Lost

The Brig - S3-E19

Corrected entry: Naomi Doret, the woman who parachuted onto the island, is explaining about the outside world finding the wreckage of flight 815 "off the coast of Bali, in an ocean trench 4 miles deep". The problem with that statement is that Bali is nowhere near the Pacific Ocean, it's in the Indian Ocean. Oceanic flight 815 was a direct flight from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles, US. That flight wouldn't go anywhere near the Indian Ocean or Bali.

Correction: The flight didn't stay on course, the pilot said before they crashed they were a thousand miles off course.

Correction: When Jack, Kate and Charlie find the front of the plane and the pilot, he tells them that he had lost communication, and then he turned around, but by the time they had crashed, they were at least 1,000 miles off course.

Show generally

Corrected entry: The numbers that appear everywhere in the show actually originated on a completely different TV show. Veronica Mars. A show about a teenage detective juggling school, boyfriends, and her father's investigation practice, where she helps out. In one of the episodes, Veronica takes a fortune cookie's fortune and puts it against her vanity mirror with the numbers showing - 4 8 15 16 23 42.

Knever

Correction: Both shows premiered in 2004. Lost used the numbers on the very first episode. "Donut Run", while the episode of Veronica Mars with the fortune cookie and the numbers premiered on January 25, 2006. The numbers were added as a nod to Lost, which was Veronica Mars' Wednesday competition.

Greenman37

Dave - S2-E18

Corrected entry: Just after Hurley throws away his stash and everyone comes to get the food from the jungle (balloon), you see the faces of the people running. There is one man slightly to the side running to the food. This is Boone. He is already dead in the first season after getting shot. (00:03:05)

crazyhatguy88

Correction: A few seconds later there is a clearer shot of this person and it is not Boone.

The Man Behind the Curtain - S3-E20

Corrected entry: When Sawyer was playing the tape to the group showing where Juliet was still working for the others; she and Jack walked up and she told them to turn the tape over and play it. On the other side it had her instructions and what they were planning to do in the next two days. She said she told Jack what the others were forcing her to do and what they had planed and when. However, earlier Richard was asking Ben if he wanted him to deliver the tape with the new instructions for Juliet and Ben was telling him he already did the instructions and was fixing to ask Tom where it was when Locke interrupted him by walking into camp carrying his dead father. Plus there was no recorder there for Ben to tape instructions and even if he did, there was no way Juliet could have known what was on the opposite side of the tape for Locke had took it and gave it to Sawyer.

jsbuchanan

Correction: I don't believe there's a mistake here. John Locke saw Ben put the recorder in the drawer. That's how he knew what to steal and from where. For Juliet it was just the normal routine. Whenever she got the recorder back, instructions would be on the other side of the tape. It is somewhat strange though that Juliet's side is playing instead of the side last recorded while John Locke didn't mention the impending assault on the camp to Sawyer.

Par Avion - S3-E12

Corrected entry: After Kate climbs over the pylon fence, in the shots were she is checking on Mikhail (man with the eye patch) his "dead" body is breathing. (00:27:55)

libb

Correction: He was pretending he was dead because later he was running through the jungle when he met Desmond.

So surely Kate would have noticed him breathing.

Ssiscool

Homecoming - S1-E15

Corrected entry: Lucy says that the stolen cigarette case was pulled out of Charlie's pocket by the "EMTs". But Lucy is British, and paramedics are not known as EMTs in Britain.

Correction: Yes they are. I come from Scotland, and a friend of mine worked as an EMT doing ambulance runs, which was his job title and what he was referred to.

Purple_Girl

Season 1 generally

Corrected entry: In Charlie's flashbacks aboard the aeroplane, we see he goes into first class to snort the heroin. As the turbulence hits, he leaves and nearly gets hit by the trolley, before buckling himself in - still in first class. Therefore when the plane goes down, Charlie should've been in the first class section of the plane and consequently shouldn't be alive and on the beach with the rest of the survivors.

