Pre-Airing - The Variable
Original Airdate: 4/29/09Written by: Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
Directed by: Paul Edwards
Episode Flash Character: Daniel
Season 5 Episode Guide
Preview
Daniel comes clean!
The Variable Photo Gallery
Photos of Miles, Kate, Juliet, Sawyer, and Pierre Chang
Who You Should Know Before You Watch The Variable
Pierre, Eloise, Radzinsky, Theresa, and Jason
Post-Airing - The Variable
HighlightsDaniel and Eloise.
The Variable Full Recap
Desmond in the hospital, Eloise Hawking, Daniel's return - 1977, no more piano, evacuation, Pierre Chang, graduation, the plan, Charles Widmore, Ellie, guns from the motor pool, accepting the offer, pylons, preparing to leave, back to Desmond in the hospital, finding Mom
The Variable Audio Recap
Listen from the site or download to your computer or mp3 player.
Understanding The Variable
The Variable Clues, Theories, and More
Clues and Questions
Theories and Observations
Appearances of the Numbers: Four and Eight
The Variable Quotable Quotes
Look for these quotes in The Variable Full Recap to see where and when they happened.- Miles: "What the hell are you doing back here, Dan? Once you went to Ann Arbor, I figured you'd gotten rich and invented the DVD or something."
- Sawyer: "I punched the man in the damn face, Hugo. What am I supposed to say, that my fist slipped?"
- Sawyer: "Your mother is an Other?"
- Hurley: "You guys were in 1954?" Hurley says, "Like, Fonzie times?"
- Sawyer: "I belonged here just fine until you came back, doc,"
- Jack: "We disappeared off a plane in midair and ended up in 1977. I'm getting kind of used to insane."