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Interesting Episode Facts- Season 2

25. (1.) Man of Science, Man Of Faith
  • Desmond is playing Mama Cass Elliot’s "Make Your Own Kind Of Music" when he starts his day.
  • Desmond shares a name with John Desmond Bernal (Irish-born scientist that proposed a self-contained space habitat in 1929 called The Bernal Sphere).
  • Desmond means "[man] of the world" from Latin romance language roots.
  • Info on actor Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond):
    He was born in Trujillo, Peru.
    His mother is Peruvian and his father is Scottish with some Irish ancestry.
    Cusick was raised in Trinidad and Scotland.
    He was trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before joining the Glasgow Citizens Theatre.
    He has been one of the busiest actors in theatre in Great Britain.
    His British television credits include "Taggart", "2,000 Acres Of Sky", "The Book Group", "Waking the Dead" and "Midsummer Murders".
    He was best known in North America as Jesus Christ, following the 2003 critically acclaimed "The Gospel Of John", a word for word dramatization. It was funded by a religious group as an educational tool.
  • We learn that Desmond was almost a doctor once and was training for a race around the world.
  • We learn that Hurley on a whim while buying a frozen burrito bought his lottery ticket.
  • A Tour de Stad is when you run all the steps in every section of a stadium up and down. It is usually associated with Harvard Stadium where runners actually run up the seats.
  • Hurley seems to know the difference between a meteor and meteorite when telling Jack about his experiences with the numbers. He corrected himself when he said a meteorite not a meteor hit the restaurant he worked at. A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star or falling star. A meteorite is a small extraterrestrial body that reaches the Earth's surface.
  • Jack finds Locke's shoes neatly placed in the tunnel just after entering the Swan Hatch. In many religions, shoes are removed when entering the "holiest of holy" places. Shoes are not to be worn when on holy ground.
  • Jack and Christian work at St. Sebastian Hospital. St. Sebastian was a martyr in Roman Emperor Diocesan persecution of Christians in 288.
  • The pericardium (mentioned by Jack) is a double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels.
  • Arterial blood gas measurement (mentioned by Jack) is a blood test that is performed to determine the concentration of oxygen, carbon dioxide and bicarbonate, as well as the pH, in the blood.
  • We learn the details of Sarah’s car accident:
    While on her way to a dress fitting and to look at tablecloths when her car blew a tire. It jumped the divider and hit head on with an SUV.
    The fire department had to use the jaws of life to free her and she had a piece of the steering column stuck in her chest.
    Adam Rutherford (Shannon's father) was driving the SUV that Sarah’s car struck and died from his injuries in the ER.
  • Sarah's car accident is similar to the female patient that died due to Christian Shepard being drunk in the Season 1 Episode 11 All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues episode.
  • Shannon hears voices in the jungle thus joining the elite group of Danielle, Sayid, and Sawyer who have also heard the voices.
  • The numbers that appear on a vial that Desmond uses to inject his arm are CR 4-81516-23 42.
  • Medical definition of the numbers on the vial:
    CR 4 = basic code
    81516= batch number
    -23 = minimum storage temperature
    42 = the year
  • The message that Walt was trying to tell Shannon: "Don't press the button. The button's bad”.Edward Munch's The Scream
  • The mural in the Swan Hatch contains drawings of: a shark, stick people, houses, the Sun, the number 108, numerous hash marks where it appears days were counted off, two frightened people, an arrow, fish, a sailboat, a fish net, the number 815, the number 4, the number 8, the number 16, the word "STORM", the word "SICK", an eye and a circle with a dot inside of it.
  • The two people screaming in themural looks similar to the Edward Munch painting The Scream.
  • The 4, 8, 16, and 42 numbers in the mural:
    The shark has 4 fins.
    The number 42 is on one person's shirt.
    One person is holding up 4 fingers.
    The arrow's tip has 4 slash marks.
    The number 8 on the left near the Sun.
    8 stick figures in the top left corner of the mural.
    The number 16 to the left near the Sun.
    The number 108, the sum of the numbers is seen inside the Sun.
  • The Swan Hatch's mural is actually a picture of a painting done by "Lost" producer Jack Bender before it went up on the hatch wall. “I knew where the stories were going, and I knew of the mythology ... So I jumped in and painted". Bender's painting "The Hatch Painting" is on display at Yarger Fine Art in Beverly Hills, California.
  • A Chinese Feng Shui Ba-Gua Mirror symbol is seen in the Swan Hatch and on clothing. Feng shui (Chinese geomancy) has been used for thousands of years by Chinese people to harmonize themselves to their environment and to create good fortune. A Ba-Gua is one of the tools used in Feng Shui to help determine preferred locations for certain functions.
  • There are images of the interior of the Swan Hatch reversed (mirrored).
  • The name Aaron means "bearer of martyrs" in Hebrew and Aaron was the brother of Moses in the Bible.
  • The Numbers spotted:
    Desmond's stationary bike shows 16 mph on the speedometer.
    The two outer rows of Desmond’s shower head contain 16 water nozzles.
    The number on the spin dial lock is set to 23.
    Desmond's blender has 4 prongs.
    Desmond tosses 4 items around while making his breakfast shake.
    There are 4 articles of clothing spinning in the dryer.
    There are 4 jumpsuits hanging in the closet.
    Jack tells the group they have 4 guns which can be used for protection.
    The number 42 is seen on the wall inside the hatch.
    There are 42 water nozzle openings on Desmond’s shower head.
    The number on the spin dial lock is paused on 42.
    The number 42 is in Jacks' badge ID number in the hospital.
    There are 8 switches for orienting the mirrors in the hatch.
    Sarah had her crash 8 months before her wedding date with Kelvin.
    There are 8 bottles/containers of cleaning supplies in Desmond's laundry.
    The number 8 can be seen on a table in Sarah's room.

    26. (2.) Adrift
  • The things we learn about Michael:
    Michael was hit by a cop.
    Michael was about to be evicted from his apartment.
    Michael filed an injunction to stop Susan from taking Walt to Rome, Italy.
    Michael gave Walt a stuffed polar bear plush.
    Michael did not know Walt's first word or his favorite food.
    Michael has not seen Walt for 14 months.
    Michael is on disability.
    Michael did a background check on Susan.
  • The things we learn about Susan:
    Susan's job in Rome, Italy is senior partner in a law firm.
    Susan did a background check on Michael.
  • The things we learn about Walt:
    Walt was a quiet shy toddler.
    Walt liked stuffed teddy bear plushes.
  • An injunction (motion filed by Michael's lawyer on Susan) is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that either prohibits or compels a party from continuing a particular activity. The party that fails to adhere to the injunction faces civil or criminal contempt of court and may have to pay damages or sanctions for failing to follow the court's order.
  • Kate finds Apollo candy bars in the food closet and takes a bunch of them. Apollo Candy is manufactured in Japan. .Apollo is a God in Greek and Roman mythology. As the god of religious healing, Apollo purified those persons guilty of murder or other grievous sins. Apollo popularly represents harmony, order and reason.
  • Michael and Sawyer come across a shark with the Dharma Initiative logo on it.
  • The food supplies have the number/ letter sequence 219FFTR731.
  • Some of the food supplies include: apple cider, applesauce, chips, salsa, peanut butter, canned tuna, Manwich sauce, a can of mushrooms, chocolate candy bars, packets of chocolate drink, coffee, can of beets, mayonasise, cookies, Macaroni & Cheese Supper, nuts, olives, a 2 liter bottle of soda, pork & beans, pickles, orange protein drink, cranberry juice and soda crackers.
  • When Jack is exploring the Swan Hatch he discovers a powerful magnetic force. The key around his neck is drawn to it. This may be the reason Sayid was unable to determine true north with the compass that Locke gave him.
  • David and Goliath (a Sawyer nickname) are from 1 Samuel in the Bible. David triumphs over 9 feet tall Goliath with just a sling and stone.
  • Bluebeard (a Sawyer nickname) is the title character in a famous fairy tale about a dangerous husband and a curious wife, a cautionary tale against the dangers of curiosity and feminine disobedience told by Charles Perrault.
  • When Locke hits the execute button, a countdown timer is reset to 108 minutes.
  • This episode is similar to an episode of "The Outer Limits" called "Dead Man's Switch." In the episode, a chosen man is buried in an underground hatch and entrusted with the task of hitting a "dead man's switch" on the Swan Hatch's control panel. Hitting the switch resets a countdown timer and prevents a doomsday device from being initiated.
  • Swan is a local government area municipality in Perth, Western Australia.
  • A swan in Greek mythology is the symbol for Aphrodite, the goddess of love and sexual desire. Apollo (The Greek God Of The Sun) turned into a swan to be close to his love Leda.
  • The Swan Hatch logo also has a Yin and Yang similarity:
    A Yin is: a woman, dark, cold, evil, Earth, submissive and passive.
    A Yang is: a man, sunlit, Heaven, active and patient.
    Before Yin and Yang, the universe existed in chaos, but the Yin/ Yang symbol created stability with Heaven on Earth.
  • A swan is used as a dream symbol can signify self-transformation.
  • The numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 are found to be the code the Swan Hatch computer needs to be entered into the computer every 108 minutes.
  • If you add up all five numbers it is 108.
  • The Numbers spotted:
    The number 23 can be seen on the countdown clock when it resets.
    Locke tells Desmond there are 43 survivors and that 4 set sail on a raft.
  • 108 minutes is the exact amount of time it took the first Russian cosmonaut to orbit the Earth or, as translated directly from Russian, a "run around the world".
  • The curser on Swan’s computer (>:) is an angry symbol.
  • There are slash marks all over the Swan Hatch's walls indicating Desmond was marking the days.
  • The Swan Hatch's mural is actually a picture of the painting done by "Lost" producer Jack Bender before it went up on the hatch wall. “I knew where the stories were going, and I knew of the mythology ... So I jumped in and painted” this mural for the second season of the hit series".
  • Kate, Locke and Jack enter the Swan Hatch on the 44th day after the crash.
  • If bullets and powder are dry a wet gun can work.
  • Sawyer realized that the "Others" were coming for a kid- not baby Aaron but Walt.
  • Sawyer made some observations about the "Other's" boat:
    A boat like that wasn't built for the open ocean.
    It maybe has a range of 100 miles.
    A boat like that had to have left port from somewhere close- like the island.
  • How the Argos System Works:
    N.O.A.A. satellites orbit every 108 minutes or about 14 times a day.
    The satellite scans a 5,000 kilometer wide area as it passes.
    The satellite is within transmitter range for about 10 minutes.
    If the transmitter is sending then the satellite will receive multiple messages from the swan's transmitter.
    Because of the earth's rotation a transmitter at the equator would be scanned once a day while a transmitter at one of the poles could be scanned 14 times a day.
    When the satellite passes one of three main ground stations, it downloads the information to computers. The computers then calculate the location of the swan computer and sends the owner of the transmitter an e-mail message. The Shadow-A-Swan website then updates the archive for each Swan computer message, maps the longitude and latitude and calculates the distance traveled since the last reported location.
  • You can see the World Trade Center outside the window of Michael’s lawyer’s office.
  • The type of gun Desmond is holding is an AK-47 assault rifle.






    27. (3.) Orientation
  • The things we learn about Locke:
    Locke has trouble sleeping in a strange bed.
    Locke has trouble letting go of things.
    Locke stalked his father for a while after his father got Locke's kidney.
    Locke's dad moved to another place and Locke was still able to stalk him.
    Locke went to anger management classes.
  • Desmond reveals how he came to be in the Swan Hatch:
    Desmond's boat crashed and he met Kelvin who was the original caretaker of the Swan Hatch.
    Kelvin entered the numbers and said he was "just saving the world".
    Kelvin later died and Desmond assumed responsibility of the Swan Hatch.
    Desmond has been pushing the button for 3 years.
  • The things we learn about Dharma Initiative from the Swan Orientation film:
    The Dharma Initiative following the visionaries in the footsteps of B. F. Skinner as a "communo-research compound".
    Dharma Initiative is the brainchild of two B.F. Skinner devotees from the University of Michigan named Gerald and Karen DeGroot.
    Alvar Hanso is the financial backer for the Dharma Initiative. In the Swan Orientation film he is seen standing in the Narvek, Norway City Hall. In UFO mythology, a flying saucer crashed on the island of Spitsbergen, off Norway's coast, on September 9, 1953. The debris was brought back to Narvek. Narvek is Alvar Hanso's hometown.
    The Dharma Initiative was created to observe: Meteorology (the scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting), Psychology (the study of behavior, mind and thought and the neurological bases of behavior), Parapsychology (the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or to gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science), Zoology (the study of animals), Electromagnetics (Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field) and Utopian Social Inclusive.
    If you look carefully you’ll notice Dr. Candle possesses both a prosthetic left arm and a glass eye.
