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Nikki and Paulo

January 15th 2007 06:55

Nikki and Paulo showed up one episode to browbeat Hurley and have made several appearances since. These characters have had some

Rodrigo Santoro plays Paulo

memorable, defining moments, such as when Paulo flushed the toilet in the Pearl station.

Kiele Sanchez plays Nikki

So, just what is the point of these two characters?

They're not regulars. Officially, they're still just guest stars. In a Lost podcast, Cuse and Lindelof said their existence was contrived to trick us into thinking they would die in "Cost of Living". It didn't work, but now I hear there is another point to their existence and it will become apparent in episode fourteen (28 March 2007).

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Was Nathan an Other?

December 19th 2006 18:50

Josh Randall plays Nathan on Lost

Every so often, I receive a question about whether Nathan was an Other. Nathan was only in one episode, "The Other 48 Days", in season two. He was the one the tail section survivors put in the pit. Ana-Lucia said he came out of the jungle dry right after the plane crash and he spent hours alone in the jungle. Cindy (stewardess) couldn't remember seeing him on flight 815. Bernard and Libby thought he seemed suspicious. Eko was in his forty days of repentance and couldn't speak.

Goodwin, who really was an Other, said nothing. To me, this says a lot about the Others and the way they operate. He could have used that moment to sow more suspicion in that very paranoid group, but he didn't. He let them come to their own conclusions. He watched and observed.

So, Ana-Lucia dug the pit and threw Nathan in there. Goodwin worried that Nathan would convince Ana-Lucia that he was innocent, thus throwing suspicion on--well, the group was so paranoid that suspicion could have gone to anyone. Goodwin worried they would turn against him, so he killed Nathan in the middle of the night.

The question still remains: Was Goodwin killing one of his own compatriots to save himself? Or was he just doing away with one of those people who weren't "good" (because they don't really matter and are expendable in his view)?

Nathan was not an Other. He was one of the tail section survivors. Gregg Nations, script coordinator for Lost, answered the question definitively at the Fuselage. The link will be invalid within about a week, so if you want to double-check me, hurry.

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Jeff Jensen Has a Crazy Theory

December 7th 2006 16:14

Jeff Jensen has a crazy theory about who Jacob might be. It's not what it looks like at first. The post over at EW wanders through several ideas before it returns to Jacob. I say, no way.

One thing Jeff Jensen seems to have forgotten is that Desmond's full name is Desmond David Hume. No maybe about it. We found that out in the second season in "Live Together, Die Alone" (the finale).

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Quick Thoughts on Tonight's Episode

November 8th 2006 22:41

First off, I've heard the backstory is Kate's. The title makes it sound like we'll find out about Kate's marriage that she confessed to Sawyer during "I Never".

Patch Man is not Radzinsky

Radzinsky is dead. Yes, Kelvin Inman was a big liar and a TV spook and everyone knows that TV spooks can't tell the truth to save their lives. Gregg Nations, one of the creative team behind Lost, says that Radzinsky is dead, so he is

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Smoke Monster Sightings Around the Island

November 6th 2006 21:10

Confirmed Monster Sightings

"Pilot" – The smoke monster (or maybe two of them) thrashed about in the trees first night and killed the pilot on the second day

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Why Did the Smoke Monster Kill Eko?

November 3rd 2006 19:10

Yes, why did the smoke monster kill Eko? Of all the murderous, torturing, child-abducting, unrepentant, and generally unlikeable people on that island, why Eko? (And just to clarify here, the characters on the show make for fascinating storytelling, but they are absolutely not people I want to live near, work with, or be related to by blood or marriage, however distantly.)

One of the themes of "Cost of Living" was Eko's resistance to confession or admitting his sins in any way. He stole food as a child, admittedly for a decent reason, but still refused to confess its wrongness. His dream sequence from the second season episode, "23rd Psalm", included him saying he wanted to make confession, but clearly wanting to discuss drug running. In the jungle, he sees a vision of Emeka and his two goons. He has an opportunity to change the outcome of the fight, but again, when Emeka is on his knees pleading for his life, Eko shows no mercy and raises the machete. He is stopped only by the vision of Daniel, the altar boy who asked him if he was a bad man. The end of the episode saw him refuse to ask forgiveness once again

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X-rays at the Hydra Station

October 30th 2006 14:01

In "Every Man for Himself", Jack was called in to try to save Colleen, who had been shot in the stomach by Sun in "The Glass Ballerina". When Jack washed up for surgery, he noticed some x-rays. Later in the episode, Jack asks Juliet whose x-rays they are. He says that the x-rays show a massive tumor on the L4 vertebra.

The previews seem to indicate the x-rays belong to Ben. We'll see on Wednesday, I'm sure

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Of Mice and Men

October 29th 2006 20:01

In "Every Man for Himself", Sawyer's backstory included a shot of him reading "Of Mice and Men", the book by John Steinbeck that oh-so-many-of-us had to read in high school. Later, in the same prison backstory, Sawyer says to Munson, "Now you've had a good cry, mind if I go back and see if George gets his farm?" And, in the last scene on the island between Ben and Sawyer, Sawyer asks Ben if he's taking him to "that place you always wanted, George?" then acts smug that Ben doesn't recognize the reference. Ben turns the tables moments later when he quotes a lengthy passage about loneliness and Sawyer doesn't recognize it as being from "Of Mice and Men". I suspect, though, that Sawyer never finished "Of Mice and Men". He seems to have no idea of how depressing the book is.

