So I’m thinking it’s not a coincidence that there are characters on Lost named John Locke and Jeremy Bentham.
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hee. Nope, don’t think so. Or the name of Henry Gale at one point.
Yes, but is it Henry Gale the astrophysicist, or Henry Gale the Oz character?
I think the Oz character is more apt.
Don’t forget Rousseau.
Yeah, but she wasn’t *Jean-Jacques*
Jeanne-Jacqueline?
Oh, yeah, totally not a coincidence. It’s one of the things I’m most curious about as the season begins.
Definitely Oz, no question.
This is show is just always weird, in an intriguing way.
I noticed a lot of the names this past season.
Maybe I haven’t watched far enough to see a Bentham, but yeah, I was thinking John Locke had to be a philosophical reference.
That’s neat. And your icon is adorable.
I would have assumed so if my best friend in elementary school, Anne Locke, hadn’t had a younger brother named John. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Well, the name Desmond “Hume” stuck out for me like a sore thumb, but again, I assumed it was just me, since Hume is a good Scottish name, and the character was Scottish.