'Lost' finale: Jack IDs the 3 dead 815ers, clips of the alternate coffin endings and more!
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If you watched the 8 p.m. replay of the May 15 installment of “Lost”—the first hour of the “There’s No Place Like Home” finale—you probably sat up on the sofa at the same time I did. (At the 13-minute mark, to be exact.)
That’s when the show neatly inserted a re-edited version of the Oceanic 6 press conference into the episode.
In the rebroadcast, Jack answers a question that’s been really bugging me since we first saw him give the official Oceanic 6 cover story in Kate’s trial.
Who are the other three 815 passengers who supposedly survived the crash, then died before they all could be rescued?
Well, Jack finally identified all three by name, and all three did indeed die, but not in the way that Jack describes:
• Boone Carlyle, who Jack says died of internal injuries shortly after they made it to the island. (Boone really died in Season 1 from injuries sustained in a fall while trying to contact help from a wrecked drug smugglers’ plane.)
• “A woman, Libby” who died in the first week after the crash. (We all know Libby was shot by Michael in Season 2 , along with Ana-Lucia.)
• Charlie Pace, who drowned a few weeks before they left the island. (Of course, Charlie drowned in the Looking Glass to save the survivors by turning off the Others’ jamming signal.)
We’ve yet to learn why it’s so crucial for the Sixers to lie about having these particular three passengers survive for awhile.
Another line that wasn’t in the original May 15 episode involved Sayid.
When a reporter asks if he’ll be going back to Iraq, Sayid answered “there’s nothing for me” there. Later, he buries Nadia in Iraq after she’s murdered.
This change of heart can be explained away: He thought their homeland is where she should be laid to rest, etc. But more importantly, what are the producers trying to tell us? Why was it so important to include in the re-edited scene?
No word yet on why the scene was changed, and why these clues were dropped in such a sneaky way (if you didn’t tune in or TiVo the episode, you’d have no clue).
An ABC Studios rep tells me that the replay had been advertised as having “never before seen scenes.” But to me, that implies that the scenes would be outtakes, not the re-editing of a key scene, so I’d argue it’s not much of an explanation.
I’ll let you know if I hear more.
I will applaud ABC for cluing us in on one thing, however: the finale’s alternate endings.
Anticipating that the “who’s in the coffin” shocker would get leaked online, the show filmed three different possibilities, including the real revelation that the dead guy was Locke.
The red herrings?
Well, ABC’s Good Morning America showed off the actual filmed clips earlier today. Go here to check them out.
(But just as an FYI, the alternate coffin residents were Sawyer and Desmond.)
Then there’s the phone call that marked Kate’s creepy post-rescue dream: You know, the one where Claire made a nocturnal visit to Aaron’s bedside and told Fake Mommy Kate—in no uncertain terms—not to go back to the island.
Anyway, did you think the phone call sounded a little funny? That’s because it was one of those backward recordings that sounded a lot like the Whispers. (And to me, the voice sounded like John Locke’s.)
Of course, “Lost” addicts were immediately on the case to decipher what was said.
“The island needs you. You have to go back before it’s too late.”
Jeez, how confusing. Locke and Claire need to get on the same page.
And here’s the last “Lost” tidbit for the day (I think).
Did you notice a commercial during the finale for Octagon Global Recruiting?
You guessed it, it directed you to an ABC-created website, Octagonglobalrecruiting.com, which is “recruiting” for a new “research project” for the Dharma Initiative.
And what a coincidence, Octagon/Dharma’s recruitment drive just happens to be kicking off July 24-27 in San Diego, Calif., which just happens to be where the next Comic-Con convention will take place.
Does that mean the two head “Lost” producers will make an appearance and give some hints about next season, as they’ve done in the past? We’ll see…
(Photos courtesy of ABC)
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