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While it's not strictly relevant to the episode's main plot, shouldn't some mention be made of the fact that Mr. Widmore was bidding for the ledger of the captain of the Black Rock, which apparently set sail and was lost in 1854? And also the fact that the previous owner of the book was the man behind the Hanso Foundation, which in turn was behind the Dharma Initiative...this is the first hint we've had that there's a connection between the Black Rock, the Hanso Foundation and the Widmores...does that not warrant inclusion in the episode summary? Jjmbarton (talk) 14:22, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Any thoughts on how to sort out on what day the 2004 sequences in this episode take place? The "Eggtown" article says that episode is set on December 25, and from the dialogue "The Constant" would pick up on the morning of the 26th, at least from the perspective of those still on the island. Sayyid observes that it seems to be earlier in the day when they arrive on the freighter than it was when they left the island in "The Economist" (late afternoon December 24th), and it's still Christmas Eve on the ship, so they apparently arrived sometime before they left, then spoke to the people on the island where it was 30-or-40-some-odd hours in the future. (I wonder when Regina's conversation with Charlotte in "Eggtown" took place from Regina's perspective?) I'm at a loss as to how to simplify this enough to include it in the article. Augustus Chip (talk) 02:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Popular Mechanics has an article, Are Lost's New Time-Travel Physics Junk Science?, about the time travel in this episode. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 19:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
I hereby pass this article as a "good article," for its well-written format, its production and reception sections, and excellent plot summary Kudos to thedemonhog for nominating. Happy editing, Wikipdians! THE KC (talk) 15:33, 15 March 2008 (UTC).
The header of this article states that the writers were careful not to include a time paradox. Am I crazy, or didn't Back to the Future, Terminator, and 12 Monkeys teach us that there is no time travel without some form of paradox? There is always a causality loop... why? Actual time travel is impossible. In this case the loop is any of the impacts on the future which happened in the past, which wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the future. i.e. Penny knowing Desmond would call, Farraday having the note to himself in his journal about Desmond as a constant. These are causality loops. Unless a physicist can explain otherwise, I suggest we take this remark down, or put a reference to some place where the writers *claim* to have avoided a time paradox. Chicopac (talk) 03:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Just to support my statement, the above snippet is from that article. Still entirely theoretical. Chicopac (talk) 03:10, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
24.177.120.179 (talk) 09:39, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
TV.com currently ranks this episode as the best of all Lost episodes (http://www.tv.com/lost/show/24313/top.html?tag=subtabs;top). I tried to add this, but people kept removing it. Instead of having the debate in the history page, it would be better to have it here. So I ask you, why not include that information? Are you saying that only the "critics" should have a saying on what is good and what isn't? --The monkeyhate (talk) 15:29, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
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