LA X, Part 1 & Part 2

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1. Plane stabilizes; Rose tells Jack it's okay to let go.
The plane stabilizes after turbulence and continues safely to Los Angeles. However, in "Pilot," "The Other 48 Days" and "A Tale of Two Cities," flight 815 rips apart after the turbulence and crashes on the island.

Read related recaps:
Pilot | The Other 48 Days | A Tale of Two Cities

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Pilot | The Other 48 Days | A Tale of Two Cities

2. Bernard returns to his seat.
Bernard returns to his seat and to Rose, but in "The Other 48 Days," Bernard is in the tail section and his row of seats is caught in tree.

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The Other 48 Days

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The Other 48 Days

3. Desmond on plane in Jack's seat.
Jack finds Desmond sitting in his row, but Desmond was never on flight 815. In "Live Together, Die Alone," Desmond is on a sailboat that is caught in a violent storm. He shipwrecks on the island and lives there for three years before 815 crashes.

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Live Together, Die Alone

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Live Together, Die Alone, Pt. 1 | Live Together, Die Alone, Pt. 2

4. Island and complete statue underwater.
The island and the whole statue are seen underwater, but in "Pilot," the Others and the survivors live on the island, and in "Live Together, Die Alone," only the four-toed foot remains of statue.

Read related recaps:
Pilot | Live Together, Die Alone

Watch related episodes:
Pilot | Live Together, Die Alone, Pt. 1 | Live Together, Die Alone, Pt. 2

5. Hurley won the lottery and is the luckiest guy alive.
Hurley says he's the luckiest guy alive, but in "Numbers," Hurley thinks he is cursed because he uses the numbers to win the lottery.

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Numbers

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Numbers

6. Boone wasn't able to bring Shannon back with him.
Boone told Locke that he wasn't able to bring his sister back with him, but in the "Pilot" and "Hearts and Minds," Shannon does come back with him and they are on the plane together.

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Pilot | Hearts and Minds

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Pilot | Hearts and Minds

7. Oceanic 815 lands in LA.
Oceanic 815 lands safely in Los Angeles, but in "Pilot," "The Other 48 Days" and "A Tale of Two Cities," flight 815 crashes on island.

Read related recaps:
Pilot | The Other 48 Days | A Tale of Two Cities

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Pilot | The Other 48 Days | A Tale of Two Cities

8. Jack is informed that Oceanic lost his father's coffin.
Oceanic lost the coffin with Jack's father, but in the first season episode "White Rabbit," Jack found the coffin on the island. However, the body of his father was not in the coffin.

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White Rabbit

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White Rabbit

9. Sun does not speak or understand English.
Sun tells the customs agent she speaks no English, but in the first season episode "House of the Rising Sun," Sun was secretly taking English lessons so she could leave Jin at the Sydney airport, and on the island reveals to Michael that she actually can speak English.

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House of the Rising Sun

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House of the Rising Sun