Richard: I watched them all die.

By Katelyn

It has been several days since the season premiere of Lost and I still cannot get it my head around what is happening.

While sitting in my 3-hour block class the other night I remembered something that Richard Alpert said towards the end of season five.  From what I remember, he told Sun that he watched her husband die.  So I decided to look up the quote and go from there…

This scene took place in episode 05×15 Follow the Leader:

<Sun shows Richard a Dharma photograph from 1977>

SUN: These people… Jack Shephard, Kate Austen, Hugo Reyes. They were here with my husband, Jin Kwon. Were you here? Do you remember them? Any of them?

RICHARD: Yes, I was here. Thirty years ago. And I do. I remember these people. I remember… meeting them. Very clearly, because… I watched them all die.

So my question is, when did Richard watch them die?

I’m reading a lot of theories online regarding Richard’s statement and I am no closer to grasping an idea of when Richard saw them die.

A lot of people are saying that Richard believes they died during the bomb explosion.  I disagree.  I suppose Richard could have been saying it for dramatic effect but he specifically said “watched them” and there is no way Richard could have been close enough to the Swan site at the time of the explosion.  He left Jack and Sayid in the tunnels carrying/dragging the unconscious body of Eloise Hawking so I highly doubt he had time to follow them.  Also, if he was within seeing distance of the Swan site during the event he would have also died.  But, for fun, let’s just say Richard was lurking in the trees during the explosion and lived to tell the tale… wouldn’t he have noticed that they disappeared into thin air, not died?!

The other popular theory that I’ve been reading was that they were killed in the purge of the Dharma by the hostiles.  I also disagree with this.  This theory just seems absurd to me.  By this point in time, Richard has been able to interact with some of our Losties and he knows they are special and clearly not part of the Dharma Initiative.  Richard is a smart man and I don’t believe he would allow the extermination of them.

So since I disagree with both of these, you probably want to know what I think.  No?  Too bad.  I have two theories, myself.  The first one has to do with the alternate dimensions.  Thanks to Miles and his ability to talk Juliet after she died, the island Losties are somewhat aware that “it worked.”  And assuming that “it” refers to the bomb resetting time and allowing Oceanic Flight 815 to land safely at LAX, the island Losties should soon be realizing that there are two of each of them walking around out there.  Maybe the only way for them to get back to their lives in the real world is to kill themselves.  I don’t know, maybe that sounds just as absurd as the other theories.  But my last theory is definitely the best!  I think we don’t have all the information yet to be able to figure out what Richard means… we’re just going to have to wait and see!

Don’t agree with me?  Good.  We’d love to hear what you have to say.  How and when do you think Richard sees them die?

Brotha, what are you doing on this flight?

By Katelyn

After Tuesday season premiere I think everyone was left with more questions than they know what to do with.  I know I was.  One of everyone’s burning questions: Why was Desmond Hume on Oceanic Flight 815?

I believe Desmond was on Oceanic Flight 815 because he was continuing to fulfill his duty to save Charlie.  Desmond came and sat next to Jack at a very important part in the flight.  If Desmond had not came and sat next to Jack and initiated a conversation, Jack would have continued to drink his sorrows away and by the time the stewardess requested his help, he would have been unable to save Charlie.  It was Jack’s sober and swift thinking that allowed him to act appropriately under pressure save Charlie from dying.  After all of this excitement, Jack went back to his seat to find Desmond missing.  Desmond was no where to be found because his job was complete… for now.

But just like before, Charlie is destined to die and he let Jack know this when he yelled, “I was supposed to die.”

The morning after…

By Katelyn

After having a night to process everything I took in last night during the premiere, I am still just as confused.  Annie and I had intended on each writing about what we thought about the premiere and our expectations about the rest of the season but I am at a loss for words.

I feel unable to articulate what I thought about the epic two hours because my mind is just completely blown.  All I have is more questions on top of the 100 questions that I previously wrote about.

