Episode 2-21: "?"

2-21: "?" 2006.05.10

• Hanso ad in this episode was the same, except for the website which actually was www.sublymonal.com. This is a site sponsored by Sprite and is part of the Lost Experience (see below). 6 TV screens appear, and you must click each screen a number of times (4,8,15,16,23,42). It then brings you to a page with a tv screen showing the words Heir Apparent. click on the hidden link that brings you to the executive bio page on the Hanso foundation website, and go to Dr. Thomas Mittelwork's page. A text box appears in which you enter this password.
  
• Flash images in Eko's dream sequence to start the episode: http://www.thegreatsatan.com/lost/index.htm Those of you withTivo, if you still have the episode, you can pause it right before this sequence, and press the forward button to go frame by frame (for future flash images since you have the images here now).
• Previous episode mentioned "Pearl": Bernard was looking for a pearl to give to Rose when he missed her birthday.
• Speculation: "Pearl" hatch not the question mark hatch.
  
• Many people didn't see a question mark in the ground when Eko looked from above. They believe its a circle. Check out the pic: http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x21/questionMark.jpg
• When Eko speaks to Locke after seeing the marking in the earth, he says "I believe they made a circle-a target-so it can be seen from above."
  
• Perhaps every station, like the Swan, has its own Pearl station for observation. I would go so far as to say, I may believe this. Only one television came on that showed the Swan, and it was the kitchen camera. Perhaps the other television sets were for other cameras in that hatch. Why would the observers only watch the kitchen, and not the room with the button or anywhere else?
  
• Also, on the blast door map: http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x17/blastDoorMapOverlay.jpg on the right around 3 or 4 pm, it says "the pearl?". it also says "High Potential for R.V.S. Facility" (R.V.S. may stand for Remote Viewing Station). Lastly, it says "Interference might also prevent location from use as listening station" This is not near the ? on the blast door map.
  
• The printout from the computer in the Pearl Hatch is some of the numbers plus some time stamp. The math around the different listings have been the topic of much debate. It appears to be every 108 minutes, like you'd expect, but I'm not 100% sure. Plus, that doesn't make a lot of sense since the button can be pushed with 5 minutes or so left on the timer. According to the official Lost podcast, one of the executive producers said this printout is important in the future. perhaps Locke can figure out if NotHenry actually pushed the button. Screenshot of the printout from the computer in the hatch. : http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x21/printout.jpg
• The executive producer also claims that the cigarette on the tray in the Pearl hatch is lit, but I can't really tell. Obviously if it is lit, it means that someone was there very very recently. http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x21/tray.jpg
  
• Dr. Candle had two real hands in tonight's orientation, as opposed to one real, one fake in the Swan Station orientation. Also, his name was Mr. Candle in the Swan Orientation film and Mr. Wickman in the Pearl film. Swan orientation was a film, while the Pearl orientation was a VCR tape...significant? here are comparison pics (swan film on left, pearl tape on right): http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x21/markWhitman.jpg
• Dr. Candle says "At the end of your 8 hour shift, proceed to the Pala ferry which will take you back to the barracks." The use of barracks has an underlying sense of military. There is also the military knife that Ana Lucia took from Goodwin, the military-like shirt that "Zeke" was wearing when the Losties first met him, and the people doing jumping jacks in this orientation video when Karen DeGroot was shown.
  


• Psychic was Claire's psychic. He claims to be a fraud to Eko, but seemed to be genuine when dealing with Claire. Not quite clear on the timing of the two separate events. There is speculation that he is connected somehow to Dharma or Hanso.
  
• Perhaps his daughter died, and in exchange for her life back, Hanso/Dharma (with their life-extension program) coerced him into making sure Claire got on the plane.
  
• Was it a coincidence that in Eko's back story, a girl died and came back to life...and then Libby died?

• Eko and Bernard are the only 2 Tailies left on the island (that we know of, who knows where Cindy is). So, going with the Good/Bad thread that NotHenry and the Others speak of, did they take all the good ones at the beginning, and the Bad ones are dead (including Ana Lucia and Libby). and if so, what does that mean for and about Bernard and Eko?
  
• One of the subtle little effects of this episode -- when Eko follows his brother Yemi from the campsite to climb the cliff, Eko has a slight limp. It means that Locke was following Yemi and it was his limp, in Eko's body, in the dream. How cool is that?!?
  
• Screenshot of Eko's passport: http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x21/ekoPassport.jpg
  
• It is either an alias, or Eko is not using his real name on the island, like Sawyer.
  
• The passport has an issue date of April 16, 2004. It expires April 15, 2014. Eko's birth date is listed as August 23, 1968. This is a usage of some of THE NUMBERS:
  4 = April and 2004
  8 = August 23
  15 = April 15
  16 = April 16
  23 = August 23


• Lost Experience: for those of you who do not know what it is, read the official press release here: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=1881142
  
• recap of first week : http://www.watermarkcommunity2.org/files/student_weekone.pdf
• Official ABC blog: http://blogs.abc.com/inside_the_experience/
• Bad Twin: I am reading this book daily, between listening to podcasts about the show. There are some interesting references to things in Lost, but nothing just yet that is related directly to the current happenings on the show. This book is closely connected to the Lost Experience, with the Hanso Foundation taking out paid ads in newspapers around the country, like the Boston Globle, speaking out about the book since they are not shown in the most flattering light in the book. There is also an interview with the author before the plane crash (obviously), that is broken into 9 different pieces. 4 pieces have been found (somehow) on the Barnes and Noble website and Amazon.com. Go to the Lost Experience link for specifics (that is where i go for all this stuff) http://thelostexperienceclues.blogspot.com/
• The numbers are all over the book (of course), as is Widmore Corporation.
  
• The philosopher John Locke was mentioned briefly as well. More to come on this when I finish
  

Spoilers: we have 1 more episode before the 2 hour (i believe) season finale airing on May 24th.

• Episode 2-22: 3 Minutes is Michael-centric.
  
• the ABC description: Michael convinces Jack and other Losties to rescue Walt while Charlie struggles with Eko's decision to stop building the church.
• Michael's flashbacks are going to be about the time he has been away from the Losties, similar to Clarie, and we will see why he is not the guy he was before he left them.
• Apparently Walt will be back in Season 3, and his growth (the actor is hitting puberty) will somehow be explained.
  
• all the spoilers about the season finale that I listed last write-up have been verified through a call sheet.
• Desmond returns in the finale-it may be his flashback, either from before the island, while he's been free on the island since the Losties took over the hatch, or maybe both.
  
• Libby shows up again in connection to Desmond, apparently lending him her boat.
  
• Desmond gets bailed out of jail by Widmore Corporation.
• At some point, one of the episodes will focus on Jack and his tattoos. They are actually Matthew Fox's tattoos in real life, but are going to be incorporated into the story, since a great spinal surgeon and tattoos don't really match up without some back story.

Thanks for reading. Namaste.

Leigh