A game is afoot, solve waveforms.

If you enjoy solving clues, a new LOST ARG has recently surfaced.  Recent communications have been received from one "Dr. Matt Konnise" from the Resonant Harmonics Project.   The "cascade event" begins Sunday, August 15, 2010, 12:01 a.m.  with the first of 15 puzzles over 15 days!

Hop over the The Lost ARG Blog if you want to play as a group.  They are nice folks and super sleuths.

This is officially "unofficial" until proven otherwise.

There will be a Mass Effect movie. Will #Lost ’s Matthew Fox play Commander Shepard?

 

by Nicholas Deleon on May 25, 2010

It’s takes a special type of nerd to read a video game’s novelization, and I’m none too proud to say that I recently started reading the Mass Effect novel. But there’s a certain quiet dignity in reading a novelization that simply isn’t present when sitting at the multiplex (or downloading the Blu-ray rip, as it were) watching a movie. Get ready: EA has sold the movie rights to Mass Effect, and it’s gone to Legendary Pictures, the same people behind The Dark Knight, Watchmen, and The Hangover. So there’s hope the movie won’t be total dross.

Several of the BioWare folks, including Ray Muzyka and Mass Effect project manager Casey Hudson, will be a part of the production, so there’s even more evidence that the movie has the potential to be OK.

It’s being written by the man who wrote I Am Legend, Mark Protosevich. I never understood how you can be credited with writing a movie when all you’re doing is remaking it…

The thing is, Mass Effect is already so cinematic that making a movie seems like overkill. Just play the game; I’m almost certain the movie won’t be as good as the game was.

Stating the obvious: Commander Shepard needs to be played by Matthew Fox, the guy who played Jack in “Lost.” They look identical.

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Lost returns tonight for the last time, and we here at Nerve couldn’t be more excited. Everyone is looking for answers to questions like, “What is up with that foot statue?” and “What is the smoke monster?” but we want to throw one more on the pile: who would you rather?

Have a visit and for who you'd rather... I dunno play backgammon with?

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Needing something to pass the time?

GawkerTV to the rescue.

A little adventure game they created called LOST: Choose Your Own Adventure (click the picture to play)

Here’s what the author says:

Hey!  I love this site, and just wanted to tell you guys about the LOST Choose
Your Own Adventure I did for Gawker in celebration of tonight's premiere.  Was
hoping you all might check it out.  I did my best to stay true to the "Alternate
Eden" theories floating around out there.

That should help pass the next 208 or so minutes

Retro Games With Modern Themes: #LOST

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Lost Fantasy League: Week 14 Update!

Holy frozen donkey wheels Lost fans! We're just one episode away from crowning another champion! Can you believe it?

"Follow The Leader" may have been a little light in the content department and that shows in the overall score. Just 260 points in the penultimate episode of the season? I'm sure that the finale will make up for it by rocking our socks off with points out the wazoo.

There were two more point adjustments made this week and they may make your scores for this week look funky. Any time there are point adjustments, the spreadsheet thinks those adjustments affect this week's score. Not true. The data below is correct for this episode. Here are your corrections:

5x11: Sawyer gets an extra 5 points. Somehow I forgot to give him the 5 points he deserved and that we reported for traveling by car.

5x14: Daniel has 20 points taken away from him. I accidentally gave him credit for saying two combinations of the Numbers during the episode. The rules state once per source per episode, meaning you can only get credit once for saying a combination of the numbers.

Everything else should be up to date and accurate. I will be double checking everything once more though before we post the final scores and announce our winner.

If you've got any questions, consult the League rule book at the bottom of this post. If you can't find an answer to your questions there, shoot me an email at LFLquestions@gmail.com. I will do my best to get back to you as promptly as possible.

"Follow The Leader" in 500 words or less:

Jack and Kate watch Daniel get killed from the safety of the bushes. Oh wait, those bushes aren’t so safe after all. Charles Widmore rides in and lays some hurt on Jack and brings the two of them into the Hostiles’ camp. Eloise, still confused by Daniel’s words, has them sent to her tent. Jack explains that Daniel is trying to change things, that they’re all from the future and that she can help make all this bad stuff go away. Really? Because last episode we saw that Ms. Hawking sent Daniel to the Island specifically to die and keep things the way they always were.

