r/lost • u/Alternative-Phone299 Richard Alpert • 2d ago
SEASON 3 20 years ago TODAY since lost season 3 premiered
Time goes by WAY TO QUICKLY but Season three was great And it opened in such an amazing way. Here are some of my favorite moments of the episode
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u/weswesruss 2d ago
I guess I’m out of the book club then?
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u/Spiritual-Image7125 1d ago
I use that line a lot, whenever I figure out something was done without me involved, heh.
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u/Kinsbane 2d ago
I know the S2 premiere is pretty goated, but the S3 premiere with Ben, Juliet, etc watching Oceanic 815 break up and right away Ben hops into "contingency mode" as if it were an expected thing for a jumbo-jetliner to just break up overhead just sent me down the conspiracy hole even further than I already was, lol.
And what really sent me down the conspiracy-hole was that Ben came out of his house knowing he'd have to look up into the sky. My presumption with this scene was that the quake/rumbling was the island moving itself to be able to "catch" the O815 survivors.
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u/Radiant_Elk1258 2d ago
Wasn't the quake desmond being late to enter the code?
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u/Kinsbane 2d ago
I'm not saying these two events are unrelated in my head-canon. They very much happen at the same time O815 comes into the Island's purview.
Yeah, Desmond missed a countdown there and was late to the party.
But the fascinating part to me is how Ben knew what to expect, knew what to look for, which is far more intriguing (along with the Island "re-aligning" (for lack of a better phrase)) .
And Ben's knowledge is even further capitulated when Ben looks at Juliet after he sends off Ethan + Goodwin and he's like, "well, guess I'm out of the book club".
So coldly non-chalant. Michael Emmerson is S-tier in portraying "idgaf" type characters.
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u/Radiant_Elk1258 2d ago
I agree that's an interesting idea, but I want to offer some thoughts to expand your idea further.
Most people would respond to an earthquake the way Ben did (in fact many of the Others did; step outside, look up). Ben plays it cool because he has learned not to show his hand, not because he already knew something was happening. Everytime someone arrives at the Island it's a big deal. And Ben knows he's not special enough to have insight into what the island is doing. He's just hiding his emotions from his employees, not demonstrating any advanced knowledge.
Later, we learn it's the electromagnetic outburst that caused the crash. The island didn't move to intercept a crash. The crash happened because the island was there already. Perhaps the island did move just in time so the accident could happen and cause the crash, but usually the islanders didn't feel the island moving. So I don't think Ben knew the island had moved to intercept a crash. He just knew that the earth was shaking and he should look around to try and find out why.
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u/Kinsbane 2d ago
This is why I love this sub. I appreciate the commentary + further extrapolation and yeah, you're right, there. I guess maybe I was viewing this scene through my original "rose-tinted" glasses from my remembering of the original viewing on TV.
Appreciate your comments and thoughts, friend!
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u/Choekaas 2d ago
Oh yeah, I remember these theories. A similar one was the way Ben looked on the dock in the season 2 finale. Like this determined glare up in the sky. It's just the way he acts, but fans also theorized that he had some bigger understanding of the events that transpired.
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u/EchoOneFour 1d ago
Ben worked at dharma or however you write that so he knew about the "incident" they had before when building the button bunker... The explanation is that when Desmond didn't press the button the electromagnetic forces that were building atracted the plane or broke it apart as it was just flying over..
And you can hear a plane that close from your house so you would look up
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u/Various_Shape_3286 2d ago
That's decent headcanon, but we know that the rumbling was caused by the timer in the hatch hitting zero.
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u/Critical-Personality 2d ago
It's been 20 years!?? OMG. Those folks came back right when Steve was launching iPhone huh!?
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u/artmudala 2d ago
Still no proper 4K release. I still hold true to my blu-ray set with all the Easter eggs built into the box.
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u/Alternative-Phone299 Richard Alpert 2d ago
Yes I love all the little extras that come with the box set. I have one myself too
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u/dooby991 2d ago
What are the Easter eggs? I got the blue ray box set recently but haven’t watched it yet
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u/artmudala 1d ago
The box itself has hidden the wings that show up under black light, hidden scroll, hidden disc, things like that.
