Code-named finale scenes
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The producers and writers of Lost have used code names to describe scenes with secret twists in each season finale. Though most such code names have no discernable meaning, some have very vague meanings related to the actual endings.
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Season 1: "The Bagel"
The code name for a final scene in Season 1 was "The Bagel". This scene occured in the episode "Exodus, Part 2", was in which Walt is abducted by Tom and the Others. It is unknown what meaning (if any) this codename has in relevance to this scene.
Season 2: "The Challah"
The code name for Season 2's final scene was "The Challah". This scene revealed Henrik and Mathias in the listening station in a desolate, snow-blanketed location. Upon receiving a computer notification of the detection of some sort of electromagnetic anomaly, they phoned Penelope Widmore to tell her that they had "found it". It is unknown what meaning (if any) this codename has in relevance to this scene.
Season 3: "The Rattlesnake in the Mailbox"
Season 3's ending code name was "The Rattlesnake in the Mailbox", also known as "The Snake in the Mailbox". This scene occurs at the end of "Through the Looking Glass", where Jack, drunk and depressed, meets Kate at an airport, pleading with her that they have to go back to the Island. The scene revealed that the episode's flashes have actually been flash-forwards, as opposed to flashbacks. The only similarity the code name "Rattlesnake in the Mailbox" had with the episode's final scene was that the scene was surprising, according to Carlton Cuse, and was the last thing viewers would expect, being that the audience had up to that point been accustomed to seeing stories told only in real-time or in flashback.
The reference to a rattlesnake in a mailbox may be a reference to the cult Synanon [[1]], which attempted to assassinate an enemy by putting a live rattlesnake in his mailbox.
Season 4: "The Frozen Donkey Wheel"
Season 4's code-named finale scene, "The Frozen Donkey Wheel", was revealed to refer to a literal frozen wheel used by Ben to move the Island. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
