LOST 4 13-14 Orientation - Station 6 - The Orchid

"Indiana Jones Door"

This post from Jorge Garcia's blog.
Jorge: "And it's just so cool to have an Indiana Jones door the same time Crystal Skull comes out."

One of my favorite set pieces of this season is the secret door inside the secret room. And it's just so cool to have an Indiana Jones door the same time Crystal Skull comes out.

Source: Dispatches from the Island

Commentary with a Co-Ed: The Lost finale shockers

by Ashley Gouveia

I remember sitting down and writing my first column for Tube Talk about last year’s season finale of Lost. My poor Charlie’s demise left me clamoring for the Kleenex and the last five minute flash-forward cliffhanger was enough to leave any Lost fan saying, “Huh?” I can’t say that last night’s finale was any different for me. I laughed, cried and screamed at the TV. A typical viewing of a Lost finale.

It was really cool how the episode started right where it ended last season. That jaw-dropping cliffy makes a lot more sense now after watching this season. Life off the island doesn’t seem too cheery for the Oceanic Six. Although, I would probably want to stay on land than have to face anymore black-smoke monsters or polar bears. Kate finally said the name of the person who Jack had the obituary of in the flash-forward: Jeremy Bentham. *crickets* Yeah, I had no idea who that was either. Imagine my confusion when it was revealed who it actually was.

The team up of our Losties with Ben and the Others was weird, and the big shootout was intense. I thought that Richard had killed the guy in charge of the island murdering spree. But apparently he has nine lives, like Patchy McPatch from last season. When he showed up alive and well and told Ben how he had the explosives on the freighter rigged so if he died the bomb would go off. Ben did what I would expect from any villain that is worthy of the title. He killed him anyway. Then, he delivered one of my favorite lines of the night when Locke told him he just killed everyone on the boat: “So.”

I really liked that we got to see some revisiting of old relationships from the show’s past. For instance, the Michael and Sun scene when she told him she was pregnant was sweet and had a nostalgic feel to it. The Walt and Hurley conversation was great, after I got over the initial shock of how much older Walt looked. Leave it to Hurley to say exactly what the viewers are thinking at the moment.

There were plenty of ‘Uh-oh’ moments, like when Juliet thanked Daniel for helping them get to safety. That look on Daniel’s face when he turned away left me with a feeling that didn’t bode well for the people on the beach. Since Juliet wasn’t part of the Oceanic Six I figured she stayed behind. I initially thought Sawyer wanted to stay on the island, but it turned out he made the sacrificial swan dive off the helicopter so it wouldn’t crash. Not before he whispered something in Kate’s ear and gave her a kiss goodbye. Skaters everywhere rejoice!

I got teary after Sawyer jumped out and of course when Sun saw the freighter explode with Jin still on it. That scene was completely heartbreaking. The only thing that would have made it even worse was if Desmond didn’t make it off the boat. I kept hoping that somehow his character would make it safely off the island to return next season. Thankfully, Desmond and Frank survived the helicopter crash along with the Oceanic Six. When they all saw a boat approaching them I had my own flashback to when Michael, Sawyer and Jin thought they were rescued and then the Others took Walt. But it wasn’t the others this time; instead it was finally Penny’s boat. The Desmond and Penny reunion was really touching. It was great to see them get a happy ending at least for now.

The big shocker of the night came during the last five minutes when we returned to the flash-forward. Jack went back to the funeral home where he spoke to Ben about how Jeremy told him that terrible things happened after they left the island. He also said that the six of them had to go back. Ben told Jack he’d help him round up the others, but he can’t leave behind Jeremy. Pan over to the open casket to reveal Locke is actually Jeremy Bentham. I hate cliffhangers and this one was worse than the “We have to go back” one from last season. Don’t get me wrong, I loved every minute of it. It’s just going to be a long summer until it returns.
Source: TubeTalk

LOST Episode 4x13 - "There's No Place Like Home" Easter Eggs, Screencaps, Audio

Wondering what the dude on the phone said to Kate?