Are there two separate worlds or dimensions going on?  Alternate universes?  Charlie is alive?  Why did Charlie tell Jack he was supposed to die?  Why was Desmond on the plane?  Where did Desmond disappear to after Jack saved Charlie?  Was this just another time of Desmond saving Charlie’s life?  If so, will Charlie just eventually die because he’s “supposed to?”  Where was Shannon?  How did the island no longer existing keep her with her boyfriend in Sydney?  Did John Locke really go on the walk-about even though he was in the wheelchair?  Or was he lying to look like a badass?  Where did Christian Shephard’s body go?  How does Hurley have good luck?  Are the numbers no longer cursed?  Do the numbers just not exist? So Locke isn’t Locke?  Locke is the guy that hates Jacob?  What is this guy’s name?  This guy (in Locke’s body) is Smokey?  Can we refer to him as Smokey? …and the list goes on!

There were a few quotes that I felt were important.  I’m not sure exactly what it was supposed to mean but I feel like the most important line came right after the turbulence during the flight, which originally was the demise of Oceanic Flight 815.  After the turbulence calmed, Rose looked at Jack and said “It’s okay, you can let go now.” Obviously it symbolized that the nightmare of the island has officially ended… but I feel like it has a more important meaning also.  The next quote came from Charlie after he revived by Jack upon choking on a bag of heroin.  He yelled, “I was supposed to die” to Jack while being escorted by the plane marshals.  This makes me think that maybe everyone that died on the island will quickly die in this new world that has been created.

Everything I said today may just be a bunch of mumble jumble… so discard it if you’d like.  I’ve always been slightly confused by Lost but after last night, I’m confused on a whole new level.  I’m hoping episode 2 will bring us some answers and less questions so I can stop feeling like a mad woman!

A Very Brief Recap of Seasons 1-5

By Annie

So I’ve been hearing a lot of people say that last night’s season 6 premiere was confusing – and not just because of the fact that it’s Lost and therefore it must not make sense, but because they have forgotten what happened in the last couple of seasons.

So if you missed last night’s recap show or if you just want another refresher course, here are my notes.

Season 1

All these dudes and dudettes crash on an island (duh). The island is weird because it’s tropical but there are polar bears and a monster that looks like a big cloud of smoke. There’s also a big ship in the middle of the island, and some other people (both dead and alive) who have been stranded there at other points throughout history. They try to get rescued but no one comes. Jack, the doctor, tries to save everyone and usually succeeds (a few exceptions: Joanna, Boone, Scott and/or Steve). Other important characters to keep in mind include: Kate (the criminal), Sawyer (the con man), Sayid (the torturer), John Locke (the guy who always talks about destiny), Michael and Walt (the father/son duo), Jin and Sun (the Koreans), Boone and Shannon (the incestual step-siblings), Claire (the preggo), Charlie (the rockstar junkie), and Hurley (the guy who always says “Dude”). They also try to build a raft to get off the island but some other people who already live on the island (the others) foil this plan and steal Walt.

Season 2

John Locke found this secret hatch and he and Jack go inside. They find the Scottish hunk, Desmond, inside. He leaves until the end of the season, but that means Jack and John have to press this button every 108 minutes to save the world. Meanwhile, the guys from the raft have been captured by who they think are the others, but it turns out they are just more survivors from the tail section of the plane. They go back and hang out with the rest of the survivors. Ana Lucia is like their leader but she’s a little over zealous with the gun (but we forgive her when she shoots Shannon because no one liked her anyway). Mr. Eko is a priest/former drug dealer. And Libby is a clinical psychologist who gets a little friendly with Hurley. Then this guy Ben, who says his name is Henry but it’s really not, gets captured by this crazy chick Danielle, and he goes and hangs out in the hatch with John and Jack. Michael leaves to go look for Walt, then he comes back later and shoots Ana Lucia and Libby and lets Ben go back to the others. Then he convinces Jack, Kate and Sawyer to go with him to the others’ camp and they get kidnapped. Then Michael and Walt peace out and take this crappy little boat off the island. Also, Desmond comes back and he has to blow up the hatch because John decided to stop pressing the button. Oh, and there’s this statue (or part of one) that’s a foot with only four toes.