Hovis63

Correction: This scene is not shown in real time (i.e. continuous). If you look carefully, just before he finds a seat to buckle himself into, behind him is the divider he passed on the way to first class. Although it does not make sense, he must have crawled all the way back to the middle section of the plane. If he sat immediately in first class you would have seen the glass wall behind him, but you do not.

XIII

Pilot (1) - S1-E1

Corrected entry: In Pilot 1, when Jack has Kate sew up his back, it shows the sewing kit with colored string. Later in the scene Kate asks Jack what color he wants, and he says, "Standard black," even though there was no black string in the sewing kit.

Leachy

Correction: Yes there is. There are six colors in total in the kit. In true lost style, the black is right next to the white thread (to keep up with the on-going black/white, good/evil themes).

XIII

Something Nice Back Home - S4-E10

Corrected entry: When Jack goes to visit Hurley in the mental hospital, the doctor lets Jack into Hurley's room via a swipecard. When Jack leaves he just opens the door and walks out. Surely this room would be secure both inside and out? (00:14:50)

Correction: Not necessarily - Hurley is in the institution voluntarily, there is no point in locking him up. There is a point in giving him privacy if he wants it, however.

Even if that's the case the room would need to be secured for other people who stay in the room.

Ssiscool

Maternity Leave - S2-E15

Corrected entry: Ethan is inserting a needle into Claire's abdomen, a needle that large inserted into the amniotic sac at that late in a pregnancy would rupture the sac and the baby would have to be delivered. We know that Claire didn't deliver for 2 weeks after she was returned to the beach.

Boobra

Correction: We're only seeing Claire's memories of what happened. It is quite evident she was drugged the whole time, so some details can be off.

And as a memory, things can be exaggerated.

Ssiscool

LA X (Part 1) - S6-E1

Corrected entry: Sayid Jarrah from Iraq is holding a passport in his hand which is an Iranian passport. There are two paragraphs, one in Persian, the other in English, and at the end of each paragraph you can read, "Islamic republic of IRAN." (00:39:30)

ewazatilla

Correction: Jarrah could have gotten an Iranian citizenship.

rswarrior

Born to Run - S1-E22

Corrected entry: 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.

Correction: A police officer breaking protocol? This happens all the time (in every country).

XIII

Season 5 generally

Corrected entry: Factual errors: when we see the statue of the Egyptian statue, it is incorrectly depicted on several levels. First, Taweret was never shown as a human with an animal head, like the gods Anubis, Thoth, Horus, etc., were. She was always carved as an upright, unclothed pregnant hippopotamus. Second, even using artistic license because this is a fictional show, someone should have done some research and realize that Taweret is a goddess and as such, she would not be wearing a kilt because that was only for male gods. Also, no god or goddess would be wearing footwear of any kind but if you look close, you can see that the statue is wearing something that look like Greek or Roman sandals. The only thing that the makers of the show got right is that Taweret is carrying ankhs.

Correction: Who said this statue was Taweret? It's not stated in the show; it's not even certain to be of Egyptian origin.

Season 5 generally

Corrected entry: Towards the end of season five, they talk about how they need to get the nuke to destroy the energy at the swan. However, according to Newton's conservation of energy, energy can neither be created nor destroyed. So blowing up this pocket of energy with a bomb is futile, as it just wouldn't work. However, this is a major plot device, and Farraday, who is a very 'intelligent' physicist, is the one to come up with this pointless idea.

Correction: We do not know what kind of energy is in the pocket, and thus we cannot know why Faraday believes detonating the bomb will neutralize it. It cannot be concluded, with certainty, that his intention is to "blow up" the pocket of energy. Perhaps he believes, for some reason, that the nuclear blast will somehow neutralize this pocket of energy, rather than destroying it. Plus, we have repeatdly seen violations of the laws of physics on the island.

wizard_of_gore

Some Like It Hoth - S5-E14

Corrected entry: When Hurley and Miles drive into the construction area of the Orchid Station (1977), all the vehicles are from the 60's or 70's, but a backhoe made around 2004 is present.

