Yeah, as soon as Sun's wedding ring was missing, I thought "It's buried with the bottle".

I enjoyed the episode, and didn't mind the flashbacks themselves, but I'm getting tired of the whole flashback interspersed with real-time motif. We know who these characters are and how they ended up on the plane. I don't feel like we need anymore backstory. Of course, the flashbacks help J.J. and Co. not have to advance the island plot as quickly, so I doubt we're going to lose them.

Well, now they can start doing flashbacks for Echo, and girlfight girl, and Bernard and Rose...

I trying to think of what last night's flashbacks added to the story. We already knew Jin was poor, that his father was a fisherman, and that Jin and Sun love each other very much. We do learn how the rich girl met the poor boy, but does it matter to the story?

we get to see the pretty?

So, so pretty.

We didn't learn anything new, but I thought these were much better integrated than the other flashbacks this season. I didn't feel the same heavy-handed "DO YOU SENSE A THEME????"-ness that, say, Hurley's flashback did -- it felt very natural to see the beginning of Sun & Jin interspersed with the present-day story.

This backstory was pretty and touching, but unilluminating.

Well, so was much of the episode. I'm probably overneeding something happening, but I'm beginning to sense the boredom inherent in being stranded on a deserted island.

I'm probably overneeding something happening

No -- last night's episode drove me bonkers with the large amounts of Nothing Happening. About the only new thing we learned was that we got (a bit of) a look at the character of the Tail Section's tracker!guy.

We already knew Girlfight girl was a bitch who should be eaten by the invisasaur. We already knew that Sawyer has the BBoC factor, so his smoulder with Girlfight girl-who-should-die (heh -- I feel like Hellish!) wasn't particularly surprising. We knew Jin could fish like a motherfucker. We knew that Kate had the hots for Sawyer. Michael ran off to find Walt....and then came back empty-handed, so nothing happened there.

I guess the other new thing was that we saw feet and legs of people we're supposed to assume are The Others, with a tell-tale teddy bear. But we already knew The Others existed, and we already knew they seem to be collecting kids.

I just want something to happen, damn it.

I just want something to happen, damn it.

3 weeks until Big Exciting Death!

Please be Girlfight girl....please be Girlfight girl....

t /Hellish

I like Girlfight girl, perhaps just because I can imagine her beating the shit out of Kate.

I can imagine her beating the shit out of Kate.

Or Jack.