In Dharmaville, Sawyer is getting a royal beat down by Radzinsky and Phil. Horace is too much of a hippie to go to these extremes but Radzinsky basically takes over. Yeah, because that can only end well. Sawyer won’t talk so Phil punches Juliet.

Meanwhile, Hurley stashes some food and meets up with Jin and Miles in the jungle. They are confronted by Dr. Chang, who asks Hurley the one question he dreaded the most when he first got to 1977- who is the president of the USA? Hurley spills the beans and Chang calls for an evacuation. Sawyer tells everyone that Chang is right to evacuate and offers to draw a map to the Hostiles’ camp in exchange for he and Juliet being put on the sub.

Jack, Kate, Hawking, Richard and a redshirt Hostile all mosey through the woods until Kate wigs out on Jack’s plan. Sayid shows up and plugs the redshirt dude. Kate walks, Jack talks. They go for a dip and enter the Tunnels, which leads to the bomb.

Miles, Hurley and Jin watch the sub get loaded up with Charlotte, Mrs. Chang and baby Miles but also spot Sawyer and Juliet getting on board. You know, wouldn’t heading to the beach be a smart thing to do right about now instead of subspotting? I mean, that was the plan, right?

In the present, Locke, Ben and Sun reach the new Others’ camp. Locke takes Ben and Richard out to the Pearl so Richard can pull the bullet out of past Locke’s leg and give him the compass that will come in handy in the past. After that little outing, Locke invites all the Others to a kegger at Jacob’s shack. It’s a strange brew indeed, as Locke doesn’t care about bringing his former friends back to the future but rather intends to kill Jacob, which leaves Ben looking much as I did at the end of the episode.

Heavy on the setup, light on the action. Yep, definitely sounds like a pre-finale episode of Lost!

POINT RULINGS FOR EPISODE 5x15: “Follow The Leader”

1) Kate and Jack get New People points for encountering Charles Widmore and the other Hostile. Had it just been Charles Widmore, they would not have earned points for the encounter, seeing as they both knew of Charles Widmore beforehand (just not that he was on the Island though).

2) Kate loses points for a minor injury. While we've avoided calling nudges and pushes injuries this year, Kate was very clearly and unceremoniously tossed to the ground. She winced and Jack stuck up for her, so I called it a minor injury.

3) Sayid get New People points for encountering Hawking, Richard and the other Hostile he shoots. It's hard to say if he had been camping out waiting for them or if they just stumbled upon him, but Sayid had not met Ms. Hawking or the other Hostile yet. He had met Richard back in Season 4, so had it just been Richard, he would not have earned points.

4) The Others' beach camp counts as a new place for Ben, Locke and Sun. Yeah, Locke seems to know where everything is these days, but the camp itself is a new location that he's never been to before, so it counts for Locke and everyone else.

5) Richard counts as a new person for Sun but Sun does not count for Richard. Sun has never met Richard before but Ben had files on all of the Flight 815 survivors. Ben seemed to make it everyone's business to know about the survivors, so Sun doesn't count.

6) The beechcraft counts as a new thing for Richard but not Ben or Locke. Obviously, Locek had been there before. It does not count as a new place because it is sitting on top of the Pearl hatch, a place the Others knew of and used. In the Season 3 wpisode Expose, Ben is shown inside the Pearl referring to the plane being used as a means to conceal the station's existence.

7) Jack only loses points once for his opening scene injuries. Charles Widmore is the one who hits him both times, so it is considered an extended injury session.

8) Richard shares First on Screen points with Daniel. Richard was in the foreground and slightly out of focus at the start of the episode but it is very clearly him based on the angles and shots from the previous episode. Also, his shirt color gives it away.

9) Sawyer is docked for major injuries three times. Radzinsky beats on him and draws blood. Then Phil has a go at Sawyer. Then Radzinsky goes at him again. When Phil injures Sawyer, that broke up Radzinski's beatings into two distinct injury sessions. That is why Sawyer loses points three times instead of just two.

10) Locke gets credit twice for visiting the Pearl station. There are two John Lockes present and they both get credit for visiting the station.

11) Daniel does not get points after his death. Earlier this year we extended the ruling that players must be conscious in order to receive encounter points. This takes it a step further. Being dead, Daniel is not conscious, so he cannot gain points for anything his body would technically encounter after his death.

