It Only Ends Once

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Posted by Jason Moffat | Posted in | Posted on 12:01 PM

The day is finally here, ladies and gentlemen. Today is the day it finally ends. I woke up this morning and felt kind of bummed. I don't want Lost to end, it's like losing a friend. One thing is for sure, it's been a memorable six years.

No matter what happens tonight there is going to be a bunch of people that will be disappointed with the ending, because they didn't answer all of their questions. I've known for a long while that they can't possible answer everything and still make good TV. In fact, I didn't really want them to do an "all answer season," that would've been pretty boring. But I think we've had a sufficient amount of answers given, and I'm actually pretty satisfied. Sure, there are some fuzzy subjects, and maybe some things when re-watching the series that might not add up, but those are things you will still be able to theorize about, which has been one of the best parts about watching Lost from the first day it aired.

One thing I just can't understand, is how everyone is saying "if the end is crappy, it will ruin the whole series for me." A. The only way it could ruin the entire series for me is if it turns out to be Hurley's dream, or they are in a mental institution, or all in a snow globe type of ending. And that still probably wouldn't ruin the entire series. I would still love Lost, I just wouldn't love the ending. B. If you've been watching Lost this whole time just for the very last episode, I feel sorry for you. I've been thoroughly entertained for years watching Lost, and the last episode won't change all of the good times I've had watching the show. C. Bitches gon' bitch.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not making excuses for the show. I think this season has been great! There has been some thing's that I would've done differently, but not much. I'm super excited for The End, it's going to be awesome. I'm mostly intrigued by what is going on in the Sideways universe right now, if you can even call it a universe. I think that is going to be the big reveal for the last episode, the relation between the Sideways and the Island timeline. The thing that I wan't to happen the most, is character resolution. That is really what has made the show good. Mythology is great but when it comes down to it, Lost is about the survivors of Oceanic 815. How does their story end?



It's almost pathetic to think about how much I love Lost. But it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one out there. It's been a great journey, I've been with you from the very beginning and it's definitely a bittersweet ending. Fair well, Lost. You shall be missed.

Everybody Loves Hugo

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Posted by Jason Moffat | Posted in | Posted on 2:48 PM

First of all, Lost is awesome. I might as well leave it at that, but I'll go ahead and say some other stuff that you don't care about. I haven't blogged for a few weeks now. I really have no one to blame but myself, but I'm going to blame school. It's the end of the semester and other things have been occupying my time. So I'm going to keep this one short and sweet. But next week prepare to have your faces melted off with sweet-awesome bloggyness (yes, bloggyness), because I won't have anymore lame projects and papers. So, by no means have I given up on Lost.

Things are getting pretty crazy over in Flashsideways land. Desmond is playing a huge part in this now. I was wonder what kind of role he'd play because he was hardly even in season 5, but Eloise Hawking said that The Island wasn't through with him. Desmond is one of my favorite characters and The Constant is also one of my favorite episodes. Last weeks "Happily Ever After" was sort of a Constant part II in my opinion, and I though it was pretty darn awesome. The end of "Everybody Loves Hugo" was insane. Desmond runs over John Locke in the Wheelchair?! That was nuts. Is he trying to give him a glimpse of his other life? Or is it something else? I don't know but I'm eager to find out.

Next weeks trailer is the best episode trailer I've ever seen. If you didn't see it, here you go. I know some people don't like watching these things because they might have spoilers, but I don't think they ever give anything away. But either right now or next week, you need to watch this thing.

"They're certainly not showing any signs that they are slowing!" - True statement

Ab Aeterno

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Posted by Jason Moffat | Posted in | Posted on 6:00 PM

Get ready to meet El Diablo, it's Spanish for fighting chicken or someting. I hope you all brushed up on your Spanish, because in last week episode of LOST entitled "Ab Aeterno," you'll need it. Shall we discuss?

Initial Thoughts: Wow. This episode was good. I might even say reeeeaaal good. LOST fans have been waiting for this episode for three seasons now, at least I have, and boy did it not disappoint. Richard Alpert has been one of the most mysterious characters the entire show and after this episode, I feel like I know him pretty well. I was very happy to hear the flashback "whooosh" sound rather that the flashsideways "wawawawawwhoop" sound. Not that I don't like the flashsideways, I just needed a break from them. And not only that, almost the whole episode was a flashback, which I think gave us more info than if they cut back and forth like they usually do. Nestor Carbonell did a great job acting, his Spanish accent seemed really good. I guess he is of Cuban decent so apparently he sounded like a Cuban, but I couldn't tell, it all sounded good to me. I've been waiting for a little more information on the Jacob/MIB conflict and this episode gave me that. I'm pretty excited to see where it goes from here.

