Lord of the Flies episode 2 includes a flashback before the crash – and it revives one of the novel’s biggest unanswered questions.
The BBC adaptation of Lord of the Flies, written by Jack Thorne and based on William Golding’s classic, follows a group of British schoolboys stranded on a remote island after a plane disaster.
We never learn exactly where the island is. But there’s an even bigger mystery: where were they going in the first place?
Episode 2 quietly brings that question back into focus.
Where was the plane going? (Credit: BBC)
Where were the boys heading in Lord of the Flies?
The episode opens at an airport. Parents hug their sons goodbye. We briefly see the aircraft: a plane operated by “Corinthian Air”.
It’s fictional, so don’t look for clues there.
On board, there’s no mention of the destination. Within seconds, turbulence hits. The plane starts to plummet, and then we’re back on the island.
In the novel, it’s suggested that the boys were being evacuated during a distant nuclear war. It’s also implied they were being flown somewhere safe in the Pacific.
But that still leaves a huge gap, considering the Pacific spans around 64 million square miles.
Australia? New Zealand? A British territory? We’re never told.
The island is remote – but was it their intended destination? (Credit: BBC)
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