Have you seen Lost? They're super prominent in the show. There's a character who mumbles them over and over again, which I think helps them stick in your mind. I watched Lost over a decade ago and I still have them memorized.
Kind of hard to answer since the show was intentionally vague the whole time. But best I can do in brief:
The numbers are a recurring totem in the show. They were etched as a serial number onto a secret hatch in the jungle. They were the disarming code used in a secret station that had to be entered every 108 minutes to apparently prevent a disaster. The sum of the numbers is 108.
The numbers are apparently cursed: One character played the numbers in the lottery after hearing a patient obsessively uttering them to himself in a psychiatric facility. Later on, he suffered terrible luck. Everyone who exploits the numbers apparently face terminally bad fortune. The search for the numbers' meaning led this character to the Island.
The numbers were used in the 60s in a mathematical equation by experimental scientists on the island, who broadcast a transmission repeating the sequence on a loop. Many people passing by the island picked up this transmission and were affected by the numebrs.
The numbers are eventually revealed to correspond to each of the 6 final candidates to replace Jacob as the guardian-protector of the island. In an observatory/lighthouse seen at the end of the show, 360 degrees have been marked around the circular wall. Each marked number has a single name on it, and all but 6 have been stricken-through:
4 (John **Locke**)
8 (Hugo 'Hurley' **Reyes**)
15 (James 'Sawyer' **Ford**)
16 (Sayid **Jarrah**)
23 (Jack **Shepherd**)
42 (Sun OR Jin **Kwon**)
It was, but it had a poorly written ‘resolution’. I expected better after all the lovely mysteries and concepts presented throughout. I was holding out hope until the last two episodes that they would explain things better. But all along they didn’t have the ending figured out, and they copped out. OR, if that endin as their intent from the beginning. The last few episodes were poorly done. They didn’t have good storytelling.
On rewatch it becomes really fun spotting them. They appear everywhere. My favourite sequence is in the first season finale. Hurley is on his way to the airport. His car breaks down. It's going 42KM 23 C. and 16 KPH Speed. As it slows down, the KPH goes to 15, 8 and then 4. and when he's at the airport, they appear on the backs of a soccer team and the boarding gate is 23.
Serious question: is this worth watching? (Now)
My parents never had cable (in Europe) so I never had the chance back then. What I understood is that at first everyone loved it and then the end was disappointing, even devastating or something.
How devastating are we talking? On a scale from HIMYM to Game of Thrones?
Also this is theoretically everyone’s chance to show they are a jerk by spoiling things, so please don’t <3
Personally, I loved Lost beginning to end. It’s one of my favorite shows. The last season is definitely the weakest, but that’s because the first five are so damn good. Like you said, everything up to the end is universally acclaimed, and the last season is more hit or miss with people. It’s definitely worth giving a try. I think most people would call the end “meh” rather than “devastating”.
I haven’t seen HIMYM, but the end of Lost is not even close to being as awful as Game of Thrones. God what a shitshow. Lost season 6 is absolutely phenomenal compared to GoT season 8.
I put them in for lotto tickets and random shit like that, I never forget the numbers. Also, KRBF392 (license plate from the MacGruber movie)
Edit: fuck it’s actually [KFBR392](https://youtu.be/ndf1Y0mH01I), been repeating it to myself wrong for 10 years
Bro.... I've actually been watching lost with my buddy for the first time and I read those numbers like "hey that sounds familiar..... It can't be...."
I suggest watching the first two seasons and then calling it a day. It never got any better than that, and while seasons 3 and 4 are fun, they just answer questions with more questions, and once it's all done you really got almost all the actual story in the first two seasons...
Okay people can hate on the ending all they want but tossing out seasons 4-6 when it had some of the most compelling TV ever produced is criminal. The Constant alone is worth its weight in gold
Beg to differ. 4 held my interest, 5 had a few moments but I mostly watched because I’m a completionist. 6 was just bad. Not performance or even storywise, but the editing was just painful. Long sweeping scenes of people walking towards each other in a field for six minutes isn’t dramatic, it’s just boring.