    The Swan Orientation film ends with “Copyright 1980 by The Hanso Foundation. All Rights Reserved”.
    Two people stay inside station 3, The Swan, for 540 days.
    The Station 3, The Swan, was originally constructed as a laboratory where scientists could work to understand the unique electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from this sector of the island.
    Dr. Candle in the Swan Orientation film says at the end "Namaste". Namaste is Hindu and both a spoken greeting and a gesture.
    The Swan Orientation film was shown earlier than planned due to fan displeasure about the slow pace of narrative revelation.
  • The word dharma means "the way of the higher truths". Beings that live in harmony with dharma proceed quicker towards personal liberation, a concept central in eastern religions.
  • B F Skinner (mentioned in the Swan Orientation film) was an American psychologist and author. He conducted pioneering work on experimental psychology and advocated behaviorism, which seeks to understand behavior as a function of environmental histories of reinforcement. He also wrote a number of controversial works in which he proposed the widespread use of psychological behavior modification techniques, primarily operant conditioning, in order to improve society and increase human happiness, as a form of social engineering.
  • In electromagnetism, the Faraday cage is an application of Gauss' law, one of Maxwell’s equations. Gauss' law describes the distribution of electrical charge on a conducting form, such as a sphere, a plane, a torus, etc. Intuitively, since like charges repel each other, charge will "migrate" to the surface of the conducting form, as described below. The application is named for physicist Michael Faraday, who built the first Faraday cage in 1836, to demonstrate his finding. Faraday was the experimentalist who described the physical concepts formulated in Maxwell's equations.
  • There is a Mayan Calendar seen in the Swan Orientation film. There are actually three Mayan calendar systems, the 365 day Solar year, the 260-day Ritual year, and the 5,128 years of the World Time calendar. The Haab or Solar year was broken down into an 18 month plus five days cycle. 18 months of 20 days and the 5 soulless days which were thought to be of ill omen, kind of like 5 days of Friday the 13th. The Tzolkin or Sacred Round was the 260-day ritual calendar was broken down by days, not months. This religious calendar was the basis on how the people, singly and collectively, went on with their day-to-day lives according to destiny.
  • If you rearrange the letters of Alvar Hanso, you get the 2 new words: "solar" and "havan". Solar, obviously refers to the sun, which is the center of the solar system and has a large magnetic pull keeping everything spinning around it and slowly bringing everything to it. Haven has a couple of meanings. In the Hindu religion, it’s a traditional ceremony performed around a fire. In Zoroastrianism, it refers to the morning or the rising of the sun.
  • The name Hanso (heard in the Swan Orientation film) is a tribute the "the father of Electromagnetism".
  • On the Hanso website, if you change the web address to begin with “https”, you will see bigspaceship1.com. On their site there you will see spinning circles. If you save it in your favorites, it has a bunch of dots and dashes, Morse code. Translated means “HELP ME, OBI-WAN KENOBI! YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE TO THE LAND OF THE LOST”. The first part of the message refers to “Star Wars Episode 4: A New Beginning” movie. It is a message resistance fighter Princess Leia sent to a friend of her father's, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, when Darth Vador invades her ship for help. The second part of the episode refers to the 1974-77 TV series “Land Of The Lost”. “Land Of The Lost” detailed the adventures of a family of three who are trapped in a primitive world inhabited by dinosaurs, chimpanzee like cavemen and reptilian humanoids. The episode plots focused primarily on the family's efforts to survive and find a way back to their own world. Another interesting note about “Land Of The Lost”: The reptilian humanoids called Sleestak that the family encounter have a leader named Jon Locke in the last season of the series.
  • On the Hanso website one of their projects is the Juxtapositional Eugenics Development Institute. The meanings of Juxtaposition and Eugenics appears to be a scheme for developing the human race while comparing it to 2 different groups and trying to make it better.
  • The name "Helen" (the name of Locke's girlfriend) is often called "the face that launched a thousand ships", though this phrase is post-classical from Christopher Marlowe.
  • Synopsis of the Stuart Woods book "Dirty Work" (seen in the Saan Hatch):
    Hired by a New York heiress to prove her husband's infidelity, Stone Barrington goes undercover. But his work turns dirty, leaving the errant husband dead and a mystery woman gone without a trace.
  • Synopsis of the Tom Clancy book "Rainbow Six" (seen in the Swan Hatch):
    Ex-Navy SEAL John Clark-the man who conducts the secret operational missions that Jack Ryan can't be a part of--faces his greatest fear with Rainbow Six: a group of terrorists so extreme that its success could literally mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.
  • Synopsis of the Craig Thomas book "A Hooded Crow" (seen in the Swan Hatch):
    The Cold War is over, but old hatred still fuels the greed for global power. Against official orders, two British agents pursue elusive leads linking a prestigious electronics firm to the KGB and Moscow, as they are plunged into a desperate race against time- where far more than their lives may be forfeited.
  • Synopsis of the Gary Phillips book "High Hand" (seen in the Swan Hatch):
    The city of Las Vegas becomes a glitzy, gun happy backdrop for ex-showgirl Martha Chainey, the provocative new protagonist from the author of the acclaimed Ivan Monk series. Six feet tall with a don't-mess-with-me attitude, Chainey (nobody calls her Martha) is a courier transporting large sums of money under the table for casino owners. She's been around long enough to know the score and has no qualms about making her living in the shadows of Sin City's neon lights...until the day her luck runs out. Ambushed by masked shooters who make off with seven million in cash, Chainey's been given 72 hours to recover the casino owner's money—or else she can pick out her own coffin. Her desperate run leads her all the way to San Francisco and back home to West Las Vegas—Black Vegas—where she calls in markers from friends and foes alike. But it's on the strip's famous Glitter Gulch that Chainey will enter the ultimate poker game. The stakes: winner take all. The wager: her life.
  • Synopsis of the Henry James book "The Turn Of The Screw" (seen in the Swan Hatch): Written in 1897, The Turn of the Screw remains one of the most suspenseful and fascinating ghost stories ever written. A governess arrives at an isolated English mansion to care for two seemingly angelic but rather strange young children, and the appearance of two evil phantoms lead her to question her sanity.
  • The blackboard in the scene where Locke is in his support group meeting lists these 6 steps:
    1. Call a truce w/anger
    2. Anger-Love connection
    3. Re-wire your hot button
    4. Tell your story
    5. Get good at grieving
    6. Stay in tune w/yourself+
  • You may recognize actor Kevin Tighe (as Locke's dad Anthony Cooper) from his role as firemen/ paramedic Roy DeSoto on the 70's TV series "Emergency" and in the movies "Eight Men Out” and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape".
  • Info on actress Swoosie Kurtz (Locke's biological mom):
    Her name "Swoosie" is derived from the airplane "Swoosie"- half swan, half goose- that her father piloted in World War II.
    In 1962, Swoosie and her father. Colonel Frank Kurtz, both appeared on the game show "To Tell The Truth". Colonel Kurtz was the contestant, and 18 year old Swoosie came out at the end of the game to identify her father by handing him his uniform jacket.
    She has twice won a Tony Award as Best Actress "The Fifth Of July" (1981) and for "The House Of Blue Leaves" (1986).
  • The Numbers spotted:
    Desmond tells Jack that in 15 minutes he will be either very right or very wrong.
    Dr. Candle says that you have 4 minutes to enter the code from the time the alarm sounds.
    Jack corrects Locke and tells him the last number is not 32, but 42.

    28. (4.) Everybody Hates Hugo
  • Alan Taylor directed the episode. Taylor has directed episodes for the TV series Deadwood, Rome, The Sopranos, Keen Eddie, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Homicide: Life On The Street, Now And Again, Oz & Sex And The City.
  • Hurley says in Korean while in his dream "I am? What's he doing here?"
  • The things we learn about Hurley:
    Hurley worked at a fast food chicken place called Mr. Clucks Chicken Shack.
    Hurley is reprimanded for stealing food on the job.
    Hurley is always being reprimanded for wasting napkins.
    Hurley asks Starla, a girl Hurley had a crush on, to see the band Hold Steady at the Troubadour.
    Hurley hates change.
  • According to Johnny, The Pizza Bin and Gyro-Rama are hiring.
  • Food Hurley eats in his dream: a candy bar, potato chips, Corn Flakes with milk, a plate of steak with potatoes, a roll & 3 small baby carrots and an ice cream sundae with chocolate syrup & a cherry on top.
  • Ana-Lucia’s secret knock: two knocks followed by a 4 finger tap.
  • Locke says his job is to convince people to push a button every 108 minutes without them knowing why or what.
  • Rose is singing The Drifters’ song “Up On The Roof” when doing the food inventory with Hurley.
  • The song during Hurley’s food dream is “My Conversation” by Slim Smith And The Uniques.
  • Johnny and Hurley are listening to the Billy Joel song "Easy Money" in the van.
  • Walt’s picture is on the milk carton in Hurley's dream.
  • Hurley and his buddies sing a bit of Driveshaft's “Y'All Everybody”. They find one of their CDs in the One Hit Wonders section in the record store.
  • The phrase "message in a bottle" has also come to refer to any message sent without an intended destination. In the 16th century the English navy, among others, used bottle messages to send ashore information about enemy positions. Queen Elizabeth I even created an official position of "Uncorker of Ocean Bottles".
  • The first garden gnomes were introduced to the United Kingdom in 1847 by Sir Charles Isham, when he brought 21 terracotta figures back from a trip to Germany and placed them as ornaments in the gardens of his home.
  • A new hatch logo at the Tail Section survivor’s area on the island has an arrow pointing up in the middle which is the symbol for Apollo, the Greek god of music, medicine, and poetry, who eventually becomes the god of the Sun. Also, an arrow represents Artemis the Greek goddess of the hunt. She is a virgin goddess and eventually becomes the goddess of the Moon. In addition, the arrow sometimes represents Eros Aphrodite's son, known as Cupid.
  • Info on titanium (mentioned by Sayid):
    Titanium is a light, strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant (including resistance to sea water and chlorine).
    It is a transition metal with a white silvery-metallic color.
    Experiments have shown that natural titanium becomes very radioactive after it is bombarded with deuterons, emitting mainly positrons and hard gamma rays.
    The element is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth's crust.
    Significant titanium ore deposits are in Australia, Scandinavia, North America and Malaysia.
  • Titanium has almost no magnetic properties.
  • Info on peanut butter (Claire's favorite food):
    Peanut butter is popular mainly in the United States, Canada.
    The Netherlands and little known in other parts of Europe.
    It is often mentioned as one of the foods you must grow up with to appreciate.
    In 1890, George A. Bayle Jr., began to sell ground peanut paste as a protein supplement for people with no or bad teeth. In 1893, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg originated an early variety of peanut butter at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. Kellogg, along with his brother, W.K. Kellogg, patented a process for making peanut butter in 1895.
    Contrary to popular belief, the renowned botanist George Washington Carver had no hand in inventing peanut butter.
    Peanut butter was sold in Australia by Edward Halsey for the Sanitarium Health Food Company as early as 1898.
  • We learn that Hurley’s boss Randy is also Locke’s boss at the box company in the Season 1 Episode 4 Walkabout episode.
  • Hurley gets Johnny to promise that they won't change. Johnny tells him that he will "stay gold, Ponyboy". It is a reference to the book and movie called "The Outsiders". Ponyboy and Johnny are both characters in the book and movie. Also, the Kansas City band Get Up Kids have a song titled "Stay Gold, Ponyboy".
  • Actress Cynthia Waltos got the role of Libby after actress Jennifer Jason Leigh turned it down.
  • Actors Harold Perrineau Jr. (Michael) and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Mr. Eko) appeared as cellmates in the gritty HBO TV series “Oz”.
  • Sayid says that the last time he remembers hearing about anything as strong as the concrete barrier similar to the Swan Hatch was Chernobyl. On April 25th and 26th, 1986 the World's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl in the former USSR (now the Ukraine). The Chernobyl nuclear power plant located 80 miles north of Kiev had 4 reactors. While testing reactor number 4 numerous safety procedures were disregarded. At 1:23 AM the chain reaction in the reactor became out of control creating explosions and a fireball which blew off the reactor's heavy steel and concrete lid. The Chernobyl accident killed more than 30 people immediately. As a result of the high radiation levels in the surrounding 20 mile radius, 135,000 people had to be evacuated permanently.
  • This is the first episode we see the Swan Hatch entrance.
  • We learn that Rose's husband Bernard is actually alive with the Tail Section survivors, a white caucassion and, according to Rose, has quite a sweet tooth.
  • The Numbers spotted:
    It has been 16 weeks since the crash.
    Libby tells Michael that 23 people survived from the crash.
    Bteast tells Libby that he thought there were 23 survivors of the tail section.
    Randy tells Hurley that he owes the chicken restaurant for an 8 piece combo.
