r/lost • u/brassyalien Hurley • 1d ago

System Failure Sunday Michael should know better. Spoiler

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Michael is old enough to know you should never talk to, or tell your real name to, strangers on the coconut internet. It's a classic scam; someone pretends to be your missing son, and the next thing you know you're being lured into the jungle where you're captured and coerced into killing a couple of people. If only Mr. Eko knew how gullible Michael was, he could have told him he was actually a prince back in Nigeria and needed access to his bank account.

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u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo Razzle Dazzle! 1d ago

a/s/l?

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u/rmulberryb Son of a bitch! 1d ago

I'm having ptsd flashbacks to mIrc

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u/sloppyjohnny 1d ago

16/f/1977

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u/Manowar274 Out of the Book Club 1d ago

The way Michael smiles as he types in this scene even looks straight up out of a web safety PSA they would run on PBS lmao.

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u/brassyalien Hurley 1d ago

Yeah. He smiles like it's completely normal to start a conversation with an unknown person on a 1970s computer in a mysterious bunker in the middle of a weird Island and he's about to make a new friend.

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u/Jaded_Scar_7732 1d ago

Why doesn't he ask some personal questions to see if it's actually Walt?

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u/brassyalien Hurley 1d ago

Michael should have asked:

  • What is your mother's maiden name?
  • What is the name of your first pet?
  • What is the name of the street you grew up on?

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u/Johnnymagic92 1d ago

Because he's not that bright

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u/FringeMusic108 1d ago

This is how you can tell the show is from the early 2000s.

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u/StormwaveA 1d ago

Fuck Michael, good plot device, really bad character.