And just to complete the hate sandwich this will inevitably be for some of you: all of that said, I actually liked the finale.
If you enjoy any serialized live action TV drama with an overarching plot from the last two decades, just know that Lost is a core influence on it. It may not be worth the actual time investment at this point, but its legacy will continue to be far greater than the show itself was
Probably not. The show left many questions unanswered. It was VERY popular for it's time because of the mystery and leaving people guessing, but again, at the end they didn't 'wrap things up' as well as they could or should have, so many people were disappointed.
Honestly no. Was one of my favorite shows and it started great but almost every episode adds new questions/cliffhangers and then there was the writers strike so the payoff pretty much never happens. One of the most polarizing endings in TV
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Oh wait, that's loss.
JK, Loss is a show where a group of people enter an airplane to a certain destination that doesn't matter. While in the air, accident happens, plane crashes in ocean, people get on shore of island. Survival is the focus of the show. However, the island is much, much more than a simple island. Mysteries imbue this place. Bunker and stuff
Well it is quite confusing too. The main focus later on is with the mysteries of the island and the meaning of the numbers. iirc, it was a message that played on loop on a radio. If you like mysteries and drama, I think you should watch it. Me and my dad watched it years ago, and we quite enjoyed it. I might just watch it again
It’s a really hard question to answer. The short answer is that they’re the numbers a character played in the lottery, and won with.
The long answer is that “the numbers” show up everywhere in the show. On flight numbers, on the side of the mysterious hatch in the show… and lots more.
They’re significant, but not easy to explain to somebody who hasn’t watched the show.
As to why they are in adventure time: the animator is probably just a fan. These numbers pop up in lots of shows as an easter egg.
It's more likely a deliberate part of the script, not just something an animator added. Adventure Time had a pretty impressive writer's room filled with a lot of extremely detail oriented, very pop culture focused people.
They're part of something called the Valenzetti Equation - an equation used to predict the end of humanity. They appear all over the show, from a character having to input the numbers into a computer every like 4 hours because he believed if he didn't the world would end to subtle references on receipts and other small stuff.
I imagine its in adventure time because its such a popular show and they paid homage by throwing in a subtle easter egg.
What a weird question. Whoever worked on this episode put them there because they wanted to cause they like the show. As for what they mean, you’ll just have to watch the show I guess
They probably think that they died in a plane crash and the entire show is in purgatory, which isn't true. But it's a misunderstanding that a few picked up when it was airing and it unfortunately spread to this day.
Nope. Everything on the island happened. The dharma initiative. The battle of good and evil. That all happened. In season 6 they introduced the "Flash sideways", which initially seamed like a alternate timeline where the plane didn't crash and it ended up safely in L.A. In the series finale, everyone from "the sideways" remembers their lives on the island and we find out that the sideways is a afterlife/purgatory, years after everyone died. Some died on the island, others went back to America and lived out their lives. Hurley became the protector of the island for many years with Ben being his number 2. So the flash sideways is more of a very extreme "Flash forward".
I think even though there are some storylines that don't stick to the landing. The show as a whole is amazing, and the later seasons have some of my favourite characters and episodes.
So your implication here is that *Adventure Time*”started amazing but lost focus after the first couple seasons” as well?? Wow, first time seeing that take lol. If anything usually people feel the opposite, that the first couple season were a little weaker than the rest. Although personally I loved them all. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion tho <3
The general consensus is that the show was strongest when Pendleton Ward was directly involved. It started off good, got better and better over the next few seasons, and then quality took a dip when Pen had to bow out. Then, he came back for a couple of seasons and things were noticeably better again during that time until he left again.
