I love the flashbacks. It adds a certain depth to the story and quite frankly gives a structure to the show that could keep it running for quite a while. If they showed nothing but Island stuff the show would get tired very quickly. What they do is show an hour of someone's background and a little island stuff. It's like a plan for longevity of the series.

What I also love about the back story on the characters is when we see other characters in teh background. For example, we saw Sawyer being arrested when Kate was in the police station after the robbery.

Many, many layers to this show. That's why I love the back stories.

I still love this show.

I also like all the background flashback stories as well, for many reasons.

1) they are interesting stories in themselves
2) they have much more to do with the storyline than we realize. This show has so much conflict, resolution, redemption things running around. These back stories show how all the castaways have issues they left behind. Can they move on with their lives or will their pasts consume them the way the island is consuming them, or are they one in the same.
3) it allows them to justify their actions on the island. We know why Shannon is so involved with Boone via their history, we know that Locke was paralyzed, and not only paralyzed, but due to a kidney donation to a father that then abandoned him AGAIN. Similar to that story line, Walt felt abandoned or unwanted by Michael his father, but we learn through the flashbacks that it was Walts mother keeping them apart not Michael.

Anyway I can go on and on and on, but without the Flashbacks this show would go noplace. They need them in order to explain/justify characters actions on the Island, why some want off so bad, and why others would not mind staying and leaving the past behind.

It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leaders without question - States: The Bene Gesserit View. All States Are an Abstraction.

For me the flashbacks are clues as to what is on the island, or what the island is about. I still cant put it together, but the flashback to Hurley winning the lottery with those #'s from the crazy guy. I am trying to figure out what kind of monster crunches invisibly through trees, with a greenish blurry appearance, and how those #'s mean anything to it, or... Oh I dont know..... dont listen to me...... I'm still LOST

did anybody see the 'Sermon on the Mount' scene when Sayid, in order to get better reception, pointed to the hills? It looked like 100's of people with shawls over they're heads...

>did anybody see the
>'Sermon on the Mount' scene
>when Sayid, in order to
>get better reception, pointed to
>the hills? It looked like
>100's of people with shawls
>over they're heads...

No, I never noticed that. Is it an illusion or do you think we were supposed to catch it? It sounds horrifying to me.

*WooHoo, I got me a Syren and a bounce from IceCat!*

its almost like an illusion. I have replayed it 50 times and it looks like 100's of people (in the time of Jesus) gathering at the foot of a hill.....
I've been watching hill scenes and mountain scenes pretty closely, and this one really caught my eye!

Well crap. I wish I had taped the shows now, so I could see what you are talking about.

Hi Batts.