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Danielle Rousseau: Are you on the same island as I am?

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In an early episode, Michael tells somebody that he had never seen his son, Walt, until after his wife died. In episode 14, "Special," his flashback shows that he was with his son until Walt was probably 18 months old. [Michael tells Locke "I wasn't part of his life until his mother passed away, two weeks ago" as a reply to Locke's statement that Michael should be proud of Walt's bravery. That doesn't mean he never saw Walt, he probably just means that he wasn't around for the formative years that made Walt brave.]
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Locke had been in the wheelchair for 4 years, then miraculously, he is able to walk again after the plane crash. After 4 years in the wheelchair, his leg muscles would have deteriorated so badly, his legs would not have been able to even support his own weight, let alone walk or jog. [The key word is "miraculously." The whole idea is that a miracle, something otherworldly happened to Locke. The condition of his leg muscles is hardly an issue in this case.]
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After the events of 9/11 it has been illegal to bring knives on board a plane. Yet Locke manages to bring an entire set of knives on board. [It was stated in the show (episode 1.04) that Locke checked the knives (ie: they were in the aircraft's cargo hold with the rest of the luggage). Locke didn't bring the knives on board in his carry-on.]
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Claire is very pregnant when the show starts. Women are not permitted to fly during their last trimester. [Tell that to my children, some of whom had their first experiences aboard an airplane, while I was in the last trimester of my pregnancies.]
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In the final episode of season one, as Hurley runs to catch the doomed flight, he runs past a girl's soccer team. The numbers on their backs are 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 - the same numbers that Hurley used to win the lottery, that are printed on the side of the hatch and that were broadcasted from the island itself. [ This isn't just trivia, it's also part of the plot. Plus, the numbers come up in a lot of situations. All of them should not be considered trivia.]
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2 of the "numbers" in order are 8 and 15. The flight they were on was oceanic air 815. [Not significant enough to be trivia because it's obvious.]
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How did Sawyer know "The Others" were coming for the boy? Danielle told Sayid and Charlie that well after the raft was launched. [When are are referring to? If it's after the raft is attacked by the Others, then they made it quite clear they were there for the boy and he attempted to shoot them based on them making it so clear.]
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Season 2, Episode 3: While Jack and Locke are watching the "Orientation" film down in the underground pod, the doctor in the film mentions that the clock must be reset before it reaches 108 minutes. "108" is the exact total of all the "Lotto Numbers" added together, which ironically are also the numbers used to program the clock. 4 + 8 + 15 + 16 + 23 + 42 = 108. [How is it ironic if the numbers are part of the mystery of the island? The numbers come up in a lot of situations, it's done on purpose by the writers. It's part of the show.]
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For a computer that's easily a decade old, the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 keys (those used to input the numbers) have held up remarkably well. Not worn down at all compared to the others, which are supposed to have gone unused. [It is possible to replace keys on a keyboard, for instance when they have become very worn. And since the bunker is well-stocked with all kinds of tools and spare equipment, it is not unlikely that this has happened.]
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Episode 2x19 S.O.S.: Ana-Lucia tells Locke that "I pressed your button". Locke replies with "It's not my button". The closed caption read "It's not my butt". [When closed captions are missing letters or have misspellings, it is usually the result of a reception or transmission problem. The channel reception could also affect the captions. It could also have been a stenocaptioner error. Either way, it's not a show error.]
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The distance to the hatch constantly changes throughout the series. First it takes Boone and Locke a whole day to find it, after this however it seems to take characters nothing longer than maybe half an hour, as the time of day does not seem to change. [It possible that they found a shorter route to the hatch while they were learning the lay of the island.]
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When Boone and Locke first find the hatch there is a river flowing almost right next to it. But whenever the hatch is visited hereafter there is no river to be seen anywhere. [In fact it was pretty bad weather when they found the hatch. There wasn't a river, but rainwater gushing down the slopes.]
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In episode "Doc": When Sun is talking to the blackmailer in the park in the beginning of the show, she demands 100 thousand dollars. Being in Korea, wouldn't she have asked for Won, which is the monetary unit of Korea?? [Not necessarily. She might have wanted the money in U.S. dollars for any of a number of reasons (for example, if she was thinking of leaving the country).]
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In Episode "Through the Looking Glass," Marsha Thomason, who plays Naomi Dorrit and James Lesure, who plays Dr. Hamill, were both major actors on "Las Vegas," playing Nesa Holt and Mike Cannon. [Actors appearing in other shows and/or movies is quite common, and is not really trivia.]
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They're often trying to figure out who is on the plane, but it would seem pretty easy to determine just by asking questions about innocuous things, such as the layout of Sydney airport, what food/movies they had on the plane, a description of the check-in counter, etc. There are probably hundreds of possible questions that someone who wasn't there wouldn't know. [And how much would you honestly notice about the layout of an airport, or the check-in counter (which look pretty much identical in every airport I've ever been in)? There are airports that I've arrived at or departed from, but I couldn't tell you much about the layout - you just follow the signs; you don't need to learn where everything is. Movies? All they have to say is that they didn't watch any or they were asleep so they don't remember. Food? Early on there's still food remaining from the plane, so easy to determine what was on the menu. Who were they sitting next to? Given that the majority of the plane's passengers died, would be relatively easy to simply claim to be sitting next to one of the fatalities. An infiltrator could work out a plausible answer to just about any question that they might be asked, particularly as initially the survivors have no reason to suspect that there could be anyone there who wasn't on the plane, allowing them ample time to research their story.]
Edit Corrected by Tailkinker
This is across the whole show, but made perfectly clear in the episode "The Whole Truth" (Season 2). Korean women do not change their last names upon marriage. A woman in Korea cannot be identified by name as someone's wife. And they would never be addressed that way. But Sun's fertility doctor addresses her as "Mrs. Kwon". Korean women can adopt their husband's family name if they move to a country where that is commonplace, but Sun was still in Korea at this point, and even after they crashed on the island, she had only just left the country. [While this is true, it doesn't fall into a mistake that cannot be overcome. This was Sun's doctor and they were having a private conversation. There is nothing to say that she didn't wanted him to refer to her by her husband's last name.]
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In Episode 5-8 "The life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" Locke goes to visit Walt, but in a previous episode, Walt visits Hurley and says Jeremy Benthem visited him. Locke never mentioned the name he was using. [It has been established in previous episodes that Walt "sees" things and knows things that no one else does. He could have simply seen the name Jeremy Bentham" in a dream or vision.]
Edit Corrected by wizard_of_gore