"The island needs you. You have to go back before it's too late."

Easter Eggs:

Lost Ate My Life: The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other

My good friend DocArzt has just released his first Lost related book and it's available for pre-ordering at Amazon. Looking forward to getting my copy of this as I think I'll be able to relate to a lot of what Docarzt has to say about the fandom and being a Lost blogger myself. If you enjoy Docarzt's writing style and commentary on Lost then this is a must have book imho.

Product Description
By catering directly to an increasingly rabid fan base, Lost bloggers have effectively removed all barriers between the artist and the viewer by hosting one of the largest officially-sponsored independent discussion forums in history. Becoming celebrities in their own right—even controlling the ebb and flow of fan sentiment—the most revered bloggers even affect plot and storyline decisions. Told by two members of the fan community who witnessed the spread and impact of such fervent fandom from the inside, this guide addresses the greatest questions fans have been asking for four seasons: Why does Lost speak so well to our collective unconscious, and why do we consciously endure such mammoth leaps of suspension of disbelief? By examining this unparalleled blogger phenomonen on near-academic levels, the authors successfully break down Lost’s archetypal themes and trace its evolution from the commercial cash-in it was intended to be to the high-concept mixture of philosophy, drama, redemption, science, and faith it became.

About the Author
Jon “DocArtz” Lachonis learned to read from the pages of Famous Monsters of Filmland and Starlog, and has been a prisoner of pop culture ever since. His writing has been featured on TheTailsection.com, BuddyTV.com, UGO.com, The California Chronicle, and The Seattle Post Intelligencer. His examinations have been quoted in TVGuide, Entertainment Weekly, E!Online, USA Today's pop watch, TVSquad, Television Without Pity, AOLTV, and many more.

Amy J. Johnston is a writer and part-time webmistress who runs a number of fandom-oriented websites, including The Evil Puppet Masters blog, and an official fansite for Lost executive producer Bryan Burk. Originally from Georgia, Amy currently resides in Indiana with her husband and two children.

Commentary with a Co-ed: Lost's Jack faces death

by Ashley Gouveia Source: TubeTalk

Doctor Jack was down for the count in the first five minutes of last night’s Lost episode.

I knew it was only a matter of time before all of his heroics caught up with him. He passed out from his appendix being on the verge of bursting. It was up to Juliet to save his life, and with any good brush with death, we had some revelations.

We got another glimpse into Jack’s future off the island. We also got a glimpse of some other stuff in the beginning of that flash-forward, but it doesn’t really pertain to the plot (Dr. Shepherd in just a towel, perhaps). I don’t know about you, but I was guessing that the woman in the shower was Juliet. But since she wasn’t one of the Oceanic Six I assumed it was Kate. That’s right, Jate was in the house!

Apparently, they were having a great time playing house and raising little Aaron. I guess Jack changed his mind shortly after Kate’s trial about being in Aaron’s life. He was living with them in domestic bliss, until he paid Hurley a visit in the mental institution. Hurley believes that they are all dead and that none of what they’re experiencing is real. Can you say creepy? He gives Jack a message that Charlie gave him that said, “You’re not supposed to raise him, Jack.” I don’t know what that is supposed to do with anything. Is this just playing into Jack’s daddy issues?

Speaking of Daddy Shepherd, he made a ghostly appearance to his daughter Claire on the island. That would creep anyone out. Claire conveniently disappeared after seeing her deceased dad. Sawyer was freaking out when he found baby Aaron alone in the jungle, with Claire nowhere to be found. I’m loving how protective Sawyer is of Claire. When Miles was staring at her, he made it perfectly clear he wasn’t to go near her. He even issued his own restraining order against him. But I have a feeling Miles wasn’t staring because he was interested in her.

I am firmly convinced that I was never a doctor in a past life because that scene with Jack’s surgery made me cringe. I just wanted Bernard to knock Jack out already, so I didn’t have to witness him watching himself get cut open. Thankfully, Bernard did shortly after.

