I wonder if Jacob only manifests in ways influenced by other people. For instance, he looks like Locke, but is that how he appears to Ben? I would think not, since Ben doesn't show any sign of that being the case. Maybe Jacob was the one who appeared to Ben as his mom, and perhaps he also was the energy that Jack saw as his dad. It looked like there was some sort of binding circle around the cabin, perhaps to contain Jacob's energy.

It looked like the Others were starting to mistrust Ben and gravitate more toward Locke. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.

Yes. I loved Broots. He was awesome.

GD said "Lazlo!" because Uncle Rico stands out most in our minds as Lazlo from the movie True Genius, starring a young 80's Val Kilmer. :D

Yay! A Ben's history ep! Even though they always bring up more questions, I'm glad we now have some answers as to how Dharma dissolved. It always seemed puzzling to me that the Others used all the old Dharma stuff but weren't actually carrying out the initiative. Awesome.

The guy that doesn't age - lame. Why do that? For God's sake, just hire another actor. We have enough proof of magic on the island.

It was weird hearing the word "hostiles" again - it's been a while. I wonder how the French chick gets involved with Ben. Can't wait to have an ep on her.

I didn't think he looked liked Locke (like everyone else who watched it, we went back and paused it). He had a goatee, and what seemed like some seriously big and long hair. Of course that could be anyone under that fuzz.

What would a hard-to-sense being trapped in a cabin want out of them? Why the need for converts, babies, mistreatment of enemies? How much of this is Jacob, how much Ben?

Why would supposedly peaceful Dharma not be able to get along with the Hostiles? How the hell did the "original inhabitants" get there? More boats, plane crashes, etc? They weren't exactly wearing polar bear loincloths.

ETA - bunny! :D

Good catch. I saw the sign but didn't give it a second thought.

A little? ;)

That actor doesn't age. He's looked the same for the last 15 years. I think they tried to cover it with the wig.

Putting this in spoiler - about deaths (no names)

Oh ya! Now I wonder if the hazard suit Desmond's counterpart was torn on purpose or if it was sheer luck that he didn't get gassed. Was he the last surviving member of Dharma? How did he escape the gas?

Well, since they didn't actually show us Locke dying, I'm going to assume the island heals his injury. That said, I don't watch the previews and I haven't read the spoilers in this thread.

3 thing about last night episode:

1) Young Ben was played by one of the kids that was in the production of Sound of Music I was in! Sterling was one of those kids that made all the adults crazy, and riled up the other kids. Onstage he was great to watch, always had interesting little things going on, but he would miss entrances and costume pieces. Backstage, well, very few people were sad to see him leave for a production at the Geffen with Stacy Keach. I told him, before he left, that Mr. Keach probably wouldn't put up with his nonsense for very long - I wonder if he's straightened up his act, or if he's just more tolerable in a world of badly behaving celebrities.

2) TGIFriday's ran a commercial touting smaller portions as a plus!

3) A Disneyland ad with all Florida footage. Grr!

Commercials?

I saw a news piece on this recently. It's actually a pretty crafty marketing strategy. The prices are also lower, BTW.

I might consider eating there now instead of totally dismissing it if a group I was with wanted to eat there.

Anyway, I wonder what the significance of the dog painting was in Jacob's cabin?

I don't eat at TGIF often, but when I have I've been pleasantly surprised. It's not gourmet, but it's better than Olive Garden or Crappleby's. Lower prices and smaller portions do make it even more attractive when forced to dine with people who are afraid of anything that's not a chain.

Ah ha! So that's where I knew him from. thanks GD.
Because Richard is played by Nestor Carbonell and he's totally hot! :evil: ;)
WHAT!?! Jacob was visible? Dammit, I knew I shouldn't have deleted that episode last night. grrrr....

I guess I'll have to watch that scene on line.

It's Leland Palmer I tells ya!