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I wonder if saving Annie from dying is going to have any major repercussions in future? Man, I don't want to wait two months to find out.

I was wondering that too. Now ya know we're both Lost junkies because we believe that course correcting is not a good thing!
I love that Lost and Life on Mars will be on back to back but in a way that's gonna be brutal. My mind is so deep in Lost that I have never been able to keep up with any show following Lost. My mind goes back to Lost and then my ass is on the Lost forum discussing and asking questions, etc. Then again, there was never a show like LoM following Lost so we'll see...

DownUpside - Thanks. Sometimes you really do have to draw me a picture. It kept looking like a jump from A to C and the simple mention of why Sam was there being a PUZZLE filled in B for me. I dunno how I've followed Lost for four years with this wonky brain of mine.

maxx - So the officer assholedad beat up in '73 didn't die? In that case, I see what you're saying. Saving Annie only kept the past the same.
Through the whole last episode I kept thinking his dad was gonna leave no matter what because that's how it had to be. If Sam had somehow changed his mind then that would be a change that would have a ripple effect, right? Is Sam aware that he's not supposed to make changes?

If you go by public knowledge, Sam didn't change anything. I think he always went back and always made those changes. He was destined to do this and intervene. It's not that he's setting things right, he's making sure they don't go wrong

Ok, picture drawing time. You mentioned public knowledge. Does this mean subtle changes that don't affect anything known to be BIG at that time and in the future are ok? What if Croce listened to his strange advice and lived? It's not his destiny to change something like that, right? Talking to the kid who grows up to be a serial killer is not considered setting things right? You also said "I think he always went back and always made those changes." Am I reading that he's been in the past before? Time jumping? Or were you referring to the time he's been back in '73 since his accident only?

like, the "first" time he experienced '73 (as a kid) there was already an '08 (adult) version of him running around manipulating things -- thus his fear of any memorable interaction with his young self, since he has no memory of doing so as an adult. (or does he ...?)

That's wicked but cool.

maxx - Both posts make sense but sound like two totally different theories. Nevermind me. I'll have an "ahhhh ok" moment in a couple of hours. hah. OT - awesome countdown. I'm getting excited!

Fluffy - And made missing Jack a little easier! He's still my first luv though.

Kris700 - Missed your post earlier, but yeaaah he absolutely did change his past. Totally forgot that 4 year old Sam saw what his dad did but blocked it out.. and big Sam kept his child self from seeing that at all.

If Sam actually experiences life as an adult in 1973, how does his child self exist at the same time? If it's in his head, then what the heck are all of the other 1973 characters really doing during that time when they are shown interacting with him? If Annie is alive in 2008, and she met 2008 Sam, what would she recall? What does he recall? Etc. Yup, confusing.

Forget the "ahh ok" moment. There went any bit of clarity I had at all. The first question is a damn good one. How can they exist at the same time?? As for question two.. my opinion is it's not all in his head. From what maxx said, Sam was always meant to go back so he is there and everything is really happening as we view it...? *groan*