When Jack was all sewn up and seemingly out of the woods, Juliet thought it would be good time to let Kate in on Jack’s suppressed feelings. Even though he kissed her, it wasn’t because of his feelings for her, but for him to convince himself he wasn’t still in love with Kate. Of course, he heard everything and Juliet knew that.

After his visit with Hurley in the flash-forward, I was pretty confident that Jack was going to freak out and bolt on Kate. Instead, he whipped out a ring and proposed to her. She accepted, but it wasn’t all hugs and kisses after that. Kate was secretly having contact with Sawyer. I don’t know exactly how that works. We did find out that Sawyer chose to stay on the island, and that Jack was the one to save her. Another revelation was that he’s aware that he is related to Aaron. There is still the unanswered question of what happened to Claire. Did she choose to stay on the island too? Let me know your theories. ‘Till next week.

Lost Season 4 Episode 13-14 There's No Place Like Home

Episode 4.12 - Easter Eggs and Audio

For easter eggs, audio clips, and analysis of "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1", check out Get Lost Podcast's entry here:


Source: DarkUFO

10 Things Every Manager Should Learn from "LOST"

An island full of plane-crash survivors and mystery might not strike you as the best place to learn management lessons, but the fact is that "LOST" has much to teach about leadership. A great deal of the story focuses on the struggle between leaders and their groups, and how the choices they make impact the entire island. Read on to find out what you can learn from "LOST," and how you can apply these lessons to your own management skills.

Make alliances. The survivors of "LOST" have found much help from outside sources by forming alliances. Sayid's relationship with Rousseau has been particularly helpful, as she's been the group's native guide to the island in many episodes. Even Michael, in a bloody and roundabout way, has worked with Ben to help protect the people on the island.

These sort of relationships can be translated into a management setting in the form of knowledge-sharing between departments, such as cross training. The bonds created by forming alliances between groups can prove useful when your team needs help.

Find success as a team. Throughout "LOST," Jack has constantly reminded the survivors that on the island, you "live together, die alone." In the days immediately following the crash, characters worked as individuals, fending for themselves unsuccessfully. But when they started to collaborate, their lives began to flourish. In a larger group as well as in small teams, the survivors have worked to find resources, overcome personal difficulties, protect themselves and solve some of the mysteries of the island.

As a manager, you should encourage your team to band together in this way so that they can achieve something greater than they'd be able to on their own.

Follow your instincts. On the island as well as in business, it's not always easy to see the truth behind the matter, so it's important that you trust your instincts. When Ben infiltrated the survivors under the guise of his own tragedy, many were easily swayed, but Sayid knew that Ben was not to be trusted. Without Sayid's good judgement, Ben could have caused much more harm than he actually did.

As a manager, it's important that you trust your gut when making decisions for your team. If something doesn't feel right to you, take a closer look.

Expect the unexpected. Perhaps one of the most common themes on "LOST" is that anything can happen. After all, who would expect a polar bear to appear on a tropical island? With all of its revelations, explosions, deaths and attacks, the show embodies the unexpected.

The business world can be filled with just as many ups and downs and unplanned events. One of your main suppliers could suddenly go out of business, or you could come into an office that's been flooded by a broken water main. Whatever happens, learn to stay calm and roll with the punches. Managers who can adapt to extreme and ridiculous situations will be the most successful in the long run.

Never assume you know everything. As a leader, it's easy to feel like you're aware of all the happenings in your workplace, but the fact is that a lot goes on behind your back. Juliet planned for Jack to kill Ben in surgery, stealthily communicating with Jack right under Ben's nose, and Locke and Boone had almost made it into the hatch before Jack found out what was going on. These are situations that Ben and Jack really should have known about, but didn't.

When working as a leader, you have to be ready and able to deal with secrets that come out, such as an unhappy co-worker or unknown inter-office romances.

Use available resources. The people on the island could not have continued to survive without taking advantage of the resources made available to them. Sawyer constructed glasses out of lost pairs found in the wreckage, and Sun found plants with medicinal uses. Everything from the fresh water stream to the Black Rock dynamite has contributed to the survivors' existence. Making use of these resources provided survivors with a healthier, safer life.

