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September 8, 2009

...And Found.

Let's talk about LOST! ...And Found.

Claire and Sun are on the beach wringing out clothes. The waves are crashing.
Sun-“It’s been four days.”
Claire feels that’s not that long, "They said it could take up to two weeks to find a current. I mean, Michael knew what he was doing. I doubt anything would have…”
Sun realizes her wedding ring is missing. This is very upsetting to her. She is panicked and is speaking in Korean.
Claire-“What?”
But Sun is focused on looking for it and speaking in Korean.
Sun tells Claire, “My wedding ring, it's gone.”
{Flash Whoosh}
Sun is sitting in front of the mirror and puts a jeweled hairpin in her hair. Her mother comes in and asks if she plans on wearing that. {They speak only in Korean}
Sun wonders what’s wrong with her attire.  Mom picks up a pair of beautiful shoes/pumps and takes them away.
Shoe-less Sun yells out that she likes those shoes. Her mother likes them too, but tells Sun she’s to wear another pair, “He might be shorter than you...“
Mother brings her a pair of flats. Sun feels this is ridiculous.
Mother-“If you'd found a husband in college we wouldn't need a matchmaker.”
Sun-“I went to college to get a degree.”
Mother-“And after four years of college, you're ‘silver. Don't you want to find a husband before you turn ‘bronze’?”
Sun feels she’ll find a husband when the time is right.
Mother-“Well, your father says the time is now.”

Jin and his friend are in an apartment. Jin is putting on a tie while Tai Soo reads a "Destiny book". {They speak only in Korean.}
Tai-“I'm telling you, man, this year love will find you.”
Jin-“Well if the destiny book says it, it must be true.”
Tai-“My grandma used this book to meet my grandfather. It never fails.”
Jin-“What kind of woman? I mean, what she look like, so I'll know when I see her?”
Tai-“Orange.”
Jin, in front of the mirror, questions, “Orange?”
Tai-“Yes, love will look... orange.”
Jin-“I can't take care of a woman, I can barely take care of myself!”
Tai-“You could always let a woman take care of you.”
Jin puts on his shoes, “That's not what a man does. A man needs a goal in life. He works harder than anyone. He gets promoted. Then he'll be respected...not like the son of a fisherman.”
Tai feels it’s only a job interview.
Jin knows it’s a very important job interview. He asks Tai how he looks, “Stunning, huh?”
Mr. Stunning forgot to cut the tag off the tie. Jin couldn’t cut the tag off it because then he couldn’t return it, “This tie cost a fortune.”
Jin playfully slaps Tai with the tie.
Tai-“So, Jin, what should I do if Love calls?”
Jin smiles, “Tell it to wait.”     He heads out the door.
{Flash Whoosh}
Jin, Michael and Sawyer, who is sleeping, sit in the dark Arrow Station. The Tailies are huddled and whispering about the three Castaways. {What is so secret that these people cannot speak openly in front of the Lostie's? Why are they still treating them like prisoners? They're all supposed to be in the same situation, apparently NOT! The Tailies are made up of different group of people for sure.}
Michael, in his orange shirt, feels compelled to go over to Jin and tell him in English, “It’s okay. Sun...you'll be with her again. Soon, OK. {He wakes Sawyer and whispers} Hey, I think they're trying to figure out what to do with us.”   {Jin understands him}
Sawyer thinks they’re going to eat them. Ana, with her big sticks, tells them all to get up, “We’re moving out.
Michael-“Moving out where?”
Ana-“You’re going to help us get food and water.”
Sawyer questions if they work for her now. Ana feels they’re going to do it because they have a long walk ahead of them.
Sawyer-“A long walk where?"
Ana Lucia-“Back to where you came from."


As they exit the Arrow Station, Ana Lucia makes sure all is clear.  Sawyer whispers to Michael that he thinks they should stage a prison break here. Michael wants to figure out what the hell is going on over here before he makes any decisions about anything.

Ana Lucia speaks loudly as she tells everyone to listen up, “We need to gather as much food and water as we can. You travel in pairs. You move as fast as you can. Don't make any noise.”
Michael wants her to take a minute to explain to them what the hell is going on over here that’s got them all so on edge.
Ana Lucia-“You know what? That's a great idea, maybe we can swap stories on the road.”
The big dude is going to go scout before they move.
Sawyer whispers under his breath that he thinks she needs to be slapped.  Ana directs Cindy to go with Michael. {Cindy and Libby have big sticks that look more like hockey sticks or a shepherd's staff.} Bernard and Ana will gather the fish, but Jin would like to help as he knows how to fish. Jin will go with them as per Sawyer’s encouragement.

At the beach Sun is frantically looking for her wedding ring. Jack sees her behavior and asks her if she’s okay. Upset Sun confesses she lost her wedding ring.
Jack-“When was the last time you saw it?”
Sun doesn’t know as she’s gotten used to it.
Jack-“I lost my wedding ring once. It's crazy where you’ll look when you want to find something bad enough. I went through the garbage outside the house…emptied the bags and everything. I even took apart the pipes in my bathroom because I was convinced that it had gone down the drain in the sink.”
Sun-“What did your wife say?"
Jack-“She never knew.”   {Jack is capable of deception and secret keeping}
Sun-“How is that?"
Jack-“I went to a jeweler and I had a replica made, that's how. {He looks at his left hand} Yeah, now it's just rattling around in my sock drawer back home.   Um, I can help you look. {He doesn't admit divorce or anything else. But I'm sure we need to know that so when he does get back to 'Sarah' he can wear his ring again, for a little while anyway! lol}
Sun-“No, thanks. I'm sure it will turn up."

Jin is picking off and tossing the pointy parts of a urchin into the water. {Bait}
Ana Lucia and Bernard are struggling with a net. Ana yells over to Jin for some help. Jin shakes his head no. {He understands English!}
Ana Lucia-“You want to eat? Help us!” {She gestures eating} Jin replies in Korean.
Ana Lucia-“Does it look like I speak Korean?”
Jin throws his net into the water and pulls in a bunch of fish. He is proud, “Fish.”
{Flash Whoosh}
Jin sits in an office for his job interview with Kim Kwan-Hak, General Manager. {They speak only in Korean. The scene is bathed in Orange.}
Mr. Kim looks over Jin’s application and notes he worked at the Asiana Hotel as a busboy. Jin shares that he became a waiter.
Mr. Kim-“They don't promote from within.”
Jin-“No, sir. Not usually. I believe I was one of the few exceptions."
Mr. Kim-“What village are you from?”
He says it’s obvious Jin’s not from the city.
Jin-“Namhae. On the south coast.”
Mr. Kim-“No wonder. I thought I smelled fish on you.”
He pulls the price tag off of Jin’s tie, ”This was sticking out.”
Jin thanks him.
Mr. Kim picks up the phone and tells whomever that, “Mr. Kwon will be joining us.”
He tells happy Jin, “You will start immediately. You work rain or shine. You don't ask for a raise or time off.” {What is he, a frickin robot?} A man knocks on the door and enters presenting Jin with a uniform. {Black suit, white gloves, top hat and a rose.}


Mr. Kim-“And Mr. Kwon... The Seoul Gateway is one of the finest hotels in the country. Do not open the door for people like you.” {What a mutha fucker! That dude needs an attitude adjustment.}
Jin-“Yes, sir. I understand. I will do my best. Thank you, sir.”
{Flash Whoosh}
Orange shirt wearing Michael and Libby walk through the jungle. Libby apologizes to him. Michael asks what for.
Libby-“You know, about throwing you and your friends into the pit.”
Michael-“Friends.”
Libby-“What?”
Michael just never thought about it like that; he guesses one of them is his friend. Libby guesses not the redneck. Michael confirms not the redneck.  Libby doesn’t think she’s ever seen someone so scared in her life, and she knows about scared.  Michael asks if that’s why she threw them in the pit, “Because you were scared?”
Libby confesses they have trust issues.
Annoyed Michael-“Huh, how about that? Where the hell are all the fruit?”
Libby states they picked these trees pretty clean. Sometimes you can find them on the ground.”
Michael is looking deep into the jungle and asks, “Why don't you head inland? That's where all the fruit is on our side.”
Libby-“We don't go that way.”
Michael wonders why.
Scared Libby informs him, “Because that's where They come from.”

