( continues...) no longer connected them.

Nodding like a big noddy thing.

I should mention, that if you have a battery and jumper cables, you can make an electrical torture-unit out of a foldy beach chair and enough rope to tie up your captive.

Reading Buffistas is *so* educational.

I particularly love that there was a decent discussion afterward as to the plausibility of the scenario and exactly how many volts/amps it would take to actually electrocute someone.

Also, this episode made me like Boone a bit. (My default position on Boone is that he needs his ass kicked, and often.) "We need the sunscreen, princess," was what did it.

I am very grieved that there is no episode next week. Rassenfrassen' hiatus...

ETA: Oooh, we have the auto-division of long-ass posts (or whatever the heck we call it) function! Neat.

So maybe the "science expedition" was laying transoceanic cable? I suppose that would be thicker though. Or they were transporting polar bears from the arctic to the antarctic, and ran aground half way.

The rifles are obvious though. The expedition would need to drive away the penguin army lying in wait to prevent the arrival of the transplanted bears.

Oh yeah. I was all, "HIVES IS ONE OF THE SIGNS OF IMPENDING ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK, YA DUMBASS!" I should prolly stop tearing out my hair whenever I come across gross medical inaccuracy on TV, or I will be bald before I hit 35.

It's a sign of mild allergies, too. I just assumed Jack had asked Sullivan what he'd been eating, or been in contact with prior to the rash showing up. He didn't seem to be in distress otherwise.

how many volts/amps it would take to actually electrocute someone.

Ten milliamps (or, one tenth of an amp.) Doesn't take a lot of voltage through the body to get 10 ma. 120v (U.S. wall power) isn't usually enough to do it, but you can still do what we call "the 60 Hz jitters" when you come in contact. Power lines are the worst offenders. People cleaning pools have a nasty habit of somehow managing to bring the pool cleaning pole into contact with the power line while standing on a wet deck and then "pfffft." Heart stoppage.

you can still do what we call "the 60 Hz jitters" when you come in contact.

Been there, done that, don't wish to repeat.

It's a sign of mild allergies, too.

True, but the presence of hives tend to ring alarm bells much more so than a common rash when there's hypersensitivity reaction involved. Jack seemed awfully cavalier about the thing.

Jack had asked Sullivan

Cool. The Rash Guy has a name!

The expedition would need to drive away the penguin army lying in wait to prevent the arrival of the transplanted bears.

Yeah, 'cause penguins are evil. What with their creepy squacking and sliding and the beady eyes and all.

Actually, I think I liked it better than you did this time around.

I always like to blame things on the viewing environment. I had to watch about twenty minutes with low volume and closed-captioning since the girls were talking house stuff.

Have I mentioned I love the music on this episode?

By the way, I misinformed you. J.J. Abrams wrote the Alias theme song, not Michael Giacchino.

"We need the sunscreen, princess," was what did it.

Yep. I enjoy the sibling rivalry.

The hives thing didn't bother me, because Jack was obviously mid-conversation with the guy, so had taken some history. Plus my mom started getting hives only after my dad died, and still gets them when she is stressed out. I also had a friend who got them the way the rest of us might blush--if she was embarassed or nervous, you could see the welts pop up.

I get a kind of pre-hives from my food allergies (red flush on my neck and chest with only a bump or two) when they get bad, but sometimes when my allergies are only acting up a little, stress can bring it out.

you can still do what we call "the 60 Hz jitters" when you come in contact.

Unless, of course, Jack was lying to the guy, as he mentioned to Hurley the guy was a hypochondriac.

But then it got bigger, so...

Maybe Sullivan will be the first casualty since the drowning.