I think the writers are having some fun with us...

I'm a little confused. I don't understand what significance a glass eye and a bible could have...

I think the writers are having some fun with us...

I hope so. I took it as an in joke, but if it is a genuine plot point, it is freakin' weird.

Oh, okay. I'm a little slow sometimes. :smile:

And Eye for an Eye and a tooth for a tooth.................


Karma.... and Dharma...

n the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus of Nazareth urges his followers to turn the other cheek when confronted by violence:

You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth". But I say to you, do not resist an evildoer. If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. (Matthew 5:38-39, NRSV)

The passage continues with the importance of showing forgiveness to enemies and those who harm you. This saying of Jesus is frequently interpreted as criticism of the Old Testament teaching (an antinomistic disposition), and this has led to the idea that "an eye for an eye" implies an encouragement to excess of vengeance rather than an attempt to limit it.

When I first saw the eye, I thought of the Illuminati

I also thought about when Locke said back in season 1 "I looked into the eye of the island" - it almost seems like whoever had the Bible could possibly be worshiping the eye figurine.

I also know that in the Bible it talks about the "evil eye" which is basically talking about people being jealous or coveting things.

The glass eye made me think of the Black Rock. How long have glass eyes been in existence? A lot of people from that era (at least in the movies?) had Lost an eye?

A few weeks ago, someone posted on another thread that the Australian policeman who deported Sawyer had a glass eye...it's a very strange detail to show up twice.

How about the Bible verse, where if your eye causes you to sin, you must pluck it out?

Not really about eyes necessarily, but if you want to get all Bibles and eyeballs, it applies.

SERIOUSLY. A glass eye? I'm surprised they didn't pull out an iPod from that box, or a Star Wars figurine, or maybe even some post-it notes!

I think the stuff belonged to the Nigerian priest, and that Eko knew him--if it was an Anglican rather than a Catholic priest, it could be his father. Lots of people carry Bibles, but the number of one-eyed priests who disappeared in the vicinity of the island would be pretty small.

Cardie

I'm going to stick to my guns on this one, I think - I can just hear the conversation around the writers' table:

"What random objects can we put in the box that will have the audience speculating endlessly?"
"How about a shrimp fork!"
"No, wait - a leisure suit and a PDA!"
"An actual red herring fish? No, too obvious..."
"Wait, I've got it - a fake eyeball and a Holy Bible!"

Of course there's always the saying "The eyes are the window to the soul" .... if it's a glass eye, then perhaps that represents a barrier ... some sort of unnaturality that prevents the souls from being seen by others...

Then again, it could simply be some sort of statment about perception and how things are fake/not real/illusion etc...

First thing I thought of was the fact that all the castaways seem to have perfect vision (except Sawyer... the big deal about him needing glasses struck me as odd now that we've had references to glass eyes).

There was also a post somewhere else about the abundance of false body parts on the show. Apparently several people with false limbs have showed up at various times.

Maybe you aren't good, if you aren't whole. So anyone with a glass eye might not be chosen by the others.

http://www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html

This talks about the "evil" eye...and about the different types of people who contract a "sickness" from having an "evil" eye...read it, it is interesting.

It also mentions a remedy by using a egg (there are chickens on the island...and eggs, Desmond had some). It also says that children, babies, men and mothers are all susceptible to being victims of the "evil" eye and must be protected.

Maybe Mad-Eye Moody is on the Island to promote the new Harry Potter movie. :biggrin:

http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=21510&highlight=Drs+missing+limbs

This is the thread about missing and injured body parts. It seems to be a recurring theme, so the glass eye may have significance eventually.

My first thoughts about the glass eye was "robotics"; the Bible "Jim Jones".
A utopian society headed by a zealot, then things go awry (the incident).

Maybe they were trying to give us a little hint into Mr. Eko's past? I read on another thread that the writers were comparing Eko to Locke regarding the fact that he gained something back when arriving on the island. Maybe he was blind?

I think at least the bible has some sort of significance at least to Ecko. It was like they were makin sure we know he is a religeous man or has some kind of ties with Christianity. Also the Nigerian priest wasn't actuallly a priest was he? He was some kind of drug dealer so I'm not sure that the Bible would have belonged to him. At least it seems to me that a drug dealer care enough to put the Bible in a box.

Maybe it is just a reference to the "all seeing eye" and that they are all being watched...