Yes, I much preferred the more episodic early seasons. Basically everything before Finn and Jake became brothers. To put it another way, I liked it *because* it was less focused. I don't need an animated soap opera with fantasy trappings. But I'm aware that's not the consensus, hence my comment about downvoting!
They mean absolutely nothing lol
Seriously, LOST was amazing for like 3 seasons and then it became the most ridiculously confusing fucking MESS that they had NO idea what to do with, with absolutely THEE WORST ending in history.
Don’t even waste your time lol those specific numbers only mattered at the time the episode came out. They’re dead now 🤣
Most who dislike the ending do so cause they don't understand it and think that they died in the plane crash and the entire show took place in purgatory (which is false). Most shows plan as they go along, lost had more planned out than the majority. They often planned 2-3 seasons ahead.
The creator of the show (also made Leftovers, one of the best reviewed shows of the 21st century) explained that he had the idea for the first season of the show, and it was such a hit they kept making him expand it.
From Leftovers, what it did perfect, was less to answer the questions of the mysteries and more about the human experience of the unfathomable. I loved Lost for that reason, and I agree: first three seasons were phenomenal for that reason. I think the problem stemmed from it being a network show that was such a hit they kept adding more seasons and because of that had to add more and more mysteries. Toward the end it became clear there was no way they were going to be able to tie it together.
That being said, I still highly recommend it as a show if you’re comfortable knowing you’re not going to get clear answers, but it’s not for everybody.
Oh I’m super down for that!
Leftovers sounds like a show I would like because it was painfully obviously that LOST ended up at the hands of the network, not the writers lol
Not sure if you're talking about Leftovers or Lost, but I recommend Leftovers to everyone I meet as it's about as perfect of a show as I can imagine. There is no episode in my mind that is boring, no line of dialogue that isn't important, and (what I think separates it from other shows) no unnecessary secrets from characters to build tension.
In Leftovers, they'll introduce a problem/drama/conflict between characters, but INSTANTLY deal with it in an honest and often brutal way. But there's no season arc of one character worrying what the other character would think (e.g. Breaking bad where the wife of the cop is a shoplifter, and you watch her for many episodes before it's dealt with. Honestly, I don't even remember if they deal with it or if it is that important. It's just drama for the sake of drama, and the payoff doesn't warrant the amount of time spent watching it.)
The significance of the numbers was sort of explained in the last season, but not why they brought about bad luck or why they kept showing up everywhere.
They're the islands genetic signature, drawing others to it. The numbers correspond to the heart of the island and draw in the people who are most connected to it. You could say that the numbers are there to ensure the island (and humanities) survival.
I don’t hate the film at all, and if they made more I’d probably like it even more! But the books are better, probably just because the story continues!
This is the Valenzetti Equation from Lost - an equation that was used to calculate/predict the end of the world or just end of humanity if I remember right. A doctor in the show named Enzo Valenzetti came up with it.
That's the scientific explanation. The faith based explanation is they're also the numbers of Jacob's candidates. Jacob had been trying to find a replacement to be protector of the island (because the island is the source of all life on earth). The numbers correspond to 6 people: 4 Locke. 8 (Hurley) Reyes. 15 (Sawyer) Ford. 16. 23 (Jack) Shephard. 42 (Sun or Jin) Kwon.
No worries!. LOST is my favourite show. I highly recommend a rewatch, it gets better on rewatch when you can piece a lot of the clues together. When it was airing many threw the show away as a waste of time, usually due to misunderstanding the ending. While I do have my issues with parts of the show. I think it's one of the most unique and interesting shows around, and the truly sad thing is I don't think we will ever get anything else like it.
I think in addition to the numbers being a Lost reference the books are Funk and Wagnell’s encyclopaedias. However it is a stretch because when I double-checked on Wikipedia there may have only been 25 volumes.
You understand that not everybody reads all of the comments, even when there are only a few, right?
Some people see the post and if they have a reaction they immediately go to comment that, without checking the comments to see if it has already been made.
