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All The Best Cowboys
 
Fantasy Island - Star Trek

Fantasy Island

Sawyer calls Walt Tattoo, a reference to the 1978 TV series Fantasy Island character played by Herve Villechaize. This island was a resort that would fulfill people's fantasies which would usually give the saying "Be careful what you wish for" it's true meaning.

Possible Parallel:
There have been theories about our mysterious island also granting our lostaways their wishes, such as Locke being able to walk again and Charlie getting his guitar back.

Star Trek

Boone makes a direct reference to Star Trek while he ties red fabric to trees to help them find their way back on their quest to find Charlie and Claire.


Quote:

Boone: "Red Shirt." Locke: "Huh?" Boone: "Ever watch Star Trek?" Locke: "Nah. Not really." Boone: "The crew guys that would go down to the planet with the main guys, the captain and the guy with the pointy ears, they always wore red shirts. And they always got killed." Locke: "Sounds like a piss-poor captain." Excerpt from All The Best Cowboys, written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach


This exchange also seems to foreshadow the coming death of Boone, making Locke the "piss-poor" captain.