end there...hmmm...
Je-hu-sus by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 10:07:15 PM
Am I the only one who is actually watching the NFL scouting combine? I miss football so damn much. Thank God for LOST. But that is it for MUST SEE TV for me. Pathetic
name on Ben's passport wasn't about Sherlock Holmes by Maniaq	Feb 21st, 2008 10:08:14 PM
The name is from Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" and I believe the same character uses a different name in "Dharma Bums"... Also, isn't it kinda obvious how this season is different from previous ones? THERE'S NEW PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND and unless I was hallucinating while watching the end of last week's episode, then you might have noticed some PEOPLE GET OFF THE ISLAND IN A HELICOPTER - what? Not different enough for ya???
Gotta torrent by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 10:10:59 PM
I have to get my torrent of this Ep online...gotta help those in need
Baltar vs Kate by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 10:14:52 PM
Both trials were pretty unrealistic but who knows how colonial law works...as far as the scouting combine goes, i think its pretty awesome after all the hype over colt brennan over the season, hes probably nrobably going to be a 4th round pick.
Understood by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 10:20:26 PM
Not because you want to - but because it's best for everyone...to resolve a knot in your pants.
This was the weakest so far, however..... by br1947	Feb 21st, 2008 10:22:09 PM
it's kinda like saying "it's the smallest diamond of the bunch" Locke's grenade breakfast was freaking awesome!
aaron is not one of the 6 by ZO	Feb 21st, 2008 10:22:45 PM
2 more left got to be sun and jin
Yo Miyamoto_Musashi... by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 10:25:09 PM
Don't know if you are still around but the best site I have foundor LOST spoilers and rumours and theories...spoilerslost.blogsp ot.com. Their 1st story has screenshots of Ep 5 "The Constant" and one helluva shot of Juliet's cans
8 by GtotheP	Feb 21st, 2008 10:27:10 PM
Jack mentioned something about 8 people getting off the island and Kate "trying" to save two of them... Anyone?
No by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 10:29:26 PM
8 people survived the crash (lie). 6 of the passengers from Oceanic 815 make it off.
The Alienist by The_Squid	Feb 21st, 2008 10:30:29 PM
I don't know if you noticed this but another is another way of saying "an other" Wasn't that the episode where the others first tried to kidnap her? It's awesome Aaron is now being raised by someone else. Maybe that's what the Psychic predicted, if aaron was raised by someone else he'd become retarded
I think they take Locke with them by force by br1947	Feb 21st, 2008 10:31:04 PM
and once he leaves the island, he dies. Possibly Claire too, that would explain Desmond seeing Claire geting on the helecopter in his vision, but Kate ending up with Aaron. That explains the 2 of the 8 that didn't make it.
Aaron, the mongoloid by alex138	Feb 21st, 2008 10:31:34 PM
come on, you guys are exaggerating on your first reaction. he really doesn't look that weird, http://tinyurl.com/2awsjx, actually looks exactly like claire...
ZO Read on for SPOILER by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 10:32:23 PM
.............................. .............................. ............................Co rrect. It's been confirmed by Darlton (Carlton/Damon)
I think Ben is his own mole on the boat by pinkraygun_guy	Feb 21st, 2008 10:42:09 PM
And I think the Ben that Sayid is working for is a Ben from the past who is trying to get back on the island. Since we know there's a time-travel element to Lost, I think there's a major clue in Desmond's flashback episode from a season or two ago. In Desmond's flashback, he had foreknowledge of the future (game score, etc). That tells me that after his time spent "out of time" on the island, he ended up back in the past. The only way he ended up there is if Sayid did as well, as the helicopter has disappeared from time. I'm not sure how Ben got back to the past himself - but if there are now divergent timelines - one where 815 crashed killing everyone, one where 815 landed on the island, one with Desmond, Ben and Sayid in the past, and one with Jack, Kate, etc. in the future, then time is completely screwed. Everyone needs to get back to the island to reestablish the timeline. Am I crazy, or is this the beginning of starting to make sense?
Ep 4.05 Trailer by La.Cucaracha	Feb 21st, 2008 10:44:49 PM
At the end of the trailer, Desmond franticly mumbles something as he is gripping someone by the shirt. . .what did he say?
my hinder is languishing. . . by La.Cucaracha	Feb 21st, 2008 10:48:19 PM
if ya know what I mean. . .
Cool! by Fing Fang Foom	Feb 21st, 2008 10:49:49 PM
Good ep. Really dug it. Thank god the ending didn't involve Ben's arched eyebrow. Love this show. Like the flash fowards. No "we got off the island" last episode like Gilligan. Hope some go back go back to the island!!!! So many possibities.
pinkraygun_guy, I like your idea, but... by br1947	Feb 21st, 2008 10:51:08 PM
Sayid said last week "don't you know who I am, I am one of the Oceanic 6" right before he killed the guy on the golf course. For him to know who the term "the Oceanic 6" (and be one), he can't be in the past.
wait now that I re-read your post... by br1947	Feb 21st, 2008 10:53:46 PM
maybe, I dunno. If we have splintered timelines, does that mean there could be 2 Sayids, both of which could start kicking ass?
br1947 by pinkraygun_guy	Feb 21st, 2008 10:54:12 PM
Shit. I knew it was too good to be true. But I still like the idea of Ben being his own mole - perhaps the mysterious thing that Ben can do that others can't is exist in multiple timestreams at once.
By the way... on the re-run of last week's episode.. by br1947	Feb 21st, 2008 10:56:06 PM
Does anyone else think there were 2 people in the room with Sayid at the end? We saw Ben, but it sounded like another voice, the timing of it lead us to believe it was Ben, but this week i noticed there were no shots of Ben talking in the altered voice.
I agree... by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 10:57:19 PM
with ashoko to a degree, but at least Heroes achieved an entertaining, serialized show and I would make an effort to see it. BSG when it finally comes back is on a different level as is Lost, but Heroes was not bad. I have not been this hooked on serialized TV since season 3 of Angel...until LOST. Angel's last season was awesome too-but the fact it was cancelled pissed me off and I became disengaged from it. Jesus-that whole The Father will Kill the Son and Wesley getting his throat cut, surviving, only to be almost smothered by his best friend while lying in a hospital bed...that show was just unreal. Lost is giving me that same enthusiasm this season.
So, 8 survive the crash... by GtotheP	Feb 21st, 2008 10:59:14 PM
I was wrong, 8 don't get off...but 8 survive...
give the kid a break by oisin5199	Feb 21st, 2008 10:59:49 PM
He was just making faces since he was waking up. Geez, you people will pick on the stupidest things!
Hurley and weight loss by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 11:07:15 PM
Have you seen the shots of that Dharma pantry? And there are still food drops. They spent a couple eps on Hugo/Libby and the eating problem. He is finding PLENTY of food to eat and Dude does NOT do crunches while he watches Xanadu (Olivia Newton is STILL smokin hot btw)
Didn't you see the credits? Aaron was played by Stewie Griffin! by RyanMurray	Feb 21st, 2008 11:08:16 PM
:D
kate and sawyer by Benjtendo	Feb 21st, 2008 11:11:19 PM
Kate didnt have sex with sawyer for the same reason she knows she's not pregnant... She has her period. About 90% of you wouldnt realize this, never having a girlfriend. As for the mongloid kid, the ones perpetuating this are wrong, and are being silly. The kid was sleeping at an odd angle, and as soon as it yawns and she picks it up you can see it's just a regular kid. Well... its Aaron, so it's not a "regular" kid... but you get the idea.
Aaron by Jive Ass Cracker	Feb 21st, 2008 11:15:58 PM
Were they really going to call up the retard baby as a charcter witness?
All I know by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 11:18:48 PM
Is if that kid winds up with Claire's eyes - Dude will NOT have a problem getting laid when he grows up. She has got those big baby blues and you could just turn to mush looking in those (while becoming hard as a rock...bit of a paradox there). He wound up with 1/2 of Claire's DNA - no way that kid can be ugly. And yes, I realize it is fiction, the baby is an actor...whose wake up and drool technique is quality acting, incidentally.
Maybe... by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 11:22:26 PM
Baby Aaron gets in a booster seat on the stand an goes all "Jacob in the shack" on them, mentally throwing objects all over the courtroom. THAT is a scene that I would like to see.
Xiphos by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 11:27:18 PM
I don't think that is the consensus - but only a possiblity raised because if Jack's seemingly bad attitude toward Kate having the kid. Why would he be upset Kate has his Nephew? Maybe...because Kate has Aaron due to some sort of bad deed by Kate? Or it just reminds him his 1/2 sis died or is left for dead on the island? He doesn't go to her place because of the kid. Why?
In Australia, a psychic is freaking out!!! by hobnoblin	Feb 21st, 2008 11:28:41 PM
As CherryValance already mentioned, we know that a psychic told Claire that she HAD to raise Aaron herself, or something HORRIBLE would happen. What freaked him out, and does this mean it'll happen???
Has no one mentioned Aaron's age? by br1947	Feb 21st, 2008 11:29:32 PM
Island Aaron is about 3 months old. Future Aaron is about 2. Maybe the get off the island but are held somewhere else for a year or so? Because I would think Kate would have been pretty much immediately arrested and tried. Maybe I'm reading too much into it or there is more time-traveling to it. My bets, Claire gets on the helecopter (as Desmond said) she dies somehow, Kate takes Aaron and Claire is one of the ones who survived the crash but died later.
And we know... by edshrinker	Feb 21st, 2008 11:30:07 PM
If Jacko goes to Kate's - that girl DOES put out! He basically just turned down a booty call with a girl he just admitted AGAIN that he loves
damn vader, you beat me to it by br1947	Feb 21st, 2008 11:31:12 PM

Zoe Bell was in the credits by Mockingbuddha	Feb 21st, 2008 11:32:39 PM
Never saw her but I'm pretty sure that was her voice on the phone at the emergency number. Was that her first "appearance" or was she on the phone last week too? I love Zoe Bell, also enjoyed Kate's underwear tonight. Almost spit out my food when Sawyer said he'd protect Kate. Kate is the only man in this silly love triangle, Sawyer and Jack are both teenage girls. They should do each other's hair whenever they aren't talking about each other behind their backs.
This episode was a bore. by mr.brownstone	Feb 21st, 2008 11:34:25 PM
Except for the part where Locke put the grenade in Miles mouth. I don't need a grenade level scene every 10 minutes but this episode was bland and really dragged it's heels.
Timelines by StuckInthePresentPaused	Feb 21st, 2008 11:35:36 PM
If we are to believe the article from the season finale than Jack's flash forward was in 2007 and we can use that as are latest date since season 4 flash forwards are before this event. Aaron seems to be 3 or 4 so its seems they are at least a little more than 2 years after the latest on island date
Loved the episode, but a minor complaint... by DanielKurland	Feb 21st, 2008 11:56:21 PM
The show seems to be telegraphing things a lot more. This episode with the whole Claire/Kate/Aaron scene made it obvious he'd be the kid, and last week's whole scene with Sayid saying "They day I work for you [Ben], is the day I sell my soul", and then surprise surprise. These are awesome reveals, don't get me wrong, but we're smart enough to pick up on this stuff without a scene being devoted to these payoffs in the middle of the episode.
Last Season's Finale by Screamin822	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:03:36 AM
I guess now we know who Kate was referring to when she told Jack she had to go, because "He'll be wondering where I am". Theoretically, it could be a guy in her life, but Aaron seems more likely to be the "he" here, don't ya think?
aaron on the stand... by captain_kirk	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:06:11 AM
as a practicing lawyer--yes, we obviously need the word of a practicing lawyer to dispense common sense---as a practicing lawyer, there are few barriers to competence automatically. Obviously, however, a baby, toddler, preschooler would normally not be able to testify. However, these are factual issues on a case by case basis. I know that there are children as young as 4 years old who have testified on various cases in my jurisdiction. But what I find remarkable is that Aaron had a very good vocabulary for a just-woken-up infant. I find it too easy how Kate left a trial, drove home, and came in like nothing happened. And please knock it off about the kid already. I saw what everyone saw--and questioned why they were bringing down's syndrome into the tv show. Then, realizing it's aaron, and seeing his face, we know it was a bad p.o.v. My point is this--it's one thing to call a baby ugly. It's another to criticize a baby for looking "mongoloid" or "retarded". Come on guys, grow up.
aaron on the stand... by captain_kirk	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:06:18 AM
as a practicing lawyer--yes, we obviously need the word of a practicing lawyer to dispense common sense---as a practicing lawyer, there are few barriers to competence automatically. Obviously, however, a baby, toddler, preschooler would normally not be able to testify. However, these are factual issues on a case by case basis. I know that there are children as young as 4 years old who have testified on various cases in my jurisdiction. But what I find remarkable is that Aaron had a very good vocabulary for a just-woken-up infant. I find it too easy how Kate left a trial, drove home, and came in like nothing happened. And please knock it off about the kid already. I saw what everyone saw--and questioned why they were bringing down's syndrome into the tv show. Then, realizing it's aaron, and seeing his face, we know it was a bad p.o.v. My point is this--it's one thing to call a baby ugly. It's another to criticize a baby for looking "mongoloid" or "retarded". Come on guys, grow up.
HOLY SHIT by BrightEyes	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:10:15 AM
MY HEAD IS JUST SPINNING!?!?!?!?!?!
meanwhile, about the slow-time thing... by captain_kirk	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:11:18 AM
the slow time thing would explain the slowing of rose's cancer, but would not explain Tall Walt's growth spurt. BTW, why hasn't anyone asked Ben where those two went? Anyhoo, If Ben could come and go off the island at will, why did he agree to a surgery with one doctor, one assistant doctor, no sterility, and many rusty tools? Another question--will the existence/role/necessity of Island #2 be explained? Where are all the children? Where are the rest of the Others, including ominous Erykah Badu woman? Why didn't Smoky come out and attack Farady, et al.?
,,,and I second (or is it third, lol) what Kirk said.... by Playkins	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:12:33 AM
There was absolutely NOTHING retarded looking about that kid, and anyone who thinks so either (A) isn't around kids much, or (B), doesn't have kids of their own. Both is a little insightful, dontcha'think?
Caption Kirk by gorydon	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:19:30 AM
Time goes slower on the island, Walt is not on the island so he grew at a normal rate, but faster than he would have on the island. That erykah badu woman died in season 3 by the russian.
10PM Timeslot? by blondeman	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:23:00 AM
Is ABC retarded? Why the hell are they moving it to 10PM. The ratings have always been strong, granted it is not the juggernaunt it was during the first season but it stills gets good ratings. Can't they just move it to another day at the 9PM slot? What other bullshit is more important than one of the smartest fucking dramas on TV? People baffle me.
Bracelets... by GtotheP	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:26:22 AM
RC...the bracelets had RC on them both...could it be Richard from the original island "others"?
Well, Jack and Claire are related by AlwaysThere	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:28:41 AM
Why would he wont to be seeing his sisters son off the island, without her too been off the island?
thanks for your instruction by Maniaq	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:32:12 AM
I don't watch previews and I haven't seen this week yet - so, based on the end of LAST WEEK'S EPISODE (like I said) you might forgive someone for not knowing better? Of course if they suggest they're getting off the island and then it turns out they don't actually do that - then yeah that's EXACTLY THE SAME as every other season so there's THAT idea out the fuckin window... It seems people have now SEEN this week's episode so I'm not reading this talkback anymore for a while...
Jack's insane by lordgrimplemort	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:48:16 AM

I LOVE DICK!!!! by Horror Freak	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:50:18 AM
that is my first reaction while just beginning the newest episode... phil dick rules
jack and kate by lordgrimplemort	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:51:22 AM
I've been thinking Jack was all depressed in the future because Kate's with Sawyer or another guy. Turns out she actually wants to be with him and he won't because of Aaron. I figure Claire died and Kate took him in. I'm sure Jack feels responsible for Claire and won't see Aaron out of guilt. Get over it man--that's your nephew. Or half nephew, whatever. Wonder if he ever finds out Claire's his half sister.
I think Clair by BrightEyes	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:54:21 AM
will die and Kate has to take Baby Arron,
Maybe Jack doesn't want to see Aaron by CaptainTripps	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:56:56 AM
because he causes Claire's death. If something he does during their escape from the island leads to Claire being killed, then seeing the baby would be a very painful reminder. It's pretty obvious in last season's finale that he feels like he made the wrong decision and he's not ready at the time of Kate's trial to face that guilt.
I didn't think it was Even possible to hate Locke by BrightEyes	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:58:25 AM
More then I have already hated him since Season 1 , but man they sure did it tonight. The pressures getting to Locke and he's about to crack, the guy is getting more and more unlikable as we get new eps, He is totally becoming Ben as a crazy Dictator and I don't care what Locke says that is what he is becoming. I'm just glad I was never a Locke fan I would find it hard to stick with that nutjob during times like these. TEAM JACK!
2 year old testemony by Benjtendo	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:58:47 AM
Lost likes playing with dialogue. Aaron was never gonna testify, the lawyer was gonna ask her to bring jack to the stand... I think in another line of thinking she said "dont bring my son into this." She just kinda jumped the gun, infact the whole time she seems really jumpy... her main objective is to protect and be there for Aaron.
I guess by BrightEyes	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:37:45 AM
Team Ben would include Sayid as well since he left Team Jack last week and we know who he ends up working for.
Next Week's preview by Peter Venkman	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:45:20 AM
Anyone notice who Flashback Desmond is interacting with? That's....strange....
The book Locke gave to Ben: Valis by Calico Pete	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:42:39 AM
4we8have15to16go23back42's post (interview w/Lindelof & Cuse)says reading Philip K Dick's Valis trilogy is a good prep for the ep. The 3rd book of the trilogy is called The Divine Invasion, and if I remember correctly, concerns a group of people trying to smuggle God into a/the universe (controlled by Satanic forces). God is smuggled in as an unborn fetus in order to evade detection. After he's born... well, I won't get into it. But could Aaron be "god" in this story, smuggled off the island? BTW the book Valis itself deals with (as much of Dick's work does) with the nature of reality.
Goo goo ga joob by Napoleon Park	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:56:26 AM
In the opening scene, when Locke made a breakfast, laid it out nicely on a tray, carried it down those steep steps and then unlocked that padlocked cell door, was anyone else expecting Caleb Applewhite to come charging out of there? I'm betting almost no one here "gets" that.
kind of a tease by Napoleon Park	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:59:50 AM
It was a good surprise ending. they had me convinced Kate was imprengnate on the island and right up to the end, even when they showed the kid with blonde hair, I was expecting her to call him "james". then, gotcha, with one word, two syllables, that revealed so much. Awesome. Though isn;t spending half an episode tricking the audience kind of a waste of time? not that I didn't enjoy it, but then I liked the Nikki and Paulo tales from the crypt episode.
ABC WTF? by Napoleon Park	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:04:42 AM
I totally agree with the person who complained about American's planns to air "Lost" at 10:00 PM and "Grey's Anatomy" at 9:00. "Grey's" originally debuted in the 10:00 pm time slot (on Sundays) and was better then. "Lost" originally debuted in an 8:00 pm time slot (on wednesday) and never should have left it. You put the adult shows on late at night and the kids shows on early. It's not just common sense, it's the law.
BDSM by Napoleon Park	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:08:13 AM
I totally loved that Locke had Miles hung up by his wrists with chrome studded black leather bondage shackles. I wonder which 815er's luggage those came to the island in? Did anyone else expect Miles to drop the grenade and blow up immediately after Locke left the shack? Just me?
for the slow kids: by Napoleon Park	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:16:10 AM
But wait, did Jack say under oath that there were only eight survivors of the crash of flight 815? I thought they said there were 48 survivors originally. But Jack was under oath, so he couldn't be lying. Wait, I have a totally implausible explanation about the flash-forwards being to a different Jack on an alternate world and I'll cling to it so tenaciously that from now on I'll criticize every episode (which will be all of them) that contradict my fan-fic theory. And I'll make up a nickname for "Alterna-Jack" that I'll use incessently and that no one else will ever use but me. Because, gosh, otherwise that would mean... Jack was... Lying! Wait, Jack was lying. So that's what he meant when he said "I'm sick! Of the Lying!"... NOW I get it.
I just saw baby Aaron - only taller... by Maniaq	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:17:07 AM
Seems to me Claire is among the "dead" (possibly literally) of flight 815 and I have a feeling she's not one of the two that apparently survived the crash, but didn't make it off the island, according to The Lie - leaving Jack a little pissed with Kate for going around pretending Aaron is hers - theirs - his... Think about it. They crash 2004. They're found a year later, in 2005 - after baby Aaron was born - and it is now 2007. The kid is two. A two year old can say "hey mommy" no problem, and the kid looks 2 years old to me anyway... Here's the thing. That guy in Australia was freaked out for a reason. He KNOWS Claire's kid must not be raised by someone else! If Claire is actually still alive on the island, while this big Lie is being perpetrated, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK so that Claire can raise Aaron - like she's supposed to. This makes that moment with Claire and the fortune teller all the more important - it's like the scene with Des time travelling back to London and the woman telling him he's about to do something he's not supposed to do! Makes much more sense of the scene from last season where Jack wants to go back but Kate doesn't. Why would she? She's ready to start a new life, free as a bird - it will be the fact that the true mother of her child is still alive on that island is the reason she ends up being forced to go back by Jack, who finds out Claire is his half-sister and that he is in fact related to Aaron, but in a way contrary to popular belief...
wow that totally sounded Soap Opera! by Maniaq	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:22:19 AM
they gotta get back to the island!!
A Brief History of Walt, Kate and Jack by hebitudinous	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:38:44 AM
Walt grows up big real fast and becomes Mr Matthew Abbadon (the gatekeeper to Hell/Sheol) under the guidance of kindly Uncle Ben. Kate wants to protect Aaron because he's the infant God smuggled in to avoid detection. Kate knows that the story that no woman could have kids on the island was a lie -- the reality was that Ben, knowing the prophecy, was killing all of the babies before they could be born. She's doing everything she can to hide and protect Aaron. Miles "The Ghost Whisperer" knows the Devil when he sees him...and boy is he loaded!!! Jack doesn't want to see Aaron 'cause he made his own side deal to get himself off the island, effectively saying 'Piss Off' to the others. Oh, and he ran into his beloved Auntie later who told him his sister was Claire-bear. He's broken up later when he hears Jun Oh yeah, and Sayid was prophetic when he said he'd sell his soul before cooperating with Ben.
Huge Spoiler. Reveal, or Continuity Error? by MacFaux	Feb 22nd, 2008 04:47:58 AM
We know 1) that Oceanic 815 was flying from Sydney to Los Angeles. 2) In the first Ep, the pilot tells them that the plane had lost radio contact six hours after take off, turned back for Fiji and hit turbulence. The plane was a thousand miles off course when it crashed. and... In Ep 4.2 - The newscast reported and 'showed' the plane wreckage and bodies at the bottom of the Sundra Trench off the coast of Bali in the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean. and... In Ep 4.4 - The lawyer says the 6 survivors crashed and survived in the South Pacific.The South Pacific. Welll.... < br>That means the rescue location is broad public knowledge..Sure, I get that there usually isn't a lot of geography involved in Lawyering, but you can't explain away as a whoops the 2800 mile (at its closest from Sydney) geographical error of Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. So how did/do the Oceanic 6 explain getting to the South Pacific, which adds another 2000 (at least) miles and brings the disparity to over 5000 miles from where the public where told the wreckage/bodies were found? Surf the Tsunami? hmmm? For that matter how does the public buy in to the newscast explanation that a flight from Sydney to LAX heading North by East winds up sunk 2770 miles North by West in the opposing ocean? You would think problems or not, weather or not, the pilot would have noticed flying over a couple of thousand miles of the outback instead of the big empty. So either the flash forwards in Ep 4.4 are in a different timeline than Ep 4.2, or the writers just boned their continuity. Can't wait to see how they resolve showing the wreckage 5000 miles from where the Lawyer says the survivors were found. Someone got some splainin to do.
