A connection I found... Hurley was drawing a Sphinx...This could possibly have some reference to the book The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, in which the Time Traveler goes far into the future and there is a large Sphinx near the spot he lands. Anyone else care to expand on this?

The sphinx had four toes! Sphinxes were revered as temple guardians also as harbingers of bad luck and destruction.

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Since when did Lost become Life On Mars? That 70's Lost Show? C'mon. Let's get some some old questions answered before getting a whole new cast. Meh. Me no like. Bad medicine.

sooooooooo..... when Ben and his father arrive on the island in a few year......do you kill Ben? Richard, for being there all along sure doesn't seem to know as much as Ben used to know about the island

I wonder if the newborn is Daniel? It can't be Ben because we saw him being born off the island. His mother dies in childbirth and his dad being in a big depression moves to the island and gets upset that he is assigned a job as a janitor. I know that we have seen the necklace before. I just don't remember on who (or whom).

Ben will live because what happened happened. The baby has to be someone we know. It think it is Desmond. Desmond is the first (only) child to be born on the island that we know of and is immune to the rules of time and can "change the future".

I started re-watching the episode and freeze framed the shot of the giant statue. It has what appears to be an Ankh in each hand. Same as the Ankh necklace Paul was wearing that Amy took off of him before they gave the body to Richard. Strong Egyptian overtones with this episode.

I may be crazy here but does anyone remember that LeFleur was one of the dead bodies in that mass grave after the other and killed the dharma colony? Anyone got any thoughts?

i love the one liners they gave sawyer on this episode...especially the one about richards eyeliner...they must know america is asking if he does truly wear eyeliner... I do believe that LeFleur was one fo the bodies in the mass grave...isnt it the one john found the gun in that he was going to commit suicide with before walt came by and stopped him? I have sawyers glasses...not a good choice!! I also am sick of looking at half naked chics on my computer as well..i just want to read about LOST...not to look at girls with no respect for themselves.

who ever the baby is, has to be younger than Charlotte. we see her running with her mom when Daniel sees her. Shes about what 5 or 6? So who ever this baby is has to be younger than her. that would leave out Ethan, Ben, Miles, and alot of others.

Does anyone think the new born be Desmond?

What if the baby being born is in fact Jacob? Horace built the cabin in the woods prior to the Purge so maybe he and Amy took the boy to the cabin and then the Purge took place and Jacob, being the last born on the island, remained in that cabin.

Ben said Charlotte was born in 1979. If it's 1974 when the time travelers go to Dharma, that little girl can't be Charlotte.

maybe I missed something. Isn't Goodwin the guy that Juliet was with in Season 1 that was killed. One of the guys Ben sends off to check on the plane wreck. He could have been 34 years old. And now Juliet is delivering him.

ok, so that show really has me thinking. agreeing with other posts regarding what will happen when ben arrives on the island? although last night we were shown that women give birth on the island, they mentioned that they always sent the women off the island to give birth. did something happen to cause them to do this or did they just figure they'd have better medical care off the island? the chick dancing in the beginning of the show was wearing a geronimo jackston shirt.

WOW! well I do have to go ONDEMAND and watch the first 10 minutes. I was stuck in traffic on the way home and got in after the first commercial break... DAAAAAAAAH! Also, so not happy with the fact that we have to wait two weeks. I do think, tho, that we are going to get a MAJOR payoff in the next episode. We always have gotten a sentimental episode followed by one with a bunch of WTF moments in past seasons. At least that's what I'll tell myself to get me by next week lol I need to see the Four Toed Statue obviously, but what I heard about it sounds amazingly cool. The Egyptian theme with the ankh is very interesting too. Now the question is: was the statue put there from a visiting people that found the island at some time in history? Or did the Others/hostiles build it for some reason? does it have something to do with Jacob? WHERE IS JACOB BTW? And also, just to throw something out there: what if the Island has been around since the beginning of Earth? If the properties of the island caused it to jump around in time and space, it could have been accessible to any number of cultures over the last couple thousand years. An Atlantis type deal maybe? An ancient island that didn't disappear as Atlantis did, but literally disappears... just a thought. and a stretch im sure. I just think they're heading to a black hole/negative energy type thing. Yes, we've all been throwing that theory around since Season 1, but they keep giving us clues that validate that idea. *sigh* just have to be patient. TWO MORE WEEKS!

