We Have To Go Back Podcast

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 watchi

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 p

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 g

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 o

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

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 sid

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 inclu

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 message

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 wit

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 sub