Open thread: Lost (spoilery if you’re not caught up)
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
It’s been awhile since I perved out publicly on Racialicious over my faaaaaaavorite show, Lost. 
But how awesome was last night’s episode? I’ve always thought the Desmond/Penny backstory was one of the most compelling ones, and it was so moving to finally see them reconnect. And anytime Desmond does his time travel (or not?) thing, I love it.
So readers of Racialicious, what are your theories about some of these big dangling questions?
- Who is Ben’s “man on the boat?”
- Who’s in that coffin? (in last season’s finale episode)
- Why does Kate have Claire’s son Aaron?
- Besides Jack, Kate, Sayid and Hurley, who are the other members of the Oceanic Six?
- Why is Sayid working for Ben?
- Is the plane at the bottom of the ocean a hoax?
- What are the freighter people up to?
- What’s causing the time lag between the island and the outside world?
- Will we see Michael and Walt again?
- Where did the rest of The Others go? It’s not that big of an island!
But perhaps the most important question:
- When will Daniel Dae Kim take off his shirt again?
Oh and for those of you who enjoy the mythology aspect of the show, check out this awesome “Evil Twin” theory, which could explain that photo of Ben in the airport. There are also some more cool theories here.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
Susan wrote:
Oooh, I LOOOOOOVE Lost.
My guesses:
• Michael
• Michael
• This is so disturbing! Something Bad has happened to Claire, or some sort of diabolical deal was made when they left the island.
• Aaron and Michael. Or Ben.
• Diabolical deal.
• YES.
• They work for Penny’s father.
• Electromagnetic stuff.
• Yes.
• Kool-Aid.
• NOT SOON ENOUGH.
Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 1:34 pm ¶
S. A. Bonasi wrote:
Of the Oceanic Six, two out of the four that have been revealed are PoC. Pleasently surprising survival rate!
Love seeing Sayid back center stage. Love seeing Hurley’s kingmaker role grow and expand. But not nearly enough Jin & Sun.
Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 2:27 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
> Of the Oceanic Six, two out of the four that have been revealed are PoC. Pleasently surprising survival rate!
LOL! For real.
I have a feeling that Jin isn’t going to make it. Sun I think could be one of the Six.
Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 2:38 pm ¶
Natasha wrote:
Micheal is totally Ben’s man on the boat, but he can’t be the person in the coffin. From what I remember the coffin was definitely child-sized, which means Walt or Aaron.
I think Claire was passing Aaron up onto the helicopter to Kate, and the ‘copter took off before she could get on it herself. I don’t know why Kate would claim Aaron is her own.
The plane at the bottom of the ocean is either a hoax, or is some time-shifted version of the real plane. I don’t know.
It was so fabulous last night when Desmond and Penny reconnected! I totally thought the show was going to wimp out and have the battery die before “I love you.” Oh! It was so great!
Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 5:25 pm ¶
David wrote:
This season has put Lost back in my own slot for favorite show, or at least in contest with Battlestar Galactica. I’ll take a shot…
* Michael
* Ben
* Because Claire will suffer a tragic, dramatically heart-wrenching death akin to Shannon’s.
* I saw this on a spoiler site somewhere, but blocked it out of my memory. I think either Jin or Sun, and Desmond. (Penny and Desmond have to meet, having sworn to each other to reunite. This is television.)
* Because Sayid’s discovered a greater (read: corporate, DHARMA) evil, and has people on the island to protect.
* A big-budgeted hoax.
* Hello, season 4.
* Electrical storms, electricmagnetic activity, science jargon that will never be explained.
* Michael at least, because Harold Perrineau has promised to be back.
* Lost writers are really good at flat-out ignoring nonessential people.
But perhaps the most important question:
* Sooner than Ken Leung will, that’s for sure.
Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 5:40 pm ¶
Jasmine wrote:
Finally started watching LOST this season. Thank goodness — it’s just as awesome as I’d been told. And beardless 1996 Desmond? HOT.
Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 7:09 pm ¶
La - msviswan wrote:
“When will Daniel Dae Kim take off his shirt again? ”
Carmen, you have my full support on that one also
I got into the whole Lost-aholic thing all because of this blog due to a post that was made last here. I love it. I’m a bit confused though and I have to admit, I was beginning to lose patients (oops I meant patience) with this beginning season.
