TIME OUT
Due to the writer's strike, LOST takes a break for about five weeks. So, enjoy the NCAA March Madness tournament – which would bump a few Thursday schedules anyway – and then we can look forward to April showers and the return of LOST. And you know what happens when it rains on LOST…
THE OTHER WOMAN – A REVIEW
Marty McFly would have trouble understanding this show. Personally, I don't find Juliet that interesting in that it still isn't clear which side she is on. Maybe she is playing both sides still considering Ben holds something over her…like her sister.
But this show did create a few more questions:
Who was Widmore beating up in that secret video?
Did Ben actually tell Locke who his spy was?
Why was their toxic gas being stored in the Tempest hatch?
THE MAPWe see Daniel Faraday carrying a map showing the way to the Tempest:
Where did it come from? Based on the fact that Mr. Widmore purchased the journal in 1996, my guess is that the journal contained a few maps. But that journal was from years earlier so would the map contain Dharma logos? Ok, so maybe this isn't directly from the journal, but indirectly.
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PRODUCERS
All this time stuff is getting mind boggling for anyone without a degree in mathematics, so here is the official explanation for Desmond:
In ''The Constant,'' Desmond became ''unstuck in time'' after flying through a thundercloud crackling with strange electricity. He experienced something like time travel, though not bodily time travel; instead, his consciousness shuttled between two different time periods, Island present 2004 and Desmond's past 1996. But here's the tricky twist: Desmond's Island-present mind wasn't the one doing the time traveling. When Desmond got hit with Island magic, his consciousness got knocked off-line and was replaced by his 1996 self. It was this older Desmond consciousness that toggled between present and past throughout the episode. Once Desmond '96 completed the errand of getting Penny's phone number so he could call her on Christmas Eve 2004, Desmond's present-day mind came back online, but rebooted with the new memories created by his time-travel adventure.
Furthermore…, Desmond's past was different before ''The Constant.'' Before his time-travel adventure, Desmond never met Faraday at Oxford, never got Penelope's digits. As a consequence of changing the past, Desmond's personal history has been ''course corrected'' by The Powers That Be, beginning from the moment he walked away from Penny's apartment. But here's a Big Question: since scoring Penelope's phone number, has Course-Corrected Desmond lived his life knowing that on Christmas Eve 2004, he MUST be on a freighter in the South Pacific in order to make a call to Penelope if he wants any chance of having a future with her? The producers of LOST say this is indeed a matter we should be mulling.
Are we all clear now?
WHAT'S IN A NAME
Minkowski is the guy who was the communications officer on the Freighter…well, it seems his name is on something called Minkowski space. Wikipedia says: In physics and mathematics, Minkowski space (or Minkowski spacetime) is the mathematical setting in which Einstein's theory of special relativity is most conveniently formulated. In this setting the three ordinary dimensions of space are combined with a single dimension of time to form a four-dimensional manifold for representing a spacetime. Minkowski space is named after the German mathematician Hermann Minkowski.
THE TEMPEST HATCH
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare about Prospero, a sorcerer who raises a storm that causes a ship full of his enemies (one of whom is his brother Antonio) to crash on his mysterious island. He is on the island with his daughter Miranda and he holds dominion over a deformed creature named Caliban and a spirit named Ariel. Go get the book and read it to learn more!
SOURCE OF SUPPLIES
Did you notice that the wine Goodwin had was without Dharma logos? This indicates the Others had more than one source of supplies!
BIBLE COMPARISON
There was no direct correlation, but when watching Ben send Goodwin to his death it reminded me of King David in the Bible. He was King and the story goes a beautiful woman would take a bath on her rooftop and David was able to spy on her. He feel in love with her but knew he couldn't have her since she was married. So he ordered her husband to the front ranks in the next battle. The husband took it as a honor, but everyone else realizes it was automatic death.
The King ended up marrying the woman and producing a son named King Solomon.
YOU LOOK LIKE HER
The Other's therapist told Juliet that she understood Ben's attraction since Juliet looked like "her". We've had a "him" and now we have a "her". Annie?
Who is this therapist which later shows up in the jungle? Many are guessing that she is a produce of Smokey, but it was interesting how a) she could hold a conversation with real people and b) she seemed to hold some past memory of Juliet. Recall that Juliet got "scanned" by Smokey previously.
We also learn that Harper Stanhope has a Certificate of Recognition on her wall:
Notice what appears to be a Hanso logo. Is this some sort of lame correspondence school? Is there a Hanso University on the island? And what does this imply as far as the Hanso people, the Dharma people and the original inhabitants? Who is supporting whom?
And we also caught this shot in the office:
Notice all the curves in the accessories. And the letter holder sure appears to look like a logo I've seen on an airliner somewhere.
RABBITS
Ben asks John, "This rabbit didn't have a number on it, did it?" If you recall the Orchid Orientation film, then you get the joke.
Most of the good lines went to Ben this week like: "You are mine.
John: "Red Sox" Ben: "I taped over the game."
Juliet: "It's not easy being an Other."
WHISPERS IN THE NIGHT
Again I'm reminded of an episode of Star Trek when the crew gets stuck in a time loop. At night, Beverly Crusher hears whispers which are remnants of the loop.
My conclusion is that by using research from the Orchid station the Others have learned to time-teleport like Desmond was doing.
Well, that's my theory.
THE TEMPEST COMPUTER
Did anyone else think to themselves, "If Daniel was fine without the gas mask, then why not lose those gloves while typing?" Anyway, here is a full transcript of the stuff scrolling on the screen:
MASTER CAUTION AND WARNING! CROSS FEED ASS 16 OVERPRESSURE ALERT!
>: master caution resetMASTER CAUTION RESET
>: telnet tmpst4CONNECTION REFUSEDMASTER CAUTION AND WARNING!NEW ALARMTES/31 VAPOR PRESSURE 81%
>: set n-p/hgd tank cooling = MAXFMNT TANK COOLING = MAXMASTER CAUTION AND WARNING!NEW ALARMTANKS 1, 2, 3, 4 INTEGRITY FAILURE.EVACUATE NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.CONTAINMENT BREACH IMMINENT!EVACUATE NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.MASTER CAUTION AND WARNING!CROSS FEED ASS 16 OVERPRESSURE ALERT!
>: master caution resetMASTER CAUTION RESET
>: telnet tmps
All I can tell you from working with computers is that "telnet" is the older form of a connection program between computers. It was first used back when the Internet was first being formed by the scientist in the USA…that group was called ARPA and the first term for the Internet was ARPANET. And I can't quite get DHARMANET out of my mind!
THE SANDS OF TIME
I have no clue to the meaning of the sand box we saw, but I think it means something!
GAMES
Anyone notice how Hurley wins every game on the island? Even Sawyer is wondering how he lost at horseshoes!
DID YOU CATCH THIS
In the Tempest hatch we get a shot of a electrical panel with some buttons on it. Look what it is labeled:
Either the producers are having fun with us or this is a major clue of some sort. Box Maker? John worked in a box company. Ben mentioned there was a big box of some sort to make his father appear. And planes have a black box on them. Come on, box maker???
UNTIL NEXT TIME…
Don't know about you, but I feel like maybe we, the viewers, are the rats in a maze:
And I suppose once LOST completes its story we will sort of feel like we knew the maze the whole time, but just didn't know it. Now if only I could time-shift to three years down the road…
While LOST is on break, we will do at least one more Lost Tidbits. The one I have planned will feature a well-thought out theory. The theory is so simple even a child could understand it. And don't forget what every child has said at least once, "Sorry mom, I lost track of the time." J
Enjoy,
KC
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