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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing but trying to believe they wouldn't pull the whole "it was all a dream (vision)". But yeah, like I said before, I think Desmond's going to find a way to change all this.

posted May 23

Kilgore says:

Possible, though the several act flashback is not inline with the typical Desmond flashback, brother. I do kind of hope thats it, I admit.

posted May 23

Simmy says:

Whatever new brand of Sharpie that is... I want it. Aqua Sharpie?

posted May 23

OMGZZZ!!! UR RITE!! THEYZ MADE AN ERROR!!!

posted May 23

Kilgore says:

@Simmy - yeah, I thought he would put his hand to the glass and it would be smudged. Nuh Uh. Super Sharpie from the year 2000 writes underwater.

posted May 23

Brad says:

It was Sharpie's ultimate Drive Shaft Collectors Edition.

posted May 23

Jon-Kyle says:

THE SHARPIE WAS A TRANSORFMER ROBOT FROM THE FUTURE!!!!!! IT TRANSFORMED INTO A TATOO GUN, THATS WHY IT DIDNT COME OF. AND THEN IT TURNS INTO A SUB AND SAVES THEM!!!11111!!1!1

posted May 23

Brad says:

Dude. Good call. :)

posted May 24

m Dot says:

You ever wrote on yourself with a permanent marker? That sh*t don't come off easy!!

posted May 24

Jeff says:

any takers on who was in the coffin?

posted May 24

Brad says:

A few have written that it might have been Locke or Ben. Which would explain why Kate wasn't too heart broken. Although it may be someone we haven't met yet. So many new questions. We do have eight months to speculate, although every idea we come up with will probably be proven wrong in the first episode of season four.

posted May 24

charlie asked if des had had any more flashes (i think) right before des went for the scuba gear and charlie saw penny....and des said no as if he had run out...

this may be a way late question.. but if no woman has been able to birth a child on the island then how was alex born? or am i confused..and is it no one who conceived on the island lived to have the child? my brain is on overload tonight

posted May 24

m Dot says:

As long as you conceived off the island, you should be fine. That explains why Claire didn't die.

posted May 24

WaxPatriot says:

I think it also explains why Ben is so close to Alex. The fact she was born and survived probably came as a great surprise at first. Since the "hostiles" might view her as blessed and there could be a power struggle between her and Ben (think Locke) Ben adopts her and takes her as his own, more as a selfish effort to control her and the perspectives of the "hostiles."

The producers have confirmed, however, that there will be a Rouseau flashback in season 4. Woot!

posted May 24

So, why the hell was Penny just sitting there ready to talk to whoever spoke on that frequency? I know that she had her team locate where the island might have been (when the hatch went boom) but how does that account for her being at the ready for the radio signal from the Looking Glass?

And who do you think it is that Jack spoke to on the radio? Any ideas? It obviously doesn't turn out the way Ben predicted- everyone didn't die. Who the hell was it?

posted May 23

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Jon-Kyle says:

ben was bluffing. it just doesnt fit with the flashforwards. if it was desmond's flashforwards, then he would've seen them being killed, not the future. and if it were truly flashforwards like the flashbacks, then it just doesnt fir the story line

posted May 23

Maybe he didn't mean it literally, as he can't see the future. Maybe he was saying that like himself, Jack would sacrifice his people the way he did... aw crap, I don't have any idea what he meant.

whatever happen though it was apparently bad enough that Kate (and anyone else who survived the "rescue" or whatever happened next) did not want to talk to Jack, their hero, anymore.

posted May 23

Kilgore says:

That is weird that she was camping by the screen. And didn't the backdrop look mad retro? I know it was blurry but it didn't look like something from present day.

The guy on the radio did identify himself, but I don't remember his name though. Ben might have been speaking in the loooong term with the whole "every LIVING person on the island will die". Kind of like implying that they will die because they leave the island, where if they would stay instead they might live forever?

