As you may have already heard, the hirsute Jay Lake today became the … well … the not so hirsute Jay Lake.

And looking at Jay’s newly shaven dome brought to mind another rather determined individual with whom he shares the same initials and even an almost identical last name.

Suddenly, a very confusing TV series is starting to make a heck of a lot more sense.

After all—have you ever seen Jay Lake and John Locke together?