Well his neck, arms, finger, etc were broken. Maybe the Invismechazilla stomped him.

I think the dog was all that was happening in Boone's direction. From my vague recollection of the geography, coming at Scott from Boone's direction -- well, first, why not kill Boone, and secondly he'd have to walk through most everyone to get to him.

Yeah, it was just the dog -- because whoever killed Scott came from the ocean.

You know, according to Locke.

thanks tiggy!

Maybe Vincent is in cahoots with Ethan. His arrival did pull Sayid and Locke, who are arguably the most capable fighters, away from the others.

Along the lines of the in-cahoots theory, I think it's possible that Locke was in with Ethan, and allowed the perimeter to be breached, by knowing that the sea was exposed. The SO disagrees, because of his later behavior, but Locke was the one who was trying to make sure that Ethan didn't get killed, only captured. The SO thinks that if he were, he would have let Ethan know what was going on, so he wouldn't have walked into a trap. I'm not so sure.

Also, where were the Others? Did Ethan really come in for his victim without any help at all?

Maybe killing Boone as he slumped over there sleeping for hours on end struck Ethan as too easy?

I wish it had been someone besides SuperJack that brought Ethan down and beat him up when Claire started screaming for help. Sayid or Locke would have been fine, and Kate superb (Hey, she knows pistol-whipping technique!) given the increasing tinges of chauvanism they're injecting into his character.

Yeah, I agree, Matt. My basic reaction to that scene was, gee, Jack's got issues.

I wish it had been someone besides SuperJack that brought Ethan down and beat him up when Claire started screaming for help. Sayid or Locke would have been fine, and Kate superb (Hey, she knows pistol-whipping technique!) given the increasing tinges of chauvanism they're injecting into his character.

I'm not sure I'd call picking Sawyer over Kate chauvinism, unless you are referring to something else. Jack isn't watching the show, all he knows is that Kate is a criminal, claims to have killed someone, and lies like she breathes. We know that she's an ace shot; he doesn't even know that she can use a gun. Sawyer OTOH successfully shot a charging polar bear, which indicates accuracy and a cool head. I am not a Sawyer fan by any means, but in those circumstances I'd have given the gun to Sawyer too.

Of course, if I wasn't on TV I'd go through the other 30 redshirts and find another person who was competent with a gun and wasn't a fuckhead like Sawyer, but given the constraints of TV, ie, Thou Shalt Give It To One of the Main Characters, Sawyer's a pretty obvious choice and it's somewhat to Jack's credit that he didn't let his personal issues with Sawyer get in the way.

BTW, is TWOP giving everyone else error messages? I can't tell if it's saying my system is blocked or if everyone's is.

BTW, is TWOP giving everyone else error messages?

Yeah, the forums have been down since last night, it seems.