Jan 18 2009
Even the guy who is in charge of the show’s continuity can’t keep it all straight!
Did you ever get confused about some plot detail in LOST, and then start to wonder if everyone else knew exactly what was going on? Did you ever worry that maybe it was just you that wasn’t getting it?
Well, you don’t need to worry about that!
In an article printed in today’s New York Times, Gregg Nations — who is not only a co-producer and the script coordinator of LOST, but is also the person in charge of keeping track of all the show’s details in order to ensure continuity — revealed that he, too, got confused:
… Mr. Nations admits that without his database he would have trouble remembering everything about the series.
That was evident when a reporter asked him a question that had been suggested by a colleague: What became of the body of Naomi, who in Season 4 was one of the rescuers from the freighter sent to search for the island? She died after Locke threw a knife into her back.
“She died in the jungle,” Mr. Nations said. “So she must still be on the island.”
But wait — didn’t Sayid insist on taking Naomi’s body back to the ship?
“You know, you’re right,” Mr. Nations said. “She was on the ship and the ship exploded. I guess she’s fish food. You found something that I wasn’t tracking. Now I guess I had better.”
That is so funny. If even the people who create the show can’t keep track of everything — if even the continuity guy doesn’t know — then surely there is no way that we mere viewers could possibly follow it all.
That sounds like a great event!
There are so many little details to keep track of in Lost, it really doesn’t surprise me that he had lost track of Naomi’s body.
LOL. Let’s just hope they don’t lose track of where they put the Island!
Okay, that’s a bit disturbing…though I suppose in the greater scheme of things it’s a small detail they asked him about. If he’d forgotten if she was alive or dead, I guess that would be more of a problem…heh.
They actually have a wall in the writers’ room where they tape up pictures of the actors under the headings “alive,” “RIP,” and “undead” so that the writers can keep them all straight!