Talk:The Cost of Living (Lost)

add trivia
This episode has alot of interesting bits and a trivia section would be sweet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.101.253.195 (talk • contribs)


 * Yeah the classic christian ressurection imagery was pretty strong; uncovering bolders from the entrance of the [his brother's] tomb, the body not being found, and appearing resurrected. It wasn't exactly subtle, but it was amusing. There were others but I didn't go through it in detail. mrhappyhour Nov 04 2006

Sorry, but why was the caption 'The mysterious eyepatched man' (Or similar) changed to 'The mysterious "patchy"'? I don't mind, it just sounds a bit... Unwiki... --Arkracer 16:22, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That's what the producers are calling him for now. [] I'm not convinced that's the best way to refer to him in this sort of article.  --Milo H Minderbinder 16:45, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * "Patchy" is his official role atm. I think it sounds cool personally.  codu ( t / c ) 22:04, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

From my view isn't it obvious that the eye patch guy is Jack's father? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.237.135 (talk • contribs)
 * Considering that "eye patch guy" is a different actor, no. --Milo H Minderbinder 15:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

'Patchy' sounds best, anyway. --81.97.194.11 20:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, it's been changed back. Oh well. --62.136.136.85 14:06, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Concerning the info about the "black smoke" that can be heard between 23:00 - 23:10 - I've watched that scene, and I can't hear anything. So I think that "fact" is questionable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.102.237.84 (talk) 04:44, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Star Trek
There is a Star Trek TNG of the same title "Cost of Living". Maybe there is any similarity. helohe (talk)  22:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

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"He's dead, Jim"
In reference to "The Cost of Living" episode. To paraphrase Star Trek's "Bones" McCoy droll facts of life and death in space. I suppose that the actor who played Mr. Eko unintentionally did a favor to the producers and writers by having the plot move in a different direction, sans the Eko character. As we've come to know the situation, the MIB was the Smoke Monster, and the contentious rival on the island with Jacob for control. Since it's been established that the monster can assume the form of dead corpses on the island, and uses them to manipulate the survivors there (ultimately to their demise,)and by lying and otherwise driving ppl insane to expedite its ends, then Mr. Eko's death was a stroke of luck for the 815 crew. Why would I say this? It's because Eko was A WILD CARD AND A MAD DOG!!! With his volatile and warped personality (as mass murderer-turned-guilt-ridden-and-pentanent -man-of-the-cloth) this was the made-for order proscription of a potentially perfect killing tool to exterminate the survivors, AND even perhaps the "Others", as Eko was uniquely capable of. We've seen how "Smokey" successfully drove and manipulated Rousseau, and later Claire e to do his bidding to kill as many of the inhabitants on the island as possible. With Eko, MIB had the "trifecta" puppet: Menacing strength and prowess, religious fervor, and needy for direction and purpose. The "815" people really didn't understand whom or what they had in their midst. Perhaps Ben Linus did! "Smokey" wanted to use Eko ASAP, so while the nefarious Nigerian was recuperating from his attack by the "Dharma Bears", "Smokey" arranged a terrifying image to Mr. Eko that the latter was well familiar with (that being the image of SHANGO'S FIREY JUSTICE. As the legend goes in the West African Orisha myths, Shango, the original Thunder God, was also the diety of swift and exacting justice; he would send the "dancing fire" to chase the guilty out of every abode of safety and rest until the evil one confessed. Bravo to the writers and the actor for inserting this into the plot). When confronted with "Smokey", using Eko's dead brother Demme to manipulate him, the Monster gets a big surprise and learns that Eko, in his own mind, doesn't think he's done anything wrong, as he thought he was protecting his brother. This curiously enrages the monster who quickly and gruesomely dispatches Eko. Perhaps "Smokey" surmised that Eko was too volatile even for "it" to manipulate, and therefore was of no use to him in any attempt to kill the island's inhabitants. Moral of this episode is that one should never trust a religious fanatic of any stripe. Just like those two hapless fools who recently DELIBERATELY sailed into Somali waters and let themselves be captured, and quickly killed by the corsairs. All in the name of "faith". (From a previous comment, dated in the spring of 2010A.D.) --167.206.233.254 (talk) 18:48, 6 October 2012 (UTC)--173.77.193.222 (talk) 16:18, 21 July 2013 (UTC)Veryverser — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.88.88.11 (talk)

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