"I Hope You're Happy Now, Jacob"--The LOST Season 5 Thread

I feel pretty confident they're going to address that stuff in the final season, especially since (I think) Claire is coming back.

The Jacob lists were one thing - most notably used to decide who would be kidnapped from the tail section to inducted into the Others, this is really where the "good" and "bad" people were separated. These are the significant lists that have to be addressed at some point, since the whole Others kidnapping people angle is an important thread from all the way back in Season 1 that hasn't been addressed (besides Ben's obsession with pregnant women, which also hasn't clearly been explained - still think they're saving that one).

Ben's list of Jack/Kate/Hurley/Sawyer was likely just a plot device. There a lot of lists used, but they're not all for same purpose, it's a thematic tie more than a literal one.

Ben's obsession with pregnant women, which also hasn't clearly been explained

i thought the phenomenon of pregnant women on the island all dying explained that to my satisfaction (although the phenomenon itself hasn't been totally explained yet)

So present-day Widmore & Eloise obviously manipulated certain people (Locke, Faraday & the O6 especially, but also Miles, Charlotte) because they met them on the island or knew that they were in the DI back in the day, but how did they find out about Desmond? I think he must show up in the past at some point. I hope it's not some dumb thing like Jack detonates the H-Bomb and the Island summons Desmond to 1977 so he can course correct.

the Alpert handwaving thing is lame

On an island where cripples have been magically walking again since the very start I'm not sure why you'd complain about one extra bit of handwaving magic.

there is presumably a unifying explanation behind the magic island healing pixie dust but doesn't look like there will be one for "he won't remember you" other than "for the purposes of moving the story along, we can't have him remember you" but there's always hoping.

i went and got a digi converter box so i can finally what it live for like the first time all season whut hwut

On an island where cripples have been magically walking again since the very start I'm not sure why you'd complain about one extra bit of handwaving magic.

― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Wednesday, May 6, 2009 6:21 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

On an thread where the whole "he won't remember you"/"he'll lose his innocence" thing has been criticized and mocked a dozen times already I'm not sure why you'd single out my one reference to it.

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that submarine was some babylon five shit

Whatever it was, it was crappy CGI.

So I can kill him!!!

lol awesome

great episode

woah

what if jacob is also locke

yeah, I was referring to the crappy CGI of babylon five

pretty awes

"where'd you go?" "to give richard his compass back"

great episode

hurley & dr chang A+ stuff

this was really great

hurley & dr chang A+ stuff

Yeah, usually when someone in a movie or tv show gets trapped in a factcheck argument like that, it's because they're trying to convince someone else they are from another time. I love how that got flipped.

good thing for jack sayid showed up, wtf would a doctor know how to detonate a hydrogen bomb

'ok dude, we're from the future'

lol

also love how eloise is fine coming out of the pool dripping wet but sayid has to stop and fix his hair before they can move onward.

eloise is fine coming out of the pool dripping wet

not what you meant but yes

hey where is little ben at/

also there's more others than just those with locke right/ and the ajira crash shadow of the statue peoples.

ws 77 eloise

god i love that PEOPLE GOIN ON IMPORTANT ISLAND TREK music that they always play in the finales.

i was pretty sure that locke/sun/ben/richard were going to walk right past rose, bernard, and vincent while trekking out to find Jacob

lol totally forgot about those guys.

http://i41.tinypic.com/203v5x.gif

When a guy tells me that he witnessed all of my friends die, I can usually think of some follow-up questions for him. Just sayin.

Otherwise jam-packed full of awesome, just the way I like it

When a guy tells me that he witnessed all of my friends die, I can usually think of some follow-up questions for him. Just sayin.

you are not a character on Lost! Lost characters don't ask follow up questions or this show would have been over three years ago!

Asking follow-up q's is pointless though, because every motherfucker on that island is as cryptic and dodgy as they come.

..he's had that job for a very, very long time.

http://www.getlostpodcastmedia.com/wp-content/gallery/5x15-easter-eggs/03-notebook.jpg

time = OBAMA = ???

is this lols, i can't tell.

PEOPLE GOIN ON IMPORTANT ISLAND TREK

love this music too. and yeah eloise kind of hot in a weird way, though what's amusing is that in 30 years she looks like mrs doubtfire whereas widmore holds up fairly well.

did anyone notice the dharma guy in the black suit on the pier with the big blonde ponytail? I lolled.

also I wish kate would just die, she is basically just wandering around whinging and moaning and ruining stuff for everyone else. also her whole "killing a child how dare you" is a bit rich coming from a serial murderer.

Got to say I did get big lols from Kate coming on to the sub and Sawyer and Kate just being like "oh, come ON"

Don't get me wrong, I loved this episode...but I wish it hadn't been hyped as Alpert-centric, cos it really wasn't.

we'll buy microsoft...

Sometimes this show feels so like a videogame, in that characters announce their motivation for doing something with a single line when actually they have to be present for some other reason. EG Sayid "I might as well go with you for some dumb reason, here I am, let's go"

I did cheer when Sayid signalled his reappearance by shooting someone, but thinking about it I'm a little sad he didn't have time for a signature neck snap. Perhaps they're trying to move away from that trademark, but I for one hope for more necks being snapped in the future.

Don't get me wrong, I loved this episode...but I wish it hadn't been hyped as Alpert-centric, cos it really wasn't.

― JimD, Thursday, May 7, 2009 7:48 AM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah, i mean dammit we need answers about that dude, but it was still funny to have the whole episode bouncing across 30 years and he's still in every scene looking the same.

not feelin '77 ellie. her mouth is weird. it's like she has braces but she doesn't?

77 eloise seems way too tall compared to 54 eloise and 07 eloise.

that's cause 77 widmore is a giant.

Lost characters don't ask follow up questions or this show would have been over three years ago!

It's true, but I thought this was the most egregious example yet.

My theory is that one of the island's side effects is to make you epileptic so that you never quite finish a train of thought; we've never seen a scene in which Sun says 'but how ...' and then starts flopping on the beach, but I'm sure it's happened.

Sometimes this show feels so like a videogame, in that characters announce their motivation for doing something with a single line when actually they have to be present for some other reason. EG Sayid "I might as well go with you for some dumb reason, here I am, let's go"

Sayid: 'Hi, I'm here to arm this bomb since nobody else here can, but I may be shot or be encased in a radioactive concrete sarcophagus later. Let's do this.'

I did cheer when Sayid signalled his reappearance by shooting someone, but thinking about it I'm a little sad he didn't have time for a signature neck snap. Perhaps they're trying to move away from that trademark, but I for one hope for more necks being snapped in the future.

I'm looking forward to the Widmore-Sayid tournament snapoff

srsly when locke was giving his speech about jacob and sun implores him with her question about jin--this couldn't have been written or directed a little better?