We don't know that there wasn't a real priest on that plane, but even if there was only a fake priest, he'd have a bible as part of his cover. I think the Dharma folks scavenged all the belongings from the drug plane and stored them in that box.

Cardie

Now, if they were to find an ear and some lips, then there might be some understanding.

But seriously, I thought of this verse as I was reading through some of the other posts on this topic:

Luke 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

I think that the whole tailie hatch freaked out Eko. It seems that he recognized the Dharma sign and maybe even the bible. I will have to watch it again and study his reactions.

most of the episodes we've seen have "opened" (so to speak) with an eye. it's been a while since that's happened. not sure if there's any connection.

anybody hear peter falk tell about when he was a substitute teacher? he's pop out his glass eye, put it on the desk and elave the room telling the students he's have his eye on them....lol!

How about the Bible verse, where if your eye causes you to sin, you must pluck it out?

Not really about eyes necessarily, but if you want to get all Bibles and eyeballs, it applies.

It's from the Sermon on the Mount.

Mat 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

When I first saw the eye, I thought of the Illuminati

I also thought about when Locke said back in season 1 "I looked into the eye of the island" - it almost seems like whoever had the Bible could possibly be worshiping the eye figurine.

I also know that in the Bible it talks about the "evil eye" which is basically talking about people being jealous or coveting things.


Maybe Locke looked into a big whole that was missing it's eye. Just a socket and that's why he said he looked into the eye of the island - he actually looked INTO it

Now that I think about it I think the eye came from One Eyed Willy who was sailing that Black Rock pirate ship.

If had been the Torah and a glass eye, we would at least have known that Sammy Davis, Jr. was there.

Maybe it is just a reference to the "all seeing eye" and that they are all being watched...

oh, so very ironic considering your avatar image... heh

If had been the Torah and a glass eye, we would at least have known that Sammy Davis, Jr. was there.


hahah, you jokester!

no, but seriously. cardie - i am totally with you. i thought the same thing - eko seemed to pay a lot of attention to the objects in in that hatch. i think he recognizes something and i think it is from the nigerian plane. good call! (as per your usual.)

"How about a shrimp fork!"
"No, wait - a leisure suit and a PDA!"
"An actual red herring fish? No, too obvious..."
"Wait, I've got it - a fake eyeball and a Holy Bible!"

LOL! love it. funny stuff.

"How about a 9 volt battery and a quesadilla"
"With refried beans?"
"No, that might be pushing it a bit. Maybe just some guacamole."

being a Survivor fan and knowing how hard they compete for blankets and stuff, you'd think the discovery of a blanket in that box would be a cause for joy, and that the blanket would be taken with them on the hike when the break camp.

eko did act kinda strange, it didnt strike me that he had perhaps been there before or had seen these things but that perhaps he was making a connection and taking it as a bad omen. but are we leaning more towards the eye belonging to the plane because of the bible or connecting it to someone from dharma? also i think goodwin was surprised to see the hatch, and the radio, he tried to get rid of that radio pretty quick. i think if his group had found the hatch the radio would be gone awhile ago? why are these hatches so hard to find? danielle apparantly never foound any, now it looks like the others maynot have found them, and locke couldnt find the door to the swan hatch.

<------------------ They found my eye! I was wondering where I left it! :biggrin:

I didn't read through the whole thread, so I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but remember when Locke and Boone found the plane, they found the Nigerian priest in the tree. He had a patch over his eye and like I said, he was a priest.

Personally, I thought the glass eye was hysterical. With my lack of psychic skills, it will probably be the very object around which the entire story will revolve but for now, I think it's a wonderful laugh given to us by the writers because it is soooo obtuse!

I didn't read through the whole thread, so I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but remember when Locke and Boone found the plane, they found the Nigerian priest in the tree. He had a patch over his eye and like I said, he was a priest.


Now that's a good pull!

And remember when Sayid was torturing Sawyer? He was about to pluck an eye out before Sawyer decided to talk.

I didn't read through the whole thread, so I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but remember when Locke and Boone found the plane, they found the Nigerian priest in the tree. He had a patch over his eye and like I said, he was a priest.
i knew a connection would be made. though i like the brainstorming theory with the writers trying to drum up crap for us to mull over. someone tell me when they actually use a real red herring...lol

I could be off, but I thought Eko seemed to mostly focus on the Bible..... And am I off completely, or didn't on of the Seabillies wear any eye patch??????

