I think it's all a head game.

That's what I was thinking - that the list was an arbitrary group of names to see if Michael could get just those four to come with him.

Did we know everybody's last name, BTW? I couldn't remember if we'd known Kate's last name was Austen (and how 'bout that spelling).

Also, it didn't occur to me before, if I'd heard it, until I saw it written, but James Ford is interesting in that Jesse James was shot and killed by Bob Ford. Well, ineresting to me at least.

Very very sloppy writing last night wrt the list of names. Having the list of 4 people he was supposed to bring just happen to be the four people in the room with him at the time -- how freaking lazy is that?

Jack, Sawyer, and Kate, whatever -- they're pretty much around all the time no matter what. But Hurley? What was Michael's plan B, just in case Hurley hadn't been planning to go on a picnic with Libby, forgotten the blankets, sent her to get them, and then come looking for her? WhatEVer.

Very very sloppy writing

Sloppy, or a plot point? *du du DUH!*

Yeah, I know - with JJ and Co. in charge, sloppy writing. With potential for it being sloppy writing turned into an asspull a plot point.

That's what I was thinking - that the list was an arbitrary group of names to see if Michael could get just those four to come with him.

I was meaning the blood and the questions about Walt, but yeah to what you said, too.

I don't think taking the blood was a head game. If they're trying to make Michael believe that they're poorly armed and living in huts, why would they expose the fact that they have a blood lab?

TAR won for me last night. Can somebody give a recap of Lost?

Instead of flashbacks to people's life pre-crash, they kept on going backwards and forwards from Michael's capture by the others, to the present day to two weeks ago. It was confusing.

Michael gets a gun and goes to the Others' campsite. Where he sees Walt and then Walt is carried away from him. (Walt has grown.) Some woman at the campsite asks specific question regarding Michael and Walt and draws some of Michael's blood.

Oh, earlier Michael was talking about going after the Others and Hurley had a meltdown because the episode starts IMMEDIATELY after the last one and Ana Lucia and Libby haven't even been buried yet.

No one knows what happens. Hurley and Kate just start digging and like, Sun and Jin are on the beach and she sees Michael and they all greet each other and then she sees Kate and the bodies. (Okay, that's what it seemed like to me, but I watched my tape pretty late last night. Had to watch Alias first.)

Umm, Eko has taken over Locke's role of computer-entering Patsy. Vincent brings Charlie a state of the Virgin Mary and he finds the stash and tosses them all out to see.

Locke takes off his leg brace and walks off into the wild.

Michael was charged by blood-drawing lady to bring Jack, Sawyer (James Ford), Kate and Hurley to her. He asks for Walt and a boat in exchange.

Sayid tells Jack that they shouldn't go after MIchael. It's a trap. And he can tell that Michael is lying.

Also, one of the Others is a young woman named Alex who seems overly interested in Aaron.

Charlie took some sort of vaccine (lots of it) and gives it to Claire for herself and the baby.

They have the funeral. While they are all gathered at the gravesite (on the BEACH!) - a sailboat appears.

It looked to me like the sailboat was empty.

It did look empty.

Also, not very big.

Also, one of the Others is a young woman named Alex who seems overly interested in Aaron.

Wasn't Alex the one who set Claire free from the med hatch? That could explain some of the interest. Also was there was some strange exchange between Alex and the guy about smacking Michael on the head in the "13 days ago" flashback (when they let Kate go)?

There was a lot in this ep that had surface continuity but when I thought about it made me go huh? And the sail boat did indeed look empty. Or at least there was no one steering.