Oh, I'm quite happy with it all. We've got just as many new questions to ponder as we do answers to old questions. It's all good.

Mel,

yeah but I guess he wanted to see down to the bottom or something.

Jack is so irritating. I would slap him.

Yeah, Mr- You've-Got-My-Back-Right- Even-Though-I-Totally-JUST-Undermined -You?

When Jack was glaring at Locke during the tense wiring up the dynamite scene, I yelled (as is my wont) "Shut UP, Jack!" Tom's all, "dude, he's not even *saying* anything."

Walt abduction= upsetting. I have dread in my stomach. So, uh, what was the Others' plan? Was it, smokey smokey smoke smoke to alert various Others camps on the island that they were planning to snatch Walt that night? Did they mean to use it to drive Michael & Co. out on the high seas? (that seems unlikely, given that they'd be harder to find on the open seas, though it does mean they'd isolate and abandon a small group - but they'd have needed to know the plan.) So the baby is a giant McGuffin? Did they think they wanted it but actually no, you can go now pregnant lady kthxbye! Our bad. We want the other kid.

Hurley really beat all the obstacles thrown in his way by Fate. Listen to Fate, dude! She's trying to help a brother out!

Also, how on earth was Locke supposed to go to the bathroom on a 24 hour flight? Did he have a StadiumPal? OK, that's a dumb thing to notice, but that kind of thing bugs me. You can't take away someone's ability to pee, dammit!

Favorite tiny moment- Sawyer singing Marley.

Yeah, "Redemption Song." Ya think Sawyer's dead? He can't even sacrifice himself properly. You're supposed to save the innocent THEN die!

I thought Walt was laughing at Hurley. If you meant what was the look between Locke and Jack, I think it was a polite plane thing and maybe something like two alphas showing some respect.

I agree about the Locke/Jack look, but I thought Hurley and Walt had some sort of significant look too.

Also, how on earth was Locke supposed to go to the bathroom on a 24 hour flight? Did he have a StadiumPal? OK, that's a dumb thing to notice, but that kind of thing bugs me. You can't take away someone's ability to pee, dammit!

This was my exact thought - right down to the Sedaris part of it.

right down to the Sedaris part of it.

I think I am taking this Sedaris CD in with me to work tomorrow - god knows I can use the laughs.

Yeah, Mr- You've-Got-My-Back-Right- Even-Though-I-Totally-JUST-Undermined -You?

He did possibly save her life. When the Iron Giant appeared she was supposed to drop her bag and run. Instead she just ran. If the dynamite had been in her bag with all that banging around there'd probably be a new Kate-shaped crater.

They did say if he needed anything to press the call button.

I agree about the Locke/Jack look, but I thought Hurley and Walt had some sort of significant look too.

Yes, this. As if they'd seen each other in the airport and maybe Walt said, "You're never gonna make it" or something, since Hurley gave him the thumbs up.

I knew we weren't going to see much of the hatch. I loved Hurley freaking over the numbers, though.

And Walt -- I knew it! When Rousseau said she'd heard them talking about "the boy," I thought there was no way the Others could have known the baby was a boy. Claire hadn't named it yet, and from a distance, newborns look pretty sexless. (Even not from a distance, truthfully.) But that scene when the boat pulled up was creepy.

So this is going to turn out to be Pitcairn with pirates? (Or is that how Pitcairn actually got started?)

Also, the fact that the ship was transporting slaves was chilling, and I'm thinking it maybe means something. What, I have no idea, but still.

They did say if he needed anything to press the call button.

I bet he had a StadiumPal, for real. My uncle (who is paralyzed from the neck down) has a gizmo of that nature. Someone who does not have fine motor control over the lower half of his body is not going to be able to navigate that bathroom, even if someone carried him to it. Even if he travelled with an aide, there wouldn't be enough room in there for two people to place the person properly.