Sawyer is sitting, dozing off.
Ana Lucia, Bernard, Cindy and Jin sort through the fish and fruit.  A huge piece of metal/knife is stabbed in a piece of wood next to Sawyer. He jolts awake and is informed by the big dude that this is for his protection for when they travel. {Are they taking too many steps while holding the ball?! Lol}
Sawyer asks him, “Did you make this? {he nods yep} So what's your name, anyway?”
The big dude’s name is “Mr. Eko.” {Watch how Eko delivers his name. Very dramatic} Sawyer wonders if that’s like Mr. Ed.


Libby runs over to Ana Lucia to tattle on Michael, “He just left.”   He said something and then went into the jungle, “He's gone.”
Jin listens.
Ana tells everyone they’re leaving now, “Let's go.”
Sawyer questions her.
Ana informs him that his buddy ran off into the jungle. Jin communicates with Sawyer in Korean.
Bernard-“What's he trying to say? What's he saying?”
Jin goes on in Korean and blurts out “Walt! Walt!”
Sawyer looks pissed.
Ana Lucia-“Let's go. We're moving out now. Cindy, water. Libby, can you carry the radio?”
Libby has the radio.
Sawyer-“Wait, you have a radio? Does it work? Can you use it?”
Sarcastic Ana thinks that’s a great idea, “You going to slow us down?”
Jin is very upset about Michael being out there. Ana wants them to get going before Michael can tell Them where they are. Jin again tries to communicate to Sawyer about Michael.
Sawyer-“What are we supposed to do, wait for him?  He ain't coming back without his kid. Walt! He ain't coming back without Walt. You really think he's going to find him? In case you haven't noticed it's every man for himself, Chewie. Mike's got to worry about Mike. And I've got to worry about me."
Pissed off and motivated Jin starts to leave and Eko tries to stop him but Jin punches Eko.  So Eko head butts him, knocking Jin to the ground.   Jin gets up, they have a short stare down and then Eko moves out of the way so Jin can go.
Eko-“You're going the wrong way. {points in opposite direction} That's where he's going. Toward Them.”
Eko hands Jin a handmade weapon {looks like a hockey stick or a wooden shepherd's staff}.
Concerned Ana asks Eko what he’s doing.
Eko-“I'm going to help him find his friend.”
Ana informs him they can’t wait for him and Eko doesn’t expect them too.

Hurley and Sun walk along the beach. Hurley tells Sun all she’s gotta do is retrace her steps. He asked her what she did yesterday.
Sun-“I woke up, washed up, walked with Shannon, picked some fruit, cut it up to feed Vincent. And then I was...”
Hurley thinks that’s it, “BINGO!”
Sun and Hurley wait around to see if Vincent ate the ring.   Vincent looks like he’s eating something but he’s also nosing around in the ivy.  Hurley asks Sun if Seoul is the good Korea or the bad. Sun says the good one. Hurley wonders if she went to Olympics. Sun just feels this is ridiculous waiting for...”The dog did not eat my ring.”
Hurley knows dogs will eat anything, “When I was a kid, my dog Buster. I had a drawer where I’d throw in all my change, right? I guess there was some ‘Smarties' in there. So like the next day Buster craps out a buck thirty five in nickels.”
Sun is not amused. Sun owned a dog. Jin gave Sun a puppy named Bopo. Bopo means a kiss. {In Italian it would be Bacci, just thought you'd like to know that.LOL}
{Flash Whoosh}
Sun and her wealthy mother get out of a fancy chauffeur driven car. {They speak only in Korean} Mother is instructing her to keep her hands in her lap, “In fact, don't speak unless they ask you a direct question.”
A woman greets them, mentions how beautiful Sun is, “You're going to love him! He's handsome... well educated... and his family owns this hotel, and twelve others.”
They enter the grand hotel. The doorman bows down and welcomes them to the Seoul Gateway. The doorman is happy Jin.

Sun and her mother are sitting at a table with her "date," Jae Lee, and his mother. Mrs. Paik compliments their hotel.
Mrs. Lee understands that Sun attended Seoul National University. Indeed she did, but it’s certainly no Harvard. The two manipulating mother's give the two some time to get to know each other. Sun looks uncomfortable. {Orange drinks} Jae asks Sun who’s pressuring her more, her mother or father.
Sun-“My father... via my mother. What about you?”
Jae-"My father...via my mother...via my aunt...via my grandmother. What did you study?”
Sun studied Art history. Jae doesn’t know anything about art. He studied Medieval Russian Literature, but somehow ended up in hotel management. {HUH? Medieval Russian Literature. Why? Is that a big money making career? LOL.}
Jae confesses he usually dreads these set-ups, but today is different. It is different for Sun too. She smiles.
{Flash Whoosh}
Mr. Eko and his big stick lead Jin on their trek to find Michael. Eko stops and is listening to something. Jin hears it and wants to run to it thinking it’s Michael, but Eko wants him to wait. Jin runs off and hears what sounds like someone walking in the jungle. He sees the trees move and a huge boar charges at Jin, knocking him down. Jin jolts up as he sees a dead man with a stick through his chest.

Eko reveals his name was Goodwin. Jin, who is covering his mouth and nose from the smell wonders, “Others.”
Eko nods yes.
As they continue their search, Eko breaks off a piece of aloe and Jin wonders, “Michael?”
Eko says no, it’s for his cut.
Eko-“So, you're married? Your ring. You have a wife?” {Again, Jin understands}
Jin-“Yes. You?
They drink from the funky canteen.
Eko-“Worse. Your wife, what is her name? Her name?"
Jin-“ Sun."
Eko-“She was with you? On the plane?” {Eko uses a hand gesture to indicate plane}
Jin nods yes.

Sun is in her garden looking through the soil for her ring. She gets totally angry and starts ripping up plants in frustration. {Roots} She sits down and cries.
Locke wanders by in all his Locke-ness {I love Locke!} and asks her, “Bad day? {Hands her a handkerchief made blue plaid cloth } It's clean.”
Sun thanks him.
Locke-“You mind if I sit?”
Sun gestures for him to sit and blots her tears.
Sun-“Did you see me?”
Locke-“Rip apart your garden? No. {Sun chuckles, obviously he saw her} Sometimes I wish I had a garden to tear apart.”


Sun-“I don't think I have ever seen you angry.”
Locke chuckles- “Oh, I used to get angry all the time. Frustrated too.”
Sun seems intrigued by that and asks, “You are not frustrated anymore?”
Locke smiles and shares, “I'm not lost anymore.”
Sun-“How did you do that?”

Locke-“Same way anything lost gets found...{He replants a plant right in front of her}I stopped looking.”
{Flash Whoosh}
Sun looks into her compact mirror while she sits alone waiting on “someone” to arrive at the restaurant.
Jin is the happy doorman at the hotel. {Fu/Foo Dogs outside the entrance} A car horn beeps and he runs to escort the person out. Jin welcomes Mr. Jae Lee. Jae asks Jin if he can borrow that {his pinned on rose} because he has a date. Jin is happy to help out. As Jin opens the door for him, Jae asks {They speak only in Korean} “Your name is...?
Jin-“Jin Soo Kwon, sir.”
Jae Thanks Mr. Kwon. Jin is pleased.


Jae is sitting with Sun in the restaurant, he’s in the middle of telling her a story.
Jae-‘...then the card slips out of the door and there I am in the hallway, wearing only a towel!”
Sun is amused, “I thought that only happened in movies.”
Jae-“I had to convince the maid I owned the hotel... but she didn't believe me! How embarrassing!”
Sun can’t believe how normal Jae is. Jae thinks she’s great too. {He is wearing the rose}
Jae-“So... I'd really like for us to keep seeing each other. Our parents will be so thrilled. No more ‘matchmakers.’ No more pressure. We can be free. Can I tell you a secret? {She says yes} When I was at Harvard, I met an American woman... I haven't told my father yet, but... in six months, I'm going to move there and marry her. {She looks disappointed} Wait... you didn't think...”
Sun says of course not; she is very happy for him. The manager comes over asking if there’s anything else they need; coffee or dessert.
Sun-“No, thank you. In fact, I have an appointment.”
Sun thanks Jae for lunch and exits.
{Flash Whoosh}
Eko and Jin are still searching. Jin starts to walk in a different direction {Left} but Eko corrects him, “No, not that way. Over here.”
He found a footprint, “A round heel. This is fresh. These tracks...”
Jin -“Michael.”
Eko feels yes its Michael, “They don't leave tracks.”



