LOST Revisited: Season 6, Episodes 1, 2 “LAX”

Actually, that’s exactly what happened in JJ Abrams’ version of Star Trek. The original timeline still existed (as evidence by the appearance of original Spock), but it co-existed alongside a new, altered timeline. It looks like that’s what happened here, since we’re cutting between our original Lostaways, and a strange, altered version.

We open with the now familiar scene on the plane, with Jack hitting the bottle and chatting with Rose. However, we do see that there are some changes. (Besides the “not crashing” thing, I mean.) Shannon never got on the plane, for one. And Hurley is the beloved Mr. Cluck’s spokesman, who’s had nothing but good luck since he won the lottery. And now Desmond is on the plane. Of course, detonating the bomb would mean that Desmond never spent years on the Island, so his presence is at least a possibility. And Hurley learned his numbers from somebody who heard Rousseau’s transmission. If the Island is underwater, there’s no transmission, so Hurley somehow won the lottery anyway, only now the numbers aren’t cursed. Now, a recurring idea in Lost is that things that are supposed to happen will end up happening. When Charlie was supposed to die, Desmond could save him again and again, but that just prolonged the inevitable. If Hurley is supposed to win the lottery, he’s going to win it.