Season 5 Episode Scores

Episode 5x14 Scores

DETAILED SCORES FOR EPISODE 5x15- "Follow The Leader":

APPEARS IN THE EPISODE (+5): Ben, Charles Widmore, Charlotte, Daniel, Horace, Hurley, Jack, Jin, Juliet, Kate, Locke, Marvin Candle, Miles, Ms. Hawking, Richard, Sawyer, Sayid, Sun,


ABSENT FROM EPISODE (-5): Aaron, Abaddon, Alex, Annie, Arzt, Bea, Bernard, Boone, Carmen, Cassidy, Charlie, Christian, Cindy, Claire, Clementine, David, Desmond, Diane, Eko, Emma, Ethan, Frank, Goodwin, Harper, Jacob, Ji-Yeon, Keamy, Kelvin, Libby, Margo, Michael, Michael's Mother, Mikhail, Mr. Paik, Nadia, Penny, Rachel, Roger, Rose, Rousseau, Sarah, Shannon, Smokey, Tom, Vincent, Walt, Zack


ENCOUNTERS A DHARMA LOGO (+5): Charles Widmore (Generic, Wrench); Daniel (Generic); Horace (Arrow, Swan, Star, Pearl); Hurley (Generic, Chef, Star); Jack (Wrench Generic); Jin (Star, Generic, Chef); Juliet (Star, Arrow, Swan, Generic); Kate (Wrench, Generic, Star); Marvin Candle (Generic, Star, Chef, Swan, Arrow, Pearl); Miles (Star, Chef, Generic); Ms. Hawking (Generic, Wrench); Richard (Generic, Wrench, Staff); Sawyer (Star, Swan, Arrow, Pearl, Generic); Sayid (Generic, Wrench); Sun (Generic, Wrench, Chef)


ENCOUNTERS A NEW PERSON, PLACE OR THING (+10): Ben (Others’ Camp); Charles Widmore (Jack & Kate); Jack (Widmore & Horse-riding Hostile, the Tunnels); Kate (Widmore & Horse-riding Hostile); Locke (Others’ Camp); Ms. Hawking (Sayid); Richard (Sayid, Beechcraft); Sayid (Hostiles, the Tunnels); Sun (Others’ Camp, Richard)


ENCOUNTERS CHARLES WIDMORE (+15): Jack, Kate, Ms. Hawking, Richard


FIRST LINE IN EPISODE (+10): Daniel


FIRST PERSON ON SCREEN (+15): Daniel, Richard


GETS A MAJOR INJURY (-15): Jack (beaten by Charles Widmore, kicked by Hostile); Juliet (punched by Phil); Sawyer (beaten by Radzinsky, beaten by Phil, beaten by Radzinsky again)


GETS A MINOR INJURY (-5): Kate (thrown down by Hostile)


GETS KILLED/DIES (-30): Daniel (shot by Hawking)


GOES IN THE WATER (+5): Jack, Ms. Hawking, Richard, Sayid


INFLICTS A MAJOR INJURY (-10): Charles Widmore (beats Jack)


IS GIVEN A NICKNAME BY SAWYER (+5): Juliet (“Sweetheart”)


KILLS SOMEONE (-20): Ms. Hawking (shoots Daniel)


LAST LINE IN EPISODE (+10): Locke


LAST PERSON ON SCREEN (+15): Ben


TRAVELS BY CAR (+5): Charlotte, Juliet, Marvin Candle, Miles, Sawyer


USES OR ENCOUNTERS THE NUMBERS (+20): Jack (says “815”)


VISITS A DHARMA LOCATION (+5): Ben (Pearl); Kate (Barracks); Locke (Pearl- twice: once as present Locke and once as past Locke); Richard (Pearl)

We had two Fantasy Geniuses of Week for "Follow The Leader". Congratulations to Satan's Nightmare and Mapelio's Finest for racking up 185 points in a week featuring some very interesting point earners.

Satan's Nightmare: Richard, Emma, Sun, Charles, Ji-Yeon, Libby, Horace, Marvin Candle

Mapelio's Finest: Richard, Rose, Sun, Charles, Ji-Yeon, Rousseau, Horace, Marvin Candle

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WARNING: This section contains the title of the next episode and some conjecture on what it might mean. If you consider this sort of information to be spoilerish, then do not continue. If not...

