No Lost thread?

[estreetfan75]

I missed a few minutes last week, but I'm pretty sure they established last week that Jack and Claire have the same father.

 

[Webster]

I saw this brought up elsewhere, but any thoughts on whether the guy falling when Hurley's meeting with his accountant in an earlier episode is Locke? I think it's entirely plausible, and I'd be curious to go back and look at that episode to see if you can tell from the clothes of the guy falling.

Maybe -- although Locke's father was in a hotel or apartment, so it wouldn't make sense that it would be in the same building as an accounting firm. Plus, I had the feeling that Hurley won the money recently, while Locke fell out of an 8 story window 4 years ago (those numbers again).

 

[murciélago]

"no we don't have a secret code for there's a man holding my daughter at gunpoint in the closet."

That was awesome. I laughed for at least a minute.

 

[Armchair_QB]

How do you fall out of an eight story building and live?

 

[LiveStrong]

How do you fall out of an eight story building and live?

yeah, that's the most unbelievable thing to happen on the show.

 

[HeinekenMan]

How do you fall out of an eight story building and live?

yeah, that's the most unbelievable thing to happen on the show.

Some Googling shows that a person falling 51 feet would be going about 40mph on impact. But it's about 10 feet per floor. So he would have been going well over 50 mph upon impact, possibly even 60mph.

 

[LiveStrong]

I didn't say it wasn't unbelievable. I'm just saying, come on, this is the one thing to say, WAIT, THAT COULD NEVER HAPPEN!

 

[John]

I've missed the last few episodes because of work, so I think now I'll just wait until the DVDs come out. That's actually more fun because you're watching one episode after another. That's how I watched the first season.

 

[dog428]

I didn't say it wasn't unbelievable. I'm just saying, come on, this is the one thing to say, WAIT, THAT COULD NEVER HAPPEN!

Actually, it's not all that unbelievable. I've told a story here before about a buddy of mine in the military who jumped out of a plane, chute didn't open right and he hit the ground hard. Was knocked unconscious for about a half hour, but got up and walked away. They estimated he hit the ground at around 50 mph. It's all about where you hit and how you hit.

Is it hard to believe he survived? Absolutely. Impossible? Nah.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Did they show Locke after he hit the ground? Maybe he landed in a bush that cushioned the landing yet broke his back.

 

[beefncheddar]

From what I can remember, it looked like he landed in grass. Guess it could have been exceptionally soft turf.

 

[LiveStrong]

Knowing the show, he probably landed on Jack's dad.