Comments on: Looking at the Little Things — 5.01 “Because You Left”/5.02 “The Lie”

By: Kendall Clements

Kendall Clements — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:18:46 +0000

Hmm is anyone else experiencing problems with the pictures on this blog loading? I’m trying to determine if its a problem on my end or if it’s the blog. Any responses would be greatly appreciated.

By: Luis Demuth

Luis Demuth — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:43:07 +0000

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By: Casie Rabner

Casie Rabner — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:17:22 +0000

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By: Spongebob Squarepants

Spongebob Squarepants — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:21:33 +0000

Like to watch Stargate Atlantis episodes and also Lost. I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

By: Looking at the Little Things: 5.11 “Whatever Happened, Happened” DocArzt’s LOST Blog

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:08:19 +0000

[...] to poor, unequipped-to-cope Hurley was the difference between objective and subjective time (which I was busy defining way back at the beginning of the season, if you’ll recall). All of which makes me wonder why [...]

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:03:16 +0000

Oh yeah…if anyone was interested in where I got my section-header text from:

“Wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey” —Doctor Who, “Blink”

“This is mutiny, Mr. Christian!” —Mutiny on the Bounty

“Buh-ba-ba-bapa, buh-ba-ba-bapa…I wanna be sedated” —The Ramones, “I Wanna Be Sedated”

“Destiny’s calling collect…will you accept the charges?” —The Tick (Don’t remember which episode)

“With a bit of a mind-flip, you’re into the time-slip…and nothing can ever be the same” —Rocky Horror Picture Show, “The Time Warp”

“I’ve read everything Mr. Charles Dickens has ever written…every wonderful word.” —Desmond Hume, Lost, “Live Together, Die Alone”

“…they always wore red shirts. And they always got killed.” Boone Carlyle, Lost, “All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues”

“Smooooooke on the waaaater, and fire in the sky!” —Deep Purple, “Smoke on the Water”

“There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer.” —Gertrude Stein

“Tiiiiiime is on my siiiide, yes it is!” —The Rolling Stones, “Time is On My Side”

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:53:36 +0000

And thank YOU for reading what I do with my entirely excessive number of spare mental CPU cycles.

By: sawyerfan9

sawyerfan9 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:47:41 +0000

WOW, you really broke down many confusing things for me.
I like your theories and they are easy to understand for a
“non techie, non sci fi” girl like me. The only way I can
ever fully understand this most confusing show is to read these
blogs, so thank you very much for all your time and effort

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:43:51 +0000

I dont think that Abaddon works for Widmore; I think he works with Mrs Hawking and all the “Others” off the island. I remember back when Darlton was interviewed for season 4 and they said they wanted his name to mean something like “keeper of the abbyss” or something like that. My personal opinion is that In exchange for allowing Widmore’s people to the island, whether by telling them the location mapped out by the dharma station on the mainland, or whatever other way, the agreement was that Widmore allow the Freighter Folk, Daniel, Charlotte, ect. on the island. They were assembled by Abaddon, not Widmore, if my memory serves me accurately.

I think Abbadon knew that Locke was going to get onto the island, and he provoked him into trying his Australian walk-about back when Locke was undergoing physical therapy after his fall from 8 stories. My question is this a time-travelling Abaddon? I think so.

By: » LOST and Other Randoms

» LOST and Other Randoms — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:51:42 +0000

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By: Michel

Michel — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:17:06 +0000

Right man to who? Oh no, I believe he’s powerful and aware enough to have his own kind of agenda. He wanted to get Locke there in the Island and I doubt tht would be Widmore’s biding. What would Widmore win of having his island taken back from him by a predestined leader? No, Widmore doesn’t seem to be into such subtle schemes. He’s more of the “take a ship full of mercenaries and explosives to find the island and kill your rival” kind of guy. When he does things, he’s pretty blunt about them. Whisky commentary, auction house, showing Desmond his letters and offering him money, getting Sun inside an interrogation room in the airport, caught beating up a guy in camera, not having enough security in his penthouse…. too many examples of a guy who’s all about displays of power meant to intimidate.