Just watched the end of EggTown again and by Mundungus	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:18:35 AM
the baby wasn't so mongoloid looking at all. In fact they only showed his full face for a fraction of a second. Don't mess with Arron, you might find him standing next to your bed one night staring at you with those devil eyes.
Aaron = Jacob by Rodo	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:22:50 AM
I started this theory on Lostpedia forever ago. Welcome to Last Month!
Anyone think Jack kills Claire accidentally? by Pongo	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:48:31 AM
My guess is that Jack doesn't want to see the baby because he's responsible for killing Claire. Also, they better not kill off Desmond. He's the best character on this show.
Thoughts and answers galore by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:49:36 AM
The book Locke pulled off the shelf was VALIS by Phillip K Dick. VALIS is a 1981 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of one aspect of God. More fodder for our science/religion discussion. Locke’s never in as much control as we think he may be...or he thinks he is. Ben proves that constantly. Great line Ben said about being locked in a different room and John being LOST. Domestic Sawyer is funny. Coffee, conversation on the porch. Funny It seems funny to me that Sun wants to go back to Korea after her intention getting on that plane was to disappear. Locke says it’s not a democracy, but indicates it’s not a democracy. Does that make it a hierarchy and make him King? God? God’s messenger? Nice scooby doing of Hurley by Kate. I thought the Jack testimony scene was marvelous. We see him lying through his teeth to save Kate, and then her making him stop. She saved him from saving her and possibly putting himself (and others?) in jeopardy. And there’s an answer to a question – The outside world only thinks 8 people survived the crash of 815. Xanadu – dictionary meaning is a beautiful idyllic place. Interesting choice of a movie (which I hated) Locke asking Sawyer if he thought he knew what he was doing shows Locke’s lack of confidence. Nice con by Sawyer and Kate...and Sawyer. Miles is a sleazy bottom feeder. All of this to extort Ben. And that’s a good question. Why 3.2? I think Locke barging in Kate and Claire's place is a link in a chain of reasons why those that did trust Locke (who seems to be the new Ben in New Otherton) will come to distrust him. He thinks everything is his. Curious Dan can’t remember things very long. 2 out of 3 cards? Frank didn’t follow the same heading, it seems, and 1 day later they don’t know where the helicopter with Sayid and Des is. The scene with Locke Miles and the grenade was jaw dropping. Not just because of the grenade either. Locke thinks he’s “responsible for the well-being of” the island. And he’s as evil in being that as Ben was/is. “There’s no use having rules if there’s no punishment for breaking them”. Sticking a grenade in your mouth and pulling the pin is a hell of a punishment. And that last line “Enjoy your breakfast”...perfect. And there’s an answer to a question – Kate’s not pregnant. Sawyer was a little too happy about that, and it got him a smack. I don’t know if this is a big thing or not, but the doors inside every house I’ve ever lived in open into the room. The door Kate opened to leave Sawyer opened out, not in. And there’s an answer to a question – Kate got off. She got off due to a deal, but she got off. And there’s an answer to a question – Kate doesn’t want to/can’t go back because of her child. And there’s an answer to a question – The lie Jack was talking about in the S3 finale was the one he told on the stand. And Jack still loves Kate. But he won’t go to the house where the baby is. So if Kate wasn’t pregnant on the island, and Jack doesn’t want to see the baby...why? Because Kate’s baby is not Kate’s babt. It’s Claire’s. And there’s an answer to a question – Claire doesn’t make it off the island...at least not as one of the O6.
The next Thursday spot *spoilers* by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:57:32 AM
As much as was in last nights episode, next week is gonna make me not be able to speak for a few days. I played the next week thing several times, a few in slow motion. Don't read further if you don't want to know. The eye in the cabin when Hurley looked in was Des. That means Des can be at more than 1 place at a time. Dan explains to Des next week the time theory in math terms...at least that's what the board that crashed looked to have on it as an equation.
Aaron's Age by TodayzSpecial	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:05:30 AM
The public has to know that Aaron is not Kate's baby. In order to have a two year old that age, Kate would have had to have been VERY pregnant when she was arrested and put on the plane in Australia, so Kate's Mom has to know that is not her natural grandchild. I'm pretty sure the marshall would have reported a pregnancy. Unless the public is aware of time moving more slowly on the island, or there's some wacky time travel thing going on ....
No timeto read other posts yet but by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:12:31 AM
1) After last week's great episode this was the most boring thing I've seen on Lost since the beginning of the show. 2) As he was not on the manifest, is Aaron one of the six? 3) Kate's mom is a beotch still, sing it Cartman.
Zoe Bell by alex138	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:20:29 AM
Zoe Bell has been in the guest credits since the 'Confirmed Dead.' She has been playing Regina back on the freighter over the satellite phone.
TodayzSpecial, good points by br1947	Feb 22nd, 2008 07:15:56 AM
Last week showed there ARE wacky time travel things going on, that's why the clocks were out of synch on the rocket. The Island moves slower in time, therefore a month on the island could be a year in the rest of the world. For the public not to question the baby further re-enforces that the 6 only were gone a few months from their perspective, but were stranded for years from the world's perspective. On top of that, Kate's trial has to have taken place about a year or two AFTER they all escape, because in the Island's timeline, Aaron is only 3 months old. Either that or leaving the island makes you age faster to catch up to real time.
I wish people would quit about the new timeslot... by Mr. Profit	Feb 22nd, 2008 07:26:53 AM
As unpopular as Grey's Anatomy is on AICN, its a proven ratings winner that averages 20 million viewers. It also has proven to do well against CSI which is also another huge ratings grabber. Why would ABC risk putting Lost against easy to follow CSI? Lost will kill at 10pm. Its up against nothing that can kill it like Idol. That's why moving Lost against Idol on Tues or Wed would kill the show. Quit bitching about 10pm. Get a fucking DVR. Btw I got the Applewhite reference above :) also last night was another solid episode. And its obvious the lawyer was talking about Jack testifying not the baby. Come on. We shouldn't need everything spelled out. And the baby didn't look "retarded". Remember that half of the douchbags that called him names haven't had kids yet...
Correction by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 07:53:34 AM
Locke says it’s not a democracy, but indicates it’s not a dictatorship. That's what I get (and give) for rewatching at 5:30 AM.
Assumption by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 07:56:28 AM
Claire is dead. Jack can't see the baby because he's reminded of her death. He's affected profoundly by Claire's death because he/they found out they shared a father and/or her death was horrific. That's my assumption, anyway. And I'm spoiler free...mostly.
They found the bodies? by BrewDog	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:08:12 AM
Remember they found the plane on the ocean floor but weren't going to recover the bodies. The old pilot dude calls and says "That wasn't the pilot", and suddenly he's part of the special team going to the island. So, in the flash forwards, everyone else isn't dead. Someone stuffed the wreckage with a bunch of dead bodies from the island and dump it in the ocean to be "found" and those that do leave make up the "there were only 8 survivors" story.
Grenade sandwich by SpyGuy	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:29:43 AM
John Locke = The new Jack Bristow Somebody, somewhere, needs to pair up Victor Garber and Terry O'Quinn in a badass spy movie. I'm begging here...
Why did Locke kill the chicken? by critch	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:39:31 AM
There were only two eggs left. So why kill the chicken that can make eggs?
He = Aaron? by hodag007	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:46:55 AM
"I have to go. He's going to be wondering where I am" Kate to Jack Can we now assume that the "he" in question is Aaron?
Definitely weakest episode of season 4 . . . by Nice Marmot	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:48:44 AM
. . . but hey, it's Lost. They definitely went back to mediocre show w/ big bang ending mode. Although, the "8" was a nice twist in the middle. The scene w/ Miles talking to Ben sucked. What a letdown. Did the writers of Heroes come in just for that scene?
Theory about Miles & Ben by DwightSchrute	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:49:38 AM
Haven't read the entire thread, so forgive me if someone's already thought of this, but I have my own 2 cents about the interaction between Miles and Ben. What if "3.2 million" was code for something? Maybe Miles is Ben's Man on the Boat? Miles tells Kate he's exactly where he wants to be, because HE'S working Locke on behalf of Ben. The "3.2" could be giving Ben some sort of information, similar to "tell my sister I love her". They went out of their way to make 3.2 a big deal, and it's just too odd of a number to not mean SOMETHING. Also, about Kate raising Aaron: Would they not, if Kate was alledging that Aaron were her natural son when the Oceanic 6 were rescued, do DNA testing to prove that? This is a fugitive with fraud as one of her crimes. I can't imagine they would just take her word for it that he's her son. And if they ADMIT he's not, then he would go to a foster home. Right? There has to be an explanation for all this... Right? Anyone?
Miles just wants a chance for his girl to come back by warp11	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:58:08 AM
yep
Why are we assuming that Kate's Aaron by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:22:03 AM
is the same Aaron? 100%? I mean, it probably is, but what if she was lying and that really is Sawyer's kid. Sawyer's kid she named Aaron, after the baby she left behind on the island with it's mother. Maybe. It's possible. Not probable.
Piltdown Joey by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:25:55 AM
Love the nick, btw. I think you're right. I also think Jack feels that everyone that was there suffered enough.
I keep going back to Jack and Aaron by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:48:56 AM
The powers that be of LOST said in a podcast that we should use VALIS as a guide, so possibly God (or some facsimile thereof) was sneaked onto the island in Claire's womb (part of the book’s plot). It's a stretch to say (well, any of this) God may have been banished from the island, but if this hypothesis is correct, he's off it. Is he now trying to get back? Is Jack afraid to see Aaron because he's afraid of him...afraid of being convinced to go back? Are there things going on in the real world that Aaron is doing to make sure he gets back to the island (think back to Hurley and Jack in Ep1...something Hurley said like I think it'll do anything to...)? Does this fit in the big picture of LOST?
Have not read VALIS by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:07:57 AM
But I will now. And this, coming from a huge Dick fan. (man, I finally got my chance to say that) But in all seriousness, I will read that now and be sure to come back with a review. His posthumous Radio Free Albemuth is my favorite so far. Reading the wiki, I guess it's got connections to VALIS (even in original title): http://tinyurl.com/2v5e7v So now it's a must-read.
Kate is still hot, Ho or Not! by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:15:55 AM
Gotta agree with someone earlier. Plain Kate is a lot hotter than make-up Kate.
Best Episode of the Season So Far... by jones1899	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:20:03 AM
The pacing was back on track to where it was in past seasons. Now, thankfully, things that do happen are built up properly and are much more gripping for it. The first 3 eps seemed to rushed. Anyway, in the conversation between Miles and Ben, why 3.2 million? It all seemed odd. Then the 2 days ...oh ok I'll give you a week (7 days) could Miles and Ben be talking in code? Is he giving Ben the coordinates to leave the island? Or the coordinates of the ship? Also, did Sawyer screw Kate over or was that all part of their plan?
I thik too much thought is going into what baby Aaron is. by Playkins	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:20:31 AM
I think it will be as simple as he reminds Jack of something bad (probably Claire's death), All this talk about him being "God" is getting a little too deep. Only cryptic thing about it is what the psychic said, which could be interpreted as "Stay off the plane". Wasn't Claire originally flying to go somewhere to deliver the baby for the surrogate parents? I've always thought the key to all of this is Ben Linus and the time anomaly stuff.
Never read Dick by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:21:38 AM
...and now I got to say that. ;-> I had plans for this next "off-season" from LOST to do some reading of the books of LOST, and this one has me seriously intrigued. Gotta admit, gotilk, this seriously ties into our discussion from last week, doesn't it?
knowing how this show works... by BigTexas42	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:27:16 AM
was it just me, or was it fairly obvious that Kate's kid was going to turn out to be Aaron. I thought the laundry scene was a fairly obvious set-up and grew annoyed at how they kept reffering to Kate's son in vauge terms. This was the first big reveal that I kinda saw coming. More interesting to me was the card game Daniel and CSL were playing and the missing helicopter. also, i've said it before, and I'll say it again, I really don't think the freighter is how the Oceanic 6 get off the island. If it is, it's not going to happen too soon. Aaron looked to be about 2 or 3, so I'm thinking there will be quite a bit of action on the island before the "rescue". Yeah, there's the advanced aging thing that is apparnetly happening with Walt, but still I'd be quite surprised if they get off the island before the end of next season. I really hope they don't kill Claire - she's purdy, and keeps getting purdier. BTW, isn't that tsunami that happened in 2004 supposed to make an apperance any day now? I wonder how that will be handled in the show.
In the end by Tman2626	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:27:50 AM
This show better not end up like some book which has already been published just with a few twists and turns thrown in so it doesnt look like pure plagerism. LOST should be its own story PERIOD. Also I'm definately leaning towards that not being Claire's Aaron and Kate really is prego on the island. I wont be surprised at all if it is Claire's son but this show has a habit of trying to get the viewer to make false assumptions like that.
rbrog77 by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:29:13 AM
Yes, it does. I have a feeling I'll be doing a LOT of reading this year. I may just put down RANT (wild, entertaining narrative) for a few days in favor of VALIS.
Node32774 by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:30:30 AM
Honest question... What are "episode bloggers"? And why should I despise them? Do you mean the bloggers that spoil the episodes?
Hercules, do not put plot revelations in your headline by Geronimo Jackson	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:31:41 AM
You basically ruined the fact that the copter did not return to the freighter. One quick glance at the Coaxial sidebar and that was ruined for me. Think about what you are putting there
Eggtown by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:33:46 AM
Maybe it refers to Locke serving Ben the "last egg" in town? Probably just a funny reference to the breakfast, but maybe has something to do with Kate's "eggs" ? LOL.. bit of a stretch.
Totally KICK ASS by HarrysNemesis	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:36:02 AM
Last night's episode was definitely the best of the season, and probably the best for the last couple for me. So many great things happened... my favorite of course being Locke and the grenade. Nice.
You may be right, Playkins by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:36:57 AM
It apparently was DOC JENSEN who said bone up on the VALIS Trilogy, not D&C, so I could be very wrong. But if we look at the VALIS trilogy someone above said it "concerns a group of people trying to smuggle God into a/the universe (controlled by Satanic forces). God is smuggled in as an unborn fetus in order to evade detection." After that, hebitudinous said "Kate wants to protect Aaron because he's the infant God smuggled in to avoid detection. Kate knows that the story that no woman could have kids on the island was a lie -- the reality was that Ben, knowing the prophecy, was killing all of the babies before they could be born. She's doing everything she can to hide and protect Aaron." Wiki says "The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System", which might go a long way towards explaining smokie. So while you may be right, I don't think it's something we can totally dismiss.
Nice to see the enthusiasm. by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:37:59 AM
I've read a lot about people feeling s-so about this one. I personally loved it. I think the thing I didn't like about it was that it seemed to fly by WAY too fast. It's going to be a very, very long week.
Theory, Question... by jones1899	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:39:54 AM
Anyway, in the conversation between Miles and Ben, why 3.2 million? It all seemed odd. Then the 2 days ...oh ok I'll give you a week (7 days) could Miles and Ben be talking in code? Is he giving Ben the coordinates to leave the island? Or the coordinates of the ship? Also, did Sawyer screw Kate over or was that all part of their plan?
Miles... by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:45:20 AM
"I always knew there was more to you than money"-Princess Leia I honestly think that showing miles going for the cash earlier (in his F-back) was a diversion. I think we'll find out that he's after Ben for more reasons than extortion. Their rapport seemed too familiar and banter-ey(not a word, I know). His character seems far too interesting and too well-written to be a throwaway. I think Miles is here, on the show, for the long haul.
Jack Committed Perjury At Least A Half Dozen Times... by Cheif Brody	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:46:12 AM
...on the witness stand last nite. Lied about WHERE they crashed...Lied about WHO survived...Lied about KATE being the hero...Lied about the REAL ISLAND they were on...and...Lied about NOT LOVING Kate. Perjured like it was nothing! So why didn't Jack snap up the chance to got "play house" with Kate & Aaron when she offered? Does Jack know he's the kid's uncle yet? So...it was suppose to be the "Oceanic 8" then...could the other missing 2 have been Michael & Walt Dawson? Who died from their injuries later...But are actually living under assumed identities in LA....but he "Oceanic 6" lie makes their deaths "official"?
Sawyer was in on it by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:46:49 AM
Sawyer used it to get Locke out of the barracks and he went with him to make sure he didnt turn back. Gave Kate a few minutes. Where did VALIS come from? Was that the book Locke gave Ben in the beginning?
Node32774 by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:48:14 AM
I get it now. Yeah, I really had to hold back this time as I got it a few hours before it aired on the west coast. It was hard to avoid the spoilers, so I eventually just kept away. Some people are watching episodes INSANELY early. I'm not sure where they're getting it. I'm getting it from an east coast source, they must be getting it from another country or THE FUTURE! (or, just pretending and reading all the spoiler sites) It sucks to have to stay away so early.
santi01 by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:49:30 AM
Yes, that was Valis, crappy trade paperback book cover and all.
I don't know DICK by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:50:34 AM
But I do know that the card game was a really great little moment. Like they were testing the island.
Trailer. by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:54:40 AM
"IT'S A TRAP!"-Admiral Ackbar Did Sayid plan to ambush the freighter the whole time? Is that what we are seeing in the clips? He seems like the kind of guy who would bypass all the BS and just go to the source instead of DICKing around with the underlings back on the island.
Node32774 by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:57:08 AM
Yeah, that was pretty tasteless and spoilery all in one. It was Tasteloilery. I kid, but I seriously agree with you on that kind of crap. The kid looked like a real kid waking up. ( I think because it was a real kid... waking up ) Everyone looks weird when they're first waking up.. puffy... funny faces.. stretching.
Sayid Head Hunting by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:57:31 AM
So is it safe to assume the people Sayid is assinating once he is back home, are also the same as the people on the frieght? Seems that way.
Kate's Attorney by mcmojo	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:59:27 AM
Did anyone else notice that the actor that played Kate's lawyer was also in the movie Frequency? If you haven't seen Frequency it has time-travel elements as the foundation of the story. His characters name in Frequency was Jack Shepard. One more strange connection that the creators of Lost have made.
Slightly slick episode by Ninja Nerd	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:59:40 AM
While I am loving this season, I wasn't as impressed with last night's outing. I knew from about 10 minutes in that Aaron was the "he" Kate had to get back to in the flash-forward last season end. And several of us predicted the exact dialogue when Kate finally got home..."Hi, Aaron" about the halfway mark. They threw in a red herring or three with "no...I'm not pregnant" and "I know you don't want to see the baby" remarks from Kate, but I was absolutely certain Aaron was the 5th of the "Oceanic 6" the whole episode. I did dig John Locke and the "grenade breakfast" he served Miles! Still, I can't complain too much...it's good stuff!
VALIS by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:01:53 AM
So VALIS is an artificial intellgence system from another galaxy. Could it be pssible getting too close to that island transports them far far away, maybe another galaxy? I know I'm stretching.
That's some interesting theory there guys by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:02:44 AM
3.2 as a code. That would mean Miles is the one on the boat.
Eggtown... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:02:55 AM
...basically refers to a place or time when you make a deal with someone that turns out badly for you. Its a pretty obscure reference, and more complicated than it needs to be, but its basically comes from bartering societies where people trade services and goods. Eggs were really shitty things to barter for, because everyone had chickens, therefore everyone had eggs, therefore they just weren't worth that much. Traveling salesmen would pass word along to other salesmen that a town was an 'Eggtown', which meant, don't go there. But sometimes they would just say this to keep other salesmen away from that town (so they could keep all the business to themselves). So its all about deceptions and bad deals, which fits nicely with the themese we're seeing this season.
Hurley by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:03:10 AM
"How you get so big, eating food of this kind?" Yoda Great moment with Hurley this week, too. We need to see more of him, he's one of my favorites. Each time he seems to be getting central, he's back to comic relief. Low D.P.E. this week.
santi by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:04:03 AM
No one here said it was from another galaxy. Does the book?
maxwell's hammer by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:04:47 AM
Seriously? I'd never heard of that before. I learned something new today. Thanks. Very revealing, too.
Oceanic 6... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:05:26 AM
...are there still people who seriously know who the Oceanic 6 are? I found out so long ago, I didn't even, and still don't, think of that as a spoiler. Anyway, Aaron is not one of them.
Locke by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:07:52 AM
Any theories on why Locke is keeping Ben alive? He keeps making stupid excuses, but there is a specific reason. Read something somewhere that said they were brothers. Sounds like horse manure to me.
Yeah rbrog77 by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:12:06 AM
This from Wiki so take it as that, na mean. "VALIS has been described as one node of an artificial satellite network originating from the star Sirius in the Canis Major constellation. According to Dick, the Earth satellite used "pink laser beams" to transfer information and project holograms on Earth and to facilitate communication between an extraterrestrial species and humanity. "
Everyone talks about Jack-Locke showdown by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:12:38 AM
"Who is the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" - Obi Wan But, really? My concern now is a possible Locke-Sawyer confrontation. Sawyer sure was playing to Locke's "delusions of grandeur" over that game of backgammon, don't you think? I mean, he does have some experience as a con-man. It may have played out as a temporary, short term manipulation. But it felt like more to me. Maybe I just need sleep and I'm reading far too much into these little moments. If that's the show's goal, Lost is a complete success.
maxwell's hammer - question by mcmojo	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:19:14 AM
Who are the other 2? Where did you read this?
Time distortion different depending on by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:20:40 AM
direction? Off or to the island? "Everything's fine here...We're all fine here now, thank you...how are you?" - Han Solo She didn't ask if she was on speaker this time. Somehow I get the feeling the freighter is worried about BIGGER things now.
I noticed that lie jack told, as well... Is it inconsistent? by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:21:43 AM
Jack claims that they were found on an island in the pacific, but the news claims the plane was found in the indian ocean. How does that fit together? I find it really hard to believe that the writers would make such a mistake literally 2 episodes apart... Also, I thought the baby looked strange at first, too, but it was just because he was asleep and shown at a weird angle. When he woke up, he looked like a perfectly normal baby. God I hope claire doesn't die... Also, wouldn't it be kind of underwhelming? I mean the first thing you think of when you see Aaron in Kate's care is Claire is dead. I hope it's not that simple. FINALLY, I may have to start avoiding these talkbacks for a while. Fuckers have been posting that Aaron was going to be in Kate's care for weeks and frankly I'm pretty sick of the jackasses who feel the need to blow it for everyone else...
So is Aaron one of the 6? I guess he must be. by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:23:51 AM
That leaves one more person. I always thought Sun AND Jin would get off the island, but I'm beginning to think only one will. Also, favorite Locke line maybe ever? "Enjoy your breakfast."
Novaman5000 by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:32:52 AM
Specific quote excerpt: "..which crash landed on an island in the South Pacific." I don't think it was a writing mistake. I think it's something that will come back to haunt the character later. It's on the record. Fodder, perhaps, for conspiracy theorists. And on that note, what does that scruffy guy yell at Kate when she's on her way into the courthouse? I've played it over and over and still cannot figure it out.
mcmojo... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:34:43 AM
Go to Lostpedia and check out the Season 4 Spoilers page. Without having to read all of the more details spoilers below, at the top of the page is a list of every up coming episode, and which character its about. The next two episodes are about Desmond & Juliet, the episodes after that concern the remaining Oceanic 6.
SOME NEW THEORIES by ghost_matt	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:40:24 AM
I've been thinking ever since I rewatched The Economist a few days ago that SAYID, not Michael, is the man on the boat. It's going to turn out to be a time travel thing. That's why they couldn't find the helicopter in last night's episode. They put Michael's name in the credits so everyone starts guessing it's going to be him, and then his episode turns out to be something else and the man on the boat is Sayid. This is the beginning of him working for Ben.