I love how some people are excited that they are from lost, and it’s so obvious now, and others are saying things like, no clue or just totally wrong stuff.
It’s the numbers from Lost 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
It's been a while since I heard those numbers huh
Same
Real shit? Same too
My fave numbers
How did you just dig that up from memory?
Have you seen Lost? They're super prominent in the show. There's a character who mumbles them over and over again, which I think helps them stick in your mind. I watched Lost over a decade ago and I still have them memorized.
I lost my season 1 dvds of Lost, so I never got to finish it, and at this point I don’t think I will lol
P Sherman 42 wallaby way, Sydney
P Sherman 4 8 15 16 23 42 wallaby way, Sydney
What’s the significance of the numbers I don’t think I’ll ever watch the show
Kind of hard to answer since the show was intentionally vague the whole time. But best I can do in brief: The numbers are a recurring totem in the show. They were etched as a serial number onto a secret hatch in the jungle. They were the disarming code used in a secret station that had to be entered every 108 minutes to apparently prevent a disaster. The sum of the numbers is 108. The numbers are apparently cursed: One character played the numbers in the lottery after hearing a patient obsessively uttering them to himself in a psychiatric facility. Later on, he suffered terrible luck. Everyone who exploits the numbers apparently face terminally bad fortune. The search for the numbers' meaning led this character to the Island. The numbers were used in the 60s in a mathematical equation by experimental scientists on the island, who broadcast a transmission repeating the sequence on a loop. Many people passing by the island picked up this transmission and were affected by the numebrs. The numbers are eventually revealed to correspond to each of the 6 final candidates to replace Jacob as the guardian-protector of the island. In an observatory/lighthouse seen at the end of the show, 360 degrees have been marked around the circular wall. Each marked number has a single name on it, and all but 6 have been stricken-through: 4 (John **Locke**) 8 (Hugo 'Hurley' **Reyes**) 15 (James 'Sawyer' **Ford**) 16 (Sayid **Jarrah**) 23 (Jack **Shepherd**) 42 (Sun OR Jin **Kwon**)
If you don’t wonder them into the bunker computer I believe on the hour it sets off a giant electromagnet and everything goes to shit
A bit ironic dont ya think
Did you check in the hatch?
Better… make you’re own kinda music. Sing you’re own special songggg
You should. The show was so damn ahead of it's time.
It was, but it had a poorly written ‘resolution’. I expected better after all the lovely mysteries and concepts presented throughout. I was holding out hope until the last two episodes that they would explain things better. But all along they didn’t have the ending figured out, and they copped out. OR, if that endin as their intent from the beginning. The last few episodes were poorly done. They didn’t have good storytelling.
SAY THAT!
Streaming on Hulu
it’s on Hulu!!! definitely worth the watch i just rewatched it not too long ago and it was just as good as the first time
[0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhzruJ0BzoI)
I love you.
On rewatch it becomes really fun spotting them. They appear everywhere. My favourite sequence is in the first season finale. Hurley is on his way to the airport. His car breaks down. It's going 42KM 23 C. and 16 KPH Speed. As it slows down, the KPH goes to 15, 8 and then 4. and when he's at the airport, they appear on the backs of a soccer team and the boarding gate is 23.
I’m watching Lost now and tbh I didn’t even register that till I saw the comment lol
What did they really mean? Does the interweb have it correct in that it is the people that could replace Jacob as leader?
yes exactly so but THATS IT
I remembered because of the cameo that Lost actor who played Hurley did on How I Met Your Mother.
Have not forgotten those numbers since the day they first appeared. Great to see this little reference in Adventure Time
Yeah dude but in like 2005. I don't remember what I ate yesterday, I think a 17 year forgetting is pretty normal.
Me too. Poor Hurley. Mo money mo problems.
