Lost 2: Tied to a Tree in a Jungle of Mystery
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HOLY SHIT! Jack would have shot Locke right in front of everyone. Whoa.
I KNOW. DUDE.
I'm also impressed with the way they used Jack's lack of a beard to tell us that this flashforward is a bit earlier than last season's finale.
I wasn't entirely certain, really, until "I'm thinking about growing a beard." But, yeah, nice way to do that.
Was the 'shock' in the end that the helicopter guy used Jack's name, or did I miss something really important.
I don't think it was supposed to be a "shock" so much as: It's started.
It seems the guy in the chair in the cabin, that Hurley saw, was Jack's dad!
Whoa! I did see his name in the credits but then forgot about him!
Locke is the Terminator!
That made me giggle.
Wait, what did he say?
I think I'm really hooked on Lost, this time. The flash-forwards have me by the short hairs.
I knooooooooow. Also? I kind of love the craziness that when it first starts out, YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S A FLASHBACK OR A FLASH-FORWARD.
I left this comment for someone on LJ, and I don't think I can sum it up any better:
They really reinvented the show with the S3 finale, didn't they?? Instead of "Will they get off the Island?" it's "HOW did they get off the Island? WHO got off the Island? AND WHAT THE MOTHERFUCKING FUCK HAPPENED TO EVERYONE ELSE?!?!?!"
Remember in the season finale flash-forward, Jack went to a funeral for, apparently, one of the rescuees? Now we know Hurley got off the island -- could the funeral have been Hurley's? It would make sense that it was unattended.
What's the secret that flashJack didn't want futureHurley to tell? I'm assuming that they made a deal to tell the world that they were the only 6 survivors of flight 815, or something like that. Because the dude who visited Hurley in the hospital -- who claimed to be from Oceanic but wasn't -- wanted to know if the rest of the castaways were still alive, right?
And what's going to happen to make Hurley regret going with Locke?
Those are all great questions. Now I'm thinking that eventually there will be an expedition led by Jack to go back to the island and stay. . . rescue the others or something.
The problem I have is... They're all questions. Lost is really, really good at posing questions. I'd say it's where it excels, actually. It's when it comes to answering things they stumble.
The funeral thing was a tiny tiny box, from memory. My suspicion is that Sun gets off, and then her baby dies at birth. Jack's beard is pretty long - I think it's reasonable to assume that fast forward was a bit in the future.
I also suspect only 6 people got off the island (how, I'm not sure - that helicopter looked like it crashed again to me). The question is obviously, why only six? Did they cut a deal to escape? What was the deal? Not tell anybody about the island? Why would they do that?
The funeral thing was a tiny tiny box
No. Adult sized box, a man. Funeral announcement was in the paper.
The funeral thing was a tiny tiny box
No. Adult sized box, a man. Funeral announcement was in the paper.
Yes, a man, who killed himself, IIRC.
Oh. Why do I think it's a tiny box?
Answer: too much gin, probably.
could the funeral have been Hurley's? It would make sense that it was unattended.
Why does that make sense? Everyone likes Hurley.
The question is obviously, why only six? Did they cut a deal to escape? What was the deal? Not tell anybody about the island? Why would they do that?
My current theory is that some people wanted to stay on the island, so the people who got off promised to not tell anyone there were other survivors and they somehow managed to keep the island hidden. I'm sure there are big holes in this theory, but that's what I'm starting with.
The funeral thing was a tiny tiny box
I thought you were referring to the size of the announcement, which did seem tiny.
could the funeral have been Hurley's? It would make sense that it was unattended.
Why does that make sense? Everyone likes Hurley.
Wasn't the funeral in an inner-city-type setting? Economically depressed, to use the lingo? Say after Hurley came back, spent some time in the psych. hospital, after he got out maybe his family didn't want anything to do with him because he was "crazy." And if he didn't really have his lottery fortune any more, he'd be living in a poor part of town. Maybe he was friendless because he avoided people because everywhere he looked, he saw Charlie, telling him to go back to the island.
Everyone likes Hurley NOW, but we don't know what happens in the future.
As for the other 5 Losties, and why they wouldn't have been at Hurley's funeral -- it looks like only Jack knew about it in time. Or perhaps the other 3 knew, but since we don't know who they are, they might not have been able to get to the funeral (if Sun and Jin, or Claire, went back home, for instance) and/or didn't want to go.
