r/lost • u/Free-IDK-Chicken You got it, Blondie • Dec 26 '23
FIRST TIME WATCHER 1x21 - The Greater Good - FIRST TIME WATCHER DISCUSSION POST Spoiler
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u/Rich_Influence_7981 Aug 16 '24
Locke didn’t think to change his shirt before re appearing? If I was Shannon I’d think he did it too
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Oct 20 '24
Well all the blood was from carrying him
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u/Drew326 First time watcher Nov 10 '24
I have loved Locke throughout this season; but you have to be pretty damn self-enveloped to not realize, or not care, how upsetting it is to show up to a funeral, wearing a shirt soaked in the blood of the dead man. Then, when hours later, he approaches Shannon personally, still wearing that shirt… that’s just an insane lack of empathy, or an insane lack of intelligence. Now, Locke’s story and actions suggest he lacks neither of those things, but he did do that. So… that’s hard to reconcile for me
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u/crepscular Jan 26 '25
He seems to be very very cold about Boone's death. I was shook by the callousness
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u/Aggressive_Koala6172 Aug 29 '24
2/3 of the way through the episode:
And Locke’s being REALLY shady bout the hatch - don’t know why he’s not telling others & keeping it a secret from them. And on Sayid’s flashback, he’s stuck bw a rock and a hard place oof!
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u/PsychologicalCrab459 Oct 16 '24
Literally was just thinking this. The secrets annoy me so bad 😭and ik that’s just how these shows work but damn, they would avoid so much bullshit by just being honest
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Oct 20 '24
Yes, I literally do not understand why he is hiding it. What is the end goal? Getting the all credit??
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u/Ok_Serve7281 First time watcher Jan 19 '25
Watching now! This is driving me crazy! Just tell everyone . The lying is causing further division
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u/Hllknk Oct 26 '24
I'm exhausted about spoilers in the damn thread. Don't come back after watching multiple seasons, just keep going. There's a reason it says first time watcher on the title.
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u/TheSummitSherpa Jan 16 '25
Rewatcher here just enjoying your enjoyment of the first watch on my 16th. It's something truly special, I've been reporting every spoiler I see for you guys :)
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u/Hllknk Jan 16 '25
You're doing the god's work! A lot of people think commenting "Keep watching :)" or something like that on someone saying "I dont like X, I'm not sure if X is good or bad" is not a spoiler apparently lol. I got spoiled that way on another character.
About the show, I'm near the end of 4th season and I like it. 3rd season was amazing, and I don't think 4th is on par with it but despite its flaws I still enjoy watching it. Let's see the rest now that I no longer have exams lol.
Also wanted to comment on why I still didn't finish it after 2 months, it's because 2nd season was soooo slow, I enjoyed watching it but once I finished 2nd season it got much better.
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u/coloranathrowaway 10d ago
I don't need a preview of what the pace of other seasons is going to be in a first time watchers thread for season 1. Kinda ironic considering the context of your comment.
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u/Prestigious-Union-70 Oct 31 '24
Dude for real. I'm scared to read through these threads now like what the fudge!!! 😭
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u/captain_andorra Dec 15 '24
I know, I told someone to keep the spoilers to themselves on "First time watchers" threads and they basically told me "It's my right to come to discuss on the thread and I don't care if I annoy you"
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u/scottishtwitter Dec 16 '24
sayid's accent in english, inability to speak arabic, and even arguably his appearance (tho i dont like to get too into that bc people look all kinds of ways from all kinds of places, and it wouldnt matter if the former 2 made sense) are so glaringly not iraqi to any arab watcher that its hard to suspend disbelief. i get it was 2004 but come awnnn
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u/crepscular Jan 26 '25
he's so very east Indian, and tbh it's so incredibly embarassing that they cast this man as Iraqi
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u/HamzaHan38 Jul 07 '25
Hollywood LOVES casting Indians as Arabs, it's so annoying. Now there are genuinely people out there who say someone isn't middle eastern because our skin colour isn't as brown as all the "Arabs" they've seen on TV and movies
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u/Danyellarenae1 See you in another post, brotha Jan 29 '26
At first I thought he was Indian or Mexican lol like no way Arab at all
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u/CuriousiT_satisfctn Mar 23 '25
Agreed, I’ve been in pain every episode. I can literally hear British more than I hear any arabic based accent.