We started off with a previous scene of Jacob talking to Ilana in a hospital. Jacob tells Ilana that Richard is the only person that knows what to do. What struck me about this scene is that Ilana says something to Jacob like "what do I do after I take them to the temple?" Was it just a backup plan if he died? Or did he know he was a gonner? I submit that he did.

The flashback takes us to Tenerife, Canary Islands 1867, where Richardo Alpert is trying desperately to save his wifes life. In the process he accidentally kills a man and races home only to find that his wife didn't make it. Richardo is put into prison and then sold into slavery. Guess where he ends up? The Black Rock. Shocker. I think we all called that. 


While on The Black Rock, a storm hits. One of the slaves sees the island and the statue and thinks that the Devil is guarding the island, or something like that. The next thing you know the ship is flying towards the statue Taweret on a huge tidal wave. 



The ship wrecked a mile inland, and MIB later tells Richardo that his ship did indeed brake it. Well, I'd like to think that it was the giamongous tidal wave that did most of the damage. It's just hard for me to believe that not only did the ship stay mostly intact after crashing a mile inland on an island, but before it did that, it toppled down a hundred foot plus statue. Either that or it was just really poorly built and The Black Rock really does stand up for it's name. 






Dr. Linus

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Posted by Jason Moffat | Posted in | Posted on 10:30 PM





Cheese curds... Oh yeah, umh... ... In the lastest episode of Lost entitled
"Dr. Linus," there are some bombs, some Bens and some blackmail. Here we go. 


Initial Thoughts: This episode was probably one of the most dramatic episodes since season one, at least that I can remember. There wasn't a whole lot revealed and it didn't really have many "shockers" until the end. But the acting and the internal struggle of Ben was unmatched. When the writers said that this season was going to be similar to the style of season one, I really didn't know how they were going to do that.  But this episode was a really good example of how they did, especially at the end when they went into slow-motion piano playing mode. I almost shed a single tear. 


In the Flash sideways we had already known that Ben Linus was a school teacher from "The Substitute," but that was about it. Ben apparently has a doctorate in modern European history, or something like that. So it's DR. Linus, please show some respect. Alex is one of Ben's best student's for some strange reason, and he helps her study for the AP test.  Some shady biz-nas went down in the sick room and Alex tells Ben about it. Time for scheming Ben to take charge and capitalize on the situation. What I liked about this is that Ben was basically in the same situation when Alex died on the island, except to a lessor degree. Ben could either try to call the principals bluff and risk "torching" Alex, or he could step down and lose power. We all know that on the island Ben tried to call Keamy's bluff and that didn't work out to great for him. It was good to see him make the right decision in this flash sideways. 


Meanwhile on the island, Ben is put into custody by Ilana after Miles uses his psychic skills and finds out that Ben did kill Jacob. Ilana makes quite a clever contraption to tie Ben up to a tree and then forces him to dig his own grave. That is a bummer. I would probably just have them kill me if someone told me to dig my own grave. Anyway, out of nowhere appears Locke. Or as I'm going to refer to him as in this episode, Darth Locke. Darth Locke uses the force and frees Ben from his leash and tells him to meet him on the Hydra island, where they are planning their escape. Ben escapes, but chooses to stay with team Jacob.

These are not the Losties you're looking for.


On the other side of the island, Jack and Hurley run into good ol' Richard Alpert. Richard seems to be having a hard day. He wan'ts to die, but can't. He says that because Jacob touched him (Jacob is sounding more and more like a pervert with every episode. First peeping tom and now this.) his touch is considered a gift and he can't die. They travel to the black rock where Richard plans on blowing himself up. They don't go right out and say it, but it is implied that Richard came from the black rock, most likely as a slave. Hence the, "good to see you out of those chains" comment from MIB. No huge surprise but yet not clear yet. Jack takes this opportunity to show how bad A he is, with an old fashion show-down... dynamite style. 


