Tag: LOST

Semifinalists for “Name the Final Scene” for this season of LOST

As you may know, the final scene in previous season finales of LOST had code names.

Season 1: The Bagel
Season 2: The Challah
Season 3: The Rattlesnake in the Mailbox
Season 4: The Frozen Donkey Wheel

This year, they’re having a contest to choose which name to use. These were sent in by viewers, and you can vote on which one you’d like to have them use:

1. The Joop
2. Baby Diaper covered in Barbecue Sauce
3. The Fifth Toe
4. The Exploding Pretzel Jar
5. The Twinkie
6. Jack Gets Pregnant
7. The Droids You’re Looking For
8. The Hooded Leprechaun
9. The Zombie Bake Sale
10. The Zigarnek
11. Smokey’s Dorm Room
12. The Spanish Inquisition
13. The Fork In The Outlet

Vote at The ABC Lost website

LOST – “He’s Our You” – Recap and Theories

As usual, spoilers ahead

A Sayid-centric episode, which we haven’t had yet this season. The last one we saw when he had become a hired gun for Ben. I expected that this would be Sayid’s last episode, not so much because of what happened during this episode… more of the way they did all the previews.

It might sound a little backward, but usually in a show when they make a big deal about something, it usually doesn’t end up happening, at least not the way they planned. When they had that vote, I was pretty convinced Sayid wasn’t going to die tonight.

I do think it was pretty predictable that Sayid was going to shoot Ben. The big question: Is Ben really dead now? For quite a while now, we’ve had “they can’t change the past” has been beat into our heads, so the obvious answer would be no.

But my theory? He really is dead. The Others are going to do something to bring him back.

Random thoughts on tonight’s show:

– So THAT’S where Larry (of Larry, Darryl and Darryl
fame) has been all this time – He’s on the island!

– Ben was the one that sent that flaming car into the building… surprising for a 12-year old (if he’s really is as old as Sayid said)

– Did they have hand-held tasers back in 1977? Yep. There are some pages out there that said it was created in 1988, but it was created back in the 1970s, by Jack Cover.

– I thought that Ilana was working for Widmore, but it turns out she was working for the family of Peter Avalino, the guy that Sayid shot on the golf course.

– That call to Ann Arbor? That was to talk to the DeGroots, I’d wager.

– Ben heard Sayid talking to Jin. That’s bad news, if Ben really does come back.

– Where in the world is Sayid headed now?

And it looks like people are starting to put two and two together, at least from the previews of next week. Jack and a few others are under house arrest. Probably about time too, since people should be a little suspicious by now. Think about it: 1) Juliet, a garage mechanic for Dharma, ends up delivering a baby; 2) Kate has a mixup with her manifest, only to have Juliet come to the rescue; 3) Phil, even if he is as dim-witted as Sawyer says, should be a bit weirded-out that Jack wanted to talk to “LaFleur” on the first day he came to the island.

I really think the whole story starts to fall apart with #1 above, and if Horace thinks about it, it should be clear…. UNLESS Dharma reassigns people to completely new jobs. I’d say that would be a pretty weird thing to do, so I’m going with the theory that Horace will start putting 2 and 2 together pretty soon.

What did you think of tonight’s episode?

LOST – “Namaste” – Thoughts about The Show

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Spoilers ahead
Not much time to write, but I did want to post a few thoughts about the show:

It was great to see what else was going on when the plane went down. I was quite surprised to see that Sun was still in the present day, rather than in the past with the rest of the Oceanic Six. I was even more surprised to see that Christian was the one that met Frank and Sun when they reached the barracks. Next stop? The only thing I can think of is that they’ll have to find (or, more likely, be found by) Richard Alpert.

If Ben originally tried to leave the camp, he’s going to head out again as soon as he can, especially with Locke being alive again.

Sayid seeing Ben, and then saying “I know why I’m here” in the previews for next week pretty much confirms for me that he’ll try and kill the young Ben as soon as he can. He’s going to fail, and I’m afraid that’s going to be the end of Sayid. I think that’s a shame.

Love Hurley’s reaction when he found out he was in the 1970s.

So, are the folks from the 1970s going to be transported into the future, or are the present day folks going to be transported into the past… or will something else happen? I’m guessing that they’ll both be pulled out of their timelines, and sent further into the past.

What do you think?

