Not quite as action packed as I might have liked for an opener, but they did dive right into story mode so I'm fine with that. I find it interesting getting to know the Others. I'm curious what their motives are actually. I think I'll be more into it next week when we get back to the rest of the characters.

I wasn't excited until we actually started watching it this morning.

I loved the new lady. She was appealing from the first, and I look forward to the possibly developing conflict between herself and NotBen.

So not only are they not stranded savages, they're suburban book clubby? I really look forward to learning more about them.

You mean NotHenry? Some folks are now calling him Benry. ;)

This is an interesting thread about the weird rings seen on the outside of the plane right before it crashed. I noticed this last night and replayed it several times in slow-mo to try to get a clue. This post has some nice screen shots of the event.

A theory posited in that thread has me quite intrigued: Could Smokey have brought the plane down? Before you answer, look at these screen shots:
http://img481.imageshack.us/my.php?i...itled974qk.jpg
http://img481.imageshack.us/my.php?i...itled659ck.jpg
(they took me a long time and several retries to load, but it was worth the wait)

Hmmmm....

Was the gorilla cage guy the same guy who was under the house before the bookclub? What is a suburban neighborhood doing isolated in the middle of a lush island? Where can I buy a dress like Kate's?

Just wondering.

No, it was Ethan.

OK....here's my theory.

I think the others want Jack to join them.

They are willing to provide him with information that he desperately wants (the dossier). They have separated him from Kate and Sawyer, who have been allowed (though briefly) to interact. They are setting it up for Kate and Sawyer to get some love action which will alienate Jack. Rather than creepy FakeHenryBen or Unbearded Bearded man, they have him interacting with a soft spoken pretty girl who is trying to win him over rather than alienate him.

Juliette could win me over. She is one nice looking female.

What happened to Kate between the beach and the cages? Her wrists were all cut up from the handcufs.

My guess is she didn't react well to the implication that the next two weeks were going to be unpleasant.

No, I mean NotBen. Because I'm not partial to what "some folks" do, and he'll never be Ben to me. He'll be Henry.