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Much improved article with the footnotes as popup links. I did a lot of scrolling on the season 1 ones. 😁

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Hello, I subscribed for your political content, and was delighted to discover that you've been doing this deep dive into one of The Great adventure stories of our time. Among the most important things you've touched upon is that the show rarely makes it explicitly clear when a character is lying or misinformed, and how it frequently resolves its mysteries by giving viewers the responsibility of adding 2+2 to arrive at 4.

Looking forward to seeing where your analysis goes in the future. I've revisited the show many times in the years since it ended, but it wasn't until my most recent rewatch that it became apparent that Mother/Jacob/Brother's Rules were perhaps not as ironclad as we were led to believe. Excellent choice to structure this series by scrutinizing the Island gods' iterative conflict first. Season 6 is a bit of a mess, but it also pays many dividends upon repeat viewings, and I appreciate the final, unknowable metaphysical mystery they left us to chew on as we pursue our own non-fictional fates.

May The Island cure what ails you.

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