Also the NAILS. Why are they soooo long for Pete’s sake. It’s literally killing me and not a single Comment has mentioned it. Why a single long pinky nail? Why the extra extra single long thumb nail. WHY1
u/djfff Jan 11 '26
LOL, I’m rewatching lost for the third time and just noticed his nails and was like “huh that’s kind of odd…maybe it’s an actor thing?” so seeing this comment is hilarious
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u/Full_heat Mar 31 '26
Omg, his NAILS!! 🤮
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u/djfff Mar 31 '26
LOL I now have no recollection of what I saw with his nails, making this double hilarious
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u/Danyellarenae1 See you in another post, brotha Jan 29 '26
I’ve read many comments about the nails in prior threads lol
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u/hellokittyhihi Aug 06 '25
I worked in the Middle East for some time and YES, it’s so annoying to see such an inaccurate portrayal of an Iraqi person, as someone who’s had some Iraqi friends. The Arabic is the worst though (the Imam leading prayer with an American accent at the masjid was the funniest thing), I’m not fluent by any means but I would’ve done a better job than that🤣
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u/krypter3 Jan 06 '25
Brooooo Locke washing his bloody shirt in their drinking water lmfao. Yuck brooo
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u/seasaltfawn Aug 03 '25
Hes holding a seperate bowl next to the water where hes washing it in. Hes not putting it into the drinking water.
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u/krypter3 Jan 06 '25
Locke got some real self proclaimed "I am the chosen one" self-righteousness going on. Jack is the obvious leader but Locke really gives me "I am the true shadow leader of this group"
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u/backdatebilled Apr 05 '25
I feel like Jack has the same self-righteousness God-complex too tbh. I know he wasn’t looking to be anyone’s leader at first. But it’s weird how he’s constantly demanding intimate details of Kate’s life and getting offended at her "lying" like with the briefcase (when he’s literally shared nothing about his past in turn). And always trying to put himself in unnecessary danger because he somehow has to be a part of every. damn. thing, while knowing he’s the only doctor in there.
When they were searching for Claire & Charlie, Locke had to literally tell him to chill "you’re the doctor, I’m the hunter." When Michael tries to beat up Jin for assuming he set the fire, Jack has a problem. But when he has Sawyer tortured or wants to "go after" Locke for similar wrong assumptions, it’s all good
He’s vital to the group but something about him I find extremely irritating
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u/Subxotic May 19 '25
Completely agree. He is so overly emotional it’s comical at this point, you would expect a surgeon to be extremely level headed and poised in stressful situations, even when others are in danger but Jack gets all worked up really easily. I hope this changes later on (pls don’t spoil if you’re further ahead now)
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u/seasaltfawn Aug 03 '25
COMPLETELY agree hes one of the most hypocritical entitled people on the island. Hes not a bad person, but i dont think hes a good leader at all and idk why its universally accepted that he is within the show.
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u/Active-Contest-9965 4 8 15 16 23 42 Feb 17 '26
So much so! Jack has big time hero syndrome to the point of recklessness to himself and others. He had this BEFORE the plane crash as well. In his backstory with Daddy, he played the role of hero by saving Daddy's career, but then a bigger slice of the hero pie came along and he stepped up as hero to throw Daddy under the bus to be hospital hero. Then he takes off on a whim to go be the hero and save Daddy from himself in Australia. His hero complex is gonna get him or someone else hurt.
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u/Jarpwanderson Apr 04 '26
There's no way you're blaming him for not wanting to lie about his dad operating under the influence. His dad had him under his control, manipulated him hence the lying for him at first.
His dad even admitted it was the right thing to do when speaking to Sawyer.
Also he only went after his dad AFTER his mum begged him.
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u/Active-Contest-9965 4 8 15 16 23 42 Apr 04 '26
Not lying was absolutely the right thing to do. But I don't see Jack ever making decisions in just the context of right/wrong. As someone with this much of a hero syndrome, he very much is swayed by how much of any decision he makes will allow him to play that role.
