For whatever reason last week when Sayid got clocked in the head I thought it was a woman. I don't know if I saw something but immediately I had it in my head that it was a woman.

Well if you remember the transmission said something like "They are all dead now, its OK to pick me up" Obviously, she thinks being alone is the key to getting off the island

You know what would be nice?

If a television executive or research staff monitored forums such as this, and saw what a positive reaction an exciting and intelligent show like "Lost" is getting, then we might get more quality programming and less shows about out of work bartenders embarassing themselves or their families.

That would be nice.

GREAT Episode. Sayid is a bad ass. I loved his torture techniques and how he kicked Sawyer's butt. Sawyer's an idiot. NEVER EVER mess with someone in the military.

Good seeing Jack get pissed off too. Only Sawyer could piss off a nice guy like Jack.

Sad seeing Kate like the kiss

Sun and Michael share another moment this week. I thought Michael was gonna clock Jin this week.

Kinda like this?

First time I'd seen this show early enough to take part in the thread. First few times were during baseball playoffs so I needed an "alternate method" to view them. After that I had episodes sitting on my Tivo for a few days. Anyways, I had really been waiting for Sawyer's backstory, though I think it let me down a bit. Didn't really explain why he seems to do so much reading. Still I enjoyed the little twist to his story. Sayid was awesome throughout, and Locke is still a badass. Frankly, I'd take any of the ladies, not just Kate.

Only complaint I had is that Charlie has apparently detoxed in one whole day. But whatever. Another great episode and I look forward to next week of course.

I'm thinking there's something going on between the asian chick and the black guy..

The first obvious choice was Sawyer, but once Locke accused Sawyer that made Locke the next obvious choice. Since this show tries not to be so transparent, maybe you're right, but right now I'm thinking it was Locke for the exact reason he stated. He doesn't want to leave.

Just a few reminders:

- if you're talking about the episode that's already aired, don't use spoiler tags.
- if you're talking about next week's preview, do use spoiler tags.

With that out of the way... great episode.

- "I became Sawyer." What a line, and he delivered it well.

- I don't know if Kate necessarily liked kissing Sawyer, but it could have just been a byproduct of someone going through a lot of trauma recently and needing some sort of lovin'. And before she was on the plane, she had been on the run for who knows how long. So she's been keeping to herself for a while.

- Sayid leaving was kind of awkward. I didn't feel like he showed a lot of remorse about what he had done until the last thirty seconds of the show.

- With Sayid & Claire leaving the beach, who out of the main survivors are still there? Sawyer, Kate, Rose... anyone else?

Good episode. Sawyer just extended his lead in the "sven's favorite character" race.

Wow, somebody has been asleep at the HD switch somewhere at ABC this week. Two segments of Housewives and the first 37 minutes of last night's Lost were not in HD (Whether that's ABC National or ABC Affiliate, I don't know).

You pay all that money to have HD equipment, you kinda like to use it.

It must have been your affiliate, because ABC Chicago was fine, except for a few seconds.

Thanks.

I found the whole Sawyer story to be lacking. So someone screwed his parents over when he was younger, and it screwed him up. I get that. But why become a sadist? Why let yourself get tortured for no reason? Just doesn't really make sense to me.

You said it!

Excellent episode and really freshed out the Sawyer (we don't even know his real name) character.

I'm hoping that they also do something similar next week with Sayid since so far he has been less than impressive.

As Kate getting into the kiss, as people already indicated, it might be a combination of loneliness and also attraction.

I don't think there's anything going on yet but that's the direction that is going...

Kate is all about the Alpha Male. It seems to me that whoever is in charge, thats the guy she's into. When Jack is giving orders, then she's swooning. When Sawyer is confronting her, she gravitates toward him. Sayid was even getting some sparks off of Kate a couple of weeks ago.

So far I like Sayid and Sawyer the most. Jack seems like a hypocrite to me. He 'says' he didn't want to be in charge, but he never stopped giving orders. He talks about being civilized, but am i the only one who noticed that he never just asked Sawyer for the medicine, or even if he actually had it?

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Did anyone else have trouble understanding "Sawyer" when he was giving his explanitory speech? All I kept hearing were the damn waves crashing in.

Anyhoo, his speech led me to believe that he "became" Sawyer when he saw that kid ... however, didn't the wife call him Sawyer after they got done making whoopie? When exactly did he realize that "he became Sawyer"?

I liked how claire and charlie is getting together...charlie seems like a 'helper' and a I guess a expecting mother might need some helping?

Same here. I couldn't make out his words, but got the gist of it.

I think I enjoyed Sawyer's "backstory" the most out of all we've seen thus far. His character is by far the most complex.

Perhaps he hopped on the back of the polar bear, forming his own personal Polar Express ?

Yeah, you missed a lot. "Sawyer" wrote the letter as a child. He was the one who lost his parents due to a con man. But when he grew up he became a con man himself, and also took the name "Sawyer." Make sense now?

"Don't expect to be able to give me a piggy back ride anytime soon."

I like that Sayid is going exploring, but I wish he would have taken some people with him. Maybe Locke would have been up for an island adventure.

That's what I'm saying! She's just horny!

He needed a fake name to use during his con of the married couple, so he used Sawyer. He probably used it for several cons before then too. As to why he told everyone on the beach after a plane crash that his name was Sawyer, who knows. I'd say its a case of the writers naming him Sawyer first, and then later writing a backstory after the fact.

The only thing I don't get about his backstory is why he leaves HIS breifcase with his $140,000 behind in the married couple's house? I mean obviously, he's going to leave THEIR $160,000 behind, but wouldn't he take his money with him when he fled?

Also, did anybody else notice the mistake that when Sawyer was in the pool hall, the guy he borrowed the $140,000 from said it was $160,000?