Plus, Daniel Dae Kim with that longer, curlier hair? Rrowr.

I need to second that Rrowr.

My GF who is more than overly protective and paranoid about her 12 yo son couldn't sleep last night because she was so disturbed with the abduction of Walt.

Did anyone else think that the fact that the rudder fell off the instant Walt said, "She was wrong" about his mom not letting Michael see Walt meant that Walt wished they could stay on the island? 'Cause I couldn't figure out what they could have hit to make the rudder magically fall off with such force like that.

They hit a big ass log - you could see it in the water when Sawyer was retreiving the rudder.

Sawyer was just smoking hot in the last couple of eps. That Jack scene just about broke me. And then the pulled back hair, and the general lack of shirtiness? Jin and Sun, oh my god was that gorgeous. Vincent swimming out to the boat and then turning back also got me. And I still have chills from the Walt-taking.

The whole dynamite thing - eh. We have to leave right now or we'll never make it in time. Cool, so first we'll hang around for an hour, plus let's take Hurley and the middle-aged science teacher. What, Babymama and Rose had something better to do? Serious lack of urgency in that arc and it made it hard for me to get into it. Sill, "if we make it through this...we're going to have a Locke problem," was excellent.

They hit a big ass log - you could see it in the water when Sawyer was retreiving the rudder.

I saw that, but it looked like a severed torso to me. Which is kind of creepy.

And by "log," we mean "any excuse to get Sawyer's shirt off while the sun's still up."

Plus, Daniel Dae Kim with that longer, curlier hair? Rrowr.

Sing it, sister! Has he ever looked hotter?

I dug the episode. I was home to watch it in real time and saw the first 20 minutes and my mom called. Glad I set the VCR anyway. And, I could FF through the thirty bajillioin commercials.

Love that The Others came after Walt instead of Aaron. He can do some major fucking them up with his weird powers. And? Pain for Michael. Sawyer was fantastic. Jumping in after the rudder; shooting (and, oops, missing) the Others; reading everyone's notes. "Who's Hugo?" Jin jumping in after Sawyer; learning English; being hot. If he dies, I'm gonna be pissed. BLOWN UP RAFT!

Where did the motor boat come from that The Others had? How did they get gas?

I still love Locke. He's crazy, but I love him. And, when he looks scared, it's extra creepy for some reason.

Hurley, dude. If the Universe is conspiring this hard to keep you off a plane, maybe you should stay off. You have enough dough to charter a private jet to get you home in time for Mom's b'day if need be. Although, makes me wonder if him being there saved everyone else?

Burning gunpowder on my face??? OUCH. That had to hurt like holy hell. And, so not surprised he pocketed some stash.

I adore Sayid. But, I wish he'd cut his fingernails. Him offering to carry Shannon's bag o'Boone's stuff? So freakin' sweet.

I wondered why neither Hurley nor Boone & Shannon were flying first class, actually.

And, when he looks scared, it's extra creepy for some reason.

Yeah, seriously. In sharp contrast to the first time he saw the Monster, when it was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen.

Boone said something about not being able to get first class - booked, maybe? And I got the idea that the plane Hurley was supposed to be on was the one flying overhead when his car broke down, so he'd have been last minute also. It is curious that so far I don't think a single one of them - except Hurley - even the ones who weren't in custody, actually wanted to be on that flight.

t /obvious. But still.

And I got the idea that the plane Hurley was supposed to be on was the one flying overhead when his car broke down, so he'd have been last minute also.

That's what I thought too, but the ticket he showed the bitchy lady was for 815.

Huh. I could swear there was a mention of 417 or something non-ominous somewhere in there. Guess not.