T11 - LOST Takes A Break But We Don't

Well, we get a couple of re-runs for the next two weeks…and then we find out about that pregnancy test! Be reminded, these tidbits are just loose ends floating in the world of the web…we still have to put the pieces together and throw out the ones that don’t fit the puzzle.

A MYSTERY BREWING

Ok, we are teased with Sun needing a pregnancy test. As we have learned, previews are not always what they seem (see Have A Cluckity-Cluck Day).

Sun and Jin appear to be at a doctor visit? Good news or bad news? Wouldn’t it be strange if a doctor told them that they couldn’t have children and now Sun in pregnant?

Many point out that Sun had some strange looks on her face whenever mother, child, or the such has been mentioned. Perhaps she knows something that Jin doesn’t. Or maybe the bald date, match-makers the mothers set up, got jilted in America and returned to win Sun back?

All I can reveal is that the bald boyfriend (Mr. Lee, I think) did go to America to marry the American woman and that SHE has a connection to the island or people on it.

THREE STOOGES

Charlie, Ana Lucia and Sayid team up…but to do what?

THE BALLOON

Balloons are not metal.

Balloons are hard to track on radar and are quiet.

CONNECTIONS

Henry Gale is connected to one of the survivors!

THIRD TIME A CHARM?

Jack and Sayid couldn’t get anywhere with Henry Gale…Locke thinks it is time to give someone else a try…someone experienced at interrogating suspects. Is there a cop in the house?

SAWYER’S BOOKSHELF

What a little reader that Sawyer is…next on his reading list “Hello God…It’s Margaret”…sorry, that’s not the accurate title, but you get the idea.

THE NUMBERS

It seems many are starting to say the numbers were over-emphasized and its time to realize they were just added for excitement value. Then why or why are the writers suggesting the numbers will now be connected to…

VIRGIN MARY

It seems that we might get a little more religion in the next few episodes…does this mean an Immaculate Conception for Sun? Are the statues going to come back into play?

ANSWERS

Just hold on for two more weeks and then we have three new episodes in a row. We WILL get answers to:

Desmond
The food supply
Hurley and Libby
Hurley’s mental hospital experience
Life
The Universe
Everything

Just kidding on those last three, but hey…those where the three great inquiries from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. And when the big computer (our planet) came up with the answer it was “42”. So maybe the truth is closer then we realize.

WIDMORE CONSTRUCTION

Remember we were informed by the writers to pay attention to the sign in the background of a Charlie flashback? Others have pointed out that the building is a famous England power plant (also used for the cover of a Pink Floyd album). Well, there is going to be a meeting soon with Widmore Construction people!

Were they hired to build the power supply on the island by the DeGroot/Hanso “family”? Does that cable on the beach that Sayid found lead to England?


Stay tune,
KC

LT10: Claire

Let’s go back to her flashback episode…the psychic:

Is this Henry Gale with some weight loss?

Claire’s dream PRIOR to being kidnapped:

and…

Look who the psychic is now!

Or is Henry the former boyfriend who painted similar things as found in the hatch mural?

Or the adoptive parents:
All this makes you feel like just lying down and taking a break from it all:

Enjoy,

KC

LT9: Sun's Baby

My, oh my, was this an episode or not? I was a little annoyed that the baby’s sickness was played out as the “illness”, only to discover it wasn’t. Granted, they needed something to motivate Claire into doing what she did, but it was a little backwards in my mind. With that said…let’s look behind the scenes.

THE ULTRASOUND

Many seem to think that this was a fake ultrasound…the baby doesn’t look 8 weeks developed.

The machine is an Acoustic Imaging 5200…fairly modern piece of equipment for what is supposed to be a 1970’s project!

The company who makes the AI5200 (AI also stands for Artificial Intelligence) is called SOMA.