If you've been following this section all season, then the picture on the left might be surprising. I usually don't post actual Lost screencaps in this section. Fear not, this cap is not a spoiler from the next episode. Rather, it is a cap from back in Season 2 when we first met Dr. Chang (or Candle as we knew him then).

The Season 5 finale is called "The Incident" and that should sound familiar to you. "Marvin Candle" spoke of an incident that led to the Swan station computer and pushing the button every 108 minutes. It has also been the topic of discussion for the past two episodes.

So, Lost fans, it looks like we're actually going to see The Incident this week. What does that mean? Well, for one, it tells me we might see Dr. Chang lose an arm. Remember that DHARMA video? He had a fake arm/hand. The real question is who else might be hurt during The Incident? That will likely go a long way in determining who wins the whole shebang.

The end is near! Come back next week to see who the Season 5 Lost Fantasy League champion is!

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Lost Fantasy League: Week 13 Update!

Hey there Lost fans! I ran out of time to make some audio or a video for this week but I'll make up for it with video updates for the next two episodes. :-)

So "The Variable" turned out to be a very well-scoring episode, despite the passing of one of Lost's more interesting characters. Daniel's death didn't really hold him back much at all in the points department. Overall, "The Variable" scored 390 total points, making it the 3rd highest scoring episode this season.

I made some point adjustments for episodes 5x01 and 5x03. We saw a replay of that scene from the beginning of the season where Chang and Daniel meet in the Orchid and we now know that Ellie of the Hostiles is in fact Ms. Hawking so I went back and re-jiggered the points accordingly. Be sure to check the Important Point Rulings section for the details. These changes may make your weekly score look different from what the chart says.

If you've got any questions, consult the League rule book at the bottom of this post. If you can't find an answer to your questions there, shoot me an email at LFLquestions@gmail.com. I will do my best to get back to you as promptly as possible.

"The Variable" in 700 words or less:

Daniel gets back to the Island and immediately wants to talk to Jack instead of heading off to the Swan with the other scientists on the sub. Miles takes him over to Jack's and Dan tells him that it was a mistake for him and his friends to come back. Jack, still half-asleep, doesn't understand a lick of what he's hearing but it's okay, because Dan wasn't exactly going into any kind of detail about it.

Before Dan can get into the specifics, he decides that he really has to go to the Orchid now. Miles obliges and the take off. Jack tells Sawyer that Dan is back and Jack is let in on a little secret- you know, that whole Phil locked in a closet thing. At the Orchid, Dan tries to convince Dr. Chang to evacuate the Island by warning him about the upcoming Incident and by telling Change that he and his friends are from the future. Chang doesn't believe him and Miles does his best to play Dan's ramblings off as crazy talk. But the seed has been planted and I think Chang believes Dan after all.

Sawyer has everybody over for tea and they chat about how the frak they're going to get out of Dharmaville. Dan and Miles drop by and Mr. Wizard throws a wrench into Sawyer's plan. Dan wants to head out to the Hostiles' camp and talk to his mother, Ms. Hawking before she got all old and left the Island. Jack and Kate agree to help Dan out while Sawyer thinks they're all nuts and makes plans to get the rest of them back to the location of their former (or is it future?) beach camp.

On the way to the Motor Pool, Dan gives in and tells a young Charlotte to make sure she leave the Island and never comes back. He siad he tried to avoid doing so in an attempt to change things but now he just hopes he can. He heads over to the Motor Pool and gears up with Jack and Kate. Radzinsky comes by with some goons and starts barking orders around. Dan absent-mindedly exposes his pistol and there's a shoot-out at the OK Corral. Dan gets grazed, Radzinsky gets shot and burned and the A-Team gets away.

Radzinsky barges into Sawyer & Juliets pad demanding to know where he's been all this time. Phil takes the opportunity to raise attention to himself and even more s**t hits the fan. Sawyer and Jules are now at the mercy of Radzinsky, which can't be a good thing.

The A-Team makes their way into the jungle and Dan starts talking about variables and ways they can change the past. It's pretty heavy stuff. Jack eats it up like candy while Kate is awfully skeptical of the whole shebang. Especially the whole "detonate a hydrogen bomb to pull it all off" part. Dan walks into the Hostiles' camp and demands to talk to Eloise, who promptly shoots him in the back and kills him. There's an exit wound and Richard's reaction to the whole thing makes me wonder if the bullet didn't pass through him as well (even though nothing happened to him). Watch it again. The angles are interesting to take note of.

