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"Lost" The Variable (2009)


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"Lost" (2004): Season 5: Episode 14 -- The time of reckoning has begun when Daniel Faraday comes clean regarding what he knows about the island.
"Lost" (2004): Season 5: Episode 14 -- Daniel Faraday is told that the island will heal him.
"Lost" (2004): Season 5: Episode 14 -- Daniel wants Richard to tell him where Eloise is.
"Lost" (2004): Season 5: Episode 14 -- Daniel, Kate and Jack are confronted by members of Dharma.
"Lost" (2004): Season 5: Episode 14 -- Daniel Faraday returns to the island to alter the future.

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8.8/10   901 votes
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Jeffrey Lieber (creator) and
J.J. Abrams (creator) ...
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Original Air Date:
29 April 2009 (Season 5, Episode 14)
Plot:
Faraday returns to the island and tells Jack that his mother, Eloise Hawking, lied to them--they don't belong on the island. He then initiates a dangerous plan to get them back home. | full synopsis
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"For the first time in a long time, I don't know what's going to happen." more (5 total)

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43 min
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Anachronisms: 1977 Dharma personnel use Sig Sauer P226 pistols, a weapon which was not designed until in early 1980s. more
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Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: You guys were in 1954? Like, Fonzie times? more
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References "Happy Days" (1974) more

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"For the first time in a long time, I don't know what's going to happen.", 25 August 2009
Author: CursedNumbers108 from Canada

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Daniel Faraday is one of my favourite characters. He has been portrayed by Jeremy Davies so well. I am surprised that he hasn't been nominated for an Emmy award. While we didn't really find out why he was crying when they showed the finding of flight 815, there are several more revelations. The one about his father especially. The ending of this episode is not a happy one. It is a shocker. And now we know why Eloise (Wheezy as I call her) was crying in the flashback, and why Daniel came to the island. But still . . . Daniel Faraday fan girls who want to see him happily married with children next season?! (if you have not seen the 2009 Lost panel at Comic-Con, you will not know what I am talking about) I guess if they like zombie weddings.

Meanwhile, Penelope grapples with Desmond's shooting while speaking to Eloise at the hospital. And when Eloise is waiting for a taxicab, we find out Daniel Faraday's daddy issues. Apart from the shocking ending, it was a great episode.

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