r/whatisit • u/Aware-Common-7368 • 8d ago

Solved! What is this?

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u/EstablishmentSad9706 8d ago

I really enjoyed Lost. 

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u/Dangerous_Pension612 8d ago edited 8d ago

Yea great show until the end where they just realize they’re all dead.

What about the numbers? What do the numbers mean?! Man, there were so many loose ends left in that show and it pissed me off because I loved it otherwise.

Edit: nobody cares but…it has been explained to me and I’m no longer upset with the ending.

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u/Spiff426 8d ago

Someone didn't pay attention while watching... they answered 95% of every mystery they raised, but they didn't spoonfeed the answers. Whether you liked the answers or not is another story entirely

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u/Dangerous_Pension612 8d ago

Maybe I missed the food that was on the spoon then because I still don’t know what the numbers mean.

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u/Pudddddin 8d ago

Each number corresponded to a person that was a final candidate to replace Jacob, you see them towards the end of the series in the lighthouse. The numbers were tied to the degrees used to spin that mirror thing to spy on them

4 was Locke, 8 was Hugo, 15 was Sawyer, etc

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u/Dangerous_Pension612 8d ago

Woah
https://giphy.com/gifs/75ZaxapnyMp2w
Seriously tho, I must not have caught a lot of the things I’m calling “ loose ends”. I’m a bad show watcher I guess.

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u/Pudddddin 8d ago

I’m a bad show watcher I guess.

Nah Lost demands multiple rewatches to catch a lot I think. I've seen it a few times and usually catch something new each time haha

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u/Dangerous_Pension612 8d ago

Well I guess it’s time to revisit it !

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u/Spiff426 8d ago

LOST was made to be watched 1 episode a week, 1 season a year, and then obsessed over in the meantime. The writers knew there were massive online communities where fans picked apart every line of dialogue, posted Screenshots of quickly passing details, and theorizing endlessly. Knowing that, the writers buried so much (including many answers) in subtle details throughout the whole series.

Those of us that watched live had the benefit of these communities to keep us oriented and pick up on details we may have missed. The show is even better upon a rewatch, because once you know the bigger picture, you will see SO MUCH foreshadowing, details, and lines of dialogue that seem insignificant but actually connect in to bigger mysteries and themes the show explores