But I’ll will stick it out. I see this is how they design things to keep you clueless and coming back. I can’t wait to get to the bottom of it, yet I don’t want it to over either. LOL
Cheers!
Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 12:38 pm ¶
Claire wrote:
As for that last, most important question, I think it will be soon. The past few weeks have been all about objectifying the male actors, either subtly (clean-shaven Des) or overtly (Sayid in a tux and shirtless; Sawyer lounging in his boxers). So DDK’s turn must be next!
Also, for those of you who are interested, apparently there’s some online-only information that will be relevant to this week’s episode and the season in general. Usually the online stuff is interesting but not critical to understanding the story, but on the official podcast the producers said watching this video would give you major clues. You can watch the video at: http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Orchid.
Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 2:34 pm ¶
al wrote:
last weeks episode was sooo good, and happily played on my birthday!
re: evil twins: as i’m watching the video, the mention of jacob (biblically) also points to twins. and now i’m reading the wiki page on jacob, and you know i just finished reading Bad Twin (the detective novel supposedly written by cindy’s boyfriend, who died in the crash) which is, of course, all about twins. and other than that aspect of it, bad twin hadn’t given me any insights into the show, though i did momentarily think that ben was the character Zander Widmore a couple of weeks ago when it became clear he had a lot of funds. but then i remembered how he got to the island and everything. all that said, now that i’ve finished watching the video, i’m not sure that second bunny isn’t related to time travel a la last week’s episode. i wouldn’t put it past ben to have a double, but i don’t think it’s a clone that can’t be in the same room with him.
ooo, and i just found this
as for your questions:
Who is Ben’s “man on the boat?”
i can’t remember anyone on the boat really except the guy that died, and then mostly because i recognized the actor. it could be the nerdy guy who knows about time travel. but in the future sorta?
Who’s in that coffin? (in last season’s finale episode)
i have no idea. who would jack say ‘neither’ about that we even know? could be the 6th member of the O6? it could be someone from the boat.
Why does Kate have Claire’s son Aaron?
aaron is the 5th member of the oceanic 6, and claire isn’t the 6th. i think maybe kate thought she was saving him? i can’t think she’d just steal him. but maybe claire told her to take him for some reason? what ever happened to that illness that killed all of rousseau’s folks?
Besides Jack, Kate, Sayid and Hurley, who are the other members of the Oceanic Six?
aaron. sawyer? probably not. funny if it was locke! i’d think whatsername, the other, but she wasn’t on the flight, so i’m not sure how that would work.
Why is Sayid working for Ben?
ben really is the good guy? or he’s the lesser of two evils. the whole others thinking they’re the good guys thing has always baffled me since they attacked and killed the innocent (in their conflict) people from the plane. i feel like instead of working -for- ben, sayid and ben just happen to have the same enemies and ben knows who they actually are.
Is the plane at the bottom of the ocean a hoax?
completely without doubt. it’s the front of the plane that was in the forest in season one (when the pilot died). and it appears before the folks on the boat decided to go on the boat. it’s in someone’s interest to keep the oceanic passengers dead to the world.
What are the freighter people up to?
they’re trying to capture ben to stop whatever it is he’s doing. i think they are part of the hanso foundation and have connections to the widmore group and i think they are having a war with ben over something.
What’s causing the time lag between the island and the outside world?
some spooky stuff.
Will we see Michael and Walt again? i heard we would. i wouldn’t be surprised if they were the other 2 of the O6 actually. i’d expect only to see them in the future though, because that way they can account for walt’s size.
Where did the rest of The Others go? It’s not that big of an island!
there was a whole other island! they could have gone anywhere really. remember, they had means of getting off the island repeatedly, to recruit people and what not.
now i will go back and read what other people have said. woot!
Posted 05 Mar 2008 at 1:52 am ¶
al wrote:
re: comment 4
i just wanted to add, how much better is desmond and penelope’s than anything kate and those dudes have had going on? i mean, i know, it’s long distance so it’s more intense, but it is just so much more smiley. i cringe whenever i see the other three emote at eachother. also, this is the first time anyone away from the island who is not part of the conspiracy has made contact with anyone from the island.
but i don’t remember the coffin being child sized. didn’t no one show up? i wouldn’t suspect it was a kid then.
re: comment 5
i think desmond and penny -will- reunite, but he won’t have been on the manifest so i feel like he wouldn’t have been included in the 06?
Posted 05 Mar 2008 at 2:00 am ¶