# Lost 2.2: "Adrift"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 28, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766 "2005-09-28T00:56:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/201 "2005-09-30T16:54:52Z")
> [@rockle](#):
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> Rumor I heard is that he hit a major growth spurt and they aren’t sure how to deal with it on the show yet. Of course, I got that from the Internet, and you know how reliable that is …
I thought he looked massively taller in the all-wet-backwards-talking appearance. And that was even before I heard the rumor.
Poor kid’s got a suitcase full of clothes at the caves that won’t fit him anymore. Good thing Shannon kept Boone’s stuff …
I’m going to Television Hell for that, I think.
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### Author:  [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/202 "2005-09-30T18:23:55Z")
> [@rockle](#):
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> Rumor I heard is that he hit a major growth spurt and they aren’t sure how to deal with it on the show yet. Of course, I got that from the Internet, and you know how reliable that is …
He’s been infected by the island. First you grow, then you get hair in funny places, then you start having strange new feelings… :eek: 🙂
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### Author:  [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/203 "2005-09-30T18:47:30Z")
> [@Draelin](#):
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> I’m going to Television Hell for that, I think.
Eh, stating the obvious is no worse than running with scissors. Boone’s clothes are going to come in handy soon enough anyway … because what are they using for Turniphead’s diapers?
Speaking of stating the obvious … not much for working this afternoon either? 😉
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/204 "2005-09-30T18:51:35Z")
> [@Sam Hell](#):
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> He’s been infected by the island. First you grow, then you get hair in funny places, then you start having strange new feelings… :eek: 🙂
So…the button Walt was talking about to Shannon was _his_ button? 😃
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/205 "2005-09-30T18:54:50Z")
> [@rockle](#):
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> Speaking of stating the obvious … not much for working this afternoon either? 😉
I am _so bored_. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/206 "2005-09-30T19:10:42Z")
> [@Caricci](#):
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> Especially when we were promised that we would learn the fate of all the survivors this week. That’s what really tipped me off. It seems he’s not a survivor.
It wouldn’t be the first time they’ve been less than truthful about an upcomming episode.
I think Walt is still around somewhere. Infact, I think that’s where Vincent ran off to.
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### Author:  [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/207 "2005-09-30T19:36:47Z")
> [@Draelin](#):
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> I am _so bored_. 🙂
No way! Me too!
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### Author:  [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/208 "2005-09-30T20:35:50Z")
I’m also bored, and ready to leave work and start my weekend by seeing _Serenity_.
> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> It wouldn’t be the first time they’ve been less than truthful about an upcomming episode.
I’d like to point out for those who don’t know that the previews are produced by the network’s promotional people, not the producers of the show. I wouldn’t read too much into what’s said or shown/not shown in the promos. They just want to you to watch.
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### Author:  [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/209 "2005-09-30T22:38:45Z")
> [@Sam Hell](#):
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> And has that symbol that’s underground and on the shark appeared anywhere else? I **think** I saw it in Jin’s father’s-in-law’s office.
The Korean flag features the hexagon thing.
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### Author:  [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/210 "2005-10-01T00:56:35Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#):
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> I’d like to point out for those who don’t know that the previews are produced by the network’s promotional people, not the producers of the show. I wouldn’t read too much into what’s said or shown/not shown in the promos. They just want to you to watch.
Yup… [this (QuickTime)](http://www.ps260.com/molly/SHINING%20FINAL.mov) is what happens when you let the wrong people make previews. 😉
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/211 "2005-10-01T01:08:26Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#):
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> The Korean flag features the hexagon thing.
Quadrilateral, as there are only 4 on the [(S.) Korean flag.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:South_korea_flag_large.png)
The Dharma corp uses an octagonal arrangement, not hexagona onel, btw. 8, not 6.
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### Author:  [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/212 "2005-10-03T01:01:04Z")
My fave Closed Captioning moment of the night…
Jin: _Udders…Udders…Udders…_ OTHERS!!! 😃
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### Author:  [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/213 "2005-10-03T03:09:44Z")
Sadly, I was only able to half-pay attention.
Are we 100% certain that the alarm was 108 minutes and not hours?
-Joe
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### Author:  [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/214 "2005-10-03T05:08:01Z")
Probably a little early to be posting about Episode 2.3, but there was an article in [this Sunday’s Boston Globe.](http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/10/02/lost_in_the_archive/) Warning: There are some possible spoilers in the Globe article, both for the next episode and perhaps even the series.
> [@](#):
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> And in a Chicago Tribune interview on Sept. 21, a ''Lost" scriptwriter urged viewers to read a ''really great book" that will be ''prominently featured at a key moment" in 2.3, as the third episode of the second season, airing this Wednesday, is known. Could be a legitimate hint, could be a red herring.
That book?
“The Third Policeman”, by Flann O’Brien. Click [here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/156478214X/ref=ord_cart_shr/002-3558980-0956058?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance) for a link to the book, but the reviews may also be spoilers.
I’ve just ordered my copy from Amazon.
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### Author:  [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/215 "2005-10-03T05:43:06Z")
> [@Merijeek](#):
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> Sadly, I was only able to half-pay attention.
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> Are we 100% certain that the alarm was 108 minutes and not hours?
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> -Joe
No.
It’s possible that it’s hours and minutes, and then when it gets down to a certain amount of minutes, it switches to minutes and seconds. That seems pretty complex for a mechanical counter, though.
Or, another possibility… it’s set for days, or whatever, and the counter doesn’t move (stays at 108) until it reaches the last 108 minutes, at which point it begins counting down.
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### Author:  [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/216 "2005-10-03T14:02:18Z")
:smack: Darn. Posted late, and obviously without thinking. The sentence:
“Could be a legitimate hint, could be a red herring.” should not have been included within the quote box; it was my comment. :smack:
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### Author:  [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/217 "2005-10-03T14:14:08Z")
OK, I just want to say that I re-watched the very last shot of this episode (where the supposed Others are walking towards Jin, Michael and Sawyer). I watched it on my computer, frame by frame.
One of them is Michelle Rodriguez. She’s deliberately behind the blonde woman, but it’s her.
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### Author:  [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766/218 "2005-10-04T21:43:30Z")
How come hitting the Execute key resets the countdown to 10800? That’s 3 hours. Does Desmond need to key the numbers in every 3 hours. Is he some kinda deadman’s switch?
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