In business, it's important that you do the same and make use of every resource you can. Always be on the lookout for something that you can make useful, whether it's extra room in the budget for a new team member or a spare office.

Take advantage of employees' skills. On "LOST," viewers learn that nearly everyone has a skill from their past that makes them useful on the island. For example, Jack is a doctor, Kate can track and Sayid is an interrogator.

It's your job to identify and make use of your team members' skills. Few thought that Charlie was very helpful, but he was able to use his musical ability to break the keypad code in the looking-glass station. Hurley was turned away many times because of his size, but he saved the day on the beach with the Volkswagen van he fixed with his mechanical skills. Make it a priority to allow your team members to contribute, and you just might be surprised about what they bring to the table.

Stay organized. Crash landing on an island in the middle of nowhere is certainly a chaotic situation. One way the survivors helped get things under control was through organization. They searched through the wreckage to find supplies, took inventory of food stores they found in the hatch and used the on-board passenger list to root out the Others.

Your office environment can be just as chaotic if you don't take steps to get yourself organized and pulled together. Whether you're leading meetings or trying to get resources together for a project, organization skills are essential to be an effective and respected manager.

Be trustworthy. Currently, Jack's status as the leader among the survivors has faltered because of his involvement with the Others, as well as his relationship with Juliet. As a result, the survivors have been split, with many opting to follow Locke instead of Jack. It still remains to be seen which group will be the safest, but the implication of Jack's loss of leadership remains.

Learn from his mistake and be careful about your actions and with whom you associate. It's vitally important that your team has faith in your ability to reason and manage them effectively. If they see you making what they perceive to be a mistake, your status as a strong leader will suffer.

Learn from the past. Many characters on "LOST" have troubled pasts, like Kate who killed her stepfather and was being transported in handcuffs back home, or Sawyer who has spent his life as a professional con man, or Locke who was paralyzed by his father prior to the crash. Even Jack has struggled with his demons, going through a divorce, dealing with the death of his alcoholic father and struggling to find happiness. The flashbacks on the show help viewers understand the backgrounds of each character and give reasons for their actions on the island. Some of these characters learn to grow and learn from their pasts, while others are nearly destroyed by them.

As a manager, you are in a unique position to let the past shape how you choose to deal with business in the future. The history of any business is riddled with mistakes, and while they may not be as sad as getting scammed out of your kidney by your deadbeat father like Locke, they can still weigh heavily on your team. Remember to learn from the mistakes that have been made instead of dwelling on them in the future.

While you may never find yourself stranded on an island in the Pacific, you can use the lessons from "LOST" to survive your own office jungle. Follow the characters' example and learn from mistakes as you make use of the people on your team and navigate the world of business. And no matter what you're doing, realize that it's still easier than trying to survive on a dangerous island.

Source: HR World

Mega Minute: Lost, Ghost Whisperer & Prison Break

Now playing in this weeks' Mitovich Mega Minute:
• How does one move the Lost island, anyway?
• Ghost Whisperer finale preview.
• Prison Break Season 4 casting news.

Also, Lost fans, check out our Previews blog for inside scoop from co-executive producer Jean Higgins.

Source: TVGuide

Matthew Fox in Smokin' Aces (Screen Captures)

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LOST Notes: Ben and Penny

A couple of tidbits to start the week. First, local “LOST” fans may want to make their way down to the Outrigger Waikiki Hotel tonight for the taping of the “NightTime with Andy Bumatai” show. Tonight’s star guest is Michael Emerson, a.k.a. Benjamin Linus. Head down to the S.O.S. Showroom at 6 p.m. to see if Andy’s easygoing style will be able to pry any answers out of one of the show’s most incredible actors. Secondly, of likely interest to “LOST” fans everywhere, a chance star sighting at the Halekulani yesterday. Pulpconnection reports that Sonya Walger, a.k.a. Penelope Widmore, is on the island. Does that mean she’s on The Island? Who knows. But I’m hopeful that this means we’re going to see long-lost lovers Desmond and Penny draw at least a little bit closer in the Season 4 finale.
Source: Hawaii Blog

7 Questions with Matthew Fox

Fred Topel: Now that the strike is over and you can shoot a few more episodes of Lost, what is the feeling on the set?