The producers have said that the books they show are carefully selected and have meanings related to the show. John Steinbeck's stories always end with the main character losing his dreams and suffering for them, sometimes even dying because of them. With Josh Holloway's Sawyer such a popular character, I'm going to stubbornly go with the idea that Sawyer won't die

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Locke: Is He a Hunter or Farmer?

October 24th 2006 19:34

In "Further Instructions", Locke told Eddie he could enter a sweat lodge, meditate a bit, and find out whether he is a hunter or a farmer. Eddie asked him which he was, but Locke only smiled at that time. The commune leaders discover that Eddie is Edward Colburn, a police officer sent to gather evidence of their pot-farming operations, and Locke promises to "fix" the problem. At the end of the episode, when Locke holds a gun on Eddie with the intent to murder him, Eddie tells Locke that he is a good man, a farmer. Locke becomes upset and insists that he is not a farmer, but a hunter. Yet, Locke is unable to pull the trigger. As the scene ends, we see him lower the gun as Eddie walks away.

Locke: Is he a hunter or a farmer?

It would be easy to argue that this proves Eddie's assertion--Locke is a farmer. However, Locke started out the series as an apparent hunter. In episode four of the first season, "Walkabout", we are first introduced to Locke and his four hundred knives. The survivors of flight 815 have just come to the realization that rescue is not coming soon and they have run out of food. Locke saves the day by claiming he knows what he is doing. He eventually gets a handle on it, after some tense moments--Michael getting gored by a boar, Charlie being used as live bait to lure a boar into a trap--and becomes "The Hunter" for the group

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Did Desmond's Beard Grow Since Last Season?

October 24th 2006 05:20

Desmond's Beard Before the Implosion

A lot of people, including me, have asked if Desmond's beard grew between the final episode of season two, "Live Together, Die Alone", and the third episode of season three, "Further Instructions". The two episodes are supposed to have happened within a day of each other.

Desmond spent most of last season--well, what we saw of him in the beginning before he ran and in the end when he returned to shore after two weeks at sea--rather scruffy, a la Sawyer and Jack. In "Further Instructions", Desmond is noticeably furry

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Further Instructions: Eko's Jesus Stick

October 20th 2006 03:28

At the beginning of "Further Instructions", Eko's Jesus stick falls out of a tree and knocks Locke on the shoulder. Locke picks it up and studies it for a few seconds. One quote from Jeremiah 13:20 takes center stage and several citations surround the quote.

Bible citations on Mr. Eko's Jesus Stick

The quote says, "Lift up your eyes and look north". The exact quote, from Jer 13:20, is quite interesting. "Lift up your eyes and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was entrusted to you, the sheep of which you boasted?" (All translations are NIV) The Others seem to live in the north of the island. Boone told Locke in his dreamquest that he had to bring the family back together, which would seem to be the sheep. Later in the episode, Eko (or the island speaking through an unconscious Eko) says that Locke will find them

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Glass Ballerina: Red Sox

October 17th 2006 04:01

Christian Shepard used to say, "And that's why the Red Sox'll never win the Series" when speaking of Fate.

In season one, episode sixteen, "Outlaws", Christian says this to Sawyer when they are drinking together in the bar. Later in that same episode, Jack says the same thing to Sawyer and explains it as something his father would say to avoid responsibility for his own actions. Sawyer realizes at that moment that Christian is Jack's father, but says nothing

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The Glass Ballerina: The Monitors Revisited

October 16th 2006 03:05

It was called to my attention that I did not discuss enough the jungle images on monitors one and three, which I said was the jungle outside the Hydra station. It looks exactly like the jungle that Sayid and Jin look at while they are hiding, waiting for the Others in Sayid's ill-conceived trap. My assumption is that the producers or directors of Lost reused footage of the jungle for both scenes. Not everyone agrees with me, so I will elaborate.

The monitors show hallways alternating with jungle. I believe that is showing two different hallways (one on each monitor) leading to two different doors, alternating with the outside of the doors. The Arrow had jungle vines hanging down in front of the door and obscuring it. The tail end survivors used that to their advantage to stay hidden from the Others. The Swan also had vines obscuring the door until the fuselage survivors cleared them away

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The Glass Ballerina: The Monitors

October 13th 2006 13:40

The second episode of the third season of the tv show Lost adds a few more mysteries as it reveals some clues. At the beginning of "The Glass Ballerina", right after Juliet drops off the soup for Jack, Ben exits a room with six monitors in it. We see this room again at the end as Ben listens to Sawyer and Kate talk about their day.

The first time we see the room, only monitors one, two, and five are visible. Monitor one shows the hallway outside the viewing room to Jack's cell. Monitor two shows Jack sulking in his corner. Monitor five shows a cage, like the ones Sawyer and Kate are in

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