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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 21, 2006 13:25:06 GMT -5
Locke's hitchhiker talked about going to Eureka, so I assumed they were in California. BUT, I don't know if California is the only state with a town named Eureka . . . lemme check my Atlas . . . Grumble grumble stupid server crashed and I lost my post... California would fit the pot-growing motif, certainly. I wonder, though, if the writers even bothered to check hitchhiking laws? The pull-over was really just a device to get Locke to bond with the kid he'd picked up (whose name I can't remember at the moment, sorry). Because their shared experience made Locke feel closer to the kid, Locke took him to Locke's "family", and things disintegrated from there. Which gives me another idea. What if the cop who pulled them over was working with the undercover cop, and the whole thing was part of the authorities' plan to get Locke to trust him and get him onto the pot farm?Anne, or I could just be babbling, again That's what I figured that was about, after the fact.
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Post by SpringSummers on Oct 21, 2006 13:27:17 GMT -5
Grumble grumble stupid server crashed and I lost my post... California would fit the pot-growing motif, certainly. I wonder, though, if the writers even bothered to check hitchhiking laws? The pull-over was really just a device to get Locke to bond with the kid he'd picked up (whose name I can't remember at the moment, sorry). Because their shared experience made Locke feel closer to the kid, Locke took him to Locke's "family", and things disintegrated from there. Which gives me another idea. What if the cop who pulled them over was working with the undercover cop, and the whole thing was part of the authorities' plan to get Locke to trust him and get him onto the pot farm?Anne, or I could just be babbling, again That's what I figured that was about, after the fact. Yes, I thought that was what Locke was referring to, when he asked the undercover cop if he had been purposely chosen.
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Post by leftylady on Oct 21, 2006 15:37:27 GMT -5
Grumble grumble stupid server crashed and I lost my post... California would fit the pot-growing motif, certainly. I wonder, though, if the writers even bothered to check hitchhiking laws? The pull-over was really just a device to get Locke to bond with the kid he'd picked up (whose name I can't remember at the moment, sorry). Because their shared experience made Locke feel closer to the kid, Locke took him to Locke's "family", and things disintegrated from there. Which gives me another idea. What if the cop who pulled them over was working with the undercover cop, and the whole thing was part of the authorities' plan to get Locke to trust him and get him onto the pot farm? Anne, or I could just be babbling, again States with towns named Eureka:--California --Montana --Missouri From what I can tell from some very minor googling. my bet is California because the undercover cop's stats are for the Humboldt County Sheriff's Dept. Googling the county comes back to Humboldt County, California. [ from billiedoux.com - Eddie is "Edward F. Colburn"] Also found there the wardrobe check of Locke's airport vision: **women dressed in black - mourning? **Jin, Sayid, Sawyer and Jack in blue shirts -prisoner/workers? **Charlie, Hurley and Desmond in suits - very uncharacteristic clothing for them. Symbolism in any of this? leftlady
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Post by fish1941 on Oct 23, 2006 13:53:00 GMT -5
Where is Cindy?
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Post by Matthew on Oct 23, 2006 13:59:17 GMT -5
The flight attendant? I suppose it's possible that she got pulled into a bear-cave window by a very stealthy polar bear: jest reached and grabbed her, whoosh! while they were climbing that root-covered hillside..
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Post by Sara on Oct 23, 2006 13:59:54 GMT -5
I've been wondering that too, actually. But having listened to an ABC podcast with Lindelof and Cuse, right now I'm leaning toward the idea that not all the Others are staying/living at the Hydra station; in fact, I'd be curious to see if the Hydra is anywhere near that village they were living in when they saw the plane go down. It would be pretty cool to see Cindy again, though, wouldn't it? ETA: Of course, that's presuming she was indeed taken by the Others and not pulled into a cave by some sort of incredibly stealthy polar bear.