Matthew Fox: Panic. [Laughs] No, it’s been chaotic, as it always is this time of year for us. I mean, we’re doing many shows. I think we’re shooting three episodes simultaneously, so it’s anywhere between two and three units working at the same time. Going back and forth between them and shooting things very out of sequence, which you always do, but like when you’re covering three episodes, it’s a lot. But it’s great. It’s really great.
Fred Topel: With only a few episodes left, is there still time to really forward the story?

Matthew Fox: Oh, yeah. You won’t believe what happens in the next five episodes. The show is building to its climax of the year and a lot of things are happening and it’s big and it’s going to be good. I think it’s been a good year for us. The strike, obviously, was difficult, just because we were really on a roll through [episode] eight, then we took this break. But I think everybody was really excited to get back to it.

Fred Topel: Is doing the flash forward stuff very different for you?

Matthew Fox: Well, Jack’s a frickin’ mess in the future so that has not been pleasant to revisit that. It’s never fun to put yourself into a place where you’re suicidal and really, really messed up and desperate. So he’s really gotten to the rock bottom, but I understand why we’re taking him there. There will be a turn in there where he begins to sort of build towards a redemption. Taking him to the very pit of despair is going to make that more rewarding, I think.

Fred Topel: Well, he seemed all right when he visited Kate in court.

Matthew Fox: Well, yeah. There was a period when he gets back where he’s built a construct of denial that he still can maintain. But things start to intrude on that bubble of denial and he can no longer maintain the lie that he’s telling himself and things start to fall apart.

Fred Topel: Do you like playing flawed heroes better than total good guys?

Matthew Fox: Yeah, I do. I don’t really buy into the notion of pure heroes. I think that’s kind of an antiquated idea. For me, it’s more exciting to play somebody who’s actually very human, like we all are, and flawed in many ways, but in very, very difficult circumstances does heroic things and finds some redemption in that. That’s, I think, really interesting and challenging and more relatable, for me anyway.

Fred Topel: You’re in the movie version of Speed Racer this summer. Were you a fan of the cartoon?

Matthew Fox: I wasn’t. I didn’t grow up in a household where television was allowed. My first attraction to the project was the Wachowskis, them as filmmakers and knowing that they were going to be doing something really innovative and different. When I met with Larry and Andy the first time, after that meeting I started punching up the imagery, and when I saw it, I immediately recognized it. It was in my consciousness, but I don’t think I’d ever seen an episode in full. So I went and got a bunch and watched a bunch of the original source material, which was really fun. My kids are now watching it and are really fired up. It’s really cool. I mean, there are so many very cool things about it and I can completely understand why, in the 1960s, that style of anime was so intriguing and grabbed so many people, like Larry and Andy. They were huge fans of it.

Fred Topel: No TV? What’s the deal with that?

Matthew Fox: My father was part of a religious cult. [Laughs] No, he wasn’t so much anti-television, he was just pro-books. Both my mom and dad were and that’s important to me and my wife and I. I mean, we allow our kids some television. We certainly allow them cool movies and some television, but it’s limited. I think it’s really important that they develop their own imaginations and find and use those imaginations. A great thing about being in Hawaii is they spend a lot of time outside. I just watched my daughter catch like five or six waves within a half an hour the other day, and ride them. She’s 11 and really just suddenly discovered surfing. She’s amazing. It’s like she’s been doing it her [whole life]. It’s really amazing to see. That’s a fatherly tangent right there.

Source: Matthew-fox.net

LOST Party

Scaling down somewhat from the huge shoot at Kalaeloa on Wednesday, the “LOST” crew headed out to upscale East Honolulu today to film at a mansion in Kahala. Specifically, they returned to Hurley’s mansion as last seen in “Tricia Tanaka is Dead,” a $5.5 million property that’s actually on the market.

