 The scene set up a prominent theme of "time-travel" for later episodes.In the episode's respective podcast, "Lost"'s show runners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof further discussed the time differential as part of an already existing theme regarding transport between the island and the rest of the world.In particular, the theme was alluded to the " video", a Dharma Initiative video that premiered at the 2007 Comic-Con.