My wife also made the connection that Mr. Eko might be a priest. How he said that he would pray for rose and the rest of the plane. his concentration on the bible. the 40 days of not speaking because he killed those "others". He was repenting, maybe

Eko seemed to remind me of a Missionary more than a priest..... But can someone please tell me I am right about the guy on the boat who took Walt having an eye patch????

I am just as interested in the number 40 that came up. The number 40 is signifigant in the Bible. 40 days of flood, 40 days that Jesus was on earth after his death and before his resurrection. They find a Bible and Eko said that he was silent for 40 days and AL didn't cry for 40 days. Maybe it's nothing but...I found it odd that the "others" only take the good ones and leave the rest. And that the children are "safe" now. Is that a religous group? Could it be that the 'pergatory' theory hs ground? They only take the good ones up to heaven and the rest are left on the island to see how they react and if they are "good" enough to make it to heaven?

I wasn't a fan of that theory but last night brought a few religious elements into the show. My father happens to think that Eko has something to do with voodoo...could be the accent he has or the fact that he was so interested in the Bible and says he will pray...don't know yet, just thinking about it all with him...But that is his thought.

I also was thinking that Eko might be an actual priest . . . Another bit of evidence is that when asked if he were married, he said "worse." Being a celibate priest "married" to the church might be considered "worse."

Interesting contrast with the Nigerian fake priests.

i dont remember the guy from the drug plane having a patch. but i also havent seen it in awhile. also i forgot all about the "worse" comment, which makes it interesting to try to figure out his backround

I also was thinking that Eko might be an actual priest . . . Another bit of evidence is that when asked if he were married, he said "worse." Being a celibate priest "married" to the church might be considered "worse."

Interesting contrast with the Nigerian fake priests.

Eko is by far my favorite character. And I believe he is the opposite of locke. One side light. One side dark. And I think that Eko is a priest or maybe a missionary who's lost his Faith. He's silent for 40 days (perhaps pennance for the killing in defense of the others). 40 is significant in the Jewish/Christian faith. 40 days it rained, etc... Then he finds the Bible and gets his faith back "I will pray for them. I will pray for that too." . Locke is a "Man of Faith". So is Eko. One light, one dark. Eko is motivated by good "it's what i do", feeding the prisoner, interveneing(sp?) when Anna abuses Sawyer... etc. What's Locke motivated by?

I don't know if anyone remembers this, but way back when people were guessing whats in the hatch(Desmond's). Someone came up with a Floating Eyeball. He posted it directly in the Damon Lindelof(or Javi/JJ ?) forum, Damon laughed and said he hadnt heard off that theory before but he had just finished writing the script for a future episode, and to look out for something shockingly similar sometime around episode 7.
I guess we know what eyeball in a hatch Damon was now refering to.

If you go back to the "Orientation" film, it zooms in on Dr. Candle's eyes several times throughout the film, does it mean anything in reference to the eyeball in the box, who knows. He does have a fake arm as well as we all know, maybe that's an eyeball of his.

I thought it was DR. Candles eye.....

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Big Eye that was on the mural in the Hatch.

Ok. Now I know it's an obscure reference, but the glass eye and the bible made me think of a Flannery O'Connor short story about a Bible salesman who steals a woman's leg as well as her virginity.
The character is quoted below. Apparently he stole a glass eye from another woman in his travels.

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find." "One time I got a woman's glass eye this way. And you needn't to think you'll catch me because Pointer ain't really my name. I use a different name at every house I call at and don't stay nowhere long. And I'll tell you another thing, Hulga, you ain't so smart. I been believing in nothing ever since I was born!"--from Manley Pointer's comments to Hulga Hopewell in "Good Country People."

Meaning:
eye = seeing is believing
but it's glass so it's false so you can't believe what you see
bible/God = something you believe in without seeing

And as long as I'm over the edge, reading into something that's not there, the similarities in name between Flannery O'Connor and Flann O'Brien(The Third Policeman) is mildly interesting.

i just posted this thought on another thread about eko but it might be interesting here , too, so i'll mention it. the radio they found in the hatch worked on the same frequency as the one in the drug plane. i have no idea if that's a factor - a radio can have operate on many frequencies, right?

but what made me think of this was somewhere ELSE on the fuse, people were speculating about why boone could hear a transmission, when up to that point, the radio transmissions had been jammed by the signal coming from the tower. someone replied that it was because the two radios operated on the same frequency, different from the one used at the tower.

