# Lost 1.23 "Exodus, Part One" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420 "2005-05-18T15:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/181 "2005-05-19T20:47:27Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > If you check [The Great Circle Mapper](http://gc.kls2.com/) you can get an idea of the range they might be in. If it was that easy, they’d have been rescued by now. The fact that they haven’t been rescued alone should have them crawling all over this landmass trying to figure out what’s up. You let a jumbo jet (pontoon options or no) go down and there are going to be military ships and planes a-plenty gridding off all the possible places it could have went down. As much play as these issues get on this board, you’d think they’d toss in some more discussions of that nature among the castaways. -rainy ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shadowfax33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowfax33)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/182 "2005-05-19T20:57:27Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I’ll sure watch that show. They could call the sweaty-hunk spinoff “Lust.” 😃 😃😃😃 > [@noclueboy](#): > > P’raps t’ Black Rock is really t’ Black Pearl ? > > “Thanks, Jack. We named the doctor Jack.” “Lust” would be even better if Cap’n Jack would sashay on up and join in! Okay, I’m through being silly now. ---
**Author:** ![Lennon\_Lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Lennon\_Lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lennon_Lives)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/183 "2005-05-19T21:13:56Z")
Some one brought this up in an earlier post (sorry to lazy to look it up) but what about the first season coming out on DVD soon? I don’t follow these things too closely but don’t they wait several years before release the DVD version? Is there a chance of see the DVDs this summer? LL ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/184 "2005-05-19T21:16:51Z")
According to [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JNOG/qid=1116537866/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-7088449-0011207?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) it’s being released on September 5 of this year. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/185 "2005-05-19T21:34:27Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > Holy crap! There’s stuff in there that was no part of any episode I watched! > > Sample: Not to freak you out, but head back to that page and count which paragraph that is, then move on to another paragraph that wasn’t shown in the episode. [In case you forgot the link](http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/episodes/2004-05/23.html) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/186 "2005-05-19T21:50:33Z")
Ah yes, this stuff: > [@](#): > > Charlie and Claire watch Rousseau from a distance and worry. Charlie does his best to comfort the girl he cares so much for, but it’s an uphill battle. Claire tells Charlie that, when she escaped from Ethan – however she got away – she knew they would come back for her. Charlie realizes something. “Is that why you haven’t named the baby?” Claire’s eyes fill with tears, but remain firmly fixed on Rousseau. She nods her answer. Wonder why we didn’t see any of it. ---
**Author:** ![EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilHamsterOnCrack)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/187 "2005-05-19T21:53:35Z")
> [@FlightlessBird](#): > > Not to freak you out, but head back to that page and count which paragraph that is, then move on to another paragraph that wasn’t shown in the episode. > [In case you forgot the link](http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/episodes/2004-05/23.html) Umm… I can’t find it anymore? Did they fix it? if so, do you have a cache? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/188 "2005-05-19T22:12:04Z")
Evil Hamster: It’s paragraphs 8 and 15. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/189 "2005-05-19T22:37:37Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Actually, Boone found it… well, technically the flashlight that Locke threw to Boone, which Boone dropped, found it. Locke and Boone responded to the metal clang. > [@Cervaise](#): > > Re the episode: That black smoke on the horizon was certainly a hair-raiser, wasn’t it? That was actually just the island, breaking wind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/190 "2005-05-19T23:18:27Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > For those of you wondering if they are really on an island, a plane’s flight path from Sydney to L.A. doesn’t usually fly over any significant land mass between the two. It’s pretty much a straight line. IIRC, they were 6 hours out of Sydney when they turned around after losing radio communications (major violation, BTW). Not sure how long after they turned around that everything went kaboom, but I seem to remember the pilot saying they were 1,000 miles off course. > > If you check [The Great Circle Mapper](http://gc.kls2.com/) you can get an idea of the range they might be in. Assuming, of course, that they are actually still on the Earth they know. They could be on a parallel world (perhaps an otherwise empty one?) or just “elsewhere.” ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/191 "2005-05-19T23:20:29Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > IIRC, they were 6 hours out of Sydney when they turned around after losing radio communications (major violation, BTW). Not sure how long after they turned around that everything went kaboom, but I seem to remember the pilot saying they were 1,000 miles off course. They didn’t “turn around,” though. The pilot said they diverted to Fiji. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/192 "2005-05-19T23:21:32Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > 1. I freeze framed it on the Black Rock, and although there is lettering below the name, I can’t make it out. Looks like one fairly long word which, I assume, is the city of origin. > > 2. I’m no expert on ships, but that ship looks 18th century (ore earlier) to me, not 19th century. You wouldn’t happen to be capable of making screen captures, would you? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/193 "2005-05-19T23:27:55Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > Evil Hamster: > > It’s paragraphs 8 and 15. Damn. At first I thought maybe those were deleted scenes and somebody forgot to take them out of the episode summary (perhaps prepared in advance). And then when **Flightless Bird** mentioned to check the paragraphs, I knew it would be those… (although 4, 16, and 23 were scenes present in the episode). Damn. Are they just teasing us, or what?!! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/194 "2005-05-19T23:28:07Z")
A guess for next week’s episode. The raft crew heads stright north for however long and picks up something on the radar. They sail on towards the radar object and find that they’ve somehow come back to the island without having doubled back. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/195 "2005-05-19T23:28:32Z")
A guess for next week’s episode. The raft crew heads stright north for however long and picks up something on the radar. They sail on towards the radar object and find that they’ve somehow come back to the island without having doubled back. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/196 "2005-05-19T23:34:03Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > A guess for next week’s episode. The raft crew heads stright north for however long and picks up something on the radar. They sail on towards the radar object and find that they’ve somehow come back to the island without having doubled back. Perhaps landing on the south side (assuming our castaways are on the north side), and meeting up with the tail section folks? ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/197 "2005-05-19T23:34:05Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > A guess for next week’s episode. The raft crew heads stright north for however long and picks up something on the radar. They sail on towards the radar object and find that they’ve somehow come back to the island without having doubled back. Good idea, but MY guess is, the raft crew heads stright north for however long and picks up something on the radar. They sail on towards the radar object and find that they’ve somehow come back to the island without having doubled back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/198 "2005-05-19T23:55:54Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Good idea, but MY guess is, the raft crew heads stright north for however long and picks up something on the radar. They sail on towards the radar object and find that they’ve somehow come back to the island without having doubled back. > > 😃 Just like _Land of the Lost_! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/199 "2005-05-20T00:14:58Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Good idea, but MY guess is, the raft crew heads stright north for however long and picks up something on the radar. They sail on towards the radar object and find that they’ve somehow come back to the island without having doubled back. I, too, have a cunning plan, m’lord… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420/200 "2005-05-20T00:17:25Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > I, too, have a cunning plan, m’lord… If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420.md?page=11)