LOST – “LaFleur” – Thoughts About Tonight’s Show


Spoilers ahead

Some thoughts on tonight’s episode of LOST – “LaFleur” –


  • Loved the statue, even if we just saw it from the back. From the arms, it looked like a female. It looked like it had a crown of some kind too. If she were accidently whipped WAY back in time, would they consider her a “god”, and build that statue? Could this be one of the LOST women? Kate, Juliet, Sun? Maybe they’ll build it after that person dies, as a monument.

  • New Dharma logos on the clothes – I saw a star, a wrench..

  • The guys in the observation station sure are scared of Sawyer – Did you see he was head of security?

  • Which version of Ben killed his Father?

  • Women on the island can have children. Is this because they conceive off the island, and then come back? Or has the reason they can’t have children in the present day not happened yet? My friend John suggested the reason women can’t have children may be because of the poison gas that was released to kill all of Dharma.

  • Why was Paul killed? Just because The Others found them at a picnic, or because they strayed out of the compound when they agreed not to? They’re certainly not primitives – they had walkie talkies.

  • Why did Amy insist on bringing Paul back? Just because he was her husband? Because she knew what they would do with his body? Or was it because she didn’t want to leave evidence that they were out of the compound?

  • The fence can be bypassed with ear plugs? Really??

  • Juliet delivers the baby…. Isn’t that going to be REALLY suspicious, since she apparently never admitted to being an obstetrician?

  • Jin can speak fluent English now

  • It was cool to see Charlotte as a small child

  • Richard Alpert – What does Juliet really know about that guy? Anything? She must not, because she probably would have told Sawyer by now.

  • Why is there a truce? Why didn’t The Others get rid of Dharma altogether?

  • LOVED how Sawyer talked to Alpert.

  • How is giving Paul’s body going to give The Others “justice”?

  • That sub going back and forth… If the island is moving all the time, how is the submarine finding them? Do they have to recalculate where the island is all the time, or is there a pattern?

  • Why didn’t Juliet leave after the two weeks? Was she really convinced by Sawyer that quickly?

  • Is Sawyer REALLY over Kate? I sure don’t think so.

  • Interesting that Paul’s necklace is an Egyptian symbol.

  • I really like the way they’re thought of letting us know more about The Dharma Initiative.

Really looking forward to the next episode! Looks like lots of action.

Is Kate Pregnant?


So… quick question before the show:

Given that they had to recreate the conditions of the original Oceanic 815 flight, anyone think that Kate might be pregnant now? I don’t mean that Kate became pregnant on purpose just for the flight. All I’m saying is that after her encounter with Jack, she might now be carrying a child, which would mean she “took the place” of Claire on the flight. Just an idle thought…

LOST – The Life And Death of Jeremy Bentham – Theories


Spoilers ahead
Another great show, and a few more pieces of the puzzle fall into place!

Nearly the entire show was dedicated to what happened to John Locke after he left the island. Surprisingly enough, it turns out that there’s ONE exit point from the island back to the “regular” world (at least via the wheel) and Widmore was watching it. He even had his man, Abaddon, in place to watch to see who might get through.

After all this time of watching Widmore in other situations, it was really tough to believe that he might be telling Locke the truth. When he said he wanted to help John get back to the island, that threw a lot of my speculation out the window and pointed to one thing:

It’s a really, REALLY bad thing that Locke is back on the island.

The thing that completely iced it is that when Ben heard Locke say the name “Eloise Hawking”, Ben killed Locke after the sudden realization that he had made a pretty big mistake.

What sudden realization?

The only thing I can think of is that Ben someone (probably Hawking) told Ben that Locke had to be stopped from going back to the island, but Ben didn’t believe it. Up until that point, Ben had been going under the assumption that Locke was Jacob’s chosen new leader, and that Locke was very important. He believed this so strongly that he even turned that wheel, and sacrificed himself to keep Locke on the island. (In reality, it was Christian that told Locke that he needed to move the island… Ben wasn’t supposed to leave).

If Hawking told Ben that he wasn’t supposed to be the one that left the island (and Locke was suppoed to leave), that Locke wasn’t supposed to be the leader, and possibly that Locke might even be dangerous to have on the island, Ben’s first reaction to this would be not to believe it. That’s normal human nature – make a big mistake, and not being to admit that you were wrong, until evidence presents itself that shows you were wrong. Ben couldn’t bring himself to believe he had been wrong about Locke.

