Patman

But this is, overall, the Lost thread.

Michael Corvin

A couple of things. Eko was on the flight from Australia to America. The drugs left from Nigeria, headed to an unkown locale. It is possible the drugs were headed for Australia, but can such a small plane carry enough fuel to make it that far? Even refueling somewhere in America or Mexico, it seems like a stretch.

Everyone is also dismissing time. The bodies on the plane were partially decomposed. That plane had been there a while. Maybe a year.

Even after all that, since Island time is funny, Eko would need more than the Nigerian militia calling him father to get to the holy man he is on the island. Some time would have had to pass for him to make his piece with God and start down a righteous path. I doubt it happened overnight, especially after seeing his brother shot.

RaraFemina

aktick

I know they are actually tattoos that Matthew Fox has, but they must have decided to use them for the show as well - from last season's episode where Jack was going to get married... http://www.lost-media.com/modules.ph...bum=364&pos=50 . I don't think they'd remove the tattoo for no reason.

Michael Corvin

Is that Dave from Titus?

RaraFemina

Yes...yes it is.

zuffy

Since everybody's background is like 4 years ago, I am pretty sure Eko's background is 4 years ago too.

craigversion2

Does anyone know when the small plane crashed on the island? In comparison to when Flight 815 did?

beatccr

Scut Farkus!

OldDude

Not unless you allow for "island magic." Assuming they are somewhere along or near the flight vector from Sidney to LA, the South Pacific is half way around the world from Nigeria. That plane looked like a Beech 18. Produced over many years, I've seen range figures from about 700-1100 miles for it, depending on configuration. It would need many hops along nations rimming the northern Indian Ocean to get to Southeast Asia, Indonesia to get to either Australia or Polynesia.

I don't think it could make it to North America except by (maybe) Ireland or Scotland to Iceland to Greenland to Newfoundland. It doesn't have the range for Africa to South America. It only holds a couple of hundred gallons of fuel.

But we shouldn't let reality affect anything.

Big Boy Laroux

ahem...

http://www.deepinfo.com/WorldGrid.htm

Sparrow

Agreed, quite some time must have passed between the time that his brother boarded that plane to Eko reaching his spiritual maturity or the maturity that is being displayed in the present time.

It was an amazing episode, the best that I've seen to date in terms of a backstory...including Locke's and Kate's.

Now, what is Charlie up to with the drugs....addiction must be in his blood...it's a crutch

Michael more annoying now, why would he not share what he's doing with anyone else? Possibly Locke? But, it's called suspense and I'm buying into it....

I'm along for the ride and loving most of it

DVD Josh

There's absolutely NOTHING to back this up. The creators have said the crash could be in the past, the future, the present.

Now I'm not criticizing you, because honestly, that would be the same timeframe I would apply myself, if I haven't been beaten over the head myself by the creators and producers with the above.

Aphex Twin

Wouldn't it be crazy if events we thought were flashbacks were actually flashforwards?

DVD Josh

I actually deleted that from my post above yours before submitting!!

I did so because really, that can't work - Walt / Michael, Claire's Baby, kate / marshall, etc.

Michael Corvin

Probably because they were all told not to use the computer for anything but entering the numbers or something bad will happen.

Once he brings it up, his ass is pitched from the hatch, never to talk to Walt again.

hahn

So wait, is there actually someone on the other end of the computer chatting with Michael and he just turned off the monitor when Jack came around to his side of the table? Or is Michael hallucinating and he's chatting with no one?

Link_182

YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND!!!

johnnysd

Michael has been REALLY annoying this year. He needs to get shot by the others and go away.

Jay G.

I'm guessing that the chatting is real, and I don't think Michael shut off the monitor. What I think happened was that the text vanished, possibly caused by Walt erasing the screen on his side of the connection, since he seems to have control on when to initiate chatting.

DVD Josh

That's precisely what I think. I think the "surprise" return of a character in next week's episode will be Walt's dead body.

MoviePage

He was really annoying last year too. My least favorite character.

The Bus

Mr. Eko just became my favorite character. I always thought he was really interesting but now, man... I picture Locke and him going commando on the others.

mphtrilogy

Also, The "kid" on the other side of the computer asking if it's "Dad" may not necessarily Walt. There were a lot of kids who got plucked away...

runner001

Is it me? Am I the only one concerned that a plane burning in the middle of a "jungle" with trees and bushes and grass will spread and pretty soon their source of food and protection will be gone?

Mr Eko seems to be at least partially a nature dude and he should have known better than to burn something so close to trees and bushes.