Xanadu by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:40:52 AM
..nothing, NOTHING isn't on purpose on Lost: Xanadu - http://tinyurl.com/aoz28
Scruffy guy at the courthouse by slone13	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:45:39 AM
Yells "WE HATE YOU!!" Only it's backwards. Have a listen: http://tinyurl.com/2vxr29
good episode by Maximus Prime	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:46:32 AM
saw the Aaron reveal coming a mile away and the wat the music turned made it seem dam obvious to me it was dead or still Lost on the Island Claires baby, more liekly dead.. Locke is great once again and teh wee Ben remarks whilst incarcerated was a joy to have back... I really can't wait for the next Ben flashback to see who teh fuck he really is..his mystery is more intruiging than Jacob to me...
Too many stinking red herrings by Messyjoe	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:49:34 AM
I am sorry ut I am losing patience with this show. Yes it's intriguing, but I am just waiting for them to pan the camera on to a corner of the chair, on to a small blue stain, and linger. And you are supposed to go; " ooooh, what is that, it's so strange! "
santi01 by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:51:04 AM
Good stuff, man. good stuff.
something,,, we hate you by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:52:20 AM
Thanks for the link. He says something before "we" and it's not "nwahh!!". It's a word.
I was kind of annoyed that Locke threw the food against the wall by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:56:20 AM
He's done that once. Does he not know anything about how Ben works?! It pisses me off that he lets it get to him so easily. It would have been a big step for him if they had him walk away and not fall into Ben's trap for once. And if you're gong to throw shit around, at least do it out of earshot...
Ghost_matt by jones1899	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:58:40 AM
Interesting theory. Think it even trumps my theory of the Miles Ben discussion being code (3.2, 2, 7)
food-throwing locke by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:23:37 PM
I love that everytime Locke thinks he's found himself, he runs into a brick wall and gets frustrated all over again. It plays into what someone said earlier about Locke and Jack always assuming they're right when they don't actually know anything. If they just made Locke in an omnipotent ultimate Island Protector, that would be kind of boring for 40 more episodes. Watching his arrogance get the better of him, then seeing him get mindfucked again by Ben is waaay more interesting.
Locke is keeping Ben alive by The_Squid	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:27:50 PM
because he knows so much about the island. Think about it, Locke still knows next to nothing about the island. Ben may be a mischevious bastard, but he's also extremely valuable. Don't forget his man on the boat as well.
VALIS again by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:32:31 PM
Anyone notice when Locke gave Ben the book, and Ben says I've read it already? Locke tells him to read it again that he might of missed something. Looking back I think he meant for us to watch again and notice what the book was. I could be wrong, any other ideas?
The Episodes title/meaning...from Lostpedia by ChrisVenom	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:39:10 PM
Egg-town is a pejorative term that refers to the days of bartering, during the Great Depression. A traveling salesman would have to barter his candy or tobacco or shoelaces for different commodities. A poor exchange would be for eggs, a relatively common item that is also highly perishable. Nobody wants to trade for eggs from a traveling salesman because they have their own, so the salesman who accepted an egg in exchange was forced to accept a bad deal. Salesmen would use the term like "If I were you I would stay away from Bogart. That's an egg-town." Of course, the lack of trust among salesman was also high, and it was likely that one salesman would lie to another about the quality of a town's customers to keep them for himself. Invariably, the second salesman ventures into Bogart only to find it is truly an egg-town. He is either persuaded to not visit a town that has good customers or is tricked into visiting a town that can only offer eggs. The term "egg-town" represents a deal with undesirable outcomes in either case.
Eggs Gone by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:42:14 PM
If eggtown means a place with too many eggs, hense if you trade for eggs your being suckered? The what does it signify that the eggs given to Ben were the last?
Maxwells Hammer beat me to it! by ChrisVenom	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:42:26 PM
To busy reading all these post before posting. lol
Pa by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:47:25 PM
It's obvious...and absolutely wonderful...you posted that without reading anything anyone else had posted. I did mine the same way this morning. You are so going to enjoy reading everything.
ChrisVenom: Thanks, that's actually really interesting by Playkins	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:52:06 PM
Always fun to learn an obscure bit of information like that.
Deals made by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:52:23 PM
There were several. Deal to get Kate off. Deal Sawyer made with Locke. Deal Jack made to see Kate. Deal Miles and Ben made. Deal Milesand Kate made. Deal Kate and Hurley made (don't tell Locke he was scoobied). And the deal from last week, Miles for Charlotte, and the heli being missing played a part in this week too. Did I miss any deals?
So why doesn't claire get rescued by The_Squid	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:52:30 PM
if charlie's dead. I think we'll find out next episode when desmond starts freaking out.
Where the plane crashed... by DwightSchrute	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:55:03 PM
People are getting twisted around about how they "made a mistake" by having Jack say that the plane crashed in the South Pacific, when earlier this season they said it was discovered in the Indian Ocean. I thought it was fairly obviously implied that, once the Oceanic 6 are discovered and made public, Oceanic and the rest of the world will discover that the original "crashed" plane in the bottom of the IO was actually a fake. Obviously, someone will have some splainin' to do, but they would have to admit SOMETHING instead of just saying that 6 people floated to the top of the Indian Ocean and survived there for X amount of months/years.
Miles by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 12:57:38 PM
When Kate find Miles in the shed, right before she looks in we see Miles sitting in a chair. I'm convinced there was a shadow standng next to him, right when Kate looks in the shadow moves. My wife says she didnt notice this, and she deleted the episode before i could stop her. If anyone still has it on their DVR can you check this? Might make more sense when Miles says he is right where he wants to be.
Node by ChrisVenom	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:01:17 PM
I was thinking that it had something to do with them leaving the island and never coming back in the flash-forward. Them getting a bad deal by not seeing theyre friends again. Kate taking the deal at the end and not being able to go anywhere with Aaron. Im not sure, what do you think? I dont know what to take from that.
Death by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:07:42 PM
At first the purgatory theory seemed way too obvous, but now i dont know. I doubt the show is going to deal with heavan and hell, but everone who seems dead has been alluded to actually being alive. Charlie dies but he vists Hurly, Jacks dad is supposedly dead but when Jack is drunk in the hospital he alludes to his father being upstairs (which means alive and well). Now we have Miles who is able to talk to dead people. On top of that the britch chick who is supposed to be dead is obviously the person on the other end of the walkie talkie. Any opnions?
Why post BEFORE reading the rest of the talkback? by slone13	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:12:05 PM
Read the talkback. THEN post. I don't understand the reasoning behind this behavior...
bad behavior by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:14:32 PM
Yup beacuse WE ALL have time to read the 500 posts!
conceited bahavior, actually by slone13	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:18:26 PM
If people can't be bothered to read what others have posted, why should anyone else take the time to read theirs??
The woman on the other end of the phone is Zoe Bell by Mr. Profit	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:18:52 PM
She's been in the credits since last week I believe. I wonder why they chose her for a role where you don't really see her? She's a stunt woman. Maybe this season is gearing towards a really action packed finale? Cause I don't know why Zoe's crazy daredevil ass was cast if she is not going to fly around or do stunts on the top of the Dharma VW Bus.
What came first... by The Cinematic Advances	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:21:23 PM
...the Chicken or the Egg? That is the question that we're all overlooking. In the opening, Locke tells Ben that "these are the last two eggs". Later on he explains the blood on his hands by telling Kate that he "just killed a chicken". Was it the last chicken on the island? If so, why would Locke kill it? Everyone knows that it would be advantageous to keep the chicken alive in order to produce more food for the community. The title "Eggtown", and this little "easter egg" of a plot diversion is a clue. The island is indeed an Eggtown. A place on the earth where time does not adhere to the normal rules, and where one can never be sure of the proper sequence of events. The dead rise and come back to life. Children grow older unexpectedly. Those with fatal diseases and crippling injuries revert back to the state prior to their diagnosis/accident. What we are seeing and taking for granted as truth is only a slice of truth taken from some time in each of these inhabitants lives. So what did come first? Jacob or Aaron?
Baby Aaron by batjac	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:23:11 PM
next week, Baby Aaron talks about spending his 3.1 million dollars on E-Trades. Then he buys a creepy clown. That turns out to be Sawyer.
dead people... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:27:05 PM
When Eko encountered his 'brother' right before he died, Yemi chastised Eko, saying, "You talk to me as though I was your brother", which implied that the island can create manifestations of people (or things) important to the Losties (Jack's dad, Kate's horse, Hurley's imaginary friend, etc.). I've been assuming that these manifestations have something to do with the smoke monster, but I could be wrong. As for the off-island 'sightings', Jack was in a drunken, drug-induced haze when he referred to his father being upstairs, and Hurley has had a history of hallucinations, so I don't know if those two incidents really constitute proof that any dead people are really alive.
First ZZZ episode of the season by skywalkerfamily	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:35:40 PM
Why is every flashback story only cool at the end?
Christian is dead. by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:35:44 PM
Need yet another reason why? Juliet refers to his autopsy report in "A tale of two cities". She has a copy of it in her possession.
good point about the dead by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:41:12 PM
but what about Charlie visiting Hurley after he gets off the island> Hurley says you cant be here your dead, the Charlie replys I am dead, but I'm still sitting here. On top of the fact Miles talks to dead people.
Alternate realities by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:44:19 PM
What about all the Steven King stuff from the last couple seasons? If you remember one of the episodes last yeah Juliets book club was reading Wizard and Glass, which is about the Ka-Tet walking through different versions of realities, i.e. different version of The Stand.
Flash Forwards by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:47:55 PM
in one flash forward Jack is a bearded basket case who is in trouble. In another flash forward Jack is a well respected doc who is called in as a witness. I doubt its a timeline thing becuase the basket case Jack is really tore up over what happened, the other good standing Jack seems to be doing good.
the dead & stephen king by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:51:53 PM
They weren't reading "Wizard and Glass", they were reading "Carrie". During his first stay at Santa Rosa's, you'll recall he had an imaginary friend named Dave he didn't realize was imaginary until his doctor showed Hurley a photo of himself with his arm around thin air. So Hurley has had a history of hallucinations.
and by 'he'... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:53:14 PM
...i obviously meant Hurley. Oh, edit function, how I long for your existence!
santi01 by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 01:56:01 PM
The various jack's we've seen in flash-forwards are obviously on different parts of the timeline, with crazy-bearded Jack being the furthest along into the future that we've seen so far. There were all sorts of hints in the Hurley flash-forward that this was the case (Jack commenting that he was thinking of growing a beard; Jack mixing himself a screw-driver during Hurley's carchase). i dont' think any of that is really in doubt. I wonder if some of you people actually even watch the show you're commenting about.
This was probly discussed but by BrightEyes	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:02:14 PM
In the second to last lost mobisold Juliet had a yellow envelope that she was going to show the old lady but promised she couldn't say anything about. When she was about to take what was out of the envelope it ended, I could be forgetting but was whatever in this package shown to us in lost season 3? was it the x-rays of Ben that showed he had cancer? or was it not yet answered and if it wasn't answered then what could it be?
maxwell's hammer by slone13	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:10:40 PM
It would seem that the people that don't bother reading the other posts within the very talkback they're posting in also don't seem to pay very much attention to the actual show.
It was never shown by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:10:52 PM
But it's pretty much assumed to be Ben's X-Rays. Juliet says "We're in trouble" because island inhabitants were always disease free, and if Ben can get cancer, it's not the case anymore...
hammer by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:11:02 PM
what i meant was if it was all the same timeline, They get off the island, the authorities pickup Kate and she goes on trial, Jack testifies as a character witness. Then something major has to happen after that to make Jack go off the deep end, WTF could that be? check out this blog, really interesting stuff about Steven King and how Lost ties back to his Roland books. for some reason the site will only stay up for like 5 seconds, i copied it real quick before it switches and copied the text to word to read. http://mistakingcoincidence.bl ogspot.com/2007/08/lost-theory -question-6-real-henry-gale.ht ml.
blog by santi01	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:14:20 PM
supposedly this blog claims on the side of Henry Gales baloon is says Sponsored by Mr. Clucks Chicken Shack (which Hurly owned) and the other as Nozz-A-La Cola which plays a prominent role in Wizard and Glass.
Man, Aaron is HUGE by skywalkerfamily	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:17:38 PM
Also, did we see Kate's toy plane in the episode? I was looking for it.
Sorry, I like it by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:31:32 PM
If certain people don't read other's posts before they post we get their unfiltered, original thoughts on the show. Sometimes, that will lead us to things they saw we didn't. I, for one, like reading original thought...at least as well if not better than mob speak.
Brane by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:34:40 PM
Not obvious to me. In next week's episode they showed "panic" on the heli and Sayid asking why they were flying into a thunderhead. Seems to me they either steered around it and had time trouble or steered into it and had weather trouble.
Sorry node by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:35:51 PM
Didn't read your post first. Don't know why...it was over 2.5 minutes apart. Maybe it was an annomoly. ;->
Often i post before i read by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:38:36 PM
So i don't forget my thoughts. Jot em down while they're fresh. Then i'll post 2nd, 3rd, 4th posts as i read up and find things i want to respond to. Everyone who tries to get to the island mentions that electrical storm. It isn't just bad weather. There's something else going on there.
Agree nova by rbrog77	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:40:52 PM
With all of it. Keep my thoughts fresh and post, read, post some more. And the heli mentioned lightning on the way in and looks like it'll catch it on the way out too.
So just to take a poll by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:56:09 PM
Do we all think Aaron is one of the Oceanic 6?
Eggtown 2: Curse of the Black Rock... by Scrantonicity	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:57:11 PM
Straight to DVD, directed by Michael Bay, Seth Rogen as Jack, Ellen Page as Kate, and Daniel Day Lewis as Hurley. Think about it.
santi01 by DwightSchrute	Feb 22nd, 2008 02:58:43 PM
I don't want to start a stupid argument about Nozz-a-La Cola, but it didn't play a "prominent" role in Wizard and Glass. It was mentioned once, and talked about for a second, then dismissed. I have no idea if it's on the side of the balloon or not, I just wanted to clear up the fact that it wasn't a "big deal" in the Stephen King book.
Poll Smoking by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:00:22 PM
Take all the polls you like, I can tell you for a fact that Aaron is NOT counted as one of the Oceanic 6.
Aaron in Oceanic 6? by DwightSchrute	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:01:38 PM
Without getting into whether it is or isn't a spoiler that the producers released all six names before the season began, I'm saying No. Aaron was not part of the Flight 815 manifest, which, in my opinion, keeps him from being considered. Also, does the public even KNOW he's Aaron (Claire's Aaron), or do the O6 spin the story as if he is Kate's natural child? Which leads me back to my question from earlier, which no one has touched on: Would they not conduct a DNA test if a fugitive charged with fraud claimed to have given birth to a child while on the island? How do they get around this?
About Aaron's Age by DKT	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:09:33 PM
I don't remember seeing this before, but do we really have any idea how many years after 815 crashed that this trial took place? Even if we did, I'm not really sure that it matters. We know that there's some kind of time anomaly going on with the island. For all we know, the place the Oceanic 6 returned to would line up with Kate getting pregnant and having a baby on the island. According to Jack's testimony, it seems pretty clear that no one believes Kate was very pregnant (if pregnant at all) when she saved the "other 7 survivors." If Claire died and everyone knows the baby is not actually Kate's, the Oceanic 6 could easily say that her last dying wish was for the Kate to take care of the baby. I seriously doubt too many people would contest that.
you people sound like old women by krycek08	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:13:39 PM
gossiping about your soap opera. this season lost sucks and you all know it.
Dying wish? by DwightSchrute	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:13:47 PM
It wouldn't matter how many people would contest it. It would matter that the State of California would not give custody of a 2-year-old (or around that) baby to a fugitive facing fraud and murder charges. The main point, IMHO, of this flash forward was to show us how Kate got around all the legal trouble she had. They can't just explain it all away, and totally ignore a serious custody issue of a kid that doesn't belong to her. Sure, the public may not raise hell about "Claire's dying wish", if that were the case, but that wouldn't matter.
krycek08 by DwightSchrute	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:14:39 PM
Go troll a Buffy talkback. Jackass.
ah Krycek, Seeing as how season 4 has been by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:21:44 PM
Universally praised, I'd say you're a pretty sad little bitch who is just upset because his favorite show heroes has blown huge chunks this year. See ya, troll. I think Aaron is counted, though who knows. The promos said another would be revealed last night, and we already knew kate... though it could be that the promo guys forgot that. I guess we'll find out in the next flashforward ep in 3 weeks. If both Sun and Jin get off the island, though, I'll be shocked.
krycek08 by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:23:27 PM
Why I'd almost say you sound like Sick Fixx in disguise. But you didn't mention anything about the Victorian literature you were writing an essay about, or the ballet you just finished choreographing, so you couldn't possibly be him.
Dying Wish-Dwight Schrute by WhiteyFord	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:24:07 PM
I am pretty sure the story would have been that Claire died in the crash, and that Kate got pregnant and had the baby while on the island. I dont think she would have been stupid enough to say it wasn't hers, if she wanted to keep him.
WhiteyFord by DwightSchrute	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:27:05 PM
I agree, and I assume the story from the O6 will be that Aaron belongs to Kate. My question is, wouldn't they test to make SURE he was hers? I just don't see them trusting a fugitive when they all get back just because she says she got pregnant. I would imagine that the authorities would want to ENSURE that he was her child so, if for no other reason, she COULDN'T use him as some sort of sympathy card in her impending trial.
If all the other 06ers said that it was kates by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:32:37 PM
they would believe them. Where else would the baby come from?
Who's that baby? by DwightSchrute	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:35:31 PM
Novaman5000, you may be right. I'm just wondering if people may still think, "OK, there was no baby on that plane, and now there is a kid with these survivors." Or maybe even if someone might notice that there was a pregnant woman on the flight, and SOMEONE put 2+2 together and ask the question... Maybe I'm reading too much into it, or just making up a question where one actually doesn't exist, I just keep thinking that it would take more than merely saying that he belonged to Kate for the authorities to buy it.
I think the weird way time moves on the island by DKT	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:44:20 PM
could explain a lot of that, Dwight. Do we know for sure how long they were on the island for, by off-island standars?
Sun and Jin by DKT	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:47:09 PM
I have NOT read the spoilers, because that ruins the fun for me, but I'm guessing Sun or Jin gets off the island, but not both of them. From a storytelling perspective, I think it adds a lot more conflict if only one of them makes it off. My money's on Sun, but who knows? It'd be kind of awesome to see Jin as a total badass again, standing toe-to-toe or back-to-back with Sayid.
Why Isn't Sayid Universally Recongizable? by DKT	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:49:17 PM
Nobody's asking him for autographs the way they do Jack. The paparazzi isn't chasing him around the way they are Kate. It's interesting that he's so under the radar. I wonder if he just straight-away kept his head down.
DwightSchrute: by DamnMichaelBay	Feb 22nd, 2008 03:58:11 PM
You're missing the fact that time obviously runs slower on the island. To the outside world, there was plenty of time for a woman to get pregnant and give birth.
I've read VALIS by jakelael	Feb 22nd, 2008 04:23:22 PM
In fact, there's a bizzare reason why I read it. I heard that Phillip K. Dick wrote Total Recall, Minority Report and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner), so I decided to go pick up one of his novels at Barnes & Noble. So I get there and go straight to the bathroom as I always do so I'm not standing there having to piss while shopping and on the way from the restroom to the sci-fi section... I'm walking by the philosophy section and a big black book with the name BORGES grabbed my attention. I didn't stop to pick it up but I just caught my eye and I looked at it while I passed. When I got to the sci-fi section and was wondering which PKD book to get I randomly picked one up and on the back of it was written something like, 'looks like the US has there very own Borges on their hands.' Yeah, coincidence? Anyways I picked up VALIS went home and read it and one of the themes in the book was coincidence - the exact kind that I had just experienced. Like the main character would hear a word on TV and it would tie in with a letter he just got. Crazy sht like that. Another concept was the idea that the Roman Empire had never ended. And at one point the main character can see Rome superimposed over modern day Santa Monica. - Kinda reminds me of the LOST image with the island on top and the city superimposed in the ocean. That being said, I'm pretty sure I'm tapped into the universe now and can explain LOST as well as the meaning of life. If anyone wants to know, just as :P Of course it's all about the journey, isn't it?
DamnMichaelBay by DwightSchrute	Feb 22nd, 2008 04:25:40 PM
No, I was actually considering the time-differential on the island. I just still think that they would make her take a maternity test to prove motherhood of the child, even if all logic and reason showed that she was, in fact, the mother. But, again, I may just be creating a question where (for once) there really isn't one.
Maxwells Hammer by BrightEyes	Feb 22nd, 2008 04:44:30 PM
Let people have fun dude, just cause you read spoilers and like to know things before the show tells us, doesn't mean the rest of us do, seriously it's incredibly lame. No body cares that you know things by looking on a website and getting answers, You suck, goodday.
Sayid may not be in the public eye as much by The_Squid	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:02:59 PM
because he used to be in the iraqi army. I have a feeling he wouldn't be as popular because of that.
Sayid says it himself. by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:32:11 PM
He has enough money to afford privacy.
True, Squid, But... by DKT	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:37:53 PM
I feel like it has more to do with personal preference. I didn't remember that line, Nova. Thanks.
His exact line is: by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:51:16 PM

His exact line is: by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:54:54 PM
MAN 1: You know, you are the first person I have seen out here all morning? SAYID: I believe we are paying quite a premium for that kind of privacy. To me, this implies that he's rich enough to be wherever he wants. ALSO, if American culture is really the only culture obsessed with celebrities (followed by the UK), and since Sayid wouldn't be in America (since he isn't an American citizen) I bet it's pretty easy to keep under the radar.
Sayid wasn't in the U.S... by sjlm90	Feb 22nd, 2008 05:58:42 PM
that's why he got to be more low-key. Otherwise he would have been posing for the paparazzi. Not really though, but you get the idea.
Yeah, I Hear You by DKT	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:12:08 PM
Very true, Nova. I just think it's an interesting dichotomy -- pitting Sayid's under the radar profile against Kate's "one of the most well known faces (or something along those lines.
BrightEyes... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:14:43 PM
Chill out dude, I'm not rubbing it to anyone...I read about the O6 pretty early on, and not on a spoiler sight, and for a long time thought it was common knowledge. Only in the last few weeks have I been seeing people start making wild guesses about who the remaining 2 are. Sorry if you thought I was bragging or anything. In all honesty, I don't really read that many spoilers, besides things like early cast lists, which sometimes give clues to who a given episode will focus on. There's all kinds of shit on Lostpedia that I stay the hell away from. And for the record, regardless of who else gets off the island, I'd love to see a superspy team-up between Sayid and Jin. That would be pretty gnarly.
Sayid's privacy... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:17:13 PM
Also remember, Kate is in the middle of the big media circus surrounding her trial. They didn't really imply that Jack or Hurley have to deal with the cameras and attention. I think its something quite specific to Kate and her trial.
Kristin on E! seems to think that Aaron is one of the O6. by Novaman5000	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:18:02 PM
And She knows all about the next 4 episodes coming up (one of which will reveal the final survivor, I think).
Novaman5000 by maxwell's hammer	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:24:43 PM
Bright Eyes thinks I'm a jerk-off if I argue with you about the Oceanic 6, so I won't.
Big CLUE!!! by The Reef	Feb 22nd, 2008 06:36:17 PM
Has any one else noticed the book Sawyer is reading when Kate comes to his house. It is the "Invention of Morel" by Adolfo Bioy Casares - as book about a man who is stranded on an idland where "others" are all around him acting in a mysterious way. He finds a machine powered by a huge amount of electricity that projects memories of the dead onto the island - recordings of men and women who wished to become immortal. The rooms beneath the island are divided into eight zones one is full of machines, one is full of control equipment and one is full of water. The man falls in love with one of the memory projections but eventually leaves the island alone. The plot has a lot in common (more than a lot actually) to the plot of Lost. I will post more when I re-read the book. Reef out.