Jack wins the show-down, I guess, and Richard's faith is slightly restored. Obviously Jack has a purpose on the island. They decide to start from where they came from, the beach. They are then reunited with Ben, Frank, Ilana and crew. This was a very happy scene. Happy music, happy hugging, and happy dancing probably. But this is Lost and they can never end on a happy note. Just as you thought the episode was over, no, wait, something pokes out of the ocean and starts spying on the Losties. I honestly thought it was going to be the terminator in the sub, but it was our good old buddy Charles Widmore.



Questions: After this episode there are only a few questions on my mind. So basically none of the candidates can die? What the heck? So they could never die the whole time we've know them? Or is it just Jack that can't die? Because Dogen seemed to think he could when he tried to swallow that pill. Also, Sayid seemed pretty much dead at one point and he's a candidate. Or is that why he didn't die? Another question is when Ben talked to his dad in the FS and they talked about being on the island. Well we are lead to believe that the incident was the cause of the fork in the timeline, which seems likely because Ben was about 14 when the incident happened. But then why did he leave? 



As I stated before, this really was a dramatic episode. I've always been a fan of Ben, so it was good to see him get some redemption. And I just loved seeing him scurry into the jungle while Ilana was chasing him. Classic. Well, that's all for this week folks. Until next time, I'm Miles Straume and I am now a rich son of a gun.

Sundown

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Posted by Jason Moffat | Posted in | Posted on 9:14 PM

Well I slacked on this week, folks... My bad. Don't worry, it won't happen again.

All I have to say about this episode is...
END OF ACT I

The end scene was pretty epic... Yes, epic.
Here's a refresher.


Lighthouse

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Posted by Jason Moffat | Posted in | Posted on 3:29 PM


It's all smoke and mirrors in the latest episode of Lost entitled "Lighthouse." In this episode Jack smashes stuff and yells... which is awesome. It's official, say goodbye to the pacifist season five Jack, lets see what season six Jack has to offer, shall we?

Initial Thoughts: I think it's safe to say that the episodes just keep getting better. It's up in the air right now, but this might be my favorite episode of the season. Definitely the best Jack episode in a while. The flash-sideways was probably the most dynamic in the season. Not only was there a big WTF, but it also touched on some of Jack's daddy issues, which I felt was important. Speaking of which, I've been thinking a lot about Christian Shephard lately. Ever since season one, Christian has been a big mystery and his identity is still unclear. It would make sense that the MIB was just using his body for his own purposes until he became Locke, but I'm just not sure about that. It really could go either way. Claire said "My dad told me . . . and my friend," eluding to two different people. And in the flash-sideways Christian's body just happens to disappear? Seems weird to me. All I'm saying is that there will be something significant with Christian. That is all. 

Oh and another thing, has anyone else noticed that this season is paralleling season one? Take a look, the pilot was about all of the characters in general, just how LA X was. The second episode was a Kate-centric episode entitled Tabula Rasa (What Kate Did). Then Walkabout with Locke (The Substitute); The White Rabbit with Jack (Lighthouse); then an episode about Jin and Sun called House of the Rising Sun. I haven't read anything regarding the content of next weeks episode, but I guarantee it is going to be about the Kwon's, if it continues to follow this pattern. 

All right, lets get into Jack's alternate/not alternate reality (Damon and Carlton insist that it is not to be called an "alternate reality" because who is to say that either one of the realities are not the original). We start off with Jack changing his clothes in a hurry. He notices something, a scar. Later he asks his mom when he got his appendix take out, as if he didn't remember. This threw up some red flags for me. We know that Juliet removed Jack's appendix on the island in season four, and this scene seemed to be referencing that. But what is the significance? Is it one of those weird deja vu moments that will probably make perfect sense when it is all said and done? Hopefully. Now here's the real kicker of this flash, Jack has a son. This really threw me for a loop. Obviously, Jack did not have a son in previous seasons, so this was a shocker. The question is, who is the mother? Some say Juliet, others have even said Ana Lucia. My first thought was Sarah, Jack's ex-wife in the other world(?). But then I got to thinking about it, what if it was the Italian lady,Gabriela, that kissed Jack in "The Hunting Party?" It's a long shot, I know. But I'll be darn tootin' if they don't look alike. 