Flashbacks show us that Ms. hawking was a pretty nasty mother, forcing Dan to focus on math and science instead of music, which he seemed to really enjoy. She disapproved of all the girls he ever liked and was just a cold-hearted bitch. But, it turns out she was being that way towards her son in order to make sure that he ended up going to the Island and getting killed by her past self in order to protect the integrity of the space-time continuum. Wow. How many parents do you know that would do that?

POINT RULINGS FOR EPISODE 5x14: “The Variable”

1) Charlie Hume counts as a new person for Ms. Hawking. Hawking may have known of Penny but seeing as she hadn't had any contact with Desmond or Charles Widmore in some time, I felt that Charlie should be a new person for her.


2) Ms. Hawking counts as new for Penny. While Penny knew Desmond was going looking for Daniel Faraday's mother, she didn't know who exactly she was. So, Hawking is new for Penny because she didn't recognize her or know her by name.


3) Daniel's girlfriend does not count as a new person for Hawking. She knew that Theresa was Daniel's lab assistant, which tells me that she and her son had been in contact over his years at Oxford.



POINT ADJUSTMENTS FOR 5x01:

1) New Person points were taken away from Daniel and Marvin Candle. We saw this scene in 5x14 and Daniel stated that they had met before this scene.


2) Marvin Candle gets Kiss points. Somehow I missed the fact that he was kissed by his wife at the beginning of this scene.


3) Miles gets credit for appearing in Marvin Candle's flashback. Now that we know that Chang's baby is Miles, he gets credit for showing up here.



POINT ADJUSTMENTS FOR 5x03:

1) Ms. Hawking is given credit for appearing. She was called Ellie back then, remember? She was the mouthy little blond girl holding Dan at gunpoint for most of the episode.


2) Ms. Hawking gets points for encountering new people. Sawyer and Juliet count as new because they popped out of the jungle at her. Dan, Charlotte and Miles do not count as new because the Hostiles knew the Losties were at the beach camp and were following those three through the jungle until ambushing them at the stream.


3) Ms. Hawking gets points for encountering Charles Widmore. Young Ellie and young Charles had a little exchange back in the 1950s and that's more than enough to get her points.

Season 5 Episode Scores

Episode 5x14 Scores

DETAILED SCORES FOR EPISODE 5x14- "The Variable":

APPEARS IN SOMEONE ELSE’S MISCELLANEOUS FB/FF (+5): Charles, Ms. Hawking


APPEARS IN THE EPISODE (+5): Charles Widmore, Charlotte, Daniel, Desmond, Hurley, Jack, Jin, Juliet, Kate, Marvin Candle, Miles, Ms. Hawking, Penny, Richard, Sawyer


ABSENT FROM EPISODE (-5): Aaron, Abaddon, Alex, Annie, Arzt, Bea, Ben, Bernard, Boone, Carmen, Cassidy, Charlie, Christian, Cindy, Claire, Clementine, David, Diane, Eko, Emma, Ethan, Frank, Goodwin, Harper, Horace, Jacob, Ji-Yeon, Keamy, Kelvin, Libby, Locke, Margo, Michael, Michael's Mother, Mikhail, Mr. Paik, Nadia, Rachel, Roger, Rose, Rousseau, Sarah, Sayid, Shannon, Smokey, Sun, Tom, Vincent, Walt, Zack



ENCOUNTERS A DHARMA LOGO (+5): Charlotte (Generic); Daniel (Star, Swan, Generic, Orchid, Wrench, Chef); Hurley (Chef, Wrench, Star, Generic); Jack (Swan, Star, Generic, Wrench, Chef); Jin (Star, Chef, Wrench); Juliet (Star, Wrench, Generic, Swan, Chef); Kate (Wrench, Star, Generic, Chef); Marvin Candle (Orchid, Generic, Star, Swan); Miles (Star, Swan, Generic); Richard (Generic); Sawyer (Star, Generic, Chef, Wrench, Swan)


ENCOUNTERS A NEW PERSON, PLACE OR THING (+10): Charlotte (Daniel); Daniel (Journal, the Hostiles, the Hostiles Camp); Jack (the Hostiles, the Hostiles Camp); Kate (the Hostiles, the Hostiles Camp); Ms. Hawking (Charlie Hume); Penny (Ms. Hawking)


