# Lost 4.10: "Something Nice Back Home" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606 "2008-05-01T14:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 1, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/1 "2008-05-01T14:57:42Z")
Thread rules: > [@](#): > > Information about all episodes aired to this point – including the current week – will be unboxed. > Information about this week’s episode’s “next week” teasers will be unboxed. > Information about future episodes taken from spoiler sites/inside sources, including Podcasts, will be boxed. This includes links to promo photos and screencaps from future episodes. > Speculation based on events in episodes aired up to this point (including teasers) will be unboxed. > Speculation based on spoilers for upcoming episodes will be boxed. > > Please remember, links inside spoiler boxes are readable even to those who don’t highlight. I think most of agreed that the last episode was quite good. Ben’s got things under control again with a little help from TCM, although he did make a tactical error in challenging Kimey to kill Alex. We were treated to time travel and teleportation, as well as learning that Ben speaks (at least some) Arabic and Turkish. Or is that Dean Moriarty… Looks like Jack has more than a tummy ache, and not just from seeing the ship’s doctor wash up on shore with his throat slit. Good thing Bernard knows his S.O.S.! From the on-screen guide preview for tonight’s episode: \*\* “Something Nice Back Home” \*\*:Jack’s health is seriously compromised, forcing Kate and Juliet to work together to save him. Meanwhile, something goes wrong as Sawyer, Claire, Aaron and Miles continue their trek from Locke’s camp to the beach. **Some useful Café Society links are given below:** Thread index for Season 1 Episodes: [1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=277083) [2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278382) [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279542) [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280792) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=281998) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283328) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284665) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=285925) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287237) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289514) [11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=290718) [12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=295320) 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[2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454618) [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=455630) [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456811) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457801) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458668) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=459619) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460501) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=465277) [The Official Lost Jargon Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=286221) Official “Lost” Questions Thread[Season 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284542), [Season 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336040), [Season 3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=390739) **Here are some interesting external links:** [The Lost Report](http://hometown.aol.com/qcotms/myhomepage/index.html): A very well written summary of the most current episode often containing interesting insights. I don’t think you’ll find spoilers. [The Tail Section](http://www.thetailsection.com/): Excellent site for still frame photos of key scenes, along with some good analysis. But… beware of spoilers! [Sledgeweb’s Lost… Stuff](http://lost.cubit.net/): Pretty good site, but again beware of spoilers. I use it mainly for the Timeline section, which is an incredibly detailed breakdown of “how long since…?” for almost anything you can think of (pre- and post-plane crash). [Door Map from Episode 2.17](http://www.thetailsection.com/uploaded_images/cleanwall-707484.jpg). A nicely cleaned up version of the diagram Locke saw while pinned under the lockdown doors. No spoilers. [Lostpedia](http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Main_Page): The wikipedia of Lost information. Quite a comprehensive site, but beware of spoilers! [ThEmIsFiTiShErE](http://themisfitishere.blogspot.com/): The Misfit offers his whacky commentary on “Lost”. Is he a nut-case or a clever insider? Careful, though, possible spoilers. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/2 "2008-05-01T15:31:33Z")
I hope we get to find out a bit more about the teleporting and smoke monster. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/3 "2008-05-01T16:48:30Z")
I hope we get to see Juliet performing an appendectomy, with Jack still awake giving her instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/4 "2008-05-01T17:19:59Z")
thats what his problem was? his appendix burst? ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/5 "2008-05-01T17:27:49Z")
[QUOTE=Mojo Pin] thats what his problem was? his appendix burst? [/QUOTE] I think they mentioned it in the previews for this week’s episode. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/6 "2008-05-01T17:33:05Z")
[QUOTE=Mojo Pin] thats what his problem was? his appendix burst? [/QUOTE] If it had already burst, he’d most likely be dead. I suspect it is about to burst, and needs to be removed before it does. (Of course, that is not to say that the writers won’t take artistic license with medical details.) Removing an inflamed appendix is relatively minor surgery. Treating someone with a burst appendix is a whole 'nother matter. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/7 "2008-05-01T17:42:11Z")
ah. well he’s a doctor, he’ll survive. anyway has anyone mentioned the possibility that the morse code from the boat just might have been lying? maybe there was a dispute/coup/accident on the boat and they just wanted to keep quiet about it (its funny how when you watch lost long enough our inner occam’s razor gets inverted :D). question - once the thread for this new week is opened is all discussion now supposed to continue here or is it usual to have several lost threads floating around? iow is this thread reserved for only talk of this episode? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/8 "2008-05-01T17:43:07Z")
I’m assuming that among the Dharma supplies, there would be a portion of painkillers for the patient. Or at least a good slug of scotch. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/9 "2008-05-01T17:51:55Z")
Looking forward to it as usual; I’m always up for more Lost. [QUOTE=John Mace] We were treated to time travel and teleportation [/QUOTE] I’m not completely convinced that we were, although it does seem likely. [QUOTE=Mojo Pin] ah. well he’s a doctor, he’ll survive. [/QUOTE] Yeah, not too much doubt about that. Unless they’ve _really_ been messing with us. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/10 "2008-05-01T17:57:17Z")
I’m wondering if Jack has apendicitis for the same reason Ben had cancer. You know, the opposite of the reason Locke can walk. (Or the same reason. Whatever.) ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/11 "2008-05-01T19:30:38Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] I’m assuming that among the Dharma supplies, there would be a portion of painkillers for the patient. Or at least a good slug of scotch. [/QUOTE] Jack was digging around in what looked like his old stash of medicines from the crash when looking for antibiotics last episode and nothing there looked like it had a DHARMA logo on it. There may be some somewhere but I don’t think the Losties have gotten their hands on any at any point. And we know Jack survives since we’ve seen him in flash-forwards so there can’t be _too_ much tension around whatever is wrong with him. ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/12 "2008-05-01T19:49:11Z")
[QUOTE=C3] I hope we get to see Juliet performing an appendectomy, with Jack still awake giving her instructions. [/QUOTE] While she is dressed in sticky, sweaty scrubs?.. Don’t really care what Jack is wearing… ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/13 "2008-05-01T19:52:28Z")
“ah. well he’s a doctor, he’ll survive.” actually, I think it would be impossible for Jack to die in the same way that Michael could not die perhaps in the same way that John Locke can’t die and so on ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/14 "2008-05-01T20:26:35Z")
I’m certain Jack doesn’t die of an appendicitis on the island, because I’ve seen him numerous times in flashforwards. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/15 "2008-05-02T02:15:54Z")
Danielle looks pretty dead to me. There’s one question answered. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/16 "2008-05-02T02:27:34Z")
Not bad so far… ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/17 "2008-05-02T02:29:02Z")
Karl too. Who buried them? The mercenaries? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/18 "2008-05-02T02:31:36Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] Karl too. Who buried them? The mercenaries? [/QUOTE] From where the bullet hole was it seemed obvious to me that Karl (Carl?) was dead. It was possible that Danielle was just injured. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/19 "2008-05-02T02:34:05Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Danielle looks pretty dead to me. There’s one question answered. [/QUOTE] Yup. And now I’m wondering if the BSM actually accomplished anything. Looks like all it did was mess up one guy. Not too impressive. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606/20 "2008-05-02T02:38:51Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] Yup. And now I’m wondering if the BSM actually accomplished anything. Looks like all it did was mess up one guy. Not too impressive. -Joe [/QUOTE] I know WTF? He’s all smoke and mirrors! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-10-something-nice-back-home/447606.md?page=2)