SOMA

A little Wikipedia search on SOMA reveals this:

Soma (Sanskrit), or Haoma (Avestan) (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Sauma) was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the later Vedic and Iranian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, which contains many hymns praising its energizing or intoxicating qualities. It is described as prepared by pressing juice from the stalks of a certain mountain plant, which has been variously hypothesized to be a psychedelic mushroom, cannabis, or ephedra. In both Indian and Iranian tradition, the drink is identified with the plant, and also personified as a god, the three forming a religious or mythological unity.
Perhaps a connection to the “sour” drink they give Claire?

Soma is also the name of the drug used in the book “Brave New World”.

SPEAKING OF BOOKS

The book given to Henry Gale was by Dostoyevsky called, “The Brothers Karamazov”. Did you catch it in the title? “The bOTHERS Karamazov? J

The summary of the book:

The book is written on two levels: on the surface it is the story of a patricide in which all of the murdered man's sons share varying degrees of complicity but, on a deeper level, it is a spiritual drama of the moral struggles between faith, doubt, reason, and free will.

The other book of notice was Sawyer’s new read (love those glasses)…it was called “Lancelot” by Walker Percy…the summary is:

In a land chivalry is meaningless, what happens to the epitome of chivalry? What happens to a crusader for goodness, when the idea of goodness is becomes horribly muddled? Percys answer is that he would probably become a drunk. This Lancelot does not stay drunk forever, though. When he wakes, since he cannot discover what good is anymore, he decides to find the essence of evil. If he can prove that evil, that sin, exists in a definite form, then good must likewise exist. And so begins his little crusade.

And don’t forget that “Bad Twin” is coming out soon…that is the name of the manuscript that Hurley was reading.

THE LIST

Notice that “Zeke” was upset at Ethan for grabbing Claire before the full list of Losties was assembled? Hmmm….

CONNECTIONS POSSIBLY MISSED

We have seen that Claire had asked the future adoptive parents to sing “Catch a Falling Star” to the baby…that was the song playing in the nursery hatch!

The airplane on the baby mobile was the same that Kate took from the bank safe.

Claire dreamed of the mobile PRIOR to being kidnapped!

Anyone notice that Zeke was looking in the window of the door when Ethan was giving Claire shots?

THE MEDICAL HATCH EMPTY

Why?

Examine this timeframe:

2 weeks – Claire is kidnapped
4 weeks – Claire escapes
8 weeks – Zeke lays down the rules with the Survivors (with costume)
9/10 weeks – Claire is back at empty hatch (finding costume)

Why did they abandon the hatch? Afraid that Claire could lead the survivors back? Or perhaps it was something else? How many times would they clear a hatch and then overturn the medical cabinet – that happens in a ransack not in a “pull-out”. Unless something tipped it over. What DID happen between those events is that the countdown in the Swan hatch went to 0. Did the Others sense doom was coming and pulled out quickly? Did the Medical hatch begin to shake rattle and roll?

COSTUMES

Speaking of costumes…why? Nice, educated, and clean scientists hiding their identities? Part of the whole experiment? Is one of the Others Claire’s former psychic?

Or did the Others want the costumes found to continue the test? Remember that costumes are used to keep people thinking one thing (see The Village), but when discovered, then people change their thinking!

And let’s not forget that we have seen TWO uses of the costumes…one in the jungle and the other on the BOAT…have we forgotten the boat? What is it for unless the need to get to another location…or another island?

TREES

A few episodes back we see Ecko marking the “X” on trees. Last night he is cutting them down. In a promo we were shown a picture of Ecko sawing wood (not chopping tree)…but it wasn’t included. That in itself tells us something.

So, he is building…but what? A church…a sanctuary from evil?

Keep in mind that trees fall for two reasons so far…Ecko’s axe and when the security system knocks them down….related?

ECKO APOLOGY

So, Ecko was meant to be taken! He fought them off. Forget the survival skills and focus on the fact that Ecko was to be taken!

They have want 17 or 18 back-enders including children. Had Claire and Charlie. And wanted Ecko. There are quite a few “survivors” in the Others camp now.

OH HENRY

Besides that being a great candy bar…was he great last night or what. He gets under Locke’s skin. He gets Ecko to act. Is he a plant to accelerate conflict among the Survivors?

