Hmmm, which episode was that in? I may need to rewatch.

I was hoping that they re-aired Numbers for a reason. But it doesn't seem like it -- perhaps the reason that they reaired numbers will become apparent in the next couple of episodes.

From Entertainment Weekly's recap of the ep:

And then there's that manuscript, the one Hurley was reading before Sayid came along to play radio...The book is Bad Twin, by Gary Troup, a mystery writer who boarded flight 815 and is now presumed dead. From Amazon (where the ''real'' book will soon be sold, in a gloriously meta tie-in):

Paul Artisan, P.I. is a new version of an old breed — a righter of wrongs, someone driven to get to the bottom of things. Too bad his usual cases are of the boring malpractice and fraud variety. Until now. His new gig turns on the disappearance of one of a pair of twins, adult scions of a rich but tragedy-prone family. The missing twin — a charismatic poster-boy for irresponsibility — has spent his life daring people to hate him, punishing himself endlessly for his screw-ups and misdeeds. The other twin — Artisan's client — is dutiful and resentful in equal measure....Troup's long-awaited Bad Twin is a suspenseful novel that touches on many powerful themes, including the consequence of vengeance, the power of redemption, and where to turn when all seems lost.

The dueling dualities continue. Locke and Eko? Ana-Lucia and Jack? Sawyer and Kate? All light-dark pairings, all ''twins,'' in a sense.

Oh, and speaking of Sayid's new radio: Who's biting? The Lost writers must be impatient: They're dropping hints right from the mouth of Hurley. ''The signals...could be coming from anywhere,'' said Sayid, after they tuned in what sounded like an American oldies station. ''Or any time,'' said Hurley. Pillsbury, my man: You're pre-geeking us! Don't do that! You'll put us out of a job! (By the way, it's been noted: The station's initial call letter was a W, which would make it in the eastern half of the U.S. The full title: WXO, which are letters 23, 24, and 15 of the alphabet. Make of it what you will.)

Someone on another board just posted that Kate's Mom was a waitress at the diner. Did anyone notice that?

I was coming here to mention this, dammit!

Heh. I was wondering what the crossover would be, among the possibilities we saw.

Did Charlie's visions/sleepwalking start up after he saw the black smoke with Eko? I can't remember the timeline on that.

Did Charlie's visions/sleepwalking start up after he saw the black smoke with Eko? I can't remember the timeline on that.

Very next episode, wasn't it?

I'm just wondering what effect seeing the black smoke has on people. It would explain why Charlie's changed so much -- not necessarily for the better. It's almost as though the visions were manipulating him....

I'm glad to see Sawyer isn't just snarking from the sidelines now.

What was up with the gratuitous Vincent moment?

I think that was supposed to support the Ana Lucia red herring since they've shown the dog hanging out with her.

The book is Bad Twin, by Gary Troup, a mystery writer who boarded flight 815 and is now presumed dead. From Amazon (where the ''real'' book will soon be sold, in a gloriously meta tie-in)

Is it really a tie-in? As in created to go with the show (like DriveShaft)? Or is it product placement?

Aurelia, my understanding is that the writer is fictional, but the book will be written and sold in real life. It would be like releasing a DriveShaft album in the real world.

A Day in the Life of Dominica Monaghan from Zap2it.

Hmm.

It's a redemption story for every character