aktick

"The Journey"
Flashbacks of the core characters show what they were doing before the crash.

Cast: Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Maggie Grace, Josh Holloway, Malcolm David Kelley, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O'Quinn, Ian Somerhalder.
Producer(s): J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk.

Original Airdate: April 27, 2005.

aktick

Thought I'd start this so we could discuss anything that we might not have noticed the first time through.

First thing I noticed was Weiss from Alias as the pilot . I wasn't an Alias viewer at that time, so didn't know who he was.

Also, at least their hair is getting longer as time goes .

runner001

Hurley said "46 survivors" in this recap when he reported to Jack, mentioning that Ethan was not amongst the original passengers.

IDrinkMolson

Was it me, or were there no flashbacks prior to the crash? Seemed like everything was on the island.

Hmm, everthing is there for a reason...

ChrisHicks

so how much of this was new?

OldDude

None of it was new.

aktick

Except the narrator . Who was that? He sounded familiar.

aktick

Yeah, I don't know what was with the show description, there were no flashbacks.

Previews for next week look goooooood.

ChrisHicks

thanks. just saved me 45min. I'll just jump to the preview for next week.

birdseye

I thought it sounded like Brian Cox, but I could be wrong.

aktick

I'm assuming there's an actor Bryan Cox, other than the half-insane football playing variety?

birdseye

No, I'm talking about Brian Cox the actor (Troy, Bourne Identity/Supremacy, etc.) Although Bryan Cox the football player would have been pretty funny.

aktick

Haha, ok thanks. Indeed, that would've been funny.

aktick

They didn't even show Hurley and the "numbers" did they? You'd think if they were vital to the storyline, they'd have shown them .

Michael Corvin

true, but "the Journey" was all about what was going on, on the island. The numbers so far mean very little on the island(that they have revealed). The numbers main focus was in flashbacks and they didn't show any of those during this special.

So all they could have shown were the Hurley seeing the numbers on the paper, and then a shot of them on the hatch. Doesn't exactly scream high plot point in a recap episode.

djbrown

Really shoddy narrating. Just pure crap.

Thos19

Anyone's HD feed 4:3 tonight instead of 16x9. Maybe it was just a screw-up here with the Boston ABC affiliate?

Thos.

aktick

Yeah, it was kind of pointless, really. I liked the voice, but he just didn't add a whole lot it. He only said a sentence or two every 10 minutes anyways.

Fielding Mellish

(Opie would've been a much, much better choice!)

veloce

And that's how you narrate an episode.

Michael Corvin

Josh-da-man

They should've had someone from the show narrate, like Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, or Terry O'Quinn. Or had all of the main characters contribute.

djbrown

you didn't get the reference. Come on!

djbrown

Waylon Jennings.

"And just look at the trouble good ole John Locke has gotten himself into now"

aktick

I'm slow. Very slow. Enlighten me

Felt like using this for S&G...