'Lost' Easter Eggs for Season 6 Premiere, "LA X"
Weekly Woodsman
The magazine Rose was reading, the Weekly Woodsman, is a fictional magazine, but interestingly, it was also featured in a season 4 episode of Supernatural, a show that also features Mark Pellegrino (Jacob on Lost and Lucifer on Supernatural).
The Kim Manners Connection
But perhaps Rose's magazine is more likely an ode to the late TV director Kim Manners. The back of the magazine featured an ad with a flying saucer and the phrase "The Truth is Out There." Manners worked on Supernatural, but also on The X-Files.
Harouh and the Sea of Stories
On Oceanic 815, Desmond was reading this book by Salman Rushdie. This is clearly an inside joke, as the novel is a children's book about the power of the imagination and storytelling and features one character using the phrase, "What's the use of stories that aren't even true?" The question is clearly directed at these Oceanic 815 flashbacks, since they, like flights of fancy, are not true.
DHARMA Shark
As if the sonar fence, the Barracks, the swing set and the four-toed statue weren't enough, the underwater shot of the submerged Island included a return from everyone's favorite underwater predator, the DHARMA Shark from the premiere of season 2.
Leslie Arzt's Insect Book
While pestering Hurley about Mr. Cluck's, the ultimate redshirt Leslie Arzt is seen holding a book featuring various insects and other dangerous creatures, something he studied while on the Island.
Hurley's Seat
Obviously many things changed due to the Island getting blown up, but one interesting good be changing seat numbers. Originally, Hurley was in row 20, but in this new version, he's in row 33, which means both he and Sawyer next to him would've been in the Tail Section.
Boone's Leg
Boone also had a new seat number, as the lack of Shannon meant he didn't fly first class, but rather in Locke's row, 24. Boone also offers a pun on two levels, asking if Locke is pulling his leg about going on a Walkabout. Not only did Boone discover on the Island that Locke was paralyzed on the flight and unable to use his legs, but the fall from the Beechcraft also meant Jack had to amputate one of Boone's legs, a procedure Boone refused to save medical supplies for the other survivors.
Frogurt
One of the cool minor characters, the guy known as Frogurt was a constant thorn in people's side, but he was also the guy sitting between Boone and Locke on Oceanic 815.
The Circle
To protect himself from the Smoke Monster, Bram stands inside a circle made of ashes. On the TV show Reaper, part of the mythology was that the standing inside a circle kept you safe from the Devil, possibly alluding to the fact that Smokey (aka Fake Locke, aka Jacob's Nemesis) is the Devil.
Fear and Trembling
In the caves under the Temple, Hurley found a copy of yet another philosopher's work, Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard about the classic religious debate of Abraham, who was commanded by God to kill his son, and whether the intent to perform such an act is good or evil.
The Deadwood Connection
Many stars of the TV shows Deadwood have appeared on Lost in substantive roles, including Kim Dickens as Cassidy, Sawyer's baby mama, Paula Malcomson as Other Colleen Pickett, Robin Weigert as Juliet's sister, William Sanderson as DHARMA torturer Oldham and Titus Welliver as Jacob's Nemesis. Added to that list is John Hawkes as Lennon, the Temple translator.
The Ankh
Inside the guitar case Jacob gave Hurley is a giant ankh, an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph seen being carried by the giant four-toed statue.
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