Season 3

Jack is being held in a dolphin tank and he gets sandwiches every day from Juliet, who is this blond fertility doctor other. Kate and Sawyer are also being held captive, but they just hang out in cages and do it. A bunch of other stuff happens with the others. Some people die and Sawyer gets beat up a lot. It turns out they’re really on a different island altogether, and Kate and Sawyer are just supposed to break a lot of rocks while Ben convinces Jack to remove the tumor from his spine. After he does, he’s supposed to be able to leave the island on a submarine, but John comes to “save” Jack and he blows up the sub. There is an other named Richard Alpert who is introduced. He wears a lot of eyeliner and never ages and is totally mysterious and badass. There are also these two weirdos named Nicky and Paulo who interrupt the show for an entire episode while they whine a lot and make crazy plots and eventually get buried alive. Can’t say I’m too broken up about that one.

Season 4

Some of the survivors left the island. Jack, Kate, Sun, Sayid, Hurley, and Claire’s baby Aaron get rescued. We know this at the beginning but we clearly can’t find out how that happened until the end. So basically, Charles Widmore (Desmond’s long lost love Penny’s father and Ben’s arch nemesis) sends a boat to the island and some people are on it. There are scientists (Daniel Faraday), Vigilantes (Naomi and those dudes who shoot Ben’s Daughter), ghost whisperers (Miles), annoying red heads (Charlotte), and Traitors (Michael). They say they’re there to help, but they’re really not. A lot of debate happens. John and Jack split up and the survivors have to choose between their metaphorical divorcing parents. This awesome bearded man named Frank takes some of them up on a chopper. Sawyer jumps out to make it lighter, then when they make it to the boat it blows up. So they head back to the island but when they get there it disappears. Turns out Ben moved it. So the chopper crashes into the ocean and somehow they are all unharmed from this ordeal. Then Desmond’s girl Penny shows up and saves them. Back in the real world. Jack is a junkie and has a gnarly beard, Sayid is a hitman, Hurley is back in the loony bin, Sun is angry because she believes Jin is dead, and Kate is playing mommy to Aaron.

Season 5

All the people on the island are moving through time and Charlotte gets these headaches and nosebleeds and eventually croaks. Daniel Faraday tries to figure all of it out, but his mind is a little too complex for the rest of the Losties so no one really knows what is going on (including the people watching), but they just go with it and hope it all works out. John Locke goes off the island to convince the Oceanic 6 to come back but Ben kills him. Apparently, this convinces them and they come back by taking another plane over the Pacific and it crashes too. Somehow, the crash forces some of the survivors to crash in the present and some of them to crash back in the 70’s, which is where Sawyer, Juliet, Miles and Jin are hanging out with the Dharma Initiative. Kate, Jack and Hurley disguise as Dharma folk and hang out there for awhile, but Sayid is labeled a hostile and he tries to shoot young Ben but it doesn’t work. (These sentences are incredibly long and nonsensical because that’s how watching this season felt). Ben and Sun and Frank are all stuck in the present, and John Locke appears to have risen from the dead but he’s really this guy who hates Jacob and wants to kill him. He convinces Ben to do it though. Somewhere along the line there is a hydrogen bomb and at the end they decide to blow it up so that none of these shenanigans ever happen.

Who We Want to See (and who we don’t want to see) in the Final Season

By Annie

There are so many rumors, speculation, and announcements about which of our favorite Losties will appear (in many cases this means re-appear) in Lost’s sixth and final season. There are a few obvious favorites and some who we don’t like so much. But sometimes it can be hard to keep track of all the Lost talk. So here’s a short summary of who we want to see, don’t want to see, and who has been confirmed as appearing in the final season of Lost.