    Hurley claims that he did not eat 8 pieces of chicken.
    Sayid says that the concrete is 8 to 10 feet thick.
    Hurley and Johnny drive by the number 8 pump at a gas station.

    29. (5.) …And Found
  • The things we learn about Jin:
    Jin's friend tells him that love will be     orange. Jin wanted to save money on an expensive tie for his interview by not cutting off the price tag in order to return it later.
    Jin worked at the Asiana Hotel as a busboy and later as a waiter.
    Jin is from the southern Korean fishing village of Namhae.
    Jin’s birthday is 11-27-74.
    Jin worked as a doorman at the Seoul Gateway Hotel.
  • The population of Namhae (Jin's home town) is roughly 54,000 people. However 40 years ago, the population more than double that, indicating people leaving, dying or growing old.
  • The things we learn about Sun:
    Sun named her dog Bpo-Bpo (pronounced like "bbo-bbo"). In Korean it means “light kiss”.
    Sun went to Seoul National University and studied art history.
    Sun's mother is worried she will not find anyone to marry and she sets her up with the son of a mutual friend, Jae Lee.
    Sun and her date Jae Lee meet at the Seoul Gateway Hotel where Jin opened the doors.
  • The things we learn about Sun's date Jae Lee:
    Jae Lee went to Harvard.
    Jae Lee is going to elope with a woman he met while at Harvard.
    Jae Lee studied Russian Literature at Harvard.
    Like Sun, he was feeling pressure to marry.
    Jae Lee owns the Seoul Gateway Hotel.
    Jae Lee's mother and Sun's mother are friends.
  • Eko makes the observation that Jin is married cause Jin is wearing a wedding ring, while on the other side of the island, Sun temporary loses her wedding ring.
  • We learn that Jack once lost his wedding ring and had it replaced. Now unmarried, it is in his sock drawer.
  • We learn the tall black Tail Section survivor is named Eko.
  • Jin's resume features an e-mail account that spells out Jinsoonkwan74@yahoo.com. You can get a response email from him stating that he wouldn't be back until September 9, 2009.
  • If you change Jin’s email address to jinsookwon815@yahoo.com, some of the responses that occur: “This is Jin. I need help. Trouble is coming. Please”, “That is my e-mail. My name is Jin Soo Kwon and my birthday is August 15th, hence the 815. It’s just a coincidence. I've never seen Lost. I do need help though. My cousin Trouble is coming and he needs me to fix his computer but I know nothing about computers. Help please!”, “Thank you. Please tell wife I need her. "Others" are bad. They have equipment. Help.”, “My wife was a computer science major but she is on a business trip. The "Others" that tried to help had equipment but it wouldn't work with my computer.” and “You will not survive-make your time! All the base are belong to Dharma Initiative”.
  • Jin’s friend told him love looks like orange. Jin gives his orange rose to Sun’s date. Sun was wearing an orange hair pin the first time she goes to the hotel. Jin looks at a girl in orange but bumps into Sun wearing a white dress.
    There was also references to     orange seen in the Season 1 Episode 6 House Of The Rising Sun episode: Sun is seen smelling an     orange iris on the island and the exterior of Sun's parent's home is orange.
  • Info on the color orange:
     Orange implies fusion.
    In English heraldry,     orange denotes strength, honor, and generosity.
    Orange has become the color of opposition around the world.
    Orange may be symbolic of the political concept of Democratic Socialism.
    Orange is the national color of The Netherlands, due to its royal family originating from the French principality of Orange.
    It is the primary color of many of the national sports teams and their supporters.
    Orange is often used in safety.
    Orange is one of the few English words that has no rhyme.
  • Jin's friend says that he is writing on a book about destiny. This fits in with one of the themes of the show which is destiny versus chance. The story of Jin meeting Sun, was it destiny that they met or chance.
  • Sun’s mother mentioned that Sun has turned silver. It may be a reference to a silver medal in the Olympics. There are gold, silver and bronze medals. It also may indicate someone being second best.
  • We learn that as a kid Hurley had a dog named Buster who got sick after eating $1.35 in nickels from Hurley's change drawer.
  • Hurley asks Sun if she had been to the Olympics. The Olympics were held in Seoul in 1988.
  • Info on Seoul, South Korea:
    Seoul is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the Northwestern part of the country on the Han River.
    It is a designated a special city (cities are under the direct administration of the central government.).
    Upon the establishment of South Korea in 1948, it became the capital of the country.
    It is one of the most visible symbols of the Korean economic and refereed to as the Miracle of the Han River.
    It is the 22nd most populous such area in the world though the number various from different sources).
    Seoul derives from the archaic Korean seobeol or seorabeol (or "capital city").
    The city of Seoul was originally known as Wiryeseong, the capital of Baekje from its legendary founding in 18 BC to 475 AD.
    When the city fell to Goguryeo, and subsequently to Silla, it was known as Hanseong (a fortified city on the Han River).
    It became the capital of the Joseon Dynasty in 1394.
    It was renamed Gyeongseong during the Japanese Colonial Period and finally given the name Seoul after the 1945 liberation.
  • Seoul National University (Sun attended the University) is one of the most prestigious instructions of higher learning. It has the second largest number of PhD. alumni in the U. S. It was founded on October 15, 1946 when ten schools merged into one.
  • The Numbers spotted:
    Sun tells Claire that it has been 4 days since the raft left.
    Mrs. Paik tells Sun that after 4 years of college, Sun is silver.

    30. (6.) Abandoned
  • The episode directed by Adam Davidson. Davidson won an Academy Award for his short film "The Lunch Date.".
  • Locke and Charlie play a game of backgammon (the same game that Locke and Walt played in the beginning of their stay on the island). Backgammon is thought to be a metaphor for the forces of good and evil (or black vs. white) on the island.
  • Info on backgammon:
    Backgammon is a board game for two players. Each player has fifteen pieces which move between twenty-four triangles (points) according to the roll of two dice. The objective of the game is to be first to move all fifteen checkers off the board. Backgammon is the oldest known recorded game. Traditionally, it was believed to have originated in ancient Egypt, Sumeria, or Mesopotamia in the Persian empire (present-day Iran, Iraq, and Syria). However, more recent conclusive evidence indicates that the game originated on the eastern borders of Iran, near Afghanistan. In English, the word backgammon is believed to be derived from the word "back" plus the Middle English word "gamen" (or game). Tabula was a form of backgammon played by the ancient Romans (tabula means "table" or "board").
  • Eko, Michael, Jin, Ana-Lucia, Bernard and Libby hear voices in the jungle just like several other castaways have.
  • Charlie begins to exhibit an obsessive attachment to Claire's baby Aaron.
  • The things we learn about Shannon:
    Shannon has issues about being abandoned.
    Shannon’s father was the same Adam Rutherford who died in the Season 2 Episode 1 Man Of Science, Man Of Faith episode.
    Shannon and Jack (in scrubs) pass by each other in the hallway at the hospital.
    Shannon taught little girls ballet.
    Shannon got an internship with the Martha Graham ballet company in New York, New York.
    Shannon's stepmother cut Shannon off because her father wanted Shannon to find her own way.
  • A Bloodhound (mentioned by Sayid) is a large dog. It is famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. Although all dogs can follow scents on the ground, in the air and in water, the Bloodhound's physical characteristic large nasal chambers make it well known in its ability to follow a scent.
  • Info on Martha Graham (Shannon applied to her school):
    Martha Graham freed the art of dance by providing a new dance language and new concepts.
    She revolutionized dance, lighting, stage designing, costuming and music with her creative perfectionism.
  • Locke learns that Charlie has one of the Virgin Mary statues with heroin in it from the plane (seen in the Season 1 Episode 24 Exodus episode).
  • Ana-Lucia claims the "Others" are: smart, animals and they could be anywhere at anytime.
  • Sudoku (mentioned by Ana-Lucia) a logic based placement puzzle, also known as number place in the United States. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a numerical digit from 1 through 9 in each cell of a 9×9 grid made up of 3×3 subgrids. Each row, column and region must contain only one instance of each numeral.
  • Marky Mark (mentioned by Boone) or Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is now known primarily as an actor. He first came to fame as the younger brother of Donnie Wahlberg of the teen pop band New Kids on the Block. After his brother's group ended, Mark began recording as Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch. He is mostly remembered for a series of underwear ads from Calvin Klein. His acting career has earned many positive reviews.
  • Juan Ponce de León (mentioned by Sawyer) was a Spanish conquistador. In 1508, he founded the first settlement in Puerto Rico. The popular story that Ponce de León was searching for the Fountain of Youth when he sailed for Florida is misconceived.
  • We learn that Sawyer is suffering from an infection, fever and dehydration from the gunshot wound.
  • We learn that Locke knows how to swaddle a baby.
  • The dice seen during the backgammon game that came up as double 6's for Locke could have some clues to other references of the number 6 in the episode:
    Ana-Lucia says that the first night the "Others" took 3 people and two weeks later took 9 which makes 12 people.
    6 groups of people are working independently on the island: Danielle, Middle Section Survivors, Desmond, The Whispers, The "Others" and the Tail Section Survivors.
  • The Dave Matthews Band song "Stay" is playing in Shannon’s apartment when Nora visits.
  • Walt appears to Shannon two more times, the second time Sayid sees him.
  • Walt was saying to Shannon in the tent "They're coming and they're close"- first it's heard reversed and then it's heard normal.
  • The Numbers spotted:
    When Charlie and Locke are playing backgammon, 15 pieces can be seen.
    Shannon claims she will be working 16 hours a day.
    Boone's mother Sabrina says the only thing she seen Shannon do 16 hours a day is sleep.
    Michael needs 4 sticks that are 5 feet long to build Sawyer’s stretcher.
    Aaron stays awake for 8 hours straight.
  • And the most important thing we learn in this episode: The first (unmarried) couple to get it on is [drum roll please] Sayid and Shannon.

    31. (7.) The Other 48 Days
  • Eric Laneuville directed the episode. Laneuville has a long history of doing small TV acting parts (like "Orderly/ Physician's Assistant Luther Hawkins" on St. Elsewhere, "Wilber Harmon" on Hill Street Blues and "Daniel" on Sanford And Son) and has a growing list of directing TV shows (like Everybody Hates Chris, Medium, Naughty Or Nice, Gilmore Girls, My Wife And Kids, ER, NYPD Blue, Dream On, Midnight Caller, Quantum Leap, Hooperman, LA Law and Head Of The Class).
  • It appears that the speed of the plane's tail section would have been fatal if it didn't land in the water.
  • We learn that Bernard landed upright in a tree still strapped in his twin seat with the person next to him dead. Ana-Lucia saves his life by getting him to grab the tree and letting the seat fall out of the tree.
  • Info on actress Kimberely Joseph (Cindy):
    Joseph was born in Vancouver but moved with her family to Australia when she was three.
    the South Seas", "Home and Away" and "Paradise Beach".
    She had a reoccurring role as Dr. Grace Connelly on the Australian TV series "All Saints".
    She was the host of the Australian TV series "Gladiators". The show had contestants in a variety of physical challenges against strong muscular cast members, who would attempt to prevent them from achieving maximum points on a variety of games.
  • Info on actor Sam Anderson (Bernard):
    During the early 70's, he taught drama at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California.
    Anderson has a huge list of television guest star appearances: "WKRP In Cincinnati", "L. A. Law", "Uncle Buck", "Murder She Wrote", "Valerie", "Hotel", "Hardcastle and McCormick", "Newhart", "Hunter", "Picket Fences", "Growing Pains", "Melrose Place", "St. Elsewhere", "Dallas", "ER", "Family Law", "Boston Legal", "CSI", "JAG", "Angel", "Prey", "Ally McBeal", "Profiler", "Any Day Now", "Diagnosis Murder", "Pasadena", "Boomtown", "Without A Trace", "Judging Amy", "The West Wing" and "Medium".
  • While Rose believes Bernard is alive, Bernard believes that Rose is dead.
  • We learn that Cindy, the flight attendant who served Jack the extra liquor in Season 1 Episode 1 The Pilot episode, survived the crash.
  • The things we learn about Libby:
    Libby uses her one year of medical school knowledge to help treat people's injuries.
    Libby hurt her leg skiing one time in Vermont while showing off to a good looking ski instructor.
  • The three people abducted on night 1: the blond guy, the curly haired guy and the German guy.
  • Some of the people abducted on night 12: Jenna, Eli, Nancy, Zach and Emma.
  • The Tail Section survivors trap a chicken and Goodwin kills the chicken. Previously in the Season 2 Episode 1 Man Of Science, Man Of Faith episode, Desmond was seen making a drink in the blender using two eggs.
  • The Tail Section survivors discovered these things from their 48 days on the island that the Middle Section survivors did not:
    The "Others" don't wear shoes.