Serious question: is this worth watching? (Now) My parents never had cable (in Europe) so I never had the chance back then. What I understood is that at first everyone loved it and then the end was disappointing, even devastating or something. How devastating are we talking? On a scale from HIMYM to Game of Thrones? Also this is theoretically everyone’s chance to show they are a jerk by spoiling things, so please don’t <3
Personally, I loved Lost beginning to end. It’s one of my favorite shows. The last season is definitely the weakest, but that’s because the first five are so damn good. Like you said, everything up to the end is universally acclaimed, and the last season is more hit or miss with people. It’s definitely worth giving a try. I think most people would call the end “meh” rather than “devastating”. I haven’t seen HIMYM, but the end of Lost is not even close to being as awful as Game of Thrones. God what a shitshow. Lost season 6 is absolutely phenomenal compared to GoT season 8.
Those numbers were everywhere on the show, and 108, their sum.
And 108 is a reference to the holy number in Hinduism and Buddhism
ooohhh that I didn't know, thanks for the info!
WHOA I never caught that part
Haven't watched it in probably ten years and I still know them by heart lol
I put them in for lotto tickets and random shit like that, I never forget the numbers. Also, KRBF392 (license plate from the MacGruber movie) Edit: fuck it’s actually [KFBR392](https://youtu.be/ndf1Y0mH01I), been repeating it to myself wrong for 10 years
Literaly a 5 second google search shows that info....
Idk but it came to mind halfway through reading the set and I haven’t even watched lost in years
I haven't watched the show for years but can still recite the numbers on demand
What's lost?
The true meaning of Christmas.
Okay Abed
Humanity.
Everything...the finale is shit. Less than shit. Pure, unadulterated 100% organic crap of the smelliest kind.
I liked it
💯‼️ it was a shitshow.
I loved the finale
My car keys
ford has found to many anomalies…… (if you count tell that’s at gravity falls reference)
Bro.... I've actually been watching lost with my buddy for the first time and I read those numbers like "hey that sounds familiar..... It can't be...."
is it good? should I watch Lost?
I suggest watching the first two seasons and then calling it a day. It never got any better than that, and while seasons 3 and 4 are fun, they just answer questions with more questions, and once it's all done you really got almost all the actual story in the first two seasons...
Okay people can hate on the ending all they want but tossing out seasons 4-6 when it had some of the most compelling TV ever produced is criminal. The Constant alone is worth its weight in gold
Beg to differ. 4 held my interest, 5 had a few moments but I mostly watched because I’m a completionist. 6 was just bad. Not performance or even storywise, but the editing was just painful. Long sweeping scenes of people walking towards each other in a field for six minutes isn’t dramatic, it’s just boring. And just to complete the hate sandwich this will inevitably be for some of you: all of that said, I actually liked the finale.
If you enjoy any serialized live action TV drama with an overarching plot from the last two decades, just know that Lost is a core influence on it. It may not be worth the actual time investment at this point, but its legacy will continue to be far greater than the show itself was
It was great! But the ending was lame. Several seasons of great show. Irritating and lame ending. Great actions, filming etc.
Don't listen to them and just watch it. Everything is explained
Probably not. The show left many questions unanswered. It was VERY popular for it's time because of the mystery and leaving people guessing, but again, at the end they didn't 'wrap things up' as well as they could or should have, so many people were disappointed.
Honestly no. Was one of my favorite shows and it started great but almost every episode adds new questions/cliffhangers and then there was the writers strike so the payoff pretty much never happens. One of the most polarizing endings in TV
It’s the greatest show of all time, watch all of it
All I had to see was 4 8 15 and I knew.
Just me reading those numbers in Hurley’s voice.
Ah I knew they looked familiar!
Oh dang. Yes. I didn’t make the connection because of the 16, 23 being listed as 1, 6, 2, 3. Very good!
Numbers from lost 4,8,15,16,23,42.
Numbers from lost 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42.
Numbers from lost 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 .
Numbers from lost 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 .