ENCOUNTERS CHARLES WIDMORE (+15): Daniel, Ms. Hawking


EPISODE CENTRICITY (+25): Daniel


FIRST LINE IN EPISODE (+10): Penny


FIRST PERSON ON SCREEN (+15): Desmond, Penny


GETS A MAJOR INJURY (-15): Daniel (neck grazed by a bullet)


GETS A MINOR INJURY (-5): Charles (slapped by Hawking)


GETS KILLED/DIES (-30): Daniel


INFLICTS A MAJOR INJURY (-10): Daniel (shoots Radzinsky); Jack (blows up fuel barrels and burns Radzinsky)


INFLICTS A MINOR INJURY (-5): Hawking (slaps Charles)


IS GIVEN A NICKNAME BY SAWYER (+5): Daniel (“Twitchy”, “H.G. Wells”); Jack (“Doc”); Kate (“Freckles”)


KILLS SOMEONE (-20): Ms. Hawking


KISSES SOMEONE/GETS KISSED (+15): Desmond (kisses Penny); Penny (kisses Desmond)


LAST LINE IN EPISODE (+10): Daniel


LAST PERSON ON SCREEN (+15): Daniel, Ms. Hawking


MISCELLANEOUS FB/FF (+10): Daniel


TRAVELS BY CAR (+5): Daniel (four times); Jack (once); Kate (once); Marvin Candle (twice); Miles (three times); Ms. Hawking (once)


USES OR ENCOUNTERS THE NUMBERS (+20): Charles (815); Daniel (864 beats of the metronome; 815)


VISITS A DHARMA LOCATION (+5): Daniel (Barracks, Orchid, Barracks); Marvin Candle (Orchid); Miles (Orchid, Barracks)

We had four Fantasy Geniuses of the Week this week! All four of them earned a stellar 300 points from the episode.

LostLiney: Miles, Cindy, Jack, Penny, Sarah, Libby, Horace, Daniel

RFiciur: Miles, Rose, Jack, Penny, Ji-Yeon, Rousseau, Tom, Daniel

SMOKIES LOST TEAM: Miles, Rose, Jack, Penny, Ji-Yeon, Charlie, Eko, Daniel

Zookeepers: Miles, Bernard, Jack, Penny, Micheal's Mother, Libby, Tom, Daniel

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WARNING: This section contains the title of the next episode and some conjecture on what it might mean. If you consider this sort of information to be spoilerish, then do not continue. If not...

The next and penultimate episode of Lost's 5th season is called "Follow The Leader." An interesting title to be sure, because over the last 5 seasons there have been many different leaders on this show. Jack started out as the Losty leader, Locke had his own faction of followers at one point, the leadership of the Others has been anything but stable, and now Sawyer is the leader of the Left Behinders. And don't forget the group of heat-packing survivors of Ajira 316!

So, who is this titular leader that the episode speaks of? It could be just about anyone, really. I think an even more important question is who are the followers of this (these) leader(s)? Maybe we'll finally get a sense of direction for this show and catch a glimpse of what to expect next year.

Will the leader(s) be doing the right things or putting their followers in harm's way? As you can see, I've got nothing but questions for this episode so hopefully I get at least a few answers out of it. Whatever answers befall us, it's looking like this episode is going to be a roller coaster ride of action and excitement. I think we can also expect "Follow The Leader" to set a number of things up for the Season 5 finale, which is just a week away!

Come back next week and see if you have followed the points leader (sorry- couldn't help myself!) to great gains in the LFL and positioned yourself to take the grand prize!

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Lost Fantasy League: Week 12 Update!

Sorry for the one day delay folks! Sometimes these videos just take longer to make. :-)

Check out all the glorious content below and grab your crash helmets as the final episodes of the season come hurtling at us! Don't forget to give us your suggestions for the Season 6 Lost Fantasy League, which is currently under construction!

If you've got any questions, consult the League rule book at the bottom of this post. If you can't find an answer to your questions there, shoot me an email at LFLquestions@gmail.com. I will do my best to get back to you as promptly as possible.

"Some Like It Hoth" in 500 words or less:
Kate and Sawyer leave the Hostiles behind and Kate heads back to Dharmaville. In Sawyer’s absence, Miles is let into the circle of trust and goes on a top secret mission inside Hostile territory. Trouble is, it disrupts Miles’ other secret mission- destroying evidence that he and Kate took Ben to the Hostiles.

