And put me in the "Didn't realize that was Kate's father until you guys said it" group. I'm pretty sure it was her biological, because she hugged the army father in Episode 9 after the step-father was dead.

Yeah, I liked it. More containted.

I skipped back to see what the little symbol thingies were. Only saw, like, a bird. And a stick. So yeah.

And did anyone notice the total lack of a female presence? I mean sure the French lady showed up to give us the willies for a bit and Ana Lucia was there for about 5 seconds, but this is probably the first episode that didn't feature any of the original female cast plus there were none in the flashback that I recall either. Not that this means anything but it was just something I noticed.

Great episode.

Henry Gale is evil I think.

When the button hit 0 with the egyption shit...wow. I have new interest in that storyling now. That was intense.

And put me in the "Didn't realize that was Kate's father until you guys said it" group. I'm pretty sure it was her biological, because she hugged the army father in Episode 9 after the step-father was dead.

Nice to Rouseauu back. Always <3-ed her.

Sawyer...I'm starting to like his turn. The frog squishing thing was deliciously evil, but entertaining.

So, apparently there is some talk of this and my aunt is positive about it, yet none of you brought it up....

The army guy in charge who gave Sayid the money at the end and was talking in Arabic or whichever middle-eastern language... is the leader of the Others.

Could it be? I didn't think so, but haven't looked into it yet.

Looks like next week's going to be a totally female-orientated episode. Looks like a cool adventure with Kate (?), Libby, and obviously Claire.

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I heard that we'll be getting a new castaway this Wed!

Henry Gale was the name of Dorothy's uncle in The Wizard of Oz.

I doubt they'll have another Jack episode this season. There's really not much more to tell. There's another Locke one for sure, plus a Libby one, then maybe Hurley, Ana-Lucia or Eko, Kate and then another mixed one for the finale.

Oh, and a spoiler:

[spoil]In Locke's next flashback, we find out he has an interesting connection to Sawyer. It's been rumoured that Locke's dad (the guy who stole his kidney) might be the real Mr. Sawyer. That would be kinda cool.[/spoil]

What I make of this change lately in Charlie and Sawyer is that they are trying to tone down the redemption angle. They had gotten a bit carried away with everyone being a new person on the island which not really likely. By having some of them regress to the way they used to be is both realistic and helps them avoid being accused of shallow feelgood writing.

Or maybe they have some bigger plan with the changes, this is just my sense of it for now.

One good side effect of these changes is that they rescued the show from the actors sliding into just playing themselves, which happens too often on most long running series. And Sawyer never really earned that "everybody loves you now" comment anyway.

One of the early themes of Lost was that all of the castaways got a chance to create a new life. Some fifty days into their stay on the island most of the main characters have back slid already.

Jack never did leave go of his obsessions. Kate had a chance to blend in as a normal member of the island society, but blew that opportunity when she tried to weasel her way onto the raft to flee. Locke was given a chance for a true 'walkabout', but ended up trading it for his new drone job of pushing buttons in the hatch. Sun, after revealing her scheme to learn English, secretly schemes again in the Jin poisoning plot. Sawyer had become accepted, but returned to his self-destructive ways when he did his hair-brained power grab. Charlie just goes bonkers. Finally, tonight Sayid once again returned to the occupation of torturer, an act which he claims bothers him deeply.

If the pattern continues, then Hurley, Claire and Jin are due to also back slide. Of course Ana and Eko are liable to follow the same trajectory, and we don't know what demons lurk in Libby's past. It seems they have nearly all failed to grasp the opportunities presented to them.

The result is a castaway camp slouching towards chaos. Oddly, they are being bound ever more tightly together in their flashbacks, albeit in a seven degrees of seperation sort of a way.

I still think "Live Together, Die Alone" is a critical theme of Lost, but it is hard to see how this group isn't going to have a period where they fissure and live apart from each other.