I guess we are. (In Central and Eastern time -- Laura is in Florida.)

The whole 10pm EST is killing me. I am going to have to go to tape delay. I'm more grumpy when it is past my bedtime. Critical review needs to wait until I'm not comatose.

The episode did give a more rounded view of the island residents, and not a waste of time.

I watched. I hate it when people know important stuff, ya know, like that the house is wired to explode or that the computer is more than it seems, and then don't bother to tell anyone. It never ends well.

OT: sumi, I put the tapes in the mail yesterday! Let me know if you don't see them in a week.

I will!

I need to get you more episodes. We seem to be in thaw now - - so perhaps a walk to the post office will be more possible.

And I totally agree that there were major communication gaps in that group.

I do like that we are back to alternating between a group exploring the island and the folks back on the beach.

Pretty good episode, reminiscent of season one.

Locke really does like playing with computers, doesn't he. But, dude, did he and Kate just calmly walk out? They should have been running. Was there a countdown? Or did the computer just say, "This place will explode in the near future. Get out while you can!"

I don't think Locke expected the place to blow up at all. I think he thought that all the computer would do was send some sort of back up emergency signal to the Initiative. He was as surprised as Sayid and Kate when the place exploded, just for a different reason.

Locke didn't know the place was loaded with C4. It's funny because Locke saw one hatch blow up, so I'm not quite sure why he didn't think another might blow up as well.

Lame for Locke to be dumb. I liked Locke smart. Not a bad episode all told.

I was really frustrated with that while I was watching, but when it ended, I decided it wasn't actually out of character. He anthropomorphizes the island, believes it healed him, and when he gets captivated by an idea, he does throw caution and reason to the wind. Look at his complicity in Boone's death, and his obsession with getting into the hatch. And the thing is, just enough happens to feed his island-related beliefs, that you can see why he keeps acting like he does. After all, it was only by following his hunch about the verse on Mr. Eko's stick that they found this new station. It is also not OOC for him to not share information with his fellow castaways.

That said...

I watched. I hate it when people know important stuff, ya know, like that the house is wired to explode or that the computer is more than it seems, and then don't bother to tell anyone. It never ends well.

Yes! A thousand times, yes. I'm having a really hard time understanding Sayid and Kate not sharing the information with Locke, like immediately (!!!) after they found the wiring. Craxy.

I thought this was a good episode -- much better than most of what we've been fed this season. I was as pleased as punch that Sayid figured out Patches was lying to him, and that Kate had some skillz, again. I liked the Sayid flashbacks. I also enjoyed the Sawyer B plot.

I was frustrated that Sun wasn't showing yet, until I remembered that the show doesn't operate in anything close to real time.

So I guess nobody wants to LEAVE the island anymore, huh? Because my first thought upon walking into a house filled with satellite communications equipment (working or not) would not be "ooh, tea!" Morons.