Grearrrrg! I have to go to bed and can't post.

Almost the end of the first hour!

Very good so far!

That is quite possibly the best Lost episode ever. Simply incredible.

I'm with FEJ - didn't see that coming either.

Being that the general spoiler rule is that once the episode has aired it is the responsibility of those who haven't viewed it yet to avoid posts, I'm not going to tag anything.

While Charlie wasn't my favorite, I was truly sad at the death of the character. Selfless, noble, and I thought he perhaps might survive until I saw Mikhail had once again survived and had left the deck.

Speaking of not seeing something coming....I didn't see the whole "flash forward" thing coming either, but was suspicious when Jack's ex was far along pregnant.

Major questions that need to be answered, but we will have to wait until freakin' 2008 (!) for.....

Why do they need to go back (and what happened to make Jack believe that they shouldn't have left)?

Who is in the casket? I'm guessing Michael, Locke, or Ben.

What was up with Walt?????

Minor questions -

Who was Kate referring to when she said "he'll be wondering where I am."? I'm guessing Sawyer.

Why were Sayid, Bernard, and Jin spared?

Again that was just phenomenal. Beyond phenomenal.

Freeking fantastic. More than made up for 24 last night.

Will have to post more tomorrow.

Happy Lost Day Everyone!

OMG... that was one of the best episodes ever!!!!

Too much to post...

WTF!!!!!?????

Two nights in a row and that's about all I've got. Though this is a much more interested and piqued WTF than Veronica Mars gave me.

Tom thinks that the rest of the series will include flash-forwards. I think I'd be down with that.

Love the "Good Vibrations" part!

Mikhail MUST be dead now.

Who is on the boat?

Penny is coming. Widmore industries will be involved and I think we will more about them and Hanso/Dharma.

I totally loved the flash forward. It didn't click until I saw Kate.

I wonder who is in the coffin. Judging by the part of town it points towards someone urban. It doesn't look like the area Walt or Michael lived before, so don't think it is them. It looked more like LA. Could have been Locke.

Jack's dad alive? Or just a delusion?

Is Charlie really dead? Maybe, maybe not.
Is walkie talkie girl dead? Maybe, maybe not.
Was Walt really there? Maybe, maybe not.
Does she end up with Sawyer? Maybe, maybe not.
Who's funeral was it? Ben's? Maybe, maybe not.
Are they really rescued? Maybe, maybe not.
Do the producers know where they are going with their show? Maybe, maybe not.

Mostly I like Lost, but after watching 3 episodes it's starting to bug me how it's just stringing everyone along. And now they're going to stretch it out for 3 more season? Urgh.

Awesome overall, with one MAJOR quibble.

Why the hell did Charlie have to drown there? I took like 2 minutes to flood that one tiny room, it's not like the station was going to be instantly depressurized if he didn't. And both of them know they can swim out of there. Even if it was, "Crap, slam the door just in case," he had tons of time to go, "Ummm, oh hey, the water's not even up to my knickers yet. Hey brotha', I'll be out in a jiff, lemme unlock this door thing and we'll go for a swim."

Boo.

Leo, as for your last question, though kinda poorly delivered, I believe Tom's mini-monologue was supposed to be, "WTF, these people, who Ben assured us we're far superior to, just blew the fvck out of us. They're totally in my head, I need a minute to think before I just do what Ben tells me to. And just the fact that I'm even thinking that is messing with my head even more!"

At least that's how I understood it.

They threw me off on the flash forward scene with the fake prescription and the "if I'm more drunk than my dad," line. I assumed that meant pops was still alive.

Didn't see Walt coming at freaking all! Brilliant. I'm just pissed that's all we got.

I'm going to guess Juliette in the coffin, with maybe a couple side bets on Ben and Jacob (yes, Jacob).

Oh, and musician or not, the Good Vibrations part was hokey. I mean, yes he knows the tune but he has no way of knowing which numbers play which note. Bleh.