Ben was probably told something like “if Locke tries to go see Hawking, that will be the proof you’ll need”. So, when Locke finally did say her name, that was the evidence that Ben needed to make him realize he was wrong, and that Locke was as dangerous as Ben had been warned. Ben went back to what he does best… do anything to protect the island, and that’s when he killed Locke.

Now, what the heck has been the deal with Ben getting everyone together, including Locke, to get everyone to go back? If Ben wanted to stop Locke, what possible reason would he have for keeping Locke’s body to go back? Well, I think that’s pretty self-explanatory after last week’s show. Locke went back because they needed to get everyone together as soon as they could. I don’t think Ben was counting out Locke coming back to life though. My question is… was it the island that brought Locke back… Or something else?

I do think it was interesting that the island chose all the Oceanic folks to beam down, while Ben was left to crash with the rest of them. Is he really hurt? Or is he biding his time while he figures out what to do? My guess is the latter.

Oh, and I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Abaddon. If Widmore was watching all the Oceanic folks, then there’s a pretty good chance that Abaddon’s body was on that plane too. Locke still owes Abaddon a favor, remember?

What did you think of the show? Do you like my theory? Have one (or two) of your own? Let’s hear ’em!

What about John Locke?


Spoilers

I have to say, I fell into the “they’re talking about Aaron” camp when Claire told Kate, “Don’t you dare bring him back” and Charlie told Jack, “You’re not supposed to raise him”. Now, after listening to the theory that they might be talking about John Locke, instead I have to say that it makes a lot of sense – at least to a point.

Locke was supposed to be the one that turned the wheel in the first place, getting him off the island. That had to be important, because of possible events in the future. Plus, from a story-telling aspect, having some thing “go wrong” – such has having John be where he’s not supposed to be – sure will make things interesting.

Imagine if John does come back to the island. He would be indisputably the most powerful guy there. We’ve seen John make a lot of mistakes, so things don’t bode well… particuarly if he has to keep that promise to Matthew Abaddon (you remember? He said that John would “owe him one”, if Locke went on walkabout), who I don’t think has anyone’s best interests at heart, as I’ve said in a previous posting…

Now, having said that, I’m going to take the opposite view – There’s something going on, and I don’t think that everything is the way it appears.

The thing I’ve been trying to resolve for some time now is why Jacob told Locke that he needs help. That was the last time we saw Jacob. In fact, if I remember correctly, Ben even believes that it was Jacob that told Locke to move the island. I don’t think Ben realizes that it was Christian Shepard who did that, and I think if he did, things would be a lot different right now.

It appears that Christian, Claire and Charlie are all helping the castaways out – but are they really? What if they were trying to get Locke off the island in the first place, so they could set their own plans into motion?

Now, you might be saying to yourself, “Why would they do this? Christian, Claire and Charlie would never do such a thing!” There, I would have to agree, except for one thing:

I don’t think those “beings” are really Christian, Claire and Charlie. What evidence do I have to go on for this? Not much (Hey, it’s like all theories….that’s why it’s a THEORY), but here goes.

Besides the “I speak for him” speech that Christian gave Locke, we have the incidents with Eko’s Brother, Yemi, and Rousseau’s boyfriend, Robert.

These two people, who Eko and Rousseau trusted completely, turned on them both. If they had really been the people they said they were, Eko’s brother would have turned on him (well, technically it was Smokey, but you get the idea), and Robert would have NEVER turned the gun on Rousseau.

From these incidents, I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say that they people the LOSTies have been seeing might not be who they appear to be. If Locke is supposed to be back on the island to help it in some way, wouldn’t the people who didn’t want the island to be helped do anything to keep any help from arriving.

Anyway, just something to think about…

My Favorite LOST Theory From This Week

If you aren’t reading Jeff Jensen’s theories over at EW.com, you’re missing out on some great LOST stuff.

My favorite theory this week is from Jeff – gotta give credit where credit is due. So, get on with it…what’s the theory?

From Jeff:

Whatever. My big theory?

Grandpa Ray really isn’t Jack’s Grandpa.

HE’S JACK.

Older. Wiser. Off The Island. And here, at this moment in his history, he’s helping his younger self along his path of destiny by giving him what he most needs: His father’s shoes.

I love this theory… it’s so off the wall that it would be just the thing LOST would do. How? Why? NO idea, but it’d sure be interesting to find out.