When “The Constant” aired, everyone and their mothers drew comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five. Clearly the writers were also influenced by that work. When Michael is attempting to blow his brains out, he’s watching an old school game show, and the one trivia question we hear answered is asking for the author of Slaughterhouse Five. The follow-up, asking for the name of the book’s main character, is interrupted by news of the discovery of the wreckage of Oceanic 815.


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