Re: 4th Season Lost - Cabin Fever - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

In article <41v824hhekotchstmjeffhhdl88dfge75b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Jim Gysin <jimgysin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 9 May 2008 07:01:37 -0700 (PDT), "broughps@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <broughps@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > this was about the only john flashback that was interesting to me. so
> > now i wonder did alpert show up in ben's earlier life before he got to
> > the island. and why didn't john recognize alpert when he met him on
> > the island. and yes he was young, but wouldn't be likely to forget
> > someone who had given you the possibility to get out of foster care
> > and then snatched it away from you.
> 
> I have to side with others here who believe that it would be
> unrealistic to expect a kid to remember an adult face 40 years later.
> I wouldn't go reading too much into that particular point.

Me too.  He might remember the visit, but wouldn't necessarily remember 
the face of someone he spent one evening with.

I think I wouldn't even recognize most of my grade school teachers.  
Maybe the ones I had a particular fondness for might seem vaguely 
familiar.  But I also admit that I have a horrible memory for faces, so 
I may be biased.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 MA
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