LOSTCasts 46: Tricia Tanaka is Dead

Season three of LOST is rolling right along, with our feel-good episode for the season, episode 10, Tricia Tanaka is Dead. In this podcast, we talk about the Hurley-centric episode, including his flashback featuring Cheech Marin, the symbolic nature of his quest to get the van running, and more.

Download podcast #46 here

Links related to the podcast:
General reactions on The Fuselage
Screencap of map in the van
Wikipedia entry for Atlas Shrugged

LOST links:
Jorge Garcia on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Time-lapse John Locke painting
LOST theme, break-beat style

See you next week! Stay LOST.

Comments

[waitingforlost]

First twice in a row now, either I'm lucky or I'm really sad and have been sitting here all day clicking refresh .... it's the former honest !

[connor clements]

Thanks guys - been waiting all evening for it here in Northern Ireland, need a break from watching Stan Brakhage all day!

[Lance]

Thanks as ever guys.

[taylor]

Thanks guys...making my Sunday evening here!

And that break-beat mix is awesome!! Someone has to be able to rip that into an mp3!

[kristen]

thanks guys, i loved that lost link to the locke time lapse drawing!

[AVDJ]

For those tubers out there, here is a really great rendition of John Locke, made by tuber, macpulenta. The tube featured this video yesterday, which I feel is a sign that we should keep our faith in the island. Have a great week. -AVDJ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K_NQe57C-k

[Desmundo]

@AVDJ

YEAH! i totally watched that earlier. How awesome is that?!?!

[Nash]

If there are any BSG fans out there, HOLY SH!? I can't believe what just happened. Is Starbuck one of the final five? Is that what her mother was preparing her for? I hate to say it, but that hour of television rivals most of this season of Lost (exception being Desmondo ep).

[Chris in Oly]

After listening to the show, I wanted to suggest that maybe there was more about the numbers than people think. It seemed in the show that there was a big focus on the mythology of the numbers, and how focused intent in combination with the numbers allows the user to do unlikely to impossible things.

People who used the numbers daily:
The numbers were used by Desmond and Kelvin, potentially to save the world. Kelvin wanted a replacement and a boat, and he got it.

People who used the numbers in random ways:
The other people who encountered the number had astounding things happen to them, what independent observers would consider good luck - winning the lottery, etc. However, the people using the numbers percieve as bad luck. They would see a bad thing happen aorund them and think they were unlucky, and by thinking they were unlucky they became more and more unlucky.

But Hurley was able to get the van running by believing in it.

So maybe the idea behind the numbers is that the focus of intent is important, and if you just use them in random ways the effects can be unpredictable. But also once you use them and focus on them you have set them loose in your life.

Just another thought on the stuff.

[bonnix]

What I've noticed about the show, especially if i take the time to rewatch the episode is that on the second viewing I almost can't watch the flashbacks. They really haven't developed the characters with any depth. I did like this episode though, for the comic relief. Sometimes that's all you want from your tv.

btw, bsg was great tonight.

[Kathy aka Fangirl]

I was watching bsg tonight and halfway through I realized that while on Lost they all have daddy issues, on bsg its all mother issues. Those shows should not ever get married. ;) Also, I am in complete denial about the ending. That did not just happen.

As for the podcast, I'll be listening to it on my walk to work in the morning.

[Joop]

Very heavy comment about THE daddy issue.
Not bad for guys w/out much 'churchin'.

[Mike in the Box]

Hey guys, I just wanted to chime in about the biblical tie-ins. I am finishing a theology degree and find a lot of the biblical references undeniable. The "phone-in comment" was spot-on about the Jacob story. She did however fail to mention that the wife of Jacob:the one with fertility issues, was named Rachel. That's right Rachel had fertility issues, was the wife of Jacob and gave birth to Benjamin. In the LOST world, Juliette's sister is named Rachel and has some sort of fertility issue. These three names, the circumstances, and the seeming connection to the biblical story is...interesting.

I realize that few people are into theology and biblical studies. I would love to help out any way i can and will try to send emails if i see any other biblical connections.

Thanks for doing such a great job and stay LOST!

[Tahir]

This ones a bit crude but it made me laugh.
No spoilers in it.
Basically the island diet taking its toll.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jXzu2WQDnY

[WeakLemonDrink]

Hey, knob heads, how about we have less of the spoilery BSG talk?

