Okay, so I have a general TV-writing question.

Stuff like this, little stuff, like the correct way to re-locate a shoulder, or how triangulation works... Is the problem that the writers aren't using google as efficiently as the could, or is the problem that they just don't care?

Or am I setting up a false dichotomy? I am, aren't I? Dammit! A Masters in Philosophy and I don't know any better than to set up a false dichotomy! Idiot.

I saw a person relocate a shoulder at a rehearsal just like they did on the show last night, so maybe there's more than one way?

Stuff like this, little stuff, like the correct way to re-locate a shoulder, or how triangulation works... Is the problem that the writers aren't using google as efficiently as the could, or is the problem that they just don't care?

Little of both, I think. Mostly, they don't want to bog down the dialogue with medical/tech exposition, so they try to put things in the simplest terms possible. And usually, that involves consulting their expert and then saying "Okay, but if we wrote it like this instead, would that be okay? For television?"

Thank you, Vonnie. I now have hot tea up my nose from excessive snorfling.

Aha, Robin. If that's true, then there may be, and I retract my criticism.

But Mel Gibson smashing his shoulder into a filing cabinet? I think not. Owie.

I think the problem is, it's possible to relocate a shoulder joint ten ways from Sunday, but half of those ways will hurt more and not work the first time, and 1/3 of them will cause the nerve to get pinched in the socket.

Or various complications like that.

There are lots of different ways to pop back a dislocated shoulder as listed here. The one I've seen used the most require sheets and two people providing traction-counter traction, but there are one-person methods. Can't recall which one Charlie was using in that ep though.

The reason Jack[I'm thinking you meant Sawyer?] said that Kate would see there was little difference between him and Jack is because:

a. They're both gay and hot after Sayid, and/or

b. They're both criminals or have committed unethical acts (four years ago?)

I'm gonna go with b. Or, you know, both a. and b. But yes indeedy, I could see the unethical acts, four years go, sliding right into place as another puzzle piece.

Have you guys been checking out the Honolulu Star-Bulletin's continuing Lost coverage? Some of the very recent articles might be a bit spoilery, but nothing I've seen yet talks about anything that hasn't already aired.

This is a nice one about Daniel Dae Kim and Yun Jin Kim and is no longer spoilery since last week's ep.

t eta And here's one about Dom.

I think the thing I didn't like about this ep is that almost nothing in it took me by surprise. It all felt cliched, as well as heavy handed.

Even Sticks actually doing her job? I really hoped to hell they wouldn't go for the cliché, and they didn't.