Last Night's Lost

[silverscreenselect]

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Lots of questions; very few answers other than the not too surprising reveal that Widmore was originally one of the Others.

How long has Richard been on the island? Is he some relation to Jacob?

Is the young woman with a mean attitude who held a rifle on them Faraday's mother?

How long have there been Others on the island and where did they come from originally?

How is Charlotte in two different places presumably at once?

Have we finally run out of socks to kill off?

[OCDer]

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Lots of questions; very few answers other than the not too surprising reveal that Widmore was originally one of the Others.

Spoiler

How long has Richard been on the island? Is he some relation to Jacob?

Is the young woman with a mean attitude who held a rifle on them Faraday's mother?

How long have there been Others on the island and where did they come from originally?

How is Charlotte in two different places presumably at once?

Have we finally run out of socks to kill off?

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How long has Richard been on the island? Is he some relation to Jacob?
long time Dunno

Is the young woman with a mean attitude who held a rifle on them Faraday's mother?
yes. Notice the Heidi hairdo
How long have there been Others on the island and where did they come from originally?
Still got nuthin

How is Charlotte in two different places presumably at once?
don't know what you mean

Have we finally run out of socks to kill off?
Pretty close. Lostpedia's body count is currently at 10 people left of the 'beach campers'. This includes Sawyer, Juliet & the 3 boaties, Rose & Bernard. They did add 6 people arbitrarily to those killed in New Otherton by the mercenaries in the past 24 hours, so I would stick with 9 socks left, 16 beachies total. They also estimated 8 dead in the flaming arrow attack.

[clem21]

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Lots of questions; very few answers other than the not too surprising reveal that Widmore was originally one of the Others.

How long has Richard been on the island? Is he some relation to Jacob?
Or is he Jacob?
Is the young woman with a mean attitude who held a rifle on them Faraday's mother?
I'm gonna say yes, and that Widmore is his father
How long have there been Others on the island and where did they come from originally?
Shipwreck? I dunno
How is Charlotte in two different places presumably at once?
Shes just getting an aneurism from being in too many places with no constant
Have we finally run out of socks to kill off?

Ha, I hope not, I enjoy watching 'em get blown up and shot with flaming arrows

[MarleysGh0st]

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So many questions, so few answers...

If the Others have been there since at least the 1950's, when/how did the Dharma Project people end up taking over the island?

And that nuke hanging from a rope on the tower? I thought the government kept better track of those than that!

The compass was supposed to be meaningful, but Richard didn't recognize it at all?

I presume excessive skipping through time has some nasty medical side effects, which has Faraday concerned about his girlfriend?

[Jeemie]

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How long until no one cares?

[MarleysGh0st]

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How long until no one cares?

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I bet Thousandaire doesn't care!

[smilergrogan]

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How is Charlotte in two different places presumably at once?

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The unconscious red-haired woman in Oxford wasn't Charlotte. It was a different actress, and the character's name was given as Theresa something.

I wish they would do more with Charlotte's character than having her just be Daniel's love interest. She is some kind of archaeologist, right? Shouldn't she be all excited about the prospect of traveling back in time, even if it makes her nose bleed and pass out?

[silverscreenselect]

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I presume excessive skipping through time has some nasty medical side effects, which has Faraday concerned about his girlfriend?

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I can see going back and forth in time, as Desmond has done, but Faraday's girl friend seems to exist at the same time in two different places, in veggieland in England (she's been in that state since Faraday's experiments went wrong twelve years ago and is still there present day when Desmond finds her) and on the island three years ago. Is her presence on the island just some sort of mental version of herself which is starting to fade away as they flip flop through time?

[TheCalvinator24]

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I presume excessive skipping through time has some nasty medical side effects, which has Faraday concerned about his girlfriend?

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I can see going back and forth in time, as Desmond has done, but Faraday's girl friend seems to exist at the same time in two different places, in veggieland in England (she's been in that state since Faraday's experiments went wrong twelve years ago and is still there present day when Desmond finds her) and on the island three years ago. Is her presence on the island just some sort of mental version of herself which is starting to fade away as they flip flop through time?

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I don't know what you're talking about. The girl in the bed in England was Theresa. The girl on the island is Charlotte. Two different girls. I think Faraday realizes that if he can't do something soon, Charlotte is going to wind up just like Theresa.

[silverscreenselect]

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I don't know what you're talking about. The girl in the bed in England was Theresa. The girl on the island is Charlotte. Two different girls. I think Faraday realizes that if he can't do something soon, Charlotte is going to wind up just like Theresa.

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When I saw it last night, I thought it was the same actress playing both roles. I checked today and I was wrong. Since the actress playing Theresa was a named guest star on the episode, Sarah Farooqui, that would indicate that viewers will see more of her, probably in flashbacks indicating what happened to her.

