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"The Candidate" is the 14th episode in Season 6 of Lost and the 117th produced hour of the series as a whole. It aired on May 4, 2010.
Synopsis
Previously on Lost
Flash-sideways timeline (2004)
Original timeline (2007)
Trivia
General
Production notes
- Nestor Carbonell (Richard), Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond), Michael Emerson (Ben), Ken Leung (Miles) and Zuleikha Robinson (Ilana) do not appear in this episode.
Bloopers and continuity errors
Recurring themes
| Recurring themes |
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| Animals • Black and white • Character connections • Children • Coincidence • Death • Deceptions and cons • Dreams • Economics • Electromagnetism • Eyes • Fate versus free will • Games • Good and bad people • Imprisonment • Isolation • Leadership • Life and death • Literary works • Mirrors • Missing body parts • Nicknames • The Numbers • Pairings • Parapsychology • Parent issues • Pregnancies • Psychology • Rain • Redemption • Relationships • Religion • Revenge • Salvation • Secrets |
- There are 4 bricks of C4.
- In some Asian cultures, the number 4 is associated with death. In this episode, 4 main characters die.
Storyline analysis
| Storyline analysis |
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| A-Missions • Crimes • Economics • Leadership • O-Missions • Relationships • F-Missions • Rivalries • S-Missions |
Cultural references
| Cultural references (direct references only) |
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| Art • Automobiles • Games • History • Literary works • Movies and TV • Music • Philosophy • Religion and ideologies • Science |
Literary techniques
| Literary techniques |
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| Comparative: Irony • Juxtaposition • Foreshadowing Plotting: Cliffhanger • Plot twist Stock characters: Archetype • Redshirt • Unseen character Story: Flashbacks • Flash-forwards • Flash sideways • Framing device • Regularly spoken phrases • Symbolism • Unreliable narrator |
- Jack tells Locke in the flash-sideways timeline that, "Whatever happened, happened." (Regularly spoken phrases)
- The Man in Black explains to the A-Team that Widmore wanted them all on the plane, in a small enclosed space that they could not get out of, in order to kill them all at once. He, then, enacted a plan to do the same to them by tricking them all onto the submarine. (Foreshadowing)
Episode references
- The warning klaxon in the submarine is the same sound from the Swan.
- Locke said "I wish you had believed me" which are the same words he used on his suicide letter to Jack.
Unanswered questions
| Unanswered questions |
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- For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Candidate/Theories
Original timeline
Why would Widmore have rigged up the plane with a bomb?
Flash-sideways timeline