It's funny, because last night I was filling a friend in on Lost so she could watch it with us. I gave her what little background there was on Boone and Shannon and said there was something weird going on, possibly in a Flowers in the Attic kinda way.

She asked "Oh, like Cruel Intentions?" And I was all "No, they aren't steps." Oops.

I sure as shit wouldn't sit around staring at that thing in the ground. I would start digging around it to see how deep, far, etc., it was. Gives me the squick that they don't.

On another thread it was suggested that Spike and his amulet is in there.

How do you differentiate between playing a survival game and just surviving well?

When playing the game, the smartest, the strongest and the best hunters frequently lose because they are too strong. In true survival, those skills are an asset to the group, not a threat.

On another thread it was suggested that Spike and his amulet is in there.

Actually, they were talking about The Show Soon Not to Be Known as The Inside. But it's a viable theory all the same. Spike comes out, gets burnt to a crisp, end of story.

When playing the game, the smartest, the strongest and the best hunters frequently lose because they are too strong.

Do you think there are game-players on the island?

I think Hurley is a gamer, and that Locke views the island as his own personal walk-about, where things are deadly serious, but also a notreality! adventure. (I hope that makes sense)

When playing the game, the smartest, the strongest and the best hunters frequently lose because they are too strong.

Do you think there are game-players on the island?

And maybe Hurley is one of them!

Heh, shows what happens when I don't refresh before replying...

Ok, so I adapted the thought, P-C (g)

But it's a viable theory all the same. Spike comes out, gets burnt to a crisp, end of story.

That trick never works.

Sigh.