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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.
By the way, I'll bet another shiny nickel that this was originally written to be aired around Christmas time. This was LOST's version of a Christmas episode, that got schedule-FUBARed by the writer's strike.
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I'm not sure we can assume that the "side effects" will affect everyone in the same way. Perhaps that's why Minkowski (the ship's comm officer -- and I guess that's why he wasn't answering the phone...) could remember his position and circumstances of the current time, and Desmond can't. And Desmond's in a good position if he no longer remembers crashing on the island, accidentally killing Kelvin, pushing the button, being in the hatch for 3+ years, etc... for all he knows, it's 1996 again and he's waiting to be reunited with Penny.
I don't think that this was written to be aired around Xmas time... before the strike happened, I was always under the impression that LOST was going to be aired on a Jan/Feb-May timeframe for the final 3 years.