[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Not a favorite episode. There was a lot of goodness towards the end, but mostly it was kind of 'meh'. I'm really looking forward to learning more about the other survivors, though. My long ramble:

Let me ask you, those big metal "back doors", the ones that Hurley takes Rose through (and that served as Desmond's exit)...have we ever seen them before, sometime in the first season? Because if not, they could find a tiny secret hatch, but NOT two ENORMOUS metal doors?

I liked Sayid's Chernobyl remark. Gave me chills. I think Desmond is a liar, liar and he didn't just happen upon that hatch; I think he's involved in whatever this island plo tis.

As soon as I saw a white man in his 50s walking towards the Rafters, I thought, "I'M SO RACIST! THAT'S ROSE'S HUSBAND!" This whole time I'm thinking, "Wow, Rose is either a lot younger than I think or Adebisi (that tall black actor's name when he was on Oz with the actor who plays Michael) is a lot older." Man. It's not 1950, Audra! I LOVE that Adebisi is nice. He played a real badass on Oz.

You know, I really liked that one scene with Matthew Fox and Michelle Rodriguez from last season. I really liked her in a sort of subdued, non-tough role, and I thought, "Wow, she was cast against type." Ah, how naive I was! She was in FULL Resident Evil mode tonight and I f**king hated her guts. Sawyer can be an ass, but Jesus honey, you're not a BAD guy so stop beating the s**t out of a guy who has been shot and is seriously looking ill, like he might have gangrene/poison arm! or something. And THEN to show them flirting in the next episode? VOMIT. Just VOMIT. All over myself. I did love the blackout and then..."Bitch." That made me laugh. The rock toss made me smirk.

Hurley, losing DJ Qualls as your best-friend? Nothing to cry about, honey. Aside from showering and having a towel scene, what's Kate's stupid Hatch job? As for the towel scene...MAN! You've SEEN her in a bikini, Jack! Heck, you've probably seen her naked. What? You have special changing caves now? How's a towel any different? Unless it's cause she was all dripping wet.

I really did like the dream sequence, though. That was neat and funny. And I'm REALLY glad Jin isn't pretending that he can't speak English. Though, Jin baby, 40 days on an Island with only English speaking people and you haven't picked up a few coherent phrases by now? C'mon.

Charlie actually irritated me less in this episode. I did like him giving Claire the peanut butter, and her expression. I like her a lot. The whole music montage at the end was great. I was all glowing with warmth after an episode that annoyed me a lot. As soon as her vagina is all healed up, they'll have sex and then he'll start snorting the Virgin Mary.

I do love the other survivor plot line. You've got one group of survivors and you think they're it. And you watch and think, "My God, how could it be any worse!?" And then you meet the tail end survivors, who have obviously been relentlessly attacked since they crashed, and you realize how much worse it could have been for Jack's gang. Not having a doctor would obviously hurt them; some of the crash survivors probably died from injuries. But I think they've mostly been tormented by the Others.

Oh, and though it was a predictable thing to do, I really loved that Sun (is that how her name is spelled) buried the bottle, keeping the Islander's hope of a rescue mission alive.

"Island Baby" was a treat, as was Locke's reaction. It was a total Jimmy Fallon moment for the Stepfather, who couldn't seem to control his laughter.

Oh, I really did love that happy (calm before the **** STORM) food sharing moment.

Next week: THE OTHERS! I hope. Rock on!

Also, next week: Jin gets naked! I hope. If God really is good. Rock on!

Also, I dread the following:

M. Rodriguez (Ana?) and Jack share a flirty scene last season. Implies they'll hook up eventually. Meanwhile, Kate and Jack finally hook up. Ana and Sawyer look like they're in for a tussle. Then the two halves of the plane are reunited AND you've got a love square. Sawyer really likes Kate. Kate secretly wants to bang Sawyer because he's hot and she pities him. Ana really likes Jack but has had fun banging Sawyer. Jack recalls he had a thing for Ana, but is kind of in love with Kate...or maybe he's meant to be in love with Ana. Kate thinks she's in love with Jack but she's also drawn to Sawyer...maybe she loves Sawyer? Me thinks Ana and Kate won't get along so well.

I'm worried it will turn into LOST Temptation Island LOST

God.

Also, someone give Shannon more to do, DAMMIT!