In episode 62 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we bring this podcast to a close as we look at the LOST epilogue, "The New Man in Charge" and we discuss our trip to Oahu for the Lost 2014 fan event. In our discussion about "The New Man In Charge" we discuss the questions that were answered in the short episode, whether or not we cared about those questions, and what we gained by watching the episode. In our discussion about our trip to Oahu, we discuss each of the LOST 2014 events, share out...

In episode 61 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at the LOST series finale, "The End." Recorded on location in Hawaii and joined by our bookie, Emilee O'Leary (with occasional commentary from Barb), in episode 61 we talk about all of the highs and lows of the "The End." We talk about the epic showdown between Locke and Jack, Hurley's growth and role as the island's protector, Kate fulfilling her mission, the character arc of Jack, and those who escaped the island. We also...

In episode 60 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at LOST season 6 episode 15, “Across the Sea” and season 6 episode 16, “What They Died For.” In "Across the Sea" we get an entire episode dedicated to the origin and back story of Jacob and the Man in Black. We meet their real mother and their impostor mother, how Man in Black became the smoke monster, and we gain a better understanding of each brother's role with and on the island. In “What They Died For” we take the...

In episode 59 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at LOST season 6 episode 13, "The Last Recruit" and season 6 episode 14, "The Candidate." In "The Last Recruit" we see Jack and Claire together for the first time since they found out they have a familial connection, many of Locke's followers are killed by mortar fire from Widmore's group, and we FINALLY get the long overdue reunion between Jin and Sun. In the flash sideways we see connections between Sayid, Sawyer, Miles and...

In episode 58 we take a look at LOST season 6 episode 11, “Happily Ever After” and season 6 episode 12, “Everybody Loves Hugo.” For those of us who can't get enough Desmond and Penny (or Charlie), "Happily Ever After" gives us all the stuff we love. Desmond's life in the flash sideways is dramatically different from the life we've seen until Charlie takes control and helps wake Desmond up. Along the way Desmond encounters Charles Widmore, Eloise Hawking, and Daniel Faraday. On island,...

In episode 57 we take a look at LOST season 6 episode 9, "Ab Aeterno" and season 6 episode 10, "The Package." In "Ab Aeterno" we finally discover the mysterious back story of Richard Alpert. Through flashback we see how he got to be on the Black Rock, how he was manipulated by Man in Black and Jacob, and why he doesn't age. In "The Package" we learn more of Jin and Sun's flash sideways story the reveals how Jin wound up in the refrigerator at the restaurant. On the island, Sun loses her...

In episode 56 we journey back to episodes 7 and 8 of LOST season 6, "Dr. Linus" and "Recon." In the Ben Linus centric episode, "Dr. Linus," we see Ben in a new light. He's a high school history teacher and he's a mentor to a promising young student, Alex Rousseau. On the island, Ben deals with the remorse of his actions and inactions that have led to the deaths of many people including Alex and Jacob. In "Recon," Sawyer is sent on a recon mission to Hydra island by the man in black. He...

In episode 55 we take a look back at two action-filled and mythology-filled episodes from season 6 of LOST, "Lighthouse" and "Sundown." In our conversation about "Lighthouse" we discuss our first impressions when it is revealed that Jack has a son named David and his flash sideways story mirrors his on-island comments to Hurley about being a bad father. We discuss Jacob's messages to Hurley and how this episode will be a turning point for Jack. We also talk about the new information we...

In episode 54 we dig deeper into the final season of LOST by taking a look back at season 6 episode 3 & 4, "What Kate Does" and "The Substitute." As we discuss "What Kate Does" we point out some of the ways that the writers and producers tied in characters from the previous stories into the flash sideways world. We also discuss similarities in how Kate found herself once again with Claire as Claire goes into labor. We share our favorite moments from the flash sideways stories as well...

In episode 53 we enter into the home stretch of our LOST rewatch podcast and begin LOST season 6 with the two-part season premiere, "LA X" Part 1 and "LA X" Part 2. In our discuss of "LA X" we share some of the memories we had when we watched the episode for the first time and tried to figure out what was going on in the flash sideways stories. We discuss many of the plain and subtle differences in our characters in the flash sideways vs. the original story, and talk about how the story...

In episode 52 we come to the end of LOST season 5 with our look back at "The Incident" part 1 and part 2. We see Jacob visit Kate, Sawyer, Sayid, Ilana, Jack, and Hurley off the island, and we also learn more about Juliet via flashback. We also see Jacob on screen for the first time and are introduced to the mysterious "man in black." We discuss all of the flashbacks as well as the various twists and turns taken as Jack continues his drive to detonate the hydrogen bomb and reset the...

In episode 51 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at LOST season 5 episode 15, "Follow the Leader." In "Follow the Leader" we see Jack pursue what he believes to be his destiny to locate the hydrogen bomb and use it to blow up the Swan Station construction site. However, we also see the breaking point in his relationship with Kate and she leaves him. Meanwhile, Sawyer and Juliet are beaten and then put on the submarine and Miles, Hurley, and Jin prepare to head back to the...