Miles ends up in the middle of the jungle toting a dead body for Radzinsky while Juliet and Kate end up in hot water as Roger gets back and discovers that Ben is missing. Juliet comes up with the world’s worst cover story- “I don’t know”- and the proverbial **** is about to hit the fan.

Miles picks up a co-pilot in Hurley when they are both headed to the Orchid. Hurley is delivery food. Miles is delivering the corpse. Along the way, they come clean about their respective powers. Dr. Chang Candle isn’t thrilled to see Hurley along for the ride and we learn that Chang is actually the father Miles never knew (wait, father issue on Lost? You don’t say!). Kate can’t leave well enough alone and helps a self-inebriating Roger connect a few dots. Smooth move ex-lax.

Jack plays damage control as best he can and surprisingly doesn’t make matters worse for a change. Roger seems content to be drunk and surly. For now. Miles, Chang and Hurley take a joy-ride out to that secret project. Turns out it’s the Swan hatch. Cool and weird at the same time.

On the way home, Miles finds out that Hurley is trying to write The Empire Strikes Back but improve it so they don’t have to make Return of the Jedi and include the Ewoks. Hurley says he’s seen Empire like 200 times. If that were really true, then he would have known that Luke got his hand chopped off BEFORE Vader told him that he was his father. That and Ewoks don’t suck.

Jack tells Sawyer that he helped calm Roger down. Sawyer thanks him, shows him out the door and meets Phil at his doorstep. Phil has the tape Miles never got around to destroying and knows everything. Sawyer thanks him by punching his lights out and tying him up. Atta boy, sheriff!

Miles is content in hating his dad for leaving him and his mom when he is a baby but gets the warm fuzzies when he sees Chang reading to baby Miles in a very fatherly and involved way. Chang gets a call and he and Miles head up to the dock to pick up some new scientists, including Daniel Faraday!

Miles’ flashbacks showed how screwed up his life was but gives us nothing concrete about why he can talk to dead people. His past also includes an encounter with Bram, the muscle-bound dude from Ajira Flight 316. You know, the guy with all the guns. This ought to get interesting.

POINT RULINGS FOR EPISODE 5x13: “Some Like It Hoth”

1) Miles and Hurley get credit for a DHARMA logo on the fuel tanks. I haven't quite been able to determine just what it is yet, but on those oil barrels near the Motor Pool there is a distinctly different looking logo than anything else we've seen up to now. Others have earned points for this logo this season as well, so this is purely a continuity ruling.


2) All three of the dead bodies Miles encounters during the episode qualify for New Person points. Also, the body bag Horace gives him counts as new as it was part of an important errand Miles was asked to run.


3) Jack and Roger encounter the Swan logo. It's tricky to spot but it is on one of the aerosol bottles on Rogers cart. Thanks to a number of different screencap sites I managed to figure out what it was.


4) The man Miles lied to about his son (Mr. Gray) does not count for points. Nothing significant came out of Miles encountering this man. The scene was a setup for Miles to meet Naomi, who is worth points.


5) Miles and Hurley have both been to the Swan before so no New Place points are given. Miles visited the site of the Swan in its post-fail safe crater form earlier this season.

Season 5 Episode Scores

Episode 5x13 Scores

DETAILED SCORES FOR EPISODE 5x13- "Some Like It Hoth":

APPEARS IN THE EPISODE (+5): Daniel, Horace, Hurley, Jack, Juliet, Kate, Marvin Candle, Miles, Roger, Sawyer


ABSENT FROM EPISODE (-5): Aaron, Abaddon, Alex, Annie, Arzt, Bea, Ben, Bernard, Boone, Carmen, Cassidy, Charles Widmore, Charlie, Charlotte, Christian, Cindy, Claire, Clementine, David, Desmond, Diane, Eko, Emma, Ethan, Frank, Goodwin, Harper, Jacob, Jin, Ji-Yeon, Keamy, Kelvin, Libby, Locke, Margo, Michael, Michael's Mother, Mikhail, Mr. Paik, Ms. Hawking, Nadia, Penny, Rachel, Richard, Rose, Rousseau, Sarah, Sayid, Shannon, Smokey, Sun, Tom, Vincent, Walt, Zack