Eko is hot on the trail of the tracks but stops to look and listen. {He’s looking up}
Jin asks “Where?”
Eko literally covers Jin’s mouth to silence him.
Eko-“Shhh


We follow along a ground level view to find Jin and Eko hidden in the thick brush with only their eyes showing. They watch several sets of dirty, muddy barefoot people quietly walking by single file, with the last one dangling a teddy bear hanging from either wire or vine. {They made no sounds, and only slight sound when stepping down on twigs}
Jin and Eko get up from their hiding place, and Jin leads to follow the passersby to get to Michael but Eko tells Jin no, they don’t have him, “They came from that way {points} Your friend went that way {pointing in other direction}, crossed ahead of them... very lucky.”
Jin-“You, go back. I go.”
Eko refuses, “No, we go together.”
{Flash Whoosh}
Happy Jin is welcoming and opening the door at the hotel. As he bows, Sun walks right out the door; they never see each other. A “common poor” man asks Jin if his son can use the hotel bathroom because it’s an emergency; he really has to go.
Jin is sorry and explains it is for hotel guests only and mentions there’s a bathroom down the street. He asks the fidgety boy if he can hold it. The boy says no, giving puppy dog eyes, so Jin lets them in. The boy’s father calls Jin a good man.
Mr. Kim sees this and goes right up to Jin asking what he told him about who he lets inside. Jin apologizes.
Mr. Kim-“Consider this your first warning.”
Jin tries to reason with the manager by having compassion for the little boy.
Mr. Kim-“He can piss in the gutter for all I care. You people are used to that. If you want to keep your job go find them and get them out of here!”
Jin takes off his gloves and hat. Mr. Kim wonders what he’s doing. Jin hands over the hat and gloves and thanks him for the opportunity.
{Flash Whoosh}
Ring-less Sun sits on the beach rubbing her finger, staring out to the water. Kate walks over, remarks about how pretty the Ocean is and mentions Hurley shared that Sun lost her wedding ring.
Sun-“I was just sitting here telling myself it's silly to be so upset about it...it is just a thing.”
Kate-“Well, they've only been gone a few days, and....”
Sun- “Don't! I'm sick of everyone saying he's alright. He's not alright. Claire found the bottle. The one with the messages inside. The one from the raft.”
Kate asks where it is.
Sun-“I buried it.”

The Tailies and Sawyer continue their trek. Only Sawyer is getting weaker so he sits. Ana gives him water and remarks that if he keeps slowing them down they’re going to leave him behind.
Sawyer-“Go ahead, leave me behind.”
Ana- “See ya.”
Sawyer has a question for her, “Now that your tracker's gone how are you going to find our camp without me?”
Ana Lucia-“Walk across the island, follow the beaches. And Eko's coming back.”
Sawyer asks if she’s married. Ana says no.
Sawyer feels that’s too bad as she seems suited for it.
Ana asks if he’s married then asks if he’s gay. He answers no to being married.
Sawyer stands up-“Funny. Let's go. What are we waiting for?”

Jin and Eko stop at the stream. Jin sips water from his hand while Eko fills up the canteen. Eko tells Jin to wait here as they lost his trail. He'll go back and find it. He heads off.
Jin is alone and Michael appears on the other side of the stream. Michael asks Jin what he’s doing, “Go back.”
Jin-“Michael!”
Michael yells for Jin to “Go back, man!”
Jin looks back to the direction Eko went then turns to see Michael run off. Jin takes his stick weapon and runs after Michael into the jungle.
Michael is calling out for Waaaaalt. Jin calls out to Michael.
Michael-“Go away! I'm not going back without him! Walt! I'm here! Where are you, man? {He yells louder} Walt!! {Jin tries to quiet him} What, you worried they're going to hear me? {Michael yells even louder} Let them take me! Come! Come take me!”
Eko appears and tells him shouting is not a good idea, “You need to come back with us now.”
Michael {pointing at Eko} is not leaving him/Walt out here.
Eko approaches and Michael and Michael raises his big stick prepared to hit Eko.
Eko- "I know they took your son. But you have no idea what these people are capable of. They will not be found if they don't want to be.” {Eko has 2 tied whiskers on his chin}
Michael is getting upset, “They took him right out of my hand… right out of my hand! I'm not going back without him.”
Jin, in English -“You find Walt, Michael.”
So the three stick carrying men head off.


Sun digs up the bottle of messages.
Kate-“Can I see it?"
She empties out the messages and is looking at them. {Probably wanted to see if anyone wrote a note about the fugitive Kate is on the island HA!}
Sun-“Kate! Those are private. Kate, stop. What are you doing?!”
Kate gets quiet-“We didn't, uh... I didn't say goodbye.”
Sun-“Sawyer?”
Kate looks down and smiles, “Sun.”
Kate nods her head in the direction she wants Sun to look. Sun picks up her wedding ring; she is relieved it is found. She cries and puts in on.
In the jungle Jin looks at his ring.
{Flash Whoosh}
Jin, dressed in dark and light is walking along a canal by a bridge in Seoul. A woman wearing an orange dress walks by him and he checks her out. As he turns back around he literally turns right into Sun and she drops her purse. He hands it back to her.
They look into each other's eyes...
DESTINY.
Sun on the beach crying and happy. You can see how relieved she is, but also how much in love she is with Jin!




...And Found is a GREAT episode. These poor lost people are trying so desperately trying to find something and even find themselves.   But through all of the challenges they face on the "Island" are there a few of them who don't want to be found or come face to face with a truth.  After all they will not be found if they don't want to be, they have to want it...they have to want to change.

Things to Note...Questions to ask...  
☯  Kwan. Kwon.
☯  Games. Bingo. Olympics.
☯  Art. Movies.
☯  Replica. Match. Pair.
☯  Silver. Bronze.
☯  Ring-Circle-Loop.
☯  Shoes. Feet.
☯  Orange-the color or the fruit? Locke uses orange slices to make big smiley faces. Michael wears an Orange shirt. Orange drinks.
☯  Rose. Roses.
Jae is in the family business. Jack is in the "family business"
☯  Learn. University
☯  Prison.
☯  Language. Linguistics. Communication. Via. Radio.
☯  Language barriers seem to not interfere with communicating with each other. Besides, I think Jin may understand them all anyway. I know, I'm crazy like that!
☯  Eko has something “Worse” than a wife! WTF does that mean?!
☯  They symbol of the "Rose"... Is it a hint to our Rose on the "Island"? Rose (The Castaway) appears to all of us to be calm, at peace, all knowing about Bernard. She is different in all her behaviors from the rest of them. She is special. Why would this be? I've always questioned her. That may upset a few of you, I know. But when we got to the "Further Instructions" episode in season 3 and I detailed my Locke/Boone vision findings, it involved the remaining, living Losties, all of them except for Rose. Again, I wonder why?
☯  Why don’t the Others leave tracks? Are they not real?
Locke tells Charlie in a previous episode that he was trying to track Desmond, but he didn't leave much of trail. Was Locke not really looking for Desmond, or does Desmond not leave tracks?
Heart. Soul/Seoul. 
Locke is a bald man that gives Sun some insight. Jae is a bald man who gives Sun a push in a different direction, right into Jin's path.
☯  Eko is Jin’s guide in the jungle. 
☯  Name. {Nahme} Identity.
☯  Sawyer calls Michael, Mike.
☯  Clues to doors and doorways, and to guarding 'said' doors. Who is guarding the doorways of the "Island" and on the "Island"?

Here's where I start to really look at the Tailies very differently. When we are first introduced to them I was apprehensive to say the least. Now at this point I find myself to really read between the lines with them and also read their body language. I know, you want to tell me to chill out, don't 'read' that much into stuff but I can't help myself.   The obvious two sections of two groups of people from two sides of the "Island"... TWO SIDES! Please really watch the Tailies. Look at them and how they are around each other, the words they say to each other, etc. When they speak to each other, they say things that can be taken as 'I know what I'm doing here, I know why I'm here, but I don't like it!' I think that our tail section people are aware of more than they let on.

