# Lost 2.10: "The 23rd Psalm" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422 "2006-01-11T02:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/41 "2006-01-12T02:36:15Z")
“Jesus stick” is my new favorite phrase. I don’t know how I’ll work it into conversation, but I’m determined. Oh. My. Holy Mother of … what the bleeding _hell_ was that??? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/42 "2006-01-12T02:36:53Z")
Eko vs. the Smog Monster! ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/43 "2006-01-12T02:37:14Z")
It’s the creature from _The Abyss_! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/44 "2006-01-12T02:42:55Z")
\>: Are you O K? Let’s play Global Thermonuclear War. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/45 "2006-01-12T02:43:26Z")
_Holy crap, Eko rocks my ever-lovin’ socks!_ And when he’s cleaned up? With the braids? Kind of smokin’ hot. _Damn._ Not usually my type, but it would appear I’m coming around. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/46 "2006-01-12T02:48:16Z")
so they took the brother’s body on the plane but booted him off? Wonder if the military dudes thought he was the informant priest, then…? I mean, he was a bit outnumbered on that airstrip. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/47 "2006-01-12T02:49:24Z")
I am once again reminded of Michael Crichton’s novel _Prey_ . ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/48 "2006-01-12T02:49:38Z")
ah, yep. Should have waited 15 seconds – then my question was answered… 😉 He effectively switched places with little bro. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/49 "2006-01-12T02:50:05Z")
Did anyone else notice the flickering images in the tree-crushing smog monster? Could anyone make them out? I’m guessing that when Locke confronted it, it showed him something… beautiful. Because a snaky piece of tangible smoke is pretty cool, but not exactly what I’d call beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/50 "2006-01-12T02:53:13Z")
There were definitely images, but I don’t have a TiVo. Give it half an hour, somebody will have screencaps. 🙂 One looked like a woman in a white dress, but it was so fast, I couldn’t quite tell. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/51 "2006-01-12T02:58:14Z")
Hurley’s got a _crush!_ If she breaks his heart, I’ll rip her throat out. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/52 "2006-01-12T02:58:31Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > One looked like a woman in a white dress, but it was so fast, I couldn’t quite tell. That’s what I thought I saw, too. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/53 "2006-01-12T02:59:41Z")
Charlie, Charlie, Charlie… stupid stupid stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/54 "2006-01-12T03:02:10Z")
You know, Charlie… if you want to win Claire back, hoarding a stash of heroin is not going to be quite your **best** plan of action. You might want to rethink things just slightly… ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/55 "2006-01-12T03:02:11Z")
Well, so much for thinking it might be humdrum episode. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/56 "2006-01-12T03:05:08Z")
Anybody besides me tear up as they recited the Psalm? It’s one of my favorite piece of poetry ever, and I found I could not help myself. > [@Draelin](#): > > Hurley’s got a _crush!_ If she breaks his heart, I’ll rip her throat out. Seriously, are you me? Because I thought the same thing. She’s a psychologist or something, right? I bet she tries to “fix” him. That _bitch._ > [@Monstre](#): > > You know, Charlie… if you want to win Claire back, hoarding a stash of heroin is not going to be quite your best plan of action. You might want to rethink things just slightly… Not to mention, when Eko finds out, he’s going to be _pissed._ ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/57 "2006-01-12T03:07:24Z")
I dunno, I think Eko was most interested in finding his brother’s plane. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/58 "2006-01-12T03:08:27Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > You know, Charlie… if you want to win Claire back, hoarding a stash of heroin is not going to be quite your **best** plan of action. You might want to rethink things just slightly… No, no, you don’t understand. He’s going to sell the heroin to the other castaways. And use the money to buy peanut butter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/59 "2006-01-12T03:10:56Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Not to mention, when Eko finds out, he’s going to be _pissed._ Um… he handed Charlie a fresh statue. He knows what’s in there. I think he’s going to follow the Locke mentality and tell Charlie he has to fight his own demons. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422/60 "2006-01-12T03:11:46Z")
I’m surprised Charlie didn’t say, “hey, you’re no priest. A priest wouldn’t have screwed up the psalm.” He did, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-10-the-23rd-psalm/339422.md?page=4)