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[matt_the_pale]

[SPEC] First mention of Oceanic Flight 815?

[Hank Scorpio]

Its mentioned n the first episode, where in the first episode im not sure.

[catherwood]

So far, i see this as an Off-Topic discussion about the television show. Please explain how this is spec about TLE game, or i shall have to move this to the META section.

(and i just might dig out my DVD if you really really need to know, but my money is on the pilot's distress call.)

[matt_the_pale]

[Gus Raja]

[catherwood]

I was so hoping someone else would volunteer :)
or have the transcripts :)
but I watched the first 3 hours straight thru, no fast-forwarding,
and no, there was no mention of the flight number.

I think I'll do a search now for when the pilot reappears in a flashback. That would be much easier. (Although hour four is "Walkabout", a very fine episode.)

[matt_the_pale]

[theShaggy]

According to these transcripts, the first reference to Flight 815 was actually in episode 10, "Raised by Another." Boone and Locke find the plane much later in the season.

I quote:

[catherwood]

I did try digging thru transcripts and other databases. While episode 1x10 may well be the first spoken occurance, it's hard to know if there was a visual of it in an earlier episode. My instinct says that this is the first time in the episode when the writers force this information into our conscience, but it must have been planted in our subconcious minds sooner. For example, on Sledgeweb's lostcubit investigations, he lists the flight number as having appeared in episode 1x01. I just haven't found any explanation for this.
http://lost.cubit.net/numbers.php
Under '815' he also lists it as the Number of safety deposit box in bank that Kate steals from bank (1x09) -- logically, we would not have been as surprised by this if we didn't already know the flight number by this episode. Right? So somehow we must have picked up the significance of '815' before episode 1x09.
(later edit)
Well, it pays to double-check all facts. Sledgeweb got that data point wrong, because Kate robs a bank in "Whatever The Case May Be" which was episode 1x12. So maybe Episode 10 - Raised by Another is our best anchor point for now.

[Hank Scorpio]

Im pretty sure whether the flight was mentioned in the show or not the promos mentioned it at the beginning of the season. I know I was aware of the flight number when the season started no matter when it was mentioned. I would also like to point out the date of the crash shouldnt have been a surprise because the original lost teaser website had that date. The flight was scheduled to leave sydney at 2:55pm Sept 22. http://www.oceanic-airlines.com/ The Oceanic Air site was created in March 2005 according the whois and went live before the oceanicflight815 website. I know those sites are not in game but the information has been out there.

Now the time of the departure fits in with the shows start time. If the pilot aired at 8pm on the night of the crash that puts them 5 hours east of Austrailia if they took off at 3pm and the pilot opens with the plane crashing. Timeline wise (not adjusting for timezones) it makes sense, they would be halfway between Australia and Hawaii.

[Gus Raja]

[theShaggy]