I had a friend over while Lost was on, and she agreed to watch (she'd never seen it before, and is now hooked.) She was quick to point out that the girl Boone was with at the tennis club looked a lot like Shannon, and wondered if there was something "skeevy" going on between B & S.

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the girl Boone was with at the tennis club looked a lot like Shannon

My first glance? I thought it was Shannon. And then realized, no, he just wished it was.

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I only caught it because I'm obsessed with Lost.

I caught it because the closed captioning said, "You All, Everybody" by Driveshaft plays, and I burst out laughing because it was in fact at that moment that I could hear the "You all, everybody!" in the background.

My first glance? I thought it was Shannon.

That's what we thought too.

I liked that the Boone/Shannon relationship as we've seen it on the island makes so much more sense now.

And I'm so over Locke, in a "White Rabbit" kind of way. He's a total psycho, and yes, the Randall Flaggness is totally coming through. Boone's going to be his Lloyd Henreid. He used to be all cool and mysterious, but now he's an annoying, self-righteous psycho.

I liked Kate's discovery that Sun spoke English. That was a nice scene.

Also, Sawyer! Sawyer was in Australia! At the police station! He said something like, "That wasn't my bottle" and something about a croc hunter.

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We've got closed captions on our tv, and during the Alias party scene, I was just saying to myself "That sounds familiar..." when the phrase

"You All Everybody" by Driveshaft playing

rolled across the bottom of the screen. I laughed so hard I annoyed my 16 month old daughter.

Shannon's got much more spark with Sayid than with Boone, unless they're arguing. Their love is so impure...

Xpost Hell!

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One thing I was glad to see was Jack sneaking Charlie meds on the side to help him with his heroine withdrawal. He wasn't just magically cured at the end of The Moth.

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Stole Sawyer's dialogue from TWoP:

...I was minding my own business...It was his bottle, I just gave it back to him! Hey, yo, croc hunter!...How come nobody wants to hear my side of the story, huh?

A fellow viewer speculated that the "bottle" in question may have belonged to Jack's dad.

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Captioning is a beautiful thing. I totally would have missed the music reference without it.

I'm enjoying kreepee Locke. Lots of good character interaction tonight. Hurley/Jin Kate/Sun Shannon/Sayid It was good that there was a lot of business other than the Boone/Shannon story.

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I am so completely enamoured of Hurley. He's the realest character on the damn island.

I called the vision thing, too--just, you know in my head, because calling it out loud to the cat would have been silly. And I agree that the Boone and Shannon actors aren't quite strong enough to sell their roles convincingly. Predictably, she is much stronger in scenes with Naveen than in scenes with Ian.

Re: promo--gauging by Walter's anguished "Dad!" does anybody else think something really bad is going to happen to Michael next episode?

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I love Hurley, with the pooping and the ralphing and the pointing at Jin's crotch so he would pee on his foot! So funny.

I'm very disappointed Shannon isn't dead. Not because I don't like Shannon (although I don't), but because it was yet another bait-and-switch. Do the deed, already!

I realize of course that by challenging them to do this they'll probably kill Sayid, the bastards.

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So are they ever going to actually kill someone? You know, permanently?

I was so bummed that I couldn't post: OMGWTF Shannon. I thought they really had cojones, and was actually a little sad. Now I feel cheated. Except seeing Sawyer in the police station almost made up for it.

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