I'm also wondering if Locke's original injury was at least partly psychosomatic. Powerful stuff, the mind.

Kind of reminds me of a Superman comic I had growing up. It was one of their "Imaginary" tales of the future of Superman. At some point Mankind progressed to the point that he wasn't needed, and Clark Kent started having trouble walking, after a while, he couldn't stand up, and "superman" was no more. Until an adult Jimmy olsen finds him and reminds him of who he is, and Superman sets off to find another planet that still needs him.

Um, I rambled. A bit.

Just a bunch of manna, actually.

Okay, now you've got my head shouting "Soylent manna is boars! It's boaaaaaaaaaaaars!!"

I am pretty sure the CC's were wrong again**

"No... We're the survivors of Oceanic flight Eight One Five"

Which is not only what I heard when I watched episode (and what I heard throughout my careful analysis of the audio track of that scene), but also... it makes the most sense plot-wise to me.

Just as Boone etc probably consider themselves to be the only survivors, any other survivors of the flight probably assume the same.

(**The Closed Captioning is not always accurate. I WTCMB the CC transcriber had the deposit box numbered 850, when Kate did in fact say "815".)

Here is the promo breakdown for next week's Lost episode, "Do No Harm" :

We open with a title card saying NEXT WEDNESDAY, and don't get any narration.

We fade in on a shot of Boone laid out on a stretcher. He gasps as we here Jack shout:

Jack (OS): "Keep him steady!:

Shannon (OS): "Jack, what's going on?"

Cut to a shot of Hurley standing next to a translucent wall, as he tries to see what's going on.

Fade to black, then fade in on a shot of Shannon looking down and crying.

Jack (OS): "You are not going to die."

Cut to a close up of Jack as he leans over Boone.

Jack (continued): "I am going to save you."

Fade to black, then fade in on a daytime shot of Claire standing in the jungle, holding on to a branch for support, as she feels her belly and grimaces.

Kate (OS): "Claire? What are you doing out here?"

Switch to a close up of Kate in the daytime jungle, looking concerned.

Kate: "Oh God, you're having the baby."

Fade to black, then cut to a close up of Sawyer (it's nighttime in the shot) as we hear:

Kate (OS): "Somebody HELP!"

Fade to black, then fade in on a nightime shot of Kate and Charlie looking at each other.

Charlie: "You're going to have to deliver the baby."

Cut to a close up of Claire at nightime.

Claire: "I'm so scared."

Cut to a close up of Charlie, as he looks on, very concerned.

Kate (OS): "I'm scared too."

Switch to a close up of Boone, as he lifts his head off the stretcher and struggles to speak.

Boone (in a hoarse whisper): "Let me go, Jack."

Reverse to a shot of Jack, as he grimaces and holds on to something, like maybe keeping bandages tight.

Jack: "I'm not going to let you give up."

Finish on an extreme close up of Boone, who is struggling to hold on. He appears to be sitting up in this shot.

Narrator: An all-new Lost, next Wednesday at 8, 7 Central, only on ABC.

Bad Robot.

ELAPSED TIME - 0:30

It would be really cool (but not in line with their plans, I'm sure) if Jack got all Fuck-Hippocrates in general. Tired and bitter and no longer treating.

I really didn't like him hesitating on the treatment, if they're going to paint it as him being antagonistic towards Sawyer, and then turning around and doing it to impress Kate without it being dickery. Because, assholish as Sawyer is, I still don't see that as remotely neutral to good behaviour. It's just not.

Give me pissy Jack, though, and I may (slightly) end up liking him.

Watching Sayid make those glasses made my loins flutter. Mmm. Men with tools.

Bye, Boone! Don't let the cabin door hit your ass on the way out!

So d'you think later in the seasons our heroes will have the other end of the conversation Boone had on the radio?

Just as Boone etc probably consider themselves to be the only survivors, any other survivors of the flight probably assume the same.

You know we have to see Rose's husband at some point.

What worries me is I'm afraid the producers may be seeing Jack in spy/cowboy-vision, where the "good" protagonist is good because he's the main character rather than because he's someone who actually behaves in a moral manner. And never gets called on it. I would have liked that scene between him and Kate much better if she'd been somewhat disgusted and said "so your Hippocratic Oath doesn't matter, but impressing me does? What happens if someone you don't like gets sick and I'm not around to show off for?"

Note: I have no problem with Jack compromising his morals and acting like a dick. I just don't want to see it glossed over by the other characters and treated as if he's not doing anything wrong

Exactly what I meant to say, Matt.

I'm only pedantic about it because *I'm* Catholic, and yet I always manage to forget the actual definition sometime during the year and so hit my head every time we're reminded of it at Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

Okay, now I'm confused. What is the actual meaning of "immaculate conception", then, if not "conceived without sex and so, by implication, fathered by God"?

Another question: Did Locke's father actually need the kidney himself, or was the plan to scam him out of it and then sell it? Because if it's option B, that's got to be one of the more convoluted and icky ways to make money I've ever heard of.

I am so over Boone, btw.