    More people were abducted from the Tail Section then the Middle Section (1 person abducted from the Middle Section versus 12 people abducted from the Tail Section).
    The Tail Section survivors found a list of names and descriptions of the plane survivors on a dead "Other".
    The Tail Section survivors refer to the abductors as "Them" instead of the name the Middle Section use, the "Others".
  • The Middle Section and the Tail Section have these things in common from their 48 days on the island:
    Both had encounters with the "Others"
    Jin is detained due to a miscommunication (Michael took a watch from the rubble that Jin was going to deliver for Mr. Piak then Michael didn't understand why Jin started to get mad at him and Jin with a broken handcuff on one wrist & not being able to speak English caused the Tail Section survivors believe he is dangerous)
    The word guaranteed in stenciled letters is seen (on the back of the Sawn Hatch door and on the back of the Arrow Hatch door)
    Both picked up a radio transmission (Boone from the Middle Section and Bernard from the Tail Section)
    Both find wild boar
    Someone had knowledge about knives (Locke from the Middle Section and Ana-Lucia from the Tail Section)
    A mysterious person who was not on the plane discovered then killed (Ethan from the Middle Section and Goodwin from the Tail Section)
    Both attempt to use a radio (Boone from the Middle Section and Bernard from the Tail Section)
    Both managed to find some guns for protection
    Two natural leaders argue (Locke & Jack from the Middle Section and Mr. Eko & Ana-Lucia from the Tail Section)
    A person is detained for committing a crime, but they did not do it (Sawyer holding onto Shannon's inhalers from the Middle Section and Nathan is one of the abductors from the Tail Section)
    A female asking to go on an excursion saying "I'm coming with you" (Kate to find the front of the plane with Jack & Charlie from the Middle Section and Ana-Lucia to get to higher ground for a better radio signal with Goodwin from the Tail Section)
    Nobody gets "sick"
    Someone can hear voices in the jungle (Shannon, Sayid & Sawyer from the Middle Section and Ana-Lucia, Libby, Cindy, Eko & Bernard from the Tail Section)
    Someone speaks fluently another language (Jin speaks Korean from the Middle Section and The German Guy abducted on day 1 speaks German from the Tail Section)
    Both had the idea to get to higher ground in order to get a better radio transmission signal
    Both discover freshwater and a waterfall
    Both think they were the only plane survivors
    A child survives the plane crash then gets abducted (Walt from the Middle Section and Emma & Zack from the Tail Section)
    A child is taken forcibly (Walt from the Middle Section and Emma & Zack from the Tail Section)
    Both camped on the beach then moved on
    A person's grief in the form of crying occurs several weeks after the crash (Jack from the Middle Section and Ana-Lucia from the Tail Section)
    Both built a signal fire
    The Dharma Initiative logo is seen (The Middle Section finds the Dharma Initiative logo is a Sawn in the hatch and the Tail Section find the Dharma Initiative logo is an arrow pointing up in the hatch.
    A tomboy (Kate from the Middle Section and Ana-Lucia from the Tail Section)
    A person has good tracking skills (Kate & Locke from the Middle Section and Mr. Eko from the Tail Section)
    Both catch fish with a large net (Jin from the Middle Section and Libby & Cindy from the Tail Section)
    A person dies of their injuries several days after the crash (Marshal Edward Mars from the Middle Section and Donald, the Guy with a bad leg injury, from the Tail Section)
    Some people accept their fate and some don't (Locke from the Middle Section and Ana-Lucia from the Tail Section are the most vocal about accepting their fate)
    Some people get pretty scared after their encounter with the "Others"
    A person is very secretive about their past (Kate from the Middle Section and Ana-Lucia from the Tail Section)
    Both had a person with some medical training (Jack from the Middle Section and Libby from the Tail Section)
    A person disappears into the jungle for a long period of time (Sayid & Claire from the Middle Section and Goodwin from the Tail Section)
    Both eat the island diet of fruits like bananas and mangos and fish
    A person naturally steps into the leadership role (Jack from the Middle Section and Ana-Lucia from the Tail Section)
    A person goes to the bathroom on the plane and hastily sits down in an empty seat near the bathroom when they hit really bad turbulence (Charlie from the Middle Section and Bernard from the Tail Section)
    A person appears to be spiritual (Locke from the Middle Section and Eko from the Tail Section)
  • The things we learn about the "Others":
    They can read and write.
    They had a list of who to steal.
    They probably dress shabby to blend in with there surroundings.
    They can infiltrate a group.
    They are quick.
    They abduct people at night.
    They will kill if needed.
    They believe whatever they are doing is worth killing for.
    They take out the strongest first or the "good people" then the children.
    Some are leaders/ scientists while some are the followers.
  • The things we learn about Mr. Eko:
    Mr. Eko stopped talking for 40 days after the first abduction night when he killed his attacker.
    Mr. Eko knows CPR.
    Mr. Eko pulled the dead bodies out of the ocean.
    Mr. Eko takes the Bible that was found in the Arrow Hatch.
  • 40 days is the time period for a lot of events in the Bible and is symbolic of cleansing. Also, it is a tradition in some African and Caribbean religions to not speak for 40 days in morning.
  • We learn that Goodwin (the dead body found by Jin and identified by Eko as Goodwin in the Season 2 Episode 5 ...And Found episode) was an "Other" and was killed by Ana-Lucia.
  • We see the Tail Section days 1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 15, 17, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 41, 46, 47 and 48.
    On day 1, during the night, 3 people are abducted.
    On day 2, Mr. Eko is not talking and Ana-Lucia is examining the dead bodies.
    On day 3, Some of the Tail Section survivors are collecting shellfish and Donald's injuries (the guy with the bad leg injury) are getting worse.
    On day 5, Donald (the guy with the bad leg injury) dies from his injuries and is buried.
    On day 7, The Tail Section survivors catch a chicken and Mr. Eko is still not speaking.
    On day 12, Ana-Lucia is sharpening a weapon she has made to catch a boar. Nathan went into the jungle alone for a long period of time and it disturbs Ana-Lucia.
    On day 12, during the night, nine people are abducted. The Tail Section survivors find a list with the Tail Section survivors' names on it on a dead "Other's" body. The Tail section survivors stop lighting a signal fire.
    On day 15, the Tail section survivors are hiking in the jungle and discover a fresh waterfall.
    On day 17, Ana-Lucia begins to dig a pit. Libby shares with Ana-Lucia that she has suspicions about Nathan.
    On day 19, Bernard and Nathan set a homemade trap. Ana-Lucia puts Nathan in the pit asking him questions.
    On day 23, Ana-Lucia is still asking Nathan questions in the pit.
    On day 23, during the night, Goodwin sets Nathan free from the pit then Goodwin snaps Nathan's neck.
    On day 24, Goodwin tells Ana-Lucia that Nathan is gone. The Tail Section survivors move on because they think they have been spotted by the "Others".
    On day 26, the Tail Section survivors move again and come to the ocean.
    On day 27, the Tail Section find the Dharma Initiative Arrow Hatch. Bernard finds a radio in the hatch. Ana-Lucia and Goodwin go to higher ground to use the radio. In a struggle with Ana-Lucia after she knows he is an "Other", Goodwin is killed.
    On day 41, Bernard picks up Boone’s transmission from Season 1 Episode 19 Deus Ex Machina episode made from the small 2 seater plane. Mr. Eko talks after 40 days and Ana-Lucia cries.
    On day 45, Cindy and Libby find Jin while fishing. Sawyer and Michael land on the Tail Section survivors' beach. Ana-Lucia goes into the pit to find out who they really are.
    On day 46, Sawyer, Michael and Jin leave the pit and are led to the Dharma Initiative Arrow Hatch.
    On day 47, the Tail Section survivors are hiking through the jungle and Sawyer is being carried on a makeshift stretcher.
    On day 48, the Tail Sections survivors hear whispers in the jungle.
  • The box inside the Arrow Hatch contains: blankets, a glass eye, a Bible and a radio.
  • The things we learn about Ana-Lucia:
    Ana-Lucia has good instincts about people.
    She figured out that it was Goodwin who set Nathan free.
    Ana-Lucia knows something about knives. Ana-Lucia knew the knife that the Goodwin had was a 20 year old U. S. Military knife not seen anymore.
    Ana-Lucia's idea to go down into the hole to get information from Sawyer, Jin and Michael by pretending to be a hostage.
    Ana-Lucia knows CPR.
    Ana-Lucia revives a little girl named Emma. Ana-Lucia promises Emma she will get her back to her mother. Ana-Lucia has trouble accepting the fact that she probably wont be able keep her promise to Emma after Emma is abducted.
  • Info on the Boy Scouts (mentioned by Ana-Lucia):
    The Boy Scout movement was founded by British Lord Robert Baden-Powell. The early American troops took their cues from Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys because there was no semblance of a national movement in the United States. The YMCA men who started most of the early troops saw Boy Scouting merely as a promising adjunct to their programs for boys. Millionaire Chicago publisher William Dickson Boyce became involved in Scouting in 1909. He was visiting London in August of that year. One afternoon, the city was enshrouded in pea-soup fog. Boyce lost his bearings in the murk and was approached by a boy carrying a lantern who offered to guide him to the address he was seeking. When Boyce produced a shilling, the boy replied, "No, sir, I am a scout. Scouts do not accept tips for Good Turns”. The unknown scout took Boyce to British Scout headquarters. From that moment forward, Boyce's interest in Scouting grew. Boyce came home determined to start Boy Scouting in America. On February 8, 1910, Boyce filed incorporation papers for the Boy Scouts of America in the District of Columbia. The purpose, he said, "Shall be to promote, through organization, and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in Scout craft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are in common use by Boy Scouts”.
  • The Peace Corps (mentioned by Goodwin) is an independent federal agency of the United States designed to promote mutual understanding between Americans and the outside world. Established by executive order in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy and approved by Congress as a permanent agency within the State Department.
  • Info on Canada (where Goodwin says he is from):
    Canada is the second largest country in the world by area.
    Its motto is the Latin “A Mari Usque Ad Mare” (From Sea To Sea).
    Canada is a federation of ten provinces and three territories.
    Initially was constituted through the British North America Act of 1867.
    It is governed as a parliamentary democracy with constitutional supremacy.
    The name Canada comes from the Huron-Iroquois word kanata, which means village or settlement.
    Canada's head of state is the monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, and commonly referred to as the Queen of Canada.
    The day to day duties of the head of state are exercised by the Governor General, who is generally a retired politician, military leader or other notable Canadian.
    Canada has four main political parties.
    Canada and the U. S, share the world's longest undefended border.
    Canada has been an advocate for multilateralism.
    Canada promotes itself as a "middle power" (able to work with large and small nations alike).
    Canada has cumulatively contributed more troops to peacekeeping operations worldwide than all other nations combined.
  • Info on Vermont (mentioned by Libby):
    Originally inhabited by Native American tribes the territory that is now Vermont was claimed by France but became a British possession after France's defeat in the French and Indian War. For many years, rightful control of the area was disputed by the surrounding colonies.
    Vermont is famous for its scenery, dairy products and maple syrup.
    Vermont has long been known for its liberal politics and staunchly independent political thinking.
    Vermont's state song is "These Green Mountains," written by composed by Diane Martin and arranged by Rita Buglass Gluck. This song was officially designated as the state song on May 22, 2000.
    The state capital is Montpelier.
    The largest city is Burlington.
  • The Numbers spotted:
    Libby states that Donald’s infection is worse and he will be the 4th to go.
    Ana-Lucia keeps Nathan in the pit for 4 days.
    Day 23 is seen.

    32. (8.) Collision
  • The things we learn about Ana-Lucia:
    Ana-Lucia was a Los Angeles, California police officer.
    Ana-Lucia's mother is her police captain.
    Ana-Lucia was shot four times by a robbery suspect trying to leave the scene. She was pregnant at the time & lost the child as a result of her gunshot wounds.
    Ana-Lucia speaks Spanish.
    Ana-Lucia lived near a couple with a screaming baby until they moved away.
    Ana-Lucia has a very large anger streak.
  • Ana-Lucia's therapist is the same actor that played Michael's therapist in Season 1 Episode 14 Special episode.
  • Jack says that golf is accuracy to doctors and proves it.
  • A golf handicap (mentioned by Kate) is a numerical measure of an amateur golfer's playing ability. It can be used to calculate a so-called "net" score from the number of strokes actually played, thus allowing players of different proficiency to play against each other on equal terms.
  • The police picked up the suspect in Ana-Lucia's shooting after he assaulted an elderly woman in Echo Park. A famous landmark in Echo Park is the Angelus Temple, a large Four square Gospel church built in 1923.
  • The police car license plate number was 5Q49987.
  • Ana-Lucia's police badge says:
    Police Officer
    City Of Los Angeles
    Police
    68631
  • 8 Adam 16 (the code Ana-Lucia says over the police radio) broken down means:
    8 is the code for the division of the city (specifically Foothill).