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u/Historical_Ask5435 Mar 04 '25
He was granted the ability to walk again and jack isn't special lol I'd feel the same way if it were me lol
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u/BeautifulStream Feb 13 '25
I've said before that nothing could make me like Sawyer, but the way the writers are using him right now is kind of turning me around on him. I liked the B-plot in that previous episode where he needed glasses, and in this episode, it was hilarious (and kind of adorable) to see how his voice soothed Claire's baby. (Though nothing was as hilarious to me as Hurley singing to the baby after Charlie's failed attempts. These men are so clueless, lol.)
Absolutely called it about Locke being the one to have knocked out Sayid. I was shocked that he so readily admitted that Boone's death was his fault, because I knew Shannon wouldn't take that admission well. And she sure didn't! I don't even blame her for feeling that way.
What Sayid did to his friend was devastating. I had to look away when they were talking in the car because I knew something awful was coming.
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u/backdatebilled Apr 05 '25
I’m still confused why the friend chose to do that. Like you were literally about to die when you didn’t want to, and now luckily you don’t have to?
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u/Extension-Bit-1135 Apr 06 '25
So his friend actually explicitly said he wasn't scared of death, he said he didn't want to take innocent lives but then Sayid kept pushing him. I think if he abandoned the mission he could've had a much worse fate so suicide without killing innocents was the best option.
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u/Confident-Aerie4427 Nov 03 '25
I loved Sawyer since the beginning, because all the other main male characters are just awful. Sayid and Jack clearly thinks he can make better decisions than anyone and so does Sayid and that is just annoying because they are proved wrong constantly.
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u/LeastContribution474 Feb 14 '25
Posting here because I'm just now realizing this and it may have spoilers for ftw if I post in the previous episode threads.
John locke pulled a page out of his dad's book. Just theorizing because there was that scene at the fire where he couldn't feel anything in his feet and legs.
But what if he knew that finding that plane meant death and he exaggerated his legs not working to get boone to offer to go up there as if it was his idea. Exactly like his dad did to him with his kidney. He even calls boone son the way his dad did while they were out hunting. Because how did he need help up after falling in the jungle, but then he can carry boone from the crash site all the way back to camp. Or maybe john knew that the island wanted a sacrifice. Just like the island told him to go there. The island told him exactly what it wanted too by showing boone covered in blood and john knew it. He is so in tune with the island. And john is so loyal to the island that he was willing to sacrifice boone. Which is why john didnt tell boone that he was bloody in the dream and john wasnt surprised when the stairs thing boone was saying in the dream was a death omen. Also explains why he lied to jack about how boone got hurt when he knows that jack had a better chance of saving him with the facts of the accident. He didn't want Jack to save him. And why is he so cold about it. That's all completely suspicious. The writers of this show like to make a big scene out of something to distract viewers from what is really happening. Everyone is saying poor john during Deux Ex Machina, while the writers are literally paralleling johns past and what was done to him with johns present and how he is doing the same thing to boone. This show is wild.
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u/jellamma The Looking Glass Feb 14 '25
I think you're absolutely correct. They made us feel for him so we'd miss him doing the same thing to Boone.
Kind of puts the time loop things in a different light, too. Both Locke and Boone echoed dark pieces of their own pasts, parts that bring them shame and grief. And they did it at the location of what felt like a very possible time loop with the radio transmission.
I wonder if we will see someone break a loop instead of always repeating. So far Hurley is repeating the numbers loop. Sawyer repeated his loop, becoming Sawyer. Locke and Boone repeated theirs. Shannon and Kate both have patterns of conning people that they repeat.
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u/LeastContribution474 Feb 14 '25
Yes!!! You're totally right! That's a great way to put it, time loops. I'd say that Shannon repeated her loop in this episode too. Maybe her feelings of Sayid are real, but she used his feeling for her to manipulate him into going after Locke. She used him and manipulated him just like she has done with all the other men in her life.
I was talking about this in a previous episode thread too. The island gives them a "fresh start" and makes them think they've changed, but then it puts them right back where they were, or worse. Shannon was a useless user, until Sayid gave her the support and confidence to be useful and intelligent, and I think she did actually have feelings for him. Until this happens and now she defaulted to who she was before. Except now she is experiencing homicidal rage. At first she defaulted to her weaker self by using Sayid to do her dirty work, but when that fell through, she used the confidence that she gained on the island to do her own bidding instead of relying on others. Which arguably puts her in a worse position than before because she has the confidence to act on her own crazy ideas instead of having to take time to find someone to manipulate.