i have no idea if this makes sense, or is even correct. but if it is, that's a big clue that somehow a radio got from the drug plane to a hatch on the other side of the island.

and yeah, it seemed to me that eko was acting a little "off" when they opened the trunk, almost like he recognized the objects. that doesn't mean he was one of the people from the drug plane, but it might mean he's connected.

blah blah! heh.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Big Eye that was on the mural in the Hatch. It's could be many things... first thing I think of is the Illuminati. Check the back of a dollar bill. There are several Mythological and Cultish symbols throughout the show. Desmond is wearing a Mason symbol on his shirt in his first meeting with Jack. The symbol of the Swan is from Vishnu(it's his ride). The Alvars are a Hindu saints (which has 108 temples BTW). Alvar may be a title and not a name. The big eye could also be reference to a god like apollo and maybe ra. Or keeping with the illuminati line - The all seeing eye - just like the back of your dollar bill.

Walk by faith, not by sight.......

I didn't read through the whole thread, so I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but remember when Locke and Boone found the plane, they found the Nigerian priest in the tree. He had a patch over his eye and like I said, he was a priest.

Good catch but why would somebody who wears an eye patch also have a glass eye? that would mean there blind in both eyes, wouldnt it?

No eye patch http://lost-media.com/modules/coppermine/albums/ep-caps/season1/1x19-deus/deux254.jpg

If Mr. Eko is a priest (or is the most religious of the group), why didn't he say something during the burials? I know he helped retrieve the bodies from the water, but during the burials, he just stood off to the side away from the rest of the group.

No eye patch http://lost-media.com/modules/coppermine/albums/ep-caps/season1/1x19-deus/deux254.jpg
Maybe the person that took the glass eye also took the eyepatch :confused:. Just fooling around here... :biggrin:

The number 40 is signifigant in the Bible. 40 days of flood, 40 days that Jesus was on earth after his death and before his resurrection.

Jesus, was only buried fro 3 days before he rose again, but I see you connection to 40 days, moses fasted for 40 days and so did jesus when he spent 40 days in the wilderness.


My father happens to think that Eko has something to do with voodoo...could be the accent he has or the fact that he was so interested in the Bible and says he will pray...don't know yet, just thinking about it all with him...But that is his thought.
Voodoo is more closely associated with the Carribbean than Africa. I know it is, or atleast once was, a big part of the culture in Haiti who just happen to speak creol like some people in lousiana which is why when someone thinks of voodoo, the first thing that pops in your head is an old lady living in the backs woods of lousiana near a bayou with chicken skeletons hanging from her front porch.:)

I think he is directly connected with the nigerian drug smugglers somehow and recognized the stuff. I also belive he is a priest. Possibly he was the good brother who joined the clergy and his other brother was the black sheep who dealt drugs under the clergies disguise

Maybe the person that took the glass eye also took the eyepatch :confused:. Just fooling around here... :biggrin:

there was also a body on the plane...maybe that was the one in which someone reffered to as having an eyepatch.

If Mr. Eko is a priest (or is the most religious of the group), why didn't he say something during the burials? I know he helped retrieve the bodies from the water, but during the burials, he just stood off to the side away from the rest of the group.
My impression was that Eko had seen this kind of human carnage before. I am wondering if he was involoved in a war or some kind of civil insurgency before the missionaries or the Bible helped to save his life. At that point, he would have vowed no more violence, only to have gone against his vows and then repented for 40 days. When he sees the Bible in the hatch, it is a reminder of the struggles he has overcome and how he was once saved.

A few weeks ago, someone posted on another thread that the Australian policeman who deported Sawyer had a glass eye...it's a very strange detail to show up twice.

I think you're onto something here.

I think the glass eye and bible are connected to the Nigerian priest that was in the tree. I was just watching Deus Ex Machina and I remembered this. The priest didn't have an eyepatch but a large centipede crawled out of his empty eye socket. Also, he had a bible on him with a black cover that looked just like the one the tailies found in the hatch. Eko we believe is Nigerian, he seemed to recognize the bible, my guess is he knows the people from the plane (though he was not necessarily on the drug plane). Just like Jack knew Desmond from before and they both ended up on the island.

throwing these out there:

1) glass eye + bible = blind faith?

