I'm even warming up to Sawyer, if only cause he was reading Watership Down. Whoever chose that book is great. Not only does it tie in with the rabbit theme, but it's also relevant to the island, with its examination of the social dynamics of a small group of individuals in a dire situation.

Yes. This. I now need to re-read WD as soon as possible, mainly because this ep reminded me of how much I love the book.

I now need to re-read WD as soon as possible, mainly because this ep reminded me of how much I love the book.

Seriously. I want to re-read that, read The Lord of the Flies because I'm not certain I ever did read it back in the day, and read The Stand.

When was the last time a television show encouraged people to read? (But don't take my word for it.)

The Lord of the Flies

I was so waiting for that boar's head to end up posted on a stick somewhere.

I've never actually read Watership Down. I'll have to rectify that. I do hope it doesn't go Lord of the Flies on us. That would be icky.

I read somewhere that Charlie's addiction is heroin. It looks more like I would imagine crack looks. I don't think I've actually seen a picture of crack to be sure. Or heroin, now that I think about it.

I really didn't catch the wish fulfillment with the rain and the polar bear or the dog.

I read somewhere that Charlie's addiction is heroin. It looks more like I would imagine crack looks. I don't think I've actually seen a picture of crack to be sure. Or heroin, now that I think about it.

Yeah, I was originally suggesting as a title "Hobbits, Heroin, and HoYay!" but then I realized that it didn't look like heroin. Looked more like coke.

I really didn't catch the wish fulfillment with the rain and the polar bear or the dog.

I didn't catch the polar bear (until the second viewing), but the rain made me crack up:

"I'll look for [Vincent] as soon as the rain stops."

AND THE RAIN STOPS.

It was magnificent.

Well, it's brownish, which makes me think it's heroin. All the coke I've ever seen in my life has been white. (Haevn't seen any in 20 years though, so I have no idea how it looks these days)

Well, it's brownish, which makes me think it's heroin.

I think you're right. Which makes the term Smackfarthing appropriate.

I keep adding to my reading list after each new episode of this show -- I've ordered Stephen King's Four Past Midnight (for "The Langoliers") and now I need to read Watership Down and King's The Regulators, too. I've read The Stand and Lord of the Flies already.

I want to know what Kate did, and it better be something actually bad. Right now she's too good to be true -- acting as "the law" on the island, saving the rancher who turned her in, putting an oxygen mask on the marshal -- and it's getting kind of boring. I do like that Jack sort of twisted her volunteering to help with every "mission" around to make it a potentially negative thing, though, by pointing out she has trouble staying in one place for long.

What do you think the signifigance of Locke's first name being John is? I expect it's more than just a joke, considering we had an episode named after John Locke's "tabula rasa." We also learned Jack's last name is Shepherd, which is interesting as he's becoming a leader. I want to know everyone else's last (or perhaps first, in the case of Hurley and Sawyer) names now.

King's The Regulators

How does that one fit in? I've been wanting to read Desperation / The Regulators for a while, cause I thought the idea of the two books being related was cool. (Technically, Regulators is a Bachman book.)

I want to know everyone else's last (or perhaps first, in the case of Hurley and Sawyer) names now.

Someone suggested Sawyer's first name is Tom.

Hurley's last name might be Davidson.

I think it's Burley.