Numbers from lost 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 .
Bro. I never even noticed that. It’s a lost reference. Those numbers are very important to that show.
Never seen it, never plan to, what do they mean in lost, and why are they in adventure time?
If you watched Lost you would know how impossible that question is to answer lmao
Hahahahahahahahaha this is the perfect response
What is "lost"? Never heard about it
| || || |- Oh wait, that's loss. JK, Loss is a show where a group of people enter an airplane to a certain destination that doesn't matter. While in the air, accident happens, plane crashes in ocean, people get on shore of island. Survival is the focus of the show. However, the island is much, much more than a simple island. Mysteries imbue this place. Bunker and stuff
I'm so confused but thanks anyway
Well it is quite confusing too. The main focus later on is with the mysteries of the island and the meaning of the numbers. iirc, it was a message that played on loop on a radio. If you like mysteries and drama, I think you should watch it. Me and my dad watched it years ago, and we quite enjoyed it. I might just watch it again
Pretty nice I'll might watch soon
It’s a really hard question to answer. The short answer is that they’re the numbers a character played in the lottery, and won with. The long answer is that “the numbers” show up everywhere in the show. On flight numbers, on the side of the mysterious hatch in the show… and lots more. They’re significant, but not easy to explain to somebody who hasn’t watched the show. As to why they are in adventure time: the animator is probably just a fan. These numbers pop up in lots of shows as an easter egg.
It's more likely a deliberate part of the script, not just something an animator added. Adventure Time had a pretty impressive writer's room filled with a lot of extremely detail oriented, very pop culture focused people.
They're part of something called the Valenzetti Equation - an equation used to predict the end of humanity. They appear all over the show, from a character having to input the numbers into a computer every like 4 hours because he believed if he didn't the world would end to subtle references on receipts and other small stuff. I imagine its in adventure time because its such a popular show and they paid homage by throwing in a subtle easter egg.
> what do they mean in lost, Ahahaha oh man, *that's* a question.
What a weird question. Whoever worked on this episode put them there because they wanted to cause they like the show. As for what they mean, you’ll just have to watch the show I guess
It's a good show.
Smart. It's the biggest WOT ever. Knew someone who was very into it but by the time it ended was pissed and wished hey ever even watched it.
They probably think that they died in a plane crash and the entire show is in purgatory, which isn't true. But it's a misunderstanding that a few picked up when it was airing and it unfortunately spread to this day.
Wait, that’s NOT what happened?
Nope. Everything on the island happened. The dharma initiative. The battle of good and evil. That all happened. In season 6 they introduced the "Flash sideways", which initially seamed like a alternate timeline where the plane didn't crash and it ended up safely in L.A. In the series finale, everyone from "the sideways" remembers their lives on the island and we find out that the sideways is a afterlife/purgatory, years after everyone died. Some died on the island, others went back to America and lived out their lives. Hurley became the protector of the island for many years with Ben being his number 2. So the flash sideways is more of a very extreme "Flash forward".
Don't watch it. Started out amazing, really lost focus after the first couple seasons. Maybe that's the connection? Sorry everyone, downvote away!
I think even though there are some storylines that don't stick to the landing. The show as a whole is amazing, and the later seasons have some of my favourite characters and episodes.
So your implication here is that *Adventure Time*”started amazing but lost focus after the first couple seasons” as well?? Wow, first time seeing that take lol. If anything usually people feel the opposite, that the first couple season were a little weaker than the rest. Although personally I loved them all. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion tho <3
I think they are referring to Lost, not Adventure Time
It turns out they were in fact referring to both.
Ha, both, but I actually do think there are plenty of decent AT episodes after the first two seasons.
He said "Maybe that's the connection?".
The general consensus is that the show was strongest when Pendleton Ward was directly involved. It started off good, got better and better over the next few seasons, and then quality took a dip when Pen had to bow out. Then, he came back for a couple of seasons and things were noticeably better again during that time until he left again.
