Shannon's the asthmatic? I thought it was Boone. Ha! Oh man. An episode dedicated to saving Shannon's life. This'll go over great.

RackimfrackimSayidisdamnyummytoobut DAYum I'm liking me some Sawyer.

Ayup. There is no shortage of the pretty Beverly.

It might be a good plan for me to plan a Lost marathon prior to next week. There have been damn few clues as to Sawyer's story that I have noticed, but I am willing for the sake of research to watch him closely and see if I missed something. Sensitive lad.

but I am so over KaTeNJacK4evAH.

Well, except that Jack is really not interested in her at all. I may be setting myself up for disappointment here, but I hope Jack turns out to be gay. Come on, there's got to be at least one queer person on the island!

Dude, with the taunting, acting assholetastic, making of the hurty face when rejected by Kate, and the head-tilting, Sawyer's reminding me of Spike even more. Color me disturbed.

Charlie's back story was rather predictable--I mean, it's difficult to live up to the HSQ of Kate was a Convict! or Locke was a Paraplegic! or Sun was a Mafioso Daughter and Can Speak English! but, I don't know. It lacked... stuff. And I'm wee bit uncertain as to why Charlie suddenly went from "You're a junkie and you're ruininig our band!" to "Drugs! Oh, well, I'll try it, I guess."

Shannon actually did her part! Surprse, surprise. I liked that.

I'm betting Claire took out Sayid.

Snerk

Perhaps next week is a Shannon story week that will give her some redeeming value.

Oh I forgot about Sun and her sweater. She was clearly using her resolve voice so I expect the sweater to stay lost. Looking forward to the speaking English reveal.

Jack is happily asexual. I'm not getting a read off him with anybody--Kate, Boone, Shannon, Hurley, Charlie, Sawyer, Sun, or Sayid.

The only vibe I'm getting is JackNIsland4EVah.

I may be setting myself up for disappointment here, but I hope Jack turns out to be gay.

There's been spec to that effect, yes.

Oh! And how much did I love that Sawyer was still reading Watership Down? SEVENTEEN MUCH.

And I'm wee bit uncertain as to why Charlie suddenly went from "You're a junkie and you're ruininig our band!" to "Drugs! Oh, well, I'll try it, I guess."

Yeah, that was an awkward transition. Oh well. I was hoping this episode would deliver a better story, but I guess they can't be fresh and surprising all the time. Still, Dom was great. His purple and blue fingernails? Too cute.

Sawyer is only presumably on the side of evil. We need backstory to even begin to make parallels to Spike. I liked Spike, the whole reformed bad boy thing.

I think Sawyer is still too much of a cipher to put the Spike label on him yet.

It was nice to see the extras being used as people. Scott and Steve, and that girl Shannon was talking to. Maybe we'll get their stories someday.