{"id":27094,"date":"2014-11-13T07:19:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T12:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=27094"},"modified":"2014-11-13T07:19:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T12:19:19","slug":"lost-rewatch-exodus-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/11\/lost-rewatch-exodus-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"LOST Rewatch: Exodus Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Part two of the season finale from the first season of LOST begins with a close-up of Aaron\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n<p>Moving dynamite out of the Black Rock, Arzt detonates. Hurley blames himself, as bad luck. Kate reassures him that it was an accident.<\/p>\n<p>In a flashback, we see Jin confronted by someone who works for Mr. Paik, who has been following him, and knows he is planning to run away. The man tells Jin that he is not free and never will be.<\/p>\n<p>Beholding the island from their boat, Michael and Sawyer wonder how a place this big never gets discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Claire remembers scratching Danielle\u2019s arm. Danielle hits Claire and takes the baby. Sayid thinks he knows where Danielle went \u2013 the she wants to trade Claire\u2019s baby for Alex, her own child who was taken. Claire calls the baby \u201cAaron\u201d for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Sun asks Shannon if she thinks that everything that has happened to them is ounishment for things they did before. Shannon asks who Sun thinks is punishing them, and Sun says \u201cfate.\u201d Claire says, \u201cNo one\u2019s punishing us \u2013 there\u2019s no such thing as fate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The idea that the island was \u201cpurgatory\u201d and that the people on it were dead all along is one of the most widespread misunderstandings of the show that I\u2019ve encountered. It was, of course, offered as a tantalizing possibility at points. But both the things that we learn on the show, and the things that the writers have said about the show, all confirm that this is a misunderstanding. Any thoughts on why it is such a widespread view, despite the evidence that it is mistaken?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27112\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2014\/11\/exoduspart2-0037-black-rock-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"exoduspart2-0037 black rock\" width=\"667\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part two of the season finale from the first season of LOST begins with a close-up of Aaron\u2019s eye. Moving dynamite out of the Black Rock, Arzt detonates. Hurley blames himself, as bad luck. Kate reassures him that it was an accident. 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