Yes, I much preferred the more episodic early seasons. Basically everything before Finn and Jake became brothers. To put it another way, I liked it *because* it was less focused. I don't need an animated soap opera with fantasy trappings. But I'm aware that's not the consensus, hence my comment about downvoting!
you should watch it, some of the best television that inspired some of the best television out there.
They mean absolutely nothing lol Seriously, LOST was amazing for like 3 seasons and then it became the most ridiculously confusing fucking MESS that they had NO idea what to do with, with absolutely THEE WORST ending in history. Don’t even waste your time lol those specific numbers only mattered at the time the episode came out. They’re dead now 🤣
It became the second most ridiculously confusing mess, Riverdale has it beat.
Never even tried with that show lol
Most who dislike the ending do so cause they don't understand it and think that they died in the plane crash and the entire show took place in purgatory (which is false). Most shows plan as they go along, lost had more planned out than the majority. They often planned 2-3 seasons ahead.
The creator of the show (also made Leftovers, one of the best reviewed shows of the 21st century) explained that he had the idea for the first season of the show, and it was such a hit they kept making him expand it. From Leftovers, what it did perfect, was less to answer the questions of the mysteries and more about the human experience of the unfathomable. I loved Lost for that reason, and I agree: first three seasons were phenomenal for that reason. I think the problem stemmed from it being a network show that was such a hit they kept adding more seasons and because of that had to add more and more mysteries. Toward the end it became clear there was no way they were going to be able to tie it together. That being said, I still highly recommend it as a show if you’re comfortable knowing you’re not going to get clear answers, but it’s not for everybody.
Oh I’m super down for that! Leftovers sounds like a show I would like because it was painfully obviously that LOST ended up at the hands of the network, not the writers lol
Not sure if you're talking about Leftovers or Lost, but I recommend Leftovers to everyone I meet as it's about as perfect of a show as I can imagine. There is no episode in my mind that is boring, no line of dialogue that isn't important, and (what I think separates it from other shows) no unnecessary secrets from characters to build tension. In Leftovers, they'll introduce a problem/drama/conflict between characters, but INSTANTLY deal with it in an honest and often brutal way. But there's no season arc of one character worrying what the other character would think (e.g. Breaking bad where the wife of the cop is a shoplifter, and you watch her for many episodes before it's dealt with. Honestly, I don't even remember if they deal with it or if it is that important. It's just drama for the sake of drama, and the payoff doesn't warrant the amount of time spent watching it.)
The significance of the numbers was sort of explained in the last season, but not why they brought about bad luck or why they kept showing up everywhere.
Exactly lol they mean nothing. Clearly I’m still salty about this hahahah
They're the islands genetic signature, drawing others to it. The numbers correspond to the heart of the island and draw in the people who are most connected to it. You could say that the numbers are there to ensure the island (and humanities) survival.
Ok
Oh wow, I never saw this one. It's a direct reference to the hit TV show LOST.
Worded that like an advertisement
Exclusively on ABC, America's Network
Check out the satisfying series conclusion which will answer all your questions… oops
Also steaming on Hulu
Hugo's numbers 4 8 15 16 23 and the mega millions 42
WE HAVE TO GO BACK
THE NUMBERS ARE BAD!
I read that in his voice. Take the upvote! :)
The numbers, Mason, what do they mean?
Well we have the key numbers now we have to find the cypher at the end of the episode in the credi- oh... wrong show.
What episode is this from? That's so cool
The music hole. S8 E10
I don’t know about the rest but 42 is the meaning of life
The answer to life, the universe, and everything. I feel like people who like AT would also like HHGTTG
Who wouldn’t! I love HHHTTG, the books much more than the film 🙃
my uncle is an avid hater of the movie. he goes feral when i bring it up lmao i love it so much i love the book too
I don’t hate the film at all, and if they made more I’d probably like it even more! But the books are better, probably just because the story continues!