1. Charlie Pace

If you read this blog at all, you should know that we love him and obviously want to see him back in Season 6. His tragic but triumphant death scene left us wanting to see as much of Charlie as possible (and aside from a few Desmond flashbacks and Hurley hallucinations, we’ve been seriously disappointed). Luckily, we’ll be seeing more of him this year. Dominic Monaghan is scheduled to appear in four episodes in Season 6.

Status: Confirmed

***

2. Claire Littleton

What happened to this girl? One day she was a new mother struggling to care for her son on a deserted island, and the next day she takes off to hang out in a weird cabin with her estranged (and supposedly dead) father. Even if you aren’t a huge fan of Claire, she really needs to come back this season just so we can find out where she’s been. Luckily, Emilie de Ravin will be returning to Lost in Season 6.

Status: Confirmed

***

3. Daniel Faraday

Who doesn’t love this guy? Yep, Jeremy Davies is back, and so is our favorite physicist!

Status: Confirmed

***

4. Boone Carlyle

Boone was “a sacrifice that the island demanded,” but that doesn’t mean that he can’t return as a weird ghost/apparition/whatever. Apparently the producers agree, since Ian Somerhalder and his eyebrows will be returning in Season 6 for several episodes.

Status: Confirmed

***

5. Shannon Rutherford

This annoying blonde overstayed her welcome in the first two seasons if you ask me. All the whining and complaining was just a bit much for me, and I’d really rather not have to deal with it in Season 6. Luckily, Maggie Grace has a busy schedule and has not been able to confirm her appearance.

Status: Unconfirmed

***

6. Charlotte Lewis

Oh Charlotte, your eyes creep me out and your accent is annoying. Furthermore, you take up way too much of Daniel Faraday’s attention. I’d rather not see you in Season 6, but unfortunately I’ll have to. Rebecca Mader has confirmed her appearance.

Status: Confirmed

***

7. Libby Smith

One of the biggest questions I want to see answered in the final season is what happened with Libby in the mental hospital. She never had any flashback episodes, so the only time we saw her there was through Hurley. Now it’s time for some answers. And Cynthia Watros is returning to Lost, so hopefully we’ll get some backstory.

Status: Confirmed

***

8. Michael Dawson

Michael has had a lot of ups and downs throughout the last five seasons. My feelings about him are mixed, and I’m sure many of you feel the same way. But Harold Perrineau is returning in Season 6, so we’ll be seeing more of Michael.

Status: Confirmed

***

9. Walt Lloyd

Walt is “special.” We don’t know why he is special or what makes him special, but I’d really like to find that out. Producers have stated that they would like to bring Walt back, but they are working on a way to overcome how much Malcolm David Kelley has grown since his last appearance.

Status: Unconfirmed

LOST characters explain how to make a sandwich

By Katelyn

There are only 5 days left and I know we’re all getting a little anxious!  I found this article on the Grand Rapids Examiner’s website and I thought it was hilarious!  They’re all so completely true.

How To Make a Sandwich on the Island:

Jack

1. Gather ingredients
2. Point gun at ingredients and shout “HOW DO I MAKE A SANDWICH OUT OF YOU?!?!?”
3. Breathe heavily through your nose as though you were about to hit ingredients
4. Give up and make the sandwich yourself, and eat it bitterly

Kate

1. Make separate sandwiches, one with peanut butter and one with jelly
2. Take a bite of the peanut butter sandwich, declaring it the best
3. Take a bite of the jelly sandwich, declaring it the best
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 ad infinitum
5. Follow peanut butter or jelly sandwich into grave danger

Sawyer

1. Throw the jar of jelly at wall, sneering “I don’t need no sandwich”
2. Call the mascot on the jar of peanut butter lots of clever nicknames
3. Huff and puff and stomp around and grumble a lot
4. When no one’s looking, make perfect, even, symmetrical peanut butter and jelly sandwich and sit in a corner, enjoying every bite

