# Lost 3.13: "The Man from Tallahassee" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875 "2007-03-21T15:35:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/21 "2007-03-22T00:35:54Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] Clearly, it refers to me. (Yes, I’m IN Tallahassee). Tonight’s flashback features me, the Tree Crushing **Monstre**! Muhahahahhahaa! [/QUOTE] My, what beautiful eyes you have! 🙂 BTW, that last Locke flashback was NorCal, probably up in Humbolt County. A place known for a particular cash crop. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/22 "2007-03-22T02:19:43Z")
So… Locke wants the _sub_! What’s he going to do with it, pilot it around the island, because he’s bored with the jungle? “No, we don’t have a code for There’s a Man in My Closet Holding a Gun to my Daughter’s Head.” hee hee ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/23 "2007-03-22T02:30:26Z")
Ahhhh… he wants to blow it up! Doesn’t want anybody getting off the island any time soon. The Others got video games and a pool table! That beats the heck out of playing ping pong on a charred and irregular table on the beach. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/24 "2007-03-22T02:38:31Z")
Two giant hamsters in a secret underground lair, generating electricity… I like Ben, despite the fact that he’s an asshole. Nice line. “I hope that box is big enough to manage yourself a new submarine.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/25 "2007-03-22T02:43:36Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] So who do you guys think the title refers to? Anthony Cooper? One of the Others? [/QUOTE] Jeb Bush? Well, not since January. [QUOTE=storyteller0910] A lot of people I know have advanced some version of the “Locke wants to stay on healing island” theory, but the problem is that I can’t understand, in that case, why he’d go through so many elaborate machinations dsigned to keep the other crash survivors there with him. I mean, wouldn’t the following work just as well? RANDOM SURVIVOR: Look! A boat! We’re saved! LOCKE: All right, well, you all have nice lives. Bye! [/QUOTE] But the Island needs disciples. Locke needs the other surviors and I think he believes the Island needs them too. Besides, no man is an Island. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/26 "2007-03-22T02:46:27Z")
I. Hate. Locke. Argh, he used to be such a cool character, now he’s just a bigger asshole than Ben. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/27 "2007-03-22T02:47:32Z")
Well, Ben has a loophole now. “I’ll let them go… just as soon as you’ve left the island.” knowing full well that Jack isn’t going anywhere now. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/28 "2007-03-22T02:50:49Z")
Wow, John, did that hurt? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/29 "2007-03-22T02:51:28Z")
Well, I guess John’s dad got his revenge for blowing the scam! Somehow, I had a feeling he was going to do something as soon as John turned for the phone. Didn’t guess they were on such a high floor, though. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/30 "2007-03-22T02:52:18Z")
I would’a thought, that high up, John should’ve died. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/31 "2007-03-22T02:54:56Z")
Gah! I walked in and TiVo was recording Top Design instead of LOST! Why, I have no idea. LOST is number one in my queue. Does the webcast start immediately after the broadcast or not until the day after? Not. Reading. Thread. Cuz. Must. See. Episode. First. Aaaagggghhhh! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/32 "2007-03-22T02:59:27Z")
You know, Flashback John could have averted all that if he’d just turned in Bad Daddy to the police detectives who showed up to question him. The Others have his dad?!! Holy crap! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/33 "2007-03-22T03:01:39Z")
[QUOTE=kushiel] I. Hate. Locke. Argh, he used to be such a cool character, now he’s just a bigger asshole than Ben. ☹ [/QUOTE] I can’t agree with Locke’s methods or reasons but this is the badass John Locke that I liked in the beginning. It’s good to have him back. Oooh, so dad came out of the box. I think dad is also known by the name Sawyer, but that’s been mentioned before (by me and others). ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/34 "2007-03-22T03:01:54Z")
I almost expected his dad to be there when Ben opened the door, but not tied and trussed. More like, one of them. Although I also half expected them to show us John’s reaction only, then flash to the “LOST” screen, and not show us what he saw. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/35 "2007-03-22T03:03:41Z")
So, wait. Is Anthony Cooper the “man from Tallahassee”? Or is that still me? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/36 "2007-03-22T03:06:34Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] Well, I guess John’s dad got his revenge for blowing the scam! Somehow, I had a feeling he was going to do something as soon as John turned for the phone. Didn’t guess they were on such a high floor, though. Ouch. [/QUOTE] As soon as John walked into the room and I saw the big window in the background I knew he was going to go through it but I thought maybe he and dad would tussle first. By the way, I’ve been thinking this for a while, kudos to the casting people who cast an Alex that actually looks like Danielle. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/37 "2007-03-22T03:07:48Z")
Yes, I was scared of that exact thing “Oh no, they are going cut away before the reveal” John’s dad the original Sawyer? Certainly possible. Brian who exactly is “man from Tallahassee” (in the episode) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/38 "2007-03-22T03:15:04Z")
My vote is that John’s dad is the man from Tallahassee. Kudos to the producers for letting us see “the reveal.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/39 "2007-03-22T03:15:19Z")
[QUOTE=N9IWP] Yes, I was scared of that exact thing “Oh no, they are going cut away before the reveal” John’s dad the original Sawyer? Certainly possible. Brian who exactly is “man from Tallahassee” (in the episode) [/QUOTE] I gathered the “man from Tallahassee” was Locke’s dad. Okay, I know they answered a question and stuck us with several more but I’m still happy. It’s back, my Lost is found! 😃 Ever since the sub went splodey I keep having the Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at midnight going through my head. > [@](#): > > And he says to me, he says to me, you got Style, baby! but if you’re gonna to be a real villain you gotta get a gimmick…and so I go I says Yeah Baby! A gimmick, that’s it! High Explosives! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875/40 "2007-03-22T03:26:13Z")
I missed the first 20 minutes or so, I tuned in right when Ben asked “did it hurt?” Anyone want to recap? Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-13-the-man-from-tallahassee/396875.md?page=3)