LOST: That really happened...

Make no bones about it - a lot of really weird stuff happens on "LOST." But let's take a few minutes to look back on some of the absurd scenes you might have forgotten about over the years.

Season 1

Walt gets attacked
Polar bears. Yeah, yeah, I know. There are polar bears on the Island. Whatever. That's all explained and, compared to some of the other things that happen on the Island, the polar bears really aren't that big of a deal, in my opinion. But do you remember that in Season 1 Episode 14, "Special," Walt gets attacked by a polar bear? And, what's more, allegedly, you can hear one of the polar bears say "Walter" as it swipes at the boy as he hides.

Season 2

In cold blood
In Season 2 Episode 10 ("The 23rd Psalm"), we learn more about the man known as Mr. Eko. He had a turbulent childhood that ultimately culminated in him becoming a fake priest, but a startling part of his past involves a young Eko shooting and killing an innocent man at the behest of a gang of Nigerian warlords. That's just not something a kid should ever be involved with. At least he turned out to be a pretty good guy before he died.

"You all every Butties"
One of the strangest things I remember about "LOST" before I actually started watching the show was a bunch of grown men in diapers dancing around in a gigantic crib. Yes, that really happened - in Season 2 Episode 12, "Fire + Water," when the rock band Drive Shaft did a regrettable commercial for "Butties" in one of Charlie's flashbacks.

He must not have read Moroni 8
Also in "Fire + Water," Charlie has dreams and premonitions that Claire's infant son, Aaron, is going to die on the Island. So, naturally, what does he do? He kidnaps Aaron in the middle of the night and tries to baptize him in the ocean! Thankfully, he is stopped before dunking the baby.

I thought it was Jesus, but, apparently, I was wrong
And in one last scene from one of Charlie's dreams from "Fire + Water," he briefly glimpses Hurley walking out of the jungle and, according to Lostpedia, is dressed in a biblical robe like John the Baptist. So random.

The psychic was a fake
Much ado was made about Richard Malkin, the psychic that insisted in Season 1 that Claire must be the one to raise her child. That whole storyline was a bit overblown and never really amounted to anything, but it is not commonly remembered that Malkin also appears in Episode 21 of Season 2 ("?"). Malkin tells a priest - Mr. Eko - about a miracle that transpired when his daughter, who had drowned and died, unexpectedly came back to life. Malkin becomes emotional and admits to Eko that, although he has worked with the alleged mystic arts in the past, he is a sham of a psychic and his services are fraudulent. And he was never seen nor heard from again. Whatever.

Season 3

Locke's hallucinations and his time on the commune
Episode 3 of Season 3 ("Further Instructions") focuses on John Locke, who we learn previously spent time working on a "commune" - AKA a secret marijuana plantation. As if that wasn't random enough, after seeing a naked Desmond running through the jungle, Locke realizes that the blast from the explosion at The Swan has left him unable to speak. He builds himself a sweat lodge, does some kind of hallucinogenic drug and spends a good chunk of the episode in some kind imaginary airport with the recently deceased Boone. To top it off, there is a polar bear in this episode for good measure, making this arguably the strangest episode of the entire series.

Kate marries Nathan Fillion
Ok, actually, his name is Kevin. But he's played by Nathan Fillion in Season 3 Episode 6 ("I Do"), and they actually do get married. Until Kate drugs him and runs, like she always does.

We weren't sure who "Jacob" was quite yet, but ok...
There was a lot of trippy stuff happening in Season 3. In Episode 7 ("Not in Portland"), Alex Rousseau's boyfriend Karl gets brainwashed in Room 23 of a Dharma building. Karl gets strapped to a chair with an IV in his arm and glasses on his eyes. He is eventually found by Kate and Sawyer as he unconsciously watches a video that flashes bright lights and odd images, including the phrase "God loves you as he loved Jacob."

Jumping Jack Flash
In what is commonly known as the worst episode of the series, we learn the mysterious meaning behind Jack's dumb tattoos in Season 3 Episode 9, "Stranger in a Strange Land." At one point, Jack gets jumped by Thai gang members who are apparently offended by the meaning behind his tattoos. It makes Jack's Oriental girlfriend cry. All right.

