The Constant

“What do you expect to find?”

“Answers.”

And we got some . . .

1. Desmond – so do you prefer your rugged Scotsman w/ long hair or short hair? I was kind of diggin’ Des circa 1996. Kinda sexy

2. The “jumping” of Desmond between 1996 and 2004 confirms a few things:
--There is a time warp connected to the island
--The Island is highly electromagnetic
--Desmond is hot in both decades

3. This week in Lost Literature:
We’ve discussed a number of times the references to the Odyssey. Clearly, Des is Oddyseus and Penelope is, well, Penelope. To review the classical story:
--Penelope waits for the return of her husband for 20 years. So far, our Penny has only had to wait 8 . . . but she seems willing to wait as long as necessary
--Penelope and Odysseus have a son (hmm . . .)
--Odysseus returns to his wife in disguise as a suitor (an old beggar)
--In the Hero’s Journey – Penelope is the device that allows for the triumph of the hero. Will Des be our final hero on this long, convoluted journey.

4. The course of true love never did run smooth . . .
--Des hastily dumped Penny and ran off to join the army.
--Daddy Widmore hates Desmond, and if you recall, he worked hard to thwart their romance from the beginning (more on this later . . .)
--Penelope lives on Cheyne Walk, home of the famous, like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
--Des can hardly get together change for the pay phone.

5. “The Black Rock”
--This is the ship on the island. A painting and journal from one of its captains is being auctioned.
--The journal was found near Madagascar – the place we saw Charlotte in her flashback (or forward)
--It was owned by Tovar Hanso, ancestor of the founders of the Dharma Initiative
--Mr. Charles Widmore purchases it.

6. It’s all about Penny and her creepy-ass dad . . . Why else would he give Desmond her address?!!

7. Daniel Ferraday –
--I now believe that in the premiere, his was a flash forward. He started crying about the discovery of Oceanic 815 wreckage . . . and he said he didn’t know why. In other words, SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG.
--Therefore, if his was a flashforward, so were those of Miles, Charlotte, and Frank. What do you think? What would all this mean?
--He had some sweet hair at Oxford. He is apparently an intellectual outcast. Others taunt his research on time travel.

8. This week in Biblical Studies: Daniel is told to set his device to 2.342 at 11hz. This is what Daniel 2 says in the bible, and it totally fits!!:
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1. In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. 2. So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king, 3. he said to them, "I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means. " 4. Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it." 5. The king replied to the astrologers, "This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble. 6. But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me." 7. Once more they replied, "Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it." 8. Then the king answered, "I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided: 9. If you do not tell me the dream, there is just one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me." 10. The astrologers answered the king, "There is not a man on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer. 11. What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among men." 12. This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. 13 So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death. 14. When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact.

--Book 11 is about a battle between the King from the South and the King of the North”, but most significant: Then a mighty king will appear, who will rule with great power and do as he pleases. -- Could it be Ben? Or Mr. Widmore?

--Daniel instructs Frank to follow 305 degrees North, a reference to Mr. Eko’s stick w/ the verse: "Lift up your eyes and look north - John 3:05".

--I CLEARLY NEED TO GO TO SEMINARY SCHOOL!

9. The Losties are told that their concept of time may be warped.

10. Fisher Stevens plays the previously mentioned George Minkowski. He is suffering the same fate as Desmond, except he has no “anchor.” I wonder if in his “jumps” he sees Steve Guttenberg and Number 5 and talks in a really stereotypical Indian accent?

11. Penny and Desmond’s conversation:
She’s been looking for him for 3 years – why just 3?
She knows about the island
She has been researching something, but the phone line cuts out before we hear what.
She confirms that she spoke to Charlie – Des and Sayid should be worried!!!!
It was really touching; I got a little teary.

12. KEY LINE OF THE NIGHT: Daniel reads in his journal, “IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, DESMOND HUME WILL BE MY CONSTANT.” What is he expecting to go wrong?

So the real question is, will you be my constant? If I call you in 8 years, will you answer?
Namaste,
Your Loyal Lost Loser