23 is one of the Numbers.
Occurances in the show
- Jack- Sat in seat 23B
- Departure Gate of the flight was #23
- 23 is the number of people who survived the crash in the tailend of the plane.
- Hurley- Hotel in Sydney room number 2342
- Jack falls and hurts his ankle on step #23
- Sayid was 23 when he was captured in the Persian Gulf War.
- There is a poster of the wall at the pool hall in "Confidence Man", the date is May 23rd.
- The digits 23 appear as part of a pin number on one of the crates found inside the drug plane.
- When Michael looks at the clock in the hotel room it displays 5:23 am.
- Kate- $23,000 bounty on her head
- Number of times Jack hits Charlie on the chest while performing CPR before Kate tells him to stop.
- Number of times we hear Jin hit the axe on the raft.
- Locke's mom was born in 1940; 19+4+0=23
- According to thehansofoundation.org, the year that Alvar Hanso made his address to the U.N. Security Council is 1967. (1 + 9 + 6 + 7 = 23)
- The zip code on The "Gale" ID has the zipcode of 55391. Added together this makes 23
- In "Dave", Hurley's doctor reminds him that there were 23 people on the deck which collapsed. The deck was only supposed to carry 8
- In Exodus, Part 1, Walt wakes Micheal up at 5:23 am. The morning of the flight.
Occurances outside the show
23 is said to be the number of the Illuminati (See also Mindfuck), and as such has part in many conspiracy theories. One of the most notable examples is Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's novel, 'The Illuminatus! Trilogy', in which the repeated occurrences of the number 23 in seemingly disparate situations is a principal plot element. There have been a few quotes from Damon Lindelof in interviews, pertaining to Illuminatus and its influence on Lost.
There is a movie named "23" that deals with Computer Hackers and Conspiracy Theories.