I'm not sure I buy Clair and Charlie being so chummy again, wasn't it just a few days or weeks ago (last season in our time) that Charlie went a little insane and tried to kidnap the baby?

Loved the island stuff, but Claire's backstory is my least favorite. I was also shocked by Jack's supposed escape run.

Next week looks pretty sweet.

Ok here's what ticks me off about this show. I complain about it for a season and a half, take one week off, then scamper back and it has an awesome episode like this. Sigh, i'm such a tool.

Great episode, and major bonus that Claire looked hot with the black hair. We all knew the reveal was coming. But goth Claire rocked. Did Sawyer have any hair dye in his stash before it was raided?

I was also wondering about the bird. Wouldn't the paper get wet in water or rain?

Count me in the group that was thoroughly satisfied with this episode.

My only complaint (not surprise) was Rousseau interupting Patchy when he was explaining stuff. But this is stuff that you expect from Lost, so it's hard to complain.

I think the ending lends itself to two possibilities for Jack: 1) He was brain washed; ala clockwork orange room 2) He is playing along with the Others to gain their confidence.

In either case, it was surreal to see him enjoying himself wiht the Others. Have we ever actually seen him this happy? He definitely seemed like a whole different person.

Jack and Tom! BFF!

This show is a lot more fun if you yell "Gilligan!" everytime somebody does something stupid...

Desmond scares away the birds: "Gilligan!"

Locke kills the Russian: "Gilligan!"

etc...

Sounds like an idea for a good drinking game....

Meh. I can't stand the whole Desmond and Charlie thing. Didn't care for Claire's storyline although catching one of the birds was cool.

The search party storyline is really cool though.

I really liked it, then again I like every episode.

Anybody else notice the map Sayid had, where it said "Subterranean Passage 20' Deep" in a couple different spots? They looked like pretty long passages...is this how Ethan and others got around the island so quick? And I wonder if that cemented door from the old Swan hatch lead into one of these tunnels?

I'm suprised everyone else was so shocked by the Jack reveal. We saw that he was willing to get off the island by himself, leaving all of the other Losties behind. I kinda had a feeling that he would be getting all Stockholme with the Others. Especially with that lovey-dovey shot with him looking at Juliet as they headed back to the Others' home. Still, really cool to see the Losties' reaction to it.

Anyone else thinking Locke wants to use the C4 for the submarine, or for whatever other escape vessel the others have? This is incredibely selfish if true (who's going to MAKE Locke leave?) especially if it's just because he wants some company on his magic island.


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So when are they going to run out of food? I'm assuming they won't be getting any more drops. Wasn't something said about the submarine beacon not working since the hatch blew?

I assume she's a natural blonde, and was only dying black during that gothtard stage that ended when her mom died.



I was wondering how Claire managed to write a short story on a piece of paper affixed to a bird's leg.

I assumed that the island magic turned her and her husband into those two good-looking Latino people.

Blonde girl finally gave it up

My complaint goes beyond your. It wasn't Rousseau's interruption that bothered me. It was the lack of curiousity from everyone else on what Patchy was trying to say. No one asked, "What?" "What were you going to say?" "What about Locke?" "How do you know our complete names?" or "Who the hell are you people and why are you fighting us at every opportunity instead of helping us get off this damn island?"

As for Jack, I will still say he's playing along. He seems too in control to allow brainwashing to work and smart enough to play along to make the others think it did.

Very funny. Good one. OK, my turn: it was great to have another Claire flashback, because her character is just so fascinating.

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claire's goth look was a bad wig.

Her character *is* fascinating. Imagine, a young girl who goes through a phase as a teenager where she dresses all in black and works at a tattoo/piercing parlor. That's, like, totally deep and stuff.

Patchy said they could leave but they couldn't return because the underwater beacon wasn't working. When they arrived for the firsttime , wouldn't they have fixed coordinates fo the island? Unless the island is moving.....

All I have to add is that Tom throws a football like a spaz. I bet he and Jack went out for malteds afterward and checked out the new Archie comics.

It makes sense to me that the Losties are clones. That would explain how all the Others know the history and details behind the Losties; they've basically setup an island of originals and set the clones loose (or vice/versa) into the world as an experiment.

Maybe the Jack we saw playing catch was actually a Jack clone who has always lived on the island. Meanwhile, the other Jack is on the island across the way still negotiating his release with Ben.

If I didn't already know who the next episode is about, I'd fully expect an episode about Jin and Sun's conflict with her dad or Hurley taking a dump.

I think somebody's seen one too many Michael Bay movies.

Yeah, because EVERYTHING on this show is so up and up realistic. Don't be an asshole; it's a theory.

The look on Kate's face on seeing Jack playing football was priceless.

Look liked she want to beat the crap out of him now.

I'm curious how they managed to balance that seemingly heavy tree on top of the brain-melting post without getting too close to it.