Without having scene the ep yet, do we have actual confirmation that helicopter-chick-who-was-on-Las-Vegas was definitely sent by Penelope? Could she be another Other plant, sent to convince them that they're dead for some reason?

I think she's an Other.

I hope she's not. Ethan and Ben were enough. And I really, really loved what they did with Ben because I honest-to-God went back and forth the whole time. I wanted to believe he was telling the truth.

Someone has to not be an Other. They can't keep playing this same trick; hell, even Sayid is getting wise to it.

I was hoping Mulder and Scully were on that helicopter.

I'm interested that Sayid picked up about the helicopter crashing off the coast of the island being odd. And they didn't see it. And nobody else on the island in the middle of nowhere heard a FREAKING HELICOPTER.

My real question is what Jack and Juliet know. And the 3 days until Others!Kidnap is presumably in line with the finale?

There's hints abound the writers are heading to a big reveal in the show. I'm curious. They have me on board.

I also what to know where The Others are heading. They said it was somewhere they've been before. Hatches? Or, I'm thinking, back to where they held Jack.

Also, yeah, they need to get to Jacob, and tell us what the feck that's about.

helicopter-chick-who-was-on-Las-Vegas

NESSA! thank you! i still hadn't figured out where i knew her from.

I knew her from something too embarrassing to admit.. A UK soap. Which aired on ITV. Oh boy. She's totally pretty, though.

This is odd.

Lost will run for three more seasons, but they'll be 16 episodes each.

You beat me over! 48 more episodes, which looks much more like two seasons when you state it that way.

Huh.

Interesting. I like the sound of short seasons, I think a little focus and filler-trimming could help Lost's narrative a lot.

I'm with -t. I think this really could help Lost's momentum. Goodness knows it is an expensive show to produce, but seems to make good $$ with DVDs.