What you May Have Missed

316:

• This episode opened on Jack’s eye as he awoke in a suit in the middle of the jungle. He heard a noise and ran towards it to help. This was a virtual shot-for-shot remake of the opening scene of the “Pilot” episode. If you didn't know this you probably should stop watching Lost.
• The ticking latitude and longitude in the Lamp Post was full of the Numbers, with all of them appearing at different points as the machine tried to find exact coordinates for the Island.
• On the wall of the Lamp Post, Jack noticed a U.S. military photo of the Island from September 23, 1954. Not only can this refer to 23, one of the Numbers, but it is also one day shy of exactly 50 years before Flight 815 crashed on September 22, 2004.
  
• Ms., Hawking made repeated references to the man who theorized about the Island’s movements and came up with the equations designed to locate the Island at a specific point in time. Though she never mentioned his name, she may have been referring to Enzo Valenzetti, the man who came up with an equation to predict the end of the world that used the Numbers. Valenzetti is a mysterious figure known only in the online Lost mythology who was the subject of a book by Flight 815 passenger Gary Troup, Bad Twin.
• Clearly the flight number refers to the title of the episode and the classic Bible verse John 3:16.
  
• Before leaving the church, Ben told Jack that he was visiting an old friend to deliver on a promise he made to him. This is probably a reference to the promise Ben made Charles Widmore last season that he would kill Widmore’s daughter Penny.
  
• While going through security check, Jack noticed a sign on the wall for Oceanic Airlines.
• Ajira Airways flight 316 boarded at Gate 15.
  
• Ms. Hawking said they should recreate as much of the original Flight 815 as possible, and there were several major connections between the two. One was that a passenger was escorted on board by U.S. federal marshal. This time, it was Sayid instead of Kate. Obviously Locke was the dead body. We're still missing a pregnant woman or are we? Could Kate be preggo after she got "caught in a net" with Jack.
• Much like on the original flight, Hurley read a Spanish-language comic book on the new flight. This time it was Y: The Last Man. Written by Lost writer Brian K. Vaughan, the comic is about the sole survivor of a deadly plague that kills the rest of mankind.
• On Flight 815, Charlie had a guitar on board, while Hurley brought one for the new flight. This probably means that Charlie came to Hurley again and told him he had to be on the plane
  
• Though it’s unlikely Ben learned to read from his mother since she died during childbirth, his reading Ulysses ties in to similar Easter Eggs on the official Ajira Airways website that quote the epic James Joyce novel, particularly page 316.
  
• John Locke’s “suicide note” worked on several levels. First, the notion of believing in him played into the longstanding feud between the man of science and the man of faith. Second, it goes along with the title, referencing the Bible verse John 3:16 which states that “whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Maybe this foreshadows that John Locke is not really dead

Barry Says:
the man who ms. hawking refers to as having devised the equation to find the island but never mentions by name...i was thinking it might be daniel. i don't know what sense that makes, but it crossed my mind. danny-boy has become a VERY important--although new--character all of a sudden.
re-watching season one i noticed on 'walkabout' that the producers gave a very obvious audience for the sound of locke's dot-matrix printer. just so happens that's the same sound ol' smokey makes when he comes a-knocking. again, it makes no sense, but i thought it was worth mentioning....

Response:
I don't think I agree about Ole Danny Boy, here's why: While I had once thought that Daniel was like Alpert(and he still may be), I now think that what we saw at the beginning of the season with Dan in the Orchid station has yet to happen yet. That we'll be stuck in the 70s for a while and that's when Daniel and the rest of the survivors will become part of the Dharma Initiative . That's why Jin has the jumpsuit on. Not to mention tons of 'set photos'* from various sources lead me to believe that as well.

*I don't post set photos for two reasons:

1. They're not mine and I would be stealing them off someone else's Blog.
2. I try not to post "spoiler photos". Not that there is anything wrong with spoiler photos. I just feel that when you see a photo like that it takes you out of the show when that scene happens. Because I'm thinking 'oh yeah I remember that photo'. However if you are into those Dark Ufo the Lost Spoiler Blog has the best out there.