Jack giving up, then not giving up on Charlie=Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in The Abyss. Both scenes had me in tears.

Yes, Michael went out to the south, but I think he took Steve and/or Scott with him, because there was somebody with him when he came back.

Walt said, "Brian. My other dad." So. Did Walt lose the stepfather when he lost his mom? And Michael has a Brian-shaped yardstick to measure up to, in Walt's eyes.

Can nobdy tell me about the conversation between Sawyer and Sayid?

However, this is the second time Jack has saved someone from the brink of death and I really really hope it doesn't happen again.

I was thinking Jack will think of this one as coincidental. He had given up. He was taking out his frustration on Charlie's body.

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Also, I think Ethan was totally going to off Charlie in the way that he did. I think the supposition that they were split up is intriguing, and likely. This is why Charlie knew nothing of Claire.

I hate sweeps cliffhangers. and by hate I mean love.

True words. I remember talking all summer about who shot J.R.

Running out the door again. I only saw the last 15 so I have to wait until tomorrow to see the beginning.

Well done.

I missed the Sayid/Sawyer reunion scene (theyaresoinlove)

I've never done the slashy thing before, but so help me, I see it here.

Also, I think the steel thing is a bunker. For totally.

I thought that Locke was trying to get rid of Boone so he could commune with the island/get the magic to work. Plus I think either Locke rubbed some of his magic off on Walt, or Walt's got some of his own going on because the dice thing was weird.

I noticed this too. In the last episode the expression on Locke's face was such that it gave me the impression that he was almost annoyed that Sayid had come back to the caves to tell everyone about others being on the island.

My prediction with regard to Locke is that, while right now he's pulling for the good guys, something happened to him or the island did something to him so that he might not be acting of his own will and he will subtly start acting in favor of the "others" or whatever's out there. And Walt will be his sidekick. The writers are putting so much tension between Locke-Walt-Michael for it to not play out later.

Not enough, Beverly. Sawyer was knocking on Sayid for the torture. Sayid said he regretted it and that's why he left with no intention of coming back. Sawyer gave him an "Oh, yeah?" so Sayid could exposit on the crazy french lady who killed off all her teammates and Sayid had to come and save Sawyer for theirloveissopure. There was some more snark after that, but I missed it, too.

Oh, the Red Shirt line was cute. I think Boone is a super Star Trek geek and is too embarrassed to admit it (he couldn't remember "the guy with the pointy ears"--and I don't know if he meant Data or Spock, since I don't remember which series he was referring to), but he was clearly into it enough to notice the Red Shirt thing.

Also, I laughed out loud when Boone revealed that he ran a Martha Stewart for Bridezillas outlet.

Ah, thanks, Jen. I shoulda known I could count on you.

I'm reeeelly really glad we didn't lose Charlie. I think probably he doesn't remember. There's always a loss of memory associated with head trauma. The bits in the movies where the PI describes the guy what whopped him in the head is bushwah, because if your melon is tapped hard enough for you to lose consciousness, you will also have a bit of memory loss of the events immediately prior to your being tapped. The same could be true of, erm, hanging trauma, I suppose. I'm thinking of it that way until I get it confirmed otherwise.

Sawyer: hahaha, karma's a bitch...
Sayid: I feel bad 'bout the whole torture thing.
Sawyer: I don't care.
Sayid: I met a crazy lady who said crazy things (exposition exposition exposition) and I looked at her the way you're looking at me RIGHT NOW!
Sawyer: Did she have a straight razor? (cha-ching!)
Sayid: uh, no.
Sawyer: whatev. tide's coming up, and I kept your fires burning.

That was the gist, I'll let someone else bring more text to the party.

A little wiped after that hour of TV. And geometry. Going to bed now. Beverly, forgive my flippancy in recapping.

Edited for semi-coherency. And punctuation.

No, Nora, it was great, thanks! I can totally put those lines to the scene I saw!

Stoopid phone call.