D&D 4E Lost S04E04 21 Feb 08 Eggtown

[Andrew D. Gable]

Question on the preview for next week: was that future Desmond, with a shaved head and jacking up Faraday? Sounded like him.

Apparently Minkowski was a real guy, a mathematician and relativity physicist around the time of Einstein. This article on one of his concepts mentions Faraday.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Am I the only one who thinks that the voice on the other end of the phone sounds a lot like Naomi?

I thought the same thing, but apparently it's actress Zoe Bell, who was listed in the credits and is supposed to be appearing onscreen at some point.

 

[Richards]

So why is this episode called "Eggtown" - anybody have any clues? Because Locke throws Ben's breakfast eggs at a wall?

Johnathan

 

[Asmo]

So why is this episode called "Eggtown" - anybody have any clues? Because Locke throws Ben's breakfast eggs at a wall?

Johnathan

From Lostpedia:

"Episode Name
Egg-town is a pejorative term that refers to the days of bartering, during the 1800s.

A traveling salesman would have to barter his candy or tobacco or shoelaces for different commodities. A poor exchange would be for eggs, a relatively common item that is also highly perishable.

Nobody wants to trade for eggs from a traveling salesman, because they have their own, so the salesman who accepted an egg in exchange was forced to accept a bad deal. Salesmen would use the term like "If I were you, I would stay away from Bogart. That's an egg-town."

Of course, the lack of trust among salesmen was also high, and it was likely that one salesman would lie to another about the quality of a town's customers to keep them for himself. Invariably, the second salesman ventures into Bogart only to find it is truly an egg-town. He is either persuaded to not visit a town that has good customers or is tricked into visiting a town that can only offer eggs. In either case, the term "egg-town" represents a deal with undesirable outcomes. [source needed]

References in this episode include:

Locke's inability to makes any progress with the interrogation of Ben or Miles.
The deal Kate made. She is now forbidden to leave the state for any reason for at least ten years, and thus can't legally go back to the Island.
The barracks turn out to be Egg-town for Miles, as he tries to extort 3.2 million dollars from Ben and ends up with a grenade in his mouth instead.
The episode starts with literal eggs: Locke preparing two fried eggs for Ben's breakfast. He tells Ben those are the last two eggs.
Kate's preoccupation with the chance that she might be pregnant, and the continuing references to her child in the episode's flashforwards."

 

[Aaron2]

When Kate enters the courthouse, some crazy dude with a beard yells something at her. Anyone know what he said?


Aaron

 

[Darkwolf71]

When Kate enters the courthouse, some crazy dude with a beard yells something at her. Anyone know what he said?


Aaron

According to this: http://getlostpodcast.com/2008/02/22/we-hate-you-too.aspx

played backwards it is "We hate you!"

I played the samples and it's pretty convincing.

 

[RigaMortus2]

Is it just me, or does Jeremy Davies (he plays Faraday) sometimes look like Henry Thomas (of E.T. and Deadbirds)?

I think he looks a lot like Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210)... WAIT.... Here me out here!!!

If you are familiar with the old HBO show Oz (about the prison), Luke Perry had a role in one of the last seasons. He played Reverend Jeremiah Cloutier who was sent to Oz. He had the same beard as Faraday, and everytime I see Faraday in LOST, it reminds me of this role Luke Perry played.

I tried to find an image, but the only one I could find was this (it's kinda small)

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...verend+Jeremiah+Cloutier+pics&um=1&hl=en&sa=N