The taillies story is told through a series of clips and flashbacks. Some say that right after the plane crashes you can hear the smoke monster. I disagree and say that it is just some of the sounds of the plane crashing. Check it out for yourself if you feel so inclined.
The first thing I noticed is how similar Jack and Mr. Eko are dressed the day of the crash.
Like Jack, Ana resuscitates a passenger, the little girl Emma, who is not breathing, on the beach.
The scene of the taillies crashing looks like what a bunch of people would be doing in a plane crash. This part looks “right” as compared to the group we already knew on the other side of the island. Nobody running to the scene from inside the jungle, except for Goodwin, but we know why that is and Bernard, who is literally up a tree. Nobody seemed to end up as far away as Jack did.
Also like Jack, Libby had to set a broken leg on the beach after the crash.
Bernard didn’t seem to have as much faith in finding Rose alive as Rose did in finding Bernard alive.
Cindy, the stewardess, claims that the rescue won’t find them because they were flying in the wrong direction for two hours. The pilot told Jack that they were flying in the wrong direction for six hours. Is this a continuity error or was Cindy mistaken? Or was she lying?
Apparently Goodwin was better at getting a list together than Ethan. Speaking of the lists, why did they make them? They were supposed to be lists of the “good people” but will we ever get a definitive answer of why the others only wanted them? And what did they have planned for those that were not considered "good".
TPTB wanted us to believe Nathan was an other, they even made his name similar to Ethan who we knew was an other. He also says he is from Canada, just like Ethan was.
Between Goodwin and Ethan it seems Goodwin was just a touch nicer than Ethan.
He even says: “we’re not savages”, but then he does kill Nathan in rather brutal fashion.
The hatch they find, The Arrow, has “Quarantine” printed on the inside of the door like the Swan did. It didn’t seem Goodwin knew about the arrow station. Or it was just a good acting job on his part?
I think if Ana had given Goodwin more time he would have been able to explain more and it may have made a little more sense. Or maybe not. Goodwin says that Nathan wasn’t a good person and that was why he killed him.
Eko was supposed to be taken on the first night to weaken the taillies. Ana was not one of the good people since she wasn’t on any of the lists.
On day 41, Ana finally allows herself to cry and Eko allows himself to talk again. Eko imposed a fast from speaking as a way to pay pennance for killing the two others on the first night after the crash. It lasted for 40 days like the fast Jesus made when he was alone in the desert.
The rest of their story we know.
COLLISION
Ana was a cop (but not on the east side of Chicago) in her life before the island and she had an itchy trigger finger. “No duh!” - Shannon
Eko and Locke have their classic introduction to each other. Interesting to note that we literally have another example of the “black and white” theme that runs in the show.
Jack seems to be a little bit jealous of the way Kate takes care of Sawyer.
Ana tells Sayid her story and we see why Ana was not considered to be one of the "good people".
Ana also had her own pregnancy issues before coming to the island.
An interesting choice of words when Kate tells Sawyer that he is “home”.
Another classic LOST musical montage shows us the reunion of the survivors. Michael with Vincent, Rose with Bernard,
and Sun with Jin.
Matthew Fox turns the emotions very well. Going from grief at seeing Sayid carrying the lifeless body of Shannon.
To a mix of anger and pity as he sees Ana Lucia for the first time after the crash. Note that Jack is wearing white and Ana is wearing black when they meet in the jungle.
Now, there is one other thing in this episode that at first seems to be nothing but looking deeper into it, there may just be something there to uncover.
Inside the hatch, Locke is seen working on a crossword puzzle. They even make sure that we get to see close-ups of it. The clue he is seen working on is for 42 down “Enkidu’s friend”. Also the word “African” can clearly be seen, this of course happens right before Eko comes into the hatch. Eko is from Nigeria which just happens to be in Africa.
Locke writes in “Gilgamesh” as the answer. Look closely as it appears that if the answer is in fact Gilgamesh, then he has a lot of other across answers wrong.
However if you change the across answers as follows, "Ghare" to "Share", "sIend" to "sCend", "acoLns" to "acoRns", "imGtative" to imItative, "laA" to "laP", "isMskeet" to "isTskeet", "Epers to "Upers", "aSids" to "aRids", "pagHr" to "pagEr"; you get 'Scripture' as the answer to 42 down. So, why did the writers change the crossword puzzle to specifically allow for the word Gilgamesh to be included in the shows cannon fodder?
If you replace the sequence "Gilgamesh - black square - Ate" with "Sprig - black square - Acetate", and render 'Me...Acurgy' as 'Metallurgy' and 'Spir...Led' as 'Spiraled', all of the adjoining answers appear to make sense. Try it for yourself and see.
So what does all that mean you may ask. Read on:
The "Epic of Gilgamesh" is based on an ancient story from Sumer; the standard version is written in Babylonian. It is about the plight of a god-like man, Gilgamesh (the king of Uruk), who befriends Enkidu, a man who grew up alone in the wilderness and who initially persuades Gilgamesh to be a better, less tyrannical ruler. Gilgamesh and Enkidu's adventures include slaying the ogre Humbaba in order to claim his stores of timber. The goddess Ishtar attempts to seduce Gilgamesh, but he rejects her, enraging the gods, who send the Bull of Heaven to punish him. Gilgamesh and Enkidu slay the bull, but when Enkidu taunts the gods about this, they decree his death. Gilgamesh mourns his friend at length, then travels in search of his ancestor, Uta-napishtim, who possesses the secret of immortality. Although he finds Uta-napishtim, the gods refuse to grant him immortality, and he becomes a governor of the Sumerian underworld, known as the House of Dust. The epic is considered to be the oldest literary work in existence, and refers to a great flood, a boat and a bird sent to search for land, resembling the story of Noah's ark and the Flood in the Bible.
So what does all that mean?
The story centers around a man's search for immortality, or failing that, eternal youth. Richard Alpert appears to not age, and the Hanso Foundation is known for attempting to prolong the human lifespan through the Life Extension Project.
Now let all that sink is for a little, will ya.
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