I did not find last night's ep as inventive or surprising as several previous eps, but, in truth, I already knew more about Charlie going into it than I did about Kate, Jin & Sun, Jack, or Locke. So, I'm unsurprised that it was unsurprising, if that makes sense.

I adored DM's portrayal. Dear lord, he has the most incredibly expressive face. Love.

I enjoyed Sawyer's "I'm movin' in" bit. Hurley made me laugh out loud at one point ... but I can't remember. Oh, yeah, when Jack asked him to come back and keep hauling bags, his delivery of, "Oh, could I?" made me laugh.

I don't think Locke whacked Sayid. Seems the obvious choice to me, because they're setting him up to be mysterious, so I'm not going to bite on that one. Intriguing the suggestion that it could've been someone who was already on the island. Veddy interestink. I hadn't thought of that.

Also, didn't Liam's little girl look to be about four years old? So maybe Driveshaft broke up four years ago?

Well, Liam mentioned that the night his daughter was born, he and Charlie were stumbling around the streets of [memfault city] looking for a dealer. I'm thinking he quit (both drugs and the band) shortly afterwards--at least I hope so.

I rolled my eyes at every single thing that Hurley said SO HARD I thought my eyeballs were going to leave the sockets entirely.

Also, Hurley is in love with Jack. You heard it here first. But maybe not in a gay way.

If it was Locke, how did he know what Sayid was doing and where he was? Strengthens the case for him under the thrall of the magic island.

Same question would apply to anybody else, other than Kate (alibi) and Sawyer (apparent alibi). Sawyer could have done it if he was able to jury-rig some kind of timer to fire off his rocket at the appointed time. We'll call that the "Sawyer is MacGuyver" hypothesis.

Of course, somebody could have just been spying on the triangulators. Including somebody from outside the known survivors.

Just thinking out loud.

I adored DM's portrayal. Dear lord, he has the most incredibly expressive face. Love.

t sharing in the love with Jen

Of course, somebody could have just been spying on the triangulators. Including somebody from outside the known survivors.

It was Betsy. "Ya' don't need three points to triangulate, pretty boy. Take that!!"

I rolled my eyes at every single thing that Hurley said SO HARD

Aw, man, I was just feeling the Londo co-like with Nora in Natter. Can't have everything, I guess.

Also, I think the moth speech scene would have been bad if it had been any two other actors, but Terry O'Quinn and Dom played it pitch perfect. (Though

I don't think it was Locke who whacked Sayid on the head. He was busy preparing Boar!Dinner all day. I think it will be a nice surprise when we find out who it was.

I also think Sayid thinks it was Saywer, which is why he's all gung ho to go to town on Sawyer with a knife and his Mad Republican Guard Skillz.

our differences will make us stronger, Jen...

t romantic "in the corner" music plays

sniff, brings a tear to my eye...

I didn't think it weak, cliched or heavy-handed. If it was cliched, I thought it was good use of the requisite cliches, in such a way as to save it from after-school-special land.

I agree. Or rather, I think it was pretty heavy-handed, but in a "Gee Locke, lay it on a little thicker, will ya?" way rather than in a "OKAY WRITERS WE GET THAT MAGIC IS LIKE CRACK!" way. It was diagetically anvilly, which I liked rather a lot.

I think it might have fallen flat if Dom were less of a great actor, but he totally pulled it off.