If you recall... Goodwin was also the person John Locke saw in the woods a season or two back when he was looking for Jacob's cabin.. John thought he was hallucinating when Goodwin appeared. What was odd then, and what makes sense now, is that Goodwin also had a bloody nose.... pehaps John has been time travelling all along??

One thing that I think might be important that I haven't seen posted yet, when Daniel said that whatever happened, happened...well Sawyer, Juliet & crew came across Amy and Paul having a picnic and Paul was killed with Amy getting a bag put over her head. If this scenario was played out without Sawyers crew rescuing Amy, she would not have been around to have a child. Therefore, I think that this child is someone that will change the future for good? Also, we met Horace a few seasons ago when Ben was born (off the Island), he was with his significant other Olivia so has this 'intervention' by Sawyer and crew completely changed the course of things to happen? I hope we find out.

One more thing: The necklace that Amy took off of Paul's body is called the Ahka, it looks like the giant statue is holding one in each hand: http://images2.w....FourToedFull.jpg I read it's the symbol for eternal life/fertility pretty import for our storyline.

A thought I had: Widmore tells Locke he has to be back on the island for the war that is coming or the wrong side will WIN. Maybe Widmore is trying to change the outcome of the initial "war" between Dharma and the Others - obviously the Others won when it happened and we see the Dharma mass grave.

At this point of the show, where are Rose, Bernard, the Professer and Marianne? But seriously, where are Rose and Bernard and everyone else?

Here is a thought...why not take the sub back to Tahiti, wait it out over the next 30+ years and force/coerce the 815ers not to get on that plane. Then there are no island issues. Could that be how the show ends? Can we really change the future from the past? Maybe that is why Juliet could never help children to be born since she may not have truly been there. Far fetched-no doubt but just a thought. Does the statue hold mythical powers that helps babies to be born? Once the statue is destroyed...no more babies? If LaFleur was bones in the pit, does that mean that will really be sawyer? Maybe the baby is the old radio guy from the ship? Where is Vincent? Myabe the baby is Walt, by the time this show ends he will be about 32 or at least look that way. Maybe he alters his pigment color?? Or maybe they get back to the real world and prevent everyone from getting on the plane. This show ends with all of the Losties making friends with each other and creating this crazy story while sitting in the airport bar.

I think the baby Juliet helped deliver isn't any of the characters we know but part of a new loop in the timeline. When Sawyer, Juliet and the rest saved the woman who would be the baby's mother, wouldn't they have changed history? The woman was about to be kidnapped or killed by the 'hostiles' and, in the original timeline, she would never have returned to Dharma camp, therefore never got together with Horace, therefore never had his baby. Maybe I'm way off because Daniel also said it didn't matter what they did now because whatever they do, they were meant to do. But I still get the feeling they changed history by saving that woman, as well as by living in the Dharma camp. If the original timeline of the show stands and is unaffected by Sawyer and company arriving in 1974, then wouldn't Richard from 2004 have recognized Sawyer from their 1974 meeting? BTW, the eyeliner quip from Sawyer was the best line of the show last night. :)

To Quay: Sawyer said "...to see him be born..." This episode was really cool! Even though there were no big reveals in this one, I always like the ones that go back and fill in the time gaps in the story-line. I have a feeling that the Sawyer-Juliet relationship is going to get interesting now that Kate is back. AWESOME show! (PLEASE take the smut off of the side of the screen!)