It turns out that David is a brilliant piano player and Jack didn't even know it. Good one, dad. There is a heart felt father-son moment and it seems that Jack could actually make a good dad if he tried a little harder. Not much else was revealed, other than Dogen happened to be at the very same recital with his son. Although I was hoping it would be Mr. Miyagi.


Apparently Tic Tac Toe is a good way to pass the time, as we see Hurley and Miles playing it on the island. Don't you guys know that in order to win at Tic Tac Toe, the other person has to be retarded? I thought that was common knowledge. As Hurley and Miles try to find something to eat, Hurley sees a familiar face near the fountain, Jacob. He says that someone is coming to the island (just as his dieing words were, "they're coming") and Hurley needs to help that person find it. After Hurley writes down some directions on his arm, he starts snooping around the temple when he is confronted by Dogen. Hurley tells Dogen that he is a candidate and can basically do whatever he wants. Dogen seems pretty pissed off and mutters something in Japaneses. I wonder what he said? Good thing I have some really nerdy buddies on Lostpedia, because they know. He said, "You are Lucky that you are protected. Because if you were not protected, I would cut your head off." My question is, why does Dogen seem to know all about the candidates while Richard is in the dark? Richard is seeming to be pretty useless these days. He doesn't know anything and no one really knows what he does. I'm am really looking forward for some light to be shed on the whole Richard story. Oh and a lot of people were wondering what it said on Hurley's arm, so I took the time to figure it out. 


Meanwhile, Claire is pulling a 'Jack Nicholson in The Shining' on that poor black Other. Get out while you can Jin! She's obviously gone nuts. Does she not remember that she is the one that left Aaron high and dry three years ago? Apparently not. Also, we find out that her "friend" is the MIB and that they seem to be in cahoots with each other. Claire must be able see MIB for his true from and know it's not Locke.


Hurley convinces Jack to go on an old-school adventure to help Jacob. Along the way they come across the caves they used to live in, way back in season one. Adam and Eve are still kickin' it just like they left them. Hurley plays the voice of the audience like he usually does and says something like "what if we time traveled way back to dinosaur times and these are our bodies?" Throw out the whole 'Adam and Eve are one of the Losties theory,' was the first thing I thought after the scene. I just couldn't see this being the case after Hurley blatantly said it.  But maybe that's what the writers want us to think. I don't know, what do you think?

Their journey takes them to a mysterious Lighthouse that somehow, no one has ever seen. I guess it is a big island, they find new stuff all of the time. In this lighthouse there are some mirrors used to reflect light and guide people to the island, or so they say. Hurley's instructions are to turn the mirrors to 108 degrees. While doing so, Jack sees an image reflected in the mirrors. The first image, as shown below, kind of looks like some sort of Asian building or karate dojo (left). It is uncertain what degree it was on when that image was shown. Jack insist that the mirrors are set to 23 degrees when he sees that his name is written beside it. He then sees the house in which he grew up (right).


Jack smashes the mirrors in a fit of rage. Jacob... what a peeping tom. He deserves to have his mirrors smashed. The one thing I really wanted to know after seeing this was, who was number 108? I really wanted it to be Desmond, that would've been cool if Jacob needed him to replace Locke's number 4 or something like that. But it turned out to be someone named Wallace. Who the heck is Wallace? Do you think it's someone we already know, someone we will meet, or is it irrelevant?  



The scene following this was classic. When Jacob suddenly appears and Hurley is some-what pissed off at him. "Jack broke your lighthouse dude! Mission UN-accomplished!" I laughed for a pretty long time at this scene. The whole dialog was great. I am really enjoying the Hurley/Jacob element to this season. 


Questions:
Who is David's Mother?
Who is Adam and Eve?
Is the Christian we've been seeing on the island the MIB? 
Is there really someone coming to the island as Jacob said? 
Who is Wallace? 


Tell me what you think about these questions, or tell me some theories of  you own. 


Again, this was a great episode. They are drawing a line in the sand, and there has been a distinct division made. They are portraying Jacob to be the light side; lighthouse, wears light clothes, Etc. and MIB to be the Dark; dark cave, dark clothes, Etc. It seems obvious to me, but I could see the writers pulling the rug out from underneath us and doing the Kansas City Shuffle. Well, Sorry about the late post. This one's been a real doozy. Until next time, I'm Hurley and "I just lied to a samurai."