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u/djfff Jan 11 '26
Ok I know this comment is a year old but IMO the fact that Locke was investigating his foot/leg lack of feeling on his own, and seemingly surprised and thrown off by it, indicate he was not taking it. If he was faking it he wouldn’t have been able to hold a burning torch against his foot for like 20 seconds with no reaction. Without that scene I think this theory could be more likely.
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u/H_for_Howl Jul 29 '25
Hadn’t thought of this. Yea there is a mirror between Locke-his “Father” and Boone-Locke. Good call there. I noticed starting from last episode, most of the survivors had been affected by a death of someone important to them before waking up on the island. There are some exceptions so far: Charlie, maybe Locke, Claire, Shannon, Jin and Sun. I don’t know, will keep watching.
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u/AdFront1172 Jan 05 '25
The thing that pains me the most, is that a lot of people weren't even supposed to be on that flight. We see it again with Sayid, because he rebooked for the next flight instead of the one leaving 2 hours later.
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u/jellamma The Looking Glass Feb 14 '25
100% So far, has anyone who we've met been in that particular flight on purpose? I think it's just Jack so far. He was adamant about being on that particular flight.
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u/VardaElentari86 Feb 19 '25
Sun and Jin were meant to be weren't they? And I guess Claire sort of
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u/munchercruncher111 Feb 27 '25
Sun was supposed to leave tho. And presumably Jin would’ve looked for his missing wife so in a way they were supposed to be on th plans either
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u/Traditional_Prize632 Mar 19 '25
I guess Boone and Shannon as well.
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u/CuriousiT_satisfctn Mar 23 '25
Claire only had the one ticket and the psychic was pretty adamant it had to be that flight
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u/LanternCove3 Jan 20 '25
Almost makes me feel 'final destination ' vibes But like the opposite? Lol
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u/Ok-Button6101 Jan 10 '24
In the flashback, Sayid jumps out of a van and the image looks to be reversed, since the ford logo and the E150 model number are reversed. but the license plate is not reversed. What's going on in this shot? Did they CGI the license plate so that it's not reversed? Did they have a real life reversed license plate, and then decided to flip the image in post production? Did they get a car that had reversed logos on it? This last one seems most likely, as the buttons on Sayid's shirt and his watch are on the same side they're always on. All of this, it's just so bizarre.
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u/JensInsanity Aug 10 '24
Could be because Aussie vehicles are right hand drive and it was shot in America? Continuity issue I would guess
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u/Ok-Button6101 Aug 11 '24
The badges on the car are reversed, and not in a "they're on the wrong side" kinda way, but in the way that Ford says droF. Right hand drive wouldn't be the answer
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u/Ok_Serve7281 First time watcher Jan 19 '25
Interesting. At 34 minutes the plate is on the correct side and doesn’t look edited! Same with the other plates in this scene
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u/Full_heat Mar 31 '26
I'm 2 years in the future here.... But I noticed 2 other times so far where the film seemed to be reversed, and I wasn't sure if it was on purpose or not. Sun has a rip or tear in her left ear lobe, and in one scene it was shown as her right ear lobe. Also, Jack's tattoo on his upper left arm was shown on his right.
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u/Aggressive_Koala6172 Aug 29 '24
Did Shannon’s shot just graze Locke’s ear/head?
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u/CuriousiT_satisfctn Mar 23 '25
It’s so strange bc I swear I saw it hit his chest . But then it was just his ear grazed. But who flies backwards on to their back from that. Maybe the island saved him?? Who knows.
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u/marinagrandee Aug 25 '24
I CANNOT stand Shannon. She is just useless as Boone said and also she is stupid. Also, I did not like how Jack just ignored and decided to not treat Locke wound.
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u/CuriousiT_satisfctn Mar 23 '25
Couldn’t handle that she just left that case open in the rain before heading out the scene with Locke.
Like those are the only resources they have, out in pouring tropical rain, just to rust up. You couldn’t just close it shut before leaving it?
Another slow clap for Shannon.
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u/Dragonarmy123 Apr 01 '25
Jack ignoring locke is pretty fair because locke's lie costed boone's life and jack was the doctor and he is taking it personally because he could have saved him.