Vocabulary and Research... 
Replica-Italian-from Latin replicare (“to copy”)
  - is a copy that is relatively indistinguishable from the original.
  -is a client-server data replication system for Plan 9 from Bell Labs. The server stores changes to its file system in a log; the client updates itself by reading that log and applying any changes.
  -Replica=copy-imitation-model-duplication-reproduction-mock up-carbon copy
Tie (Draw)a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports.
Crook: A tool with a bend in it. 2). A shepherd's staff.  
- aka A crosier-staff of office (pastoral staff). Symbol of the Bishop or Apostle.
Orange:
 - Hindu swamis traditionally wear orange robes.
 -Orange is used to symbolically represent the second chakra.
 -Orange represents the Noachide Law against blasphemy.
 -In the U.S. and Canada, orange regalia is associated with the field of engineering.
 -In baseball many Foul Poles are orange.
 -Orange is often quoted as a word that doesn't rhyme with any other word in the English language.
Fish can refer to a poor chess or poker player.
- Buddhist symbolism: A pair of Golden Fish. Representing conjugal happiness and freedom.
- Phishin is an Internet crime
-FISh (programming language), an array programming language. Its strategy is to perform what it calls "static shape analysis" on all programs before executing them. This "shape computation" reduces higher-order functional programs to simple imperative forms.
-Files transferred over shell protocol-is a network protocol that uses Secure Shell (SSH) or Remote Shell (RSH) to transfer files between computers and manage remote files.
♦  (Fu) Foo Dogs: they are Asian imperial guardians. They are powerful mystic protectors that have stood in front of Chinese imperial palaces, temples, emperors tombs, government offices and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty. They were originally introduced to Han China as the Buddhist protector of Dharma.
♦  Rose- A rose is a beautiful flower. Some consider this flower to be the most beautiful and fragrant flower of all. With all its beauty it has thorns!
 -Another meaning for the word rose in its past tense is, Rise. Rise (Get up, Ascend, appear above the horizon, gain a higher position, origin, area of higher ground). Yes, I went a little extreme here with showing the past tense of the word, but it could be clues. wink, wink.
Sun-The sun is a shining celestial body around which planets revolve. It gives us light; it is a huge star.




At this point should they all feel as Locke feels? He knows he's where he belongs, the "Island" and he actually states that he's not lost anymore.    It may be taking the rest of them a little longer to realize it.  They are not lost...well, they are lost but they're exactly where they're supposed to be.  This is especially true for Jack.
Sun and Jin, are they really truly and completely in love? Are they soul mates destined to be together forever?

Is it coincidence or chance that they literally bumped into each other or did fate and destiny cause their paths to cross? Was their meeting part of a bigger motive?   Is there such a thing as destiny being written out, predetermined?

Although my research may nudge me in one direction I can't help but WANT them to be in love and destined to be together regardless of how or why they bumped into each other.
Destiny.

Love to all who are "LOST"™



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Disclaimer: I never claim to know everything about the show and my thoughts by no means make me right! The things I share here are my views and/or opinions. I don't claim to catch every single detail either! You all know I hate spoilers! And I stand clear of reading certain sites as to not take me off my own course of research. The one thing I don't need to do here is rehash all of the obvious clues from an episode, we all know what they are. Understood? Good! Let the fun begin! I'll only note things that I know come up as clues later, but need to be noted when they first show up and things I find that will be of importance! It will get very exciting as we progress into the story.

August 1, 2009

Dave.

Let's talk about LOST! Dave.

NOTE: Be very observant of Libby and Dave's body language and facial expressions when they are with Hurley. These are just as important as dialogue clues we are given.
Power walking Libby leads orange shirt wearing Hurley across the shoreline. They are exercising. Libby thinks this is great, while Hurley prefers breathing. Libby informs him that exercise is addictive.
Totally out of breath Hurley can see why.
Hurley confesses he needs to drop a few lbs.   Libby doesn’t want him to be too hard on himself ; it's not gonna happen overnight “Some people’s metabolisms are just a little slower.”
It’s not Hurley's metabolism, “I’m sick.”
Libby wants Hurley to trust her.
Reluctantly he tells her OK, “But it’s bad."
In the jungle Hurley reveals to Libby a hidden food pantry filled with Dharma labeled goods.
Hurley-“When we first crashed here, I thought this isn’t all bad. It’s like the all mango diet. I wasn’t turning any heads or nothing but I did drop a couple of belt sizes. Then we found this hatch… and it was full of food…tons of food. I tried giving it all away but, I guess I kinda kept some of it for myself. Wish I could just get rid of it.

Libby, who stayed silent as Hurley made his confession, encourages him to just get rid of it. Libby picks up a gynormous container of Dharma Ranch Composite, “You wanna change? Then change.”
She hands him the huge container and he dumps all the contents out. They proceed to dump out and discard all the food. There is a huge mess all over the place. Exhausted Hurley feels free. They hug and then appear to get a bit tender with each other but are interrupted by the perfect timing of Jin yelling something in Korean.   Jin is very excited. Sun runs behind Jin and tells Hurley and Libby that “They found something! Come on!”
A group of people all of a sudden come running behind Sun from the jungle.

They come upon a group of survivors already at a large pallet filled with cardboard boxes. Those boxes reveal they are packed with Dharma foods and goods.






Hurley’s upset.
Libby asks Charlie where it came from. Just then Jin picks up an Orange parachute and looks up.
Charlie tells Libby, “Locke said some kind of blast doors trapped him in the hatch. Maybe it was because of this. So no one would see who dropped it.”
Then Charlie asks aloud, “Any of you guys see a plane last night?” {WTF?!}
Sawyer tells Tattoo he saw it, “Just decided not to tell.”

Hurley looks at the excited Castaways rummaging through the boxes and start to fight over who saw what items first.
Sawyer tries to tell the “locusts” to have a little order here.
Charlie asks Sawyer if they should ask someone a little more trustworthy take care of this.
Sawyer-“Like you…baby napper?
Charlie- “No. Like Hurley. Why not Hurley? He’s done it before, he can do it again.”
Hurley protests, “No! No way! Not me! No, not again! No!”
Libby suggests no one be in charge; everyone can manage, just take what they need.
Sarcastic Sawyer tells Moonbeam that’s a great plan, “After that we can sing Kumbaya and do trust falls.”
{We hear an overlapping mix of dialogue from the group of savages about trading items. Sawyer can be heard saying ‘we can do it any way you want.’ Bacon. Get your hands off of it. Outta my way, “Every man for himself".}

Through the group of savages Hurley sees a bald man in a bathrobe smirking at him.  The man walks away and Hurley tries to quietly see where he went.  Hurley spots the man who seems to beckoning him, turns his back on Hurley and heads in to the jungle. Hurley heads in after him.
Libby watches Hurley.




Hurley chases after the man who is indeed running through the jungle.
Hurley falls down conveniently at the spot to discover a light/white colored slipper.
Hurley touches it, “Uh oh.”
Hurley sits on the beach staring at the slipper he’s slowly rotating in his hand.   Libby asks him what he’s doing and who he was looking for out there.
Hurley puts the slipper down beside him, “No one.”
Libby- “When you ran off it sort of seemed like you were looking for someone. I tried to find you..."
Hurley doesn’t want to talk about it. He nonchalantly moves the slipper so it’s out of view.
Libby remarks how it’s pretty weird "the island" won't let Hurley lose weight, "You destroy your stash, then BANG, more food falls from the sky."
She's proud of him for not freaking out.
{Hurley heading into the jungle like that was not “freaking out” to her. She must have known where he was going.}
{Flash Whoosh}
A beautiful picture of an island hangs over Hugo’s head in the psychiatrist’s office.
Hugo is a patient at Santa Rosa's {mental health}.
Dr. Brooks asks Hugo how the diet's coming.
Hugo-“It’s OK. I had salad and chicken breast for lunch.
The Doctor promises it gets easier. The doc heard he had a visit with his mom.  Hugo tells the Doc the visit was good and he’s not mad at her for putting him in there. “I know she put me in here for a reason.”
Brooks-“What reason was that?”
Hugo-“The accident.”
Brooks asks Hugo if he wants to talk about that today; been there almost two months, it should be time to start getting their hands dirty.
Evidentially Hugo doesn’t want to talk about that.  Brooks suggests they talk about the homework assignment he gave him.   Hugo shares he wasn’t really good at homework.
Brooks asks if he remembers what he’s supposed to do, “make a list of things you like about yourself.”
Hugo shares that he didn't do it because nobody else did it; meaning Dave.  Hugo also shares that Dave thought it was a stupid idea.
Brooks {who's not Dave's doctor.} feels that Dave is a negative influence on him.
Hugo feels "Dave's the most normal person in this place, man."
Dr. Brooks- "But he doesn't want you to change does he?"













