Lost!

[katiesue]

But maybe them getting on the plane the second time and landing sets time back so maybe the second crash doesn't happen or maybe the first doesn't exist. Not explaining myself well. Maybe no one misses them because in a reset reality they're not missing. Does that make sense?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by katiesue

But maybe them getting on the plane the second time and landing sets time back so maybe the second crash doesn't happen or maybe the first doesn't exist. Not explaining myself well. Maybe no one misses them because in a reset reality they're not missing. Does that make sense?

I think the only answer that can be given right now is that we have no idea. Since the "flash sideways" story began, we've been kept in the dark about what is happening in the "real" timeline, whether that timeline even exists anymore, whether it ever existed. It's a complete unknown, they've given no clues in the show that would make any one answer more likely than another.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I think the only answer that can be given right now is that we have no idea. Since the "flash sideways" story began, we've been kept in the dark about what is happening in the "real" timeline, whether that timeline even exists anymore, whether it ever existed. It's a complete unknown, they've given no clues in the show that would make any one answer more likely than another.

Add to that, at the start of the season the island was underwater.

So, we have

An island that is now underwater after an H-bomb was set off (presuming it actually went off and they didn't 'jump' right before it exploded).

People who have been living on the [now] underwater island still living on the above ground island and somewhere else.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Add to that, at the start of the season the island was underwater.

So, we have

An island that is now underwater after an H-bomb was set off (presuming it actually went off and they didn't 'jump' right before it exploded).

People who have been living on the [now] underwater island still living on the above ground island and somewhere else.

I think the island is only underwater if/when the sideways timeline is allowed to exist. Further, they aren't living on the island and somewhere else concurrently (at least based on given information). The sideways timeline is 3 years earlier than the island timeline which may or may not have ever existed to begin with (if the sideways timeline is allowed to continue).

Did that make sense?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Jack's line, "I guess we've all changed" highlighted just how long it's been, how much has happened, how strongly the characters have been developed...all in one line. Small dialogue touches like that make this show extra enjoyable.

Another example - Sawyer calling Lapidus "Chesty."

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I heard that the first time and had to replay it twice (thank you 8-second rewind TiVo!)

I don't get it. "Chesty" is usually given to a woman of "bountiful proportions", isn't it?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Lapidus always has his shirt open.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Lapidus always has his shirt open.

That is entirely for my benefit.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

Raise your hand if you thought Sun & Jin were going to get killed by the sonic fence.

Hand raised

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

That is entirely for my benefit.

I wonder if James was aware of the irony of HIM calling someone "chesty".

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Hand raised


I wonder if James was aware of the irony of HIM calling someone "chesty".

I think that was an intended part of the funny.