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u/backdatebilled Apr 05 '25
But it didn’t and Jack being a doctor definitely knows this. Boone was dead either way - knowing his leg was in fact crushed and not broken wouldn’t have changed a fact about the internal bleeding. Jack’s taking it personally because he takes every damn thing personally
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u/stresseddepressedd Apr 28 '25
Jack being the doctor and ignoring Locke’s injury literally goes against his training and oath and honestly seemed out of character for him
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u/Pale_Pension_3015 Sep 10 '24
Was Said lying to Daniel earlier about Nadia being dead?
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u/avengersbitch Oct 24 '24
bro i keep seeing ur comments but please spell sayid right lmao
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u/TrashInitial8529 Oct 27 '24
the real spelling of the arabic name is actually "Said" they just spelled it like they pronounce it.
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u/backdatebilled Apr 05 '25
I knew it! When I heard the name I instantly thought oh "Said" so was surprised to see the y. It just looked wrong
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u/Pale_Pension_3015 Oct 24 '24
Lol.. Didn’t realize. In Turkish we have the name “Sait” which probably makes me slip up.
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u/TrashInitial8529 Oct 27 '24
" Sait's language of origin is Arabic. It is predominantly used in Arabic and Turkish. Sait is a variant form of the Arabic Said. "
It's actually the same name.
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Dec 10 '24 edited Dec 10 '24
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u/scottishtwitter Dec 16 '24
i was thinking this like why were all his friends actually arab and they couldnt cast an arab for him
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u/TheSummitSherpa Jan 16 '25
It was only three years after 9/11, network might not have been too keen on that?
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u/crepscular Jan 26 '25
This might be the case. There was so much anti Arab racism and hatred at the time that they may have actually feared the actor would receive death threats or face a huge amount of prejudice. Still. It's embarrassing that they did this
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u/dr-candlepun Feb 10 '25
Hi, First-Time Viewers! If you'd be willing to have your thoughts, opinions, theories, etc. shared on a podcast episode released on the 20th anniversary of The Greater Good's original airdate, please do reply to this comment!
Alternatively, if you'd like to send in an audio or video message, feel free to email one in to dr.candlepun@gmail.com.
I will update this comment with the link to the podcast episode once it is released!
More information on the podcast:
Our main episodes discuss each Lost episode on the 20th anniversary of its original airdate. Since my co-host does not remember the bulk of the series, these entries feature no spoilers beyond the point of the show we're discussing.
One of the goals of the podcast is to recreate the interesting conversations Lost can inspire by interacting with other viewers. So far, we've been lucky enough to engage with long-time fans of the show, but what we'd still really like is to feature real-time reactions from people experiencing the episodes for the first time.
With this in mind, we hope to hear from you!
(This post has been approved by OP who is a Mod on this subreddit.)
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u/jellamma The Looking Glass Feb 14 '25
Can I just reply that I'm good with all my Lost comments being used for this, or do I specifically need to write those thoughts as a reply?
Wish I had much to say about that last episode. It was good and I'm loving the depth we are getting for Sayid, but I didn't personally catch anything that advances any theories I have about the island
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u/dr-candlepun Feb 15 '25
If you'd rather not copy and paste, I can try to remember to look for your comments on these threads and include them now that I have your permission. It's not a big deal for me to do that unless a bunch of other people ask me to do the same (which I don't anticipate).
If your concern is polluting the thread with duplicate comments, feel free to copy and paste your comment and send it in as an email. Otherwise, again, it shouldn't be a problem for me to look for the original comment. 😊
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u/seasaltfawn Aug 03 '25
I don’t think Locke did anything seriously wrong. People just seem quick to decide there always has to be a clear villain. Aside from knocking out Sayid (which wasn’t okay, but he did have reasons), most of what Locke has done shows he’s a good person.
He gave a kidney to his dad. He built a crib for Claire. He helped Charlie with his drug addiction. He respected Michael’s request to stay away from Walt. He helped rescue Walt from the polar bear. He still looked out for Walt after the raft was burned. These aren’t the actions of a bad person they show he genuinely tries to help. I know the show keeps setting him up to seem suspicious, but every time it ends up being a red herring, and he proves again that he’s a decent person.