At the gym, there's a very interesting basketball game going on with the patients. Dave is playing. {Dave uses all the same verbiage and slang that Hurley uses. Note all the damn plaid!}
The guy in the red robe is just carrying the ball not dribbling it. “Shoot it! Shoot it!”
Dave asks Hugo, “You want in this game, man? Go for it. Something tells me no one will care.”
Hugo seems distant. Dave yells at a player, "Dude, Dude, give up the rock!"
Someone throws the ball and Hugo catches it.
Annoyed Dave yells, "Fantastic, Great give it to the guy who's not even in the game!" {HOLY SHIT! WOW! Important line!}
Dave wants to hit taco night, “Let’s blow this pop stand.”
{Yogi on the floor in meditation}
Hugo tells Dave Brook's opinion of him. Dave seems to admit he's negative, “Duh! So you don’t wanna hang out with me anymore?”
Dave asks if that quack’s getting inside his head, "DO NOT LET HIM. You got much more important things to think about." {Yes, Important!} Like hard or soft shell, chicken or shrimp, sour cream or hot sauce?"
Amused Hugo guesses he could eat. The happy duo head off.
{Flash Whoosh}
Sock toes wiggle {Left foot}.
In the hatch Jack examines Locke's legs.
Locke is in pain when wiggling his right toes {not his left}.
Doctor Jack doesn't have an x-ray but his best guess is Locke has a hairline fracture. Jack wraps his injury to keep the swelling down until he can get a splint on it.
Locke can’t walk on it for a couple of weeks.
Jack suggests to Kate the wheelchair for him but Locke freaks! Kate will get the pair of crutches. {Because I'm friggin' nuts, let's note the reflection of Kate in the washer/dryer glass. 2 Kate's.}

Locke tells Jack that during the lock down Henry/He could have escaped, but feels he came back to help him. Jack feels Henry came back because he thought his story was going to check out.












In the armory fake Henry is strung up like he's hanging from a crucifix.
The door is wide open and Anna Lucia strolls in. Henry is telling Sayid, “He was dead already. Four months ago I was part of the search party, Henry Gale… was hanging out of the basket neck broken.”

Anna Lucia wanted to ask Henry a question but Sayid stops her and he asks, “So he was already dead.”
Yes.
Sayid- “Then you buried him and left a grave marker.”
Yes.
Sayid tells Henry he really should have checked his wallet before you did that.
Sayid produces a $20 bill {Improvised w/o paper} with the last composed thoughts from the real Henry Gale to Jennifer.
Sayid reads the note aloud. “Jennifer, well you were right. Crossing the Pacific isn’t easy. I owe you a beer. I’m hiking to one of the beaches to start a signal fire. But if you’re reading this I guess I didn’t make it. I’m sorry I love you Jenny…Always have always will. Yours Henry.”
Sayid folds up the cash and pockets it.  He wants to know how the real Henry could have written a note to his wife with a broken neck. {Is Jennifer Henry's wife?}
Fake Henry starts to get upset, flustered and tells them "It wasn't me. I didn't kill him. You don't understand.”
Sayid asks how he knew his wife’s name, "Did you interrogate him?" {Really, how did he know his name?}
Fake Henry appears panicked, “Please, just listen…I'm just a……" {Just a what?!}
Sayid -"How many of you are there?" {IMPORTANT!}
Fake Henry- "If I told you about them, you have no idea what he'll do."
Sayid- "He?"
Ana interjects "You mean their leader. The guy with the beard." {As she's looking directly at Henry.}
Fake Henry- "Him?!…He's no one Nothing!"……I can't….."
All the while Sayid questions him, “Where are your people? How many of you are there?!”
Henry feels Sayid doesn’t understand.
Sayid-“Understand this!” and pulls a gun on Fake Henry.
Sayid gives him three seconds to answer his question, "How many of you are there?" {OMFG!}
Sayid counts, “One…” …..Henry yells "He’ll kill me!”
Sayid-“I’ll kill you. Two...
Fake Henry-“You can't do this! I am not a bad person!"
Sayid, “Three!” Sayid fires the gun at Henry and Ana jumps in, protecting Henry.
Sayid feels Henry’s a liar!
Ana tells Jack to get Sayid out of there.

Locke, curious about the commotion, upset and frustrated calls out for Jack.   Jack walks over to calmly tell John, I’ve got it covered, John.”

Fake Henry thanks Ana Lucia. She just tells him to shut up; leaving him alone in the dark room. {Henry knows Ana is there for him}.

Mr. Eko is constructing something; he is sawing. {Cross on dark cord. In front of the burned woods.}
Charlie come up dragging a pallet and says that when he noticed Eko was building something, he thought he could use it “For whatever it is.”
Eko finds it thoughtful of Charlie then asks “Why don’t you help me?”
Charlie asks what he’s making.
Eko has Charlie hold one end of the wood. Charlie wonders if it's "a STARBUCKS?"
Eko doesn’t answer the question, only gets Charlie to pitch in. Eko will not tell Charlie what he’s building right now.

Hurley walks through the jungle carrying the slipper. He looks down and finds a box of Dharma fish crackers. He ferociously opens the box and shoves them into his mouth.
Dave stands there watching him.
With a mouth full of dry crackers Hurley blurts outs "You're not here!"
Dave throws a coconut at him to prove that he is here. {The thrown coconut makes contact w/Hugo. Pretty real to me!}
Dave picks up another coconut as if to throw it but runs into the jungle with it. Hurley runs after him wanting him to wait. {Dave is there running but at one point Hurley looks up and he’s not there.}













Hurley ends up right where Charlie and Eko are busy constructing.
Hurley asks if they saw a guy in a bathrobe with a coconut run through there…
Charlie- "No. I saw a polar bear on roller blades with a mango" {I'm sure he did. LOL!}
Eko who is focused only on construction, did not see anything.
Hurley-“Yeah. Me either.”
{Flash Whoosh}



Connect Four.

Leonard is repeating 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42.
Hugo is playing Connect Four with Leonard and
Lenny wins.





Dave says to Leonard, “Pretty sneaky, Leonard. Using those magic numbers of yours as a psych-out, aren't you man?"
Dave is on to Leonard’s juju and knows that he just plays dumb.  This amuses Hugo, “They're just numbers, dude.”    {Lenny emphasizes “8” a bunch of times. "Ate"}
Hugo snacks on celery while Dave tries to tempt Hugo into snagging one of Lenny’s graham crackers, “He won’t notice. What’s he gonna do, call you a 23?”
While Lenny repeats the number mantra and Dave interjects with the numbers and finishes with a nice, “Hike!” {Football.}
Nurse Lazenby brings Hugo his meds. {Clonazapam. Same meds as mentioned on the island.}
Concerned Dave tells Hugo, “Dude, you wanna get out of here with me don’t take the horse tranquilizer.”
Hugo- “What do you mean get out of here?”
Dave means “Escape, man. Me and you ASAP. They're getting to you, dude. We gotta split."
He tells Hugo that Dr. Brooks doesn't care about him he's the one prescribing that crap. Dr. Brooks walks over to the table and asks if there’s anything wrong with Hugo’s meds.
Nope,Hugo and Dave were just talking.
Brooks says hello to Dave.
{If Dave wasn't really there, would a Dr. 'feed' into a patient’s illusion and say hi to imaginary friend?}
Dave and the Doctor share brief niceties.
Dave tells Doc he’s, “Never been saner.



The Doctor is taking pictures for the bulletin board; he’s got everyone except "you two." {Hugo and Dave, Not Hugo and Leonard.}
Brooks has the two friends get closer together. Dave is Rockin'!
 The photo is shot with the Polaroid camera.




