It wasn't really behind his back, Sean. They were walking side by side, I think, but not looking at each other. It was after she had her flashback to her days in the institution. She just looked off, to me.

Edited because on rewatch, I was nearly totally wrong in any statement in this post that wasn't just supposed to be opinion in the first place.

She looked disgusted to have to pretend to love him....

I think the look was meant to be about her past and how she's changed, not about her feelings toward Hurley.

I just replayed it, because I had the suspicion I got it all bass ackwards, when talking to Sean (and I did).

She actually has "the look" before she has the memory of being in the institution. But it seems to me the look is not so much disgust (although now that I've rewatched I can see why some people would interpret it differently).

It seems to me that it's sort of the visual cue that she's slipping off into memory. Contrary to what I said before, it was sort of behind his back. They were walking together, holding hands, but he sort of slipped ahead, but it wasn't the sort of behind-your-back look that seemed aimed at him. She looked lost in thought, to me. Then they went right to the memory, where she seems to have the same look.

I think she looked more confused than anything else.

Non-Lost-related: I *love* Chris Eigemann.

Did you ever see his recurring role as Malcom's teacher/nemesis on Malcolm in the Middle? So wonderfully petty and vindictive.

I always find it odd not seeing him in either a tux or a naval officer's uniform.

It seems to me that it's sort of the visual cue that she's slipping off into memory. Contrary to what I said before, it was sort of behind his back. They were walking together, holding hands, but he sort of slipped ahead, but it wasn't the sort of behind-your-back look that seemed aimed at him. She looked lost in thought, to me. Then they went right to the memory, where she seems to have the same look.

This is how I saw it too.

But it seems to me the look is not so much disgust (although now that I've rewatched I can see why some people would interpret it differently).

Now I'm remembering Joey Tribiani's acting advice: pensive = the "who farted?" look....

Non-Lost-related: I *love* Chris Eigemann.

Did you ever see his recurring role as Malcom's teacher/nemesis on Malcolm in the Middle? So wonderfully petty and vindictive.

Oh, yes. He was great.

I always find it odd not seeing him in either a tux or a naval officer's uniform.

::snerk:: I can never decide which of his characters I like best, but I think Nick (from "Metropolitan") just barely edges out Fred (from "Barcelona").

Though Fred has some spectacular lines:

"You are far weirder than someone merely into S&M. At least they have a tradition. We have some idea what S&M is about. There's movies and books about it. But so far as I know, there is nothing to explain the way you are."

"That doesn't mean Americans are more violent than other people. We're just better shots."

And my favorite:

"My jazz rule is: If you can't dance to it, you don't want to know about it."

Heh. Didn't someone in one of the threads here post a link to a BARCELONA random quote generator? Of course, that leaves out great METROPOLITAN quotes like "It's no fun playing strip poker with an exhibitionist." There should be a Whit Stillman random quote generator.

Folks, I just *knew* Libby was a patient with Hurley. I haven't been keeping up with spoilers for "Lost" this season - so my guess was without prior knowledge.

I don't know what to think about the episode. I do know that this latest revelation means that none of the three "newcomers" to the group are Others. We've all seen their backstories or their presence in others' backstories.

I wonder if we will get to see who died in the deck accident that Hurley blames himself for. Will this be a Hurley/Jack tie-in? Anyone on the island left who has a loved one who died from a fall?

I was wondering that too, le nubian, if anyone on the island would have a tie-in with someone who died on that deck.

I suppose it's possible that Libby did, and grief over it was why she was in the institution. If she really does have a sinister ulterior motive for wanting to get close to Hurley, it would explain why.

edited to add, also, when we saw her in the flashback, she wasn't a random background person, she was staring at Hurley.