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Can someone please explain what's going on with Lost? I'm still hooked, but the show didn’t exactly go into its month off with a bang. Actually, it did, but it wasn't the one I was looking for.
Here's what I'm reasonably sure of:
The Oceanic 6: The six are Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Sun, and Claire's baby Aaron. That means Jin, Juliet, Sawyer, and Aaron's mom are staying put with Locke. Maybe Desmond ends up on a romantic cruise with Penny, and Rose and Bernard find wedded bliss in cancer-free paradise. Ben wasn't on Flight 815, but apparently he (and the other Others) can come and go from the island as they please.
Going Crazy: In the near future, Hurley goes back to a mental institution to speak with people who aren't there, and Jack is ready to jump off a bridge. Back on the island, Locke (and previously Hurley) can't find Jacob's movable house.
Suicide: Charlie drowned himself so the phones would work on the island. Michael has repeatedly tried to off himself with no luck. Future Jack is about to jump off a bridge before a car accident distracts him. Tom explained to Michael (and Kevin Johnson) that the island will not allow him to commit suicide. Huh?
Kids: Kate ends up with Claire's son (Jack's nephew) off the island. Sun has her baby, but Jin won't be there to see it. Juliet cries because she can't keep anyone pregnant on the island. Walt is stuck in his grandma's NYC attic.
Honesty: Future Jack and Kate lie on the stand. Sayid lies to his future clients and ends up working for Ben. Sawyer, Locke, and anyone else stuck in that camp have lost track of all the lies. The rescuers have lied since they've landed. The freighter is filled with liars. Ben continues to lie about everything, his latest being about The Temple which gets Rousseau and their daughter's boyfriend Carl killed... we think.
Here are my unqualified assumptions:
The Coffin: Michael is in that coffin. The only other funeral that no one would attend would be Ben's or Juliet's, but everyone hates Michael. It's gotta be him. Right?
Time Travel: Time is altered in some way and is also apparently 31 minutes off on the island. Desmond is Daniel Faraday's constant. That's all I've got on this front, but you know there's more time bending coming.
Sacrificial Lambs: Claire sacrifices herself for her baby. Sawyer gives up himself for Kate. Jin makes sure that Sun and his future baby daughter survive. I'm not saying these characters will die. I think they'll stay on the island with Locke, which is how I predict this season will end and leads me to...
The Return: In the series final season, the Oceanic 6 will find their way back to the island to rescue Locke and crew.
I'll be tuning in and praying that most of these questions finally get answered. As for the polar bears, smoke monster, four-toed statue, the Black Rock, whispers, Jack's dad and the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42, your guess is as good as mine.
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Mar 24, 2008 9:48 PM
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I completely agree - I was expecting a stronger episode for a month off, more like a "Dad?" kind of hook that we were used to.
"The coffin" - You're talking about the one that we saw in the finale of the previous season? I think that could be somehow related to the mysterious "Jacob" character as well, if I remember correctly , a zoomed-in version of the obituary that Jack held in his hand revealed that the character's name was starting with the letter "J" - not that I'm looking too much into it 
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Mar 24, 2008 10:49 PM
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I think we are all forgetting that this month off break was not intentional, and that once this break became inevitable they were going to break one episode earlier and save the Michael episode for the back half, but I believe ABC wanted Lost to have the smae number of episodes left as Grey's Anatomy...
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Mar 25, 2008 9:13 AM
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simple answer, lost is not meant to make sense one episode at a time, it is to make relative sense at the end. you can see why the ratings are dropping because the show is not for people like you, just sit back and relax and try not to think too hard or your brain might explode
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Mar 25, 2008 12:51 PM
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I have to admit that I stopped watching this somewhere toward the end of Season 2. I keep up with it, as best I can, reading the postings here. For the most part, I am confused. I stopped watching mainly because I was tired of all the flashbacks interrupting the story of what was happening on the island.
What I'd love to see is a DVD that puts all the island activity into one 'movie' with the flashbacks and flashforwards as separate tracks that I can watch when I want more info on a character.
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Mar 25, 2008 1:59 PM
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> Suicide: Charlie drowned himself so the phones would work on the island. Michael has repeatedly tried to off himself with no luck. Future Jack is about to jump off a bridge before a car accident distracts him. Tom explained to Michael (and Kevin Johnson) that the island will not allow him to commit suicide. Huh?<
What I took away from Tom's comment to Michael is that the 'island' whatever it turns out to be won't let someone die until it's done with them. I guess it was done with Charlie. Michael, not so much. I'm still not sold on the idea that the island had a hand in Jack's not jumping though. The accident that interrupted him coulda been just that. Now if he'd actually jumped and not fallen. That woulda been the island. 
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Mar 25, 2008 2:14 PM
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My theory on the island/death thing is that if you take a life while on the island, the "island" takes your right to die on your terms. (I.e. Suicide) Sort of an eye-for-an-eye thing. Maybe not. My guess is you have to be killed by something or someone else in order to pay for your sins.(I.e. The ill-conceived Ana-Lucia. She was killed after she killed Shannon.) My guess is Michael will only be able to die at the hands of someone else.
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Mar 26, 2008 1:19 PM
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"For the most part, I am confused. I stopped watching mainly because I was tired of all the flashbacks interrupting the story of what was happening on the island.
What I'd love to see is a DVD that puts all the island activity into one 'movie' with the flashbacks and flashforwards as separate tracks that I can watch when I want more info on a character."
GAH! But that is such an integral part of the show and the story that to even suggest such a re-structuring is almost blasphemous. You'd be watching a show, but it won't be Lost.
It'd be like watching the movie Memento but in chronological order. Or seeing a foreign film but dubbed in Ehglish (ugh... pet peeve that one).
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Mar 28, 2008 8:28 PM
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