Brooks wonders if Hugo needs water, as to be sure he takes those two pills. The doc thanks the guys for the photo op and leaves.
Hurley pretends to take the two pills; Dave is impressed.
Dave quietly yells Hugo "The revolution has begun, man. Lay low, when the time is right, we fly".
{Flash Whoosh}
The beach:
LMAO as Sawyer is trying to separate a Dharma {fully hydrogenated} Oreo cookie, but to no avail. Hurley tells him you gotta twist it; pulling it will only break your cookie.
Hurley {the expert} tells Sawyer he’s kinda looking for something. Sawyer’s done trading because he’s got enough food to open up a chain of mini marts, “Hey. You think Sayid needs a job?”
Hurley wants a favor so he reminds Sawyer when he helped him out with the tree frog that Sawyer killed.
Sawyer remembers. Hurley wants Clonazapam. Hurley explains the meds make you “calm down” or for when you’re seeing things that aren’t supposed to be there; like a bald guy in a bathrobe.
Sawyer teases him.
Hurley gets pissed off and tackles him into the tent and they fight. Jin is amused at this sight!
Sun wants him to break them up. Handsome and strong Jin breaks it up. Pissed off Sawyer calls Hurley crazy.
Hurley-"I'm not crazy. I’m not crazy."
{Sawyer's tent gets torn down, just like the boar that tore down his tent.}

Kate, leaning on the crutches she's supposed to deliver to Locke, is entertained with Sawyer’s story about the Hurley ass kicking. Sawyer’s annoyed by her amusement.
Sawyer- “Don’t you got an adventure to get to? I think Timmy fell down the well over that way.”
Kate wonders what would "make Hurley, of all people…?"
Sawyer said he doesn't know why, "He just Hulked out on me" for no reason at all. Sawyer encourages her to enjoy her giggle but to steer clear, “The man is crazy.
Sawyer rebuilds his tent.

Inside his tent, Hurley is packing his backpack. {Packs peanut butter.} Libby visits to check on him and asks what happened with Sawyer.
Hurley doesn’t want to talk about it.
Libby-“So...you beat him up?”
Hurley guesses she knows what happened then. Libby is on his side, “Whatever you tell me…” {Really?! His side.}
Hurley doesn’t want to talk.
Libby comments about the huge container of peanut butter.
Hurley’s gonna need a lot of protein where he’s going. He's going back to the caves, after all no one lives there anymore, so he won't bother anybody. He's going to live alone, be one of those crazy guys with the big beard, no clothes, who's naked and throws doody at people. { LMFAO!}
Libby says he doesn't have to do this.
Hurley- "Just leave me alone. You can't help me! No one can."

On his trek through the jungle Hurley's backpack rips and everything falls out. The peanut butter is busted open and Hurley scoops some up and eats it right off a leaf. {Orange shirt.} He hears the sound of a footstep in the grass. There is one shoe Dave standing there. {Orange sock.} With a mouth full of peanut butter Hurley swears that Dave's “NOT here! You’re in the hospital. You can’t be here.”
Dave smirks and says, "Sorry dude, I am here."
{We can't get more point blank than that!}


Hugo likes that he has a good relationship with his mom, he likes making his grandpa Tito laugh and he likes chicken. Hugo is reading from the list he's made. He seems to be a family kind of guy. {The dialog here is VERY important. Also note he's wearing same robe, different shirt underneath.} Dr. Brooks remarks that last list entry wasn’t about Hugo and then asks if it was difficult writing that. Brooks also says that Hugo didn't mention anything about his appearance in the list. {The session is being recorded.}
Hugo- "It’s not like…I mean, I can't really do anything about it, right?"
Hugo sits there sad, obviously in pain and feelings of guilt. Hugo opens up, "If I, uh…If I… wasn't so fat…they never would have died.”
Dr. Brooks tries to show him a rational view and tells Hugo, "There were 23 people on that deck, it was built to hold 8. And it would have collapsed whether you went out there or not.”
Hugo is nearing tears, "Yeah, but I did walk out there. And it did collapse. And I killed them." {Keep this accident in mind for a later time.}
Dr. Brooks- "It was an accident."
Hugo-“It was my fault.” He is blaming himself for this accident.
Brooks- “Look, after those people died you were in a practically in a catatonic state. You stopped talking, you stopped going out, you stopped sleeping. But you never stopped eating. Because that’s how you punish yourself.
Hugo tells Brooks that Dave is right about the Dr., "Your nothing but a quack."
Brooks-“Dave doesn’t want you to lose weight, does he?”
Hugo is adamant Dave cares about him, “He’s my friend.” {Walt said the same line to Michael about Locke in season 1}
Brooks reveals the photo taken for the bulletin board, "Dave isn’t your friend, Hugo. Because Dave doesn’t exist."
Dave is absent from the picture!













Two photos; one of Mrs. Reyes and one of Grandpa Tito in front of a blue truck.
Hugo sleeping.
“Psssst! {whispering} Hey. Wake up, Dude.”
Dave tries to wake Hugo up and actually drums/pats on him to do so, “Finally. You could sleep through a damn NASCAR race, man.”
Hurley again feels Dave’s not there; he’s a hallucination. Dave slaps him to prove he IS real, “Was that a hallucination?
{Nope.}
Hurley still thinks that maybe he imagined Dave slapped him.
Dave slaps him AGAIN! {Pretty real.} Dave can do that all night.
Hugo tells him about the picture Brooks showed him from the rec room, “My arm was around…like, nothingness.”
Dave- "Uhhh, Kinko's? Photoshop? What you really think they really blew up the Death Star?"
{Nope.}
Dave wants Hugo to stop talking crazy and come on “We’re on the clock here.”
Hugo doesn’t get up so Dave asks him “Hey, you in or you out, dude?
Dave encourages Hugo to take a plate of lasagna that Marcus didn’t finish, "That is a waste, man. One for the road?"
Hugo takes the plate.


















Shhh” motions Dave as they attempt to covertly sneak down stairs.
Dave waits until the coast is clear and the security guard takes his break.
{Hugo uses his fingers to eat.}
Whispering Dave instructs Hugo, “Tippy toes, big guy.”












 Inside the dark cleaned up rec room Hugo puts the plate down on the table that has the Connect Four game still out. {Black chips/markers.}
Dave whispers to Hugo "…you got the keys, hombre. You took em off Brooks' desk earlier." {He did?! We did see Brooks move the keys off the file.}
Hugo kind of gives a look as if “I did?” and takes keys out of his robe pocket.
Dave and his mischievous giggle encourage Hugo, "Come on man, open it! Open it!" {Window with a padlock.}















Hugo opens it with the first key tried; opening the window’s security gate and the window, letting in all the night air and sounds of the outside. Dave asks him if he can taste Freedom and Cheeseburgers.
Dave jumps out the window and lands only a couple of feet below the window.
In celebration Dave offers chili fries "on me."
Hugo apologizes to Dave because he can’t do this, "You're not real. You're trying to get me to run away and get cheeseburgers because I want cheeseburgers.”
Dave freaks, “Did you take those pills, man?!”
Hugo- "No, man, I'm just not coming….Look, you don't want me to get better, you don’t want me to change."
Dave feels he doesn’t need to change; he’s fine, “You are great!"
Hugo says he's not fine and that Dave just wants him to stay fat, “You wouldn’t care if I ate myself to death.”
Dave tells Hugo very matter of fact, "Do not do this man. If you don't come with me right now, you will never get outta here."
Hugo- "Bye Dave" and locks up with window.
{Flash Whoosh}
Hurley sits in the jungle with his eyes closed. He opens his eyes again to see Dave is indeed there. Dave asks Hurley for his slipper but complains that there’s peanut butter on it. Dave sits down next to Hugo and chats about him knowing that Hurley's is freaking out right now and he's sorry, but Dave confesses that "Its gonna get a little worse before it's gets better."
Hugo- “Worse?!”
Kinda.
Dave-“You ready, dude?”
Hugo nods yes.
Dave begins, "You remember that night you closed that window on me? Remember what you did after that night?"
Hugo recalls, "Yeah. I realized you were imaginary. {Dave gives an obligatory yes nod, "UmmHumm."} And that was a breakthrough. {Dave gives him an 'Oh really' look.} And a little while later Brooks let me out and I went home to live with my mom, and I got my job at Mr. Clucks back, and I got better."
Dave informs him that "None of that ever happened… You're still at Santa Rosa, man. You never left the hospital."
Hugo feels that’s not possible.
Dave understands it’s hard, “I mean, all this…you, me, this island, that peanut butter, none of it's real, man. None of it's happening. It's all in his head, my friend. The second you closed that window your brain popped a gasket. You went back into your little coma thing and that’s where you are right this very second, in your own private Idaho inside Santa Rosa."