There wasn’t much to see from the street, but when a group of extras made a run for craft services they were impossible to miss. Party hats, loud shirts, a couple of cheesy plastic lei… it certainly looked as if Hurley has something to celebrate.

A young woman in a party dress was especially starstruck, in love with Jorge Garcia, charmed by the babies Aaron, and impressed by Naveen Andrews (Sayid)… who was there with Andrea Gabriel (Nadia).

What was the occasion? Who else was there to celebrate? I guess we’ll just have to wait for the season finale to find out.
Source: Hawaii Blog

What is the Hurley Bird

A large bird nicknamed the "Hurley Bird" has made two appearances in Lost. According to the producers' May 4th, 2007 podcast, it has a 16 foot wingspan and cannot be found living in Los Angeles.
While in the Dark Territory, Hurley saw a huge bird, convincing him that whoever came up with the name Dark Territory was "a genius." ("Exodus, Part 2")
Later, traversing through the jungle, Michael, Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley had a seemingly giant green bird swoop down over their heads that screeches what sounds like, "Hurley." Hurley asked if the bird screeched his name and Sawyer replies, "Yeah, it did. Right before it crapped gold." Michael attempted to shoot at the bird, revealing that the gun Jack had given him was unloaded. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
According to the DVD subtitles, the bird screeches say "Hurley" in both appearances.

Source: Lostpedia

Lost - Episode 4.09 - Promo Pictures

Lost Parody :)

Possible 14th hour of Season 4

According to Ask Ausiello, Team Dalton is in negotiations with ABC to produce an additional hour of Lost this season. This is not close to a done deal, but the possibility is very exciting!! There are plenty of scheduling conflicts that could sideline this proposal before it gets off the ground. The schedule is set for Lost to start on April 24th and end with a night of finales of Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy. So would this postpone the season finale one week or do the put it on a different night. Could we get two hours in one week!! This could get us closer to the original idea they had for this season and give us a more complete season 4. We will update you here at SWLS as this story develops.Also Kristin is reporting that the additional hour is looking "highly likely". Very good news indeed!
Source: BlackRock

Episode 4.05 - The Constant - Sneak Peek 3

S4Ep4 - "Eggtown": Well We're Living Here in an Eggtown by Erika

Here is this week's recap from Erika Olson (aka "e") from LongLiveLocke.com .
[Was it something I said?] ... and it's hard to choke a grenade down. (Just ask Miles.)
There have been two times since Lost premiered when I have gotten chills at the end of an episode. The first was in "Deus Ex Machina," when Locke ran back to the hatch (as Boone was dying) and started banging and crying "WHYYYYY?!?!!?" on the little window, and then all of a sudden the light came on. The second was at the end of "Eggtown," when Kate's "son" was revealed to be Aaron. I did not see that one coming! I'm enjoying my spoiler-free status more and more with each episode (although some of my other spoiler-free friends did call the ending-they're way more clever than I am).
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Source: DarkUfo

Who's In The Coffin? (Spoiler-Free Theory)

