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The A-Team

Charlie confronts Locke about what is going on in the Hatch, feeling left out of the core group.


Quote:

LOCKE: You can come out now. I saw you back at the rock, and then at the mangrove tree. In fact, I walked in a big circle. I'm not sure how you didn't realize it. [Charlie comes out.] CHARLIE: Alright, you don't have to insult me. LOCKE [eating the fruit]: You want to tell me why you've been following me, Charlie? CHARLIE: Yeah. Quite simply, John, there are a lot of secrets around here, and I'm tired of being at the bloody kid's table. I got Claire's baby back. I didn't go swanning off to the Black Rock on the bloody A-Team mission, but I would have if someone had asked me. I think I'm entitled to some sodding answers around here.


The A-Team is an action/adventure television show about a fictional group of ex-US Army commandos who are on the run from the military while working as mercenaries and helping the oppressed. It ran for five seasons from January 23, 1983 to March 8, 1987 with a total of ninety-eight episodes. The show has achieved cult status among some viewers.




 

M*A*S*H

Sawyer calls Ana "hotlips" :

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Ana [to Michael]: Grab the rope. [Michael climbs up the rope.] SAWYER: You want me, hot lips, you're going to have to come down here and get me -- [the cover closes and the screen goes to black] -- "Bitch".


The nickname "hotlips" was given to Loretta Swit  as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" O'Houlihan in the TV series.

M*A*S*H is an American medical drama/black comedy produced by 20th Century Fox for CBS. M*A*S*H was created by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1961 novel Catch 22, the 1968 Richard Hooker novel MASH, and the 1970 film of the same name. The show followed a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Uijeongbu, Korea during the Korean War. M*A*S*H's title sequence featured an instrumental version of the song “Suicide Is Painless” which also appears in the original film.

The series premiered on September 17, 1972 and ended February 28, 1983, with the finale becoming the most-watched television episode in television history. The show is still broadcast in syndication on various networks. The series spanned 251 episodes and lasted eleven seasons covering a three-year war. Many of the stories in the early seasons are based on real-life tales told by real MASH surgeons who were interviewed by the production team.

Star Trek

Sawyer uses a famous line from the popular TV series:


Quote:

ANA-LUCIA: I said: no talking. SAWYER: He was talking to me. ANA-LUCIA [stopping in the jungle]: We're here. SAWYER: What are you going to do -- beam us up? [Ana knocks on the bunker door like the one on station 3. They file inside. It doesn't appear to have any equipment or furniture in it. There is a Dharma logo on the wall. There are a few other people inside. Excerpt from Everybody Hates Hugo, Written by Adam Horowitz & Edward Kitsis

In true trekkies fashion, Sawyer's comment, "beam us up" was used each time someone was to be transported from the U.S.S. Enterprise to another spaceship or planet.

Starsky & Hutch

Hurley's friend Johnny calls him Huggy Bear.


Quote:

Johnny:  Freedom! So, anything else you want to do tonight - you better let me know now - because our day off is just about over, Huggy Bear.


Starsky and Hutch was a 1970s American television series that consisted of 92 episodes of 48 minutes and a single 90 minute pilot, created by William Blinn and broadcast between April 30 1975 and May 15 1979 on the ABC network. It was directed by Jack Starrett (under the name Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.). Starrett later directed The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), a somewhat similar US TV show.

Starsy & Hutch were two undercover cops and Huggy Bear was a nickname they gave their main street contact.