Hugo won’t believe it after all he had his mom, his friend Johnny, “I won the lottery!”
Mockingly, Dave finds this awesome and asks what numbers he played, “Leonard’s numbers, right? From the hospital. What a coincidence. You uh, seen them around anywhere else?”
Hugo- “The hatch.”
Dave- “BINGO! The hatch. With the button that you gotta push every 108 minutes or the world ends. Oh! Oh! Oh! And, and what’s the code for the button? Oh yeah, the numbers.
Hurley insists he got better “I changed.”
Dave now mocks Hugo’s circumstances “Changed? What are you kidding me? Look at yourself. You’ve been on a deserted island for over two months and you haven’t dropped 10 lbs. How is that even possible, man?”
Hugo admits he just destroyed his stash and he’s been exercising, “Libby says it won’t happen overnight…”
This too amuses Dave, “Oh right, right, Libby. The mega cute blond chick who magically appeared from the other side of the island. Oh! Oh! Oh yeah. Who just happens to have the hots for yooou.”
This hurts Hugo.
Dave offers out his hand to Hugo so they can take a walk.
{As they walk through the jungle, note the beautiful bright/vibrant, red/orange/yellow tropical flowers.}
Hugo asks Dave, “So this is all in my brain?”
Dave confirms "Every rock, every tree. Every tree frog. Even me. The real me, the one they told you was imaginary, he went out that window, man. Right now he’s probably bouncing from hot chick to hot chick. Unlike me, who’s really you, who’s got more important things to do."
Hugo-“So I’m making you up.”
Sorta.
Dave tells him "I'm part of your subconscious, man, all the people on this island are."
Hurley wonders "What part of me are you?"
Dave is the part of him “that wants to wake up, man. Follow me."
Dave leads him to it; the edge over the rough surf. The BIG FINALE! “The answer to all your problems. A way for you to wake up, snap out of it!”

Hugo looks over the edge and says he’s doesn’t want to kill himself.
Dave assures him “Who said anything about killing yourself, man? This is gonna bring you back to life! The only way for you to bust out, is to tell your mind that you don't believe any of this."
Hurley asks {as he looks into the water} "So…If I?…all this will be gone? I'll just wake up?"
That’s right.
Dave-"And when you do wake up, come find me. I'm sure I miss ya See you in another life Hurley."
Dave intentionally falls back off the cliff and splashes down in to the water; laughing all the way down.
{Dave called him Hurley.}

Down in the hatch Locke on his crutches heads towards…..changes course to the couch where Ana is playing/putting together a gun. {She’s wearing a ring.}
Locke asks Ana Lucia, “Jack not back yet?
Jack has gone to the beach to tell everyone they’ve got one of them.
Something tells Ana “people will have a lot of questions about our house guest.”
Locke wants to talk to him but Ana doesn't think that's on today's program.

Locke doesn't care what she thinks. {Ah! A man after my own heart!} He wants 5 minutes with him; he’s "earned 5 minutes with him." {Boy, everybody's earning something around there.} Ana opens the armory door and lets Locke in.

Fake Henry sits on the cot’ his hands and feet are tied up. Ana closes the door on them for privacy. Locke asks "What's your name? Your real name."
With his head down and eyes closed Fake Henry suggests to just keep calling him Henry, “I've gotten used to it,"
Locke-"Did you get caught on purpose? You and your people have been here for God knows how long, and you got caught…in a net." {That’s what I've been asking.}
Fake Henry- "God doesn't know… God doesn’t know how long we've been here, John. He can't see this island any better than the rest of the world can. May I ask you a question? What possible reason could I have for putting myself through all this?”
Locke wonders "Maybe your people were looking for this place.”
Fake Henry- "This place? This place is a joke, John.”
Locke wants to know what he's talking about. Fake Henry goes on to say that he crawled through your vents and I stood at your computer as the alarm beeped. And you know what happened? The timer went all the way down to zero. And then some funny red pictures flipped up in its place. They looked like hieroglyphics…I'm no expert. And then things got real interesting. There was a loud clunking and a hum like magnet, a BIG magnet. It was really very frightening. And do you know what happened next? Nothing happened, John. Nothing happened at all. Your timer just flipped back to 108. I never entered the numbers. I never pressed the button.
Locke- "You're lying"
Fake Henry- "No, I'm done lying."

Hurley looks over the cliff calling out for Dave.
Out of nowhere Libby is standing behind him and asks "Who's Dave?"
{Like she doesn't know.} WATCH/LISTEN TO LIBBY!






Hurley-"What are you doing here?'
Libby- "What are you doing here?"
Hurley wonders how she knew where he was {because she has to keep tabs on him}.



Libby says Jin saw him while he was fishing. Ha! Jin doesn't speak English! {HA!}
Libby tells him, Sun translated {Yeah, sure.} Libby just wants to know what's going on with him.
Hurley blurts out "NO! You're just a part of me that's scared. {He takes a step back, closer to the edge} You don't want me to wake up. Well guess what? I'm not scared." {I think he's correct there!}
Hurley edges closer to the edge of the cliff.
Libby's concerned and feels he's having some sort of panic attack; she gets that. But she also feels this isn't like him.
That statement surprises Hurley, "Like me? You don't know me." {Yes she does}
Libby - "I was starting to."

Green eyed Hurley reveals he's so fat that he killed two people, and has an imaginary friend. Libby, who also has green eyes and blends in with the green of the fucking jungle, tries to calm him. She fears he's going to hurt himself.

Hurley yells, "NO I'M NOT! Cause this isn't happening. None of it! I'm just imagining it. This isn't real life!"

Libby's facial expression has changed dramatically, she wonders why he would say that.
Hurley feels " Because in real life... no girl like you, would ever like me..."
{Libby says all the right things to him. She uses a common psych ward tactic to calm patients down.}
Hurley continues, "Remember when I said I knew you from somewhere? {WATCH LIBBY'S FACE!} Well, maybe, it’s cause I made you up."
{Now she's relived that he doesn't really 'remember' her.}
Libby needs to prove to him that this experience is real so she tells the story of the things that happened to her on the other side of the island; that Eko brought a man to her who needed help, "What was his name?"
Hurley doesn't know because it happened to Libby not Hurley.  Libby buried broken leg Donald, "I buried a lot of people, Hurley. So don't tell me that that wasn't real. And don't tell me you made me up; it's insulting."
Hurley- "When you saw me on the beach this morning, was I holding a slipper?"
Libby- "No, not that I can remember, no." {I call fucking shenanigans! B.S.!} Hurley, look at me. I am real. You're real. The way I feel about you that's real."
She kisses him {To make him believe.} "That was real."
Libby- "Are you ready to go back?"
They look over the edge down to the water.
Hurley asks her if she thinks he really can change.
Libby-"Yeah, I do."
Hand in hand they walk off.















WATCH LIBBY'S FACE UNTIL THE END OF THE SHOT!! YES!


{Flash Whoosh}













Dr. Brooks is taking the picture (No Dave)...Camera pans to a brunette loopy Libby, also being given her meds.




















Dave is a GREAT EPISODE!!!!!! This episode is telling us outright about prescriptions/drugs/hallucinations/fake/real-imagined/staged/scripted/improvised/appearance changes/emotional changes/an exercise/crazy/mental health. Also there are clues to cells and make up of physical being.

Is Dave real or just Hurley's imagination/subconscious? Is Dave physically on the "Island"? Was Dave really at Santa Rosa? Maybe Dave happened to "slip" away from somewhere to get to Hugo? Hmmmm?

