# LOST 6.4 "The Substitute"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-4-the-substitute/529234>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 16, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-4-the-substitute/529234 "2010-02-16T19:10:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-4-the-substitute/529234/161 "2010-02-24T13:10:11Z")

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> [@Rucksinator](#):
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> Can somebody quickly clear up my timeline confusion? I haven’t been reading these threads this season.
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> IIRC, Jack, Sayid, Hurley, Jin, Kate are all in the 70’s, where Sawyer and Juliet had been for 3 years.
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> Sun, FLocke, Ben, Richard and the pilot are all in the present time (C. 2007).
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> So how is FLocke able to talk to Sawyer? Also, Richard warned somebody about FLocke.

When the bomb exploded at the end of last season, it caused one last time jump that sent Jack and the rest back to the present (2007).

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**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-4-the-substitute/529234/162 "2010-02-24T15:37:39Z")

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Huh, I guess I missed that. I was always thinking that there was no way that Sun and Jin would get back together. That’s convenient.

So, where was Claire during all this?

Also, I understand that Sawyer, Juliet, et al., spent 3 years in the 70’s. Did the ones who escaped the Island spend the same amount of time off the island? Has it been 3 years for _everybody_?

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**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-4-the-substitute/529234/163 "2010-02-24T15:39:33Z")

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> [@Rucksinator](#):
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> Also, I understand that Sawyer, Juliet, et al., spent 3 years in the 70’s. Did the ones who escaped the Island spend the same amount of time off the island? Has it been 3 years for _everybody_?

Yes. Well, everybody except Locke.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-4-the-substitute/529234/164 "2010-02-24T15:40:38Z")

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Yes, even including Claire who spent 3 years alone in the jungle becoming Crazy French Lady II.

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