I got this from lost-media.com

Lost," 10.7/16, won the 8 p.m. hour for ABC over the 40th anniversary broadcast of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," 8.2/13, on CBS.

Lost is really kicking some major ass.

Or, in this case, reindeer.

Yeah, but Rudolph was a rerun...

Considering the holiday draw with kids, though...

I thought it was interesting. I watch Rudolph as a kid and had to watch it every year. I didn't even realize it was on last night.

It occurs to me that Claire taking umbrage and leaving the caves in a huff might be karmic payback for Jack responding to his sleep deprivation/responsibility issues by doing a Daffy Duck freak-out run through the wilderness.

t runs away with Sayid while everyone is busy fangirling Sawyer and Charlie

Now, because I can't concentrate on stupid work and am trying to kill time until I can take off: Crazy made-up list of ranks in who is most likely to buy the big dirty farm in the sky, according to Vonnie;

1. Jin (hasn't contributed much; unlikely to do so unless he could learn how to communicate, his death will pave a way for Michael/Sun, etc.)

2. Claire (#2 only because of the 'too obvious' bit)

3. Walt (for meta-reasons)

4. Boone (will pave a way for Shannon to snap out of the Bitch Mode. Also, I don't like him.)

5. Michael (this may lead to Walt turning into a disciple in the Church of Locke)

6. Sawyer (that pesky death-wish thang)

7. Shannon (fun character, but not terribly essential)

8. Jack (well, he was gonna be killed in the pilot... plus, big HSQ factor)

9. Hurley (NOOOOO! But everyone loves him, ergo his death = big angst according to Jossverse rules)

10. Sun (lots of invaluable skills, more mystery to be mined, and J.J. likes her, but prolly more dispensable than the people below)

11. Locke (obviously a major player, but he's been courting danger/darkness)

12. Sayid (unlikely, as is invaluable in techy stuff and hotter than sun; plus writers will worry that killing off the Iraqi will smack of creepy right-wing wish-fulfillment)

13. Kate (well, she is the nominal heroine of the series, so no.)

14. Charlie (not unless J.J. wants to get trampled to death by Dom fangirls in rage-out)

Oh, yes, Boone can die. I approve.

Are we absolutely sure that Locke hasn't already died? As in, what came back from meeting the invisimechasaurobruin wasn't really him?

It would be interesting if the big major character death the producers keep talking about had already happened off-camera and no one has realized it yet.

I put Jack at #1 on the death list. He wasn't supposed to have survived the crash, so he's on borrowed time. Plus, he's just too leading man. Blech. Then Boone and/or Shannon, then Michael. I think that they'll keep Walt with Guru!Locke though.

From the watch-n-post on:

starts convulsing at even an oblique mention of most hated book ever...

One of my best friends in high school named her son Ethan because she loved this book. Depressing, much.

(I'm kinda wishing Nathan Fillion really were playing Ethan, because Fillion can really bring the creepy.) (Also, I like looking at Nathan Fillion.)

Oh, yes. I had missed much of S7 originally, but just watched on DVD. He can creepify like nobody's business.

I feel like we're supposed to take him at his word, because he didn't play the run-of-the-mill "only happy news" psychic. Also the point of view wasn't only Claire's in those scenes -- the camera very pointedly focused on him during the readings, not just on Claire's reaction to him.

Yeah, except, well, we know he lied to Claire. I think he saw something, but do not trust what he said about it. I am more inclined to believe earlier comments, while he was so upset, but I think he had ulterior motives after that.

This is all terribly exciting now, but there are so many ways this particular storyline can turn into a steaming pile of incoherent crap that I'm beginning to get a bit worried.

Wrod.