Locke

1. Sit idly by, believing that the ingredients will find a way to make a sandwich out of themselves
2. Lose faith and make the sandwich anyway
3. Realize that you were the instrument by which the ingredients chose to make a sandwich after all
4. Run around the room and grab everyone’s knives, insisting that their sandwiches will do the same in time

Hurley

1. Make sandwich
2. Eat sandwich
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 ad infinitum

Sayid

1. Procure 23 milligrams of uranium-20
2. Set hadron supercollider to eight megajoules
3. Program a sandwich-making macro using Cobol or Visual Basic
4. Act all tough-like

Desmond

1. Eat sandwich
2. Call the sandwich “brother”
3. Place peanut butter slice over jelly slice
4. Spread jelly on the other slice
5. Spread peanut butter on one slice
6. Take two slices of bread, a jar of peanut butter and a jar of jelly

Ben

1. Steal someone else’s sandwich
2. Claim you coerced them into making the sandwich for you all along
3. Say you’ll tell them everything if they make you another sandwich
4. Stare at them all creepy-like

Libby

1. Lay out plans for one of the most intricate, fascinating, and delicious sandwiches of all time
2. Just as you start making it, get shot

Danielle

1. Apply peanut butter
2. Disappear for eight months
3. Apply jelly
4. Disappear for eight months
5. Eat sandwich

Claire

1. Mmmmmmm, peanut butter

Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse

1. Make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
2. Have someone take a bite, then tell them it’s a baloney sandwich
3. Make up a whole bunch of other shit, then say you had planned it all along
4. Buy a few yachts

Sadly, I can’t track down the original author so if anyone has any leads, let me know so credit can be given.

100 Questions I Need Answered

By Katelyn and Annie

These are the questions that I need answered in order to feel at least somewhat satisfied with the ending of Lost.

