Season 1 Investigations

Hello everyone. Today we start a series of articles that some of you may have seen on Lostaholics.com, but I thought that they were so good that I got permission to re-post them here so more folks could read them. Here begins the first in the series of "What's Next?" articles and many thanks to the author Nancy Drew. Enjoy.

The dedicated Lost viewer in all of us is no stranger to the reference of "TIME" in an episode. In fact, when re-watching earlier episodes from Seasons 1 and 2, one can see many mentions or displays of time that, otherwise, would go unnoticed. The true question is: What counts as a reference to this theme and what doesn't?

If we go back to Season 1, we'll see that it doesn't take a "Timeologist" to see the references, but some are so subtle that they are easily overlooked, as well. Some examples of the TIME theme in Season 1 are:

Locke tells Walt: "Backgammon's the oldest game in the world. Archeologists found sets when they excavated the ancient ruins of Mesopotamia -- 5,000 years old. That's older than Jesus Christ." ("Pilot, Part 2")

Sayid tells the group that the distress signal has been repeating for "16 years and 5 months, that's the count." ("Pilot, Part 2")

Charlie says, "Really, last I heard we were positively made of time." ("Walkabout")

Charlie tells Locke that he hasn't played his guitar in "Uh, 8 days, 11 hours, give or take." ("House of the Rising Sun")

Jack remarks about Adam and Eve's tattered clothing: "It takes 40 or 50 years for clothing to degrade like this." ("House of the Rising Sun")

This proves that Hurley was the original owner of the Flash & Friends comic book that Walt later finds and takes a liking to. It makes sense that the comic book is in Spanish.

Hurley is the last to board the plane, and his ticket is clearly shown. Note multiple appearances of The Numbers (including that Flight 815 comes out of Gate 23). Also, Hurley can't seem to get away from chicken (after working at Mr. Cluck's).

A close-up of The Black Rock, showing that its home port was Portsmouth (likely England).

Kate appears in the beginning of "Born to Run" as a mysterious blonde. She has a large collection of license plates in her car's trunk to aid in her being on the run, including Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, Idaho, and Michigan. The one she finally settles on is Nebraska, the setting of that episode and her home state.

Kate is running from the cops through MRI doors, but it says Magnetic Resonance ImaginING instead of Imaging.

There was some questions as to whether Locke's mother was admitted in 1995 or 1993. Upon investigation, I have concluded that Locke's mother was admitted on 5/12/1995.

These two images show that the Lotto Girl is the same person we see with Sawyer when he is confronted by Hibbs in a hotel room. This, however, may or may not have significance to the story, as the actress that plays her is the wife of Harold Perrineau (who plays Michael), and may just have been given two small parts due to her real life connections.

Hurley's lotto story is featured on the Korean news, which is on the TV at Byung's house when Jin comes in. His daughter is watching it.

Sawyer meets Jack's father Christian Shephard in a dark Australian bar.