LOST Wednesday 11/16/05 {Spoilers for this ep and previous eps ONLY!}

[Cthulhudrew]

That's the assumption that everyone is making, including Locke. You somehow know that the guys in that plane knew there was something in the statues, or did you just let Locke's assumption make that leap for you?

I'll grant that I don't know beyond all possible doubt that they weren't drug runners, not being a writer on the show, but, you know- Occam's Razor and all that.

Seems strange for genuine priests to be smuggling heroin in statues of the Virgin Mary, but YMMV.

 

[Fast Learner]

Indeed. Note where I indicated that they might not have known. If they had drugs in a bag, then Occam's surely says they're drug runners. If it's hidden in something, our friend with the razor isn't nearly so certain.

See hundreds of cases of unknowing people returning from visits to Mexico with drugs inside souvenirs they bought, and plenty of other uninformed mule stories.

Again, I don't get why you're so certain they knew that there was anything inside the statues.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Again, I don't get why you're so certain they knew that there was anything inside the statues.

Just seems most logical to me, even without Locke's suspicions of same. Plus, if priests were unknowingly running drugs via statues of the Virgin Mary, how would said statues get to the drug dealers where they were going? I'm not all that familiar with priestly ritual/observances, to be sure, but it seems that religious icons of that nature would go to the church or flock, and not wholesale to an intermediary.

In any case, I sort of doubt we'll ever actually learn anything more about the backstory of the drug runners/priest mules, since the primary goal of that whole episode (aside from killing Boone and presenting a mystery about radio contact that was just answered), seems to have been to get drugs back into the hands of Charlie, so that he could have some inner turmoil and conflict with Locke.

 

[RigaMortus2]

Extended my foot. It was 4 minutes over and they showed an extended commercial for invasion. I"m very upset with ABC for pulling that little bait and switch. In TV guide it said it would be one and a half to two hours.

Yeah, because had you known ahead of time ABC was going to mislead you about the "extended "episode", there is no way you would have watched, right?

 

[RigaMortus2]

I think there are like six different initiatives (IIRC) The swan logo in the button bunker, the arrow in the box bunker and the symbol on the shark, whatever that was. Trying to figure out what the six initiatives are is one of my favorite mysteries on the island.

errr, symbol on the shark? You mean when Michael and Sawyer were on the raft? I don't remember seeing a symbol on the shark. Any pics of this anywhere on the net?

 

[DonTadow]

Yeah, because had you known ahead of time ABC was going to mislead you about the "extended "episode", there is no way you would have watched, right?

hahaha, I said I was angry but that doesnt kick my Lost habit. It was just a horrible bait and switch.

My punishment to them ... I"m not watching Invasion or any of their other shows. That should be sufficient.

 

[Crothian]

hahaha, I said I was angry but that doesnt kick my Lost habit. It was just a horrible bait and switch.

They do that a lot with Lost, its very annoying

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

errr, symbol on the shark? You mean when Michael and Sawyer were on the raft? I don't remember seeing a symbol on the shark. Any pics of this anywhere on the net?

This was one somebody here posted on the thread for the Adrift episode. Not the best pic, but it was definitely there. Looked real obvious on my hi-def TV.

http://lost.cubit.net/pics/lostShark.jpg

 

[Pants]

They do that a lot with Lost, its very annoying

Invasion is even worse.

 

[Crothian]

Invasion is even worse.

thankjfully, I didn't like that show so don't watch it