The Substitute

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Posted by Jason Moffat | Posted in | Posted on 10:57 PM

To hell with Dharma Beer, it's all about the Dharma Whiskey in the latest episode of Lost. In this Locke-centric episode entitled "The Substitute," new insights were revealed about Jacob, MIB and the numbers, along side some intense entertainment. Shall we discuss?

Initial Thoughts: This episode was leaps and bounds better than "What Kate Did." I was fairly positive it would be, nonetheless I was relieved when it was. If I were to rate this episode, I'd give it a 23 or maybe a 42. I think the whole MIB storyline is probably the most intriguing part of Lost right now. In my opinion the personification of the smoke monster was a brilliant idea. It's not the island's ghost or nano technology, it's human... or at least used to be. To be quite honest, during past seasons, I thought the monster wasn't going have much to do with the end story. Boy was I wrong. Second of all, I think this episodes flash-sideways was actually quite entertaining. I was semi on the fence with the whole idea, but this episode made me think twice. It has a similar feel to that of the first season, where they did a lot of character building. I like it. As far as it connecting to the island timeline, I think I'm just going to take it for what it's worth and stop worrying about it. Also, I know that sooner or later it will connect, and this being the last season, I really want it to surprise me. So as for now I'm not even going to touch parallel universe theories. M'kay?

John Locke doing an Evil Kneivel out of his van was super funny to me. I'm sorry, but it was. I hope I'm not the only one who thought so. Anyhoo, the sprinklers come on and it's a lot like the first season when Locke is basking in the rain. Later Helen says something to John about having his dad come to the wedding or something like that. Also on his desk at work there's a picture of Locke with good old Anthony Cooper (see image below). It seems that John has a better relationship with his dad in the flash-sideways, which begs the question, how would blowing up the island do this? Even the "Jacob's touch" theory (mentioned by Darth Vader Don in the comment section) is under question because Jacob didn't touch Locke until after his dad pushed him out of the building. And then there's Ben and... Ah crap, timeline theory... moving on. Generally Locke seems to be pretty happy in this timeline. He even accepts that he can't do some things. Although part of me still misses the man of faith. Oh, and Randy's still a douche.


Here's another easter egg you might have noticed. The lady that interviews Locke for a job, (the first lady, not Rose) was the psychic in the episode "Tricia Tanaka is Dead" were Hurley's dad take's him to convince him he's not cursed. It seems that they are bringing back everyone single actor that has ever been on Lost. I'm Serious. Mark my words, Nikki and Paulo are going to be in a Flash-sideways sooner or later. Mark em'!


Alrighty, on the island some weird shiz is going down. For example Sawyer is binge drinking and listening to Iggy Pop and the Stooges. Crazy, I know. He joins up with the MIB and they embark on a magical journey. So first off, a kid appears out of nowhere with blood on his hands and again later to tell MIB that he broke the rules and he wasn't supposed to kill him. This kid is weird. Who is it? I think the most obvious answer is young Jacob judging by his appearance. But it's seems almost too obvious. Another theory I've heard it that it's an older Aaron. Who knows. What do you think?


MIB and Sawyer continue their journey to a cave on the side of a cliff where MIB is supposedly going to answer all of his questions. The scene where they are descending the cliff on the ladder is super intense. I thought Sawyer was going to die. That or I secretly hoped that MIB was going to turn into the smoke monster,  fly up and save Sawyer. Then they would fly high into the sky just like this [only imagine sawyer flying smokie] "Faster Smokie, faster!"

This is where things get interesting. Inside the cave there is a room with names written all over the walls and ceiling. MIB says that the names on the walls are candidates. They are people who Jacob chose, that he thinks could eventually take over his position in protecting the island. Just like Willy Wonka. Whether MIB is telling the truth or not, I have a feeling there is more to the story than this. What intrigued me the most is the numbers. In front of all the main candidates names was a number. You guessed it, the numbers. The names and numbers went as follows. 4-Locke8-Reyes15-Ford16-Jarrah23-Shephard42-Kwon.* This gives a little insight on the origin of the numbers, though I don't believe this is the last we'll see of them. And what about Kate? Why is her name not up there? And is it Sun or Jin Kwon? Jack or Christian? I'm pretty sure it's Jack, but that would be trippy if it wasn't. There are other names on the wall that are scratched out and have different numbers that are not part of the Valenzetti equation. 



