they have no key to the handcuffs.

I liked that part because I thought the same thing. I wonder what Sayid would have done if Michael hadn't cut him free (at which point I thought, "Well, crap, now they can't use them anymore!").

I think we should maroon Hec on a deserted island and see whether he practices what he preaches.

I think we should maroon Hec on a deserted island and see whether he practices what he preaches.

I'd start by practicing on you Science Boy. "You! Get to work on those cocoanut telephones they had on Gilligan! Stat!!!!"

at which point I thought, "Well, crap, now they can't use them anymore!"

So did I. (Though I admit I didnt' think of the non-key having until I read the recap, which made me laugh even harder at it.)

I think we should maroon Hec on a deserted island and see whether he practices what he preaches.

Oh, Hec is true to his word. Frock-coated dudes never fail.

Lieutenant Falafel, t sticks tounge out at SA , however, has not made his need for resources public, so I got a bad Lieutenant Falafel, right here.

Is Hurley in on the Transmitter Conspiracy? Because while he may have noticed Captain FalafelSayid fiddling with parts, he may not have realized that he's using up stuff that may be vital to being rescued.

Another reason why keeping all the maroonees in the dark about the Mysterious Transmission o' Mysterious Doom may not be a wise idea.

Heh, Gus. Cross-posted. Poor Hurley, in the dark.

I have to give some props to DavidS' position, though. I think that Advisor Locke should have been pushing for resource consolidation before now.

I wondered where they got the axe.

I assume it's a fire axe of some kind...?

I was kind of hoping someone clever would fashion one out of a piece of fuselage or the like... Eventually something like Gunn's axe, even.

I would definitely figure out a way to build a forge eventually, what with all that nice metal to work with. At least make a piece of the wreckage into an anvil

And the landing gear? Parts for a water wheel. That and some wiring stripped out from the wreckage and some magnetite, I could make a crude generator. Heck there might even be magnets scavengable from the cockpit equipment. Maybe even servos.

Then lights from parts of the fuselage that wasn't burned, and I'd be in Macgyvering heaven.

I wondered where they got the axe.

Me too! I thought I'd missed some sort of explanation.

I assume it's a fire axe of some kind...?

Good point...wait, do they have those In Case of Fire Break Glass dealies on planes?

from sumi's link:

"I'm kind of looking forward to the first time someone comes up to me on the street and says, 'Oh, you speak English so well.' "

..then there will be the "Ever watched Angel, BITCH?" comment. We loves the sumi restraint, we does.

Good point...wait, do they have those In Case of Fire Break Glass dealies on planes?

Not so much. The plate reads: "Touch this, and the Sky Marshalls will rain death on yo' Arab ass, dimwit."