I'm, like, the only guy here who still generally likes it and finds crazy new developments interesting, aren't I?

P-C, don't feel alone. I still like the show actually. I complain about it, but I still like it.

I don't know if I feel the crazy new developments are interesting. I'm coming from a cautious place.

Well, there's also the fact that all the recent interviews with Carlton and Cuse seem to point to the fact that they'll be Answering Questions and all that good business, and I think they've been making good on that promise for the last few episodes. It sounds like they've taken the fan frustration to heart.

It is one of the few shows I watch live. This is mostly because it is DH's pool playing night and GF and I drink and watch.

I find lots to complain about, but also plenty to enjoy. Once I relaxed and stopped looking for anything sense making it was all good. My complaining now is more general than nit picky. Like why do we have to go so long between seeing favorite characters?

Like why do we have to go so long between seeing favorite characters?

I think it's budget related, myself. I've seen no evidence of that, but I reckon the way it's structured helps cuts cost.

In fairness, the last 5 or so episodes have -- in my opinion -- been a massive improvement. Near the beginning of season 3 I was saying to myself 'They can't sustain this. This is awful', but now I think they've clued into some of the problems and it's a bit more entertaining. It still irks me the way Lost seems to be an 'experience' rather than a show, though -- like if you read all the websites and do all the puzzles you get more out of it, which I don't have time to do.

I'm, like, the only guy here who still generally likes it and finds crazy new developments interesting, aren't I?

I still generally like it and find new developments interesting, but I'm not a guy. Or so I say. I just had to let go of some of my expectations for a coherent mythology.

I really enjoyed this episode quite thoroughly. I'm pleased with where we are right now - Juliet scheming but the rest of the Others (and Locke) offscreen where they are more believably up to something, Desmond working out his gift (didn't he show up with a rope as a belt at some point? And possibly even help someone up? I don't suggest it Means Anything, I just think it's kind of neat. If it happened), even the Jack/Sawyer/Kate thing is okay in this small of a dose.

Of course, the Korean ghost story was great, and Hurley picking up Korean, and the way Charlie turned to get support from Jin in mocking Hurley's foot-race restriction. What language was Catch-22 in?

What language was Catch-22 in?

Portugese. What the guys at the artic station were speaking.

Hmm, the Sun being blackmailed about Jin's background thing is unexpected.

Hey! He's supposed to be dead!