I'm SOOOOO Geeked.

posted May 23

@Kilgore- that makes sense- except remember them going an meeting Juliette at the airport to bring her back to the island? And these are people who have apparently been 35 since at least when Ben was a kid.
Maybe it would take a while for them to age and die...

posted May 23

m Dot says:

As for Penny waiting by the screen, wasn't it an incoming message? Therefore it was Penny that was initiating the call.

For once, I actually believe Ben. Whoever sent Naomi, they must want to find the island and kill who ever is on it. The original Dharma perhaps?

posted May 24

im starting to feel like des could be a little shady.. like maybe he isn't as good will, innocent and protective as we may think...it's feelin fishy.

posted May 24

WaxPatriot says:

Read my blog. Then it will make sense:http://virb.com/waxpatriot/blog/75757

posted May 24

Jon-Kyle says:

WHAAATT THEEE HELLLLLL JUST HAPPENED

posted May 23

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Brian says:

the flashback wasn't the past, it was the future.

Jack is pissed about the leaving the island.

Ben doesn't get what he wants

*head explodes*

posted May 23

m Dot says:

a flash back of the future, I suppose. Flash forward?

posted May 23

AHHHHHHHHh

posted May 23

Jon-Kyle says:

yeah, that's obvious, but what the hellll

posted May 23

Brad says:

I have no words. No words... Where does it go from here?
And who's funeral was that? Ben's????

posted May 23

Pastor Chris says:

aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh..... this is the equivalent of brain freeze without the slurpee.

posted May 23

I guess next season is gonna be them trying to get back to the island, and the flashbacks are gonna be them getting off the island to the present.

posted May 23

eh, maybe it was locke's funeral? I mean, that's the only person who's funeral jack might expect kate to go to, right?

posted May 23

it could have been sawyer, but i bet when kate said "he'll be expecting me", i immediately thought that she was talking about sawyer, so they might have got hitched or something.

posted May 23

wendy says:

why oh why did i ever start watching this show? i should have waited until the whole thing was over so i could watch it all at once and not have these silly frustrating moments of shock and disbelief without being able to fix it by just watching the next episode. eight months... sheesh. not as bad as waiting for the next harry potter book, but still. damn.

posted May 23

Jon-Kyle says:

forget jack, i'm going to jump off a bridge sometime during this 8 month wait...

posted May 23

Jon-Kyle says:

and yeah, i'm thinking it was locke in the coffin EDIT: wait.... nevermind, locke probably stayed on the island, that's the only place he can walk... he would've have gone with them to be rescued, he would've stayed.

posted May 23

waiting for lost is like waiting for Dr. Seuss to personally write another childrens book. waiting for harry potter is like waiting for the next bathroom stall. harry potter sucks compared to this.

posted May 23

Jon-Kyle says:

JULIET WAS IN THE COFFIN. she wasn't with jack, and jack seemed screeeweeeddd upppp

posted May 23

Kilgore says:

OMG. I am Kilgore's total abundance of surprise. It didn't occur to me until they got the the airport. 8 months? Seriously? Kate is with James? I think it might have been Ben in the coffin, based on Kate's surprise that Jack would even ask. What was with Jack telling the new cheif to go down the hall see how drunk his DEAD father is? The whole "hero twice over" remark makes sense now.

Like CJ, I see new narrative mechanisms coming next year. The mainland becomes the real world and the island becomes flashback realm.