ENCOUNTERS A DHARMA LOGO (+5): Daniel (Swan, Star); Horace (Star, Arrow); Hurley (Chef, Star, Fuel Tank, Generic, Notebook, Swan); Jack (Generic, Swan, Star); Juliet (Generic, Star); Kate (Star, Generic); Marvin Candle (Star, Chef, Swan, Generic); Miles (Star, Arrow, Generic, Swan, Chef, Fuel Tank, Notebook); Roger (Generic, Swan); Sawyer (Star, Generic)


ENCOUNTERS A NEW PERSON, PLACE OR THING (+10): Miles (Dead body in apartment; body bag; dead Dharma worker; Naomi; dead body in restaurant; Bram and his cohorts)


EPISODE CENTRICITY (+25): Miles


FIRST LINE IN EPISODE (+10): Miles


FIRST PERSON ON SCREEN (+15): Miles


INFLICTS A MAJOR INJURY (-10): Sawyer (Knocks Phil out)


IS GIVEN A NICKNAME BY SAWYER (+5): Jack (“Doc”)


KISSES SOMEONE/GETS KISSED (+15): Marvin Candle (kisses baby Miles); Miles (kissed by Marivn Candle)


LAST LINE IN EPISODE (+10): Daniel


LAST PERSON ON SCREEN (+15): Daniel


MISCELLANEOUS FB/FF (+10): Miles


TRAVELS BY CAR (+5): Hurley (5 times); Kate (once); Marvin Candle (3 times); Miles (9 times); Sawyer (once)


USES OR ENCOUNTERS THE NUMBERS (+20): Jack (42 and 108 on periodic table); Miles (4 and 8 appear on vending machine keypad)


VISITS A DHARMA LOCATION (+5): Daniel (Barracks); Hurley (Orchid, Swan, Barracks); Kate (Barracks); Marvin Candle (Orchid, Swan); Miles (Swan, Barracks, Orchid, Swan, Barracks); Sawyer (Barracks)

We had 10 Fantasy Geniuses of the Week this week! Each of this week's expert pickers racked up 390 points from "Some Like It Hoth". Congrats to the following:

DANNY VEGAS' LOSTIES: Miles, Bernard, Hurley, Charles, Margo, Rousseau, Horace, Daniel

DEP Lostpedia: Miles, Rose, Hurley, Penny, David, Charlie, Horace, Daniel

The FLUBS: Miles, Bernard, Hurley, Charles, Carmen, Libby, Horace, Daniel

gypsymal56: Miles, Bernard, Hurley, Abaddon, David, Libby, Horace, Daniel

Morman's Profits: Miles, Jacob, Hurley, Frank, Ji-Yeon, Libby, Horace, Daniel

Shielders squad: Miles, Bernard, Hurley, Charles, Ji-Yeon, Libby, Horace, Daniel

stonelove's mighty crown: Miles, Bernard, Hurley, Charles, Rachel, Alex, Horace, Daniel

Team Hurley is almost as cool as Charlie was.: Miles, Jacob, Hurley, Abaddon, Ji-Yeon, Libby, Mr. Eko, Marvin Candle

TEAM PITT: Miles, Rose, Hurley, Abaddon, Ji-Yeon, Libby, Horace, Daniel

the phoenix: Miles, Rose, Hurley, Frank, Rachel, Charlie, Horace, Daniel

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WARNING: This section contains the title of the next episode and some conjecture on what it might mean. If you consider this sort of information to be spoilerish, then do not continue. If not...

The next episode of Lost (which we have to wait an extra week for!) is called "The Variable". It instantly makes me think of two things: math and "The Constant".

I was a math nerd through high school and college. I came THIS close to becoming a math major. Then I realized that, despite being good at it, I didn't want to do math for the rest of my life. "The Variable" is jogging all sorts of fun equations from the depths of my memory. With the reemergence of Daniel Faraday, I think we're in store for one of those catch-up episodes, where we learn what so-and-so has been doing all this time. Given Daniel's love of math and physics, this episode got include some pretty weighty stuff.

With a name like "The Variable", the Desmond-tastic episode "The Constant" comes to mind. Constants and variables are complete opposites. This makes me go "hmmm" even more. Could Daniel and Desmond be on opposite sides of the same equation? Do they cancel each other out? We'll just have to wait and see.

Come back next week to find out if "The Variable" lives up to its name and shakes up our standings!

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