Official Lost Podcast/March 20, 2007

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March 20th, 2007

Running Length: 28:40

Executive Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse take fan questions and tease next week's episode, "The Man from Tallahassee" (3/21/07). Emilie de Ravin recounts shooting last week's episode, "Par Avion."

Things that were established in this podcast:

• We should believe everything Mikhail says, except for him being in the DHARMA Initiative.
  • This includes information about the Purge, the Others (also known as the Hostiles), and the Others' submarine.
• The Others had little or no knowledge of The Swan, confirming that Kelvin was a true member of DHARMA.
• "The Man from Tallahassee" is a Locke flashback, but he is not "The Man From Tallahassee".
• The ping-pong game in "Enter 77" was inspired by the ping-pong table outside the writers' room.

Fan Questions:

• "Why is Locke being an a-hole?"
  • Locke is "marching to the beat of a different drum", meaning his own motives. His intentions may still be a mystery, but they are certainly self-oriented.
  • It is hinted numerous times that Mikhail may not be dead. (While Carlton has a whole song-and-dance about it being "a theory" of his, Damon clearly says that he'll "stay tuned, because [he] liked that guy.")
• "Are they really on an Island?"
  • Yes.
• "Will we learn more about Bea Klugh and/or Pickett?"
  • It is hinted that may appear in other characters' flashbacks (especially Bea).
• "Why couldn't someone just run through the sonic fence quickly so as not to get killed?"
  • There isn't any way to get through a sonic fence without dying. Don't try it at home!
• "What will Locke do next? He seemed to have destroyed everything he touched! Will he blow up a secret tunnel?"
  • It's stated that Locke will blow something up in "The Man from Tallahassee". (We all know, though, don't we?)
  • While Locke's actions in the Swan were an inadvertent side-effect of his loss of faith, his actions in the Flame may point towards a more logical thought process he is having. As in, he is consciously destroying things for some as-yet-to-be-revealed reason. (Though it's hinted that the answer will come in "The Man from Tallahassee".)
  • Damon refers to Locke's actions against Sayid in Season 1 (c.f. knocking him out and destroying the transceiver).
• "Is there a Nikki/Paulo episode coming up? Will Boone and Shannon be in this episode? Will we find out who the gay character is?"
  • "Exposé" is a Nikki/Paulo flashback, and "you're gonna like it".
  • The gay character "might appear" in this episode, but he will not come out and identify himself as gay.
• "There are several references to Him. Have we seen Him before?"
  • Jacob is Him, but he could be anyone (probably someone we haven't seen before). We will certainly meet/revisit him later this season.
• "Did the Others know about the Swan?"
  • No, they didn't. Kelvin had been left alone down there after the Purge, and the electromagnetism is something the Dharma Initiative didn't want other people to know about.
  • We will "find out more" in the next couple of weeks, specifically in "Exposé".