Things to note...Questions to ask...
* Shirts worn.
* Eyes.
* Sleep. Shhhh. Coma. Catatonic. Wake up. Snap out of it. Brain.
* Crazy. Quack. Mental Health.
* Change. Get better. Find something.
* Addiction. Depression. Guilt. Punishment.
* Real. Not real. Not really happening. Fake. Make it up. Hallucination. Illusion. All in the head.
* 8-ate
* 23
* Metabolism. Sick.
* Hurley made a list again. The importance of Hurley and lists.
* Negative/X-ray.
* Button. Numbers. Timer. Reset. Program. Net. Computer. Pictures. Game.
* 2 names, 2 identities, 2 sides.…?
* Santa Rosa translates to Saint Rose. (In Italian).
* Hurley is looking for a guy in a bathrobe, yet he is wearing a bathrobe in Santa Rosa. He must be looking for himself.
* Libby may have recounted the story about the Tailie's adventures, but if Hurley wasn't there to experience it himself, that recounting "her" experience proves nothing. All it shows is the "experience" Libby had was "hers" and the one Hurley is having is for Hurley. Each person is having their own "experience" on the "Island".
* Let's point out that Ana Lucia mentions 'their leader, the guy with the beard'…Hurley says he's going to be one of those guys 'with the big beard'
* Sayid attempts to kill fake Henry.
* Hugo is NOT EVEN IN THE GAME!

Vocabulary and Research...
* Composite: 1). Something made up of parts. 2). Image of a suspect. 3). Building material.
* Hippy/Flower child/Flower Children: the idealistic young people who gathered in San Francisco and environs during the 1967 Summer of Love. It was the custom of "flower children" to wear and distribute flowers or floral-themed decorations to symbolize altruistic ideals of universal brotherhood, peace and love.
* A trust fall is a trust-building game often conducted as a group exercise in which a person deliberately allows himself to fall, relying on the other members of the group spotters to catch him
* Kumbaya: A spiritual song from the 1930’s. The song was originally associated with human and spiritual unity, closeness and compassion, and it still is, but more recently it is also cited or alluded to in satirical, sarcastic or even cynical ways that suggest blind or false moralizing, hypocrisy, or naively optimistic views of the world and human nature.
* Clonazepam belongs to a group of drugs called benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines are medications that help relieve nervousness, symptoms of anxiety, and some types of seizures by slowing the central nervous system. In the United States, clonazepam is sold under brand name Klonopin. High doses of Clonazepam causes Anterograde amnesia memory loss, in which new events are not transferred or from short term memory to long term memory. This may be a permanent deficit, or it may be temporary, such as is sometimes seen for a period of hours or days after head trauma or for a period of intoxication with an amnestic drug. The deficit makes its sufferers unable to recall an event which occurred only moments earlier when their attention has shifted to something else.
* The drug Heroin is aka Horse.
* Revolution- the action by a celestial body of going round in an orbit or elliptical course; also : apparent movement of such a body round the earth  (2): the time taken by a celestial body to make a complete round in its orbit  (3): the rotation of a celestial body on its axis b: completion of a course (as of years); also, : a sudden, radical, or complete change.
* Improvisation is the practice of acting and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environmentThis can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or new ways to act.
* Metabolism is the complete set of that occur in living cells. These processes are the basis of life, allowing cells to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments. The term metabolism is Greek for "Metabolismos" for "change", or "overthrow."
* Instant camera is a type of camera with self developing film.
* Escape: 1). to elude observation. 2). to avoid capture. 3). to elude. 4). to get free. 5). act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
-Escape is the 20th book in the Choose Your Own Adventure series.
-In computer: Escape Key- 1). "Esc" key on a computer keyboard. 2). Escape sequence, a series of characters used to trigger some sort of command state in computers. 3). Escape character, a single character which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative interpretation.




Is Dave is trying to help/protect Hugo from the people at Santa Rosa/Island? It seems that "Dave" is "on to" what was going on at Santa Rosa/Island.  Actually it seemed as if it hinted he is a direct link to the "Island".  Dave knew he needed to get Hugo out of there before the "powers that be" or "evil puppet masters" get to him.  If this insight isn't coming from “Dave” then it's coming from somewhere inside of Hugo who is aware of what's happening.

Dave says some pretty important lines. Go back and re-read the highlighted clues again. Are we seeing clues to what Dave really knows or to what Hurley really knows? Dave/Hugo, Hugo/Dave, Hugo/Hurley? Confusing, I know.

Is Santa Rosa a place where certain people involved in the “Island” are made to "go", to manipulate them into thinking they're crazy but they are not.  They are "programmed", or possibly even "De-programmed"?
Is Santa Rosa on the “Island” not in California or just one in the same?

Is there a clue to the importance of Lostie ROSE?

Hurley doesn't bring much attention to himself on the beach; he blends in. Could he end up being the total opposite of what we perceived him to be? He is fine with being a crazy old dude who lives in a cave and he is a list maker.
Hurley being “in charge of food”… again:  I don't think this episode is all about food and his weight, although he has an addiction and issue with punishing himself with it. 
Hugo/Hurley must/may be in charge of something more impressive.  When does he change or go from Hugo to Hurley?  Is it after "said' accident?

Libby's role here: Is she privy to this exercise? I think, YES. Could Libby know “Dave” is there? Could she really see Dave's slipper in Hurley's hand. Libby's body language and facial expressions tell me that it's not all about concern for Hurley; it's much more than that. Is she "on his side", there to keep tabs on him or to steer Hurley in to the next move?

The slipper is real; it is three dimensional, it can be held. Dave hits Hurley with a coconut, just as he slaps him in the hospital to prove reality. Don’t forget Brooks says hello to Dave in the game room. Again I ask if Dave wasn't really there, would a Doctor "feed into a patient’s illusion/delusion" and say hi to imaginary friend?

Remember I have always felt that Flashes are not in linear- time order.   When did the “accident” really happen and where did that accident happen?  OK, indulge me. Just imagine for a moment that accident happened on the Pala Ferry dock or somewhere else on the Island. Don't laugh! We'll just keep that in mind for the future and see if and where the “accident” shows up again.

The very vibrant pictures on the walls in the Doctor's office and the hatch: Could they be something more than artwork?   A trigger perhaps or just a subliminal hint to show us “Island” events and “outside world” events are blurred together.

Who is Fake Henry? Which parts of fake Henry's stories are real and what's not? Why can't he tell the Castaways the truth about everything?  Fake Henry is obviously in a role of great importance. Just as there are people in play to protect him, he is in turn protecting something as well!  He obviously is a person who is not what we think he is.

Who is protecting whom/what?

I'm telling you that Hurley is very important to all that we're seeing. Are there two sides to him and two …..?
Is Dave a real person from the past or present? Is he a guide? Dave very well may be part of Hurley's memory, made up or outright part of his subconscious.
Either way we see Hurley realizing on some level that he is aware of the "whole" and “truth” of his situation. The bottom line here is Dave outright tells Hurley that things are "faked", manipulated; Kinko's, Photoshop...contrived. But how?

Could the "magic numbers" be a psych out for something else?...Hmmm.  If Dave isn’t really physically there or is an illusion who else on the "Island" isn’t real or is just an image?
The “Island” won’t let Hurley lose weight and “Dave” won’t let him lose weight. This comment from Libby reminds me of when Locke was the representative of the “Island” in asking Charlie for the drugs in return the “Island” will give something back. I still must keep that info about Locke being part of the “Island” close at all times.

Hugo/Hurley is not even in the game yet still seems to be looking for something. I feel like the "Island" adventure is part of an exercise to help them find themselves.   If they are all trapped on the “Island” does Dave/Hurley know how to escape the game, how to wake up and be “brought back to life”?

Remember that everybody loves Hurley, but everybody hates Hugo.

Hurley holds the key to something BIG here, he’s very important. I can't wait to find out what it is. Maybe we have to wait until the above mentioned "BIG FINALE" to find out.

Love to all who are "Lost"™

PS: "Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life. After that you cannot be deceived." - ZEN Proverb


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Disclaimer: I never claim to know everything about the show and my thoughts by no means make me right! The things I share here are my views and/or opinions. I don't claim to catch every single detail either! You all know I hate spoilers! And I stand clear of reading certain sites as to not take me off my own course of research. The one thing I don't need to do here is rehash all of the obvious clues from an episode; we all know what they are. Understood? Let the fun begin! I'll only note things that I know come up as clues later, but need to be noted when they first show up and things I find that will be of importance.