Lost!

[Disneyphile]

Well, there is a connection with Egypt and Atlantis.

I'm still set on the whole Atlantis theory.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Lost is an anagram of Slot. The whole show is nothing but a metaphorical representation of the programming of a modern Vegas slot machine. The numbers are the seed for the random # generator. Each plane crash or capsized boat represents a new player inserting their player's club card. What the donkey wheel represents should be obvious, I'm not going to bore you with that.

It's probably at the Luxor, thus Ramses.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Poor Sun! They had me for a while there. The plane definitely time traveled (it went from night to day, noticed by the copilot), so they had me believing that they all were back in '77 afterall. But that just didn't make sense with the abandoned Dharma station. So now I wonder WHEN they actually are.

And, what is going to happen to Ben next. The other passengers still on that island know that Frank and Sun took the boat. Which means Ben regains consciousness and tells them. And when we saw him in the hatch/sickbay, he was in WAY worse shape than a bump on the back of his head. Someone or something messes him up good.

Good episode. The only thing I didn't like was that last conversation between Jack and Sawyer. The conflict there was forced and heavy handed. It just didn't make sense to me that the two of them would so instantly be hostile to each other. I understand it's a continuation of the power struggle theme between them, but in that situation it just didn't make sense for Jack to be such a dick. Or even for Sawyer to be so snide in response.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I'm scratching my head as to why Sun didn't warp back to 1977. What was different about her?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, there goes the donkey wheel theory.

Hmm, she's the only other one who saw Widmore in person, isn't she....

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I'm scratching my head as to why Sun didn't warp back to 1977. What was different about her?

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Hmm, she's the only other one who saw Widmore in person, isn't she....

No, Lapidus, Ben, and Locke have all met Widmore..........oh, snap, they're with Sun Nice catch maybe

Nevertheless, I am thinking Sun having had a baby may have more to do with it than meeting Widmore.

Or it could just be a simple matter of the Island sending people where they need to be to obtain a desired outcome.....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

No, Lapidus, Ben, and Locke have all met Widmore..........oh, snap, they're with Sun Nice catch maybe

Precisely, thus my use of "other".

Nevertheless, I am thinking Sun having had a baby may have more to do with it than meeting Widmore.

I thought of that, but I'm still trying to think more in terms of what the ones who stayed with the plane had in common, and I'm pretty sure Locke didn't have a baby.

Or it could just be a simple matter of the Island sending people where they need to be to obtain a desired outcome.....

Could be, but even if it turns out to be someone/thing making stuff happen, I continue to hope for a more satisfying conclusion that provides some clues as to the mechanics behind it all, rather then some omniscience/omnipotence.

[Pirate Bill]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Or it could just be a simple matter of the Island sending people where they need to be to obtain a desired outcome.....

That's what it looks like to me. Their encounter with Christian makes it seem like they have a job to do. (Paraphrased: "You've got quite a journey ahead of you.") Are they going to somehow rescue the "Neithers"* from 1977?

*Neithers - the name my son gave to the group of Losties stuck in 1977. They're not Dharma, they're not Others, they're Neithers.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Interesting...!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hahaha, I've just figured out where I know Caesar from. He's in I [heart] Huckabees, as the translator for the old lady singing about olive trees. Hahaha. I also remember his role in Three Kings, but Huckabees is definitely why he's familiar.