Last night on Lost, we learned that Jin is alive and being cared for by a young, pregnant Rousseau. More on that and a surprising transcription of Sun’s surveillance report after the jump.
So Jin (and maybe others) survived the freighter explosion, and has been bouncing around in time right along with Sawyer, Daniel and the gang. However, he’s been floating in the water on a piece of the ship the whole time. He regained consciousness and was rescued by Rousseau and her crew. Now we’ll finally get her back story! And maybe find out how Montand “lost his arm.”
I transcribed what I could from pausing on the surveillance report that Sun received. Are you ready to have your mind blown? Other geeks online did the same thing I did, but one went a step further and found out that the text in Sun’s report was actually lifted from a surveillance report that’s part of an online game, with just the header changed.
The report mentions Oxford City and the Yoknapatawpha County Conference Center. Yoknapatawpha County is a fictional town in Mississippi created by William Faulkner, who used it as the setting for many of his novels. Yoknapatawpha was the original name for the Yocona River, which runs through Oxford, Mississippi.
So was the whole report a ruse? Because if she were following a woman in Mississippi, then why would she have pictures of Jack and Ben in California included in her package? Are the writers fucking with us, or are they facing copyright infringement by copying the report from a game? Does any of the text apply to the show at all, or did I just waste an hour of my life squinting at the TV?
Interestingly, in the original report from the game, the subjects were being followed in early 2004, which is the same year that Oceanic flight 815 went down.
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Detail Surveillance Report
Subject: A.B.C.
Contact: Castillo 555-XXXX, Gomez 555-XXXX
Case Number Smith 040326
Investigation Findings
No Bank Accounts
No Social Security
Subject: A
Followed the subject for seven days from Tuesday thru Thursday.
Tuesday Morning
[Illegible] trip to the mailbox. Suspect never left on 35 Sundigue Drive, [illegible] story, wood frame. Home painted green and yellow. Three times when [illegible] not passed a visible window for thirty minutes. Subject an-[illegible] telephone and replied that Lee Chin did not live there.
The last light was extinguised at 10:05 P.M.
[Illegible] mailbox. Suspect never left 35 Sundigue Drive
[Illegible] not passed a visible window for thirty minutes
[Illegible] and replied that Lee Chin did not and [illegible]
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Followed the subject for seven days from Tuesday Thru Thursday
Except for one trip to the mailbox, suspect never left [illegible]
again that day. When subject had not passed a visible window [illegible]
minutes. Subject answered the telephone and replied that Lee Chin was in the shower and would return my call in fifteen minutes. I gave [illegible] number I keep for such occasions but no message was left.
The last light was extinguished at 11:35 P.M.
Wednesday Morning
Except for three trips to the mailbox, subject never left 103 Pinecrest Drive. When subject had not passed a visible window for thirty minutes, Subject answered the telephone and replied that Lee Chin was dead, a victim of suicide.
The last light was extinguished at 12:18 AM.
Wednesday Afternoon
Except for seven trips to the mailbox, subject never left 103 Pinecrest Drive. When subject had not passed a visible window for thirty minutes, subject answered the telephone, claimed I was Melissa f***ing with her, and demanded to know when I mailed her the prints.
The last light was extinguished at 2:30 AM.
Wednesday Evening
Subject came out of the house at 8:15 AM, set up a camping chair next to the mailbox and proceeded to pace the front yard until the mail truck arrived at 12:02 P.M. Subject grabbed mail from letter carrier and ran into the house. Photographs are presented in attachment A. Attachment A is [illegible] to the public pending legal clearance.
[Illegible] in yellow Volkswagen Beetle at 1:05 P.M. and drove [illegible] health club. She stayed inside for fifty minutes. Subject [unreadable] arriving at 2:40 P.M.
[Illegible] Volkswagen Beetle at 3:10 P.M. and drove [illegible] hardware [illegible]. University Avenue, arriving at 3:10
[Illegible] inside for thirty minutes. I entered the store and
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Followed the subject for seven days from Tuesday Thru Thursday
Was unable to locate subject. After determining that subject’s care was still parked in front, asked the clerk behind the counter if my sister had been in today, describing the subject. Clerk said she had and that she bought three cans of spray paint, one box of rubber gloves, and one tack hammer, paying in cash, before leaving by the rear door. Clerk didn’t remember colors of paint purchased. I checked the aisle and discovered fully stocked shelves with empty spaces in the rows containing the colors black, green, and red, although I cannot positively confirm that the cans were stocked as indicated. I asked the store clerk if the register captured part number of items purchased but he said he hadn’t scanned the cans of spray paint since he knew the price. I left the store by the rear door and checked the area by foot, but was unable to locate subject.
I returned to the store and again questioned the clerk. Clerk reported that subject used store phonebook to look up number for Oxford City cab. Then remained at counter and used her cell phone to have cab pick her up at Abner’s Restaurant, 430 S. Lamar, and take her to animal clinic of Oxford 2000 Harris Drive.
Drove various routes to animal clinic but did not sight subject. Visited animal clinic. Receptionist stated that she had not seen subject. Returned to Ace Hardware to find subject’s car gone.
I called the client for instructions and was told to establish surveillance at subject’s home. The client said she would call me if the subject was sighted at the Yoknapatawpha County Conference Center.
Established surveillance on subject’s home. Subject returned home at 1:52
The last light was extinguished at 2:25 AM.
[Illegible] 35 Sundigue Drive
Client called at 9:10 am to inform me of the previous night’s vandalism.
The last light was extinguished at 11:05 P.M.
And then Sun pulled out pictures of Jack and Ben near a hearse and a van.