Lost: Season Four - Page 29

Joe_H · 04-25-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by NeilO

I think all of Ben's flashforward was in chronological order - Sahara Desert, Tunisia, Iraq, London - without all that much time in between scenes. We don't know how he was transported to the desert. (His story to Sayid must be a lie.) We saw he was wearing a Dharma jacket and that should be some clue. I doubt we'll find out how that happened this season, but you never know. On the other hand, maybe he asked Jacob what he needed to do next and Jacob sent him.

In addition to the game providing some misleading promo footage, their flight did start in Australia and I do think it will be key to them returning to the island (presuming that they do so) in the later seasons.

Neil

For a second there, before the smoke monster appeared, I really thought Ben walked into that room, activated something, and then appeared in the desert.

As for Australia being the key to it all, it is possible they were just talking about Risk, because it is the key to the whole damn game

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TravisR · 04-25-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason_V

Alex, Rousseau, Karl... Who are the other 7?

This season, they also killed Naomi, Minkowski, Brandon (an off screen character that went out with Minkowski in a boat and died from the same thing that killed Minkowski), Regina, the unseen guy who shot himself in Sayid and Desmond's cabin, the doctor from the freighter, the three nameless survivors at Locke's camp that were shot and a number of the freighter people that were presumably killed by the monster.

That being said, I wouldn't consider any of them major characters. Even Rousseau.

MarkMel · 04-25-2008, 03:11 PM

Plus all those guys in this ep. that Sawyer was yelling at to get inside.

I was thinking who are all those people? And even though we as viewers did not know them, you'd think that Sawyer and company would have known them and cared a little more that they got shot.

Jason_V · 04-25-2008, 03:15 PM

I was only counting the people who contributed something meaningful to the entire story, not the redshirts (like the three in Locke's camp) or the freighter commandos. (I did forget Naomi, though.)

todd s · 04-25-2008, 03:16 PM

And don't forget Sayid's wife Nadia.

TravisR · 04-25-2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by todd s

And don't forget Sayid's wife Nadia.

And Jin (maybe).

Josh Dial · 04-25-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe_H

As for Australia being the key to it all, it is possible they were just talking about Risk, because it is the key to the whole damn game

Possible, but doubtful.

Arild · 04-25-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by NeilO

We saw he was wearing a Dharma jacket and that should be some clue. I doubt we'll find out how that happened this season, but you never know. On the other hand, maybe he asked Jacob what he needed to do next and Jacob sent him.

Didn't Charlotte S. Lewis find a Dharma bear in that same desert in her flashback earlier this season?

ScottH · 04-25-2008, 09:14 PM

Good episode, but I didn't care for the smoke monster bit (although it looked cool). Seemed to cheapen the whole episode. What's the deal with that thing anyway? Does it only attack who Ben programs it to attack?

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Originally Posted by Steve Kuester

Also, I wonder if Hurley's statement when he, Locke, and Sawyer were playing the board game was just a red herring, or quite meaningful -
"Australia is the key to the whole game."

I was thinking the same thing.

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Originally Posted by David Deeb

It's not you. It is ridiculous how many breaks they stick in, even though they are short, they break up the story too much.

What are commercials?

todd s · 04-25-2008, 09:38 PM

You have to wonder if the writers actually have the answers to the main questions? I know they expanded and added storylines when the show became successful.

Lou Sytsma · 04-25-2008, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by todd s

You have to wonder if the writers actually have the answers to the main questions? I know they expanded and added storylines when the show became successful.

There is no doubt they do. Once the end date of the series was confirmed the pace of the show improved quickly and visibly.

They know the end game.

Qui-Gon John · 04-25-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkMel

I was thinking who are all those people?

It's like they just threw in some extra people so they could get shot.