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Post by Sara on Oct 23, 2006 14:05:58 GMT -5
The flight attendant? I suppose it's possible that she got pulled into a bear-cave window by a very stealthy polar bear: jest reached and grabbed her, whoosh! while they were climbing that root-covered hillside.. Um, dude? 1. "Stealthy" and "polar bear" are not words that are frequently used in combination, all evidence presented in holiday Coke ads to the contrary. 2. If you want to go out on a limb and say it's a polar bear taught by Dharma to be stealthy, that still doesn't account for the lack of screaming/thrashing/fighting that I presume Cindy would be engaged in upon having been grabbed. 3. Bears aren't known for their personal hygeine, and any animal that big is going to create a powerful odor--one of the folks climbing that hill would have almost certainly noticed and commented on it, particularly if the bear'd been using that lair for any length of time. 4. Did I mention the lack of overall bear stealthiness? Like, at all?
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Post by Sara on Oct 23, 2006 14:08:16 GMT -5
Well, my viewing of the episode wasn't under ideal circumstances (ie many interruptions along the way). But offhand I'd say it's at least partially about Locke regaining his faith in the island and his sense of purpose after having sunk into skepticism and bitterness; he went down into a cave only to reemerge into the light and all that. Any further ideas from me, though, are pending a rewatch, particularly as I missed a lot of the flashback storyline. Oh. Okay. Thanks for the info. Not a problem. And I'm glad I guessed right, as I wasn't sure whether you meant thematically or that you'd missed some portion of the plot/storyline.
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Post by Matthew on Oct 23, 2006 14:17:08 GMT -5
The flight attendant? I suppose it's possible that she got pulled into a bear-cave window by a very stealthy polar bear: jest reached and grabbed her, whoosh! while they were climbing that root-covered hillside.. Um, dude? 1. "Stealthy" and "polar bear" are not words that are frequently used in combination, all evidence presented in holiday Coke ads to the contrary. 2. If you want to go out on a limb and say it's a polar bear taught by Dharma to be stealthy, that still doesn't account for the lack of screaming/thrashing/fighting that I presume Cindy would be engaged in upon having been grabbed. 3. Bears aren't known for their personal hygeine, and any animal that big is going to create a powerful odor--one of the folks climbing that hill would have almost certainly noticed and commented on it, particularly if the bear'd been using that lair for any length of time. 4. Did I mention the lack of overall bear stealthiness? Like, at all? 1. These are some freakin' stealthy polar bears. One was chasing Locke and Charlie, and then peeled off and hid just before they encountered Hugo, and knifed his canteen. 2. Simple. It was a two-pawed grab. one around the waist, one across the mouth. Smart bears. After all, Zeke noted it only took them two hours to puzzle out the Sousa mechanism. 3. Can you imagine what the tailies smelled like, themselves, after 40+ days of no baths and no showers (ah, Swan station, our noses mourn ye so!)? I mean, a powerful odor comes up, and Cindy briefly thinks "Wow, Bernard, Libby, Eko, A-L, Sawyer, you guys need a showe-yeek!" 4. Stealthy gorram bears. I mean, really. Smart fuzzy bastards. I wouldn't be surprised if they're in on things with Vincent the dog. Granted, something that weighs half a ton tends not to be that graceful, but I'm just thinking of the bear equivalent of a pocket-picking. Stealthy bears. That's the answer. I'm sticking by it. No matter WHAT logic and reason and good sense says. 'Cause god knows, we can't really rule it out conclusively, can we? #blink# *goes back to imagining polar bears sneaking about carefully on tippy-toe*
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Post by Matthew on Oct 23, 2006 14:18:20 GMT -5
I've been wondering that too, actually. But having listened to an ABC podcast with Lindelof and Cuse, right now I'm leaning toward the idea that not all the Others are staying/living at the Hydra station; in fact, I'd be curious to see if the Hydra is anywhere near that village they were living in when they saw the plane go down. It would be pretty cool to see Cindy again, though, wouldn't it? ETA: Of course, that's presuming she was indeed taken by the Others and not pulled into a cave by some sort of incredibly stealthy polar bear. SUPER freakin' stealthy.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 23, 2006 14:20:11 GMT -5
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