# Lost 4.08: "Meet Kevin Johnson" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-08-meet-kevin-johnson/442074 "2008-03-20T15:07:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-08-meet-kevin-johnson/442074/161 "2008-03-26T18:50:44Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] She was a shrink, not an orderly, though. I think it was just guilt. He did imagine her later on the boat. I’ll grant that it could be some Walt/Christian Shepherd vision, but I don’t think it was a flashback within a flashback. [/QUOTE] She told Hurley she trained in the medical field, _before_ she became a therapist (or words to that effect.) That and we never found out why she was in the institution with Hurley. So there are a few unanswered questions about her still. But, I am not so convinced of this theory I am going to worry about really defending it or anything. Just something that made me go “hmmm.” (along with a million other things about this show. Actually, most of them make me go WTF more than hmmm.) ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-08-meet-kevin-johnson/442074/162 "2008-03-26T19:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] He did imagine her later on the boat. I’ll grant that it could be some Walt/Christian Shepherd vision, but I don’t think it was a flashback within a flashback. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t the boat appearance preceded by the tell-tale whispering? If that’s the case, I would think it was island vision rather than imagination, but I may be misremembering. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-08-meet-kevin-johnson/442074/163 "2008-03-27T13:36:22Z")
I don’t think you are. I too remember whispers. I think it is possible it is some kind of remote imaging. Maybe the smoke monster is not limited to the island. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-08-meet-kevin-johnson/442074/164 "2008-03-27T13:53:05Z")
I’m late with catching up on this and just saw it off the DVR. I noticed that after Karl went down and they rolled him over on his side he had something in his ear. I don’t know if it was supposed to be part of the plot, maybe a radio earpiece, or if it was for hearing protection, or a hearing aid or what. The explosive squibs they use don’t seem loud enough to require protection, and there was a cut in between, so they would have had time to remove protective gear, and I don’t see any indication on the actor’s IMDB page that he has a hearing disability, so I’m wondering if it might have been intentional. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-08-meet-kevin-johnson/442074/165 "2008-03-27T13:57:26Z")
Maybe his hearing was damaged when he was in Ben’s “A Clockwork Orange” re-education program… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-08-meet-kevin-johnson/442074.md?page=8)