JUST FINISHED!!

I just finished the series after taking like 2 years to watch it. I genuinely really enjoyed the ending and a lot of old threads on here helped me make sense of it. I had heard in high school that “they’re dead all along” so I went into the show wondering if that theory was true. Now I believe what y’all have said about everything actually happening, and the flash sideways in season 6 being purgatory where they make their connections before “moving on”. I have a question about the church scene though (which I loved): I get why Hurley and Ben aren’t there, but why aren’t Michael, Walt, Mr. Echo, Ana Lucia, etc there? I thought at first that maybe the tail section survivors just weren’t there but Bernard and Libby are. Is it because Echo and Ana Lucia (and anyone else I’m forgetting) don’t have a “connection” like everyone else in the church does? But if so why is Boone there if Shannon has Sayid? And then if they have to have a “connection” (partner) with them why is Locke there? My biggest issue is Walt and Michael not being there. I feel like Walt was SO important to the first season and it felt weird he’s not included in this.

HOWEVER, I did just watch the epilogue so now I see that maybe Walt is the next Jacob and that’s why he wasn’t there along with Ben and Hurley?

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Fish Biscuits in the menu for tonight!

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Matthew Fox on playing Jack, The final scene was shot a month before it aired on tv.

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Absolutely insane bookstore find. I had no idea this even existed

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Dharma Initiative and the Smoke Monster

Something that always made me think about the times I watched the series is whether the Dharma Initiative knew about the existence of the Smoke Monster. Because, thinking about it, the barriers they put around their village are to protect them from others, not from the Smoke Monster (although at one point it's shown that the black smoke can't get through that barrier). But if they never knew about its existence, that's something that always made me wonder.

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For our S03E01 watch party, I made everyone fish biscuits!
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Dharma vacay???

OMG has anyone ever been here? I just saw this on Tik tok. First time watcher pls no spoilers but this is so cool! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThVHYdFV/

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Sawyer and Jack from Lord of the Flies

I know there’s been many posts asking if LOST is inspired by Lord of the Flies, don’t worry. I just haven’t seen a specific post or much mention about how similar Sawyer is to Jack. They’re both portrayed as violent, selfish, egotistical antagonists who get a thrill out of scaring those around them. They both get ostracized from their groups for their behavior and set off to make their own camps. And they’re both known to embellish the truth and lie about themselves. I’m sure I’m missing some other things too!

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Finished LOST for the first time a few days ago but this has to be one of my favourite Sawyer lines in the whole show

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A brief look at the tight production schedule of Season One

Since it just came up in a question about the production time for season 1 I thought I could compile some data for a brief overview with some estimates, based on noscripts, call sheets and other info that narrow it down a bit.

https://old.reddit.com/r/lost/comments/1r9ml5n/season_1_of_lost_was_filmed_in_2003_because_it/

**Tabula Rasa**

*"Tabula Rasa"* was the first proper episode after the pilot. We don't really know for sure when they began working on the episode, but it was at some point in June of 2004. The final production draft is dated July 12 2004 and cameras started rolling July 15 2005. The episode premiered October 6 2004 - about 4 months after they began working on season 1.

**Walkabout**

While Tabula Rasa was being filmed on Oahu, the writers continued working on the noscripts. The first draft of *"Walkabout"* is dated July 15 2004 with the latest draft being from August 4 2004. From a spoiler-report we know that Locke's flashback scene with the wheelchair reveal was filmed July 23 2004 while the noscript was still being worked on. The episode premiered October 13 2004, about 3 months after they began filming.

**Hearts and Minds**

Jumping forward to the halfway point of the first season with *"Hearts and Minds"*. The first draft of the noscript is dated November 3 2004 with the noscript being finished by December 13 2004. The unfinished Network Cut of that episode is dated December 8 2004 - with the amount of scenes left to be filmed and all the post production to be done it's unlikely that the episode was finished before ~December 20. Hearts and Minds premiered January 12 2005, at best three weeks after the episode was finished. Any head start they had at the beginning of the season was basically gone and even more breaks between episodes unavoidable.

**Exodus**

The home stretch of season 1 was of course the three part finale *"Exodus"*. While the noscript of the episode has never been released yet, there are some photos and call sheets that give us some dates. The first date from the production draft for Part One is March 11, 2005 with the last given date being March 21, 2005. The production draft of Part Two is dated March 24, 2005.

From the call sheet we know that there were 10 filming days allocated for Part One with the episode being filmed from about March 18 to March 30 2005. Part Two had 15 days allocated for filming, which must have happened from about April 1 2005 to April 20 2005. Part One eventually premiered May 18 and Part Two May 25 2005.

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How many times have you watched the series?

I’m on my third watch. It’s been about five years between watches; apparently, I find my life in shambles every five years or so and need to escape the chaos. I was just curious how many times other people have watched.

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Question About Ben’s Timeline

Danielle Rousseau arrived on the island sometime in 1988. She was 7 months pregnant. 2 months later, she gave birth to Alex. She states that the baby was taken about a week after giving birth. We later see in one of Ben’s flashbacks that he was the one who stole her, along with a young Ethan. So that would’ve had to happen in February 1989 at the very latest.

However, we know that the Dharma Purge didn’t happen until 1992. Locke’s vision of Horace building the cabin says he’s been dead for 12 years. 2004-12=1992. This is confirmed on Lostpedia.

On that day, Ben is still a member of the Dharma Initiative. He’s wearing the uniform and goes with his dad in a Dharma van where he kills him.

How do we reconcile this? Was Ben their mole inside Dharma but still sneaking off to moonlight as an Other? Was Ethen doing that as well, even though he appears to only be a teenager? Has this been explained anywhere?

Edit: this also carries the implication that Rousseau was on the island with the Dharma Initiative still present for about 3 years.

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I’d be so pissed if Charlie bullshit me like this
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I’m ready for Locke to be a villain

Season one, episode one: Locke was a villain the whole time. Not just some late series BS. I mean lowkey his curiosity is pretty dangerous. Can’t wait until they open this hatch. They really know how to tease a plot line.

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Single favorite dialogue exchange in the entire show?

Mine is in S2, E3, Orientation, when Jack and Locke argue over who should push the button.

"Why do you find it so hard to believe?"

"Why do you find it so easy?"

"It's never been easy!"

That basically sums up their completing philosophies in just three lines. The whole situation was tense as hell as well.

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Something I noticed on my latest rewatch
https://youtu.be/luPMdhy0Mhs?si=9WMbfKgaIv_gO_8d

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