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23 is one of the Numbers.

Occurences 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.
  • In the episode "House of the Rising Sun", Jack says that the 46 surviors need to each drink a half gallon of water a day, which makes 23 total gallons
  • Hurley- Hotel in Sydney room number 2342
  • Hurley- When Hurley rushes to get on the plane, the gate # is 23.
  • 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 Michael up at 5:23 am. The morning of the flight.
  • In Two for the Road, Michael says he saw 22 Others at there camp, presuming he saw all of them and we don't include those taken by the others, if we include the false Henry Gale we have 23 alive Others.

Occurences outside the show

  • 23 is a big part of Discordianism and the Law of Fives. The explanation is from the Discordian "bible" Principia Discordia. This book (or a version thereof) is what Robert Anton Wilson (see below) based his Illuminatus Trilogy on. Oh yea, and he wrote it too! Fnord!
  • 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.
  • In Mission Impossible III, 23 months is how long Ethan Hunt's marriage was predicted to last.
  • Here is a good article followed by more 23 instances: the 23 enigma: captain clark welcomes you aboard!
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