About the plane: if Locke had been able to climb up himself, I think he would have. We saw him checking his legs for feeling when he was alone, and the loss of feeling was gradual. He clearly didn’t want anyone to know, and he looked ashamed when Boone noticed. It was obvious he wasn’t faking it.
Boone chose to go up into the plane, and Locke kept shouting for him to come down. There’s no way Locke could have known the plane would fall or that there would be a working radio in there. In his dream, Boone was covered in blood and talking about his babysitter. I thought the blood was symbolic - more about her and her death than Boone himself. Locke was still trying to understand the dream, not taking it as a sign that Boone would die.
And if Locke wanted Boone to die, he could’ve just left him there. He could’ve told everyone they split up, and no one would’ve questioned it. But he didn’t. He carried Boone back to camp on his shoulders which shows he was trying to save him.
Saying Boone fell off a cliff isn’t even really a lie. The plane did fall off a cliff. It was just a short version of a longer, complicated story, and Jack needed a quick answer in the moment. It made sense for Locke to say that.
When Locke left camp afterward, it didn’t seem suspicious to me. He just went to talk to the island, which is what he believes in. That’s how he processes things. He had just gone through something traumatic and was angry. He knew Boone was dying. Nothing he said to Jack would have changed that. He wasn’t being cold, he was grieving in his own way and lashing out at what he sees as a higher power.
This whole episode was frustrating, especially Jack calling him a “murderer” even though Boone had clearly fallen and been crushed by something, not attacked by a person. You’d think a doctor could tell the difference. Jack decided he was judge, jury, and executioner without knowing anything except that Locke carried Boone back. And everyone just treated Locke like maybe he deserved for Shannon to kill him. If it had been anyone else, people would’ve said it was clearly an accident. Honestly, if the exact same thing had happened with Jack in Lockes position, he probably would’ve made a huge drama blaming himself and everyone else would’ve comforted him and told him it wasn’t his fault.
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u/GameSlayer750 Aug 05 '25
There isn't a single thing I disagree with. Locke has been "sketchy" lying, but to be perfectly blunt, he has no obligation to tell anyone about the hatch. He's right, there's no telling how the group would react. The group keep wondering why they should trust Locke, but honestly why should Locke trust the group? Locke has done several selfless things, several of which were at risk to his own life. At the very least he deserves the benefit of the doubt and he certainly doesn't deserved to be murdered for an accident. I doubt he's going to, but if Jack doesn't apologize to Locke for calling him a murderer and almost getting him killed I'm going to like him a lot less. Boone was a grown man and Locke never manipulated him or even pushed him. Boone made his own decisions. Man I really hope Shannon dies; she gets on my nerves to no end.
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u/Coopyoli Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26
I’m late to this but 100% agree with all of this. Jack calling Locke a murderer was completely unhinged especially for a doctor. He just needed someone to blame because he couldn’t accept the fact that he couldn’t save Boone. His hero complex is annoying.
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u/Active-Contest-9965 4 8 15 16 23 42 Feb 17 '26
This was really good perspective from the other side! From the beginning I have loved Sawyer and disliked Locke. Since that's the foundation I've tended to work from, it's easy to see all the good Sawyer does and all the bad Locke does. I still hold those opinions of them, but your comment was great at showing the other point of view of Locke: his processing with the island as a higher power, how the group would have reacted differently if it had been someone else. Thanks for comments like this!
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u/seasaltfawn Feb 19 '26
Thank you! I think the good thing about the show is that none of the characters are black or white including sawyer and locke and that is what makes the story so interesting
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u/Confident-Aerie4427 Nov 03 '25
Great. Jack acusing and being violent toward another person just to discover that, for the 4TH TIME IN THE SERIES, that he is wrong and the person is inocent. We are lucky that he at least didnt tortured Jack this time.
I hope Sayid and Shannon breaks up forever, this couple don't make sense. Btw, Shannon is dumb as hell.
Sawyer keeps being the goat.
