le nubian: First "Locke" and now "Rousseau". You don't suppose we're supposed to pick up on some sort of allusion or something, do you?

heh heh. oh yeah. it's intentional.

I have to admit that I kind of like the fun they're having with the names on "Lost."

It's fun to have a show that seems to acknowledge that its audience is not only intelligent but might have fun trying to figure things out from various clues and so on.

I feel the same way Anne. It's scary. And even scarier is that it's rather high in the ratings. I haven't loved a highly rated show in years. It's kinda weird.

Plei, sending prayers and hope to read that your Dr. gives you good baby spoiler news.

Desperate Housewives

Apparently a major character is supposed to die in an ep later this month. Sumi linked an article about David B. (from "Angel" and his new tv role) and there was info about a major character getting killed. Hmm.

Desperate Housewives (re: Star mag article and speculation concerning above post)...

Talk is flying that the catfights between Teri Hatcher and Nicolette Sheridan aren't only in the scripts of "Desperate Housewives." Word is leaking off the set that the actresses don't like each other and are butting egos. Apparently, Sheridan, 40, coveted the role of Susan Mayer, which Hatcher, 39, eventually got. Sheridan instead plays the slutty Edie Britt, but insisted that character appear regularly rather than be a one-time guest role.

One person tells Star magazine that Sheridan's been dissing Hatcher -- saying she's too skinny and unattractive. Another insider says Hatcher may go further. Star says some of the other actresses see Sheridan as an "outsider" who's "too vocal." Sounds mutual: "It seems like Nicolette doesn't like the rest of the cast either," says its source.

So...sounds to me like NS's character will be the one offed...

Lost (description for Ep 10 from tvtome): (discussion to follow)

Claire has a horrible nightmare about her new baby being harmed or kidnapped which she believes is real. Flashbacks reveal Claire's backstory of the former boyfriend that got her pregnant and abandoned her and the psychic who convinced her to take the ill-fated flight that lands her on the island. Lastly, Hurley is shocked and confused when he discovers that Ethan, another plane crash survivor, does not appear on the flight manifest.

So...is this the person JJA was referring to when he said all the survivors were not on the plane?

[Desperate Housewives] I was figuring it would be someone in the family of the chick who died. But maybe that'd be too much.

[Desperate housewives] do they count as major characters? I am hoping for Terri Hatcher's character, because she bugs me.

[Desperate Housewives] She bugs me too, but I think she'd be the last to go. I think they're more major than Edie, and more central to the mystery. Maybe it'll be Carlos.