The LOST Numbers

Season 3 update 16

2007-05-05T18:04:00.000-05:00

- In D.O.C., Charlie tells Desmond that it is an 8 hour walk back to camp. [Thanks Amy & Carl]

- In D.O.C., Sun tells Jin that he told her his father died when he was 16 years old.

Season 3 update 15

2007-05-05T17:53:00.000-05:00

- # of miles deep Naomi says the ocean trench where they found the plane wreckage was.

- In The Brig, the first flashback begins 8 days ago.

- In The Brig, Ben says Locke was thrown out of an 8 story window.

Season 3 update 14

2007-04-26T16:14:00.000-05:00

- # of weeks Juliet tells sun she is pregnant in D.O.C. [Thanks Amy]

Season 3 update 13

2007-04-19T09:26:00.000-05:00

MIXED

- In Catch 22, the Monk at the monastery tells Desmond they only produce 108 bottles of wine a year. 108 is the sum of 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 & 42. [Thank you twystedfyre]

Season 3 update 12

2007-04-07T13:59:00.000-05:00

- In Left Behind, when Kate is saying goodbye to Cassidy she glances over at a car at the gas station and the only number on license plate is 4.

MIXED

- In Left Behind, when Juliet is entering keys onto the keypad to activate the fence, she ends it in 1623. 16 & 23. [Thank you TwystedFyre & Esp1[NOR]]

Season 3 update 11

2007-03-29T14:54:00.000-05:00

- The television show Nikki was appearing on, Expose, was in season 4.

- Nikki says the bag of diamonds is worth 8 million dollars. [Thanks 2kings]

- Nikki says the spiders will paralyze you for 8 hours. [Thanks 2king.]

- In Expose, the words "8 hours ago" appear on the screen as the final encounter with Nikki and Paolo begins.

Season 3 update 10

2007-03-22T08:45:00.000-05:00

- Ben mentions Locke was in a wheelchair for 4 years prior to landing on the island.

- # of stories Locke fell when being pushed out of the hotel window by his father.

Season 3 Update 9

2007-03-16T16:46:00.000-05:00

- In Par Avion, while Claire is in the hospital you hear "Dr. Addison phone call on line 4" over the loud speaker.

- In Tricia Tanaka Is Dead, Hurley's Dad's motorcycle has the letters AMAH on it. A = 1 M = 13 A = 1 H = 8. 1 + 13 + 1 + 8 = 23. [Thank you Chad N.]

MIXED

- In Par Avion, Claire's odometer has the number "108" displaying. This is the sum of 4 8 15 16 23 & 42. [Thanks for the heads up in the comment]

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Season 3 update 8

2007-03-08T09:48:00.000-05:00

MIXED

- In season 3 episode 10, some of the papers that Hurley finds in the van display the number "2342" The numbers 23 & 42.

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Season 3 update 7

2007-03-01T19:24:00.000-05:00

MIXED

- In season 3 episode 10, the psychic that Hurley visits says she is seeing numbers "4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42"

Season 3 update 6

2007-02-15T19:24:00.000-05:00

MIXED

- In season 3 episode 8, Charlie's street sign has his name listed as Charlie Hieronymus Pace. It is most likely a reference to the famous Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch who died in 1516. 15 & 16.

Season 3 update 5

2007-02-15T17:12:00.000-05:00

- In season 3 episode 8, Desmond's alarm clock displays the time 1:08.

815

- In season 3 episode 8, a delivery man says he has a parcel for 815.

Season 3 update 4

2007-02-08T10:25:00.000-05:00

- In episode 7, Not In Portland, Juliet's passcard to the medical facility had A-4 written on it.

- In episode 7, Not In Portland, Alex's boyfriend was being kept in room 23C. [Thank you TwystedFyre]

Note: I have fixed all the links on the blog to correctly link to the numbers lists for seasons 1, 2, and 3. I had no idea they were not typed properly and giving 404's! Sorry.

Season 3 returns tomorrow!