Locke and Ben did not leave the flight during the flash because they did not leave the island like the oceanic six. Hurley, Jack, Kate, Sayid, Jin,and the pilot dude are back in the seventies cause thats where they would have been had they never left the island. Locke, Ben and the rest of the passengers are on the Island in the present time. Remember when Sawyer and crew hopped on the rowboats in the future and the shotgun that the suspicious looking dude in the tent grabbed....

Note: Everyone is bringing up the "Egyptian" theory and as I watch this episode again and laugh at the "the guy with the eyeliner" line that Sawyer used I suddenly put 2 and 2 together. Eyeliner....Egyptian.....AAAAHHAAAA. Just putting this out there but look at Richard under the light ....looks like an Egyptian to me. Also why DID Sawyer say to "to see ME born"? Was that a typo or on purpose? I listened over and over and it was a funny cut but it sure sounded like ME born. Freekin' show is going to put me in the funny farm...lol.

To all the people who think Sawyer said, "You were too busy... to see me get born," to Horace when he woke up, check your ears. He said, "...to see Amy give birth." Watch it again when it replays. And check your info before you post something incredibly wrong and just confuse everyone.

I just watched last night's LOST. Someone earlier mentioned LeFluer being one of the bodies in the pit. He totally is!! When Ben shot Lock and pushed him in the pit, LeFluer was one of the Dead Dharma in the pit...was that Sawyer in the pit...noooo!!! I am so confused but I love it!!!!!!!!!

Just had a thought after having another weird Lost dream. Christian Sheppard has to be alive. His body was dead going on a plane and after the plane crashed and the sky lit up he was brought back to life. Same thing happened to Locke, he was dead on the plane, sky lit up and bada bing bada boom, he's alive. We saw clearly in the last episode that Locke was def. alive. Sorry if this was already brought up, but couldnt see it.

Where is Claire???? She may possibly be with the others/hostles

I don't think the LeFelur in the pit is Sawyer - first, when the hostile shot Sawyer it seemed like Sawyer was surprised that he wasn't hit - almost as if he's bullet proof. Second, since Richard knows Sawyer is with Locke, then why would he kill him? It doesn't make sense.

In the Darma Rec Room, there is a pinball machine. We didn't get a really good look at the front of it in this week's episode, but we have seen it before. It is the Cyclone (number 2 of 3 in a seriers of 3 roller-coaster themed machines) made by Williams - you will know it because Ronald and Nancy Regan are pictured riding in it on the front face. I own the same machine at home, and I love that the Lost set has used the same machine. My machine was manufactured in 1988 (I believe this model was manufactured from 1986 to 1988, but I'm not 100% positive about that), yet the same machine is clearly seen at the Darma camp in 1974. Unless someone else is time-traveling and bringing along pinball machines (we know Hurley effectively brought a guitar) this is a mistake made by the set crew. Assuming it is a mistake, It doesn't have any impact to the story line, just a fun fact I wanted to share. I agree that we have seen Paul's necklace before. Was it in Ben's hidden closet, where he had lots of passports and foreign money?