Something I read earlier has really stuck out to me with regards to the whole Jacob MIB game. If what MIB said was true about Jacob "pushing" the losties/numbers to the island, then this whole thing is exactly like the swan hatch. Think about it. MIB tells sawyer that he has three choices. 1) Do nothing 2) Accept the job 3) Just leave. In essence, those were the choices Kelvin, Desmond or any other that worked in the hatch had. Don't push the button, push the button, or leave. MIB says that it's just an island and their is nothing to protect. Well I beg to differ. Real Locke also said this before, it's just a button, it's doesn't need to be pushed. Well he was wrong.  

Questions: 
1. Who is the little boy?
2. Why isn't Kate's name on the wall?
3. Who's the Kwon?
4. Is the MIB telling the truth about Jacob?

Tell me what you think about these questions, or tell me some theories of your own.

Again, this was a superb episode. Terry O'Quinn is doing some excellent acting as both the MIB and Locke as well as the rest of the cast. There are still a lot of things that just don't add up right now, and there is a whole lot that is on my mind that I just can't find time to put on paper.But these are the main points. I can't talk about everything so if there is something you think needs to be addressed, tell me. Some of you already have. Thanks for all the input. Until next time, I'm Sawyer and "I guess I better put on some pants." 


*Edit:  According to  Lostpedia, these are some of the other names that were on the cave wall. 

NumberNameInformation
10MATTINGLYProbably the US army soldier whose uniform was stolen and used by an Other in 1954.
20ROU?Probably Alex Rousseau or Danielle Rousseau.
29BRENNANProbably the Brennan from the science expedition.
31RUTHERFORDProbably Shannon Rutherford.
33MARTINProbably Karl Martin.
42KWONSun-Hwa Kwon and Jin-Soo Kwon both met Jacob when during their wedding when he congratulated them and advised them to keep their promises. Both were touched by Jacob simultaneously notably on their shoulders. The Man in Black indicated one of them was a candidate but was unable to identify which one. KWON may also refer to Ji Yeon Kwon, the daughter of Sun and Jin, who was conceived on the Island.
55BURKEProbably Juliet. Her death occurred after Jacob's, so her name would have to have been crossed-off before her death or after her death by Flocke. Could also be her late ex-husband,Edmund Burke.
64GOLDSTEINUnknown.
90TROUPEProbably Gary Troup, a deceased survivor and author of Bad Twin
115BARGASUnknown.
117LINUSProbably Ben Linus, or his father Roger Linus
119ALMEIDAUnknown.
147LEWISProbably Charlotte Lewis, or her parents David and Jeanette.
171STRAUMEProbably Miles Straume.
175COSTAUnknown.
195PACEProbably Charlie Pace.
197SKECKLERUnknown.
202HARGGUSUnknown.
222O'TOOLEUnknown.
231AMISTADUnknown.
233JONESProbably the US army soldier whose uniform was stolen and used by Charles Widmore in 1954.
251YARISUnknown.
272ORALINGOUnknown.
282AGUELLAUnknown.
285JENKINSProbably Steve Jenkins, a survivor who died in the flaming arrow attack.
291DOMINGOUnknown.
301MARSProbably Edward Mars, a survivor who died shortly after crash.
313LITTLETONProbably Claire or Aaron.
317CUNNINGHAMProbably the US army soldier whose uniform was stolen and used by an Other in 1954.
321FERNANDEZProbably Nikki Fernandez who was on board Oceanic Flight 815 but later killed.
335HENDERSONProbably Rose Nadler, the only known Henderson (maiden name).
346/396GRANTUnknown.
761FARADAYProbably Daniel Faraday.
AGUILAUnknown
CHANGProbably Pierre or LaraMiles is separately listed under Straume.
GARNERUnknown.
GOODSPEEDProbably one of the many of Goodspeeds, who include HoraceAmyOlivia, and Ethan.
LACOMBEProbably the Lacombe from the science expedition.
PICKETTProbably Danny Pickett or Colleen Pickett.
REYNOLDSUnknown.
SULLIVANProbably Sullivan, a survivor who died in the flaming arrow attack.
...ZKIPossibly Stuart Radzinsky or George Minkowski.