2007-02-06T15:19:00.000-05:00

Hey guys. Just a quick note to let ya know I am still here and in the process of reading all the e-mails I received during LOST's hiatus. It kicks off tomorrow! The site will be updated the day after the show. I'm in the process of reading e-mails but on my first viewing I didn't find any number references for episodes 5 or 6 of season 3. :(

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Season 3 update 3

2006-10-30T11:50:00.000-05:00

- When Locke is driving in Further Instructions, the song "Feel Like Going Home" by The Whiteley Brothers is playing. The song is track #8 on their CD titled Bluesology.

- # painted on the rabbit in Every Man For Himself. [Thanks D. Rock]

- On the paperwork for Locke's guns in Further Instructions, it shows his birthdate as November 15th.

- In Every Man For Himself, sawyer says the money is located in unit 23C.

MIXED

- Hurley is shown typing the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 into the computer in the airport scene from Further Instructions.

- The numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 are carved into Eko's stick as shown in Further Instructions.

- In Further Instructions, Eddie's badge number is 84023. 4, 8, & 23. [Thanks John B. & Cherry7627]

- In Every Man For Himself, Sawyer's prisoner number is 840. 4 & 8. [Thanks Angie]

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Season 3 update 2

2006-10-15T18:48:00.000-05:00

MIXED

- In The Glass Ballerina, Jae's hotel room is 1516. [Thank you Jan, Mike G. & Jason]

Note: The number 108 also appears on the metronome used in the beginning of the episode by Sun!

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Tomorrow!

2006-10-14T19:00:00.000-05:00

Sorry for the delay in updating for this week's episode. And thank you for the helpful emails telling me some number references from Wednesday's episode The Glass Ballerina. Credit will be given and the update will be tomorrow!

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Season 3 update 1

2006-10-05T17:42:00.001-05:00

MIXED

- In A Tale Of Two Cities, Jack's pager time is 7:15:23 AM.

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Season 3 added

2006-10-03T13:26:00.000-05:00

A season 3 page has been created. You can find it on the left sidebar where the previous seasons are located. This will be the page that will list all the season 3 references as they are found. As well as the main page of the blog which always displays the latest updates whenever they are posted.

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Season 2 - Update 22

2006-10-03T13:08:00.000-05:00

Here are the updates for episodes 19-23. The blog will be active regularly again during all of season 3 as usual! Sorry for the long summer hiatus. Thank you for all of the e-mails that help with finding more references. Over the summer I had to catch up with over 500 e-mails from you guys. OUCH!

4

- In Two For The Road, Ana questions Christian about wanting to go after 4 days of drinking and doing nothing.

- In Live Together, Die Alone, the statue has 4 toes. [Thank you Ardroth]

- In Two For The Road, Christian turns on the car radio at 5:29. 5 + 2 + 9 = 16.

- In S.O.S., Bernard takes Rose to Isaac Uluru to be healed. He was born in 1949. 1 + 9 + 4 + 9 = 23.

- In Live Together, Die Alone, Desmond asks Libby for $42,000.

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- In S.O.S., Bernard says to Rose this morning he had 15 people working on the sing, now he's down to 4.

- In Two For The Road, the police cars in the parking lot each display one of the numbers from 4 8 15 16 23 42.

- In ?, the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 appear in various places on Eko's fake passport.

- In Live Together, Die Alone, the numbers 4 8 23 & 42 appear in various places on Desmond's letters to penny.

- In Live Together, Die Alone, at the end of the episode on the computer screen displaying the anomaly there is the number 7418880. 4 x 8 x 15 x 16 x 23 x 42 gives you this sum. [Thank you Adam R., Parker, Antonio & Otavio]

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Almost here!

2006-10-02T16:06:00.000-05:00

The start of season 3 is almost here! 2 days away. I'm excited. I can't wait to see all the hidden ways they will come up with number references this year! Bring on the 4 8 15 16 23 42's!

There will be a season 3 list created the day after the show, and the season 2 list will be completely updated for episodes 19-23.

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Still Going!

