I feel it was intentional, and to me it's the clincher that what we're seeing isn't time travel, but instead the first visit to the flash-sideways. It's not really proof of anything, but what an odd coincidence that there would be such a similar experience for Desmond, why take valuable time away from the show so that Penny could point out he has red paint on his neck. This directly parallels the nick on Jack's neck that he spots several times while looking in the mirror in the flash-sideways, and it's in the exact same spot. That's the same thing that happened to Desmond, but unlike Juliet and Charlotte, he still had work to do, so he didn't get to stay.Ĥ) When Desmond is preparing for his job interview after painting the apartment red, Penny notes that he has a spot of red paint on his neck as he's looking in the mirror. They didn't flash to different time periods, they flashed to a different point in their eternal life with their loved ones. We know from Juliet and Charlotte that in your dying moments you start "flashing" out of time. They say before you die your life "flashes before your eyes". When we meet Eloise in the flashsideways, she is also in a knowing position, and trying to control what Desmond does and with who, specifically she wants to keep him away from Penny.ģ) The use of the word "flashes" and the phrase. This time we understand his experience to be the flash sideways because of the context of the season, but if he's undergoing the same levels of electromagnetism at the Swan, why would it not affect him in the same way it did at the Swan?Ģ) Eloise is way too in tune with everything that's going on, at a level beyond anything the information in Faraday's notebook could provide her with. There are a few things that hint at this, in my opinion.ġ) When Widmore blasts Desmond with the electromagnetic coils in "Happily Ever After" he says he knows Desmond survived a catastrophic electromagnetic event and he wants to make sure he can do it again. In this episode he is experiencing the flash-sideways before we knew there were flash-sideways. I believe that Desmond is not at all travelling in time, he's travelling out of time. If you have any questions that you think would be good to include in that post, please message them to me! If you have an extra 43 minutes and 26 seconds in the next week and watch the next episode, season 3 episode 9, the Jack-centric episode, Stranger In a Strange Land, which we will discuss on Thursday. u/Inchworms-Are-Inchyįeel free to answer any or all of these questions! If you have any other specific questions or comments about this episode, I suggest you put them in a separate comment so there’s not too much to respond to in any one comment. What do you think was the worst thing about this episode?ĭo you think that Desmond was inherently special, which is why he gained powers after turning the key, or do you think if anyone else had turned that key instead of him, the same thing would have happened? - /u/Inchworms-Are-Inchyĭo you think Desmond actually time traveled, and possibly altered the past? They do mention in later seasons that the rules don’t apply to him in that way. What is something you noticed in this episode that you didn’t notice the first time around (foreshadowing, continuity errors, etc)? What do you think was the best line or moment in this episode and why? What do you think of the title of this episode (was it good, bad, what do you think it means)? What letter grade would you give this episode (A, B, C, D, F) and why? Here are some questions to discuss in the comments: Here is the preview that ABC originally included for this episode, which may be helpful in remembering what the episode is about, or it might just be fun to mock ABC for the crazy things they put in the preview. If you need to brush up on what this episode was about, here is the Lostpedia article for this episode, which includes an episode synopsis as well as other fun information such as trivia and bloopers. This is just a fun, friendly discussion everyone should feel free to participate even if they have not seen the episode recently. Today we will be discussing season 3, episode 8, the Desmond-centric episodes, Flashes Before Your Eyes.
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