Wake me up in 8 months.

posted May 23

Alex says:

did anyone else think the coffin was extremely small for a full grown man?

posted May 23

Brad says:

And just think. We now get to sit and wonder until the last week of January. FAN-FREAKIN-TABULOUS!!

posted May 23

I dunno JK- The funeral director asked him if he was a friend or family, he said neither- that sounds like Locke more than Juliet. She seems like someone he'd refer to as a friend at this point.

posted May 23

Simmy says:

OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. Ooooooohmygaaaaaaawd.

posted May 23

Kilgore says:

@Alex - good point about the mini-horse coffin. Probably someone smaller. If not Ben or Locke, then someone who hasn't betrayed the castaways yet, but who will in the upcoming season? Maybe thats why Jack was affected - someone who used to be a friend.

posted May 23

Kilgore, I thought about the same thing. Jack talking about his father earlier in the episode made me think that those flashbacks were wayyy back from BEFORE his father died. But that was apparently shot down when Kate showed up. I guess he just said that to emphasize his drunkness or whatever.

posted May 23

Kilgore says:

Did his dad write the scrip for the Oxy-dope-adone?

posted May 23

i dunno- that script was looking a little beat up and old.

posted May 24

Jon-Kyle says:

yeah, he said his dad did. and the lady said she'd have to call his office. maybe they were jumping between future and past? TIME MACHINEEE??!??!

posted May 24

m Dot says:

Uh no, you seen Jack's reaction when the lady said she would call the office. Same with the surgeon's reaction when Jack mentioned his father. Christian was definitely dead during the flash-forwards.

posted May 24

Brad says:

That whole thing about his father doesn't make any sense. The prescription, asking the chief to get his father. WTF?

Just when I think I have an idea of what's going on, they do something like this. That is what makes this show so damn good!

posted May 24

Jon-Kyle says:

i know that he faked the note, but don't you think the lady at the pharmacy would've known jack, and known that his father died? that being said, why would jack try to pass a note from his father as being legit if he is dead?

posted May 24

i feel like next season is going to be the other others and i cant handle waiting 8 months!!!!!

posted May 24

m Dot says:

Ok be honest, who else just shed a tear for Charlie?

posted May 23

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Brian says:

I think he could have fit through the hole....Why did Naomi say he was rescued too???

this is driving me crazy

posted May 23

Jon-Kyle says:

i was thinking the same thing, he could've fit through the hole, or opened the door before water rushed in. he had time to run and close the door.

posted May 23

i was so sad. they could have killed everone else off. not charlie.

posted May 23

wendy says:

oh yeah. me. tears. ugh. poor claire.

posted May 23

i just can't believe it'll stick. desmond's got that whole time-bendy thing going on, you know? maybe he can flip back somewhere and divert this crappy future they seem to be headed towards- and save charlie in the process.

posted May 23

Kilgore says:

I thought he would have tried to swim out once the room equalized. But yes, very noble. From junkie, to kidnapper to selfless hero type guy.

posted May 23

Brad says:

I agree with JK, when he saw Mikhail why didn't he run and seal the door from the other side?

posted May 23

i think he was trying to save Desmond, who he knew was trying to get in the room to talk to penny. it was the only way to close the door fast enough.

posted May 24

Brandon Rike says:

Hi guys - I'm new here, but have watched every Lost episode since the get-go.

I had this horrible "are you kidding me" type look on my face while Charlie was "drowning". Really - that's it? Don't just try to squeeze out the window? Don't tell Desmond to watch out while you open the door back up and swim back up just like you swam down? Only, it will be much faster going up than down? Really? I doubt he's dead. If he died, they would have had this big, musical moment, where they zoom in close on my man's face to reflect on his heroism, and his life. He's not dead. Desmond's gonna get pissed, and say "It's not ya time bratha!" and get the door open somehow.