2) glass eye = see no evil
radio = hear no evil
bible = speak no evil

1. Wasnt the priest up in the tree.
2. Wasnt their someone else dead in the plane

which to me points to them dieing on impact i.e. one priest getting flung out into a tree other dieing on impact or something - although the plane isnt that dented up hmmm.

Anyway if the box was put there by the Nigerian priest then why not stash some of the heroin? If by some chance they were to be rescued then it would be wise to keep it at the place they were staying and not up in a tree which clearly has his dead friend in..

Also Eko dosent act strange when he see's the box contents or the dharma logo like other people have said on other threads. During his silence for 40 days and being a man of faith its obvious a bible being found is maybe a sign for the better to him?

The eye is strange and after thought I could see it is a metaphore for 'were watching you' because they've just found a place they could call 'safe'.

I know the Peter Pan therory has been brought up before, but, one of Captain Hooks crew had a glass eye.

For those that haven't been following our attempts at transcribing the whispers, particularly from Abandoned, eyes ("it's the eyes", "i can see eye to eye") are pretty dominant in the whispers that Ana, Eko and the others heard in the woods.

coincedence?

the transcripts and audio files are posted at http://www.lostlinks.net/whispers.htm

the original thread is here, if anyone wants to read through it: http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=25491

http://www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html

This talks about the "evil" eye...and about the different types of people who contract a "sickness" from having an "evil" eye...read it, it is interesting.

It also mentions a remedy by using a egg (there are chickens on the island...and eggs, Desmond had some). It also says that children, babies, men and mothers are all susceptible to being victims of the "evil" eye and must be protected.

Hm, so you mean that only women who've never had babies are protected from the evil eye? That certainly narrows it. So Kate and Ana lucia are SAFE (assuming they've not had a baby)! lol.

I really don't think that the eye and bible are supposed to be symbols of anything. I think they are simply artifacts left behind by someone else on the island or that once inhabited the island.

One of the Greek myths has three blind sisters sharing one eye - they were defeated when the hero (which one?) stole it from them....

Maybe it means "keep your eye on the the bible"? it could be a clue put forth by the writers they seem to enjoy tinkering with there fans.

Glass eye= see no evil
Bible=speak no evil
Radio=hear no evil

Sorry if this is repeated, I didnt search the whole thread

Also glass eye + Bible = Blind Faith

glass eye + Bible = Blind Faith

Pretty good insight, but I don't think they would go this far in the obscure meaning of the objects...

Pretty good insight, but I don't think they would go this far in the obscure meaning of the objects...
Thanks, but not so sure I agree with the obscure meaning of objects

I'm curious. Alot of people are convinced this is a red herring.

What other red herrings have there been? Concerning things actually in the show? It seems to me like every small clue is somehow relevant, or will be.

In today's lost podcast, Cuse and Lindelof say that the contents of the box in the Arrow bunker are a signifcant clue.

So strike the idea of these items being a red herring. They mean something.

I'm curious. Alot of people are convinced this is a red herring.

What other red herrings have there been? Concerning things actually in the show? It seems to me like every small clue is somehow relevant, or will be.


EDIT: ^^^^^ well, so much for my spoiler tag, lol

About the eye and bible:


According to a recent podcast, the bible and glass eye will be explained soon and do have some importance

Glass eye= see no evil
Bible=speak no evil
Radio=hear no evil

Sorry if this is repeated, I didnt search the whole thread

Also glass eye + Bible = Blind Faith
I don't follow though, what exactly do you think this means? The DHARMA people are leaving word jumbles around for peope to solve?

I don't follow though, what exactly do you think this means? The DHARMA people are leaving word jumbles around for peope to solve?

They were clearly Dungeons and Dragons enthusiasts.

One of the Greek myths has three blind sisters sharing one eye - they were defeated when the hero (which one?) stole it from them....

Interesting, the Fates were the three sisters. Medusa was one of the sisters. Perseus killed her using a mirror to see her instead of looking directly at her. :cool: I don't know how they would work that in, but if they do...genius!

Edit: It was the Graiai sisters who shared one eye and one tooth. They were sisters of the Gorgons, which is what Medusa was. Perseus stole the eye in order to get the Cap of Hades. -The Iliad

And you guys are getting all of this from a glass eye in a box?

most of the episodes we've seen have "opened" (so to speak) with an eye. it's been a while since that's happened. not sure if there's any connection.....

This was the first thing that came to my mind as well. If I remember correctly wasn't it season one where almost all of the episodes began with someone's eye..?

