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Lost Episode 3 Chat Thread
2009-01-28 19:55
by Jon Weisman

No spoilers.

Comments
2009-01-28 20:19:53
1.   the big grabowski
Lost night!
2009-01-28 20:21:41
2.   oshea2002
I wasn't a huge fan of the premiere, but tonight's episode is really strong.
2009-01-28 20:23:22
3.   the big grabowski
2 I loved the premiere, so that's good news for tonight.
2009-01-28 20:34:37
4.   Eric Stephen
2
Where are you at? I thought you were in the LA area? Do you get the East coast feed?
2009-01-28 20:48:14
5.   oshea2002
4 - Native Angeleno, but I'm finishing up grad school in Illinois before moving back
2009-01-28 21:04:53
6.   Daniel Zappala
We get lost at 8:00 Mountain time, so this is frustrating -- I think it just barely started for you guys in LA? I still can't figure out exactly what is happening, but this show is fantastic.
2009-01-28 21:05:29
7.   KG16
The way Desmond described Scotland, it is a place I'd really like to see.
2009-01-28 21:05:58
8.   KG16
6 - five minutes in, depending on the feed
2009-01-28 21:07:04
9.   KG16
jeez, people need to start wearing red shirts on this show.
2009-01-28 21:21:14
10.   trainwreck
Desmond's not as cool wearing those shades and that scarf.
2009-01-28 21:33:50
11.   KG16
the shades are kind of cool, actually.
2009-01-28 21:43:53
12.   trainwreck
Now I get LU's bomb comment.
2009-01-28 21:51:52
13.   KG16
well, now, that's a twist.
2009-01-28 21:53:25
14.   ibleedbloo
That Just Happened!
2009-01-28 21:58:21
15.   Jon Weisman
Until the Locke-Richard-widmore scene, I found very little to groove on in this episode, which is unusual.
2009-01-28 21:58:34
16.   ibleedbloo
Charlie lives on...kind of.
2009-01-28 22:01:13
17.   Daniel Zappala
Richard Alpert is the coolest character and represents a huge mystery -- how the heck does he not ever age?
2009-01-28 22:02:02
18.   KG16
Richard Alpert is the island.
2009-01-28 22:04:44
19.   Jon Weisman
I really liked the last 10 minutes.
2009-01-28 22:05:07
20.   Bob Timmermann
Isn't this really Episode 3 since there were two last week?

I'm betting that Charlotte will be making a return appearance. I wonder if she lives in L.A.

2009-01-28 22:09:02
21.   Jon Weisman
20 - D'oh!
2009-01-28 22:16:25
22.   Bob Timmermann
Charles Widmore should look older in the 21st Century. The young Charles Widmore looked to be in his 20s and he certainly hasn't aged 50 years. So he must have had his aging stopped at some point.

Or they just didn't want to cast an actor in his late 70s or early 80s.

2009-01-28 22:20:09
23.   the big grabowski
22 I think Widmore was supposed to be younger than the actor looked in this episode.
2009-01-28 22:20:59
24.   the big grabowski
18 I keep thinking that maybe Richard is Jacob, which might mean the same thing.
2009-01-28 22:23:58
25.   JJ42
anyone else think Ellie (girl holding Daniel at gunpoint) is a young Mrs. Hawking, especially since he told her how much she resembled someone he knew?
2009-01-28 22:26:26
26.   LU Dodger
20 21

Am I reading you both wrong, or were you possibly insisting that Charlotte is Faraday's mother?

2009-01-28 22:27:28
27.   LU Dodger
25

I don't know but Ellie is HOT

bumps Juliette for my new fav. Lost girl.

2009-01-28 22:29:01
28.   the big grabowski
25 At first I thought it was the woman in the coma, but that doesn't make sense for the time line. That definitely sounds like a possibility.
2009-01-28 22:35:39
29.   JJ42
27 let's just say i hope we see more of her
2009-01-28 22:51:57
30.   Eric Stephen
I really liked the episode. The Locke-Widmore moment was great.
2009-01-28 23:20:31
31.   kngoworld
The first 40 minutes of this episode were good, but nothing mind-blowing. I loved the last few scenes though.

I really like the idea that one can not change the future or the course of life/time. In so many time traveling stories, characters have to deal with the whole issue of "altering time" through their actions in the past/future. This is a nice spin; no matter what, the course is set.

2009-01-29 07:42:10
32.   oshea2002
25 - absolutely, especially since his rat was named Eloise, presumably after his mother.
2009-01-29 08:11:16
33.   Kevin Lewis
25 32

Definitely, but I also think this is Daniel's mother.

2009-01-29 11:00:21
34.   oshea2002
33 - I think you are probably right, especially since his mother is in LA and we know Eloise Hawking is there since she was in the church with Ben last week. Also, if you watch the enhanced re-run last night, it said her full name is "Eloise Hawking."

I also wonder if Widmore is somehow his father? Or maybe an uncle? Just speculating.

2009-01-29 11:26:55
35.   KG16
31 - there are some time travel stories that work on the basis that you can't change the flow of time. But of course, we've seen them change events already, like Daniel talking to Desmond, and Desmond going to Oxford the "first" time.
2009-01-29 11:35:32
36.   fanerman
35 Still, that's just special cases, and usually involving Desmond because he's "special."
2009-01-29 12:15:07
37.   Kevin Lewis
36

But wouldn't the encounter with John and Alpert last night change their future encounters on the island before the time shifting?

It appears that John's mention of his birth may have been the reason Alpert visited him when he was kid.

2009-01-29 13:56:12
38.   fanerman
37 Richard also seems to qualify as "special." Already one rule of time doesn't apply to him (aging), so maybe others don't also. For "normal" characters, it seems like there are rules.
2009-01-29 13:57:05
39.   fanerman
38 I'm not pulling this out of nowhere. I generally read Lostpedia after each episode and wander between links. They've stated that Richard and Desmond are "special" or something with the time thing. I don't think anybody else has qualified.

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