Season 5- Jughead

WOOT! Episode 3, season 5. Named after one of my favorite Archie comic book characters!

some Jughead references:
- Jughead's Time Police was a series that began in 1990 featuring Jughead as a hero of the 29^th century and a member of the Time Police, an organization that ensures history to remain the same for the future's sake. In this series, the beanie gives Jughead the ability to time travel by thinking. With his supervisor, Marshal January McAndrews, Jughead repairs disturbances in the past. Upon receiving a special beanie from an unknown benefactor, Jughead gains the ability to travel to the past and future at will. Joined by Deputy January McAndrews (Archie's descendant from the 29th century), Jughead travelled across history, ensuring that history stayed on its proper course. Paradoxes and existential dilemmas were often plot developments.

- Jughead has been depicted as disliking romance and the ways it leads young men to make fools of themselves. (Faraday confessing his love about Charlotte). In another story, he describes that the reason why he does not chase after girls is because of a childhood heartbreak. (Ben!)

-Another thread that has run through stories in recent years involves a psychic experience he is supposed to have had, caused by an odd pin he wears on his hat.

- his dog, Hot Dog, thinks like a human (Vincent)

- has unparalleled good luck.

-In other stories, Jughead has shown the following abilities: control weather (causing rain clouds to appear over his head), give the evil-eye (curse people with bad luck), learn the skills presented in any book he reads (including downhill skiing while reading a book - though the knowledge is lost when he reads a new book)and predict the future.

-Jughead is also a 19th century term for mule.

-Efran Zalonga- has to be an anagram for something!!

- why is desmond always on a boat?

- the birth of charlie (aww!) reminded me of how ben was born..

- when desmond tells charlie to look beyond where you can see, that's a reference to beyond the sea (shannon sang it). special island thought he'd never see it again. and tells him there are monsters on the island, in Scotland!

- locke's reference to the 30 caliber M1 rifle was a rifle used in the US military between the years 1942-1960. normal range for a gun was 50 yards prior to this gun's existence.

- 5 plays a BIG part of this episode (1950s H Bomb, could be 5 min or 5000 years, 5 years ago theresa & abigail's dad died, 50 years from now the island is still here, 1954 we are on the island, 1956 Locke is born) in numerology 5 means you are an explorer and adventurer who wants to experience all of life. Some of the following weaknesses, which are associated with the number 5, could slow down or even prevent your progress. But don't worry, it's very unlikely that all of the listed characteristics are part of your personality. It is difficult for you to commit to one relationship and you have difficulties to finish projects. You lack discipline and order, you are impatient, restless, easily distracted and you can be very impulsive.

- meaning of 5 in the bible-

Five is four plus one (4+1). We have had hitherto the three persons of the Godhead, and their manifestation in creation. Now we have a further revelation of a People called out from mankind, redeemed and saved, to walk with God from earth to heaven. Hence, Redemption follows creation. Inasmuch as in consequence of the fall of man creation came under the curse and was "made subject to vanity," therefore man and creation must be redeemed. Thus we have:

1. Father
2. Son
3. Spirit
4. Creation
5. Redemption

These are the five great mysteries, and five is therefore the number of GRACE.

If four is the number of the world, then it represents man's weakness, and helplessness, and vanity, as we have seen.

But four plus one (4+1=5) is significant of Divine strength added to and made perfect in that weakness; of omnipotence combined with the impotence of earth; of Divine favour uninfluenced and invincible. For more religious explanations on the number five (karen you'll check this out) go here: http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/5.html

- Latin- language of the enlightenment- it's also a dead language, a language that was wiped out. Today, Latin terminology is widely used, among other fields, in philosophy, medicine, biology, and law.

The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a phase in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century, in which reason was advocated as the primary source and legitimacy for authority. Developing in Germany, France, Britain, the Netherlands, and Italy, the movement spread through much of Europe, including Russia and Scandinavia. The signatories of the American Declaration of Independence, the United States Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen were motivated by "Enlightenment" principles. This period is also known as the Age of Reason, although the English Bill of Rights predates the era by a century.

The intellectual and philosophical developments of that age (and their impact in moral, social, and political reform) aspired towards greater rights & liberties for common people based on self-governance, natural rights, natural law, central emphasis on liberty, individual rights, reason, common sense, and the principles of deism. These principles were a revolutionary departure from theocracy, autocracy, oligarchy, aristocracy, and the divine right of kings. The Enlightenment marks a principled departure from the Middle Ages, State & Church mandated oppression, toward an era of rational human discourse, freedom of religion, liberty, scientific advancement, and modernity.

- did the girl with the gun (ellie) who looked like the girl in the picture with farraday look pregnant? i believe this is eliose hawkings.. faraday's mother who is pregnant with faraday.

- not the first one poking around. rubbish left behind- i think this is someone else in addition to the obvious whidmore.

- abigail & theresa spencer.. who was their dad that died 5 years ago.. relative of whidmore? farraday? or a coverup. does whidmore have a twin? in the book "bad twin" by gary troup- the manuscript left on the island sawyer was reading.. a private investigator was hired to find the "bad twin" of fictious "Clifford Whidmore". Theresa- name of Ana Lucia's mom & Shannon & Boone's nanny. (boone also tells locke in his dream, Theresa falls up the stairs, Theresa falls down the stairs)

- sawyer calls this crazy town.. which reminds me of the episode titled eggtown or could be a reference to the mental institution.

- faraday says to bury it (bomb/nikki/paulo/the past)

- richard's eyes were completely black when locke is saying jacob sent him. he also said the leadership process starts at a young age.. richard won't have visited locke yet (locke has now time travelled back to 1954, locke born in 1956 and richard visits him a few years later) but a future locke tells richard to come visit him as a child which child Locke wouldn't know and Locke isn't remembering.

