Lost!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

It occurred to me that any place that exists outside of earth's usual timeline is by definition in limbo (though perhaps not Limbo) and that those stuck there are for-all-intents-and-purposes dead.

I guess I'm perplexed because that was the #1 theory when this show first aired. The "survivors" were actually dead and this was their "Limbo", in which those who proved to be good would be somehow rewarded and those who proved to be bad would be somehow punished.

But then the producers spoke up to basically say, "No, no. Whatever you think, it's not Limbo." I suppose they could argue now that it's still not, though the situation is similar. I don't know. Either that or it obvious to a good many people what the Island was representing, and the writers/producers threw everyone a bone made of red herring.