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* DramaticIrony: A DHARMA Initiative worker at the Orchid dismisses Dr. Chang's talk of time travel as ridiculous, unaware that he's talking to Daniel Faraday, a time traveller from 30 years in the future.
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'''Season 5, Episode 1'''

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'''Season 5, Episode 1'''1:'''
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* ContinuityNod: The ColdOpen showing Pierre Chang going through his MorningRoutine is staged similarly to the opening scene of "[[Recap/LostS02E01ManOfScienceManOfFaith Man of Science, Man of Faith]]" that followed Desmond through his own routine.
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* WhatYearIsThis: When Locke has his leg treated by Richard, he asks ''when'' he is.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sawyer decides he's not going to start over with basic survival and intends to spend time in the Hatch.

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* CallForward: Dr. Chang records the DHARMA orientation video for the Arrow.

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Dr. Chang records the DHARMA orientation video for the Arrow.Arrow, and visits the Orchid while it is under construction.
** Locke witnesses the beechcraft crashing on the Island.


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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Sawyer spends the entire episode shirtless since he took his shirt off while swimming back to the beach after jumping off the helicopter, and all of the survivors' possessions were left behind in the first time flash. He's very irritated by this, since he's completely exposed to the sun, and angrily demands a shirt from Daniel, to no avail.


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* WouldHitAGirl: PlayedForLaughs. When Charlotte gets mad at Sawyer for hitting Daniel, he tells her to shut it, or she'll be getting one too.
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* CallForward: Dr. Chang records the DHARMA orientation video for the Arrow.


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* YankTheDogsChain: Locke gets to be the leader of the Others, just like he wanted... for about thirty seconds, before he's whisked away from them by a time flash and ends up getting shot and being told he's going to die.
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* EmergencyTemporalShift: An unintentional example. A time flash saves Locke when he's about to be shot by Ethan by moving him into the future.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Locke is reunited with an old hunting partner.]]
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* DeadlyNosebleed: Charlotte starts to develop one of these, similarly to Minkowski and Desmond in "[[RecapLostS04E05TheConstant The Constant]]", much to Daniel's alarm.

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* DeadlyNosebleed: Charlotte starts to develop one of these, similarly to Minkowski and Desmond in "[[RecapLostS04E05TheConstant "[[Recap/LostS04E05TheConstant The Constant]]", much to Daniel's alarm.



** Downplayed when Daniel encounters a pre-Oceanic crash Desmond, who seems to vaguely recognise him from their encounter in 1996 in "[[RecapLostS04E05TheConstant The Constant]]", but still doesn't know him as well as he will after the freighter arrives.

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** Downplayed when Daniel encounters a pre-Oceanic crash Desmond, who seems to vaguely recognise him from their encounter in 1996 in "[[RecapLostS04E05TheConstant "[[Recap/LostS04E05TheConstant The Constant]]", but still doesn't know him as well as he will after the freighter arrives.

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* WhamShot: Daniel Faraday appearing in a flashback to DHARMA Initiative times, right after we've heard characters discussing time travel.

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* WhamShot: Daniel Faraday appearing in a flashback to DHARMA Initiative times, right after we've heard characters discussing time travel.travel.
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* WhamShot: Daniel Faraday appearing in a flashback to DHARMA Iniative times, right after we've heard characters discussing time travel.

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* WhamShot: Daniel Faraday appearing in a flashback to DHARMA Iniative Initiative times, right after we've heard characters discussing time travel.
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* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: After Sayid kills one of the assassins looking for him, Hurley impulsively grabs the dead man's gun. He's practically posing for the camera phones of the bystanders who come across the corpse.


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* InstantSedation: Averted; Sayid takes several tranquilizer darts but takes a while to go down.
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Off the Island, Jack and Ben discuss how they will convince the others to return to the Island with them. Kate is visited by some lawyers who demand a blood sample to test her relationship to Aaron, and she goes on the run with him. Hurley and Sayid are also on the run, wanted for the murder of the man stationed outside Santa Rosa whom Sayid killed. They encounter another group of assassins at their safe house. Sayid kills them too, but is knocked out by an anaesthetic dart in the process, forcing Hurley to rescue him. Sun proposes an alliance to Widmore to kill Ben. Desmond suddenly awakes with the memory of Daniel's message, and he and Penny set sail for Oxford.

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Off the Island, Jack and Ben discuss how they will convince the others to return to the Island with them. Kate is visited by some lawyers a lawyer named Dan Norton, who demand demands a blood sample to test her relationship to Aaron, and she Aaron. Kate goes on the run with him.Aaron. Hurley and Sayid are also on the run, wanted for the murder of the man stationed outside Santa Rosa whom Sayid killed. They encounter another group of assassins at their safe house. Sayid kills them too, but is knocked out by an anaesthetic dart in the process, forcing Hurley to rescue him. Sun proposes an alliance to Widmore to kill Ben. Desmond suddenly awakes with the memory of Daniel's message, and he and Penny set sail for Oxford.
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In the 1970s, the DHARMA Iniative are building the Orchid Station. Dr. Chang, the man from their orientation videos, tells them to stop their work before they risk releasing an almost limitless energy, capable of manipulating time. As the construction foreman scoffs at the notion of TimeTravel, Daniel Faraday looks on uneasily at the situation.

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In the 1970s, the DHARMA Iniative Initiative are building the Orchid Station. Dr. Chang, the man from their orientation videos, tells them to stop their work before they risk releasing an almost limitless energy, capable of manipulating time. As the construction foreman scoffs at the notion of TimeTravel, Daniel Faraday looks on uneasily at the situation.

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