No, he’s not the one staging the more intrincate coups… subtly convincing Locke to et to the island… recruiting four unconventional crew meembers (Lapidus, Faraday, Lewis, Straume) with strong connections to the island (and Widmore’s men seemed to not care about them)…. that’s not Widmore. I believe that’s Abaddon. He’s still the more mysterious character, so… meanwhile Ben and Widmore fight their brains off, he might be staging the greatest coup of all.

Yes, Abaddon is working for Widmore. No, I don’t believe that’s the end of the story. I’m sure he has bigger plans that Widmore is not aware of.

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:17:29 +0000

Not a bad notion. Abaddon certainly comes across as more of a right-hand man than a rank-and-file.

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:16:28 +0000

They’re thematically similar, yes, but I really think that Locke’s headed for a full-blown resurrection while Christian is more of an Island/Smoke Monster manifestation. Otherwise how could Christian just appear and disappear in places like the freighter, the hospital in LA, and all over the Island?

I also think the similarity is aimed at driving home a point to Jack on the Island’s part. In each case, he’s being the now-dutiful follower who (at least to a degree) wronged a mentor figure, first in Christian and then in Locke, by transporting each man’s corpse to the Island.

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:12:44 +0000

Mm…I really think he’s just Widmore’s catspaw. Perhaps an opposite number to Alpert…we’ve already established the Ben/Alpert Dalai Lama/Panchen Lama simile, so perhaps Abaddon is Widmore’s Alpert.

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:09:17 +0000

Well, again…most average Lost viewers don’t necessarily follow things like the developments out of ComiCon or Kristin or Ausiello or Doc or Dark, etc etc

(Or, for that matter, even pay particular attention to the names in the credits for any possible spoilers there… >< )

So, to them, Michael was probably a *gasp* moment.

By: Michel

Michel — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:49:57 +0000

“Furthermore, I posit that Widmore, Hanso, Alpert, and others joined and lived with the rest of the “indigenous” population of the Island, becoming privy to its secrets”

Widmore, Hanso, Alpert… VERY appealing theory. Allow me to add another name to that list… Abaddon. Maybe he was originally one of the slaves that ship traded.

By: Hipster Doofus

Hipster Doofus — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:31:22 +0000

You’re absolutely right about regular folks being surprised. I often forget that most people who watch the show aren’t as crazy as some of us.
However, what I was referring to with Michael was the reveal about him being Ben’s spy. I thought it would be too obvious for him to be the spy, since there was all of that fanfare for him returning to the show, I kept expecting them to bring him back in an unexpected way.

By: ftball221

ftball221 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:39:23 +0000

Thanks for the correction kunal, I was going off my memory sorry for the bad info. I wish I had a screen cap but whatever the object is, it is there for a reason. It is noticable enough but Jack doesn’t actually acknowledge it.

By: TING

TING — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:54:02 +0000

I am a novice theorist and you may all have considered this already but something struck me today when I watched the season 4 finale and I thought I would share it…

I think there is a very strong connection between the need to physically move Locke’s corpse to the island to bring him back to life and the fact that Christian Shepherd’s corpse was physically moved by Jack in the pilot episode and is now alive. This seems to be the way to bring people (or certain gifted people) back to life.

If so, this could remove the coincidence of the plane crash, and instead shed light on the reason for crash, that Jack would carry Christian’s body to the island to be reborn, just as Locke needs now.

By: James E. Powell

James E. Powell — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:43:17 +0000

I am ruminating on Matthew Abaddon’s role in all this.

There is a widespread belief that he works for Widmore or some remnant of Dharma.

