Looked like Sawyer was reading A Wrinkle in Time. Good story. Horrible made-for-tv movie.

I like comic books as well as the next guy, but you're telling me...

..at the bottom of the Island's batcave is a probability-generator? Yeesh.

When Hurley went to meet the woman in Australia, did she refer to him as "Mr. Reyes?" Isn't that his real name? I thought maybe it was a mistake. Or am I hearing things (perhaps I'm going crazy myself)?

I swore I heard that and couldn't figure out what the hell was going on for a second. I'll have to go back to the tape to find out.

There is a third possible outcome ... you can get off the island of t-rex and french chicks and perhaps land on another island. If you take Shannon or Claire and somehow land on another island, you can start your very own Blue Lagoon.

There is no T-Rex. It's an angry giraffe. Don't you pay attention?

Boone's mom owned a Martha Stewart type of business (I think it was something to do with weddings) but it was never indicated on the show that she owned a box company.

To clarify: It was Locke that worked at a box company. IIRC, he mentioned it to Boone when they were walking through the woods.

Has anyone noticed that if you assume the number sequence of:
4 8 15 16 24 42

is in base 16 instead of base 10, the sequence is actually (translated into base 10):
4 8 21 22 36 66

and I think we all know what that signifies ...

OK, I got nothing. I converted that sequence into every base from 9 through 50, and no patterns jumped out. Now if someone else wants to run it the other way -- assume the sequence is already in base 10 and convert it to other bases -- I'd be interested in seeing the results. For example, in Base 2, the sequence is:
100, 1000, 1111, 10000, 11000, 101010

In base 3, it's
11, 22, 120, 121, 210, 1120

If we don't see any patterns that way, there's always "Assume it's in base X and needs to be converted to base Y, and neither X nor Y is 10."

Do people really think the numbers mean anything and aren't just a random collection that the writer thought up in 8 seconds?

Did the lady in Australia mention Calgary to Hurley when she was talking to him? Isn't Kate from Calgary or am I just thinking of Canada since in real life she's from BC?

My guess is that yes, they do mean something. The creators/writers of the show has been really focused so far in telling us that everything will be tied together.

In regards to what it means, I have no idea.

The actress playing Kate is Canadian (I'm not sure from where).

I don't remember the lady mentioning Calgary.

Where did 156 come up before?

Sorry, my bad. I got those numbers confused with the 815 number. This show's confusing enough without me making it worse! I have since edited my comment. Thanks.

Hey, if Tom Hanks and WILSON can do it, why can't they? (Oh wait, WILSON gets lost at sea...WILSOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!)

Yes they mean something. The creators have said that nothing is there just for filler. EVERYTHING has a meaning..everything is seen for a reason.

I posted that theory about a month ago. where did you see that?

The numbers could be a the numbers of the "Science Station" (or whatever it is), maybe the station was in distress (something went wrong or malfunctioned) and needed help. What if there are more stations around the world with different numbers.

Timeline:
16 years ago: Numbers started transmitting & heard by the 2 men in the South Pacific
14 years ago: French woman's boat hears the numbers and get shipped wreck on island
14 years ago: French woman changes numbers to a destress call
1 Year ago: Numbers are used by Hurley to buy lotto ticket
about 6 weeks ago plane crashes on island

Did anyone else catch any more timelines?

ABC's "Lost," 11.3/18, claimed its usual spot at the front of the pack at 8 p.m. NBC got a solid 7.9/12 from a "Dateline" special featuring an interview with Scott Peterson's sister. CBS was third with "60 Minutes," 5.4/8, which beat two episodes of "That '70s Show" on FOX. "America's Next Top Model" returned to UPN with a 3.4/5, beating The WB's "Smallville."

Claire better have that baby soon, she was 8 months or so when they crashed and they've been there over a month now. You'd think all the stress from everything would cause her to go into labor earlier rather than later.

Is it me or is Hurley's hair getting longer?

Wha? It's like time has progressed or something!

Claire said she was almost 9 months pregnant in this episode.

The logical explanation could be that it's a distress signal with a location? The lat/long of 4 8' 15", 16 23' 42" is a location NE of Australia which could possibly be where they are. Maybe this metal object was inscribed with it's location and the people who placed it on the island ended up lost/stranded as well and tried to signal for help using what info they had of their location? Or it's a serial number of this metal object of which there may be many around the world and hope someone recognizes what secret project it is and hope someone would come to their rescue?

Anyone that knows the game backgammon in here? Do the numbers relate to the game in anyway?