[Sobaika]

Thanks for the podcast! On another note, as of Monday morning, "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" is STILL number one on iTunes.

Ratings or not, there is no denying that people (a lot) are watching the show.

[Jamie (c)]

@ WeakLemonDrink, I agree. I've not watched this weeks BSG yet, plus do we really want to start a Lost v BSG or Heroes discussion here? (I don't)

Anyway, good podcast guys - a little short but like you said not much to really go over.

[DannyBoy]

just had a thought, i don't believe danielle is an other but something she said in season 1 doesn't add up, along time ago i know but....

when talking bout the tower of smoke she saw just before alex was taken, i'm sure she said it came from 5 miles inside the island. how did she know? maybe just a guess, but the main thing is when charlie and sayid went to the smoke it was on a beach not inside the island.

also this smoke tower has never being explained, was it simply to distract the losties or have the writers forgetten about it? any thoughts

[Kenneth]

I believe Danielle made up the story about the tower of smoke in an attempt to steal Claire's baby.

[Mark B]

Thanks blokes, nice condensed podcast that covered everything.

Looking forward to Wednesdays episode.

Any news on getting J.Wood as a guest ? His blog is damn good I'm sure he would be a good interviewee as well as having an opinion on LOST -- and y'all got a mention this week.

[Justin]

It doesn't make any sense that danielle made up the story about the smoke.

She took the baby to the smoke and expected the others to be there. If it was a ruse, why would she go there?

[Jeff]

Hey guys,

Love the podcast. Just wanted to make a comment about the map with the road diagram on it. If you look closely at the map, it looks like hatch detailed on it is the Swan. Also, Roger's coveralls have the Swan logo on them as well.

Considering the van was full of DHARMA beer, I really think the purpose of the road (and the van for that matter) was to transport supplies from the resupply drop. How else would the Swan inhabitants get all that stuff to the hatch?

Just a thought.

Cheers,

Jeff

[Andrew (from Cambridge)]

Thanks for the podcast. You mentioned Dylan/Highway 61 Revisited as well as the Bible this podcast. Opening lines of Highway 61 are:

Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No." Abe say, "What ?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done ?"
God says. "Out on Highway 61".

Abraham was I believe Jacob's grandfather. Abraham and the averted sacrifice of his son Isaac is one of the big daddy issue stories of the Old Testament.

[my-2-cents]

John, Robert & Matt: thanks for the mention of my post about Patchy's relation to Prometheus. BTW, the new female character is Marsha Thomason (from NBC's Las Vegas) as noted in a previous post. Hey, you guys didn't say much about Danielle Rousseau despite all the interest in that topic in the posts for this site. How much of it do you guys really read? In the future, could you at least give a brief summary of major topics discussed in posts by your podcast listeners? Also, I still don't think Vincent is the Smoke Monster when you compare with Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island" - the dog is always aware of the presence of a mysterious benefactor lurking in the shadows. So much more interesting if there's a character nobody knows about yet that is influencing events with Vincent's help. Remember Shannon singing music from Finding Nemo? It was a dying Captain Nemo in the above novel that was revealed at the climax of that story. Could be a subtle easter egg with a MAJOR impact in season 4.

[ebonX]

As each week goes by, I am becoming more and more of a supporter of the "Danielle is an Other" theory ...

1) How does she knows Alex's name? -- My theory ... The whole story of Danielle Rousseau (and her baby Alex) on the island is true ... similar to the Henry Gale story. However, the Danielle we know is an Other posing as Danielle (ala Ben posing as Henry Gale in S2).

2) Stealing Aaron -- If I re-watch this S2 episode (with idea #1 in-mind), one can theorize that Danielle simply takes Aaron as a decoy ... "Plans within plans" -- Dune quote.

3) Danielle's accent -- Everyone (including TPTB) talk about how Danielle's accent is Eastern European, not French. Also, she speaks English, and people have brought up the fact of why the distress call is in French, rather than English. Lastly, if I remember correctly, Sayid is the one to mention the distress signal when he is first captured by "Danielle", not "Danielle" herself.

Great podcast, as usual!! Your use of the thesaurus ... lol!