    Adam is morning shift code.
    16 is the police car number.
  • The code of the police call heard over the police radio broken down means:
    10-8 means the officer answers the call is available (or in service).
    10-16 is the domestic disturbance code.
  • A hollow point bullet (mentioned by Ana-Lucia's mother/ police captain) is a bullet that is designed to expand upon entering a target. By expanding to a uniform diameter and retaining full weight, the bullet can be designed to penetrate to a consistent depth, causing maximum energy transfer to the target with minimum risk of overpenetration.
  • According to Ana-Lucia, Westwood is a relatively safe area of Los Angeles, California.
  • Info on The Foothills (mentioned by Ana-Lucia):
    They are a group of hills that are located along and around San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California. The Foothills basically stretch along the path of Interstate 210, giving the 210 the name "Foothill Freeway".
    It is sometimes dangerous to live in or around The Foothills because of wildfires.
  • Info on the Los Angeles Police Department:
    It has one of the lowest ratios of police personnel to population served.
    It is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the United States, with over 9,000 officers and 3,000 civilian staff.
    Among the department's more notorious cases was the January 15, 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia.
    The LAPD hired the first female police officer in the United States in 1910. Since then, women have been a small, but growing part of the force.
    The first specific Los Angeles police force was founded in 1853 as the Los Angeles Rangers, a volunteer force that assisted the existing County forces. The Rangers were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group. Neither force was particularly efficient.
  • Locke fills the crossword puzzle with words to fit his needs (for example, Gilgamesh instead of scripture).
  • Info on Enkidu (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    He appears in Sumerian mythology as a mythical wild man, the quintessential savage man raised by animals.
    His beast like ways are finally tamed by a courtesan named Shamhat.
    Later he had adventures with Gilgamesh until his death in the mighty battle at the Epic of Gilgamesh.
  • Info on Gilgamesh (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    Gilgamesh appears in Sumerian mythology as the fifth king of Uruk.
    He was two-thirds god and one-third human.
    He was the strongest super human who ever existed.
    The Sky God Anu creates the wild man Enkidu, a worthy rival, as well as distraction.
  • Info on Gilgamesh's and Enkidu's friendship (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    After a mighty battle with Enkidu, Gilgamesh breaks off from the fight.
    Gilgamesh then proposes an adventure in the cedar forest to kill a demon.
    Gilgamesh and Enkidu, with help from Shamash, kill Humbaba (the demon guardian of the trees) then cut down the trees which they float as a raft back to Uruk.
    Gilgamesh rejects the sexual advances of the goddess Ishtar. Ishtar asks her father, the sky-god Anu, to send the "Bull of Heaven" to avenge the rejected sexual advances. Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill the bull.
    The gods kill Enkidu as punishment for killing the Bull of Heaven.
    Gilgamesh sets out to avoid Enkidu's fate and makes a perilous journey to visit Utnapishtim where the only humans to have survived the Great Flood were granted immortality by the gods. (Note: The Great Flood was sent by the gods to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution.)
    Utnapishtim gives Gilgamesh two chances for immortality but he fails.
    Gilgamesh returns to Uruk where he is stabbed by the horns of a bull.
    Gilgamesh is tormented by bull demons in the after life.
  • Info on Ninhursag (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    In Sumerian Mythology, she was the Earth mother/ goddess
    She usually appears as the sister of Enlil.
    Ninhursag means "Lady of the Foothills".
  • Info on Al Ain (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    It is a nickname for French philosopher Emile Auguste Chartier.
    It is also the name of a city in the United Arab Emirates.
    The name Al Ain means "the spring" in Arabic and a reference to the numerous underground water springs around the Al Ain, United Arab Emirates area.
  • Laa (on Locke's crossword puzzle) is a town in Austria.
  • Paghr (on Locke's crossword puzzle) is a tree native to India.
  • Aang (on Locke's crossword puzzle) is a fictional character on the animated TV series "Avatar: The Last Airbender". He is in charge of keeping 4 countries living in harmony. He is technically 112, but he acts, sounds and looks like a 12 year old.
  • CISA (on Locke's crossword puzzle) is the Canadian TV station owned by CanWest Global Communications and serves Lethbridge, Alberta.
  • Info on Cilia (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    Cillia are extensions of the plasma membrane containing doublets of parallel microtubules.
    Cilia are found in all animals and rare in plants.
    A defect in the cilium can cause human disease. The best known cilia-related disorder is primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). (PCD causes impaired, reduced or absent mucus clearance and susceptibility to chronic, recurrent respiratory infections. The disease typically affects children up to 18 years of age, but the defect associated with it has a variable clinical impact on disease progression in adults as well).
  • Info on Apgar (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    The Apgar Score was devised in 1952 by Virginia Apgar as a simple and repeatable method to quickly and summarily assess the health of newborn children immediately after childbirth.
    The Apgar Score is determined by evaluating the newborn baby on five simple criteria on a scale from zero to two and summing up the five values thus obtained.
    It stands for Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity and Respiration.
  • Info on Spir (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    It stands for The Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence.
    It's an industry support service offered by engineering schools at Binghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook to strengthen New York State businesses by making them more competitive in today's rapidly changing and technology-dependent business environment.
    SPIR was initiated at Binghamton University's Watson School in 1994 with strong support from the Governor and Legislature.
  • Info on ATIDS (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    The Airport Target Identification System (ATIDS) is a surveillance and identification system for locating Mode Select Beacon System (Mode S) equipped aircraft and vehicles.
    Its primary use is as a surface Beacon surveillance system to provide Flight Number Identification (ID) to the existing Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model 3 (ASDE-3) radar and Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS).
    The system is also capable of locating and identifying aircraft in flight or on the ground, which permits the use of the ATIDS system for Parallel Runway Monitor (PRM) and other airborne and surface surveillance applications.
  • Info on Beowulf (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    Beowulf is one of the oldest surviving epic poems an early form of the English language.
    Beowulf is a traditional heroic epic poem written in Old English alliterative verse.
    Beowulf, a hero of a Germanic tribe from southern Sweden called the Geats, travels to Denmark to help defeat a terrible monster.
  • Info on Iona (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    It is a small island off the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
    It is the answer to 36 down.
  • Info on Ghent (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    It is located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium and in the Flemish province of East Flanders.
    It is the capital of Flanders.
    Ghent during the Middle Ages was the most important city for cloth.
    Outside Italy, Ghent was the biggest city after Paris until the 13th century.
    Ghent was the birthplace of Holy Roman Emperor.
    It was the site of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent which formally ended the War of 1812 between Britain and the U. S.
    It is the answer to 37 down.
  • Ransacked is the answer to 38 down on Locke's crossword puzzle, robbed.
  • Somas (on Locke's crossword puzzle) are legendary plants that provide immortality.
  • Info on Ghare-Baire (on Locke's crossword puzzle):
    Ghare-Baire is the self titled of film released in 1984.
    It is based upon the famous novel by Rabindranath Tagore.
    In English the title of the book and the film is "The Home And The World".
    The plot finds a woman is recalling the events that molded her perspective on the world. Meeting her husband's visiting friend, a leader of an economic rebellion against the British, she takes up his political cause, despite her husbands warnings. The relationship between the woman and the visitor becomes more than platonic and the political battles (rich against poor and Hindu against Moslem) turn out to be more complex than she had first thought.
  • The Numbers spotted:
    Libby states that Donald’s infection is worse and he will be the 4th to go.
    Ana-Lucia keeps Nathan in the pit for 4 days.
    Only 4 tail section passengers survive the trek and are reunited with the other survivors.
  • The song heard in the bar is "Outside" by Staind.
  • The reunited couples:




    33. (9.) What Kate Did
  • We learn that Jin and Sun have their own beach love shack.
  • This episode marks the first time a flirtatious Jack and Kate kiss one another.
  • Kate becomes the next person on a growing list of castaways who see things in the jungle.
  • Sayid was on the TV screen at the recruiter’s office when Kate went to see her dad.
  • A delirious Sawyer tells Jack he loves Kate but Jack may not believe him since he was semi-unconscious.
  • The things we learn about Kate and her family:
    Kate killed her drunk and abusive stepfather, Wayne Jensen, with a house gas explosion.
    Kate couldn't stand how physically abusive Wayne was to her mom and how verbally abusive he was to her.
    Sawyer's cocky attitude reminded Kate of Wayne.
    Kate loves horses.
    Kate owned a motorcycle.
    Kate's mom did not like Kate riding a motorcycle.
    Kate's mom was a waitress.
    Kate's birth name is Katherine.
    Growing up, Kate believed her parents split up when she was five.
    Kate's mom loved Wayne Jansen despite of his drinking and physical abuse.
    Kate's father, Sergeant Sam Austen, was in Korea during the Korean War.
    The man Kate thought was her stepfather (Wayne Jensen) turned out to be her real father.
    Kate found out that Sam Austen was not her father by finding dates on pictures of him from the Korean War.
    Sam never told Kate that he was her real father because Sam knew she would kill Wayne.
    Before going on the run, Kate gave her mom the money from insurance company so her mom would be taken care of.
    Kate's mom called the cops on her.
    Kate somehow gets captured twice by Marshal Edward Mars only to have a transportation accident and flees again.
  • Info on actress Beth Broderick (Kate's Mom):
    Beth was always very interested in theatre as a child and she graduated the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California at age 18.
    She stopped acting for a few years to dedicate herself to dealing with the AIDS crisis in the early eighties.
    She is the founding director of Momentum, one of the first organizations in New York established to assist people with AIDS.
    Beth is a founding member of the Celebrity Action Council of the City Light Women's Rehabilitation Program at the Los Angeles Mission, which provides hands-on service to homeless women, helps them to overcome substance abuse and learn job skills to help them reclaim their lives and families.
    She is best known for her role as Aunt Zelda Spellman on the TV series "Sabrina The Teenage Witch".
  • Info about the Korean War (mentioned by Sam Austen):
    It occurred from June 25, 1950 till a cease fire on July 27, 1953.
    Korea was invaded and ruled by Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II in 1945.
    On August 6, 1945 the Soviet Union, in keeping with an arrangement made with the United States government, declared war on the Japanese Empire.
    On August 8 1945, the Soviet Union entered Korea from the North. with Japanese surrender imminent, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to divide Korea along the 38th parallel. On June 25, 1950 North Korea struck across the 38th parallel behind a thunderous artillery barrage and 90,000 troops. The North Korean government claimed that the South Korean troops under the "bandit traitor" Syngman Rhee had crossed the 38th parallel and the South Koreans had started the war. Within days South Korean forces, out numbered and out gunned, were in full retreat. The United Nations troops headed by the United States drove the North Koreans back past the 38th parallel.
    President Harry Truman would later take harsh criticism for not obtaining a declaration of war from Congress before sending troops into Korea (The Korean War is sometimes called "Truman's War").
  • Kate puts on the Swan Hatch's record player "Walkin' After Midnight" by Patsy Cline [Interesting note: Patsy Cline was killed in a small plane accident].
  • Kate is wearing a Janis Joplin t-shirt.
  • There is a red star of David with an "A" inside of it on the sleeve of Kate's step-father's uniform.
  • Info on horses:
    They denote a "wild" nature.
    They can be sexual connotations involved.
    To see a black or dark horse in your dream, signifies mystery, wildness and the unknown.
    Horses have tempestuous emotions.
  • A black horse represents pestilence (a contagious disease or evil).
  • There is a sign on the glass wall in the Army recruiting office that says "Build Your Future".
  • Info on Zippo Lighters (Kate carried one):
    George G. Blaisdell founded the Zippo Manufacturing Company in 1932 and produced the first Zippo in early 1933.
    It got its name because Blaisdell liked the sound of the word "zipper".
    They are highly collectible.
    Hundreds of different styles and designs have been made in the seven decades since their introduction.
  • Info on Tallahassee, Florida (the place where Kate was going when Marshal Edward Mars caught Kate):
    The name "Tallahassee" is a Muskogean Indian word often translated as "old fields" or "old town".
    Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi not captured by Union forces during the American Civil War.
    The founding Tallahassee was largely a matter of convenience. In 1821, Florida was ceded by Spain to the United States. A territorial government was established, but the impracticalities of alternately meeting in St. Augustine and Pensacola led to the establishment a more central meeting place in Tallahassee.
    It is the capital of Florida.
  • Transference (mentioned by Hurley) is a phenomenon in psychology characterized by unconscious redirection of feelings from one person to another.
  • The book "After All These Years" by Susan Isaacs (seen in a closeup by Sawyer's head as he recovers in the bunk bed inside the Swan Station) synopsis:
    After 25 years of marriage, he left her for a younger woman. Now he's dead. Whodunnit? A deliciously witty, insightful look at love, marriage and homicide Long Island-style.