2006-07-23T21:32:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to respond to some of the e-mails I've been receiving - yes, The LOST Numbers is still going strong, and I plan on updating all throughout season 3! Season 2's list is incomplete because I haven't updated for episodes 19 and onward, but before the start of season 3 they will be updated and all of my e-mails will have been checked, read, and credit will be given! Keep the e-mails coming if you have new additions, I WILL be updating and I'm saving them all! Thanks everyone. Anxiously awaiting all of the 4 8 15 16 23 42 goodness of season 3!

~ TLN

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Happy 1st Birthday! - Season 2 Update 21

2006-04-11T20:41:00.000-05:00

That's right, hard to believe, but exactly 1 year ago today The LOST Numbers got started! It started with a simple black and white HTML page hosted on GreatestJournal.

There was a geeky LOST fan from Massachusetts who wanted to keep track of all the number references in the show. I started keeping a list for my own reference, figuring not many people would ever be interested in such silly occurrences that seem to have no meaning.

850,000 visitors and 4,000 emails later, The LOST Numbers blog is still going!

Thank you to all the fans who e-mail me their finds. So far fans from over 60 different countries have checked and helped with the blog.

So thank you to all the fans in Afghanistan, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Romania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic Of Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

It's mind-blowing to me to think that something so small like a number pattern from a TV show could peak so much interest and spark such a phenomenon.

Lastly, a huge thank you to the LOST writers & producers for continuing to include the numbers in the episodes. If it weren't for that, there would be nothing left to update.

Now the update...

Season 1:

8

- # of times 11:15 is said during the scene in House Of The Rising Sun where Sun talks of leaving Jin at the airport. [Thank you Aleksandro].

- In Deus Ex Machina a license plate reads 4TRIO19. 4 + 19 = 23.

Season 2:

4

- # of papayas Hurley wants to bet Sawyer in Lockdown.

- # of Oceanic planes that hang on the mobile in Maternity Leave. [Thank you Mark].

- In Maternity Leave, Sawyer is reading a book written by Walker Percy. He was born in 1916.

- In Lockdown, Anthony Cooper's license plate is 4TRIO19. 4 + 19 = 23.

- Henry Gale's zip code was 55391. 5 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 1 = 23.

815

- Henry Gale lived at 815 Walnut Ridge Road.

MIXED

- The map shown in Lockdown displays all of the numbers, 4 8 15 16 23 42.

- In Lockdown, when Hurley and Sawyer are playing poker the cards on the table are 3 6 4 8 J. If you add up just the clubs, it's 15. (4 of clubs, 8 of clubs, 3 of clubs). If you add up the J and 6, it's 16. Then you have the 4 and 8 in order. This means 4, 8, 15, & 16 can be seen on the poker table.

- In Lockdown, Anthony Cooper's safe deposit box number was 1516. 15 and 16.

- In the episode Dave, Lenny is shown repeating all of the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42.

- In the episode Dave, Dr. Brooks says 23 people were out on the deck and it was built to hold 8. 23 & 8.

- In Maternity Leave, the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 appear on the vaccine bottles. [Thank you Tim R].

And here are some 108 references:

108

- In episode 11, the x-rays of Gabriella's father have the number 250884. If you take one of the numbers 23, twice, and make it 2323 and multiply it by 108 you get the number on the x-ray. 2323 x 108 = 250884. [Thank you PegasusSigma].

- In episode 8, Ana Lucia's badge number is 68631. 4 x 8 x 15 x 16 x 23 x 42 = 741880. If you take the product 741880 and divide it by 68631 you get 108.09 [Thank you Sulacu].

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Updates Are Coming!

2006-04-11T00:33:00.000-05:00

Is The LOST Numbers dead? Have I vanished? Have I stopped watching the show? Where are the updates? > No, no, no, on the way.

You can stop all the e-mails asking me where I am! I've been busy lately, and have shamelessly put off updating for a while. Updates for episodes 15, 16, 17 & 18 are coming. They should be up by sometime tomorrow night along with another 'special' announcement. ;]

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Happy 1st Birthday! - Season 2 Update 21

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2006 Golden Globe Awards

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