I assume that, given the whole destiny thing, that's what it was. That they caused the incident, that caused the hatch, that caused their plane to crash.

That ate the cat that ate the rat that lived in the house that...JACK! built.

It all adds up!

although they didn't really CAUSE the incident, Jacob's rival along with Jacob himself are the two people who seemed to CAUSE the incident.

Apparently the Latin was "He who will save us all." I was almost close.

I assume that, given the whole destiny thing, that's what it was. That they caused the incident, that caused the hatch, that caused their plane to crash.

I don't see how that's the case. The Incident was the drilling that released all that magnetic energy. That happened before the bomb went off, so Jack et al didn't cause it. My question is what the bomb was supposed to do. The obvious answer is annihilate the island, so that the magnetic energy is destroyed. But another possibility is that the nuclear reaction could act in weird timey-wimey ways with the magnetic field, causing... pretty much whatever the writers want.

I meant the bomb is why the button had to be constructed to keep it from happening again, i.e., it made a permanent hole or something that then had to be regulated by the button.

Really?

Because that is the opposite of what Daniel said.

I'm Homerslapping my forehead. I can't believe I never made the Richard Alpert connection.

I've spent time with Ram Dass and have given away 25 copies of his book, How Can I Help: Stories and Reflections on Service. That book is what led me to be who I am today.

I can say with zero hesitation that Ram Dass is loving the character and the show. Heh.

I meant the bomb is why the button had to be constructed to keep it from happening again, i.e., it made a permanent hole or something that then had to be regulated by the button.

I know what you meant -- it's what Miles suggested -- but I don't think they're going there.

I'm totally bummed about Juliet!

I really hope Kate and Jack wind up dead. There, I said it. I really hate them now!

Loved Rose and Bernard and Vincent!

Loved the shout-back to the Black and White symbolism from the first season.

Phil's death was very satisfying.

Nothing will go as anyone expects -I mean the characters - next season.

I will be really disappointed if the bomb going off is what always happened. Daniel was able to change the past before, by telling Desmond to find Eloise, so I have confidence that his plan with the bomb would also make a change.

What that change will be, I don't think I can even speculate.

I am so curious as to what Jacob was up to in all those off-island meetings.

Rose and Bernard = awesome. 'We're retired."