Oh by the way, Hurley's a badass. How funny is it though, that Hurley totally clobbered a dude with a van, and then came down on Sawyer when he shot Tom. "He surrendered! Oh, nevermind, I did just murder that other dude with the van. My bad."

posted May 24

Charlies death seemed a bit too dramatic for me to believe that's it- even if he is a well known character that needed a dramatic goodbye. besides without charlie..claire's character is pointless. I mean half of her lines are "charlie" anyhow

posted May 24

Jon-Kyle says:

i'm watching it now and writing a play by play as things happen. i'll post it as a blog once the episode is over

posted May 23

The countdown is on! Anticipation Kills.

posted May 23

Alex says:

I have been so extremely tempted to read spoilers for the finale, but I want to be stay true and be surprised on Wednesday night.

posted May 21

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Not sure you can get it on the web (or that it'd even be interesting to most people), but there was a scholarly article by Jonathn Gray andJason Mittell called "Speculation on Spoilers: Lost Fandom, Narrative Consumption and Rethinking Textuality." It's an entirely academic article, going over how and why people get into spoilers and how foilers develop. If you're a scholastic geek, might be worth an hour of your time.

posted May 23

M. says:

Does anyone have a favorite character?
Mine are Sun, Charlie, Sayid, Desmond, and Ben

posted May 20

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Kilgore says:

Its really easy for me to like Desmond right now, but if I had to pick it would be Jin. Maybe its because he doesn't talk much but to me he seems like the most .........likable.....no, honorable. I don't hate any of the the characters though. I really hated Shannon but she seemed to develop some redeeming qualities before she bit it.

posted May 20

m Dot says:

I'd have to give it to John Locke right about now. Even though he is not always the brightest person, he seems to be the only character that can match wits with Ben.

posted May 21

katie says:

I'm growing to love Sawyer more and more. Funny how all this time Jack's been painted as the hero, and Sawyer as the villain, but sometimes I wonder who is the better man...

posted May 21

Brad says:

I'm with m Dot on this one. Locke has had his ups and downs, but he has always been the most interesting character in my opinion. He seems to have a connection to the island that no one else has... Including Ben. Ben knows this too which is why Locke is sitting in a mass grave at the moment.

posted May 22

Leon says:

for me its Sayid, he just seems like the most logical one, also the military background helps....

posted May 23

Vincent!

posted May 23

The Powell's Books Lost blog post for "Greatest Hits" is up, and there's a lot more going on than meets the eye.

It looks like we have some evidence that every time Des saved Charlie, he not only changed the future, but the past and present as well. Because first season, Charlie couldn't swim. That may be why Charlie was the only rock god not on drugs in the flashback. I haven't gone back to check, but if Charlie was not wearing the DS ring in the past flashbacks when he was hooked on smack, then we know for sure.

posted May 18

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M. says:

Thats possible I'm not sure if it's quite probable. I still sorta think that desmond lied to charlie about his "vision" because he knew charlie would not go if he knwo he was going to get captured, I'm not sure still guessing around CAN"T WAIT FOR WEDNESSDAY LOST!!!!!!!!!!

posted May 18

m Dot says:

According to Charlie's past flashbacks, he didn't become a druggie until late in his rock career, possibly after Drive Shaft broke up. Based on what we seen last week, I don't think we have enough evidence to say he never became hooked on drugs.

As far as Desmond's visions go, they always come in flashes. Who knows what could happen between those flashes. We haven't seen Charlie push the button yet, so it is still possible that when he does, the hatch will flood and he will drown.

Just my 2 cents.

posted May 18

Kilgore says:

@m Dot - I don't think Desmond lied to Charlie to get him to make the dive. I think there's just a gap between what we've seen now, and when Charlie pushes the button.
Wicked excited about Wednesday.

posted May 19

m Dot says:

@ Kilgore - thats exactly what I was saying. lol

posted May 20

Chase Down says:

The looking glass was suppose to be flooded, accordiing to Juliet, but clearly it wasn't. Also in Desmond vision it must have been flooded as well. So, i agree with Kilgore, that there is a huge gap in the vision, but it could be a possible series finale, in which the show would remind you of this vision.

posted May 20

Pastor Chris says:

Nice job 'Living Lost'! Your blog posts are serious. Very indepth and detailed. It takes the show so much deeper than it already is, and its pretty deep already. Thanks for clueing us in.

If you fellas haven't checked it out, it'll be worth it.

posted May 22