  • The book "Hindsights" by Guy Kawasaki (in a closeup by Sawyer's head as he recovers in the bunk bed inside the Swan Station) synopsis:
    Based on the premise that people learn from others' hindsights, this optimistic book is about hope, progress, and change. Illustrations.
  • The book "Lord Of The Flies" (mentioned by Sawyer) by William Golding is the classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own natures.
  • There is a picture of an old Asian man with a rice hat with the name Pat Choi on the wall next to the bunk bed in the Swan Hatch.
  • Locke shows Michael and a surprising interested Eko the Orientation film.
  • Locke seems to be developing some hostility about Eko's insightful nature. He tells Eko "I'm the mystic" after hearing Eko telling the story of how Josiah used the Book Of Law (or Old Testament) to rebuild the temple.
  • We learn that Locke can spice 16mm film.
  • Info on the missing part of the Swan Orientation film:
    It was found in the Bible at the Dharma Initiative Arrow Hatch by Eko.
    Dr, Candle warned about tampering with the computer to get a message out is not allowed and could lead to another "incident".
  • We learn that you can't enter the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 into the computer until the 4 minute warning alarm. At any other time it will not type anything.
  • 51 was the time on the countdown clock when Michael was able to type on the computer.
  • Michael makes an interesting construction observation that the computer room is protected by blast doors.
  • Jin finally gets the broken handcuff off his wrist.
  • Jack finally has that second drink with Ana-Lucia (mentioned in Season 1 Episode 24 Exodus episode).
  • Ana-Lucia's drink is a tequila and tonic but Jack only had the tequila.
  • The Numbers spotted:
    Kate learns that Sam was in Korea 4 months before she was born.
    Dr. Candle states that after the alarm sounds you have 4 minutes to enter the code.
    Locke states that nothing can be entered on the computer until the final 4 minutes.
    Locke says and types the numbers into the computer 4 8 15 16 23 42.
    King Josiah was 8 years old when he became king.
  • Info on tequila (Ana-Lucia’s drink choice with tonic):
    Tequila is produced in only two places in the world- Tepatitlan, Mexico and Tequila, Mexico.
    There are two types of Tequila- white and gold.
    White Tequila is exported immediately after it is distilled. Gold Tequila requires barrel aging for two to four years.
    According to the Mexican Government, all Tequila must be made from at least 51% blue agave, which is a plant native to Tepatitlan and Tequila, Mexico. The remainder of the Tequila is made from sugar cane and other types of sugars.
    The higher the blue agave level, the higher the quality. Tequila made from 100% blue agave goes through extensive testing to ensure its authenticity.
  • The song playing in the diner where Diane (Kate's mom) works is "The End Of The World" by Davis Skeeter.
  • Michael uses the Apple computer's console to console communication to instant message Walt.
  • Terminal computers had a program actually called "Hello World".
  • The text between Michael and Walt (Computer):
    Computer: Hello
    Michael: >:Hello?
    Computer: Who is this?
    Michael: >:This is Michael. Who is this?
    Computer: Dad?

    34. (10.) The 23 Psalm
  • The 23 Psalm (the word on Eko's stick):
    The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
  • When the plane is burning and Eko recites the 4th verse of the 23 Psalm, he recites it incorrectly. The verse reads "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil". Eko said "Yea, though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death, I will fear no evil".
  • Info on Colossians (word on Eko's stick):
    This letter from Paul to the Colossians people goes to the heart of Christianity by stressing the sufficiency of Christ as Savior, reconciling mankind with God.
  • Info on Titus (word on Eko's stick):
    Titus was a faithful friend and trusted associate of the apostle Paul. Born of Greek parents, Titus was a convert to Christianity at a relatively young age, possibly by means of the preaching of Paul himself during his travels through much of Greece and Asia Minor (today Turkey).
  • Revelations 3 (word on Eko's stick):
    To the Church in Sardis
    "To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis write:
    These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
    To the Church in Philadelphia
    "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
    These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
    To the Church in Laodicea
    "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
    These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
  • "Hateth" (word on Eko's stick) is the King James Bible English for the word hate.
  • Info on the cross symbol (carved into Eko's stick):
    The cross is one of the most ancient human symbols and is used by many religions, most notably Christianity.
    It is frequently a representation of the division of the world into four elements: divinity, the vertical line, the World and the horizontal line.
    It is not known when the first cross image was made.
    After circles, crosses are one of the first symbols drawn by children of all cultures.
  • Moses had a brother named Aaron. According to Eko, Moses had great difficulty speaking so it was Aaron who spoke for him.
  • We learn that Claire chooses the name Aaron because she just liked it.
  • Eko's stick has the words Titus 3, "Hateth", Psalm 23, Psalm 14, a cross, Revelations 3 and Colossians carved into it.
  • The things we learn about Eko:
    According to the thugs, Eko has no hesitation and is a born killer.
    Eko was the man behind the drugs inside the Nigerian plane.
    Eko was taken by the thugs as a teenager in order to be a killer.
    Eko was a drug smuggler. He was going to get involved with drug trading in Morocco but choose instead to kill the Morrocan dealers.
    According to the Morrocan drug dealer, Eko has no soul.
    Eko killed two people with one swing of his knife.
    One of Eko's companions, Goldie, ends up saving Eko's life by kicking him out of the Nigerian plane.
    Eko's story Josiah building the temple and how they built it using a book now refered to as The Old Testament is from 2 Kings 22 and 2 Chronicles 34.
  • The things we learn about Eko's brother Yemi:
    Yemi is inside the beech craft plane.
    Yemi was ordered by a thug to kill an old man and Eko does it for him to protect Yemi.
    Yemi kept Eko's cross after it was yanked off of Eko by a thug.
    Yemi was a priest.
    Under pressure from Eko, Yemi made Eko and his buddies priests (Yemi signs the ordination documents).
  • We learn that Locke likes the old silent movies where the robbers would crack a combination lock with their ear pressed up against the safe. The money they stole was always in a white bag with a big dollar sign on it.
  • We learn that the "Monster" is black smoke where you can see visions from your past and it does not harm people who are not afraid of it.
  • Charlie was singing the song "Big Black Smoke" by the Kinks when he was watching Jin fish.
  • The combination that Locke enters on the door to the gun room is: 25-63-91-29.
  • The text between Michael and Walt (Computer):
    Computer: Dad?
    Michael: >:Are you O.K?
    Computer: Yes
    Michael: >:Are you alone?
    Computer: Yes
    Computer: Can't talk long. They're coming back soon
    Michael: >:Where are you?
    Computer: You need to com...
  • The Numbers spotted;
    Psalm 23 is on Eko's walking stick.
    There are 16 Virgin Mary statues on display as Eko walks up to the church.
  • Some of the images you can see in the smoke around Eko: a steeple, a crucifix, a young Yemi is held by Eko, a Virgin Mary statue, a gang member, Eko after the plane crash walking out of the water (picture is upside down) and the man who Eko killed as a kid.
  • Using a gallon jug of Ranch Dressing from the Swan Hatch as a target, Locke teaches Michael how to shoot a rifle.
  • Info on Polio (mentioned by the nun selling the Virgin Mary statues):
    Polio, or infantile paralysis, is a viral disease.
    The causative agent, a virus called poliovirus, enters the body orally, infecting the intestinal wall.
    It may proceed to the blood stream and into the central nervous system causing muscle weakness and often paralysis.
    Polio spreads through human-to-human contact, usually entering the body through the mouth due to fecally contaminated water or food.
    The first effective polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk although it was the oral vaccine developed by Albert Sabin eight years later that was used for modern mass inoculation.
    A huge Polio outbreak in the 1950's made it mandatory for all school children to be given the vaccine before attending public school.

    35. (11.) The Hunting Party
  • The things we learn about Jack:
    Jack has even deeper trusting issues since his wife cheated on him and left him. Jack did not have his arm tattoo.
    Jack tries to remove a tumor by the spine from an old Italian gentleman named Angelo Bissoni.
    Jack and Gabriela are caught in a embrace and kiss when he consoles her after her father's death.
  • We learn that the Swan Hatch creeps Sawyer out.
  • Bluebeard (Sawyer's nickname for the bearded "Other" Mr. Friendly) is a folk tale by Charles Perrault and published in 1697. The history of the tale is debated, but the popular opinion is that the tale developed from the legend of Gilles de Rais. Gilles de Rais was a Marshal of France and served under Joan of Arc before her execution. He was a French national hero for helping drive the English out of France. After the crowning of the Dauphin and the death of Joan of Arc, Gilles de Rais settled into his estates in Brittany and turned deviant. He practiced alchemy and black magic while he was a great patron of the arts. He enjoyed killing, usually by decapitation and young boys after he had sodomized them. His fame and influence kept people from noticing that children were disappearing from his lands. Some speculators think the story of Bluebeard arose among the peasantry to warn their children to stay away from the dangerous baron whom they had no other protection against due to his political and financial stature. Finally, the Duke of Brittany investigated the murders and dug up the remains of 50 boys in Gilles de Rais' castle. He confessed to 140 killings at his trial, but he might have killed up to 300 people. He was burned alive and hanged simultaneously for his crimes on October 26, 1440.
  • Zeke (nickname mentioned by Sawyer to bearded “Other” Mr. Friendly) is a stereotypical name for rural bearded dirty looking type of guy. Also, Zeke is the name of the shaggy yellow bearded banjo player in the band Lou and His Jug Hunters on "The Muppet Show”.
  • Daniel Boone (mentioned by Sawyer about Locke) was an American pioneer, frontiersman and Indian fighter, who blazed the trail known as the "Wilderness Road”.
  • Info on the Pillsbury [Doughboy] (mentioned by Sawyer about Hurley):
    His formal name is Poppin' Fresh.
    He was created by the Leo Burnett ad agency.
    Martin Nodell first drew the Pillsbury Doughboy.
    Actor Paul Frees was the original voice of the Doughboy in the commercials.
  • Info on Mount Vesuvius (mentioned by Sawyer): Mount Vesuvius is a volcano east of Naples, Italy. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years. Vesuvius has erupted repeatedly in recorded history, most famously in 79 AD, and in 472 AD, in 512 AD, in 1631, six times in the 18th century and eight times in the 19th century. Mount Vesuvius was regarded by the Greeks and Romans as being sacred to the hero and demigod Hercules and the town of Herculaneum, built at its base.
  • Mr. Clean (mentioned by Sawyer about Locke) is a brand name of cleaning products from Procter & Gamble first introduced in 1958. Its mascot is a muscular bald man who cleans things very well. According to the company, his image is supposed to be that of a sailor, although most people think he is a genie based on the fact that he has a tendency of magically appearing. Mr. Clean is also used to describe someone who displays conspicuous morally upstanding behavior and by people in 12 step programs like Anger Management.
  • The tray with candles on it (seen when Hurley and Charlie were looking at records) is a recent Pier 1 item.
  • The bearded “Other” Mr. Friendly recites this quote, “From the dawn of our species, Man has been blessed with curiosity. Our most precious gift, without exception, is the desire to know more- to look beyond what is accepted as the truth and to imagine what is possible.” It was said by Mr. Alvar Hanso in a statement to the UN Security Council in 1967.
  • We learn that Michael headed north presumably the direction that Walt told him to go on the computer. Michael, Sawyer, Locke, Jack and "tagalong" Kate came from the Eastern side of the island. If you divided the island up into quadrants, you'd have the “Others” in the north, the Tail Section survivors' landing in the southeast and the Middle Section survivors' camp in the southeast.
  • Some of the “Others” have M-16's- US standard issue assault rifles.
  • Guns in the Swan Hatch include AK's (Russian assault rifles), Glocks, a magnum, some SMGs (Submachine guns), a M21 sniper rifle with scope and a .306.
  • The bearded “Other” Mr. Friendly tries to bluff Jack, Locke and Sawyer to leave and surrender their guns. It is similar to the Old Testament story in the book of Judges of Gideon. Gideon used torches and trumpets to trick an army into thinking they were out numbered. So they panicked and ran into each others swords.
  • The bearded “Other” Mr. Friendly is holding a German Luger gun in his hand.
  • Hurley and Charlie's rate-a-record feature Geronimo Jackson and Pousette-Dart Band's song "Fall on Me".
  • The album Hurley and Charlie talked about was “Amnesia” by the Pousette-Dart Band. The song they played was “Fall On Me”. It is a romantic song by Jon Pousette-Dart.
  • Hurley looking through the stack of records notices an album by Oohah The Moc. According to AllMusic, they are a reggae band who released several albums. Their debut album in 1998 has the interesting title (Super Secret) and a couple of interesting song titles ("My Brother's Trapper Keeper" and "My Secret Origin").
  • We learn that Jin and Sun have been married for four years.
  • This is the first episode that there is talk about fighting the "Others".