Exodus (2) (series 1)

At the very end of the episode, when the passengers are boarding the doomed flight in a flashback, there is a shot of Sawyer walking down one of the aisles. If you look closely, you can see his bag bumps someone on the shoulder, and they turn around to glare at him. It's Sayid, sitting on the aisle seat of the left section of seats. However, not too long later, we see a shot of Sayid sitting down in 'his' seat, but he is now sitting on the aisle seat in the MIDDLE section of seats. [It is not impossible to switch seats in an airplane. Maybe Sayid was unhappy with his seat and asked a stewardess if it was possible to switch, or maybe he gave up his seat to someone who asked him (if they were travelling with a companion and were seated apart form each other, for instance).]
Edit Corrected by Twotall

Born to Run (series 1)

The cops shoot at Kate when she tries to speed away with her childhood friend in the car. A real cop would not shoot at a person who has no weapons, especially if an innocent victim is in close range. [A police officer breaking protocol? This happens all the time (in every country).]
Edit Corrected by XIII

The Greater Good (a.k.a. Sides) (series 1)

Sayid is in Sydney, yet when he jumps out of the white van in the warehouse the numberplate on the van is a white Hawaiian one, not a yellow and black New South Wales one. [Why does the van have to be from Australia. It is possible it had been brought over from Hawaii.]
Edit Corrected by Chaz1003

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