By that same reasoning, since Daniel Dae Kim (Jin) still appears in the show's credits, there's a good chance he's not really dead.

[tanstaafl2]

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I don't know what you're talking about. The girl in the bed in England was Theresa. The girl on the island is Charlotte. Two different girls. I think Faraday realizes that if he can't do something soon, Charlotte is going to wind up just like Theresa.

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When I saw it last night, I thought it was the same actress playing both roles. I checked today and I was wrong. Since the actress playing Theresa was a named guest star on the episode, Sarah Farooqui, that would indicate that viewers will see more of her, probably in flashbacks indicating what happened to her.

By that same reasoning, since Daniel Dae Kim (Jin) still appears in the show's credits, there's a good chance he's not really dead.

Is anybody ever REALLY dead on this show? At least in some form? Charlie ain't dead. At the very least he is alive and well in Hurley's head. Jack's dad ain't dead. Not really sure just what his excuse is at the moment. Heck, I expect Dr. Artz to rematerialize from the bazillion pieces he turned into after the dynamite exploded and show up at most any moment...

Jin has an easy out as he could have survived the boat blast by jumping overboard at the last second. Of course that begs the question of where he has been the past 3 years. He wouldn't have jumped with the Island as the boat was gone from the horizon after the jump. So if he was rescued one might think he would have tried to find Sun by now. Unless the uber evil Widmore has him stashed away somewhere.

[MarleysGh0st]

Heck, I expect Dr. Artz to rematerialize from the bazillion pieces he turned into after the dynamite exploded and show up at most any moment...

No, Artz will stay dead because he's TPTB's conception of the Boring MAWG.

[lilclyde54]

One good thing for me is that Wednesday is the day I always hit happy hour and play some trivia. A couple of hours of two for one drinks make Losta lot more fun to try and decipher.

[Bob Juch]

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How long until no one cares?

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I've never cared!

[silverscreenselect]

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How long until no one cares?

The decision to wrap up the show in three more seasons, which they issued after Season Three, was the smartest thing they did. It kept them from continually introducing plot strands like the socks couple Niki and Paolo in Season Three that went nowhere in a big hurry just so they could fill up time. Now, every episode seems to matter in terms of wrapping up some of the plotlines. The viewers they have are staying because they feel there will be a reward relatively sooner rather than later.

[tanstaafl2]

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How long until no one cares?

The decision to wrap up the show in three more seasons, which they issued after Season Three, was the smartest thing they did. It kept them from continually introducing plot strands like the socks couple Niki and Paolo in Season Three that went nowhere in a big hurry just so they could fill up time. Now, every episode seems to matter in terms of wrapping up some of the plotlines. The viewers they have are staying because they feel there will be a reward relatively sooner rather than later.

That will certainly keep me going until the end. Too many times I invest in a show only to be disappointed. I enjoyed this one at the start, have weathered the lulls that came at times and am now willing to give them the benefit of the doubt to the bitter end!

Now watch the suits pull the plug early anyway...

[silverscreenselect]

This week's ratings were up from the week before, almost even with Fox's Lie to Me, which benefits a lot from its American Idol leadin. It helped that CBS was running a repeat episode of the usually dominant Criminal Minds, so Lost finished second in the time slot.

The news wasn't as good for the relocated Life on Mars, which finished a somewhat distant third in its time slot behind Law and Order and a repeat of CSI New York despite an entertaining new plot development which involved

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time traveler Sam, played by Jason O'Mara, sleeping with a social worker who turns out to be his boss's (Harvey Keitel) daughter.

While it's a fairly safe bet the Lostaways will make it to their final destination, whatever that may be, Sam may well be stuck in the 70s forever if the ratings don't pick up.

[Bob Juch]

I can't believe you're still watching that show!

[MarleysGh0st]

I can't believe you're still watching that show!

Watch it! I think the 5th Grader threads have a trademark on that jibe!

[tanstaafl2]

This week's ratings were up from the week before, almost even with Fox's Lie to Me, which benefits a lot from its American Idol leadin. It helped that CBS was running a repeat episode of the usually dominant Criminal Minds, so Lost finished second in the time slot.

The news wasn't as good for the relocated Life on Mars, which finished a somewhat distant third in its time slot behind Law and Order and a repeat of CSI New York despite an entertaining new plot development which involved

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time traveler Sam, played by Jason O'Mara, sleeping with a social worker who turns out to be his boss's (Harvey Keitel) daughter.

While it's a fairly safe bet the Lostaways will make it to their final destination, whatever that may be, Sam may well be stuck in the 70s forever if the ratings don't pick up.

Maybe Sam should have taken better care of himself and tried to keep his gig on Trust Me. Not that that show has clear sailing ahead either although cable networks tend to have a bit more patience.