In episode 50 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at LOST season 5 episodes 13 & 14, “Some Like it Hoth” and “The Variable.” In “Some Like it Hoth" we discuss the comedic moments between Hurley, Miles, and Pierre Chang.  We also talk about the back story that was revealed about Miles and the answers the flashbacks provided.  We also talk about our opinions of the Ewoks, and the moment when Hurley saw the numbers stamped into the Swan Station hatch. In "The Variable" we...

In episode 49 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at LOST season 5 episodes 11 & 12, “Whatever Happened, Happened" and "Dead is Dead.” In our look back at "Whatever Happened, Happened" we discuss the answers we were given about why Kate returned to the island and what she did after she left the marina. We discuss the character arc that Kate has been through since she first landed on the island on Oceanic 815, and how Kate, Jack, and Sawyer have all shown significant growth....

In episode 48 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at LOST season 5 episodes 9 & 10, "Namaste" and "He's Our You." In "Namaste" we see Sawyer, Juliet, and Jin work to help Jack, Hurley, and Kate blend in to the DHARMA Initiative, while trying to keep Sayid safe. Sayid, however, does not have any interest in joining up with the DHARMA Initiative. Radzinski thinks that Sayid has seen too much, and pushes to have him killed. Meanwhile, in 2007 Sun and Lapidus meet up with...

In episode 47 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at LOST season 5 episodes 7, "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham," and episode 8, "LaFleur." As Locke leaves the island he is taken to a Tunisian hospital and met by Charles Widmore. Widmore gives Locke the resources he needs to round up the Oceanic 6 and return them all to the island, but Locke fails. Ben Linus saves Locke from a moment of despair, but finishes Locke off once Locke gives him the info he needs. We talk...

In episode 46 of We Have To Go Back we take a look back at LOST season 5 episode 5, "This Place is Death" and season 5 episode 6, "316."  In our discussion about "This Place is Death" we talk about the time jumps that bring Jin back with Sawyer and Juliet, the death of Charlotte and the history she revealed that she had with the island, and Locke's conversation with Christian Shepard.  We also talk about the info we gathered about the Lamp Post station, and Ben's continuous deception and...

In episode 45 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at season 5 episodes 3 and 4 entitled, "Jughead" and "The Little Prince." In "Jughead" the island continues to skip through time, landing in 1954. Daniel tells the Others how to dispose of a hydrogen bomb left on the island by the US Army. Off the island, Desmond approaches Charles Widmore to get the location of Daniel's mother. In "The Little Prince" the Oceanic 6 continue to fall into Ben's plan to get them back to the...

In episode 44 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we start our rewatch of LOST season 5 with, "Because You Left" and "The Lie."  In Because You Left" we talk about the events happening on island after the Oceanic Six left.  We discuss the incorporation of time travel into the show and how people felt about it, we also talk about the opening scene with Pierre Chang, Daniel's knowledge of what is going on, the involvement of Penny and Desmond, and the efforts of Ben to reunite the Oceanic Six and...

In episode 43 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at the LOST season 4 finale, "There's No Place Like Home.” We talk about the great way that they kept us guessing all season as to who the Oceanic 6 were and how they would finally get to the same place to be the only 6 to make it back home. We also talk about the death of Keamy and the ramifications of his death and the freighter explosion. We also talk about our favorite flash forwards as Sun buys controlling stock in her...

In episode 42 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at lost season 4 episode 11, “Cabin Fever.” We take a look back at the flashbacks of Locke's birth, childhood visit from Richard Alpert, his teen years, and the visit of Matthew Abaddon that sent him on the road to taking a walkabout. We also talk about the Locke's visit to the cabin and his visit with Christian Shepard, Keamey's initiation of the secondary protocol, and remembering some of the details of season 4 that will...

In episode 41 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at lost season 4 episode 9, "The Shape of Things to Come" and episode 10, "Something Nice Back Home." In "The Shape of Things to Come" we see a flashforward of Ben Linus off the island in Tunisia, in Iraq helping Sayid take vengeance on the man responsible for Nadia's death, and then sneaking in to Charles Widmore's apartment to threaten the life of Penny. On the island, the mercenaries attach the DHARMA cabins where Ben...

In episode 40 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we continue season 4 of our LOST rewatch with episode 4×07, “Ji Yeon” and episode 4×08, “Meet Kevin Johnson.” In “Ji Yeon” we get thrown for a loop as we see a flashforward of the birth of Sun and Jin's baby, Ji Yeon, and Jin trying to get to the hospital for the birth of a baby...that turns out to be a flashback. In present time, Sayid and Desmond learn from the freighter captain that Charles Widmore owns the freighter and that Widmore staged...

In episode 39 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we continue season 4 of our LOST rewatch with episode 4×05, “The Constant” and episode 4×06, “The Other Woman.” In “The Constant” we see Desmond experience side effects of traveling from the island as his consciousness travels back and forth between 2004 and 1996. During the flashes he must try to find something that exists in both places and he tries to communicate with Penny. In “The Other Woman” we learn more about Juliet's experience...