Xanadu & Satan's Doom by CherryValance	Feb 22nd, 2008 07:09:42 PM
Is "Satan's Doom" a real movie? I've never heard of it. XANADU on the other hand is one of my favorites and last night I was just happy that that was the choice that Hurley made. But now that I think about it there are similarities. Keira is a muse, a daughter of Zeus, and therefore immortal. That could relate to either Jacob or perhaps Richard Alpert (she doesn't age either). Also at one point in the film Sonny, her love interest, has to jump through a wall to get to some lasery place that's meant to be what you might call "the ether". Could be a place between worlds (or heaven and earth) too. Anyhow the point is he's trying to get her back. At the point when Hurley started playing the film, it's the end of the movie when the club "Xanadu" has opened and Keira appears as the lead in a huge production number only to beam herself into space. Damn, I love that movie. Anyway it has little to do with the Xanadu from the poem. She recites it but the movie's it's own thing. But it is about immortals and there is travelling between different worlds and greek mythology has already come up on LOST. I can't come up with much of anything but it could be just one more hint that LOST island is stuck between dimensions or something.
Taking it too far by Mazzke	Feb 22nd, 2008 07:09:58 PM
- I think the psychic comment that said she must raise the child on her own was only about her not putting the child up for adoption in the flashback. I don't think it applies to either the threat that the Others might grab the kid and raise it (in previous seasons) or this Kate situation. - I don't necessarily think Claire is dead; it's possible they got off the island on the helicopter and it couldn't carry the weight of another adult. I think it's more plausible that Jack doesn't want to see the child because he feels responsible for the choice to leave the island, abandoning the other castaways and separating Claire from her child. - My guess is the phone call detailing that the helicopter hasn't reached the boat is a red herring. They clearly show them on the boat in the previews. It's probably just another aspect of the whole time dilation thing between the island and the world outside the island. The preview even had a shot had the pilot guy heading right into a storm while Sayid protested, which would indicate that he was following the heading he was instructed to regardless of the weather. - What does seem odd is that there appears to be a scene with Faraday, who is on the island, and Desmond, who left on the helicopter. A flash forward perhaps? - The specific 3.2 million dollar amount definitely seemed like code. It just seemed very odd that Ben would say "why not 3.1 or 3.3" if it were truly code. Then again, that could be more code and that Miles is really his man on the boat. A person who can speak to ghosts is exactly what someone who can no longer to Jacob would need. - Someone above said that the preview shows the cabin and an eye inside that appears to be Desmond's. If that's true and the figure that Hurley saw in the cabin in the last episode was Jack's dad, I'm starting to think that the cabin is somewhere where the dead on the island go. If you remember, in an earlier season, Desmond should have died when the hatch blew up and just ended up waking up naked somewhere else. Perhaps he did and that is why he's in the cabin in the preview. If so, I wouldn't be surprised if we see Charlie shooting heroin in the corner of the cabin soon enough. - The eggtown salesmen terminalogy seems like an obvious option, but it doesn't seem to fit right to me. A situation with two bad options idea seems like a stretch as a good description of this episode. Every Lost episode can probably be described that way. And the explanation doesn't really connect to the eggs or the chicken in the story. - Another possibility is that Eggtown is a metaphor for what Locke is doing. The others' camp used to be a well-run, self-sufficient place as evidence by the fact it even had eggs. Locke killing the chicken = destroying self-sufficiency = destroying what the others have built/accomplished/are trying to do. Why else would they emphasize both that they were the last two eggs and that he killed the chicken? (Then again, CinematicAdvance's explanation about the chicken and the egg causality is pretty cool too, albeit a bit trippy.) - DwightSchrute, I don't think they'd do a paternity test if they had absolutely no indication that it could be someone else's child. Simply saying she was pregnant when arrested would be a plausible explanation. I don't think being a fugitive would make a difference. To even get the test, you'd probably need a court order based on a plausible reason to challenge paternity of the child and relevance to the case.
I have your back by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:15:15 PM
Maxwell's Hammer - I too thought the O-6 was common knowledge - as I have posted over and over Novaman5000, WITH Spoiler tags just in case - Carlton and Damon verified the O-6 before the season began - Kristin from E was one of the non-spoiler sites to break that info so, no, she does not believe Aaron to be one of the 6. If you want to spoil yourself, scroll up, I posted SPOILERS and gave the O-6 again for those who want to know. Most have guessed it. It's not Aaron and it is 2 original castaways. A future EP (7?) gives a big clue because it is a name tied to another child (other than Aaron and NOT Kevin Johnson) Nuff said. Dwight, I think you're right - 3.2 was a weird # and I wondered in post about that earlier. Maybe not a code, but a number that means something tied to Miles - Ben's response was one of confusion ("Why 3.2? Why not 3.3, 3.4, 3.5?"), so he obviously does not know. We may find out Miles isn't just an extortionist - because he is asking for the exact amount he needs for something important to many others. Another flashback I assume will answer this.
Satan's Doom by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:24:39 PM
Did an IMDB search - no such movie. 20 different "Satan's this and that", but no Doom. Leads me o believe Xanadu is chosen to tell us something as this is something these guys and gals always do to us. Plotline: "The Greek muses incarnate themselves on Earth to inspire men to achieve. One of them, incarnated as a girl named Kira, encounters an artist named Sonny Malone. With the help of Danny McGuire, a man Kira had inspired forty years earlier, Sonny builds a huge disco roller rink." Greek mythology and spititual overtones - check. Roller rinks? Maybe the next Dharma station "The Skate" - where lovers of Kate and Sawyer shipping hang to discuss plotlines.
Ep is......... by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:38:04 PM
Ji Yeon
Stage6 of the episode by Nozoli Apples	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:46:03 PM
http://ninjavideo.net/index.ph p?cat=7&subcat=14&vid=942
According to Herc's Economist post by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:47:08 PM
Ji Yeon is Ep 7 and Meet Kevin Johnson is Ep 8 (which we see in April now). Kristin just posted this a bit ago...Beware of a Spoiler....................... .............................. .............................. ................Desmond! Next week it's all about our favorite nude beach runner and what happens to him and Sayid in the freighter-copter. (Note: The turbulance toggles his "time travel"-y switch and flashes to a run-in with Daniel Faraday as he is a professor at Oxford...This is the clip we see in the preview in which short-haired Des says to long-haired D.F. "Am I gonna die?" And it should be mentioned that Desmond also could survive off the island and not be counted as one of the Oceanic Six since he wasn't on the manifest.) And the week after that, it's... Smooch time! Chances are, you already know the players (tsk, tsk, tsk). But I think many of you will like the development of that romance. are also getting very close to the return of Harold Perrineau (Michael), which makes me want to kiss someone my own self. His episode (number 8) will fill in where he's been since we last saw him, and I think you'll be pleased.
ABC's press release by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 08:52:55 PM
just went online for Ep 7 - Ji Yeon. Not much info, really. JULIET REVEALS SOME STARTLING NEWS TO JIN ABOUT SUN, AND SAYID AND DESMOND BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE FREIGHTER’S MISSION WHEN THEY MEET THE SHIP’S CAPTAIN, ON ABC’S “LOST” “Ji Yeon” – Juliet is forced to reveal some startling news to Jin when Sun threatens to move to Locke’s camp. Meanwhile, Sayid and Desmond begin to get an idea of the freighter crew’s mission when they meet the ship’s Captain, on “Lost,” THURSDAY, MARCH 13 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Island makes you lose memory? by skywalkerfamily	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:11:11 PM
Maybe it's the sickness?
Richard! by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:18:49 PM
Great news 4we8have15to16go23back42 - thanx for posting that. It's Mira Furlan btw not to be picky - but it'll make it easier to find what she's up to.
Boney Head by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:20:32 PM
Still remember her from B-5 and her sexiness despite a boney mellon. Sick.
Her site.... by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:24:09 PM
Has her in something called Vratice se Rode (series) (2007-2008) as a guest star. And the movie Turneja (2008). Nothing else.
Now... by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:41:56 PM
I think richard will become a regular. He may become Ben's foil - they have laid the groundwork for that. He is losing his confidence in Ben and he is one of the original islanders - at least we are led to believe that.
I have a feeling by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:53:38 PM
alot will have changed when Ben is reunited with Richard and the group he leads to the Temple. Ben may not be exactly welcomed anymore and Richard may be the de facto leader. Richard seems to have a kinder disposition and may be more of an ally to our 815ers than anyone else introduced. Just a feeling.
Walt and Aaron? by Schmott	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:55:49 PM
Does anyone else remember Cuse and Lindelof saying that they had a plan to address why Walt appeared to be older? I am not sure how it would work, but I have a theory that the island somehow affects children and how they age on the island. This could be used to explain Walt's aging and also why Aaron appears to be 3 or 4 when he (more than likely) should only be a year old. Also: what happened to all of the children that were stolen by the Others back in Season 1 or 2? Are they maybe all grown up now?
4we8have15to16go23back42: actor who is in a play... by Executor	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:04:46 PM
...is Miles (Ken Leung). Play runs March 11 - April 5. http://baltimore.broadwayworld .com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=2513 5
Schmott by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:05:51 PM
Yup. And they were quite smug about the "solution" they came up with for an aging Walt. They told us to "trust us, we have a plan for Walt growing faster than the show progresses"
re: Kristin on E! thinks that Aaron is one of the 6. by Executor	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:09:28 PM
Kristin is an idiot.
Matthew Fox by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:14:44 PM
came out and dropped the mini-spoiler that "bearded, addict Jack" is about 1 and a half years after the crash on the island. So if rescue is at about 3 1/2 months, Jack's sanity holds for close to year as he perpetuates the big lie. As Kate said - something like, I've heard you tell that story so many times I'm beginning to think you believe it. Obviously it gets to him. And that puts Aaron at about 2 as well. So Fox was probably not jiving.
Executor by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:17:46 PM
Are you even reading posts completely? I just wrote not 15 posts back Kristen NEVER said Aaron is one of the 6. She's known the O-6 since the beginning of the season and spilled it early on. She knows the 6 and its been confirmed by Darlton. Just thought I cleared that up. Whoever said that about Kristen was mistaken. She airy - but far from an idiot.
I call her airy by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:18:37 PM
and then can't spell. Serves me right.
May Dionysus strike down any play that by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:30:25 PM
..interferes with our Lost. Especially if it means we lose Miles, one of the best characters on the show.
Ashok0 by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:31:59 PM
Yeah I was just thinking about that. Comparing her to other "insiders", she does some interesting stuff on genre shows that don't normally get alot of love. She did a cool thing from Wolfram & Hart during Angel's 100th Ep. I like her stuff.
Claire pushed out of helicopter? by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:32:27 PM
For some reason, I am still laughing minutes later. WHO hates her? It sounds so random. Go meet Charlie, bitch! boot Uh... no.
April 5th by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:38:57 PM
Does anybody know the shooting schedule for the remaining 5 eps? Can Kenny Boy make it to Hawaii in time to shoot something?
Why do all the Kate episodes suck? by skywalkerfamily	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:40:58 PM
On the island, she's a damn good character, but wow, off the island I can barely sit through it.
I gotta believe TallBoy66 by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:43:18 PM
was joking. The trombone and Jake/Kate phrase was all in jest. But that was a rumour floating around. Except they take Aaron from her, then throw her out. No impalement. Gotik - that's good, but you would really need to add "pricktease" to that as you throw her out.
edshrinker by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:48:57 PM
Thanks , man. And I didn't think I could laugh any louder. Now my side hurts.
Even Rose by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:49:15 PM
Told Claire she neede to give Charlie a little. She acted all prudish. And this from a chick knocked up. I get the impression she gave Charlie little more than a little smoochin'. Compare to Kate in a bear cage. Pricktease.
Yeah, man. He put his life on the line. by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:53:23 PM
The least she could have done was give a guy a hand. No risk in that, except maybe a little chafing. "Not so loud, Charlie, you'll wake the baaaaabey."
Sayid maybe NOT one of the "official" O6? by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:54:57 PM
I still don't see how one of six survivors who get played up in the media can turn around and be a leet undercover assassin. Which means there could be 3 more of the official 0sixers?
Clare should have died in the episode by skywalkerfamily	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:57:40 PM
She could have helped Kate to get to Miles, and Locke could accidentally shoot her.
Gotik by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:58:57 PM
Now my side hurts. I can hear that accept with that Aussie accent of hers - Chaaalie you'll wayke the baybee
skywalkerfamily by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:00:58 PM
She'll be bringing miles his lunch when he drops the grenade. Boom. I love that ass - Claire can stay.
'Cholera's Ghost by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:01:54 PM
PLEASE GOD Noooooooooooooo. The O-6 is a done deal. Please don't start.
I know i know by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:03:48 PM
its still a spoiler to some. I'm sorry. By now, most have it figured out too. Sayid is one of the 6. I promise.
'Cholera's Ghost by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:12:06 PM
You said it yourself. He's an elite assasin. He knows how to stay lost, pardon the pun. He's golfing where they pay for privacy. He stays abroad out of the media frenzy of the US/UK. It could be done. Media is nuts over Kate's trial. Jack is still known a year and 1/2 after rescue. Sayid has just.....faded away
I didn't read the spoilers, edshrinker by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:13:37 PM
I'm still speculating. Let a playa play.
Claire... by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:16:06 PM
Black hair, heavy eyeliner and tight, black leather. Mmmmmmmm. Goth Claire must return and get back to her sexually active self. That was not a virgin birth.
Okay, didn't see 2nd post edshrinker by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:17:38 PM
I accept your apology:-) Okay, so Sayid is 1 of the 6. But why didn't Golf Course Guy recognize him if he's got reason to be scared of the O6, then? I know, I know. There's probably a reasonable explanation. Just throwin' it out there.
Fair enough Cholera's Ghost by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:17:39 PM
Kudos to your ability to avoid this one. I could never have done it.
Still a good question by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:23:54 PM
There as a moment of realization. At 1st -he's just an Arab at an exclusive, secluded resort. Playing a round, relaxing. Then they talk and he mentions the O-6...you see it in his face. "Oh, Fuck!" "I'll just be moving on now, forget the bet...never mind I LOVE to wager as I Challenged you earlier"... Too late. Sayid drops his name, then drops him. He recognized him allright. But it took that moment whn the O-6 was mentined...and then it was too late.
Don't be too hard on Piltdown Joey by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:25:23 PM
It's hard to be an atheist these days. But can you imagine the ultimate irony? It turns out there's no evolutionary advantage to a scientific society and the only true atheists left are robots. Problem is, we created them, so they're wrong? Irony!
Sayid and Elsa by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:27:37 PM
He did notfeel it strange Elsa did not know who he was. So obviously, he was having alot of luck staying anonymous. Otherwise, more caution would be taken hooking up. Especially when your GOAL is knocking off the lady's boss. And like Ben said, NOW - they will know who he is...so from that point on, Sayid strategy will have to be different.
Gotik, the problem with irony... by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:29:12 PM
its so fucking ironic. And the problem with athiests-no one to cry out to during sex.
Oh my flying spaghetti monster... by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:31:38 PM
Yeah, just doesn't have much of a ring to it, does it?
Agnostics by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:32:46 PM
I can handle. But there are very few tue athiests. Agnostics can just say there is no proof of God. A true athiests can PROVE there is no God. Good luck. Take one look at shots from Hubble...then look at an atom...and tell me there is nothing greater than humanity in this universe.
Oh my goth claire!!! by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:32:57 PM
Now there's a ring. DONG
gotik-that smooth talk by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:34:36 PM
not gonna get you in Claire pants. Ask Chaaalie.
oh my goth? by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:36:25 PM
like having a lithp
Not true with the athiests thing, actually. by gotilk	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:38:41 PM
Atheists don't claim to have proof or even seek it for the NON existence of God at all. But that's a common bit of propaganda. I'm not surprised it's spread to the smart folks. Atheists require proof, not at all the same as claiming to have it. They just say that the same amount of proof is required for any fantastical claims. Santa, Jeebus, Allah (please don't stab me), etc. But trust me, I'm not one of the unfriendly ones. The person I would consider my best friend for life is a pastor. We have a lot of laughs. The key is not taking any of it too seriously. Our running joke is that I'll end up in hell wondering where he is, and he'll end up revived in the 24th century after being frozen wondering where I am.
Oh my black smoke monster by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:38:53 PM
Better. But may cause distress not wetness on the island.
Maxwells Hammer by BrightEyes	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:40:26 PM
I apologize, it's just that from what I read you came off sounding like someone who wanted to let everyone know who the O6 are and u dont look at it as a poiler so if you did post it without spoiler and I saw it I would be bummed out, Though I probly sounded like as ass to you and I don't mean too, I love the Lost community(even the team Lockes) and as for wanting to debate who the Oceanic six are with other fans who are comming up with theory's, well wouldn't you agree that that is pointless since you already know who the O6 are, I appreciate you not taking forth in the debates cause you know the answers and the people having fun guessing don't know. It's like if it was season 1 and I read a spoiler and knew that boon died and when everyone was in a talkback debating whether boon died or not I came in the talkback and said I know the answer but I'll debate anyways, its pointless, and being right would be nothing to yourself and worse ruin it for others since they know you know, anyways Sorry if I was a dick Maxwell but your whole point of talking about the O6 since u already know who they are doesn't make sense unless you wanna ruin it for peeps but I don't think you do, or else you would have , thanks for not saying who they are and I hope we all find out on the show soon. TEAM JACK!
Golden Compass by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:44:27 PM
His Dark Materlials etc... I'm nt going to argue with you, but if you've ever listened to Pullman, who is a renowned atheist- proof is EXACTLY what he claims for a true athiest. Maybe his propaganda givesthem a bad name, but all I know about athiests is from those claiming to be "true" ones. But as always, I could be wrong. I often am.
BrightEyes by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:48:12 PM
I do the stuff Maxwell does at times, though I really try to warn the spoiler coming. Alot of us were just getting ahead of ourselves - we saw it on non-spoiler sites so we thought people really wanted the info on these talkbacks. Fellow TBer straightened me out. I just can't believe some have been able to avoid it - like I said above Kudos to all of you. I couldn't do it.
gotik by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:55:10 PM
Bast friend is a pastor as well. Go figure. Looking at what you said, maybe you can help me. How can an atheist say, we require proof, but do not have it. That being said, I am still maintaining my position. If you REQUIRE proof, but cannot actually get it, how can you NOT change your position. Just sayin. I believe what I do simply because of the evidence. I consider myself a scientist. I look at evidence and I see it all around me, so I believe a certain "truth". Without evidence, I'd have to reconsider. I don't get it. PLEASE don't think I'm being critical - I just really don't get it. 100K on a MS - still dumb as rocks.
Presents on Christmas by edshrinker	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:57:28 PM
= Santa. See? It's simple.
Athiest=Pullman by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:07:06 AM
Phillip Pullman has professed his absolute hatred for CS Lewis. His Dark Materials is his answer to Narnia. CS Lewis is the name given to our cute little darling Charlotte with the scrumtious buns and sexy accent. Therefore, edshrinker hates all athiests. Do NOT put a hatin on cute redheads, or I will retaliate. Hear that Pullman?
Oh Please God Noooooo by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:07:31 AM
No debates on religion! I was kind of proud of us in the last Lost talkback, not going TOO hard after each other. I like you guys, even if you might be misguided creationists, we're all Lost fans, here. Stay on Target, people! The topic is Lost!
I've always said that what needs to be asked by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:07:47 AM
is "how do you prove something does NOT exist"? That's not even close to the reason why an atheist is an atheist. They are what they are because they require proof for something that does exist, not something that does not. Know what I mean? It's common for people who are not atheists to assume people are anti-god. But that would be like claiming someone is anti-santa just because they require proof that santa exists. You can't be anti-something unless you're at least pretty sure it's around.. somewhere. It's certainly the immature beginnings for a lot of atheists, the "anti-god stance". But those people, if they stay in that state of mind are the same as a believer, in my opinion. But much like many Buddhists admire atheists for their courage(face the darkness alone, against the unknown, etc), I admire many people of faith for their courage as well.
Lost is the topic, really. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:09:51 AM
But I promise to stay on target for the most part. I think almost all of us are mature enough to handle a little of the old dinner table taboos without name-calling and general nastiness. Point taken though.
Jeebus by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:09:55 AM
I feel like a babbling old man talking to no one. Everyone crash? Have a life? Waiting for me to go away? All of the above? OK. I'll go babble to my dog. He is not an athiest. I think.
My dog is an agnostic. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:12:20 AM
He believes there's a Dog, but he's just not sure which breed.
Bright Eyes... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:13:18 AM
...wow, that almost brought a tear to my bright eye. Why can't more talkbackers be like that? Apology accepted bro. Sorry if I was sounding like a pompous jackass about the O6 Stuff. I must have been spending too much time analyzing Trotsyist vanguardism in post-Stalin Russia, and thought I was Sick Fixx. I don't know what came over me. (btw, I don't want to be considered a jack-ass for being arrogant about spoilers, but I don't mind being considered a jack-ass for picking on Sick Fixx, who in fairness, hasn't even shown up this week to be pompous.)
I just might find Jeebus for Charlotte. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:13:20 AM
Yow.
Ah by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:14:36 AM
Those I have talked to are simply misguided. Then it all goes back to a definition of proof. Got it. Sorry dude - ON POINT. Got a little sidetracked since I thought everyone went away. Not really a talk on religion though, just asking for a definition more or less - the other stuff was in humor. I'm just not very funny.
gotlik by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:17:33 AM
I guess I wasn't trying to issue an edict or anything. It certainly looks like edshrinker and you have got things under control. I just hate seeing things devolve into flame wars, as they can so easily do when it comes to this kind of thing.
Careful... by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:17:45 AM
Maxwell...you say his name 3 times and he will appear, to discuss the nuances between Freudian and Jungian philosophies and their applications in post victorian England.
"analyzing Trotsyist vanguardism" by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:18:37 AM
Hahaha!
Flame? by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:20:16 AM
Shit, I would start flaming you if you called me goat lick, J/K. He knows what he's talking about. I don't. You can't flame from that perspective.
Also, I lied a little bit by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:20:24 AM
I actually enjoy things devolving into flame wars, sometimes.
"Trotskyist" by maxwell's hammer	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:21:14 AM
I hope you're not laughing because i mispelled that.
And I just saw the L by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:22:45 AM
in there Gotilk, sorry. Now I see why Cholera called you a goat lick.
No, I was not, maxwell by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:23:19 AM
I was laughing with you, not at you.
I called who a goat lick? by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:25:24 AM
I don't recall that. But they probably deserved it.
Just a misspelling by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:28:04 AM
on his name Cholera, look about 5 posts up. Kinda like that though, I may have to change my handle.
10 posts up by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:29:33 AM

652 posts! by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:31:26 AM
Not a bad 2nd day. Just ahead of the hobbit/wolverine news. Damn I'm competitive.
new questions by maxwell's hammer	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:35:43 AM
on the Lostpedia episode summary, it states that Charlotte is testing Daneil's memory when they're playing with the cards (subsequently indicating that he was experiencing some kind of memory loss). I was kind of under the impression that he was trying to use some kind of psychic powers to guess what the cards were (which would instead indicate that Daniel has some kind of psychic powers). Is there anything to indicate one interpretation over another? It kind of seems like a significant difference. And I'm going to bed, so please wait until approximatley 10:00 tomorrow morning before supplying an answer.
Had to by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:48:16 AM
post this before I crash. Took out the dog and had an epiphany... the ultimate who would you rather (maybe its been done, but I haven't seen it)............. Goth Claire - LOST...............or......... ..Cheerleader CLaireBear - Heroes (MUST be in cheerleading uniform). Discuss.
