Lost's Dart Gun Tech Misses the Mark

One of the benefits of Lost's time-skipping is that viewers get to learn about the island's past, and visit interesting historical characters along the way. Last week, we saw former Other Charles Widmore and a nuclear weapon dubbed "Jughead". In this week's episode, "The Little Prince"—named after the book by French pilot and many-time plane crash survivor Antoine de Saint-Exupery (check out EW's take on the possible meanings behind the title)—we met a freshly shipwrecked crew, which included a young (and pregnant) Danielle Rousseau. But back on the mainland, and three years in the future, Sayid dodges yet another attack by tranquilizer gun. Would that work in real life?

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