Watching Lost

Here’s a few of the comments posted on Pop Candy about last week’s episode:

Posted by Betsy:
I love the Three Dog Night song that was playing during the VW ride, but I couldn’t remember the name. So, I researched it on the Internet, and it’s called Shambala. I then read the lyrics, and it was a perfect song for Hurley and his struggles.

http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/three_dog_night/shambala.html

Then, I realized I had no idea what or where Shambala is. So I did a little more research, and according to http://www.shambhala.com/html/about/defined.cfm (and pay special attention to the capitalized word)…

Internally, Shambhala is the DHARMA chakra, located in the heart of all beings. It is the symbol for mind, completing the trinity of body, speech, and mind.

Holy crap!!! This website mentioned Dharma!!!! Plus, with the lyrics and how this relates to Hurley, is this a coincidence? I don’t think so. These writers are GENIUS!!!!!!!

Posted by mnfemmefatale:
I had an “ah-ha!” moment last night, but it might be because I am slower than everyone else at picking up on clues. (I multi-task too much while watching shows.) Anyway, I knew there was a Locke-Hurley box company connection, but I had no idea how Locke became paralyzed. Last night, when Hurley was talking about the person that jumped from his accountant’s office roof, I finally put the pieces together. I enjoyed the episode - I am not a fan of Kate or Jack, so it was nice to finally see the rest of the crew. (It was starting to feel less like an ensemble show, and the characters I liked the least were getting all of the face time.)

Posted by morpheus917:
That couldn’t have been Locke who jumped out the window. We saw the man jump back in Season i while Hurley was talking to his accountant/lawyer guy in an office building. The guy told Hurley that he owned a box company (Hulrey wasn’t aware of that) and then we saw the body hurl past the window right then! Locke would’ve been states away at the company.

Posted by Swatty44:
Talking around the water cooler this morning and a co-worker brought up a really good point. I haven’t seen this addressed yet, but does almost every one of the original “Losties” have a father issue? Last night addressed Hurley’s father issue. Over the run of the show they have touched on father issues with Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Locke, Boone/Shannon, Sun, Jin… I can’t specifically remember if anything has been mentioned about Charlie’s, Sayid’s, or Claire’s fathers, but I think they are scheduled for upcoming flashbacks this season. Could this be a central theme of the show/reason that they are “Lost”? Also, if Russo’s daughter is the Alex that helped Kate and Sawyer, and Ben is supposedly her “Father”, does that mean a relationship between Russo and Ben???

There are lots more here if you’d like to check it out.

Lost, father issues, Hurley, Claire, Locke