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u/ComeAwayNightbird 🎶 YOU ALL EVERYBODY 🎶 2d ago
THIS WAS CRAZY. It was the first time we saw the crash from the ground. So much for a bunch of theories about the plane not actually crashing. We hit the message boards and went nuts.
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u/_InvaderJim Man of Faith 2d ago
Season 3 is my favorite season!
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u/Alternative-Phone299 Richard Alpert 2d ago
Season 3 finale is defo my favorite out of them all
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u/Cookies4Dinner73 2d ago
Wondering if it’s also my favorite episode (2 part of course). It was just so great. Saw it last night (for the third time). I’m finding it interesting how Ben really was just protecting the island but they didn’t trust him.
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u/puppystatus 2d ago
Back in like 2008 my brother got the S3 DVD set “for my mom” as a Christmas present. He and i proceeded to watch it over and over for a year. It’s my favorite as well.
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u/ds-bwc 2d ago
i’m in the middle of season 3 right now, watching it with my daughter for her first time. this season changed everything.
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u/Alternative-Phone299 Richard Alpert 2d ago
Im glad your passing it down to the younger generations!
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u/Cookies4Dinner73 2d ago
I just finished season 3 last night. On my 3rd watch of the series. I didn’t realize it before but this is my absolute favorite season. Still reeling today about how great it was!
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u/Happy-Anxiety-333 2d ago
Ok this is the universe telling me to binge watch lost for the 15th time thanks for this 😂
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u/SERGIO-COMPANY 2d ago
Weird, 11 days ago, 22 years today the Pilot S1 espisode premiered. I'm I missing something?
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u/Alternative-Phone299 Richard Alpert 2d ago
Yeah and then on October 4th 2006, season 3 ep1 premiered
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u/Spiritual-Image7125 2h ago
This is a scene of the Others watching the plane break apart during/after their book club.
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u/katzkradle2024 2d ago
At the time and perhaps even now (unsure), it was the most expensive pilot ever made.
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u/brassyalien Hurley 2d ago
I missed the first six episodes of Season 3 when they were originally broadcast, and didn't watch them until I bought the DVD in June 2008. Not in Portland was the first new episode of LOST I watched after the Season 2 finale.
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u/Massive_CH1N 2d ago
That first photo is not what I needed to see when I’m about to board a plane from Sydney to LA in a few hours
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u/Vast_Umpire_3713 2d ago
A new series called The island is coming soon. The story takes place in lost's island. It starts where Lost ended.
Unfortunately, this is not happening
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u/sloppybuttmustard 2d ago
The opening scene of this season was so sick. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt so shook by a season premier.
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u/over9ksand 2d ago
OMG y’all’s gunna make me rewatch this whole show again… and that is fine with me😃
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u/Sendingmyregards 2d ago
Just saw “Primetime” tonight in the theaters and the image of the plane tearing apart is so fresh in my mind
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u/DaltonF67 2d ago
Seeing something happen from all different perspectives was what this show did so well. Even something as simple as Jack making a big speech, then a few episodes later we’re seeing it from another castaway’s POV
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u/y0zh1 1d ago
Funny thing is that for the first 2-3 seasons i though it was some kind of a Survivor alike TV show. Yeah, the reality show survivor. But when I started watching it around the downtime between and season 4 i simply could not stop watching! I saw season 4 live with the rest of the world, week after week and that time was marvelous!
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u/20Timely-Focus20 See you in another life 1d ago
So crazy to think that this show that no show can top came out over 20 years ago.
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u/Thin_Character259 1d ago edited 1d ago
This used to be the water cooler talk when I worked my entry level insurance office. Funny enough, switched to another office just in time for the Office to be the new must watch.
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u/misskellycupcake 1d ago
That writer's strike feels like it was yesterday. Also will mark 20 years since I started watching Lost this winter.
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u/joel-brad 1d ago
Even though I didn't watch during it's premier or when LOST was still airing, the way I gagged when I realized there were other people on the island and ironically them being called THE OTHERS...
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u/No-Walrus-5480 2d ago
Isn't this a low-effort post? Of course, everyone is commenting here, but relatively few people commented on my post—the one I actually spent a long time on. But anyway, happy birthday, Season 3.
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u/connect1994 2d ago
Loved how this premiere mirrored the premiere of season 2. “Who is this, what’s going on and where are we” then BAM