Comments on: Lost: Eggtown

By: Mostly Muppet Dot Com

Mostly Muppet Dot Com — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:06:46 +0000

Lost: The Constant…

The only true constant in the world of Lost is that the episodes have always been riveting and tonight was no different.
Here are the talking points:

Numbers
I’ve missed you, numbers. I’m glad you’re back.
From Faraday’s 2.3…

By: HunterMaxin

HunterMaxin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:22:46 +0000

I just want to point out one thing…

THe psychic told Claire it was important she raised the child herself.

I think - and obviously there are other possiblities - that this is Claire’s Aaron.

More to come…busy day.

By: brody

brody — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:46:28 +0000

Just want to say that I look foward to your posts on Lost almost as much as the actual show. Thanks, keep up the great posts.

By: Seth

Seth — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:42:43 +0000

I’m with Will!

By: Will

Will — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:39:42 +0000

It’s a Law of Storytelling that you don’t needlessly double up character names. If Kate’s Aaron isn’t Claire’s Aaron, then there’s no reason to save his name for the last line of the episode. It’s not a shocker if it’s a coincidence. It’d be like, “I love you, too… Dwayne. [SHOCKING MUSIC!]”

The title of PKD’s book, VALIS, is an acronym: Vast Active Living Intelligence System. Meditate on that.

Sawyer was reading The Invention of Morel, which is about a fugitive hiding out on a deserted island, and some (relevant) weirdness that happens therein.

How old is Aaron by the time we see him in the flash-forward? Has more time passed for him, just like more time has passed for Walt when compared to, say, the Lostaways?

By: Seth

Seth — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:33:13 +0000

I LOVE all the questions too. It’s almost more fun to catalog all the outliers and almost-certainties than it is to knowing the truth.

Almost.

My lurvely wife also seems to think the “Eggtown” title could have to do with ovulation/birth/death which would fit given all the baby talk about Claire/Aaron(s) and Jin/Sun.

Plus, how hardcore is Locke to give Ben “the last two eggs” and then go kill the chicken that laid them? Answer: not very, he’s just a nutter.

;-)

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:52:31 +0000

I agree with Maigh, I’m more than cool with lots of questions at the end of each episode. I love having something to occupy my brain in idle times.

Reminds me of watching Twin Peaks back in the day, but with the assurance that the Lost creators have a plan for an end to the story instead of David Lynch huffing Scotch Guard before writing season 2 of Twin Peaks.

By: Maigh

Maigh — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:35:05 +0000

I forgot I wrote that first line by the time I posted. Whoops. Is there an egg laying around somewhere I could put on my face?

I swear I can count that high.

By: Maigh

Maigh — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:31:43 +0000

Two bits:

1) Call it womans intuition, but I think Kate’s emphatic proclamation of not being pregnant represents the exact opposite. I think she was testing Sawyer.

2) (Which doesn’t make much sense based on what I wrote above) - I believe that Aaron is Claire’s Aaron. Why, I have no idea.

3) In previous espisodes Hurley (and others) have said “we have to go back” and “it wants us to come back”. Supposed they popped back to the real world in the wrong time and are buggering things up? I suppose this is related a bit to the grandfather theory Hunter mentioned previously.

Mostly I’m rambling…but personally thought it was a great episode. I don’t mind it when they leave me with a metric @ssload of questions looming.

By: Just Matt

Just Matt — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:09:23 +0000

Great Recap - so many questions - I’ve started a list! Check out my blog and take a gander.
As for the book Sawyer is reading - it is “The Invention of Morel”
Here is a screen cap: http://bp2.blogger.com/_n3eH1jI8AZ8/R76QnWf1ejI/AAAAAAAACQM/ahWka8xROXc/s1600-h/sawyers-book-4×04.gif