What we know:
* The person in the coffin is someone we have previously met, per Darlton via podcast
* This person is known to both Jack and Kate
* The Oceanic 6 are harboring a Secret
* The Oceanic 6 were well-compensated
* There are outside forces, aka Matthew Abaddon, highly interested in the O6's ability to keep their traps shut
* Kate is incredulous at Jack's idea that she might have attended the funeral for said Man in Coffin, suggesting some sort of betrayal
* Kate is living much higher on the hog in her Volvo than we have ever seen previously
* Future Bearded Jack is 'sick of lying'. Kate has made a life-pursuit of lying, and has, apparently, no issue in the future with exalting this to her vocation, given her final conversation with Future Bearded Jack in TTLG and her Volvo
* Future Beginning Alcoholic Jack was a bit twitchy at the thought that Hurley might 'talk' when he was recommitted to Santa Rosa
Putting What We Know together, is it possible that someone who made it off The Island simply refused to keep the Secret? This person turned down the Oceanic settlement in order to be free to tell his story? Might that person have been murdered to keep him from spilling the beans about Craphole Island and its Secrets? There is apparently much at stake in spilling the Secret, or Future Jack would not be so conflicted--he'd just give it up already and campaign against recreational use of painkillers, wouldn't he?
It seems to me that there are those who would kill to see the Secret (and, by extension, themselves and their interests) protected. Perhaps our Man In The Coffin was a casualty.
Perhaps this person was an Oceanic 815 passenger who found rescue, yet refused to come in line with the story that the settlement recipients are relied upon to support? Or it could be an Island resident not associated with the Oceanic ticket counter who, nonetheless, will spill the Secret?
Remaining questions:
* What is the Secret the O6 have sworn to protect?
* Who would refuse to fall in line, at apparently great financial sacrifice in eschewing the settlement, and why?
* Why would the O6'rs alienate the Man In The Coffin? For Island crimes, or those (imagined or real) back in the real world? Or simply for refusing to keep the Secret?
* Why is spilling the Secret so dangerous that our O6'rs will become hired guns for the Benemy, retreat to psych wards or live in an alcohol and oxycodone induced haze in order not to tell?
Source: LostDocarzt

4x03 Initial Reactions

This episode was an interesting one to say the least, with a shocker of an ending, although I'll get on to that a little later.
So it’s confirmed that Sayid has got his ticket off the island as he strikes a deal with Frank Lapidus. After this we move on into the flash-forward. It was interesting that the golf course guy suddenly got shaken up when Sayid said "I'm one of the Oceanic 6", perhaps this was just because he remembered who Sayid was. Then something somewhat unexpected happens and Sayid pulls a gun out on him. It would be interesting to know why Sayid killed him, but perhaps it was just something Ben asked for. (I'll talk Ben later!)
So how about the vanishing shack...It seems that it wasn't in fact Hurley just going crazy and perhaps the shack can appear in various different places. Perhaps it's even a projection by the smoke monster.
The bracelet Sayid took off Naomi looked similar to the one of the woman Sayid was with, I didn't catch the inscription, I'll check that out in another post.
Lost Clock 1
Perhaps something that might get overlooked in this episode is the apparent time difference from the outside world an the island, 31 minutes. Dan said "This is not good". Now that is something I want to know more about, perhaps the time difference could have an affect on some of the properties of the island, for example healing, although the length of time seems he same, just not the sync. Then again, maybe the payload clock gained time when it was where ever the hell it was for the amount of time it hadn't appeared. Anyway I've got a lot more to say on this so I imagine another article about it.
Ben's secret room wasn't too much of a surprise although that fact that he had a ton of currency and what looked like about 9 or 10 different passports leads me to think he hasn't been on the island all of his life, and that he might well be up to a little more than we thought.
I'm going to skip right ahead to the ending - Sayid and Desmond got on the chopper and headed out off the island. Hopefully we will find out if they are successful (unlike Desmond with his boat) or not. Then we see Ben stitching up Sayid, and he is portrayed to be his Boss. How the hell did he get off the island?? Perhaps it was more than the "Oceanic 6" that got off but the 6 were hyped up because they were supposedly dead. Theories welcome!
Source: BlackRock.org

The Splitting of the Losties

As we all saw in the premiere, to Losties split it up into 2 groups - Locke's Group, and Jack's Group. It's near certain that Jack's Group were the ones who got off the Island, because of what we have seen in the flashforwards. But what if we slow down - Hurley said to Jack "I should have gone with you" before shouting "It wants us to go back". These two statements are contradictory, so maybe Locke's Group fell into some trouble and perhaps something happend to them.

What was before unclear was which group Sayid belonged to, but after close inspection of an HD screengrab - it seems that Sayid is part of Jack's group. This brings up further questions - if it was Jack's group that got off the island then why is it only 6. It is clear from the screengrab that there are many more than 6 members of Jack's group...Maybe they decided to go to Locke's at a later date?