  • M.C. Gainey (the bearded "Other" Mr. Friendly) frequently plays hillbilly characters up to no good on many TV shows.
  • Bridge (Jack mentions that Sarah's mom and friends played the game) is a trick taking card game for four players who form two partnerships or "sides". The partners on each side sit opposite one another. The game consists of two main parts- bidding and play. The rules of play are rather simple and similar to other trick taking games. However, the bidding are much more complex. Contact bridge is the most common bridge type. It was the result of innovations to the scoring of auction bridge (in auction bridge, a game is scored whenever the required number of tricks while in contract bridge the number of points from tricks taken past the bid do not count towards making success in the game).
  • Transcription of Gabriella and Angelo Busoni's dialogue in Italian:
    Angelo: "Digli di smettere di bisbigliare, non sono un idiota!"- Tell them to stop whispering, I am not an idiot!
    Gabriella: "Papà lui è come gli altri, non lo farà."- Dad, he's just like the others: he won't do it.
    Angelo: "Non ci proverà? Perchè?"- Won't he try? Why?
    Angelo: "Signore, non sono venuto fino a qui per lei, sono venuto qui per suo figlio"- Sir, I didn't come here for you, I came for your son.
    Angelo: "La ringrazio tantissimo!"- Thank you very much.
  • The Numbers spotted:
    Locke tells Jack that no one is coming to the bunker for the next 4 hours.
    Sun states that Jin told her what to do for 4 years.
  • The episode ends with a chilling moment when Jack asks Ana-Lucia how long it would take to build an army.

    36. (12.) Fire + Water
  • You can see the Andrea Del Verrocchio's painting The Baptism Of Christ when a young Charlie comes down the stairs.
  • The things we learn about Charlie and his family:
    Charlie received a piano for a Christmas present when he is a child.
    Charlie's dad is a butcher.
    Charlie's mom and brother urge him to play in order to save them from their financial problems.
    Karen named the baby Megan after Charlie and Liam’s mother.
    Liam drug problems are becoming self-destructive. He nearly drops his newly down daughter.
    Liam cleans himself up and plans on moving to Sydney with Karen and baby Megan.Isn't this the funiest thing you've ever seen? Liam sells Charlie's beloved piano to pay for the airfare to Sydney.
  • Driveshaft does what it can to make money due to Liam's drug problems including a diaper commercial for "Butties" diapers.
  • Driveshaft has a gold record for a million album record sales.
  • A Kinks concert poster is on Charlie and Liam's fridge and a large Driveshaft American tour poster is over the bed.
  • In the United Kingdom, cloth diapers are called "shite-bags".
  • The Kinks song "He's Evil" is playing when Charlie returns to the apartment.
  • Info on The Kinks (one of Charlie's favorite bands):
    The heart and soul of The Kinks is brothers Ray and Dave Davies who have been performing together since 1963, at which time Ray joined his younger brother's band, the Ravens (soon renamed The Kinks). Only the Rolling Stones, can claim a lengthier run as an active rock and roll band. Ray Davies is almost indisputably rock's most literate, witty and insightful songwriter. Dave Davies, on the other hand, is renowned for his guitar playing. His pioneering hard-rock style is today considered a forerunner of heavy metal. As the popularity of beat group music faded in the late 60's, Ray Davies' creativity and his songwriting matured. Always a band of anti-trendsetters, The Kinks ignored the countercultural assault of the late Sixties in order to reflect brilliantly on the life and times in the British Empire using British music hall, aggressive rock and Indian inspired music. Though The Kinks struggled commercially and performed unevenly, even as they were writing and recording some of their most timeless music. Ray Davies spent the early 70's composing a series of concept albums. As the decade wore on, however, the group turned its attention to America in their songwriting and touring. A series of popular albums with a more updated, hard hitting sound translated into sold out tours and The Kinks' first gold album. While The Kinks carried on, a new generation of rockers found inspiration in the band's early sound and songs. They were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1990.
  • Locke does his "tough love" drug test with the Virgin Mary statues for Charlie.
  • The original English Flag (seen in Liam and Charlie's apartment) combined the red on white English the Cross Of St. George (England's patron saint in the 13th century) with the white on blue Scottish Cross of St Andrew. It was introduced in 1606 after England and Scotland were united under James VI of Scotland and George I of England. The modern flag appeared when Ireland was joined to the United Kingdom in 1800. The new flag included the diagonal red on white Cross of St Patrick. The term Union Jack possibly dates from Queen Anne's time (reigned 1702-14), but its origin is uncertain. It may come from the “jack-et” of the English or Scottish soldiers or from James I who originated the first union in 1603 used in either its Latin or French form (“Jacobus” or “Jacques “or “jack”) once meant small or the name may be derived from a royal proclamation issued by Charles II that the Union Flag should be flown only by ships of the Royal Navy as a jack, a small flag at the bowsprit.
  • We learn Mr. Eko marks the trees he likes in the jungle with an “X”.
  • Charlie has strange visions and dreams that Aaron is in peril which includes his mom and Claire dressed like figures from the Baptism of Jesus painting, a crashing plane, a flying dove, his father chopping off toy dolls heads and Aaron drowning. The last image causes him to awaken in the middle of the night finding himself holding Aaron who he took from his crib.
  • Charlie's mom and Claire in one of Charlie's dreams looks similar to the Leonardo Vinci's painting Madonna of the Rocks
  • Mr. Eko suggests to Charlie that his dreams may mean something more. Charlie begins to believe that the "something more" means Aaron should be baptized.
  • Voltron (young Liam's Christmas gift) is a shape changing giant machine robot first featured in the 1980's animated television series "Voltron, Defender of the Universe". “Voltron: Defender of the Universe” was an animated children’s show that focused on five lion robots and their pilots who fought to defend the universe from the evil King Zarkon and Prince Lotor. The series aired in the U.S. for one year during 1984.
  • Christians adopted the dove as the symbol of the "Holy Spirit". Artists have often painted doves flocking about Jesus, drawing from the many Biblical associations of the dove with the presence of God. In the New Testament, Mary is told of her conception of Jesus by the Holy Spirit descending as a dove. The four main gospels of the New Testament describe the baptism of Jesus when "the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove" came down from the heavens.
  • The British slang term sod (mentioned by Charlie) is a mildly offensive term for a person. It almost certainly originates from "sodomy" or "sodomite", but does not significantly retain that meaning.
  • Shai (on a wall in the London skyline) was the deification of the concept of fate and Greek word for fate.
  • Charlie's lyrics to "Two Brothers" (the song he plays for Liam after Liam returns from seeing Megan):
    Funny now
    You finally see me standing here
    Funny now
    I'm crying in the rain
    All along
    We tried to be invincible
    Together now
    We can be saved
  • Brixton Underground (name seen on a wall in the London skyline) is a London subway station.
  • Charlie is wearing a red t-shirt with a design by a label called "Affliction".
  • The Swan Hatch, for some reason, has the new model Kenmore Elite washer and dryer.
  • In the Blackjack card game, Sawyer had the 6 of Diamonds and Hurley had a King of Clubs with the 2 of Hearts.
  • Blackjack or 21 is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. Much of blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill and decision making and the practice of card counting, a skill with which players can turn the odds of the game in their favor by making betting decisions based on the values of the cards known to remain in the deck. Blackjack was probably spawned from French games such as "Chemin De Fer" and "French Ferme" and originated in French casinos around 1700 where it was called "Vingt-Et-Un" ("Twenty-One"). When blackjack was first introduced in the United States in the 1800's it wasn't very popular, so gambling houses tried offering various bonus payouts to get the players to the tables. However, in 1931 after Nevada re-legalized casino gamblinr 21 years, it became one of the primary games of chance offered to gamblers.
  • The King of Clubs in Tarot cards is called “Alexandre” probably after Alexander the Great.
  • The Six (The Lovers) card in Tarot cards relates to tact, beauty and harmony. It is a relationship builder which corresponds to one-to-one encounters. It deals with that which we are attracted to and those things we find great pleasure in.
  • The Two (The High Priestess) card in Tarot cards represents polarities such as good and evil, black and white, male and female, left and right. One pole cannot exist without the other. Some scalars associate the High Priestess with intuitive knowledge.
  • Libby and Hurley sing a bit of the song "Papa Loves Mambo" in the Swan Hatch while doing laundry. The song was made famous by Perry Como.
  • Info on Heroin:
    Heroin was first synthesized in 1874 by C.R. Alder Wright, a British chemist working at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London. He had been experimenting with combining morphine with various acids. He boiled anhydrous morphine alkaloid with acetic anhydride over a stove for several hours and produced a more potent, acetylated form of morphine (diacetylmorphine).
    Heinrich Dreser, of the Bayer Company in Elberfeld, Germany, also found that diacetylmorphine was more potent than morphine. Bayer registered Heroin (meaning 'heroic treatment' from the German word heroisch) as a trademark.
    From 1898 through to 1910 it was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children.
    In 1914 the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act made it illegal to manufacture or possess heroin in the United States.
    A “60 Minutes” report claims that 87 percent of the world's heroin supply comes from Afghanistan.
    Contrary to popular belief, a heroin overdose is not fast acting.
    Stories about people who OD with the needle still in their arm are not attributable to heroin overdoses, but rather they are very often the result of a fatal reaction with the adulterant, Quinine.
    Abrupt termination of heroin use can cause muscle spasms in the legs of the user (called restless leg syndrome), hence the term "kicking the habit".
    In the United Kingdom, heroin is available on prescription though it is restricted.
  • Actress Jennifer Garner's character Sydney Bistow on the TV series "Alias" likes Driveshaft. She is singing their hit "Y'All Everybody" at a party from an "Alias" episode during the 2004-05 season. Both "Lost" and "Alias" are produced by the same producers.
  • From the Season 2 DVD, the scene where Charlie's father chops off the doll's head (as a butcher in his flashback) was actually an homage to the Beatles' album, "Yesterday and Today" (where bandmembers were featured among slabs of meat and decapitated dolls). The cover is known by fans as the "butcher cover".
  • The Numbers spotted:
    The Butties commercial director tells them to roll on the 8 count.

    37. (13.) The Long Con
  • The episode was directed by Roxann Dawson. Most people know Dawson by her role as "Chief Engineer B'Eranna Torres" on Star Trek: Voyager. She has directed other TV series including: Close To Home, Cold Case, Crossing Jordan, Enterprise, The Division, Charmed, Any Day Now and Medical Investigation.
  • A "long con" is getting someone to do something and making them believe it was their idea when it was really your idea.
  • Conning 101:
    It's all in the details.
    People will look at the cost on the price tags to determine if they want the merchandise and not so much on the quality of merchandise.
    By putting a band-aid on the con artist's nose, the only thing people are going to remember is a guy that looks like he's been in a bar fight.
    If one person buys something then other people are more likely to buy.
    If people are on the verge of deciding whether to buy or not, start slowing turning and walking away from them.
    The con artist says that they are late for an appointment. In the rush to leave, the con artist exposes a clue of what the con artist was going to do in the con just to get the person interested in what the con artist was doing.
  • A pigeon drop is the name of a con trick in which a person is convinced to give up a sum of money in order to secure the rights to a larger sum of money or more valuable object.
  • A bag scam has the con artist approaching the person and claims that the con artist just found a bag of money. The con artist shows the person the inside of the bag (there might be a twenty dollar bill bundled with a bunch of newspaper). The con artist will split it with the person but the con artist has to make a phone call or something and the con artist needs the person to hold onto the bag. The con artist asks for "trust money" from the person so the person won't "cheat" the con artist. The con artist leaves with the person’s money.
  • A Lookie-Loo are people who are shopping but really just milling around with no intention of buying anything. If you ask them if they need help finding something, they'll say "I'm just looking", but they're not really looking for anything.
  • Part of the Charlie and Sawyer's long con included:
    Sawyer thinking up the kidnapping plot to get access to the guns and his "stuff".
    Charlie doing the actual kidnapping of Sun.
    Charlie went along with the con because he wanted Jack to look and feel like a fool.
    Sawyer pointing out to Kate that Sun's abduction was unusual for the "Others" to have done it.
    Sawyer getting Kate suspicious about Sun's abduction and she tells Jack about it.
    Sawyer making Kate believed that Ana-Lucia is responsible for Sun's abduction because Ana-Lucia wanted to get the guns.
    Sawyer lied about finding Sun in the jungle by her screaming.
    Sawyer talking Locke into moving the guns.
    Sawyer lying to Jack about Locke's whereabouts when Locke is hiding the guns.
    Getting Locke to go back on his deal with Jack about consulting the each other before opening the gun closet.
    Sawyer takes advantage of Locke and Jack's broken deal by taking over Jack's leadership role.
  • Mojito (mentioned by Cassidy) is a traditional Cuban cocktail which became quite popular in the United States during the late 1890's. It contains sugar, fresh lime juice, two mint sprigs, crushed ice, white Cuban rum and soda water.
