On Boone's leg v. falling door -- isn't that the exact WRONG way to amputate a limb? I am thinking, especially on leg amputations, you do it at the joint, and cut through tendons between the bones, rather than risk a messy crush and bone fragments everywhere. Also, I would think it much easier to stop the bleeding if you wield a small, sharp scalpel than if you just chop all the blood vessels at once.

Historically, when you don't have anesthesia, you do amputations as quickly as possible because otherwise the patient goes into shock and dies. Saws rather than guillotines were the usual method, but Jack didn't have a saw.

And like a bunch of other people, I liked the on-island story and liked the backstory, but thought they didn't fit together very well. It's not very clear why Jack would be thinking about his wife in this situation. Unless he was in love with Boone, which I don't think they meant to imply, somehow.

Yeah, but Boone was the only one who knew it, and he wasn't exactly in a condition to give directions.

Between the trail of Boone's blood and Charlie's ability to sniff out junk (postulated entirely by me, but I have faith it's there), I think they'd find it if they started looking.

Sawyer's got an STD and Jack is [or was?] married. I think Kate's playing field just got a lot smaller...

Sawyer had an STD -- they didn't say if he still did. Jack doesn't seem to be letting his (former?) marriage stop him pining.

Kate's okay. Well, it's Shannon she should off, but still.

I take back what I said about Kate being hard. She wasn't cold-blooded at all tonight. She was just as squeamish as anyone not named Jin or Jack.

I also don't understand the point of the Jack gets married backstory.

Isn't it obvious? He was planning on saving Boone in order to marry him.

Oh dear. I think the slashers have gotten to me.

Were we the only ones to yell "Dave! MOOOOOOOO" at the screen during that first tying the bow tie scene?

The ghosts of Titus live on.

Historically, when you don't have anesthesia, you do amputations as quickly as possible because otherwise the patient goes into shock and dies. Saws rather than guillotines were the usual method, but Jack didn't have a saw.

But, with a scalpel, can't you be quick? Especially if you're cutting around the bones at a joint rather than through -- no need for a saw.

Also, Boone was already in shock (and already dying, for that matter) -- what's a little more shock to a man with a collapsed lung?

If Jack even had a scalpel sharp enough, it's still like cutting into meat with insew and nerves and having to deal with stoppping in the middle to somehow sever the bones.

The cargo door had the mass to sever the leg and bone in one clean swipe.

Note that Jack dismissed the axe. That was because it was too blunt to do the job cleanly. Maybe a sharpened axe, but they have no way to sharpen it quickly and I'm not sure it has the mass to do it right.

Now a nice Excalibraxe...

DH asked me if I'd rather be needing medical care on the Lost island or in Deadwood. I went with Deadwood, because at least there's laudanum.

It did not occur to me that the cargo door was sharpened, I figured they were going for amputation by crushing and that seemed like a really bad idea. They did get a pretty clean cut through the test log somehow, though.

Note that Jack dismissed the axe. That was because it was too blunt to do the job cleanly. Maybe a sharpened axe, but they have no way to sharpen it quickly and I'm not sure it has the mass to do it right.

I think it was less that than it couldn't cut through a leg in a single blow, it just wasn't big enough. Amputating a hand maybe, but with a leg it'd take 3-4 blows, maybe more, and then you'd have this hideous ragged wound that you probably couldn't stop bleeding. Guillotine = one single clean severing.

Plus, well... aiming an axe that precisely not that easy.