Correction: Research will tell you a lot. For example: the excavator used in episode 5x13 was constructed in 1977, so it's not a mistake. The 1977 Case 580C Loader Backhoe: http://buildandfarm.com/show.php?id=3&p=10&page=1&srt=make%20ASC and http://www.equipmenttraderonline.com/find/listing/1977-CASE-580CCK-93932674 and http://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/detail.aspx?ohid=6682086.

Correction: 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.

wizard_of_gore

S.O.S. - S2-E19

Corrected entry: As Jack opens the door where they are keeping "Henry Gale" the door changes between shots from light wood to metal. (00:02:55)

Correction: The door never changes.

Bowling255

Dave - S2-E18

Corrected entry: When Ana Lucia kicks Sayid out of the room where they are holding "Henry Gale" she shuts the door behind Sayid. The door is a light brown color wooden door. Later, when Ana Lucia lets Lock in and shuts the door behind him, the inside of the door is metal. (00:13:25 - 00:37:55)

Correction: No the door never changes.

Bowling255

Flashes Before Your Eyes - S3-E8

Corrected entry: Desmond claims that he was saving Charlie's life by saving Claire from drowning by jumping in before he does. However, if Desmond had not had a flash to witness the event of him dying, Charlie wouldn't have known it was happening either as he followed Desmond to the event. As we find out later, they were a mile inland, so there's no way Charlie could have found out until a long time after Claire had drowned.

Life700

Correction: Incorrect. After they learned that Eko was killed, they would have returned to the beach, where Claire was drowning. Then Charlie would have died trying to save her.

Flashes Before Your Eyes - S3-E8

Corrected entry: In the London pub, Desmond refers to the barman as the "bartender", a word never used in England. He also gets a drink without paying, leaving money on the bar when he leaves - this may be the American way, but in British pubs you always pay when you receive your drink.

Correction: It can hardly be said that ALL British pubs make you pay when you order your drink. Also, I've heard bartender used in England by English people.

SexyIrishLeprechaun

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Numbers - S1-E18

Visible crew/equipment: When Hurley is at the new house, after his mom hurts her ankle, he reaches into the car window to get the cell phone. When he begins to dial, the cameraman's arm moving about is reflected in the back chrome of the side view mirror. (00:12:10)

Super Grover

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House of the Rising Sun - S1-E6

[While fleeing from an angry swarm, Kate takes her shirt off as insects are trapped in it. Charlie later finds her and hands her the shirt she dropped with a questioning look.]
Kate: It was full of bees.
Charlie: [Looking at her chest.] I'd say more like C's.

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The End (1) - S6-E17

Trivia: The Oceanic employee delivering Jack's father's body has a name visible on his navy blue overall - it is Bocklin - Arnold Bocklin is an artist famous for painting "Isle of the Dead" in 1880. (00:04:00)

ComicBoy

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The End (2) - S6-E18

Question: I recently submitted a question about whether everyone died on the plane or on the island. The answer I got was unsatisfactory. The answer was they did not all die in the plane crash but on the island where the events in the show really did happen. If this is the case, everyone in purgatory at the end makes no sense. If they all died on the island, then where were other characters like Michael, Ecko, etc. Also how did Kate, Sawyer, Hurley, Ben, etc. end up dead and in purgatory at the end of the series? Last we saw them they were still alive on the island. Are we to assume that everyone died at the end of last season when the bomb went off? I need more info here.

SAZOO1975

Chosen answer: None of the main characters died in the plane crash. Many died on the island after the crash (Jack, Charlie, Sun, Jin, Daniel, Juliet, others), some lived on the island for an apparently long time after the crash (Hurley, Ben, Bernard, Rose) but some lived lives off the island after the crash (Sawyer, Kate, Claire, Miles, Aplert, and Lapidus). Remember that Christian tells Jack that "time has no meaning here," (in Purgatory). When everyone meets at the church, they are at the end of their lives however long that may have been and will now "move on" together. They look like they did on the island because that is the way they best remember each other.

Guy

That has to be the clearest explanation of the ending I've ever read.

Ssiscool

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