I do think that the 6 who got off could well have nothing to do with the 2 groups, but something must have happend at some point for only 6 to be able to get off the Island, and when it happens I guess it's gonna be BIG!
Source: BlackRock.org

Lost 4 Episode 1 - The Beginning of the End

Find815.com - Chapter 5 Conclusion Video

Lost - Mobisode 12 - The Envelope

Lost Mobisode
Episode 12: The Envelope

Transcript:
[A timer is beeping. Juliet runs to the oven to get muffins out. She burns her hand and drops the muffins. The doorbell rings. Juliet runs her hand under water. Amelia gets her something from the freezer.]
Juliet:
I’m fine. I’m really fine. I just, I need to clean up before everyone gets here. Thank you.
Amelia:
It’s him, isn’t it?
Juliet:
What? Who?
Amelia:
Ben. Did you invite him today?
Juliet:
Things are kinda awkward.
Amelia:
Finally told you how he felt, huh?
Juliet:
He didn’t, he didn’t say anything. It’s just complicated. Okay?
Amelia:
Complicated doesn’t make you cry.
Juliet:
I burned my hand.
Amelia:
That doesn’t make you cry either. What happened Julie?
Juliet:
I think … I think we’re in big trouble.
Amelia:
Are we?
Juliet:
I need … If I show you something, do you promise not to tell anyone? Do you swear? Not anyone.
[Amelia nods her head. Juliet goes to a drawer and pulls out a large manila envelope from under the silverware tray. She starts to open it, and the doorbell rings.]
Source: ApproachingLost

Matthew Fox Flash Forwards to Season 4

Seven and a half months later, we're still picking brain matter off the wall. There we were, innocently watching Lost's season 3 finale on May 23, trying to figure out the direction of the flashback sequence in which Dr. Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) had become an oxycodone addict/Grizzly Adams look-alike, when suddenly...
WTF?! This is a flash-forward?! He and Kate (Evangeline Lilly) are both off the island?! Wait...now he wants to go back? This stunning episode - in which Jack led the castaways to near rescue (or not, depending on those freighter folks), and Dominic Monaghan's Charlie embraced his watery fate - represented a return to glory for ABC's acclaimed island drama, which had left critics and fans disgruntled earlier in the season. It also marked another potent acting performance by Fox, 41, who's served as a Lost leader, on screen and off, ever since Flight 815 crashed in 2004. ''I felt, and heard many other cast members say, that the show had hit a new plateau - and that Matthew in particular had gone there with it,'' says Michael Emerson, who plays Jack's eerie nemesis, Ben.
During a strike-created break from shooting season 4 - eight episodes were completed before the shutdown - we caught up with Fox (who also stars in next month's political thriller Vantage Point) near his Manhattan Beach, Calif., home. He looked back at the finale as well as the producers' decision to end Lost for good after 48 more episodes, and even offered us a peek into the future before the series returns on Jan. 31 (now on Thursdays at 9 p.m. - set those DVRs!). ''I think the show's going to be better in its last three seasons than it was in the first three,'' he notes, adding, ''There's going to be some huge mind-blowing s---.'' You heard the man: Helmets on. (And for more clues about how Lost will play out from here, don't miss EW.com's video interview with Matthew Fox, including behind-the-scenes footage from his on-the-beach photo shoot for Entertainment Weekly.)

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Lost - Episode 4.03 and 4.04 - Spoilers

Lost
Episode 4.04: The Beginning of the End - Hurley
Airdate: February 2008
Spoilers

Lost Spoilers has some info from a couple of sources regarding about Episodes 4.03 and 4.04. I’m recapping them all here…

• Episodes 4.03 and 4.04 were some of the best Lost episodes the source has worked on. Episode 4.03 features a great ending and shooting. Episode 3.04 has the best ending although Sawyer/Kate fans will not be happy.
• Episode 4 features an amazing twist.

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