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The 3.20 flashbackers are

Well, there's the monster inbetween them and those houses, the giant fence of death and the chance the knockout-gas toting Others might come back. I'd stay on the beach.

Looks to me like they're grooming Doyle to be the next 24 main-eventer, when Jack bows out in... Season 9?

I agree, this episode didn't make up for last week's, but was pretty damn solid. Loved the twists in the Palmer/VP storyline, I totally thought Wayne would collapse/die after the court handed down their decision, and I was pretty shitty about it. But then, a 24 swerve, and everything is sweet again.

The 'death' of two characters isn't plot?

It's cool to not use spoiler tag now? I think anybody clicking the Lost thread They totally better not have died. I never got the Nikki/Paulo hate, I think they were good to use as the 'noob' characters to explain the more complicated plots for new viewers. This was a really fun episode, and I think it justified those who didn't immediately want them dead. I just wish the preview hadn't flashed a picture of the spider, because it kind of ruined the twist.

Uhh... yes? Isn't that one of the things we know pretty much for sure? Ben said to go fetch The Man From Tallahassee, and the only man we see after that is Locke's dad. I think that's the most obvious sign that he was kidnapped and physically brought to the island by the Others, not imagined or teleported. The Others have shown in the past they can retrieve the most detailed of information about the castaways (Juliet reading Jack his big-ass file), and they're certainly not above the act of kidnapping.

that was what I figured - what he wanted was to get payback against his "dad" and voila it shows him his dad tied up ready to be made a bitch. I'm actually surprised that so many people are talking about him as if he's really there. If Locke's dad is just a manifestation of the Smoke Monster, why did Ben tell Zeke to fetch 'the man from Tallahassee'? And if it's just a manifestation of what Locke wants to see, how come his father was presumably already in the cell when Locke opened the door?

I enjoyed that episode, and I dug Locke's mega-bump. I'm holding off on calling bullshit to the ending, just because it seems pretty obvious to me that the Others kidnapped Locke's dad and brought him to the island. If he was there all along, if he was an Other, or if he came to be in that room for any other reason, then it's time for the bullshit stamp.

Totally. The only decent bit about last night's ep was MayorDad proving to DickyMayor that he should be the guy leading Jericho. His slow, shadowy walk-off into the sunset wearing a cowboy hat sealed the deal.

That episode was tremendous, I enjoyed it more than Hurley's ep the other week. The ending was wicked, one of the best endings to an episode since Henry Gale's 'Evilness Over Cereal'.

If Locke's paralysis was caused by a dude falling on him out of nowhere, and not the result of a giant con f'ing him over and breaking his spirit for the sixteenth time, I'm going to be unhappy.

Aside from the Abyss' mother thing, these sound a lot better than the last tapings.

The most shocking moment has to be Teri's death. Nothing can top that. Everything else was telegraphed, but you only started getting worried about Teri a few minutes before it happened, and even then you were like 'nah, no way'. I really enjoyed this episode, didn't see the Martha neck stab coming at all. And has Aaron lost weight?

Yeah, the show had picked up considerably in the two episodes before it, but the last episode was average. No real tension - you knew everyone would survive. Jericho really needs to kill off a major character, because right now, scenes where a townmember's life is in jeopardy just aren't interesting.

I think that was the show trying to balance the Science/Faith thing. Locke's faith, disputed by Sayid, ended up finding them Patchy's lair and therefore a way to find Jack. So, he got to look stupid for the rest of the episode.

I believe her name was Kari Matchett, and she starred on the short-lived television drama titled 'Invasion'.

r.e Today's Ep -

I live in Sydney, and the Australian wrestling scene is bare-bones. Supershows consisting of the cream of Australian talent have only managed to draw a few thousand people, and that only happened twice. There is some good talent, there's a worker named TNT who I think would fit well in WWE:Pacific, but I wouldn't be too optimistic. As for coverage, they certainly wouldn't get on a free-to-air network, which is what they'd need if they were attempting to tour regularly here. If they toured places like Sydney more than four or five times a year, they'd be looking at sub-5000 crowds, especially without any international draws. I don't think you'd pack the Sydney Entertainment Centre with Nathan Jones vs Kenzo Suzuki.

I don't know if it was just because it came directly after one of the worst episodes ever, but I agree, really good ep. Had a good mix of character stuff and some island developments, and the flashback was fun too. The show definitely needed a feel-good episode. My only real problem at the moment is that there's no clear goal ahead of us, aside from rescuing Jack. Series 1 had the hatch, Series 2 had the confrontation with The Others. What happens after they get Jack back?

Did anyone who watched Season 1 of Lost ever think we'd get to a point where The Others have a desk and clipboards? Does that depress anyone else, or is it just me? COMPELLING ACTION~!

Nope, she was a different actress.

That was boring. Wasn't horrible, wasn't even bad, just bleh. The flashback was inane and made little sense, it showed nothing about Jack other than what we already knew (except the meaning of his tats, which could have just been explained with dialogue), and the on-island stuff was average. Hopefully this is a turning point for some more action. I want Locke and Sayid, and to learn more about Patchy, and less about f'in Juliet and Jack.

I'm with you Curry. I enjoyed that episode, but if Lost was like that every week, I'd probably stop watching. IMO, it needed about 5 minutes more Island time. The producers have done a horrible job pacing this series. They dragged out the 3rd Island plot for 6 episodes when it could have been told in 4, then the second episode on the return is a Desmond flashback that could have been done a few eps later, after we've resolved Sawyer and Kate, Jack's fate and the 400 other plots left on the main Island. I've always been one to wait patiently for Lost's answers, I just wish they gave them to us in a different order than what they're doing.

Obama: WTF is this Aussie prick doing poking his nose into American politics anyway? Paying his American masters back for when Bush attacked his political rival in 2004.