Ah, gotilk not goatlick. by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:53:03 AM
...gotilk, as in "Got Ilk?"
Maxwell by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:55:47 AM
Just in case you are still on - just rewatched the scene and she's testing his memory. I thought what you thought. But she times him, then says, ok, what do you remember. Remembers 2/3 after ? amount of time, but she says its progress. Does Danny have a condition he hopes the island cures?
Yeah by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:56:39 AM
Cholera - I told you I'm not funny.
The voice on the other end of the Sat phone by SlickyVonBoner	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:56:57 AM
sounded like Naomi. Wonder if she does have that sister, and perhaps its a twin. I know Miles said that was code, but he seems to lie as much as Ben. Plus, Naomi was hot, so I wouldn't mind seeing that actress return to the show.
I do by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:00:37 AM
like gotlik (goat lick) better. But is gotilk - maybe its Go T'ealc! SG-1 Fan. What say you gotilk?
108 by frankkraz	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:01:39 AM
Sooooooo if you were on an island where time went slower how would you keep track of how many days were going by while you were there? What if 108 min equals one day off the island and the importance of pushing the button is to keep track of the outside world. Also 108 min minus 60 min in an hour equals 48 which is the number of survivors. I have a feeling that Daniel is autistic and there to drop some mad science and math sense that the wrong people want to abuse. The island is curing his autism which is why he is not acing the card tricks and Charolette is trying to help.
Autism by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:08:49 AM
Is by its nature an emotive disability. Autism and memory, well, if anything memory is the same if not better in autistics as they internalize everything. Don't confuse savants (rainman). Still, learning in autistics has been shown to be normal. Its emotion and social cues they struggle with. I like where you are going with this though. Danny is definately...different.
More medical.. by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:11:11 AM
I think maybe Dan has a brain tumor? Affecting cognition, it would. Make remembering stuff tough.
touchy ground by frankkraz	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:33:10 AM
in picking a theory, whether it be Axis Mundi and the religous aspect or string theory w/ the science path, it seems as though science and fact are testing the faith of the island and its inhabitants. the rolls are becoming cyclical in that the losties are becoming more like the 'Others'. now new science threats comes in like Charolette and Danny. I can almost see Danny heading in the direction of the losties and siding w/ them. It truly has become science vs faith
It's ok.. I've been called everything from by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:04:34 AM
Gotlik to gotmilk to Susan.. jerkface... you name it. I'm used to it. I used to be ILK, but I lost the original e-mail account. So I just opened a new one and called it gotilk because I had one of those shirts that says "got milk" and I blackened the M.
Picked up VALIS this evening. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:06:15 AM
I'm going to get to it tomorrow. It's even the same (ugly) trade paperback cover featured in the show. I'll read it twice, in case I miss anything.
Card "tricks"? by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:09:30 AM
I was convinced it was a psychic experiment. I'll have to watch again. It didn't seem like he was testing his counting skills, or did it? Thank goodness for torrents. (for wide-screen and pausing/re-winding)
Confused about Locke's character by Mundungus	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:09:37 AM
In 4.2 Locke was ready to smite Ben and only relents when Ben proves that he has info on the Freighter people, perhaps a man on board. Now during 4.4 Locke has Ben (lets not forget the Guy who gut shot Locke and left him for dead among rotting corpses 2 days ago) captive and asks him for info on the freighter people, and Ben basically says "I'm telling you, Ya pussy" What does Locke do? Pistol whip him? Send "this little piggy to market"? Face rape him? No, he doesn't do a damn thing. He can't even manage to get out of hearing distance before he cracks into a bitch fit. God Damn, I want to like Locke, his story has been the most compelling. But it seems like the writers keep reverting his character back to the guy who lost his faith and fell from grace with the gods. I'm tired of that. I want to see him keep his momentum when his character ascends. I want to see him as a Bad Ass Man of Faith. I want to see the hunter, not the gatherer. The Sheppard who would protect his flock with guns, grenades, and dynamite. I really hope that John was headed to his basement with a briefcase full of pain after he served Miles his breakfast.
SPOILERS (Sorta) for next weeks.... by Desmondo	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:32:05 AM
Just checked out the sneak peeks for next week (at abc.com or darkUFO). There it is then. Pretty much official proof that time is moving slower on the island. Strange they would throw that in the sneak peek. Maybe because we have guessed for so long they figured it wouldn't matter. The Desmond one has me very intrigued though. Hopefully this ep should be more eventful. My theory as to why a short haired Desmond is talking to a long haired Daniel (who he calls Alisdair?)...maybe Des has lost his memory but arrived a while in the future, after Daniel is off the island (because Daniel went on the right bearing).
Daniels memory by Desmondo	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:46:26 AM
If he does have brain damage, memory loss, etc maybe this is why he doesn't know why he is crying back in episode 2 when he sees the plane. His subconcious does, but he can't remember.
Avoid the sneak peeks this week. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:05:09 AM
If you don't want to be spoiled in a very big way. They give away an unusual amount of detail this time around. So if you want it all to be a surprise, wait. If you need to know some big stuff now, go watch them. I sacrificed myself for the good of the group and I am as spoiled as hatch-back fruit on an August day.
The sneak for episode 4 by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:11:18 AM
In the clip, Hurley obviously chooses "Satan's Doom" rather than Xanadu based on the metal music (Metallica's "One"? nah.. similar maybe) instead of the Olivia Newton John. In the episode, the opposite happens, obviously. Funny.
DKT by Maniaq	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:11:32 AM
I don't think Kate is trying to say she is looking after Claire's baby because Claire didn't survive the crash - she is definitely saying Aaron is her baby - and I think the implication is that it is supposed to be Jack's baby too, maybe? Point being it's supposed to be hers and that's why her mother - the grandmother - wants to see the child and not someone else. If her mother thought it was someone else's child, she wouldn't have as much invested in him - enough to, say, not testify against his mother and send her to prison. Also, about the title, I originally thought it might be because the episode featured a lot of eggs - "the last" eggs that were Ben's, Kate's eggs, which admittedly are really still an open question but featured nonetheless, Sun's eggs which may be about to kill her, Miles' breakfast "egg" which may be about to kill him, I dunno maybe more I've missed... I like the idea of a deal gone wrong sorta thing from the bartering reference to "eggtown", too, coz there were lots of deals this episode! If Kate ends up, like Jack and Hurley before her, having to go back then that deal she made to go nowhere for ten years is gonna suck, ain't it?
Thanks gotilk by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:34:48 AM
For landing on that spoiler grenade for us.
the memory test by Maniaq	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:38:37 AM
I actually thought - and you might find this a birrova stretch - when Charlotte said Faraday was improving his memory, he was trying to count cards. OK stay with me here - yes maybe he's brain damaged or autistic or maybe he's a time traveller who has to keep sorting out memories like in Butterfly Effect or whatever - but what if he's just teaching himself how to count cards, as an experiment? He starts off shit at it, like most of us, but continues to do the tests - seeing no real progress, as you'd expect, until he reaches the island, and suddenly he's actually making progress? Also, the flashforwards seem to contradict each other? As people have already pointed out, a plane is found in the WRONG ocean with EVERYONE on board, and suddenly the O-6 appear and say EIGHT people survived the crash ON AN ISLAND - there's gotta be a lot of people going WTF?? and I think maybe some of those people might have been at that court case, protesting maybe an obvious cover-up of something bigger than anyone's being told about...
No prob, Cholera's Ghost. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:38:54 AM
I'll just consider it "breakfast". ;)
Xanadu Lyrics. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:42:41 AM
Goofy, but I can see why they chose it. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a lyrics site, and they have been known to be worse than porn sites for weird browser stuff. So click at your own risk. I run Firefox with NoScript, so I'm safe from WTFE they throw at me. Browse at your own risk or search for them yourself. http://tinyurl.com/3xfxba
amnesia? by Maniaq	Feb 23rd, 2008 05:06:16 AM
Faraday's memory improving may be a sign of the island healing a damaged brain - like someone who's suffered from memory loss, or who's symptoms include memory loss... When he saw the footage of the sunken 815, some hidden memory was possibly triggered, buried beyond where he could consciously find it - maybe due to memory loss that can be repaired by the healing powers of the island? Burying something deep in Faraday's subconscious that is crucially important the moment it comes to light is a very Phildickian kinda thing to do, actually - although I think that probably has little to do with VALIS being the book. From memory, was VALIS the one that was a little bit blurs the lines between fiction and autobiography? I remember the pink laser beams was something Dick claimed to have been hit by himself and if it's the book I'm thinking of, one of the characters is loosely based on K.W. Jeter - who wrote the "official" sequels to Bladerunner (the movie, not the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which is different). If I'm not mistaken, there's also reference to a very Man-Who-Fell-To-Earth-like movie featuring a rather David-Bowie-like superstar in the book, but that's all rather besides the point, I guess...
Radio Free Albemuth by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 05:13:27 AM
..which I am now learning is actually a pre-cursor (or is rather a "part" of VALIS through a film featured in the BOOK) for VALIS features Dick himself as a character.
Lost by kwisatzhaderach	Feb 23rd, 2008 09:33:06 AM
The most addictive TV series since Twin Peaks. Fact.
Yep. by Some farts really stink.	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:15:57 AM
Well, they do. And "Lost" is kicking major ass this go-'round.
I don't think claire is dead by The_Squid	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:27:33 AM
she's probably the reason jack wants to go back so bad. Besides a crisis of conscience over the other castways left behind. I just can't seem them killing claire off with her important ties to Jack. Jack's gonna find out who she really is in one of the flashforwards.
Piltdown by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:30:06 AM
You are right and we got sucked in last night for a bit - so its best to shelve the topic. One point will always remain despite the fact the Big Bang Model is a broadly accepted theory for the origin and evolution of our universe. It postulates that 12 to 14 billion years ago, the portion of the universe we can see today was only a few millimeters across. The question? Where did the little bit the universe needed to begin itself - come from? Science has postulated but never answered that question.
Squid, if she is dead by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:36:04 AM
it's soomehow going to be tied to a decision Jack makes. He's holding alot of guilt 1.2 years or so from Kates plea. And if she is dead, that is one fine ass wasted.
Burble? by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:50:23 AM
I have always thought that it is not the answers we need, it's the missing question. Why? How? Where? When? Who? There must be another question. It would sure explain a lot, like the strange empty feeling I get when I see someone wearing a Creed shirt or the speechless wonder I experience when confronted with a fee for parking at a shopping center. There just must be another question we've missed. Burble. Burble did it happen? I mean, we all want to know. It even applies to Lost. Once you understand the meaning of the unknowable question, then you can begin to answer it. Once we understand the what, why, where and when of Burble(c), we can then postulate endlessly on why after pondering for another millenia we still have absolutely no way of understanding it. Out of frustration, we will build a statue of it (or what we think an idea like Burble would LOOK like, probably oval) and once a year on a specific day and time we will hand each other little boxes containing nothing to symbolize the great nothing that is our understanding of BURBLE!(patent pending, all rights reserved, praise Burble) If Locke understood it, I bet he'd blow it up. Everyone else would just accept a LOT of frequent flyer miles and a large sum of cash to keep their mouths shut about it.
And... by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:56:52 AM
Jack would try to fix said Burble (c) ...it should be capitalized, no? Would Burble(c) ever be in need of fixing? Kate would flirt with it. Claire would pricktease it. Sayid would kick its ass. (could Burble's (c) ass BE kicked?
Have you even by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:57:37 AM
Slept Gotilk? Pick up VALIS yet?
Don't buy the dictionary lies... by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:59:17 AM
They say they know, but they know not. burble (bûr'bəl) pronunciation n. 1. A gurgling or bubbling sound, as of running water. 2. A rapid, excited flow of speech. 3. A separation in the boundary layer of fluid about a moving streamlined body, such as the wing of an airplane, causing a breakdown in the smooth flow of fluid and resulting in turbulence. The question has not been defined, only the gutteral glossolalia of drowning dimwits has been and I do not accept this definition as a definition of the QUESTION, Burble.
Yeah, I slept finally. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:02:05 AM
This is the first of 2 days off I've had since this summer. I'm just excited to be here and have more than 3 minutes to think anything through. Re-reading the above, I'm not sure I shouldn't reconsider having days off. Or being unsupervised.
Haven't cracked VALIS yet by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:03:30 AM
Still working on Rant. It's a page turner. But I expect I'll have the free time today to finish it and move on to VALIS.
So, by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:05:20 AM
we are not even certain of the correct pronounciation. Hmmm.
All good questions, edshrinker by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:07:17 AM
But since we don't understand the question, asking it feels .. incomplete. Not that we shouldn't ask. We should. Burble is Jack tired of lying? Burble is Jacob? Burble created the island itself? Burble will I stop posting today?
True. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:08:58 AM
It could be pronounced "mymopialismarfenaheyhey" for all we know. If I had to choose, I'd pick that one. But Burble really makes those kinds of decisions? Not me.
In all seriousness. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:12:34 AM
Who will stay behind by choice? Some of those people are established. I believe that Locke, Hurley and Sawyer all really WANT to stay. I think Claire trusts Locke as well as Charlie's last words. She doesn't want to stay, she wants to protect her child. What's really keeping Kate from wanting to stay?
Alive by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:14:20 AM
Locke, Rose, Bernie, Claire, Danielle, Alex, Carl (assorted other Others). Dead: Sawyer Juliet. Hmmm. Doesn't leave much weight in making Jack want to go back - other than Claire. My guess is stuff that happens to those that escape and what the island could be used for is why Jack wants back to correct a mistake he made.
Des by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:18:16 AM
Favorite character. But I have no clue how it will unfold. want to see him reunite with "Penn - ahee". I just don't know. Hopefully gets off and disappears on a sailboat with Ms Widmore
Des , I bet, will have the most interesting by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:20:56 AM
episode this short season. I am saying NOTHING more about that.
You think by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:22:07 AM
The O-6 is less than a rescue, more of a madate by the PTB? Those 6 and Aaron MUST go, stick to the lie, or EVERYONE gets it? Bad things. Stealthy Burble(c).
Mandate by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:23:37 AM

Am I gonna DIE??? by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:26:16 AM
Gotilk - that what you're referring to?
necgray....on Locke by Mundungus	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:27:36 AM
I don;t think we differ that much, I think the "tiny general complex" he has developed is an aberition of the bad traits thats the writers have efused hin with. He should shed that and in fact has already at times. That goes back to my complaint that he is stuck on repeat. and I meant Ben to say "I'm not telling you..."but i think the point got across.
Sorry about all the typos, no coffee yet by Mundungus	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:28:47 AM

Holy shit Gotilk! by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:42:35 AM
Of course, I had to do the opposite of what you recommended. Those sneak peaks...Jesus. More answers in 60 seconds than in the whole 1st season. Gotilk's right - AVOID them if you want to remain spoiler free.
gotilk - Xanadu Lyrics. - definative by Mundungus	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:48:25 AM
I know Hurly had the Xanadu Sound Track version, but I've always thought that These Xanadu lyrics fit Lost much better. And the song doesn't make you feel gay if you like it, which is a bonus for some. http://tinyurl.com/22hfjg
This really cleared by edshrinker	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:57:39 AM
stuff up. I really thought they jumped around chronologically, but they don't............ LINDELOF: There was originally a line in that episode where Sayid said, ''I've just returned from the Seychelles,'' which would have cleared all that up. But we lost it in editing because the scene went on for four minutes. When we're presenting you with a narrative, it's always happening in chronological order. CUSE: Lost is complex and dense, but we are very conscious of the limits. If we are going to jump time, we're not going to jump narrative order within the time jumps, too.
Maggie Grace cries every week by skywalkerfamily	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:58:36 PM
Can you imagine being on a hit show, getting killed and finding out Claire is still on.
As long as Locke doesn't say by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:30:26 PM
"I'm the Decider!"
Jack's testimony by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:39:10 PM
Someone way up above thought it was a writing foul ball to have the prosecutor ask him if he loved Kate--why? Wouldn't they try to establish that Jack's personal feelings would get in the way of his judgment of her, and even if he answered no, still imply this to the jury? I don't know, I'm not a trial lawyer.
Look up the antipode of Los Angeles on a map.. by warp11	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:21:56 PM
Look for the antipode of los angeles on a globe...... Location seem familiar?
Lost is addicting like Trek by skywalkerfamily	Feb 23rd, 2008 04:38:11 PM
Back in the nineties I saw every sci fi show - TNG, DS9, Babylon Five, Seaquest. I watched them all.
Eggtown was a "set up" episode... by Cheif Brody	Feb 23rd, 2008 05:17:01 PM
Every serialized show has 'em. For those of you who thought this episode was long on questions...short on answers...and moved the plot forward only about 2 inches...You're right...it did...and it was. By design. They came screaming out of the gate, giving us the identities of 2 more Oceanic 6 members (3 if you are counting Aaron)...they gave us a great back story on the "Freightees"...and dropped some heavy ass bombs...all in the first 3 episodes. There was bound to be a "lull". But even LOST's worst "lull" episodes are better than anything on TV right now. What "Eggtown" was up to...was setting up the next few episodes to come. Yeah...it felt like a "routine fly ball" episode...but it set up some major "grand slam homeruns" coming up the rest of the season. I'm happy with the pace of LOST this season. We needed to see why Kate got where she did...and why she was so adamant with Jack that he was crazy for even suggesting they go back to Craphole Island in his FF last season. As for why only 6 made it back...I think it wasn't THEIR choice. I think it'll turn out they were in the right place, at exactly the right time when something cataclyzmic is occurring...and they have no choice BUT to leave their friends behind. I don't think Claire is dead...but I think she gives Aaron to Kate...and tells her..."IF you make it to the copter/boat/whatever...take him with you...away from this place...If you don't make it back for me...keep him safe...and promise me...you'll raise him as your own". I think Claire feels she will die on the island...and Kate is her best chance to give Aaron a future off the island....But I think Locke will keep her from dying. I do believe they will be reunited...once Kate begins to agree with Jack and Hurley that they have to go back and rescue those they were forced to leave behind. People who DON'T ever make it off, IMO? John Locke, Juliette and James Ford. I have a feeling they all become sacrifices to the island. Once the Oceanic 6 (or what's left of them) return to Craphole island...Locke dies saving Jack's life...Sawyer dies saving Kate...Juliette dies saving Claire and/or Sun & Jin. And then...the island collapses in on itself...and is sucked into a vortex in the sea...as the rescue helicopter flies off...leaving no trace whatsoever that the island was ever there. Black Screen. LOST
You guys have been busy! by theBigE	Feb 23rd, 2008 05:25:01 PM
What appeared to me as a lackluster episode (compared to the rest of Season 4 so far) sure has sparked a lot of debate! My main complaint in the episode - the court case sure was solved neatly with the whole probation angle. I'm sure federal courts don't resolve issues that neatly. I also think the 3.2 million is not a code. Rather, Miles has a specific need that 3.2 million can solve, or he knows that Ben will have specifically that much money.
Oh...and for those of you... by Cheif Brody	Feb 23rd, 2008 05:26:19 PM
...who hated Eggtown for piling on 25-30 more new questions...without coughing up any answers...and you are frustrated by Darlton for leading you on a wild goose chase...I would offer this link from Dark UFO to help ease your frustrations. Here are ALL the answers they have revealed on LOST up to this point. Reading these gives you hope that eventually you WILL get answers...Namaste! http://lostanswers.blogspot.co m
Next episode by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 23rd, 2008 06:16:17 PM
Frank pilots the helicopter onto a tiny island just off the coast, sets it down. "What are you doing" asks Sayid. "Wait here." Frank goes into the brush, digs out a metal case from the foliage, unlocks it with a code, reveals a weapons cache. He slings a belt of ammo around his shoulder, hefts an M60, throws a SPAS12 shotgun at Sayid and an AK at Des. "What's this about?" "Minkowski," Frank says. Just then Michael runs out of the brush and picks up an RPG from the case, points it at the helicopter. "Put the guns down." Blank faces. The small fishing boat motor starts up, comes out of a large bed of leaves and debris that camouflaged it, circles around the beach. Aussie Fortune Teller walks out. Frank goes "Minkowski?" Then Desmond points the AK at the back of Sayid's head. "I'm sorry, brutha." Michael: "I said PUT THEM DOWN!" Black Screen. (thud)...LOST.
I largely agree Cheif by Maniaq	Feb 23rd, 2008 06:19:16 PM
I think Claire is alive but I don't think she gives Aaron to Kate without the intention of coming - but circumstances keep her from doing so. Ok there's a lot of negatives on top of negatives there but basically I'm wondering how Kate - who's being setup to want to stay on the island and (like Sayid last episode) ends up doing the opposite to her intentions - ends up in Claire's seat? Sure they could kill her, but somehow I don't see that being the choice they make...
I am the EGGMAN.. by addyadam	Feb 23rd, 2008 06:31:03 PM
you are the eggman, I AM THE WALRUS GOO GOO G'JOOB
Maniaq...Claire & Kate... by Cheif Brody	Feb 23rd, 2008 07:02:55 PM
I think just by the very nature of Kate n' Claire...it will become obvious to Claire, who has never picked up a torch on the island...let alone a gun or weapon of any kind...(of course, Rousseau mite argue her nails are a lethal weapon)...that When Kate gets all "Sigorney Weaver-ed" up in guns and flame throwers, etc...that SHE might be Aaron's only shot off the island...I have a feeling Kate will attempt to bring him WITHOUT Jack's knowlege...and it will be BECAUSE she tried to bring him...that only 6 of them escape...and not all of them. That may explain why Jack seemed to not wanna go "play house" with Kate and "son" at the end of Eggtown...cuz that kid forced them to have to leave everyone else behind....and that's tearing him up inside.
Mundungus by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 07:45:03 PM
Decidedly less gay, thanks!
Raised by Another by TerryMalloy	Feb 23rd, 2008 08:43:31 PM
Any significance to the fact that the psychic said Aaron must not be raised by another? Was that a real psychic vision or was he a fraud like he told Eko in a later episode?
TerryMalloy by ChrisVenom	Feb 23rd, 2008 09:28:13 PM
I would call him a fake just for the simple fact that he didnt believe that what happened to his daughter was a miracle. Given his profession and all.
Real psychic by theBigE	Feb 23rd, 2008 09:57:41 PM
Just lying to end the story about his daughter. He wanted Eko to go away, because he knew it was a miracle.
BigE by ChrisVenom	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:20:25 PM
Thats funny how we got 2 different views from that.
Piltdown, I think that's pretty accurate. by gotilk	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:32:13 PM
But I'm still up in the air about Claire. I still can't make any prediction that I think will be 100% accurate with her. I was thinking maybe at first it'd be a case of not having enough room and we'd get a last second helicopter hand-off of Aaron.
previews for episode 5 by tyler durdeen	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:01:37 PM
i dont know if someone already noticed but E!Online has previews for next week. big spoilers ahead! http://www.eonline.com/gossip/ kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid= 01b1a055-63c0-4264-bbd4-008a47 c2262c if this show continues scripted this way its gonna be the best show ever on television....perhaps including HBO.
tyler durdeen: thanks, mate! by Playkins	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:16:43 PM
There actually looks like there might be some major revelations next episode, can't wait!
PA by ChrisVenom	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:44:09 PM
So he's un officially a fake?
Speaking of cannon... by ChrisVenom	Feb 24th, 2008 12:02:17 AM
I was really bummed after reading that interview you posted with Darlton saying the Find 815 game wasnt cannon. I thought it all would have tied in together somehow.
Next week's episode will be awesome! by The_Squid	Feb 24th, 2008 12:08:43 AM
Crazy theory time: Jacob and the smoke monster are one in the same. Discuss
I love... by The_Squid	Feb 24th, 2008 12:17:09 AM
the lack of haters in the talkback. Lost is back baby!