He appears to have had a hand in putting Faraday on Widmore’s boat. His much earlier contact with John Locke suggests some connection with the island, itself, or whatever entity or force identified Locke as special or chosen. His more recent contact with Hurley suggests that Abaddon is not connected with the island because he does not know whether “they” are still alive.

I will be disappointed if it turns out that he is only Widmore’s bag man.

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:37:29 +0000

Hey, a literature major has to come in handy SOMEtime in life, right? And yeah…they did the same with Michael last year and it was cold. I still get a chill re-watching the scene where Island Apparition Christian curtly says, “You can go now, Michael,” before the freighter’s big boom. Satisfying, but definitely cold.

‘Sides, like I said in the article, I’m sure that some people (probably those who’re more concerned with Jate vs. Skate than with quantum physics…*shakes head*) might still be surprised when Hawking is revealed as Faraday’s mother.

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:27:54 +0000

I’m not laughing at all. It’s actually not the first time I’ve heard that theory and I can definitely see the basis for it. That said, I don’t think so. Locke’s corpse certainly seems to have been immobile far longer than the 8-12 hours or so that was given as the period of paralysis induced by the Medusa Spider from “Exposé,” and if that were the case, then Ben wouldn’t have had much call to hide him in a meat locker. No, I’m still going with the “miracle” angle where Locke’s concerned.

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:24:23 +0000

1) Ben was a Work Man. He wouldn’t have learned anything that secret during his time w/ DHARMA. No, it would have had to be the Others who taught him that in the process of making him their leader and taking over the DHARMA facilities.

2) Maybe…but with Sayid having turned against Ben, tranq-ing him probably wouldn’t have been necessary. Hell, he could probably have just had Sun facilitate and Sayid would go willingly. The one person who would actually have to tranq Sayid at that point in the narrative is Ben.

3) I didn’t read it that way. It was the timetable that was inflexible more than anything. Hawking wasn’t ordering Ben to get everyone together in 70 hours…she was telling him that’s when the window would close and there was nothing anyone could do about that. Granted, she had a cold and commanding demeanor, but exacting people like scientists often do. She was still making her calculations on Ben’s behalf to get him back to the Island.

4) Thankee!

5) No. She identified herself by that name to Desmond in “Flashes Before Your Eyes,” so it’s at least an alias of hers. “Mr. Friendly” was the name given by the writers to Tom before he was actually named in dialogue…it just stuck with the fans.

6) Thanks again! Obviously, I agree. It’s very easy to get wrapped up in Des’ more obvious similarities to Odysseus or Billy Pilgrim, but Dickens was the first overt literary allusion given with Des by the writers, and I can’t imagine that was a coincidence, despite Dickens’ own penchant for same.

As for Locke and the rest of the Lostaways time-slipping in sync, I’m really not sure and I’m betting that ambiguity is quite intentional on the part of the writers. On the one hand, Locke certainly seems to be wearing the same clothes, but on the other he didn’t move like someone who’d just had a bullet dug out of his leg. All I’m REALLY saying with that observation more than anything else is that we need to be paying very close attention to these kinds of cues now that time travel has started happening on such a massive scale and in such seemingly random fashion.

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:06:48 +0000

Well, we haven’t seen it on-screen, but we haven’t seen the vast majority of Sayid’s time as Ben’s assassin. However, we do know that Sayid was killing for Ben and that Ben wanted Penny dead. What’s more, it’s entirely possible Ben had no idea about Desmond’s place among the Lostaways which would cause Sayid to balk at that order. After the death of Nadia, I think it would have taken a really egregious order from Ben to make Sayid stop fighting that “war,” and ordering him to kill Penny might very well be just such an order.

By: SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:01:51 +0000

*sighs* I’ve been hearing about this for some time now, but no. A look at the screencap reveals an item much more the size of a large flashlight than Ben’s asp baton. That would never fit into a pocket without looking like Derek Smalls’ foil-wrapped cucumber in his pants in Spinal Tap.

Screencap: http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage-3-2.html