I think the writers have no guts in general.

On this we agree. Having Sawyer having killed the right guy, and/or having no regrets -- then he's still bad. Showing him upset and used? Sanding down.

He doesn't get a revenge pass from me

Again, not talking about from you. Talking about what the writers seem to be trying for.

Sawyer didn't kill his parents. Sawyer's father killed his parents.

I had to read this a couple of time to get it straight.

Jack's father was quite the Diabolus ex Machina.

I like the fact that, not only is he a murderer, he's an incompetent murderer. Woobify that, mushy people!!

AND an even more incompetent mercy killer. He really should give up the whole killing thing - it's not working for him at all.

I had to read this a couple of time to get it straight.

Yeah, I went back an edited to clarify what I meant.

He really should give up the whole killing thing - it's not working for him at all.

He should've shot the boar. Protein just standing there for pity sake.

He really should give up the whole killing thing - it's not working for him at all.

Maybe that's why he didn't try it on the boar. He could sense the boar thinking at him "Go ahead and try. You know you'll miss and I'll still be able to gore you in the thigh and Kate will leave you to bleed to death because you imperilled my offspring. Make my day."

Sawyer - really not all that bright. I don't think he's hot, either, so he sort of wastes my time.

Kate, now - Kate could skew my Kinsey.

there'd be more meat if little piggy growed up

That’s what they should have done with him – kept little piggy as a pet! To grow up all tame and shit and then they can have the Charlotte’s Web dilemma and end up keeling him for the food.

And his backstory hasn't shown him to be the kind of long-range planner that would want to manipulate the other survivors into making him King of the Island -- he's just not that kind of thinker.

Again with the Spike comparison.

I like the fact that, not only is he a murderer, he's an incompetent murderer.

Sawyer had been hunting the real Sawyer for years. If he knew Hibbs (?) rep I want to know why he just trusted the information that was given to him. Even if he didn't want to really check the info, I would at least check up on Hibbs' motives for handing that info over, especially because Sawyer doesn't seem like the person to trust anyone easily.

But people do odd things when they are close to a goal. I knew a woman in Boston who was hunting for her biological dad and she became convinced one guy was him because someone told her they heard he might have known her mom, plus when she drove by his house she realized she had dreamed about the house. This is a rational woman who had done years of research and pulling county files and all of that. I think she just wanted it to be true so badly so she could stop looking.