Was Stephen King lucky guess or time-dating? King first released in 1973…but wasn’t considered overly popular until later. Also, King has been loosely connected to this show via storylines such as The Stand.

But we should get more answers next week when they looking for the balloon.

MORE KIDS

Most previews seem to be misleading rather than leading…so let’s not make the jump to Sun being pregnant…but it does begin to make one wonder why the Others have shown us only ONE FEMALE…and that was Alex who seems to be against the Others…but then shows up on the boat (or is that someone else) and in the jungle as she brings hooded Kate over.

We have been told another 16-year old female is found in the jungle soon by Sawyer named Jessica.

Once again this may come down to a female conspiracy! Consider that the strongest man ever to live was done in by Delilah…the world’s wisest, King Solomon, by Queen of Sheba…and the most spiritual man according to the Bible, King David…humbled by Bathsheba….and let’s not leave out Adam and Eve.

Following this line of thought and it is simple: the INFECTION is WOMEN. Finally, this show is making some sense! HA!

Enjoy,

KC

LT8: Where Are These People Coming From?

SAWYER AND LOCKE

We have noticed how Sawyer and Locke are headed towards a showdown of sorts. Locke interested in where Sawyer found his new name, and of course Sawyer taking Locke’s “toys” away! Here are the popular theories:

Locke’s father is the real Sawyer, the con man
Sawyer conned Helen at one point
Locke’s father (with his kidney) hired Helen to help get Locke off his back – Helen’s criminal partner was Sawyer
Locke get paralyzed by a car that takes off…he never gets to see the driver was Sawyer!

CLAIRE

She makes a real effort to get some of those memories back. One flash of recall was where the scratch marks on the arm seemed to come from Danielle. So, who better to help Claire remember then Claire? And for goodness sake, take someone sensible with you…like Kate!

SICKNESS

It becomes clear to the Survivors that someone is “sick” and not in the normal way!

SAWYER FINDS ANOTHER STRANGER

Yes, we know that Sayid finds a new “friend” tonight and has a little “chat” with him. But Sawyer also finds some girl, teenager, named Jessica (Malcom in the Middle’s sometimes girlfriend if you know that actress).

MAGNET WALL

We get to see what is behind that wall!

ARROW HATCH

Forget “hatch” and think “storage bunker”. Could be several more bunkers with the Arrow symbol…all for storage and NOT a real hatch. Meaning, we have only seen one of the seven real hatches!

CHARLIE

Sources say that if you like the dark side of Charlie…just wait…it gets better…or worst depending how you look at things. No fury greater then a scorned addict, eh?

BOOK

Talk about product placement…there is to be a manuscript featured soon that I think Hurley is reading…on the show this will play odd because the author’s name might be the name of a person on the island…lucky break that would be. However, we hear that this manuscript was actually delivered (a copy of course) to the Publisher right before the author got on Oceanic Flight 815. So, Hurley is reading a copy while the Publisher is printing copies for…YOU AND ME! You can buy this book soon at a nearby Barnes and Noble. It’s called “Bad Twin” – the plot seems to be a lot like Shannon’s life.

DHARMA

We have learned that DHARMA is an ACRONYM, but not an ANAGRAM! D. H. A. R. M. A. Not sure why, but when trying to figure this puzzle out, I suddenly had a craving for Emerald Nuts. Dashing Hindu Ants Resisting Marmalade Aromas?

Enjoy,
KC

LT7: The Swan Hatch Is Getting Darker

We wrote this one back when Hurley was checking out the Dharma Ranch Dressing...


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CALL IT DARK

Jack is losing it.
Locke is getting nastier.
Charlie Vader is dark.
Sayid feels no guilt.

Maybe what Goodwin told them is true…they took only the good that night. Yikes!

RANCH DRESSING

Reliable sources tell me that the frog with ranch dressing does NOT taste like chicken, more of a wild game taste when sautéed properly in butter which a splash of white wine.

WEIRD THINGS

Ok, not Lost related, other than this is something I heard last night: Why does the word “synonym” have no synonyms?