I think the stuff belonged to the Nigerian priest, and that Eko knew him--if it was an Anglican rather than a Catholic priest, it could be his father. Lots of people carry Bibles, but the number of one-eyed priests who disappeared in the vicinity of the island would be pretty small.

Cardie

I doubt that anyone could have gotten inside the plane to remove those items. The plane was very off-balance, and even the slightest movement would (and did) cause the plane to come crashing to the ground.

Cheers,
Picotrain

Didn't one of the Sea Billies have a patch over his eye??? I dunno I might be wrong.

I doubt that anyone could have gotten inside the plane to remove those items. The plane was very off-balance, and even the slightest movement would (and did) cause the plane to come crashing to the ground.

Cheers,
Picotrain

I don't think anyone removed them. I think they fell out--just like the priest himself did.

Cardie

I don't think anyone removed them. I think they fell out--just like the priest himself did.

Cardie

or perhaps... someone fell out? who says there were only 2 people on that plane? the items somehow had to truck halfways across the island and get inside a trunk in one of the hatches. wonder if there is a survivor...?? :rolleyes:

(or, f there was a survivor.)

There could have been a suvivorm although I'm not sure how many people that litttle plane could hold. But the former occupants of the hatch might have retrieved the items and stored them.

Cardie

I don't know if this has any connection at all. Well, I could theroize that it may, but that takes to much time. So read for yourself...I think it's interesting that children are the focus, eggs (like from chickens) are the cure, being 'dirty' is a cure, and water or wetness is a symbol of being cured.

Article is long, but worth the read to the bottom.
The Evil Eye
http://www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html

Maybe the glass eye represents Big Brother (in the sense of 1984). They are being watched. The bible may be a clue to their salvation

This was the first thing that came to my mind as well. If I remember correctly wasn't it season one where almost all of the episodes began with someone's eye..?

I don't think this applies to why an eye was found in the bunker (I think we're going to find out who the eye belongs to at some point), but I noticed the opening shots you're talking about and made a list recently. There were nine episodes in the first season that started with an opening shot of an eye. I haven't checked season two yet (have any of them opened with an eye?), but here's my list for season one:

ep. 1 Jack's right eye
ep. 4 Locke's right eye
ep. 5 Sun's left eye
ep. 10 Claire's right eye
ep. 13 Boone's left eye
ep. 16 Sawyer's left eye (as a child)
ep. 17 Jin's right eye
ep. 24 Baby's eye (not sure which one, can't check, DVD player acting up)

If anyone has any to add from season two, or one's that I may have missed from season one, feel free to correct me or add to the list.

I don't know if this has any connection at all. Well, I could theroize that it may, but that takes to much time. So read for yourself...I think it's interesting that children are the focus, eggs (like from chickens) are the cure, being 'dirty' is a cure, and water or wetness is a symbol of being cured.

Article is long, but worth the read to the bottom.
The Evil Eye
http://www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html

I'm not sure that it would appy here, but that was an extremely interesting article!

There were nine episodes in the first season that started with an opening shot of an eye. I haven't checked season two yet (have any of them opened with an eye?), but here's my list for season one:

ep. 1 Jack's right eye
ep. 4 Locke's right eye
ep. 5 Sun's left eye
ep. 10 Claire's right eye
ep. 13 Boone's left eye
ep. 16 Sawyer's left eye (as a child)
ep. 17 Jin's right eye
ep. 24 Baby's eye (not sure which one, can't check, DVD player acting up)


ep. 24 I believe it was Aaron's left eye.

Special opened with Michael's eye, but I don't remember which one. I just remember there being debate over whether it was Michael's eye or Walt's. It was finally decided that it must be Michael's eye because of a brown spot in Harold's eye that Malcolm does not have.

Personally, the eye at the beginning of the episodes reminds me of the same eye that starts "Survivor" and "Big Brother."

Somebody is raking in some good money in residuals for this eye, perhaps... :)

If we find out Mr Eko was in fact blind, then the signifigance of a glass eye and a bible is huge. Mr Eko undergoes a physical and spiritual change, just like Locke. I don't believe it is a red herring, we see very subtle clues that turn out to be large parts of the lostaways lives in later episodes. Kate's toy plane, for example :biggrin:

I think it was:

5. Jack's eye (as a child) (I don't know which eye)
6. Sun's left eye

And Desmond's eye in 2x01