Wait, is that... Lando Calrissian??
In one of the least popular and most maligned episodes of the series, we learn more about two random Survivors named Nikki and Paolo in "Exposé" (Season 3 Episode 14). Nikki is a former TV star who previously worked on a show with none other than Billy Dee Williams - and his name in the "LOST" universe is actually Billy Dee! It's true. Look it up. To the surprise of some of the Survivors, who find the script for an episode of Exposé on the beach, Williams' character, Mr. LaShade, secretly turns out to be the villain of the show.

Season 4

A suicide mission from the devil
In the Season 3 premiere, we watch as Ben Linus, the leader of the Others, sends two of his men - Ethan Rom and Goodwin Stanhope - off to pretend that they are also Oceanic 815 Survivors. In "The Other Woman" (Season 4 Episode 6), we learn that Ben intentionally sent Goodwin to find the Tail Section to keep him away from Juliet, who Ben had a very possessive crush on and who had been committing adultery with Goodwin. Goodwin was killed in Season 2 by Ana Lucia Cortez, shortly after she discovered that he was an Other. Ben tells Juliet at one point that he did these things to her, including keeping her on the Island against her will, because "You're mine." Creepy.

Season 5

Now hold on a second...

In S5E06 "316," Ben pulls out a book as he hops on the Ajira flight. Jack asks, "How can you read?" Ben responds, "My mother taught me." I've always loved that line, but I just realized that it's a lie! Ben's mom died during childbirth. 😅😣 #LOST

— Aaron Christensen (@atownmania) August 20, 2018

That's pretty dark - even for a man who looks like he wears guyliner
Season 5 Episode 8 ("LaFleur") is one of the best episodes for Sawyer. But it also includes a very odd moment, in which Richard Alpert tries to maintain peace between the Dharma Initiative and the Hostile Others. Early in the episode, time-traveling Sawyer and Juliet watch in horror as they see two Hostile Others murder a member of the Initiative named Paul. Tensions rise and they end up killing the two Others in self-defense. Richard confronts Horace Goodspeed at Dharmaville, under the impression that Horace's people have violated the Truce. Sawyer (going by the name "Jim LaFleur") explains to Richard that he was the one who killed the Others and thus, because he is not actually a member of the Dharma Initiative, did not violate the Truce. Richard ultimately takes Sawyer's word for it and asks for one thing in exchange for continued peace on the Island - the Initiative must give Paul's dead body to the Others. Oooooook then.

Season 6

No English? Now? Really?

In Episode 10 of the final season, there is a moment when Sun tries to flee from the Man in Black but trips and falls, hitting her head. The concussive blow causes her to forget how to speak English. She can still understand it and she can write it down - she just can't speak it. With only nine hours of programming left in the series, this storyline feels like a really sharp left turn from the progress of the season and stands out as one of the episode arcs in "LOST" that felt almost completely unnecessary. The fact that she suddenly remembers the language, and then she and Jin die within a matter of four episodes later (RIP) just makes this fiasco seem even more pointless.

Sounds like an episode of "Amish Mafia"
"Across the Sea," Episode 15 of Season 6, is undoubtedly one of the most polarizing hours of the series. The episode takes place decades (at least) before the Dharma Initiative was a twinkle in the Island's eye and only shows the main Survivors in a couple very brief glimpses toward the end of the episode. The rest of the time is dedicated to the backstory of Jacob and his brother, the Man in Black. Many answers are provided and a handful of long-standing mysteries are unfurled, but it seems that many viewers didn't care for this particular episode, overall. While we at The Underground don't mind "Across the Sea," we do have one question: what was up with that weird language that Mother spoke?? Thankfully, mercifully, the producers gradually transitioned into English after a while, but for a few minutes there, Mother really gets on our nerves.

Doctor. Doctor.
We learn that Jack II and Juliet II were previously married in the Flash-Sideways. Kind of weird. Thankfully, Juliet II and Sawyer II end up re-connecting and ending up together, but surely that was an awkward conversation for our favorite couple from the Dharma Years. "So, um, I had a child with Jack..." (It is of note that Locke II reminds Jack II that he never had a son, and that David Shephard does not appear at the church. Good riddance.)


Kate, with the rifle, on the cliffs
Despite all the crap she gets throughout the series (and desevedly so!), there is one thing that you've got to give Kate: it is she - not the Jack, not Sawyer, not Jacob nor Ben - who finally kills the Man in Black in the series finale. Good things she saved some bullets.

So, there you have it! Our weirdest moments of "LOST"! Are we missing any other obscure scenes that have stuck out to you in the past (or... the future)? Let us know in the comments section below.

And, as always,

Namaste... and good luck.