What I noticed right away was 48 = original number of survivors (right?), 815 = flight #, and, of course, 42 = the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

Damn! I was just coming in to post about 42 and it being the powerball multiplier.

there was a ref in the Charlie backstory thing, but was there another mention earlier on? I think there was but I can't remember.

Do you mean besides the fact that Locke worked at the box company Hurley owns?

Also, when Hurley tells Lenny in the psych ward that he used the numbers for the lotto Lenny says, "You opened the box!" Box = hatch?

I thought it was Pandora's Box.

The number 16 keeps getting mentioned, which is divisible by 4 & 8, but what about 15, 23 & 42?

Things keep happening "four years ago," which we were picking up on early in the season. They threw another one at us tonight: Sam died four years ago.

23 is a prime number and screws everything up.

there was a ref in the Charlie backstory thing, but was there another mention earlier on? I think there was but I can't remember.

Do you mean besides the fact that Locke worked at the box company Hurley owns?

Okay, this I missed. How do we know Locke worked there? And what about the explosion? Or is that how he was paralyzed?

How do we know Locke worked there?

He mentioned it to Boone when they were hunting boar. They were sharing "who we were before the island" stories. (Although they never said specifically in this ep where the box company was located - which is the only identifier for the company. We're only assuming that the box company mentioned is the one that Locke worked at.)

The shoe factory in Canada is the one that burned down, not the box company. As for how we know Locke used to work there, he told Boone. (As the actual job wasn't identified in Locke's flashbacks beyond being a cubicle monkey.)

Edit: X-posty, naturally.

As the actual job wasn't identified in Locke's flashbacks beyond being a cubicle monkey.)

I think they mentioned that it was located in Tustin in one ep.

It's weird reading some of the posts on lost_tv that ask questions like, "So does anyone think Hurley was in the mental institution?" and "Do you think Hurley learned the numbers in the mental institution?"

It's like...duh, people. Weren't you watching? The only valid question I see is whether his being in the mental institution was the stuff he'd recently put his family through, because it's not certain they're the same thing. Maybe he went on a killing spree.

I watched-and-posted on cleolinda's LJ. They ask better questions over there, like "Why are there so few animals on the island?"

I don't know; I'm so used to discussing things with Buffistas and TWoPers. Someone earlier, maybe here, maybe somewhere else, noted how Lost is like a cult show with a mainstream following. It has all the kinds of things we love, but it's got all these people watching who aren't as hyperanalytical as we are. Of course Hurley was a mental patient. They practically spelled it out for us. I miss things too, but this is getting to me for some reason.

Don't mind me, I'm being elitist.

Of course Hurley was a mental patient. They practically spelled it out for us. I miss things too, but this is getting to me for some reason.

Yeah, remember, he said to the reporters that he had put his family through a lot in the past few years.

OTOH? He might not have been a full on psych patient, but more of there for counseling for some problem or other. Perhaps spending some time helping with the more radical departures from sanity helped center him and helped his own recovery.

I have nothing whatdoever solid to base this on.

I am glad there are things about Hurley we have not found out.