Greetings Citizens. As usual I am reading through the posts of this past week and I am amazed at how much misinformation is out there. This is not a complaint and I am not knocking anybody for being confused, but there are some things that LOST has "told" us and there are other things that fans are "hearing". Similar to Sawyer's line, "...Amy giving birth" vs. "...me being born". Thank you Cam'ron for checking that. I didn't get to go back and review it yet, but it certainly would have made NO sense AT ALL if Sawyer was saying "me being born." I am interested in checking the mass grave for LaFleur. I do believe that this is accurate because I seem to recall noticing this name at the time, as my wife is French and I seem to recall having a brief exchange about it when it occurred. Nevertheless, it was some time ago and I want to go back to the episode, I think it was "The Man Behind The Curtain." Now I want to share some time theory according to the show that some people seem to be confused about. The most important thing I'd like to point out is that Mrs. Hawking never told Desmond that he couldn't change the past. What she said was that the Universe has a way of course correcting. What this means, according to the show, is that a man's destiny cannot be changed. What brings about that destiny can be manipulated so that it might not happen like it was intended, but it will happen. For example, Charlie was suppose to die as Desmond had seen it. Everytime Desmond changed the events and interfered, the Universe would course correct so that Charlie's destiny would still happen. In a similar way, you can change the past, but you cannot expect these changes to influence the ultimate destiny of people in the future. This isn't something that our survivors have to "worry" about messing up because the Universe will course correct all on its own. When the island started moving through time and Daniel spoke to Desmond about finding his mother, Mrs. Hawking, no "rules" were violated. Desmond's destiny was not changed by these events. The only reason Desmond was unique was because he was someone in both time frames that could help Daniel. It wasn't because Desmond was his constant, it wasn't because Desmond had already been through time travel and was now "reset" in time. It was simply because he was in a position to do this - none of the others that had left were able to be contacted. This, by the way, is a unique approach to time travel that doesn't follow the usual rules that we've seen in "Back to the Future" or "Terminator". What makes this unique is the fact that the character's CAN change the past without worrying about messing up the future. They can do this because the Universe will Course Correct any important events that the writer's need to maintain, and any other changes can be dismissed as "non-essential" to anyone's destiny and therefore, do not need to be maintained. It's definitely easier for a writer to write in this "universe". There are also a lot of similarities being drawn between Christian and Locke; however, these situations are entirely different. Christian, like many of the other people who have died on the island, only appears to some and appears as a ghost. By ghost I mean he does not (and probably cannot) interact with material objects. This was why he couldn't help Locke down in the well. Locke, on the other hand, appears to be completely ressurrected - capable of being seen by all and interacting with everything. This is totally different and I think the writers want us to notice this. More importantly they want to point out that Locke is Special. It is already known that John Locke is a reference to the British Philosopher, no news there; but, Keeping in line with the biblical references, John is shortned form of Jonathon which in Hebrew mean "Yahweh has Given" or God Given. So, is Locke a God Given gift to save the world from the impending war that Widmore and Ben keep referencing? That's a big leap - but it might need to be taken. NOw, about where Lapidus went and who is with him. I don't think Sun is with Lapidus. In fact, it seems that only the Oceanic 6 (were on flight 815 AND left by way of the chopper) are in the 1977 time line. This would exclude Locke and Ben (both who left turning the wheel) and Lapidus (who didn't arrive by way of Flight 815). Jack, Hurley, Kate, Sun, and Sayid are on the 1977 time line - everyone else is in the present time line and has not experienced being unstuck in time. At this point I might believe that the flight attendant was with Lapidus - but I don't think it's going to be Sun. The statue definitely is Egyptian in design (or did Egyptian design came from it?). Regardless of who the diety is, it's carrying two Ankhs and would appear to be wearing a headress similar to that of several Egyptian dieties. We have already seen Egyptian type glyphs on the island (on the temple where the black smoke monster escaped to) and used as part of the

The necklace that Amy's husband had, the Ankh symbol. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Claire wear the same necklace or something similar in the first season? I'm almost positive but I can't find a still frame.