TALK ABOUT DARK AND WEIRD

My name is Sayid…I’m a torturer.

COUNTDOWN

What in the heck was that with the clock…there is a SECOND CHANCE? Here is what it looked like:

MYSTERY CLOCK

What was up with a different clock in the promo? Hmmm…

MIDWEST CONNECTION

Henry Gale, the balloon man, was from Minnesota.
Goodwin said South Dakota.
Sawyer said he met someone in Sioux City, Iowa.
Kate was from there with her toy plane and boyfriend.
DeGroots claim to hail from Michigan.
Stephen King’s book the “Stand” has a lot in Iowa.
In “24” Jack Bauer says some bomb was crossing Iowa.
Oh wait, I’m mixing my messages.

BACK TO THE CLOCK

What do those symbols mean? Egyptian is the early take. Translated it spells out (we are missing one letter): S__IDAD. Of course symbols is not an alphabet, so someone with experience has translated the symbols into English for me. The answer…

The clock reads “DIE”.

HENRY GALE

Vote now: When in the trap…was he an Other in your mind?
Ok, when the arrow is poking him? Still think he is an Other?
When answering questions to Mr. Congeniality? Still think he is an Other?
Or that final shot and the look in his eye…now I’m thinking, OTHER!

MIND GAMES

What if flashbacks are memory implants? In Sayid’s flashback, the road in the middle of the desert is WET. A strange off-hand comment was, “Now you have the skills you can use one day”…seems pretty well placed by coincidence. And the trucks kept heading in the same direction, why not turn around and go home or offer him a little bit closer drop off? It seemed to trigger “placed memories” instead of a real memory or was that just in my case? Didn’t everyone get shock treatment in junior high or just me?

NUMBERS

When Sayid was being shown the tape of his old village being hit with nerve gas, the counter on the video (bottom of screen) read: REEL2310842. 23 106 42. Hmmm.

Locke when telling Jack the “new” combination started by saying RIGHT 15.

Henry floated to the island 4 months ago.

Sayid was 23 when Americans invaded his country.

Enjoy,

KC

LT6: Random Thoughts

In this Lost Tidbits we propose some theories - I've edited the post to reflect how accurate we were...or weren't.

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There was a Glenn Miller song on the radio that Hurley and Sayid was listening to - he went missing in route from England to France on an uncharted flight in 1944. Apparently, conspiracy theorist say he died at the hands of the French army or with a prostitute and there was a cover-up surrounding his real cause of death.

Sawyer refers to Sun as "Tokyo Rose" - one possible identity of Tokyo Rose was Amelia Earhart who went missing when her plane went down in the South Pacific.

The author of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, (the book Locke was flipping through) Ambrose Bierce, went missing on the way to join Pancho Villa in Mexico. Also of note, Villa was born with another name, and adopted Pancho Villa as an alias after he met a criminal with that name (just like Sawyer!) Villa once raided a US Calvary hold and made off with all the weapons and horses - (just like Sawyer).

THEORIES FLOATING OUT THERE

Hurley owns every company that people on the island worked for (Still possible)
The Others are the good guys (Still possible)
Is Michael the Mole – he worked construction and we were told to look for Widmore Construction (Well he is Ben's spy)
Is Hurley’s box company really a front for Hanso? (Not likely)
Hurley’s brother lost his wife…Libby? (Nope)
The real Sawyer…it he a she? (Nope)
Is Locke Claire’s father? (This one is funny knowing what we know now)
Who is the bigger druggie – Charlie or Sawyer? (Charlie)
Claire is the mole? (Nope)

THE BUILDING

Not sure why they want us to know this, but it seems the producers have pointed out that a building in the background of a shot was important yet they felt it was’t widely recognized as so. It is right after Driveshaft goof up the filming of the diaper commercial and why at the trailer begging for another chance, the building is in the background.

Here is the building we were suppose to notice from the website of the actual company who owns this building:
This is the London landmark…their power station. Power, you say? Look familiar to anyone? If you held the Pink Floyd “Animals” album cover in your hand, it should be familiar.

Enjoy,

KC