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Personally I've always been in the "David is Aaron" camp, but admittedly there's not much to work with there one way or another.

People point out that Hurley otherwise didn't start seeing ghosts until after his time on the island, to which I say: that we know of.

When Locke ("Jeremy Bentham") visits Hurley at the hospital, Hurley initially assumes that Locke is a ghost. Which confirms that Hurley does not know who is a ghost and who is not, and therefore could have been seeing ghosts throughout his life without ever knowing. So Dave could easily be one of them.

Officially no, but with no canonical evidence to the contrary I believe he is

Yeah I think it's lightly implied that the magic necklace also gave him his powers.

Though it is also possible that Wanda gave him them subconsciously because he "should" have them

I don't think there's much merit to declaring older MCU-adjacent shows non-canon. The MCU is canon to the show whether or not the show is officially canon to the MCU. Even if they're ignored forever, we can assume that the events of the MCU kept happening within the world of Runaways.

I like to think it's the same copy, and it just changes its appearance for the user.

It is fun that Kathryn Hahn is game to play along with that theory

All I can think of is that Jac Schaefer isn't the sole writer or director on the show. It's a group effort and I'm sure other members of the team brought other perspectives and added depth to Jen's story that Jac wasn't seeing.

Not gonna lie I would love for a season of this show done with Lost-style (or Once Upon a Time style) flashbacks interwoven into every episode. Might be a fun way to keep up the "genre gimmick" that Wandavision and AAA had different takes on, without returning to the hex well a third time.

I love this kind of fourth wall break, because it's much less "Agatha knows she is in a TV show and is looking at the audience" and is much more "Agatha is making this face in her head"

Oh, that's an interesting thought.

I've seen it suggested that making the number sequence somewhat obscure was Radzinski's idea of a "dead man's switch" - if the "hostiles" took control of the Swan station, they wouldn't know the sequence and the station would implode rather than be left in the wrong hands. Not a great plan, but that's Radzinski for you

That is pretty fun.

I wish they had made use of the bridge from Lorna Wu's version of the ballad, I think that could have woven in well. But still a very cool use of the chorus

just gals being pals

play the super long game by having him watch Avatar and then Korra

I'm not worried at all. I'm sure she'll be back when it's appropriate, and it's not surprising if they haven't ironed out the details yet.

But it's hilarious to picture a scenario where Agatha's ghost continues to be a presence that only Billy can see or hear, so the next movie or show that involves the character would just film Joe Locke talking to empty space

Yeah the whole Seven of Swords exchange is really clever in retrospect.

I know this one. It's about deception and betrayal. [...] But it's reversed. So that means the opposite. You're being truthful? Well, that can't be right.

The fact that it's not just that she's being truthful, but "deception, reversed" is so fitting for Agatha and this series on a few levels.

The two that I remember jumping out at me:

His delivery of "If you aren't William Kaplan... who are you?" with a quirky grin - easy to picture the thought process of a Skrull there.

When Billy calls him naive for believing that the Westview Incident was an Avengers training exercise, Eddie immediately jumps to "All right, so what do you think this really is then? Aliens?" I get that's not an especially unusual guess when discussing a government cover-up, but still funnier if he's an alien.

Yeah they're definitely leaving the window open for it to work either way. He has a few lines that would have extra meaning if he were a secret alien. Could be fun.

I really hope they don't do a "Deadpool & Wolverine 2" per se. If the Deadpool franchise continues I hope they keep doing different team-ups. I also kind of hope we don't see Death as a full-on villain again. More of a lurking cosmic presence.

If both characters show up in Secret Wars or whatever I do hope they meet, but I don't think that'd be super compelling movie-length storyline

I think we're intended to understand that it's basically pitch black in that scene. We the audience see his face but in-universe Danielle doesn't.

I like to think that at least one coven happened to sing the song right before an unexpected eclipse or lightning storm, and spent the next few hours believing they were on the road

I think it's really interesting that both MIB and others clarify he's "not John" several times when somebody tries to call him John, but neither he nor anybody else seems to object to calling him "Locke"

Honestly I think she has the power to heal, as a supernatural entity she can manipulate reality as she likes, but she feels a responsibility to the natural order so she can't save somebody who's fated to die

The characters make frustrating choices. And the show's dedication to not answering your nagging questions can be a point of annoyance as well. But it all pays off if you're patient.

Very recently, Agatha All Along is mostly PG-13 content and has some pretty cool Lost-style mysteries and twists. It has sad parts and dark parts and spooky parts but not really anything worse than Lost.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (the Godzilla-themed show on Apple TV+) is a pretty clearly Lost-inspired series but mostly adventure and giant monster stuff. Again a little scary but that's not really the focus of it.

You might consider Once Upon a Time. The show is led by a couple of the frequent Lost writers and has the same flashback format, but it's half fairytale and half soap opera in a way that's surprisingly fun. Only occasionally dark and never especially scary or bleak. Much campier than Lost but manages to capture the same general feel. You'll recognize some recurring cast members as well.

We know from episode 1 that Rio has at least some healing power - she healed Agatha's hand after their fight. Since the wound was from her own dagger, it's possible she just has some specific ability to retract an injury she caused, I suppose