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Plot Twist or Surprises That You Correctly Called.


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Were there any big surprises or twist that were supposed to be shocking but you correctly guessed what was going to happen? Or even a smaller fake out by the show, where they tried to steer the audience one way, while it was revealed later to be something different. I had two times where I guessed right, one big, one small.

The Small One: That Walt started the fire on the raft in season 1.

The Big One: During the season 3 finale, that Suicidal, bearded Jack was in future. Which meant he was getting off the island. I think I did a victory lap when Kate showed up at the end.

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In season 3 they started mentioning Jacob for the first time, about the same time they started talking about how Richard never ages. I assumed Jacob was involved somehow in Richard remaining young even before we really knew anything about Jacob’s character. Figured we’d learn about in future seasons, which we obviously did. That might have been an easy one though.

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Normally, I wouldn't think of this as any big prediction to be proud of (because it's hard for me to fathom how it wasn't obvious to everyone) but it seemed apparent to me that the time-traveling Losties were going to be the ones to cause the incident, to cause Ben to become Ben, and that nothing they did back then was going to change the present in any way whatsoever. And, in fact, they'd be the reason for the present to be how it was.

I remember being baffled at how anyone would think otherwise (I mean, this is classic time-travel story stuff). But, nevertheless, people were actually debating this. Many were thinking that Sayid actually killed young Ben, or that Jack's ridiculous plan may actually change the future (wtf did they think the final season would be if that happened? Them just living happy lives off the island? lol). I felt pretty confident from the get-go that "whatever happened, happened." And, as it turns out, that was the case.

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Normally, I wouldn't think of this as any big prediction to be proud of (because it's hard for me to fathom how it wasn't obvious to everyone) but it seemed apparent to me that the time-traveling Losties were going to be the ones to cause the incident, to cause Ben to become Ben, and that nothing they did back then was going to change the present in any way whatsoever. And, in fact, they'd be the reason for the present to be how it was.

I remember being baffled at how anyone would think otherwise (I mean, this is classic time-travel story stuff). But, nevertheless, people were actually debating this. Many were thinking that Sayid actually killed young Ben, or that Jack's ridiculous plan may actually change the future (wtf did they think the final season would be if that happened? Them just living happy lives off the island? lol). I felt pretty confident from the get-go that "whatever happened, happened." And, as it turns out, that was the case.


True, "whatever happened happened" is such a classic time travel trope (in movies and TV, not necessarily in books) that it's shocking anyone thought otherwise.

HOWEVER

Faraday, the supposed expert, came back at the season 5 finale with the proposition that free will or "loooooove" could change the past. But it turns out he was wrong, and got his stupid self killed by his own mom.

So yeah, I wouldn't count that as a big prediction per se, although any number of smaller predictions could spring from it (i.e., the Losties causing the Incident, Sayid "creating" Ben by shooting him, etc. -- all of 'em could've learnt a lesson from ol' Oedipus Rex)

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the polar bear

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That Locke’s dad was the conman “Sawyer” that Sawyer was looking for, about halfway through season 2 I thought that would be a cool twist and they excecuted it even better

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