I love... by The_Squid	Feb 24th, 2008 12:17:14 AM
the lack of haters in the talkback. Lost is back baby!
Next flashback is Desmonds? by SlickyVonBoner	Feb 24th, 2008 12:51:35 AM
Sweet. One of my favorite eps from last year was his flashback episode. 1 of my top 5 of all. He is one of my favorite characters... plus that means more Penelope, that's always good.
on a non-episode-specific tangent by Maniaq	Feb 24th, 2008 01:01:47 AM
anyone know anything about this Lost "video game" I've seen with "coming soon" in EB Games - lame, worth a look, must have, spoilerfest, none of the above??
Video Game by gotilk	Feb 24th, 2008 02:12:25 AM
I can imagine it probably isn't very good. But for Lost fans, it might be worth having (or renting, maybe?). Most games based on TV shows are pretty awful. I just imagine it'll be bad. I'm sure there are some previews or early reviews out there somewhere. I could be wrong.
I was thinkin prob'ly lame too by Maniaq	Feb 24th, 2008 05:09:45 AM
so I couldn't resist and I checked out those previews - wow! Confirmation right there - even the light doesn't scatter quite right... Makes you wonder about communications with the island and those sat phones!
Theory question by Yo Yo Ma	Feb 24th, 2008 09:46:30 AM
Maybe Miles is Ben's man on the boat. Maybe Miles is helping ben,
They Are On Atlantis by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 24th, 2008 01:53:03 PM
I've had this idea bouncing around in my head ever since 3.2, because of the way that Charlotte was interacting with the gang when she first encountered them-- that reverential tone, "I've got about a million questions i want to ask you," etc. It was like it was the ultimate experience she could hope to have as an anthropologist. I think, somehow, they are all on Atlantis. I know this smacks of season 1-era predictions about them being in the Bermuda Triangle or whatnot but i like this idea: Obv they are in the past, since we see a polar bear with a DHARMA collar getting dug up. And that crumbling 4-toed leg we saw at the end of s2. But what about Richard Alpert? Maybe his eyeliner is more than just a half assed makeup job for the actor, what if it's intentional? maybe he is from some sort of ancient Egyptian type society where they all wear eyeliner? while i am running my theoretical mouth i will also say that i think Jacob is the biblical Jacob, who simpsons fans will remember "begat" the entire human race. IE, some sort of save-the-human-race cataclysmic shit is going down on the island for all us nerds who are conditioned to accept no smaller stakes in our entertainment.
Interesting Xiphos by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 24th, 2008 02:09:35 PM
I know it's one heavy bitch, but I never heard about it being prone to malfunction. I was thinking of a nice close quarters combat shotgun for taking a freighter room-to-room.
The SPAS was used in Jurassic Park I think by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 24th, 2008 03:40:59 PM
warden Muldoon was a far more kickass and knowledgable character in the book, and he actually survived. Anyway, if they were going to take on a freighter, maybe have all shotguns and explosives, with maybe one M16 for a close-range sniper?
Flashes - pb by theBigE	Feb 24th, 2008 04:37:59 PM
I skipped that post of yours - you wrote "spoiler" all over it so I just stayed away. I'm still hoping for a Danielle flashback this season, and Claire's going to get something too, right? Probably a Ben-Centric one will occur, and I'd love one with Richard Alpert, but that might be too revealing. Then the season finale will probably be all Jack.
Patchy sighting! by theBigE	Feb 24th, 2008 04:39:27 PM
Flipping through the local channels today, I noticed Patchy with 2 good eyes and a bad wig chasing around Harrison Ford on Air Force One. Don't the two team up again in Indy 4?
I would love some more Ben flashes by The_Squid	Feb 24th, 2008 05:17:35 PM
and a a danniele flash would be great too. I'd love to see the "sickness" in action.
I would love some more Ben flashes by The_Squid	Feb 24th, 2008 05:17:38 PM
and a a danniele flash would be great too. I'd love to see the "sickness" in action.
damn by The_Squid	Feb 24th, 2008 05:25:31 PM
why do i keep double posting
wow... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 24th, 2008 06:41:01 PM
this Talk Back is barely going to make it throught he weekend before petering out.
Not trying to be annoying about the raised by another thing by TerryMalloy	Feb 24th, 2008 06:42:42 PM
but even if the psychic was a fraud, I have the feeling that the prophecy he made to Claire was in fact real (ala Harry Potter's Trelawney). Anyone else agree? I think Kate raising Aaron is going to have disastrous consequences. Somehow. I'm not really sure. But I'm a prophecy believer.
Only on AICN by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 24th, 2008 06:42:53 PM
Can an off-the-cuff Lost speculation turn into a discussion of Mossberg vs. Remington shotguns. Sweet.
The person that predicted Aaron being "Jacob".... by Playkins	Feb 24th, 2008 06:54:54 PM
...was really onto something, I think. Jack & Kate (who brings Aaron) go back to the island, but have an accident and end up way in the past before DHARMA, the natives, everyone. Jack and Kate die leaving Aaron alone, and Aaron becomes god of the island (in some way). Interesting.
One more thing: by Playkins	Feb 24th, 2008 06:55:35 PM

Fuck, THIS: by Playkins	Feb 24th, 2008 06:58:16 PM
They need to find Amelia Earheart's plane on the island, but not her body. Imply that she became GASP an Other!
Effin' A, Piltdown. There's really been no... by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 24th, 2008 07:03:52 PM
hard evidence that there is a ship out there. I doubt the newcomers are with Ben's people though.
freighter is by Maniaq	Feb 24th, 2008 09:30:20 PM
based on previews of next week's ep (SPOILER AHEAD!!!) it looks very much like yes there is a freighter and there are at least two characters we haven't met before who remind me for some reason of Parker and Brett from Alien and Desmond is the only one who makes it (??) and he meets Minkowski, who appears to have Lost it, if you know what I mean ;)
flashbacks by maxwell's hammer	Feb 24th, 2008 09:50:09 PM
The most kick-ass flashbacks would probably have to include: Ethan Rom Cindy Chandler Marvin Candle and a Vincent flash-forward!!
It could be, Piltdown by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 24th, 2008 10:21:04 PM
That they are in a secret corporate facility with a teleporter. Bank it. or not.
kinda strange... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 24th, 2008 10:35:58 PM
...no LOST previews during the Oscars...Show some love, ABC!
VINCENT is in the casket! by gotilk	Feb 24th, 2008 11:28:52 PM
Just kidding. But seriously, the lack of Lost promos in the Oscars did kinda bug me, too. They ran a promo for Eli Stone!! (?????) Odd.
Most wanted flashback? by gotilk	Feb 24th, 2008 11:36:29 PM
ANYTHING on the Black Rock. Period. I want to know what went down and I want to watch it.
Gotlik by SlickyVonBoner	Feb 25th, 2008 12:51:22 AM
Agreed about the Black Rock flashback. I will be pissed if they end the series without that. Wouldn't it be sweet to see a flashback to a couple centuries ago?
Gotlik by SlickyVonBoner	Feb 25th, 2008 12:52:59 AM
Agreed about the Black Rock flashback. I will be pissed if they end the series without that. Wouldn't it be sweet to see a flashback to a couple centuries ago?
Sorry, for the Double by SlickyVonBoner	Feb 25th, 2008 12:58:48 AM
Yea, I thought the polar-bear was teleported there too. I think there is all sorts of sci-fi experimentation going on, on the island. There was that short on one of the DVDS with the two identical rabbits that couldn't touch one another (cloning? copying?). Time travel/warping, which we know from the rocket experiment. Teleporting, from the polar bear, possibly Walt too. Im sure there's more I'm missing.
More random thoughts by SlickyVonBoner	Feb 25th, 2008 01:05:47 AM
I think in a Michael flashback we will see what happened to him and Walt. Probably running into the 'freighter' on its way to the island and being picked up by it. Michael finds out about their intentions and somehow gets a hold of Ben on the island, or maybe Ben contacts him. I'm thinking he does it to help his friends back on the island and redeems himself in the end.. possibly losing his life in the process. Such a cock-tease how they have his name in the credits every week, making you think you'll see him in that episode... brilliant.
More random thoughts by SlickyVonBoner	Feb 25th, 2008 01:07:11 AM
I think in a Michael flashback we will see what happened to him and Walt. Probably running into the 'freighter' on its way to the island and being picked up by it. Michael finds out about their intentions and somehow gets a hold of Ben on the island, or maybe Ben contacts him. I'm thinking he does it to help his friends back on the island and redeems himself in the end.. possibly losing his life in the process. Such a cock-tease how they have his name in the credits every week, making you think you'll see him in that episode... brilliant.
Lag is killer by SlickyVonBoner	Feb 25th, 2008 01:08:26 AM
probably all that 2 am high traffic. Fuck this.
could Jacob just be...? by Maniaq	Feb 25th, 2008 04:30:42 AM
Jacob - the man Ben has been struggling to keep off the island this whole time, owner of the freighter, employer of Matthew Abaddon, original boss of Ben's from his time as a janitor for the Dharma Initiative - a man who utilised telepresence technology developed by Dharma to remotely engage with people off-island (a technology that "went bad" after the Incident, creating a crazy unstable "shack" scenario that keeps moving around in which he remains trapped maybe?) and who is desperately trying to get his people back so they can "help" (rescue) him! He appears at random anywhere and at any time on the island - which, remember is now out of sync with the rest of the world since the sky turned purple and the effects of the Incident are unchecked. So he can't control the time and place of his meetings anymore and he appears to a few Natives (Hostiles, Others, etc) who introduce him to Ben (after Ben sees his mum - another neat Dharma tech gone bad) The "magical box" thing Ben talks about is indeed metaphor - just like a shack is a metaphor in a User Interface sort of way - they're both one in the same! The random nature of it all means there's rarely anyone around when he appears but he devises a way to meet up with Ben - for Ben to sync with him, all out of Time and Space as we know it. Problem is Ben wants it all for himself - what he does for Jacob (is it all about lists? is that the key to their communication? maybe it's not just about the circle of grey powder, a whole list of things have to happen? Ben is all about lists and so is Jacob) he secretly undoes - like what he does with Sayid in the flashforwards (can we call it the future?) - so the guy that he's been working for this whole time, Jacob, has also been the SAME guy he's actually been trying to take down, AT THE SAME TIME?? Here's the thing - you enter that Shack and you exit this universe temporarily and when you do you have all of Space and Time to peruse, from the comfort of your armchair. So Ben knows just as well as Jacob everything that is going to happen and how big a problem the Incident ultimately ends up being - and if that really was Des looking back at Hurley in the season premier, possibly he knows it too? Ultimately Ben is fighting Dharma - has been since the Purge, when only Dharma's off-island assets remained, which could possibly include some sort of disembodied "meat" that used to be a complete real world Jacob... Dharma isn't dead and buried - they're back and this time they've got the right resources to sort out this entire mess - but Ben is much stronger now and only Miles has spoken with enough dead people to know just how powerful he really is - much more powerful than his boss, whom he hasn't met - yet... Think about the sat-phones for a moment - that's not a new technology - it's not a matter of being futuristic - they've been modified to work on the island. They're Dharma tech - not developed by Marvin Candle or even Mittelos but developed by Jacob, or at least based on tech he developed before developing a real paranoia about tech - he's trapped in his own creation but he has a plan for how to get himself - how to get everyone - out of it. The question is, has he underestimated Ben??
Polar bears in the desert by Maniaq	Feb 25th, 2008 06:01:07 AM
That Orchid video features Dr Marvin Candle talking about the unique properties of the island and the Casimir effect: http://tinyurl.com/2srnxn It is theorised a negative Casimir effect could be used to stabilise a wormhole - this is the same tech featured in Michael Crichton's Timeline, as well as Arthur C. Clarke's The Light of Other Days. Wormholes can be created, not just between places but also in time That rabbit in the video - number 15 - was that a consequence of the Incident? A second number 15 falling out of the sky - almost but not quite in the same place in Space-Time - was 15 part of a list of noteworthy experimental subjects - could the polar bear be test subject 4, or 8? 23, or 16 or 42? Was the Incident when two of them touched? Could the pair that touched and caused the Incident have been... Jacob? and ...Jacob? Think about it
Polar bears in the desert by Maniaq	Feb 25th, 2008 06:02:18 AM
That Orchid video features Dr Marvin Candle talking about the unique properties of the island and the Casimir effect: http://tinyurl.com/2srnxn It is theorised a negative Casimir effect could be used to stabilise a wormhole - this is the same tech featured in Michael Crichton's Timeline, as well as Arthur C. Clarke's The Light of Other Days. Wormholes can be created, not just between places but also in time That rabbit in the video - number 15 - was that a consequence of the Incident? A second number 15 falling out of the sky - almost but not quite in the same place in Space-Time - was 15 part of a list of noteworthy experimental subjects - could the polar bear be test subject 4, or 8? 23, or 16 or 42? Was the Incident when two of them touched? Could the pair that touched and caused the Incident have been... Jacob? and ...Jacob? Think about it
(sorry for the double post!) by Maniaq	Feb 25th, 2008 06:03:55 AM

Did lost help Vantage point? by Dazzler69	Feb 25th, 2008 06:58:46 AM
Since Fox was in it?
"Incident" by kingoflight	Feb 25th, 2008 07:46:04 AM
Regardless of what incident was i still think the black smoke was the product. As far as the time traveling i hope its not so much time but more a kind of dimention splitter. I am tech savy on time travel so i'll try to explain best i can. Say the losties go over the island which splits there paths, the origanal path where they crash and die just like the news says, then there is the spilt path delaying them in whatever void for 30 odd mins leading to there current events on the island. Both these events now exsist in the same time and dimention because of the hatch detonation. And say the hatch was keeping the island in the void as such now its out making it easier to access.
I'm iffy on the dimensional splitting... by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 25th, 2008 07:59:04 AM
If it was two timelines, why would they make such a big deal in 4.2 about Frank the helicopter pilot noticing 815's pilot not wearing his wedding ring, and insisting that is not the guy they're saying it is? I think it is way more likely the crash they found in the ocean is a big coverup...
^^ good point ^^ by kingoflight	Feb 25th, 2008 09:11:21 AM
ohhh yeah forgot about that, maybe he took it off mid flight because he was having an affair with one of the flight attendants hehe. Oh by the way do we know if that issabell is dead the one who was talking to jack about his tattoo?
S1 Observations by Tman2626	Feb 25th, 2008 09:16:04 AM
So I have been getting my girl into Lost this season and now that she is hooked we started on the S1 DVD set and made it halfway through over the weekend. Here are some interesting observation and things I have forgotten over the years. 1) When they find the 2 bodies in the caves, one of them has a pouch with one black and one white stone, similar to what is used in Backgammon. I had forgotten this part. 2) After Jack gets his ass kicked by Ethan and Kate tries to convince him to go back to camp, Jack gets up on a frenzy and runs after Ethan saying "I wont let this happen AGAIN" Again? Maybe I missed what this is referring to but at that point no one else had been taken. 3) I forgot how adamant the psyhcic was that Claire and Claire alone raise the baby. This leads me to believe the Aaron with Kate is truely Claire's Aaron which will lead to the shit hitting the fan. My girl is now hooked and she was shocked how Jack and Locke used to get along.
Phsychic Malkin = Whoopi Goldberg by Cheif Brody	Feb 25th, 2008 10:26:09 AM
I think Malkin was a grifter...happily collecting large sums of $$$ from rich fat-cats who thought he had a special psychic gift. He was very excited when he found a rich LA couple who needed a baby...and was willing to pay him a hefty price for delivering one to them... Then Claire falls right into his lap... Now...much like the character Whoopi played in 'Ghost', who was also very happily running her little fortune teller scheme...that is, until Patrick Swayze fell into her lap. It was then, after some gentle persuasion on Swayze's part, that she realized she actually did have a "gift"...and it scared the shit out of her. I think Malkin has the same problem. He actually DID get a vibe from Claire that she needed to raise Aaron alone...despite all that $$$ he stood to get from the rich couple in LA...he decided to follow his 'gut'...and tell Claire the truth about the vision he had. I think Malkin, from that moment forward ceased to be a fraud...and really did have a "special gift"....as we saw in the Eko flashback...and it is scaring the shit out of him, too. Kingoflight...buddy...you're trying too hard to make a theory fit that just isn't quite there...yet...dude. I don't think time travel will even be a factor in the big picture of LOST...let alone dimension splitting...but right now, you're forcing a square peg in a round hole.
tech savy [sic] on time travel by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 10:28:55 AM
...that's funny. And not in a good way. Explain it to us as best you can, so those of us out of the loop on the latest time travel tech can understand.
Lost Producer scoop and omniscience/omni-science by Darkocity	Feb 25th, 2008 11:08:39 AM
A cunning reference to the compare/contrast/grey area of science and religion? Also line refers to the fact i think that it was hugo looking at himself. So much Lost stuff to talk about like a hundred tiny crack explosions in the brain per second! But work beckons. That interview does seem to confirm the idea to me of the islands time cycle and creationism mythology/mystery holding heavy importance amongst other things which sounds positive. Like for example, the idea of the repetions and fate...will jack end up back on the island and events repeat itself or revolve or evolve? Are those Adam and Even Skulls with backgammon Rose and Bernard from the cycled future-past-present? Or the origional or other versions of these mythological characters, in the this constantly revolving, revised 'matrix' like tree of life branching out to every universe. Does it perform this (remember Mayan 2012 anti-the whole world ends principal, see Ian Lungold lecture on Bittorrent crazy but facinating, especially if taken as metaphor) by attracting certain figures or people, those repeated through history, to take in and send back out by some means be it through themselves or other wise or both, say transmission/imbument? of the raw creationist green-like magnetic substance? Or is that cosmic 2012 evolution/revolving consciousness utterly irrelevant to say, the biblical & buddist & current world affair themes, or going back to above heavily referenced texts such as The Third Policeman where the protagonist are stuck in there own cyclical form of purgatory eventually and seemlesly being unaware at the time to the protagonist a form of personal projected hell at the very moment he thinks he has been rescued/escaped (would this make the proverbial confined hell off island? On island and synonimous with all concepts heaven etc, remember multidimensional fountain dark tower type of place!? Would that make the one legged men the rescue or the others!?). Should this just be taken more literally in the ideas of the father son/Shepard repeating the whole dark tower style cylce of Roland, rather than something literal in sci-fi/myth terms that wouldnt really make that much sense if the island has a history - and from consistent family lines - of people going through similar motions!? I cant get this idea out my head as much as recent events in the show suggest it will not be the case because THAT FUCKING GUY ON THE BOAT WHO CALLS PENNY AT THE END OF SEASON 2 IS FUCKING MATHEW FOX, JACK SHEPARD BE DAMNED!. This is pure mincing but, is it it really that implausable in the lost-verse that Jack, maybe with some others, took the decision to go back, either to pick up things where they left or at the beginining/some moment, being able to do so from all his fresh knowledge and when, oh say Desmond turns the key? How would time specifics and relations between on-off island work in that case? If Mike is on the boat, apart from the obvious shenanigans between him and Ben (or perhaps not? I love the idea of there being many Bens in many different mult-verses/times), does this mean we can take something of real literal meaning when he tells Locke? at gunpoint in S2, "you people have no idea whats going on here!", which i think many of us threw up in the air at the time the possibility of this meaning a arcitect related past & connection with the Island/Dharma? ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!! !!
Oh Yea by Tman2626	Feb 25th, 2008 11:13:05 AM
And after rewatching S1 I really realized how far into the island Jack wakes up. That is definately significant.
Oh shit massive SPOILERS in that post above, by Darkocity	Feb 25th, 2008 11:16:08 AM
at least for the books mentioned anyway
For Sure Tman, For Sure... by Darkocity	Feb 25th, 2008 11:39:32 AM
I even wonder, given if the smoke monster is refered to as a security system, and given it hasnt been defined as a purely dark being (I think its both dark and light, the ultimate kharmic manifestation of conscious matter from this primordial soup of life the island and dharmas activity is generating - why it leaves Locke, because he does not fear or threaten it, but kills Eco, because he would kill and kill again and not renounce in the name of the spiritual oh! incidently, bringing up/manifesting the form of ghosts/projections in doing so because it is the amalagamation of everything that will ever consciously exist dark or light!) if it doesnt play a part in orchestrating this, as much anyway as Family, fathers (Jacks inparticular) and the larger ptb. Cuse/Lindelof interview above states the strong connection between the island and the characters.
The dude in the arctic station... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 11:49:47 AM
...was an actor named Len Cordova, playing a character named 'Mathias'. It isn't, nor was it intended to be, Jack.
Lost Game by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 25th, 2008 11:58:44 AM
Lost Game comes out tommorrow. I am getting right after work. I dont care if it sucks or not, its Lost. Just to get to interact with the island and different Lost locations is enough for me. This is coming from the same person who has played the Lost cell phone game and who bought "Bad Twin". Either way, I will be playing it tomorrow night and will let everyone know if it is any good or not.
Shit...still hanging on MH! by Darkocity	Feb 25th, 2008 12:10:30 PM

Shit...still hanging on MH! by Darkocity	Feb 25th, 2008 12:13:12 PM
The resemblance is too eerie to let go!
Oceanic 6 theory by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 25th, 2008 12:20:57 PM
I am begining to think that the oceanic 6 were chosen fo a reason. Maybe Mr. Abbadon wanted only this six to get off. I believe he or who ever he works for (Oceanic or Dharma)have someone who works for them on the island, most likely as an Other. They know about the crash, they know there are survivors, and they know information about them. The wanted these six for a particular reason (they know how to manipulate them into staying quiet or lying for them). Why, I do not know.
O6 Theory by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 12:29:42 PM
Based on the evidence from the show, the O6 seem more in cahoots with Ben (or at least with Ben's goals) than with Abaddon or Dharma or Oceanic: * Ben doesn't want the island found * Hurley lies to Abaddon about the island * Jack lies on the witness stand about the crash and how many people survived * Sayid is going around killing people on behalf of Ben If the O6 made a deal with anyone, it appears to be Ben.
As a matter of fact... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 12:36:27 PM
...it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out Ben staged the fake Oceanic crash to throw people off the sent of the island. Only for whatever reason, Abaddon (and whoever he represents) suspect the whole thing is a sham and continue their search anyway. And when the Oceanic 6 are discovered and somehow returned to society, Abaddon (and whoever he represents) are convinced they have information about the island, and despite their claims (that 8 people survived the crash and only 6 people returned; it was just an ordinary plane crash/survive on a tropical island scenario; no smoke monsters and ghostly apparitions or people who seem to live forever), Abaddon knows their lying and is still spending his time bugging them for info.
Correct, Maxwell... by Cheif Brody	Feb 25th, 2008 12:42:11 PM
Because Ben controls the fates of those who remained ON the island. That's how he's getting the O-6 to keep their traps shut and do his bidding. That if they spill the beans or "break any rules", someone they care about back there will suffer greatly. It would appear that Abaddon is trying to get the O-6 to break the rules...and convince them to stand up to Ben's will.
Jack's 2nd time on the island? by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 25th, 2008 12:44:34 PM
Yeah, this one has been kicking around for a while hasn't it? Wasn't the original name for the show "The Ring" or "The Circle" or something? I seem to remember one of the producers saying that, and that "there is a clue in the very first shot of the show that nobody's picked up on yet". At the time people on here speculated that they were referring to the fact that the first thing you see is the "circles" of Jack's eye, hinting that the whole thing was going to come back around on itself in the end. For my money, though, i never remembered any behavior of Jack's to back this idea up. It's nice to know that he refers to Ethan's attack as happening "AGAIN." For the rest of the time, though... if he is so intent in the flash forwards on getting back to the island after getting off of it, and we were actually watching his second trip there all through s1-4, why would he still be so singleminded about getting off the island for 3 and a half seasons of the show?... ...Unless there are 2 Jacks on the island?? Could "Christian Shepherd" be the re-visiting Jack, kind of like how Harry Potter thinks he saw his father across the lake at the end of the 3rd book but really he's seeing himself? Kind of a stretch, I know, but there's got to be something to that 'circle' thing, unless they were just screwing with us. That was back in the 'throw a bunch of shit at the wall and see what sticks' nadir of s2's viral marketing orgy, if i remember correctly. Love this show like I love my bong... and they go together like Kate's butt and tight pants.