  • Sheena (Sawyer's nickname for Kate), Queen of the Jungle, is a jungle-dwelling comic book character. Lithe, athletic, and clad in skimpy leopard skin, she possessed the ability to communicate with the wild animals she had grown up with since becoming orphaned in the jungle. Eating a diet based on bananas, various fruits and nuts gives her the needed figure and strength to fight battles. She was the first female comic book character with her own title beating Wonder Woman #1 (Summer 1942) by three months.
  • The fictionalized Elegant magazine contained a story called "Secret Woman".
  • Locke changed the gun closet's lock combination to Right 7, left 33 then right 18.
  • We learn that Locke is superstitious.
  • The signal bouncing off the ionosphere is called skipping. Also, radio waves can bounce around and show back up months or years later.
  • The script Hurley finds is called "Bad Twin" by Gary Thoup.
    The synopsis: Paul Artisan, a private investigator, is a new version of an old breed- a righter of wrongs, someone driven to get to the bottom of things. Too bad his usual cases are of the boring malpractice and fraud variety. Until now. His new gig turns on the disappearance of one of a pair of twins, adult scions of a rich but tragedy-prone family. The missing twin- a charismatic poster-boy for irresponsibility-has spent his life daring people to hate him, punishing himself endlessly for his screw ups and misdeeds. The other twin Artisan's client-is dutiful and resentful in equal measure, bewildered that his "other half" could have turned out so badly, and wracked by guilt at his inability to reform him. He has a more practical reason, as well, for wanting his brother found: their crazy father, in failing health and with guilty secrets of his own, will not divide the family fortune until both siblings are accounted for. But it isn't just a fortune that's at stake here. Truth itself is up for grabs, as the detective's discoveries seem to challenge everything we think we know about identity, and human nature, and family. As Artisan journeys across the globe to track down the bad twin, he seems to have moved into a mirror-world where friends and enemies have a way of looking very much alike. The P. I. may have his long-awaited chance to put his courage and ideals to the test, but if he doesn't get to the bottom of this case soon, it could very well cost him his life. Troup's long-awaited Bad Twin is a suspenseful novel that touches on many powerful themes, including the consequence of vengeance, the power of redemption, and where to turn when all seems lost.
  • Tokyo Rose (Sawyer's nickname for Sun) was a name given by United States forces in the South Pacific during World War II to any of several English speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda. The name is usually associated with Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a United States citizen who was in Japan at the start of the war. In 1949, D'Aquino was tried and convicted of treason by the United States government, based on perjured testimony. She was later pardoned by U.S. President Gerald Ford. Conspiracy theorists have suggested a number of other possible identities for "Tokyo Rose", including Amelia Earhart, who some believe was forced to make propaganda broadcasts after her disappearance in 1937 as some believe Earhart's plane went down in the South Pacific Mandate area, which was under Japanese Navy administration before WWII.
  • Donkey Kong (a Sawyer nickname) is a gorilla character from Nintendo that appeared in many video games since 1981. It was created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. The name was is a combination of the word "Kong" and a Donkey was chosen because Miyamoto intended it "to convey a sense of stubbornness". Various urban legends have circulated saying that the actual name was to be "Monkey Kong" but was changed by accident for the American release.
  • The book "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce (the book Locke picked up) Synopsis:
    During the United States Civil War, a condemned man has many thoughts as he stands on a bridge, awaiting hanging. When he is hanged the rope breaks and the main character falls into the water, from which he begins a journey back to his home. During his journey, he starts to feel some strange physiological events that ultimately end with a searing pain in his neck. It turns out that the man never escaped; he imagined the entire thing during the time between being pushed off the bridge and the noose finally breaking his neck. Also, in 1913 at the age of seventy-one, Bierce disappeared into revolution torn Mexico to fight alongside the bandit Pancho Villa. Although a popular theory is that Bierce argued with Villa over military strategy and was subsequently shot, he probably perished in the battle of Ojinaga on January 11, 1914.
  • The Dewey Decimal System (mentioned by Sawyer) is a system of library classification developed by Melville Dewey in 1876. Dewey’s cleverness is in choosing decimals for its categories allows it to be both purely numerical while infinitely hierarchical. Except for general works and fiction, works are classified principally by subject.
  • Hurley and Sayid's short wave radio transmission:
    The radio is turned on
    It picks up Danelle's transmission. The first part of what she is saying is "Il va nous aider!" or "Il veut nous aider!" (which means "he will help us!" or "he wants to help us!") then "you'll see!".
    Sayid adjusts the radio dial, the last notes of Duke Ellington's “Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin' " are heard.
    An announcer says that the listeners had just heard Duke Ellington, mentions the station's call letters (WXO) and plays "Moonlight Serenade" by The Glen Miler Orchestra.
  • Glen Miller dominated popular music in the 30's and 40's. He developed a distinctive sound in which a high pitched clarinet carried the melody, doubled by a saxophone section playing an octave lower and he used that sound to produce a series of hits that remain definitive examples of swing music. Glen Miller's approach is under appreciated by jazz fans, which prefer bands that allow for greater improvisation than a highly disciplined, rigorously rehearsed unit like Glen Miller And His Orchestra. Interesting, Glen Miller disappeared under mysterious circumstances in a plane crash during World War II. On December 14, 1944, Miller got on a Norseman UC-64 plane to Paris. It crashed somewhere over the English Channel. Over the years there have been much speculation as to what happened. One of the most widely held beliefs is that the aircraft Miller was flying in was victim to friendly fire. Another account had him in Paris dying in the arms of a prostitute. Still another had him captured by the Germans and dying during the war in a prison camp.
  • Sayid is cracking coconuts and Hurley references the Harry Nilsson song "Coconuts".
  • We learn that Bernard is a dentist.
  • We learn that Bernard told the Middle Section survivors about the radio transmission with Boone and gave Hurley the radio.
  • We learn that Kate likes the rain.
  • Sawyer sits down to a lunch with his partner in crime. The waitress who came over to take their order is Kate's mother Diane.

    38. (14.) One Of Them
  • This episode was directed by Stephen Williams. Williams has directed episodes for the TV series Kevin Hill, Las Vegas, Crossing Jordan, Dark Angel, Earth: Final Conflict and 21 Jump Street. Williams would become supervisor producer in season 3.
  • We learn that Sayid and Ana-Lucia are talking to each other again when Ana-Lucia found Danielle Rousseau in the jungle and alerted Sayid.
  • Kate's dad, Sam Austen, was the American soldier in charge of the interrogations during the first Iraq War and met Sayid. He carried a picture of Kate.
  • The picture Sam Austen has of a childhood Kate was actually a picture of a 12 year old Evangeline Lily. She had asked her parents to send a picture. She really liked their choice since it looks like a photo a dad might carry.
  • The things we learn about Sayid:
    Sayid is the son of a great hero.
    During the first Iraqi War, Sayid became an interpreter and eventually a torturer for the US Army.
    When the US Army pulls out of Iraq, Sam Austen gives Sayid money to take a bus to Ramadi and is released on a road leading to Baghdad.
    Sayid was given 700 U.S. dollars when he was set free in Iraq.
    Sayid tortured people for 6 years starting with his commander Tariq.
    Sayid admits that he never wanted to torture again until he interrogated the mysterious "Other".
  • The big "1" patch, seen on Sam Austen's left shoulder, indicates he was in the 1st Infantry.
    Information on the 1st Infantry:
    On November 8, 1990, the 1st Infantry Division was alerted and over the next two months, deployed more than 12,000 soldiers and 7,000 pieces of equipment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operations Desert Shield/Storm. "The Big Red One" led the charge into Iraq. After spearheading the armored attack into Iraq, by February 27, 1991 the division broke the enemy’s defense along the Kuwait border and cut off the path of retreat for the fleeing Iraq Army. During the next 100 hours, the Division raced across southern Iraq into Kuwait, engaging and destroying all or part of 11 enemy divisions. The Division fought its way through 260 kilometers of enemy held territory and destroyed more than 500 enemy tanks and 480 armored personnel carriers. In addition, the Division captured more than 11,400 enemy prisoners of war– twice as many as any other unit.
  • Joe Inman shows Sayid a DIA video footage labeled “Property of the DIA Reel 23108-42". The footage is classified “Eyes Only Top Secret”. It shows the video footage of Tariq’s use of sarin gas on a small village where Sayid had relatives.
  • Information on the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency):
    The DIA, designated in 1986 as a Defense Department combat support intelligence agency, was established in 1961. Approximately 7500 men and women work for DIA worldwide. DIA is based in the Pentagon. A year after its formation, the Agency faced its first major intelligence test during the superpower confrontation that developed after Soviet missiles were discovered at bases in Cuba. Under the support of the Military Intelligence Board, DIA unifies the Defense Intelligence Community on major issues such as the number of deployed forces, assessments, policy, and resources. To help weapon systems planners and the Defense community, DIA plays a major role in providing intelligence on foreign weapon systems.
  • Information on Sarin Gas (seen on DIA footage):
    At room temperature, sarin is a colorless and odorless liquid.
    It evaporates quickly because of its relatively high vapor pressure.
    Its vapor is also colorless and odorless. It can be made more persistent through the addition of certain oils or petroleum products.
    Like other nerve agents, sarin attacks the nervous system of a living organism. Even at very low concentrations, sarin can be fatal. Death may follow in one minute after direct ingestion of about 0.01 milligram per kilogram of body weight.
  • The mysterious "Other" is suspiciously precise and detailed about these things:
    His name is Henry Gale.
    He is wealthy.
    He is from Minnesota.
    His wife's name is Jennifer.
    They met at the University Of Minnesota.
    He and his wife crashed on the island in a hot air balloon.
    He has been on the island for 4 months.
    He and his wife lived in the caves off the beach on the north shore of the island.
    He and his wife stayed near the beach in order to use the ADS emergency beacon that they had with them.
    His wife's maiden name is Murphy.
    She got sick and died.
    She died 3 weeks prior to events in the episode.
    Her symptoms were fever, delirium and then death.
    His balloon is 140 feet high, 60 feet wide, in the air it needs 550,000 thousand cubic feet of helium and 100,000 thousand pounds of hot air to keep it up
    He and his wife were in the balloon traveling around the world. It was his dream.
    He was able to finance the trip by selling his ownership of the Minnesota Metallurgy Company to the mining company Wit's Basin Mineral Industries. Wit's Basin Mineral Industries is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They mine non-magnetic ore pellets.
  • The mysterious "Other" tries to turn the tables on Sayid during the interrogation. He asks Sayid if he lost someone on the island (Shannon).
  • What questions the mysterious "Other" could not precisely answer for Sayid that gave him away:
    He didn't know how far from the beach he was when he was captured.
    He didn't remember if he used his hands to dig his wife's grave.
    He didn't know exactly where he buried his wife in the jungle.
    He didn't know how long it took to bury her.
    He didn't know how many handfuls of dirt it take to bury his wife.
    He didn't know how many feet he dug in order to bury his wife.
    He used past tense when Sayid thought he should have used present tense.
    He walked all the way across the island without seeing anyone.
    He couldn't explain why he didn't have any contact with anyone else on the island.
    His clothes are not torn, stained or dirty from being on the island for 4 months.
  • Info on actor Michael Emerson (Henry Gale):
    He is longtime Toledo resident.
    He graduated Drake University in 1976.
    He has had a number of high profile roles, including his Broadway debut in “The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde” and his Emmy winning turn as serial killer William Hinks on “The Practice”.
    His wife is actress Carrie Preston.
  • We learn that the "sickness" includes fever, delirium and then death.
  • Info on hot air ballooning:
    In the 1700’s, two French papermakers, brothers Jacques and Joseph Mont golfer, discovered that air not smoke cause the balloon to rise. On October 15, 1783 French scientist Jean Francois Pilate de Rosier became the first person to ascend in a balloon. Ballooning then became a fad in Europe. Hot air balloons has been used in wartime since the 1800’s as observation towers. During World War II, Britain introduced balloon barrages. Barrages consisted of captive balloons with steel cable suspended between them. The enemy had to fly above the balloons or risk getting torn apart by the cables. Today ballooning is a adventure sport and a tourism activity. In the US, a balloon pilot must be licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
  • Info on actor Clancy Brown (Joe Inman):
    Brown has a long list of TV animated voice work including Lex Luthor in "Justice League", Dark Dragon in "American Dragon: Jake Long", Captain Black/Super Moose in "Jackie Chan Adventures", Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze in "Batman", Gorrath in "Megas XLR", Mr. Krabs in "Sponge Bob, Square Pants", Archduke Zag in "Duck Dodgers", Clammando in "Street Sharks", The Entity/Professor Francois & Col. Nikolai/Guard in "The Real Adventures Of Johnny Quest", Porkpie in "Hey Arnold!" and Thomas Brod &