1. Where has Charlie been all this time?  (I truly believe he is alive)
2. Where did the numbers originally come from?
3. How did the numbers become cursed?
4. Is what is playing out now in the 1970’s how it originally played out?
5. Will there still be an extermination of the Dharma by the Others since the Losties have ties with Ben and Richard?
6. Who is Jacob?
7. Who is the guy shown at the end of season 5?  The guy that found the loophole.  The guy that hates Jacob.
8. Why does that guy hate Jacob?  What’s their beef?
9. Why did he need a loophole?
10. Is Jacob dead?
11. Is Juliet dead?
12. Is Locke dead?
13. Are all the Losties dead from the H-bomb explosion?
14. Did the H-bomb actually explode?
15. Did the H-bomb explosion really reset time and keep Oceanic Flight 815 from crashing?
16. What is this four-toed statue?
17. Why is the four-toed statue there?
18. Who built the four-toed statue?  Aliens?
19. How did the four-toed statue eventually become just a foot?
20. Why did Jacob decide to live in the statue?
21. Why did Jacob move out of his cabin and into the statue?
22. Why does Jacob’s cabin never stay in one place?
23. What exactly is smokey?
24. Where did smokey come from?
25. Is smokey mechanical?  Animal?  Or just smoke?
26. Where did the Others come from?
27. Why were the Others so hostile towards the Dharma?
28. What’s up with the blast door map?
29. Where did Claire run off to?
30. Why did that creepy psychic guy insist Claire raise her baby?
31. Why did Claire leave Aaron behind?
32. Are Claire and Christian Shepherd living together in Jacob’s cabin?
33. Why does Richard Alpert know everything?
34. Why does Richard Alpert never age?
35. What kind of eye liner does Richard Alpert use?
36. How does the island/Richard Alpert heal people?
37. How come the island/Richard Alpert cannot heal or save pregnant people?
38. Why do the pregnant women die on the island?
39. Why is Eloise Hawking off the island?
40. Why were there the Dharma studying polar bears?
41. What are the whispers in the jungle?
42. Where did the temple come from?
43. Who is older: the temple or Richard Alpert?
44. Who is older: Richard, Jacob or the loophole guy?
45. Why do dead people visit Hurley?
46. Will Libby be the key to everything?
47. What are the carvings on the temple?
48. Has Richard always been on the island?
49. Will Jin wear his hair in another ponytail?
50. Will Jack and Kate end up together?
51. Will Juliet and Sawyer find each other again?
52. How did a hydrogen bomb get on the island?
53. Who are “Adam and Eve”?
54. Why is Walt special?
55. Why did Walt always appear to the Losties?
56. Is Walt the key to everything?
57. Where did the weird wheel come from?
58. How does it have powers to move the island?
59. Why is it really icy cold where the wheel is?
60. Why is “the exit” of the island in the middle of some dessert?
61. How does Jacob communicate with Richard?  Has he seen him in person?
62. How did the Black Rock end up in the middle of the island?
63. What happened to its crew?
64. Why was Charles Widmore so interested in the Black Rock?
65. Why does Widmore want the island back?
66. Does Widmore know about the Lamp Post?
67. Why did supply drops continue to happen after the Others wiped out the Dharma?
68. How did Dharma find the island to make the supply drops?
69. So there are Dharma off of the island?  Don’t they know everyone has been killed?
70. Who is the real Henry Gale?
71. How did he break his neck?
72. Who buried him?
73. Why did Alex appear to Ben and tell him that he has to follow John Locke’s every command?
74. What is Frank a candidate for?
75. Why does Ilana seem to know so much?
76. Why did she burn Jacob’s cabin?
77. How did Ilana and here crew know to be on that flight?
78. What are the rules that everyone is always talking about?
79. Why did Jacob visit/stalk all of the Losties in the past?
80. Why were these people chosen to be on the island?
81. Does the island really act like a person?  Does it choose things/people?
82. Why does the island have all of these weird scientific properties?
83. Will all the Losties ever be in the same time period again?
84. How will they all be in the same time as period as each other?
85. Will Jin and Sun be reunited?
86. Will all of this just keep repeating no matter what?
87. Will Desmond wind up back on the island?
88. Is John Locke really John Locke back from the dead?  Or is John Locke still dead that Jacob’s enemy just living inside?
89. Who is the good guy in this war?  Does it all depends on our individual morals?
90. Why was Libby in the insane asylum?
91. How did she get out and become a clinical psychologist?
92. What was “the incident?”
93. If “the incident” was what happened in the episode “The Incident” (the bomb exploding), how did Dr. Change survive to talk about “the incident” in the orientation films?
94. What is Dharma’s connection to Ann Arbor, Michigan?
95. Who will live?
96. Who will die?
97. Will everyone leave the island?
98. Will the island be destroyed?
99. Will we all be satisfied?
100. Will this truly be the end?

(some of these came from scifiwire.com)

Hopefully some of these questions will be answered over the next few months.  As they’re answered I’ll make sure to fill you all in, in case you missed it!

Season 6 Episode Titles

According to DarkUFO these are the episode titles for season six!

8 days and counting…

Season 6 Must Be The End!

By Katelyn

As posted earlier, the creators of Lost can no longer guarantee that season six will be the end of Lost.

At first I was really excited at the thought of more seasons, a spin-off television show, or even an action packed, multi-million dollar movie deal.  But the more I’m pondering the idea, the more I hope it doesn’t happen.

Lost has evolved into this complicated and intense storyline that only the strong have endured over the last five seasons.  I am so proud that I have survived the journey from the beginning and I often feel over-protective of the show.

I am afraid that if season six is not the end then Lost will be exploited and everything we love about it will be ruined.  It will be just another mass media, money maker that serves no other purpose.

Plus, I do not with to discuss Lost theories and story lines with the inevitable newbies who think they are “experts” because they saw the movie but skipped the first six television seasons.

Season 6 must be the end… unless there’s a seventh season!