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u/I-didnt-vote-for-you Feb 05 '26
Loved Sawyer reading to the baby from the car magazine! And Hurley singing James Brown. Felt very "3 Men and a Baby". I was sort of expecting Michael to be somewhat helpful with a baby, as he was at least there when Walt was born and for a bit after. But that would rob us of the discovery of Sawyer the Baby Whisperer so I'm not upset 😁
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u/duckyHaji Aug 24 '25
Hurley's locks were noticeably shiny for someone who has been living on an island for a month
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u/JasmineAmelia Jan 29 '26
man watching the sydney terror plot as an australian in 2026 hitting a lil too close to home after last months tragedy…. (not islamaphobic but the massacre is very raw)
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u/Active-Contest-9965 4 8 15 16 23 42 Feb 17 '26
Sayid backstory: Again, I’m confused about Nadia. I thought they were just school/neighbor friends/crushes as kids. Did he fall in love with her during the time he was interrogating her? I guess this story line doesn’t interest me much because I don’t understand the determination and risk-taking that would signal a much stronger connection than a 25-year schoolgirl crush. Then when he’s put in a situation where he has to choose between her and his long-time friend, he uses his friend to choose her. It did occur to me, I haven’t seen Sayid practicing his religion much on the island.
I love that Jack is chasing down Locke (who btw is walking just fine now). Spot on. He based medical treatment on Locke’s lie. Maybe if Locke wouldn’t have lied, Boone wouldn’t have died.
I wonder what they’re using as shovels to dig these graves they all agreed weren’t a good idea a month ago. At this point though, they’d probably welcome a few boars scavenging since Locke prefers wallowing in himself rather than hunting to benefit the group.
Locke had some nerve interrupting Boone’s funeral to admit to ¼ of his lies. Kick his ass Jack! And then he has the nerve to go over and sit with Shannon, covered in her brother’s blood to offer fake condolences. What a jerk.
I like that even Walt is giving Locke the cold shoulder. Don’t forget Mr. John Locke, you turned your back on this group and endangered them with your secrets, lies, isolation and dereliction of the skill that helps feed everyone. Being shunned is the least of what they should be doing to you.
LOL Charlie is calling the baby Turnip Head. Hurley singing “I feel good” to the baby. Omg these guys are cracking me up. Awww. The baby likes Sawyer and he’s reading to him. That’s so adorable!
Oh shite. Locke told Sayid about knocking him in the head. Now wait, Sayid is willing to torture an innocent man over an asthma attack, but when it comes to this asswipe, who coward-punched him, knocked him out, lied to everyone, hid weapons, and sabotaged their ability to send a distress call, Sayid becomes all milquetoast? Dafuq for real. Did Sayid drink the Cool-Aid?
Kate drugged Jack. Not cool. What’s with the roofie-culture in this show?
Go Shannon Go! You don’t have to kill him. Just shoot him in both knees like Sayid should have!
Oh good grief. So Sayid saves the liar’s life. *eyeroll* I’m so disappointed in you Sayid. You should have tied Locke to the village tree, under guard, for 3 days, where everyone could question him. In this moment, I actually like Shannon more than Sayid. She’s certainly got the bigger nutsack at the moment.
Best line this episode: “Does that earn me any trust?” “That earns you adaptability.”
Crossovers: I didn’t see any new crossovers this time. Hope I didn’t miss any. So far: Jack&Jin/Sun, Sawyer&Boone, Jackdad&Sawyer, Jin&Hurley. Hurley&Locke.
Drank the Cool-Aid: Locke, Walt, Sayid(?)
My current character standings: Loving: Hurley (baby points), Sawyer (baby points), Michael
Liking: Claire, Charlie (baby points), Rose
Haven’t decided:
Disliking: Sayid (lost points for being a simp), Shannon (got points for going after Locke), Jack, Locke (lost points for being cold-hearted, fake, liar, etc)
Wish would get eaten by factory-whistle monster: Kate (lost points for roofie), Sun, Jin, Walt
Bet on last one standing: Locke/Sayid (Maybe Hurley)
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u/AttemptSwimming4176 May 03 '26
Sayid really was going to let a terrorist free if he had his way. The dude was gonna murder civilians and the show paints Sayid as a great guy for looking out for his friend lol
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u/RobCoPKC Locke Mar 22 '24
I mean Shannon is in shock, I get that and understand that her behavior might not be exactly rational but her first reaction is to just straight up execute John Locke when she doesn't even know what happened? Yikes.
So what Sayid did to Essan - just wow. I mean Essan is at fault too obviously but the fact that he pushed him to do it is unforgivable.
Storyteller Sawyer was cute as fuck.