I've given up caring what the "mystery" is - frees me up to enjoy the character development. I'm perfectly content to let the island reveal itself at its own pace. And I'm not even remotely pissed off at ABC for what happened with Twin Peaks or Push, Nevada. I have total faith that all will be revealed in time. Oh, and I just bought a nice bridge in New York and a swell plot of beachfront property in Nebraska.

*Desperately keeping fingers crossed; praying to all available deities to NOT BE LET DOWN AGAIN*

TWoP reports confirm that yes, that was Hurley on the telly. Ooh! |shocking| Can't wait to learn what's up with that.

In closing - there are some seriously hot men on this show. It's shifting my position on the Kinsey scale. I mean - the ladies are not unpleasant on the eyes...but damn, the boyz! |bow|

No I missed the "tv shot".... are you sure?

I have wondered if Jin speaks English as well, but now I am thinking no.

My first guess was it was Walt, who started the fire, so why couldn't Locke figure it out? =o)

Opps, that last post was to Nina, sorry Mishi didn't see your post....

What kind of shot of hurely was it? a news type or a movie type?

Looked to me like a car commercial or maybe a sitcom/serial, broadcast in English with Korean subtitles. It was only on the screen for a few seconds so it's hard to say for sure.

Here's a screencap of Hurley on the TV. (There are possible spoilers in the replies, so tread carefully!)

I remember something about the lottery from a prior episode. Something about how the best thing that could happen to a person turned out to be the worst.

Mishi - I'm glad you changed your recips. Much easier now!

Torn - did you notice they're airing Kate's live links commercial now! She said that was the only acting job she ever had and then got "Lost". What a lucky gal.

Nina

From TV Guide...

"Lost [New]
8 pm/ET, ABC
In last week's episode, did you catch who was on the TV in the background when Jin went to deliver that message? Hurley. Let's hope we find out why in tonight's "Hurley episode." Jorge Garcia's endearing portrayal of the character has mainly provided the comic relief for the mind-bending series, but here we find out he's not all fun and games. Seems back home he had some seriously good luck that went bad — and has an incredulous connection to the island, setting him off on a treacherous jungle trek."

Did anyone watch MAD TV last Saturday? Funny because of what Greenie said earlier in this thread, I think. They were doing Lost and at the end, who comes out of the woods??? Jeff Probst from Survivor :)

ok now i'm freaked.....

It had to be numbers right?????

Wow... best one yet.... Very very interesting

beware pissed off giraffs.....

I'm glad you like them! :)

And now, to return to topic...

How much did tonight's episode rock? Loved the sick, over-the-top humor combined with the ever-deepening mystery. (Dude falling past the window cracked me right up.) What does it all MEAN? Except for the obvious "42", of course... |bananna|

I enjoyed the last episode.

I always knew numbers were interesting but not this interesting. Good to be able to laugh during the lottery scenes. lol

The guy falling past the window WAS a great shot, but Hurley's reaction was what really cracked me up. Major internalized wig... the big boy's a good actor. I just hope they have the Delenn chick (french lady) on more often now, maybe some kind of alliance. She's the only one who actually looks like she's been living on a deserted island, everyone else is pretty clean and well-groomed for having been there a while.

Missed the first 15 again. How pregnant is that gal by now? Did you see the numbers on the concrete at the end. Maybe we should use them for lottery numbers! When the Korean guy goes to sea with the rest, the fish will eat him. Don't know what giraffes mean, have to go read the other board to find out.

When Hurley finally met up with the "French woman" he asked her what the numbers meant, she said she didn't know so he "snapped" and talked about how bad life has gotten and he just "went with it" without question, and made the comment along the lines of "there's.... I don't know... a pissed off giraffe in the jungle eating people, but I didn't question it, I just went with it..."


Just made me laugh, it was up and down the best episode yet.

BTW, I bet the combination of numbers will be the number one combination of numbers used in lotteries across the country for the next few weeks at least.

Hee. Somebody on another board suggested this would be a great week to play the lottery - with anything BUT the Lost numbers, because so many people will be playing 4 8 15 16 23 42, everything else will stand a better chance. Don't know how solid the math is, but it's a funny thought.

I watched it for the first time today. I've really missed something :(

Yep, gonna watch tonight in about 4 hours. Must have been a good one if you liked it mid-season!

*grumble* |angry| six weeks of reruns started tonight before we get the next clue to the numbers...
Sweeps month ends and ABC goes Right back to their modus operandi that has kept them at #4 out of 4 in the network standings for a decade now.

it really is insane..... let's only show new episodes in sweeps month!!! what a brilliant idea!! That way our shows have no continuity and people will loose track of them and eventually stop caring and watching!!

My wife and I came to the conclusion last night that if the show just went away, we wouldn't notice.

Sadly, that's exactly how I feel, thanks to ABC's bullshit. I really do enjoy this show, and look forward to it every week. Today I had to keep reminding myself that we're in reruns for six weeks. Next week, I won't bother thinking about it. Six weeks from now? Who knows. I might not care at all by then. Gawd, ABC sucks.

I asked a girl to the movies tonight.. to see "Be Cool" and she preferred to have a quick drink at the pub, then race home to watch this stupid show... (without me)

I will always hate it for that reason no matter how good it is. :D

This is the main reason I should just give up on regular network shows. Should stay with reality shows only. They don't take a break in the middle of a season. Sigh have to remember this next time I find a good show. I should just wait for the dvd to come out. |angry| |angry|