I like the idea that this episode might have been an homage to LOST. We know from a number of interviews that KC was a big fan, but he didn't like how it ended.
Here's what I caught:
1. The obvious reference to FOUND, another series that was filmed in Hawaii. I love the idea of Victor and Saul finding the LA production offices in order to figure out how it was supposed to end. I can't help imagining them breaking into the LOST writers' room, and finding it full of zombified writers still at work trying to tie up all the plot lines.
2. LOST had white rabbits with numbers stenciled on them. We're Alive has pale zombies with numbers tattooed on them.
3. LOST had a smoke monster. WA has a mysterious haze rising out of the ground in Inglewood, and an unexplained layer of smog over a city that hasn't seen a traffic jam in six months.
4. The first visitors to both the LOST Island and zombie-occupied LA arrived by helicopter, and each visit resulted in the characters acquiring a satellite phone.
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