@firethieves: Please see up thread - will be rectifying massive Empire fail before pitchforks and torches appear. Also, for the record, I am a freelancer, not io9 staff. Any gaps in knowledge are mine and mine alone.
@Paganmoon: When Juliet tells Sawyer she wants to take the next sub out of Dodge, he says "you do realize it's 1974." So the earlier time frame is '74, add three years and you get '77. If that's what you were asking ... with this show it's really hard to know what "right now" means!
@ncjones: Locke remains one of my favorite characters - and I think he's got some Rambo vibe hidden up his sleeve for sure. I certainly wouldn't want to be in Ben's shoes right now.
@Oz Mendoza: My B.A. is in art history. As stated in my post, I understand - and don't mind - using religious imagery, allusion, allegory as a literary device. My fear is that they ARE going to do a "Christ/Neo/Superman/Optiumus Prime storyline."