Ghostbuster Gadget on Lost

Lost's Fake and Freaky Gadget!

February 9, 2008

When a new gadget shows up on Lost, odds are that its presence is dubious at best. Those touchscreen satellite phones by the new other Others, Other-controlled ultrasound machines — if technology shows up on this island, you have good reason to be freaked out by it. I'm already scared of who the new foursome with those iPhone-lookalikes are contacting, and I think I have good reason to be: One of them is a ghostbuster! New character Miles has one of the scariest backstories in Lost history — he's some kind of a ghost-whisperer! Apparently spirit hunters like Miles need more than just their mind control though. He busted out this wacky ghost-busting gadget in a scene illustrating his talents:
Is anyone else thinking what I am? That this looks freakishly like the Dirt Devil I kept in my car in high school?!

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18 Comments

3 years 8 weeks

RE: Carak I can see where it vaguely resembles a ghost trap...mind you, that wouldn't be too bad of a concept for some future version of it.

Ikandy 5 years 14 weeks

I thought he was just tryin to scam that poor old lady with that dirt devil thingy...still dont believe it does anything.

remedios 5 years 14 weeks

you kept a dirt devil in your car? huh... that never would have even occurred to me.

SkinnyMarie 5 years 14 weeks

LOL, it looks like a mini vacuum.

wackdoodle 5 years 14 weeks

It reminds me of those Compact Disc scratch removal devices combined with a Shark Hand Vacuum.I thought Miles had made himself is own Ghostbusters spirit capture box minus the nuclear fission business.

wackdoodle 5 years 14 weeks

It reminds me of those Compact Disc scratch removal devices combined with a Shark Hand Vacuum. I thought Miles had made himself is own Ghostbusters spirit capture box minus the nuclear fission business.

miss_best 5 years 14 weeks

I agree with the comments about it just being a decoy gadget. I think the gadget was fake and just helped him with his sells. I doubt many people would fork over $200 to some guy with no gear or proof that he could "ghostbust".

carak 5 years 14 weeks

yeah i think it was just covering up for his clients. so they think he's doing something from the noise. but i guess he's not a fake. i wish it was more like the Ghost Traps from 'Ghostbusters'

picot 5 years 14 weeks

Lost is an amazing show! I got hooked last summer when my boyfriend and I watched all three seasons on dvd and iTunes (Season 3 wasn't out on dvd then). Miles is weird, but I thought the dust buster thing was just his way of keeping his clients from hearing him talk in normal conversational tones to the ghosts. Also, it was a noise and they'd probably expect there to be some gadget.

picot 5 years 14 weeks