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Originally Posted by ratbastid
There's an inconsistency, though--the ship's comm officer, whose name I forgot but who was unstuck in the same way--remembered his position and circumstances of the current time. That's necessary from a storytelling point of view; he has to be able to tell our losties enough about the radio room to motivate their action. But it's inconsistent with the symptoms Des was having.
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I don't know that it's inconsistent as opposed to just convenient storytelling. We don't have any idea how far in time the comm officer was jumping, or if the jumps always work with the "anchor" in the past as opposed to the current/future. There's nothing that we know about being unbound to give us a great deal of guidance here, so the officer could've been completely disoriented in his "other state" (which we never saw) like Desmond was on the boat. Either way, it doesn't bother me very much.
A fantastic episode. Desmond has been one of my favorites ever since he was introduced and they continue to do him justice whenever an episode focuses on him. Next week looks like it'll be a riot, too. This season just keeps delivering. I'm just sad they're going to have to cut it short.