Now You, Too, Can Create An Infuriating Lost Mystery
The climactic moment of every Lost season finale is given a top-secret nickname that bears little to no relation to what actually happens in the episode, but is recorded as part of Lost's (copious, often infuriating) Official Mythology. And this year that nonsensical nickname is going to be created by a lucky fan! Maybe you! Probably not you! But maybe you! From TV Guide:
TVGuide.com has learned exclusively that in this week's official Lost podcast, posting to ABC.com on Thursday, Team Darlton will formally invite viewers to suggest a nickname for the season finale's final moment.In seasons past, that head-scratcher has been dubbed "Bagel" (Walt is abducted by the Others!), "Challah" (Penny's research team locates the island!), "The Rattlesnake in the Mailbox" (Jack is flashing forward!) and "Frozen Donkey Wheel" (which, quite literally, Ben rotated to move the island).
Bagel? Challah? Come ON, Hollywood! We get it, everyone's Jewish. But do we really need to toss around bubbe's favorite recipes like it's secret code? (What, your grandma doesn't make homemade bagels?) If this season's climactic moment is nicknamed "Rugelach," I'm going to smoke monster myself. And what kind of contest is this anyway? We're four seasons deep and we're just learning about these secret meaningless code names now. (By "we," I mean normal human beings, take it easy Lostheads who've known about "Challah" 4ever.) This is not a high profile prize package. Second place is getting to name a mole on Damon Lindelof's back. "Sour Cream Coffee Cake"!
Posted by Gabe at 11:45 AM in Behind The Scenes, Contests
Tags: Carlton Cuse | Damon Lindelof | Lost | Secrets
I've not heard the others but I did know Frozen Donkey Wheel. How did I hear that one? Sepinwall, maybe. I know I got my favorite Lost term from Sepinwall and that is that the showrunners call the non-main cast survivors "socks." In the laundry machine that is each episode, a few socks always disappear. Eventually you have to fly in some new socks from Guam. Socks. Anyway, I vote for "Thousand Island Undressing," "Animatronic Zombie Pirates (shit! spoiler, sorry)" or "Jughead vs the Delorean."
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If you listened to the podcast, you would know these. (And if you don't listen to the podcast, then this contest has nothing to do with you. Move along, there's nothing to see here). "The Bagel" was an inside joke referring to Walt's abduction, "The Challah" was an inside joke on the inside joke referring to the reveal of Penny, "Snake in the Mailbox" was a reference to something no one would expect (the flashforward), and "Frozen Donkey Wheel" was a joke for the podcast listeners, as it was a spoiler that appeared to be a random phrase. (Really, the secret scene was the reveal of Locke). Anyway, I like it.
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I nominate The Circumcision, cause it's jewish, it's painful, it should've been done way early on, and this show has lost 50% of the previous genital stimulation it used to apply.
Least scary phrase in the world... "The Others"... Ominous music!
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You're a professional? And you're wasting your time complaining about something that you seem to have no interest in, no understanding of and you use "4ever?"
No one's actualy paying you for this, are they?
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Is this your first day on the internet?
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