To whoever said that the pilot is in the 70's with everybody else, wrong man. Ilana told Locke that the pilot ran off with a woman (most likely sun) with one of the boats, cause Locke wanted to get the passenger list off of him. So they're all in the same time zone together, not in the 70's with everybody else. - I also tend to think that amy's baby is a new character since she technically shouldn't be alive since Sawyer intervened with the original events, but then again who knows for sure, she still might have originally just been kidnapped and impregenated by Horace later on anyway.... - Hopefully the LaFluer body found in the pit isn't Sawyer and was just somebody else wearing the suit, otherwise that means Sawyer spent almost 20 years living from the 70's to the time when the purge happened in 1992. - Maybe Ben and Sun didn't flash to the 70's because they can't exist in the same time/place as their younger selves? Ben is already there living as a kid and perhaps Sun was there as a kid at some point for whatever reason, but thats just a a wild ass guess, still not sure on how the lost "rules of time and space" exactly work, and nobody really does for now. - I also think everybody's perception of time is uniqie to themselves, like when Faraday visited Desmond on the island and Desmond suddenly "remembered" it years later, like his whole memory was rewired, I think the same goes for other people as well not just because Desmond is special, I think his special abilities wil fully be shown later. Like I think Whidmore never originally met Locke or knew who he was, but when Locke went back in time and met him when he was 17 Whidmores future self suddenly "remembered" him, his memory was rewired too, just like Desmond's (just a theory). - The next new episode is called NAMASTE, which was seen on the welcoming sign to new recruits of Dharma when young Ben arrived to the island, so maybe it will take place around then.

For the people down below that don't realize it yet, Locke and crew are on the smaller island. It was the hydra station they were in last episode.

Everyone who keeps saying richard is wearing eyeliner like the egyptian gods is wrong.... i have seen him in other shows and he looks exactly the same!! he simply has an abundance of black eyelashes which make it seem like he has black eyeliner on....it looks like he does but that is the way the man really, in real life, looks like. please get over the eyeliner - egyptian thing they dont go together.

If you go to Lost Media and look at screen captures for the next episode NAMASTE you will see Sun, Frank and Ben TOGETHER!!

So I have always been a big fan of the Stargate series amd they both kinda dance around what LOST is doing. Egyptians, time travel Atlantis, etc. Also with staying on the Egyptian note how about Richard's initials spelling out RA. In later Egyptian dynastic times, Ra was merged with the god Horus.(Horace???) Power merge coming up maybe??? Makes you wonder.

Ok...I just don't get it. Is there no future? Let me make a few statements..,.... First, you let the stars leave and then bring back people with no relievence! 2nd, Once you think you have everything figured out and understand what\'s going on.....it\'s not what we thought. 3rd, they have so much money to spend and this is what they came up with so far? 4th, Our Star here is an older man, seems lost....then gets focused...get\'s hurt then gets better, loses focus again....some how gains it back, left for dead but then comes back to life ....no he is trying to motovate a bunch of people that don\'t have star quality.....how can we keep our focus as fans if we don\'t understand where this is going? I don\'t understand why we keeep McNabb around!!!!!......oh wait.... Isn\'t this \"Lost\" blog on what the Eagles are doing in this off season???? I know I\'m Lost! :) This show ROCKS!!!!

Philly, I did the same thing with the screencaps of the mass grave. there were no names on any of the bodies. I only saw a darhma logo and that was it. NO LAFLEUR

I was reading the blog today bc there wont be an episode tonight and i needed a little lost. i dont know if people have said this or not, but I'm pretty sure that Jacob is Locke. If you go to the lost picture page of this site, look at the picture they have there of Jacob. It looks pretty clear to me that Jacob is wearing an outfit from the revolutionary time period. notice the tuft around the neck and down the front that was customary then. Also Jacob seems to be wearing an old style wig with the ponytail. Keep looking and you'll notice that Jacob is clearly bald up until the wig he has on. Also he has some stubble or growth on his chin. Now go to the picture on the same page of Locke with the stupid fake hair. Notice the stubble and shape of his chin and also the shape of his nose. It fits the Jacob picture perfectly. I have no idea y Jacob is dressed up in the revolutionary outift, but I think he looks clearly like Locke. Take a look for urselves, I want to see if anyone else thinks the same thing. Also, is everyone assuming that the new crash survivors as well as Locke did not go back in time bc they werent included in the white flash? where is that coming from?

For the theory floating around that the flight 316 passengers ended up in two different time periods, you have to remember that the time shifts on the island had stopped after Locke reset the donkey wheel. The island went on for three years after that with no other incidents, so it doesn't make sense that the passengers on the plane would be effected by time shifts.