We're going to have to watch that again.

I married her!

The projector's in the pantry.

I guess this has something to do with "Lost" (which I've never seen)?

Is it a riddle?

I dunt ferstand this. I never knowed what this post was about.

I thought it had something to do with Charlotte's Web. I think wolfdaddy is using metachat to send secret messages to the other wolves. And daddies.

*pats taz and iconomy on the head, scratches between their bunny ears, waits patiently for ericb to show up*

:)

*wink wink nudge nudge* I know EXACTLY what you mean.

*needs bunny ear scratches too*

*SCRATCHES MUDDGIRL AND SPECKLET MOST SPECIALLY 'TWEEN THE BUNNY EARS AND SAYS SPECKLET IS A 10 IN HIS BOOK*

Oh, wait wrong thread in which to shout.

108*5=540, by the way.

*waits very impatiently for ericb*

*senses iconomy's advent--with duct tape--so spills his guts*

Yes, this is a Lost thread. Last night's episode, to a Babylon 5 fan, would be called a WHAM episode, where a bunch of new information is revealed, yet further questions are raised. Spoilers ho! Or, spoilers, ho, depending on your twisted little mind.

The main link is to a page (which is owned by Disney, which owns ABC, which produces Lost, so it's the real deal) depicting (not quite enough information about) the company that funds (or funded up to 1980) The Dharma Initiative, or "the hatch", which appears to be a very large Skinner box (Snopes details about B. F. Skinner can be found in the "I married her!" link) ... or the last bunker against the end of the world, depending on your viewpoint.

"We're going to have to watch that again," is uttered by John Locke after he and Jack watch an "orientation" film in which a scientist gives a bit--just a bit--of history about The Dharma Initiative. It's probably also a sly dig at the obsessive fans of the show who watch each episode repeatedly to find things "hidden" with the show. *ahem* The film tells the viewer that every 108 minutes (108 is the sum of "the numbers" in Lost that seem to intersect nearly every characters life: 4+8+15+16+23+42=108) the two people that are manning "the hatch" must enter the numbers into a computer terminal, but it's not explained WHY, though it's obvious that Desmond is convinced that "the end of the world" will occur if the code is not entered diligently. The film then reveals that each team of two people will be in the hatch for 540 days (which is 108 times 5).

Two books are featured in the episode, one is "The Turn of the Screw" and the other is "The Third Policeman". I've linked information about both of these books into the thread. Both books deal somewhat with perception and paranormal experiences, and one's subjective perception of reality.

All this information may or may not be relevant, they may just be red herrings, and the hatch just a big MacGuffin. Like Rambaldi's artifacts in Alias.

Most of the episode focuses on Jack and John, and it seems their opposing worldviews are going to be a major conflict of this season. Faith vs. science, yin vs. yang, light vs. dark, good vs. evil yadda yadda yadda. Should be fun to watch, even though the writing and pacing of the show doesn't seem to be as tight so far this year as it was last year.

None of this information changes the fact that Katey Sagal gets more radiantly beautiful as she gets older. And that Terry O'Quinn is way hotter bald than with hair.

HAPPY NOW OKAY I LOVE YOU BYE BYE.

Holy hot damn. Are you Dan Brown in disguise?

Nah, I just like to process utterly useless information.