Lost

For a slightly tamer Easter Egg, the opening therapy scene provided a little clue as to Harper Stanhope’s background. First, let me just congratulate the show on some more beautiful misdirection. First we see sand, so we think it’s on the island. Then we see a therapist’s office, so we assume it’s off the island. Then Tom shows up, and we know it’s on the island.

The important information, however, is that Harper’s diploma on the wall has what appears to be the logo for the Hanso Foundation. Is that like some lame correspondence college? Does the island have a university? This raises more questions of allegiances. Who are the Hostiles and who are the Dharma people? Is there overlap? The more we learn of the Black Rock, the more we begin to assume Magnus Hanso is either a member or the originator of the Hostiles, the island natives. But Alvar Hanso founded Dharma. Could it be that the Hostiles and the Dharma Initiative members are all part of some larger conspiracy? I’ll warn you right now, going down the Hanso rabbit hole is a dangerous and frustrating proposition for any amateur Lost conspiracy theorist.

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