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.

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!"

I hadn't thought about it that way but it makes sense. I hope you're right.

I was pretty meh on the episode. I love Dom and I love Charlie but I thought his backstory was predictable and boring. I'm hoping we'll get more complex versions of the backstory as the seasons progress. Like, why was he so religious?

Nice Irish Catholic boy. And it was clearly part of the basis of his personal morality.

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.

Yes, this.

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

Also this. Any other actor and I think I would have been in the Ew, episode stinky, get it off me.... corner.

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.

And that's just silly, really, that Sayid would suspect Sawyer, because Sawyer is totally crushing on his Mad Republican Guard ass. Right now, Sawyer also kinda strikes me as from the Malcolm Reynolds school of "if I want to hurt you, you're gonna see it coming" action.

Maybe it was one of the epileptic trees what bonked Sayid.

And that's just silly, really, that Sayid would suspect Sawyer, because Sawyer is totally crushing on his Mad Republican Guard ass.

Sayid's pissed because Sawyer's not putting out, so now it's time to talk to Mr. Knifey.

Love the shout-out to Jess. That's awesome.

Loved Charlie's Luke Skywalker line: "I'm here to rescue you." Hee. And of course he should go tunnelling in, he's a hobbit for god's sake! Dom ruled.

I can't get upset at the bad science/engineering/physics/gravity issues, because really, and as Sayid finally pointed out, they should all be dead. So hand-waving is fine and just the price of admission.

As Betsy points out, you can narrow in on a source with two receivers, but you get much better accuracy with three, and generate that "triangle of uncertainty" that DCJ linked to earlier. But then there's all that magic transmitter shit that Sayid put together - don't think too hard about it.

t waves at lori