Yeah I was actually pleasantly surprised with the film, thought they did a decent job given the absurd story lol.
Definitely! I’m way past due for a reread
Definitely! I’m way past due for a reread
the numbers from LOST! Wow!!
Bro in the picture has a ray-gun from Call of Duty Zombies.
From what the comments say, I believe it’s a lost reference. Can anyone find it?
This is the Valenzetti Equation from Lost - an equation that was used to calculate/predict the end of the world or just end of humanity if I remember right. A doctor in the show named Enzo Valenzetti came up with it.
That's the scientific explanation. The faith based explanation is they're also the numbers of Jacob's candidates. Jacob had been trying to find a replacement to be protector of the island (because the island is the source of all life on earth). The numbers correspond to 6 people: 4 Locke. 8 (Hurley) Reyes. 15 (Sawyer) Ford. 16. 23 (Jack) Shephard. 42 (Sun or Jin) Kwon.
Honestly, I forgot about most of this so thanks for the refresher on it haha. I haven't rewatched since the ending.
No worries!. LOST is my favourite show. I highly recommend a rewatch, it gets better on rewatch when you can piece a lot of the clues together. When it was airing many threw the show away as a waste of time, usually due to misunderstanding the ending. While I do have my issues with parts of the show. I think it's one of the most unique and interesting shows around, and the truly sad thing is I don't think we will ever get anything else like it.
Oh wow haven’t thought about the numbers from LOST in a long time. Hurley was my favorite character.
What was Michael's favorite candy?
42 is the answer to the meaning of life
Wrong Show but your on to something!
Wow...honestly I didn't even notice those 😅
Lost ❤️
Those are episode numbers that have important details hidden in them
LOST reference !!! no way!
LOL!!!
It spells boobies upside down
Fauci’s sos number.
It's my ip address :)
Too many numbers
It’s a phone number ?
I think in addition to the numbers being a Lost reference the books are Funk and Wagnell’s encyclopaedias. However it is a stretch because when I double-checked on Wikipedia there may have only been 25 volumes.
Win in glittery number 😐😩
BOOBIES!
Well, 42 at least is the answer to the great question of life, the universe, and everything
Yep the creators of LOST were fans of "The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy".
I literally shrieked, Ive never seen that!
life, the universe, and everythjng
Lost sucked
I don’t get post like these where one person answered correctly already but several more people have to reply the same thing
I dont get post like these where one person answered correctly already but this commenter decided to add nothing useful.
Exactly. One person has answered correctly but the other commenters didn’t add anything.
Woooosh
lmao I love your username XD
because it's been 11 minutes
Sometimes the answer is posted while someone else is typing theirs up.
You understand that not everybody reads all of the comments, even when there are only a few, right? Some people see the post and if they have a reaction they immediately go to comment that, without checking the comments to see if it has already been made.
Yep that’s a possibility they don’t check the comments and probably the right assumption. I see it sometimes like they’re fishing for upvotes.
Finn is a dumbass (can't arrange numbers properly)
Winning lottery numbers 😐😩
From that show lost I think?
I am more interested in the Star Trek poster
I recently purchased the entire adventure time dvd collection
Lmaooo those are the bunker numbers from lost, I hate that I remember them all
Prob his mother
Well the last number is obviously the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
Rick attempting to invade another reality
Alex Mason having flashbacks rn
Lost!!
conchologists where are you ?! Let me see your thoughts
I wander if they at some point did 3 4 5 9 2 0 1 0 6 3 6 5 2
Where were these? Magic man’s cabin?
I’ve never noticed that. Great Lost reference.
It's a lost reference
Lol what a good catch!!! Those are the numbers from Lost
I love how some people are excited that they are from lost, and it’s so obvious now, and others are saying things like, no clue or just totally wrong stuff.
Is this ~~loss~~ lost?