- who is controlling the time on the island that it keeps shifting. is it still changing from the frozen donkey wheel?

also here's a msg board posting from someone which i kind of agree with!

Jacob= God= Creator/ Overseer

Abaddon/Alpert/Locke/Etc (back through time)= Christ="Savior"

Linus/Widmore/etc= Devil= Antichrist= Destroyer

This is why Locke has to "die" to save everyone else.

The island is a metaphor for Mankind

This story is a remake of the Bible.

thanks to everyone for coming back to read & comment on schlost!

Season 5- Because You Left; The Lie

Welcome back Losties! it's been too long. I've been spending my time re-watching past seasons to look for clues- they will be incorporated into the blog. Also, apologies this wasn't updated right after the show aired but moving forward I will update as soon as I can. And shoutout to Doug O who is now officially part of IDJ new media by getting addicted to LOST!

- Locke in the casket.. but he's not dead. my theory is that the spiders that paralyzed nikki & paulo were used on him. that bogus episode had to happen for a reason. also reference to them by hurley's dad watching expose, the show nikki was in with billy dee williams.

- shotgun willie- from 1973. record skips like the island skips. check out the lyrics:

Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear
Bitin' a bullet, pullin' out all of his hair
Shotgun Willie has got all of his family there

You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say
You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say
You can't play music if you don't know nothin' to play

Well, John T. (Fours) was workin' with the Klu Klux Klan
The six foot five John T was a hell of a man
Made a lot of money sellin' sheets on the family plan

- so is mrs. chang a relative of Sun? we all think that the baby was miles. and that miles is back for revenge on ben because ben offed his father (dr. candle/halliwax/wickmund but really pierre chang). there's a video shown at comic con that reveals he knew of the purge and will die. he even knows who the president is.. time travel! also it sounds like daniel farraday is shooting the video. check out the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6Q7gzUjI8

- reference to Hitler.. dictator society.

- ben never told locke he apologized for making locke's life miserable. he always said he was bettering his life. why is he telling jack the opposite?

- rose in church. was the church ever completed by eko?

- Agostini and Norton law firm (guys that visit kate) is an anagram for "attaining donor son". the lawyer's name in Dan Norton (Dan Norton is a real life comic book writer who wrote for Dark Horse Comics- kate sees a dark horse on the island).

- miles wearing a hood. mrs. hawking also had a hood on. almost jedi-like.

- rainbow drive in- rainbow - wizard of oz reference.

- hugo says he wants a cool code name.. is this how he becomes hurley? do they time travel back and that's how he comes up with his name?

- locke's compass points north. mr. eko's jesus stick says look north.

- mattingly- one of the men threatened to cut off juliette's hand. mattingly- as in don, was also known as "the hit man". his baseball # is 23. jones- another guy- reference to jonestown? are mattingly, jones & cunningham living on the island when widmore ran it?

- desmond is faraday's constant. Faraday tells Desmond that the rules do not apply to him, because he is uniquely and miraculously special. So does that means that Desmond can change the past, and thus also the future? If that is in fact true, and Charles Widmore could also know this to be true, perhaps that is why he wanted Desmond to stay away from Penny - and by extension, himself.

- hurley- someday i'll remember this. you'll need my help and i'm not going to give it.
are the dead people hurley sees his constants? also, the dead aren't really dead: If you go back in time and die, you are not “totally” dead because there has already been a variation of the universe where you were alive in the future. Thus, you become “half dead” until time catches back up. In other words, your presence may be known to some people but not others. Your presence would only be known when you are required to make an impact to fate.

- hurley references the godfather. in the pilot, locke put an orange in his mouth and smiled like the godfather did.

- neil/frogurt. another annoying extra. however, sawyer picks up a shirt and asks who's it is. neil says it's his foreshadowing his own death.. boone said"red shirts" were always the ones which were killed on missions in the television show "Star Trek". michael wears a lot of red shirts. most of the cast is in blue, green, brown or plaids in those colors.

- why did sun's baby appear much younger than aaron? they should only be 9 months apart.

- kate said in a past episode usually you can tell someone is lying if they look away. people on lost look right in each other's eyes when they lie.

- hurley's shirt- shith-tzu dogs- display qualities of devotion and adaptability. They are not afraid to stand up for themselves. They tend to be sweet, playful, and trusting as well. also "Dream Police" is playing in the deli where he gets the shirt. "the dream police they live inside of my head! see more lyrics here: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Dream_Police

- odd that hurley's parents seem to not recognize sayid.. when he was at hurley's birthday party. seems as if there's some time traveling going on there, hence why hurley isn't hurley yet but still hugo.


- jill- my theory is that jill is annie, ben's childhood friend who gave him the doll. off the island she has a different name like locke's jeremy bentham, because she is supposed to be dead. i believe ben helped get her off the island before he poisoned the dharmas. also, the producers said that annie, horace & olivia goodspeed will play a big part this season.

- mrs. hawking- stephen hawking is a real life British theoretical physicist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking- he also wrote A Brief History of Time. A Brief History of Time is a popular science non-fiction book which was written to make the esoteric subject of astrophysics (and theories about how the universe began) accessible to laypeople, with minimal technical jargon. The book begins with an introduction to physics concepts such as gravity and black holes, and concludes with analysis and search for a grand unifying theory. is she more powerful than ben? is she faraday's mother? or charlotte's mother? she is the one to help course-correct the universe. she needs ben to get the others back to the island or we all die.. god help us all.

- is charlotte farraday's daughter? when she says i haven't had a nosebleed since i was a child he looks weird. their relationship could be more of a father/daughter one. and maybe he is supposed to bring charlotte back to the island or maybe she insists on going so he goes with her to protect her.

ok.. that's all for now. please comment and let me know your thoughts!
- ali