I'd have to rewatch, but I'm pretty sure Sayid's plan was "At 5 o'clock, everyone set off your bottle rockets to signal that you are in position and ready. After the third rocket is fired, everyone switch on your antennas." So Sawyer wouldn't have to know when Sayid's bottle rocket went off, he'd just have to figure out how to rig the rocket to go up around 5pm. So Locke's theory/accusation is sound there.

However, the whole reason for the bottle rocket thing was because the battery life of the antennas was pretty short. So that's where the accusation breaks down, as if Sawyer turned the antenna on early, the battery would have most-likely died before Sayid could start getting a signal. But neither Locke no Sayid mentioned the antenna part.

Personally, I agree with askye. I think Sayid woke up after getting clobbered and his first instinct was to blame Sawyer. He then finds out Sawyer was covering Kate's position. He goes to confront Locke and Locke gives him a reason to blame Sawyer again, even if it doesn't completely add up, he's willing to believe it enough to ignore that.

Kathy -- weren't there a couple of days between last week's and this week's episodes?

Sure Locke got Charlie to give up the drugs, but he was so...I don't know. He finds the kid's dog, he finds Charlie's guitar...I'm not sure if he's actually finding these things on his own or using the island to help him...but he comes off as being helpful. Weird but an asset and I think he quietly gets off on having this power.

It seems as if he's silently sowing discord without anyone knowing it's him and is setting himself up to be indispensable so he can eventually usurp the power from the "heroes". [If they get rid of Locke who else is going to kill the meat?]

As I remember it, Shannon was distracted talking to Anonymous Woman and only remembered to light her rocket and turn on the antenna when the woman pointed out Sayid's rocket blast.

Another thing is that we know is that Sayid started to get a signal on the transceiver when he was knocked out, which suggests both Shannon's and Sawyer's antennae were turned on. If it was Sawyer who hit Sayid, why would he have turned his antenna on? It would have frustrated and distracted Sayid more if he could not get a signal, which would have been more difficult if the antenna was turned off.

As I remember it, Shannon was distracted talking to Anonymous Woman and only remembered to light her rocket and turn on the antenna when the woman pointed out Sayid's rocket blast.

Yup. That's what happened. But it's not surprising that Shannon needed a reminder like that.

Another thing is that we know is that Sayid started to get a signal on the transceiver when he was knocked out, which suggests both Shannon's and Sawyer's antennae were turned on.

Oh, I'm totally in the "Sawyer didn't do it" camp, I was just explaining why I can see how Sayid bought Locke's accusation.

Oh, I know Kalshane. I was just trying to point out one more little piece of evidence I noticed in the "Sawyer didn't do it" column. I think Locke probably did it, or he knows who did.

Another thing is that we know is that Sayid started to get a signal on the transceiver when he was knocked out, which suggests both Shannon's and Sawyer's antennae were turned on.

Sawyer's would have had to arrange for his antenna to be on, otherwise Sayid would have known that either Boone/Shannon or Kate/Sawyer had screwed up, whether accidently or on purpose, which would defeat the whole sneaking-up-behind-Sayid plan. They didn't show Sawyer turn on his rocket like they did Shannon, so it's still possible for the writers to pin the cold cocking on him by showing someone else setting off Sawyer's rocket.

Kathy -- weren't there a couple of days between last week's and this week's episodes?

Well, Jack's shoulder was still hurting him, and it's only been seven days total since they ran out of food way back in "Walkabout," so I'm not too sure it wasn't only one day.

Is there a timeline out there somewhere in the internets?

Upon rewatch this morning, I just have to say.... I'd think Charlie about as likely to find a jar of peanut butter as he would of finding an empty, intact glass jar.

If humans can survive the fuselage tumble throught the jungle, what's to say there wasn't something in that jar, packed away in luggage? Sure, it's long since eaten, as they went through all on-board food as of a week ago, but the jar would remain. Not only that, it was likely washed out and used for water, or boars meat, or fish in the interim.

I don't know if it was the acting or my overactive tastebuds, but I was tasting peanut butter in that scene. Creamy.