Won't Let It Happen Again! by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 12:50:34 PM
As in, it has now happened once, and I won't let it happen AGAIN! some of you people are really reaching.
"Again" by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 25th, 2008 01:04:21 PM
ahh, that makes plenty sense. thanks for clearing that one up maxwell. now if you can explain where ethan's super-charlie-throwing-action- grip came from i will be really impressed. seriously though, don't you remember all that business about the show's original title? you've been around here for awhile, if you got any info on that lay it on us.
Hammer by Tman2626	Feb 25th, 2008 01:06:53 PM
So say some dude steals your wallet and as your chasing after him he jumps you and runs off. You have never had your wallet stolen before. Would you really say "I'm not going to let this happen again" as you resume your chase? Technically unless the conflict was resolved it wouldnt make any sense to say you wont let it happen again and as you haven't given up your chase, it obviously hasn't been resolved yet.
I'm trying to remember... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 01:21:00 PM
...exactly at what point Jack makes the again statement. Whenever it happened, how many people had been assaulted or killed by Ethan (or some other Other). I think that was Jack making a statement about how he wasn't going to let Ethan do anything else to any of the LOSTIES. Of course, depending on the timing of exactly when he said this, I could be completely wrong. But whether I am or not, having some kind of funky time loop...all this has happened before...doesn't really fit with the mood of the show, and I'm sure there is a more plausible explanation.
It Happens by Tman2626	Feb 25th, 2008 01:27:51 PM
When they just find out Ethan wasn't on the manifest and they find out Claire and Charlie are missing. The only bad thing that had really happened up to that point was Claire waking up screaming that someone was trying to hurt her baby and Jack believing she was just crazy. I agree the time loop has not seemed as likely in the later seasons but in S1 its definately a prominent theme. It could be a strange choice of words in the script for all I know but I definately noticed the Again and thought it was a weird thing to say.
"The Circle" and "Nowhere" by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 01:35:28 PM
I don't know the origins of these titles, but "Nowhere" could relate to the fact that the island is invisible to the outside world, and "The Circle" would reference the area in which the island exists (like the Bermuda TRIANGLE). Again, I wasn't there when the show was pitched, so I'm just speculating.
Could there also be a by Darkocity	Feb 25th, 2008 01:52:47 PM
jacob = jacob, Aaron = eusia, thing going on in vague combination with the foetus business in Valis?
Could there also be a by Darkocity	Feb 25th, 2008 01:53:06 PM
jacob = jacob, Aaron = Eusiui?, thing going on in vague combination with the foetus business in Valis?
Time Travel? I call BULLSHIT!! by Cheif Brody	Feb 25th, 2008 01:55:55 PM
If you are telling me LOST is takin the "Back to the Future II" route...where Jack, ala Marty Mc-Fuckin-Fly, is getting to go back in a loop to "fix" mistakes he made over and over again...I'm saying yer fulla shit. Yer fuller than shit. Jack's "AGAIN" line meant exactly what we thought it meant then...Which was "If you ever try that shit AGAIN...I'll KILL you, motherfucker". Please stop making one spoken word of dialog "fit" into your overly convoluted theory. Until the proverbial "DeLorean" swoops in, or the frickin' spinning hypnotic wheel that Dr. Evil jumps into to travel through time is shown to us...I say you are reaching, bruthas. Reeeeaaaaally reaching.
okay... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 02:04:54 PM
...after doing my research, when Jack says "Not again," he's referring to the fact that he isn't going to let Ethan get the better of him again. The wallet example from above doesn't quite work, because if someone steals your wallet, and you chase after them, the act of stealing apparently isn't over. But in this case, Ethan beats the shit out of Jack to the point that Jack is unconscious. that pretty much ends the act of having the shit beat out of you. Stubborn Jack then wakes up to go chase him down, claiming that he isn't going to get the shit beat out of him again.
Interpretations. by Tman2626	Feb 25th, 2008 02:12:22 PM
If he said "I wont let THAT happen again" instead of "This" I would have thought that too. It probably should be taken as how you are seeing it but its always fun to speculate. On that note I'm going to say I would actually be quite pissed if the series ends with Jack waking up in the same position in the jungle and him walking out to see the plane wreck then BAM black screen with LOST fading out. That would be a cop-put of EPIC proportions and the whole "That's how it went that time" thing is entirely overdone.
VALIS by phillip dick - biggest reveal by thekylegassproject	Feb 25th, 2008 02:26:01 PM
i'm sure it's been discussed above but for TBers who are coming in late, i wanted to point out the book locke gives ben at the beginning is valis by phillip k. dick. locke tells ben he should read it again because he might catch something new the second time around. this was obviously a clue to the grand scheme of things. i have not been a fan of any one of the alternate reality theories such as they're all dead, dreaming, heaven, purgatory,..etc. i mean, it's beyond obvious that the island has supernatural qualities, but i don't think there's been enough evidence to support that what's happening on the island isn't reality as we know it. however, that little statement of locke's was very intriguing since phillip k. dick loved him some alternate realities. social experimentation falls into the pkd realm as well. valis as well as other pkd writings are chock full of ideas and imagery used on the show (or rather the show is chock full of pkd ideas). greek imagery & gnostisistic concepts (wiki gnosticism if you're unfamiliar) to name a couple. AND valis contains some concepts that I feel reflect some things about jacob. idk, just throwing some shit out for you theorists out there. maybe that little reference by locke was a hint from the producers telling us that the theories involving social experimentation or alternate realities are on the right track. what do you peops think?
Books in Lost by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 02:33:05 PM
I think they throw those books in there just to fuck with the fans. It isn't a coincidence that after being badgered for forever about the island being purgaroty that you suddenly see a copy of "The Third Policeman" or "Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge" on a bookshelf. It was kind of like Juliet joking that they were building a landing strip for aliens. its just a little jibe at the fans and all their crazy theories. I have a hunch "VALIS" is in this same vein.
maxwell by thekylegassproject	Feb 25th, 2008 02:39:27 PM
i don't know. locke's comment though...you might catch something...they've painted locke to be many things, the most of which is wise.
Oceanic 6 theory (hammer) by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 25th, 2008 02:40:01 PM
I agree with you that ben is in total control of the six once they leave the island. I was simply saying that is could have been Abbadon who tried to get the particular six off because he thought they could easily be manipulated. He didn't count on Ben f-ing things up finding a way to manipulate the six once they leave. Plus, there has to be a reason for only those six getting to leave. If it was just a matter of wanting to stay or go there would be more than six, especially with all the red shirts walking around. Also, I would think Claire would want to leave. Desmond and Juliet would also want to leave, but I guess they wouldn't be considered a part of the six. We know Abbadon sent the freighters there so maybe he has a reason for wanting the six in particular. I could be totally wrong and we could find out that maybe something really bad happened that prevented them from getting the rest off the island. I guess we'll see.
kylegassproject... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 03:01:25 PM
What show are you watching? They haven't painted Locke to be wise. They've painted him to be arrogant and misguided, and when someone else tells him what to do, he does it with great confidence and passion (i.e. the island, or Ben, or Richard), and when they stop telling him what to do, he flails around miserably (pushing the button, searching for the cabin). I think they might be building toward him finally breaking free and becoming a true leader, but he ain't there yet.
maxwell by thekylegassproject	Feb 25th, 2008 03:06:06 PM
jesus christ your right. you know i've been watching season 4 as it progresses but i've been going back over season one and locke was very different back then. when you pointed out those things above, i realized you were right. however, in the earlier eps, locke was the one who grasped the island quickest and i spose i was running off that (having come off a 5 ep marathon last night). but i wouldn't say he flails miserably as if he were helpless. he is constantly searching for the truth, and sometimes that means reaching in the dark.
Gotta love... by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 25th, 2008 03:24:37 PM
...how personally a couple of you seem to take the theorizing that goes on here that is considered off the mark. I remember last year it had me thinking you guys were ABC employees instructed to steer the show's fans in the right direction and away from things they had no explanation for. But i was smoking a lot more weed back then. Ha! So what if we're reaching? Speculating about this Disney-sponsored shit is part of the fun! In the case of watching a television show i would always rather be surprised than right...
In the latest E Weekly by skywalkerfamily	Feb 25th, 2008 03:26:40 PM
Damon says Ben is an Oceanic Six because he forged documents and passports to make it look like he was on the plane.
Rain Man by Tman2626	Feb 25th, 2008 03:27:35 PM
Rewatching also made me remember how in tune to the island Locke was at the beginning. He pointed out a few times exactely when it was going to rain. Any theories on this?
speculating by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 03:29:30 PM
I don't mind speculating if the speculations are based on something actually related to the show. There's way tos much random association of things that lead to big discussions about things that obviously aren't true. I think i take it personally because in many cases, the wierd theories indicate a fundamental misunderstanding of the show. And if you don't understand the show, then what are you doing occupying my time in a talkback. also, I'm an arrogant asshole.
teleportation? by BigTexas42	Feb 25th, 2008 03:29:41 PM
So, I'm not a huge fan of the teleportation theory, but based on what darlton said about the orchid video, it bears some thought. anyone note the large number of connections the island has with africa? The polar bear in Tunisia, Yemi's plane leaving Africa and somehow ending up on the island, the slave ship presumably leaving Africa and ending up on the island, and according to some theories, the four-toed statue being similar to those found in Egypt. It can't be coincience that there is all of this back-and-fourth traffic between the island and Africa, and not much to anywhere else. I think I even read a theory that perhaps Richard is of Egyptian decent. So maybe there is some stargate thing going on between the island and africa? Whatever - I'm just along for the ride at this point.
The Jacob Cabin is probably another Dharma by skywalkerfamily	Feb 25th, 2008 03:32:30 PM
station. I bet this is where the incident was. Something happened and a hole was ripped in time, and the station turned into a cabin, and that's where Ben goes when he wants to be teleported off the island.
Damon & Flailing by maxwell's hammer	Feb 25th, 2008 03:35:35 PM
1) Damon is wrong. The O6 list has been floating around a long time, and Ben's name ain't on it. 2) I think 'flailing' is the perfect word. Remember how frustrated Locke was with the whole 'push the button' thing? And when he wasn't getting the answers he wanted, he blew the damn thing up. And now that he can't find the cabin, he's trying desperately to regain control. Did you notice that moment when he found out Kate knew where Miles was, and for just a second, he looked like the sad-sack Locke from pre-island life. Of course, he then over-compensated by trying to be all bad-ass with kate, and by feeding a grenade to Miles. The reason he got so flustered with Ben was because Ben was right: Locke has no fucking idea what he's doing because the island stopped telling him what to do.
skywalkerfamily by smutpeddlar	Feb 25th, 2008 04:11:37 PM
skywalkerfamily...damon said its "possible" he did'nt say it as a matter of fact...the oceanic 6..has nothing to do with how many ppl have gotten off the island,only that "the 6" are part of the publicized story of the crash survivors..there could be 20 others off the island for all we know
Off Island by Tman2626	Feb 25th, 2008 04:24:20 PM
Smut if there are more than the O6 that got off the island they would not be known by the public in any way or Jack would be going to federal pound me in the ass prison for perjury.
More on VALIS by jakelael	Feb 25th, 2008 04:35:42 PM
So I began re-reading VALIS this weekend in case I missed something. Not only does the author mention the name Minkowski be he talks about a place where space turns into time and the other way around. As I mentioned eariler the main character in the story has a vision of Ancient Rome superimposed over modern-day California. He goes on to see an additional superimposition of the future so that the past, present and future are all seen perfectly superimposed on top of each other. And it's not until this view of past, present AND future are seen, that he the sees what he calls the BLACK IRON PRISON. Basically it's a prison that hold's humanity in it's grip. What I find interesting about this is that it's similar to the way the LOST storyline is playing out. We started with our characters with their story on the island. Then we see their past in the flashbacks. And now we're seiing their future in the flash forewards. And it's not until all three of these views are shown that we see how 'imprisoned' they are throughout their lives. Seriously, if you haven't checked this book out yet, you should! ..... LOST (boom)
there will be more then 6 by smutpeddlar	Feb 25th, 2008 04:39:43 PM
i believe there will be more then 6..they might not all get off at the same time,or the same way..
Weren't they building some runway in Season 3? by skywalkerfamily	Feb 25th, 2008 04:52:39 PM
I bet the freighter already has a plane on the island waiting for Ben, and he and others get off a different way.
skywalkerfamily by smutpeddlar	Feb 25th, 2008 05:00:58 PM
very true..ben did'nt look very upset about the sub getting blown up..mabye it was his plane sitting on the runway:)
Abbadon's man on the island is by Maniaq	Feb 25th, 2008 09:07:40 PM
BEN! And Ben's "man on the boat" - ie source of info on the freighter and the people on it - may well be Matthew Abaddon! I'm becoming more and more convinced Ben is totally playing both sides and if that Orchid video is canon - as Darlton seem to suggest - then it's all about wormholes. The beauty of wormholes is you can use em for teleportation OR time travel OR both - a la Doctor Who, say, who traverses a wormhole in the opening titles of every show. So the moving shack, the "magic box" Ben can produce Locke's dad from, Jacob himself, Ben being both on and off the island at the same time, Richard Alpert appearing not to have aged all this time, the rocket clock, cute little bunny rabbit #15 appearing next to itself, the polar bear in the desert, stuff I haven't even contemplated yet - ALL OF THESE THINGS can be achieved with wormhole technology. We haven't begun to have the technology explained to us yet but that is exactly what Faraday is there for. Even Charlie talking to Hurley while being dead at the same time - wormholes - Faraday will talk about the tremendous amount of (electromagnetic) energy that would be required to stabilise a wormhole at both ends and we will know this island just happens to have some peculiar (electromagnetic) properties that could make that work...
is it thursday yet? by smutpeddlar	Feb 25th, 2008 09:40:01 PM
lol
Won't you take me to Eggtown. Won't you take by skywalkerfamily	Feb 25th, 2008 09:59:25 PM
me back to Eggtown.
Personally by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 25th, 2008 10:23:20 PM
I don't know if I'm down with teleportation and time travel despite my speculation. That's just me, I'd like the show to stay away from sci-fi gimmicks and be creative in other ways.
pa...Time TRAVEL? by Cheif Brody	Feb 25th, 2008 11:22:44 PM
I remember Darlton confirming TIME itself would be a factor in the overall series. That time would not be running linearly in some soon to be explained way for the Losties...(as it seems the 'clock rocket' is our first taste of this phenomenon being addressed). But...are you sure you are not adding the word TRAVEL on your own? I don't ever recall them saying time TRAVEL would be part of the show...ever. Thought I'd heard every podcast and ComicCon interview out there....Maybe I missed one?
BTW...I have no problem calling them GIMMICKS. by Cheif Brody	Feb 25th, 2008 11:27:13 PM
Teleportation...STAR TREK...Time Travel...QUANTUM LEAP, JOURNEYMAN. Both gimmicks, in my book. I pray to God LOST doesn't head down these completely dull, cliche paths.
Kick Start by StuckInthePresentPaused	Feb 25th, 2008 11:39:34 PM
We have seen in Season 4 that dead doesnt necessarily mean dead as shown by Charlie talking to Hurley though the mechanics behind it are still uncertain. Anyone else looking forward to a grand return of Christian Shephard in some form to Jack either on or off island posibly on how to get back to the island
The mechanics of Charlie's visit... by Cheif Brody	Feb 25th, 2008 11:57:47 PM
Hurley's active imagination, heightened by his time on the island. The dude who pointed out Charlie to Hurley...all in Hurley's head, too. We already know Hurley conjured "Dave" out of thin air...Dave also was able to 'slap' Hurley awake in his episode. Not saying that they aren't providing Hurley with relevant information...but they are clearly 'not there'. I think we will find in episodes to come, that Hurley's 'connection' with the island FAR exceeds any that Locke has with it. But if there's one thing Darlton HAS confirmed, it's...if you die on the island...you're dead. Relegated to flashbacks and "hallucinations" from that point on. Period.
Cheif by StuckInthePresentPaused	Feb 26th, 2008 12:01:48 AM
but we have also already seen CHristian in Jacob's cabin and i dont think that Darlton would use the same trick twice as far as Dave and Charlie went. Now the only other person we know to have seen Charlie was also a part of the mental institution makes him an uncredible witness but remember when Hurley was seeing Dave no one saw him and one other person is better than none
The dude who pointed out Charlie to Hurley...all in Hurley's hea by Cheif Brody	Feb 26th, 2008 12:42:06 AM
Right in my post above. ^ ^ ^ OK...Matt Foxx is talkin time travel. Gotcha.
we've already seen TIME TRAVEL by Maniaq	Feb 26th, 2008 02:05:19 AM
Desmond the time traveller who goes back to London and predicts the outcome of the wrong football match and gets hit in the head with a cricket bat. Anyone think this was NOT time travel? Maybe it was all in Hurley's imagination? You can keep coming up with explanations for this and that but it's usually the simplest explanation that is the right one. Occam's Razor. Wormholes. Dharma tech - which is only made possible by the island itself and that's why nobody's been able to make these "gimmicks" happen off the island, in the "real world" so to speak... Ok some scientists were able to teleport a laser beam last year in Australia but so-called "quantum entanglement" of a handful of photons is a long way from moving a whole shack! http://tinyurl.com/ywvx6y btw pa I agree that Ben and Abaddon are rivals but I think it may turn out they are actually working for the same man - Jacob - or, to be more specific, I think Ben is pretending to be working for Jacob and actually doing everything he can to sabotage Jacob's plans. Those plans include Abaddon, who may or may not have worked out Ben's real agenda already.
SPOILER**Info on Juliet's Episode**SPOILER by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 26th, 2008 07:17:28 AM
While trying to feed my Lost fix, I stumbled upon this spoiler for the upcoming Juliet episode. DONT READ ANYMORE IF YOU DONT WANT TO BE SPOILED This is just too good not to discus for those who dont mind a little spoilage. Charles WIdmore will be appearing in Juliets episode, I think in a flashback. But the word is, all of her flashbacks take place on the island! I knew he had something to do with the island and I figured he was related to Dharma. But why would he be on the island while Juliet is there, meaning after the purge of Dharma? Cant wait for this week's ep, but now I'm even more excited about next week's.
Also, Lost Game today. by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 26th, 2008 07:19:17 AM
I'm buying it after work today, will play it all night, and probably coment on it tomorrow. I'll let you know if it is worth getting. Anyone else planning to pick it up?
VOD LOST by rbrog77	Feb 26th, 2008 07:53:48 AM
From MSNBC - LOS ANGELES - ABC said Monday it will release hit shows like “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” for free over video-on-demand cable services, with the hitch that viewers will have to sit through commercials without being able to fast-forward. “We’re trying to drive everyone back to television but very much understand that with everybody’s lifestyles, they can’t necessarily watch that way and we don’t want to lose them altogether,” Disney spokeswoman Karen Hobson said. The announcement follows an agreement between ABC and its more than 200 affiliate stations around the country. Affiliates had in the past limited the amount of content ABC could redistribute in nontraditional ways because of their concern about the ratings impact on stations. But the video-on-demand deal offers them a financial incentive to participate. Under the deal, local affiliates will be able to sell one 30-second ad on the content, while ABC will sell from four to nine other commercials to national advertisers. That amounts to two to five minutes of commercials for an hourlong program, compared with 17 minutes or more for a show on regular TV, Hobson said.
Pa... by rbrog77	Feb 26th, 2008 08:00:24 AM
Any of yesterday's discussion sound familiar to you? Reminds me of the early watchback discussions.
time travel,etc.... by Desmondo	Feb 26th, 2008 08:05:33 AM
The problem all these things have is that they will hurt the realism of the show. It's clear that the show is aiming to be believable - in our world and even our 'timeline' (e.g Red sox). When it starts going down time travel routes, that slowly starts getting thrown out the window... If they can do it without totally suspending belief I am down with that. I was actually thinking that the way Donnie Darko did the whole time travel worked without conjuring up all the Back to the Future cliches.
2 cents by rbrog77	Feb 26th, 2008 08:18:45 AM
All of this is IMHO. Time plays a part. Travel (maybe teleportation) plays a part. How those 2 combine, if they do, I'm not sure. In our Watchback of S1-3 last year, I picked up on the Jack comment about Ethan and not letting this happen again. People may be right about it being a throw away line, but I don't think it's anymore throw away than Ben saying every living person on the island will die. Regarding the clue in the first scene, I continue to believe it's not everyone else is on the beach but Jack (meaning he's a plant/other/been there before), but instead that it's when he gathered his senses/composure he got up and ran to the beach. For those that doubt this, please explain why he did this without hearing cries of help or without having any sense of direction as to where everyone else and the wreckage was. They do these things for a reason. Of that I'm convinced. Now whether you agree with where they go or not, I think most of us (sans h8rs) are enjoying the ride. So I, for one, regardless of my expectations or dreads, will trust the PTB until they wrestle that trust from my cold dead hands. Wonder when I die if I'll go to the island?
widmore... by maxwell's hammer	Feb 26th, 2008 09:39:55 AM
...what makes you think he appears in a flashback? I think Widmore has something to do with the freighter, so its concievable that he appears in regular island time. I think he's slated to appear in the Des episode this week too.
The OTHER Others? by hairyandtattooed	Feb 26th, 2008 10:03:50 AM
Maybe I missed something, or maybe cause I always get high right before watching, but what happenned to all the other others? The women, the children?
Pa by rbrog77	Feb 26th, 2008 11:07:52 AM
I actually have a different idea for a watchback after S4 is over. Let's call it a read-up. We'll talk more later.
Matthew Fox & Time Travel by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 26th, 2008 11:44:22 AM
i don't think he cited time travel specifically in that interview, i think he said "the questions people should want the answers to are, What is the island? Where is the island? When is the island?" i mean i don't know what is a simpler explanation about the polar bear skeleton, whether its presence at the dig indicates the island is located far in the past or whether it indicates the polar bear got sent way back in time through a wormhole. But if you take what Matthew Fox said into account... for my money.. it indicates that the island is far in the past. But shit man, what if it's both? The island was created by an ancient civilization that was extremely technologically superior than any before or after it, and part of those achievements was the development of wormhole tech? That 4-toed statue leg's got to come back into play sometime... Also I totally agree about Faraday's involvement pointing to some wormhole-esque business, but don't forget they sent an anthropologist along as well..
Richard Alpert: Egyptian by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 26th, 2008 11:48:10 AM
did someone else actually suggest this besides me? i was just thinking, since he seems to be more heavily made-up in the eyeliner department than the other cast members, maybe that is actually relevant and not just an oversight of the makeup dept. Like, he is from the past... you know, when dudes wore eyeliner. kinda goofing here but you gotta admit, his outfit when he meets child-Ben in the woods is pretty friggin odd, too.
Getting High Right Before Watching by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 26th, 2008 11:51:11 AM
yeah, the details sometimes become casualties if that is your pleasure... fortunately that's what the enhanced episodes are for
WOW!!! by rbrog77	Feb 26th, 2008 01:37:09 PM
Nice find node.
Sweet by Darkocity	Feb 26th, 2008 05:09:09 PM
The Valis Trilogy has arrived. After this (and many other of the book mentioned) i think im gonna feel fairly satisfied just seeing how this all unfurls vias the writers through the next seasons, should b/..oh wait, another break followed my another massive fucking break before the next season...ARRRGGHHH!
potsmokin... by BigTexas42	Feb 26th, 2008 05:39:32 PM
yeah, I forget where i read/heard it, but i've heard the richard=egyptian before (see my post above) or maybe he's just a big bangles fan.
No Back to the Future scenarios by theBigE	Feb 26th, 2008 05:46:22 PM
No matter how time and time travel plays into the Lost scenario, Dalton and Cuse have said that they will not do the whole Back to the Future scenario with people running around trying not to mess up the future by tinkering with the past. They didn't want any space-time continuum problems. But there may be elements somewhat similar to this in the show eventually.
Darkocity by jakelael	Feb 26th, 2008 05:49:38 PM
Hey the break will at least give you time to catch up on your reading! I still need to get the second two books in the trilogy.
Richard also looked like a hippie by theBigE	Feb 26th, 2008 05:50:15 PM
When Ben was younger. Chronologically, this makes sense - it was the early 70's or so. I think that's his normal look - do you really think it's supposed to be obvious eyeliner?
I have it on good authority by edshrinker	Feb 26th, 2008 06:16:08 PM
that Widmore, or reps of Widdy are see bidding on a very old logbook from the possessions of a certain Hanso who captained one "Black Rock". Maybe this is part of what we see in The Constant?. Also, Alan Dale (Widmore) stated he gets to be an ass to Des in this Episode, so we will not be seeing flashbacks as much as another timeshift by Des. That's where the short haired Des and long-haired Danny shots indicate - with wonderful quantum physics diagramming on the blackboard in the background. I believe he isexplaining to Des what might be happenning to him. And I wonder...is Des moving AHEAD in time this time, or back to the past like in "Flashes B.Y.E."). He asks Danny, "Am I gonna die?". That leads me to believe its a pop into the future, no?
Richard by edshrinker	Feb 26th, 2008 06:18:27 PM
isn't wearing eyeliner. Pull up pics of him - it is a natural look for him (unless he ALWAYS wears it). ITS THE 70'S. He's dressed like a hippie in the Ep. no big stretch there.
Richard's Eyeliner by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 26th, 2008 06:22:56 PM
If he was a hippie you'd think he would have tie dyed that gray jumpsuit judo outfit or whatever the hell it was that he had on... seriously though, i thought that it was just bad makeup job too, that turned into a funny way to ID him online (like TASG)... but now that there might be a question of 'when' the island is.. it just makes me wonder. clearly richard is a dude apart from the rest of the herd, nobody else has been shown to not age. but honestly i would still be as surprised as anybody if his or anyone's makeup turned out to be a hint about anything.
4.8 (ep title in post, poss spoiler?) by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 26th, 2008 06:27:20 PM
Bring it the fuck on ASAP!!! i am real curious to meet this Kevin Johnson and see how he is 'something new'...
And for an ancient Egyptian... by edshrinker	Feb 26th, 2008 06:32:04 PM
he sure spoke woderfully perfect, unaccented, American English.
Kevin Johnson by edshrinker	Feb 26th, 2008 06:33:25 PM
brings Michael back to NY, post island. Is it his alias maybe?
You remember birthdays by edshrinker	Feb 26th, 2008 06:40:42 PM
Don't you, Richard? ............I love that line. So there is a group, like Richard, that does not age. Original inhabitants? Alex was born on the island, but conceived off. So she ages. And women can't give birth if conceived ON the island. So we must have a group of originals that are like Richard - this is the group Cindy joined...or maybe has always been a part of - like Richard took a job off island to guide the future. Hmmmm.
Yeah 4we8have15to16go23back42 by edshrinker	Feb 26th, 2008 06:43:42 PM
Good news about Miles. So it looks like contracts will bring em all back to continue filming - so no ugly bumps in our continuity porn.
themisfitishere by maxwell's hammer	Feb 26th, 2008 08:33:07 PM
That's just about the funniest thing I've ever seen. I like how he keeps calling Miles, "Niles", and calls the grenade a moldy green orange.
I think the books are there by Darkocity	Feb 26th, 2008 10:11:26 PM
to inform and hint at the mythology themes and plot in the show
...in the interests of reasoning peoples by Darkocity	Feb 26th, 2008 10:24:37 PM
connections to them with Lost. True Jakelael; could help with the bullshit spelling and punctuation on these posts! Or not, because hate to sound like a knob but its an audiobook from bt. No copies in the local library and feeling very impatient...
TheMisFit by edshrinker	Feb 26th, 2008 11:20:18 PM
Love his "Jacob's floating shack" over the helicopter. Strong stuff.
ThEmIsFiT us HiLaRiOuS! by theBigE	Feb 26th, 2008 11:27:37 PM
I couldn't stop laughing reading that site! Thanks for the heads up, pa! My favorite - source of the whispers? Ghoulies! Or the fact that Kate and Jack knew each other before the island - evidenced by the fact that they were involved in some court case. Or maybe "Erin's" 4 toes!
Oops - IS HiLaRiOuS by theBigE	Feb 26th, 2008 11:28:19 PM
It's late
More confirmation from Ausiello by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 01:52:34 AM
Ausiello: One hot piece of Lost scoop comin' your way, Lauren: Sources confirm what was first reported by my frenemy on Monday: ABC has opted to end the current, pre-strike arc with Episode 8, not 7 as was the original plan. So, just to recap, this is what Lost's revised sked looks like. Episode 5: Feb. 28 Episode 6: March 6 Episode 7: March 13 Episode 8: March 20 Episode 9: April 24 Episode 10: May 1 Episode 11: May 8 Episode 12: May 15 Episode 13: May 22 (season finale) Comment 1: This sucks. They don't respect the show. Comment 2: Did he just say "sked"? Is he a douche, or just mildly annoying from time to time? Comment 3: 8? 7? 8? 7? What's next? Move the break to this week? How about 9 just for fun? I think the network wants to kill this show. I've always sensed that if the ratings were just this much worse they'd cut budgets until it turned to crap or just kill it outright. I TRY to be an optimist, but I've seen us all get burned so many times.
That Misfit site is great stuff. by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 01:59:46 AM
My fave: KATES mum has the SAME tube up her NOSE as Benny had in Season 1!! This guy writes like the world is a LOLCAT! I CAN HAZ LOST SEEKRETS? ROFL!!
Sked. by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 02:10:37 AM
I think he was mixing up schedule with the marks in his pants.
It's killing me by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 03:03:24 AM
I want so badly to read through this whole thing, but I'd hate to be spoiled more than I already am. Killing me.
Locke gotta choke... the chicken by wazza	Feb 27th, 2008 04:03:18 AM
so he does
gotilk by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 04:38:39 AM
I couldn't agree more - since the basis for these "sked" adjustments come NOT what's best for LOST, but due to what's best for Grey's Anatomy. I could puke.
And... by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 04:41:14 AM
gotilk - don't do another 6 mo with less than 2 straight days off. Good to you Burbling(c) to full capacity. Did you enjoy VALIS?
Good to HEAR you Burbling(c) by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 04:48:03 AM
Garsh Fammit why no EDIT button!
They are NOT trying to cancel Lost! by theBigE	Feb 27th, 2008 05:51:40 AM
Guys - as much as you think the fix is in against Lost, and how ABC wants to cancel it, that's just not the case. They've already picked up the show for the next 2 seasons. That means we WILL get Seasons 5 and 6, and it won't be canceled. We may not get it when and how we like it, but Lost will NOT be canceled. The suits don't respect it like us rabid fans do, that's true, but ... we are going to see it through.
No Lost Video Game Yet by Youguysgotanymilk	Feb 27th, 2008 07:03:06 AM
The damn Gamestop by my house had the release date listed as 2/26 (yesterday) but when i went there to pick it up they said that was the shipping date and they would not have it until tody. So, I'll pick it up today, play it tonight, comment on it tomorrow.
ABC at this point by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 07:34:48 AM
will not cancel LOST - I agree we will get our 6 seasons. But I also agree with gotilk that the lack of respect is obvious and it follows a pattern that we've seen before. And that is a bit scary. I just hate to see what these networks do to quality. How many emmys did arrested development win and you see the way they got jerked around. Goddamn that show was funny and so well written, but the ratings just didn't meet Fox's expectations and while it made money...it didn't make ENOUGH. And we know this is a bottom line business. After what happened to Firefly...Jesus, SciFry replaced their first, big, original series (my beloved Farscape) with Tremors:THe series. If that can happen, anything can. Tho you are right, I think LOST would have to REALLY nosedive in ratings to even be threatened. This day/timeslot shifting is really disconcerting, however.
While JJ Abrams by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 07:42:17 AM
hasn't quite reached the status of a Joss Whedon...yet. With Cloverfield's success and LOST's fan base - if Whedon can get Serenity made, I am CERTAIN if we were ever denied a final season of LOST (you know we'll get # 5 at worst), JJ would get the Greenlight on a feature film if not a franchise to finish his LOST myth-arc. I'd hate to have to wait for it, but to see the story told with Big Screen production values...hmmmm. That would be interesting. I have little fear we won't get answers to 90% of the questions posed by the series. You know they'll leave us guessing on a few even if they get a full 6 seasons. Gotta leave a little to the imagination.
Farscape by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 07:46:49 AM
fans sent Bonnie Hammer a shitload of Crackers. Jerico did the nuts. What would LOST fans send? Just askin.
edshrinker by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 07:56:04 AM
Hey! Yeah, I have to burble my sanity in regard to that many months without a day off again. I must admit I did NOT crack VALIS beyond the first few pages. I've been tackling RANT for a little while, bits at a time and I'm just too into it. I give Rant another, hmm.... maybe 2 or 3 days. Then I'll tackle VALIS. I really wanted to start it, but Rant kept drawing me back.
You guys are right. by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 07:56:51 AM
They won't cancel. But I am SO paranoid because of the past.
What would Lost fans send in? by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 07:59:30 AM
Generic food in white cans and cartons? Toy airplanes? In both cases, stuff they could donate to charity afterward.
If it were 15 years ago... by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 08:01:47 AM
I would try to fund an air-drop of generic food at network headquarters. But these days we'd get thrown in a camp somewhere and be on a no fly list quicker than you can say "but Bin Laden is just my mom's maiden name!!" for doing that crap.
Sorry about the FUD, folks. by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 08:06:15 AM
Did not mean to stir up fears. I just have recent memories of shows I like being canceled.
*spoiler theory* by frankkraz	Feb 27th, 2008 11:00:56 AM
I remember the writers asying their is something in the pilot episode that most people have missed. Isnt it true that Jack was supposed to also die in the first episode. What if the show was supposed to start with Jack dying somewhere and ending up on the Island but that was backtracked bcz it would give too much away. So for all intense purposes Jack would be killed off in the pilot but not off the show. Looking at that I'm guessing the person in the coffin is Jack. dun dun dun Lost (bang) that would be a good cliff hanger
I've always considered that.. by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 11:09:46 AM
..what we may have missed in the pilot is that there is some element, causing more than we know about on the island that has complicated everything.. and it was brought to the island by 815. Now if that manifested in some way that we've missed, it must be very hard to spot because we have some of the finest minds on the task here and elsewhere. If we missed it, it's nearly impossible to find.
As posted above by rbrog77	Feb 27th, 2008 11:20:24 AM
Regarding the clue in the first scene, I continue to believe it's not everyone else is on the beach but Jack (possibly meaning he's a plant/other/been there before, etc.), but instead that it's when he gathered his senses/composure he got up and ran to the beach. For those that doubt this, please explain why he did this without hearing cries of help or without having any sense of direction as to where everyone else and the wreckage was. IMO that's the clue...subtle...simple.
Original Plans for Pilot by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 27th, 2008 11:28:07 AM
as i remember it Michael Keaton was supposed to play Jack, and he was going to be eaten by the monster instead of Greg Grunberg at the very end of the pilot. And Kate was to be the main protag for the rest of the series. i think you might be kinda off, frankkraz... i think the producers didn't have a real clear idea of where the show was going for much of the beginning, they threw a bunch of awesome stuff out there and told themselves they'd connect the dots later. JJ has admitted he hadn't even decided what was down the Swan hatch for almost all of s1, for christs sake. That's why they brought on the Y: The Last Man writer last year, they needed a super-creative thinker to get all of this shit sorted out as awesomely as it began. Which i am glad to see happening. (so far...)
Rbrog by PotSmokinAlien	Feb 27th, 2008 11:40:15 AM
So you are basically saying that you think Jack has indeed ben there before, but for a different reason than most? Could be... Dunno if you saw the earlier posts on this but the show was originally gonna be called "The Circle"-- which one poster above seemed fairly certain was referring to the geographic region the island is in, like the bermuda triangle... which, i mean, to me that seems like a real stretch but what do i know. i had assumed that the old title might be an allusion to the fact that when all is said and done this will be shown to be some sort of never-ending loop of events, or some mindfuck like that. and they changed it because they thought it was too much of a hint. (not that that's really any less of a stretch, admittedly)
I saw the earlier posts by rbrog77	Feb 27th, 2008 12:25:48 PM
I'll stick with my theory. The theory does not say he's been there before, only that somehow he knew where everyone was. How he did that is definately a question to me that has not been answered. Since it came from the first scene, and since it's is said there's a clue there, I think the answer to that question, whatever it is, is the clue. IMHO...
FIRST!!!!! by ArcadianDS	Feb 27th, 2008 12:30:46 PM
dang so close.
Things to send ABC... by frankkraz	Feb 27th, 2008 12:38:32 PM
...sand would be good although a litle heavy and high in postage. I agree with the generic food, a little Save brand penut butter would change some minds.
rbrog77 by gotilk	Feb 27th, 2008 01:03:47 PM
Maybe Jack knew where everyone was for the same reason Daniel Faraday was crying?
LOST's opening scene by maxwell's hammer	Feb 27th, 2008 01:09:29 PM
If anyone has seen the LOST missing pieces, which are said to be in canon, one of them features the manifestation of Christian Shepard finding Vincent in the jungle, and telling him to go wake up Jack. ("He has work to do.") Vincent then runs into the forest, and cut to the opening scene from the Pilot. Wonder how that plays into things.
Excellent point(s) by rbrog77	Feb 27th, 2008 02:10:34 PM
Jack and Dan know something, but neither no why. Nice Saw the missing piece, and it is something to consider when thinking about the opening scene. Really good point node.
Where's MP by rbrog77	Feb 27th, 2008 02:13:33 PM
Haven't seen him all week
MIssing Pieces 13 by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 02:19:57 PM
Was just jaw-dropping. So much has been speculated about WHAT Christian exactly is...but you would not play/act to a dog - as smart as Labs are (mine is smarter than me). Christian says "my son". Christian IS dead, but in some as of yet unrevealed sense, is alive (just like Charlie said - I AM dead, but I am also here). Then a lick in the face, and Jack awakes and has that little spasm - like a jolt of trauma (fuck I was just thrown from a crashing Boeing). Matthew Fox appears to play it like this was unexpected and traumatic. He ran as as a plot device, to save time, he appears on the beach. As an audience, we wouldn't want to watch him wandering around a jungle for half an ep. He followed the smoke from the crash I guess. Who knows. That engine was still spewing - that was pretty loud. I don't think he is following a prearranged path. We have too much invested in Jack now for 3 1/2 seasons - I don't think Darlton would go that route. Although according to Eggtown, he's a good liar.
And the white by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 02:24:01 PM
tennis shoes = corpse IMHO. Or his state at rest. To show you it is not just an illusion by Vincent.
Wow...ABC is dumber than a box o' bricks! by Cheif Brody	Feb 27th, 2008 02:58:10 PM
If Ausiello is to be believed...ABC is airing the big Season 4 finale on Thursday, May 22nd? One day AFTER the May sweep ends? The Nielsen metering concludes Wed, May 21st...which means ABC will be getting NO bang for it's buck ratings-wise whatsoever on the season finale. This makes NO sense at all to me...and I would think this may change YET AGAIN before it's all said and done. It would make far more sense to end it either on Thursday May 15th...or move Lost back to Wednesdays and let the finale air on May 21st. I dunno...but ABC must have huge confidence in Lost's ratings and their ability to generate ad revenue off of it, if their willing to piss away the huge numbers the finale will be getting when Nielsen isn't counting the viewers. Stay tuned on this folks.
I absolutely agree, Node... by Cheif Brody	Feb 27th, 2008 03:40:57 PM
If you don't care about the ratings on the season fuckin finale...why not let Lost wrap up in June? Ridiculous.
Did you guys see the 2 previews by ChrisVenom	Feb 27th, 2008 03:41:00 PM
for tomorrows episode on E online? Some really great stuff with Desmond and Jack. Check it out if you havent.
Missing Piece 13... by StuckInthePresentPaused	Feb 27th, 2008 06:00:42 PM
realy opened up a can of worms for the show. Everytime we have seen what can be defined as an apparition like Eko seeing yemi or hurley seeing dave and now charlie it has been a person close to someone that they are seeing. But as of right now there is no plausible explanation for Christian Shepherd interacting with Vincent unless he isnt dead
4we by StuckInthePresentPaused	Feb 27th, 2008 06:11:17 PM
I know that Darlton has said that Christian is dead but there have been a few times where what they said isnt necessarily true
Jin woud have been there. by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 07:33:52 PM
They decided last week they were going to raise their child in Korea. A scene from Ji Yeon has Jin buyng a big overstuffed pandabear for baby Ji. Kate'sreaction is all, "why would I go") and Jack broke down in tears and lmost took the plnge because of it. Thr nrespaper clipping drops some hints. Its in a poor, black area of LA. No one but Jack showed up. It's gotta be Michael. Maybe Ben. Slim chance for Sayid. WildCard??? Walt.
but.... by edshrinker	Feb 27th, 2008 07:35:31 PM
we will know in the next 3 ps. Very cool.
Lost has got me hooked now... by micturatingbenjamin	Feb 27th, 2008 08:55:07 PM
In the opening moments of the pilot episode, there's this black tube right next to Jack's head. Could that be what was missed? I don't know what the tube would be...But it's weird is all.
Am addicted to Lost - Need another hit by Miyamoto_Musashi	Feb 28th, 2008 12:46:36 AM
Seriously there is no other tv show on at the moment that I think about to the extent that I do about Lost. At the moment Lost is coming third on things I obsess about, after s#x and booze, quite scary really.
4we8have15to16go23back42 by TheDesolateOne	Feb 28th, 2008 01:28:08 AM
I can't see it being Sun. Why would Kate not want to go? Why would no one show up...even Jin. No, I say it has to be Ben or Michael. Don't forget that we don't yet know the timelines for the fast-forwards.
pilot secret by Maniaq	Feb 28th, 2008 02:03:25 AM
I always thought the hidden secret in the pilot was the smoke monster on the beach - I totally missed that when I was originally watching and when I eventually saw the footage on YouTube I had one of those "HOLY SHIT!!" moments this show keeps throwing at me... http://tinyurl.com/3yb7e3 Thing is, the producers reckon that's bullshit (the same producers who said "there will be no time travel") but cgi experts will tell you there's no way an error like that would unintentionally make the final cut... Another interesting thing the producers have said is that the only mystery left unsolved from the pilot episode is Charlie's question "where are we?" http://tinyurl.com/2s6qer btw there's a rumour the guy that got sucked into the engine in that scene is the guy who wrote Bad Twin...??
still think inside the coffin will be by Maniaq	Feb 28th, 2008 02:07:46 AM
Juliet - has anyone mentioned she has nice cans?
Maniaq by gotilk	Feb 28th, 2008 02:40:37 AM
I think that has been mentioned at least once. Or a few hundred times. Never gets old.
Maybe Ben really has no idea what the smoke by gotilk	Feb 28th, 2008 02:44:06 AM
monster is. Maybe it came on 815. In any case, I'm going to time travel (sleep and work, to be precise) to tomorrow so I can see the new episode now.
Miyamoto_Musashi by gotilk	Feb 28th, 2008 02:52:33 AM
Different list order for me. #1 sex #2 lost #3 .. everything else Not a big drinker, but those new JOOSE drinks are tasty. But be careful, they will knock you on your butt.
Maniaq by TheDesolateOne	Feb 28th, 2008 02:55:39 AM
It is Gary Troup who gets sucked into the engine. http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/ Gary_Troup
Gotilk by TheDesolateOne	Feb 28th, 2008 02:59:33 AM
I agree. Ben doesn't know what it is. Remember when it came after Juliet and Kate? Juliet sayd that they (The Others) didn't know what it was.
smoke monster is by Maniaq	Feb 28th, 2008 03:19:12 AM
a giant white weather ballon ;) there was once a tv show about a mysterious island which had a terrific "security system" called Rover... jus sayin
that same show has a great villiage, too by gotilk	Feb 28th, 2008 03:40:08 AM
I liked that show.
Gary Troup by theBigE	Feb 28th, 2008 05:15:16 AM
I always wondered why people said it was him that got sucked into the engine. See what I miss, not listening to the podcasts?
It's 7:16 am EST by theBigE	Feb 28th, 2008 06:16:37 AM
Where's today's new talkback??? I need my fix before work!
4we8have15to16go23back42 by edshrinker	Feb 28th, 2008 06:40:29 AM
Yes - we do know the time timeline. Matthew Fox let loose about it a week or so ago. TTLG is roughly 1 and 1/2 years after the crash. Hope that helps.
C'mon Herc by edshrinker	Feb 28th, 2008 06:47:56 AM
I know you've got ep 5. Let's hear it!!! Need a new talkback!!!
It's there now, ed by rbrog77	Feb 28th, 2008 09:08:22 AM
Not too much spoiler wise either. Just that tonight's got Penny in it and that it deals with a certain thing we've all been talking about for awhile...even this week.
Just in regards to the smoke monster in ep1 by Darkocity	Feb 28th, 2008 09:45:47 AM
how the hell couyld that be a cgi error? By error, does he mean something a designer/programmer inserted of their own will? Ju...how the hell could that be a cgi error? Was someone on the cgi team reading the scripts and pulling rank? I know thats bloody stupid but ju...how could that be a cgi error!? Back to Valis, awesome stuff, of the top of my head a real Lock/Jack duality in the split personna of horselover/dick; it discusses theology and philosophy being one and the same in some ppls respects and applies this to ideas of matter and reality all around them. Sorry if this is pretentious bollocks im just v excited! exagerate: Real inference to a kind of matrix empire constantly revised (though this being all of reality not just a specific place). The different theological arguments are what really give me wood though, and the relationship between drug influenced and more socially conditioned construction; they highlight the differences in perception between all of the key players in lost, and the very ppl on this talkback! They also might point out strong ideas in these differet theologies of what the smoke monster is in relation to the island and a concept of god, for example the blind god (sm) who exploded from the black (Dark Tower Myrlen again), and now appears before us and claims ultimate divinity, while from afar and all around the real divinity tries to interviene and rescue people stuck in our entire reality contructed by this dark being in his narsasistic vision, but then thats only one theological side of the argument, along with say the creationism story of doaism/two sourcecosmogony (which Dick refers to as Fats facbrication, tsc not doa, writing inbetween work here au so sorry if crap spelling etc.) that bears a sticking resemblance to the Jacob/Essau? story, that might point to the idea some of dark force (sm) is tipping ppl more to the darkers, premature 'apparant' favouring of god, Jacob i.e himself. And so given the repeated motives/metaphors in all these ideas, are all these different theologies the same or alternate expressions of the same spiritual/intellectual conscious, or do they represent the maelstom of choas and indiffenrence? Back to Valis, all the while these characters trepidate or tightrope between drug addled insanity/indifference/false constuction, or enlightment in the face of society/the 'others' being craz..oh go read valis if you havnt aarleady its pointless to make these comparisons because a) im hack-cod-stoner, badly grammered, overly excitable info-sponge and B) there synonimous? with and yet completely trancends all the ideas put across in lost so far! Great stuff, bring on the next ep.

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