LOST!



Last night's Lost was a myriad of wonderfulness from the very beginning as good ole Vincent alerts everyone to the mass of flesh floating in the water. Turns out that the corpus delecti is the Dr. from the freighter. You know, the dude that was nursing Minkowski through his illness. We all know how that turned out. Jack was downing some pills and while the first thing to pop into my head was OXYCONTIN alert, I thought that this may be wrong due to some spoilers about the next episode where Jack has a medical issue and Juliet has to help him. Of course, it could be the start of his pill addiction but it could also be an antibiotic like he told Kate. Speaking of Kate, wasn't that a totally gratuitous shot at the beginning of her sliding down part of her shirt while Jack walks by, trying so HARD (heh heh) not to notice?

Okay-- I really thought that Claire was going to bite it and Alex would not. WRONG. Congrats Lost guys you once again fooled the crap outta me. And I thank you. I do think Ben was surprised when Alex was taken out. I'm not sure if he really didn't expect them to do it or if he was hoping they wouldn't. It was obvious that Ben would not give himself up, thus his Island cause, for anyone, even his daughter. But the shocked expression on his face when she was shot and his zombified look for the next several seconds showed that Ben did have real love for the girl. Unfortunately for Alex, nothing and nobody is going to stand in Ben's way in fulfilling whatever mission/agenda he has. I half expected Rousseau to come crawling out of the jungle and dispatch Keamy.

Bernard really stuck it to Faraday when he revealed he knew Morse Code. Way to go Bernard. I like Bernard. For some reason he and Vincent are close to my heart. Not as close as Desmond, whom I'm sad to say, made nary an appearance in the episode. Let's hope that is rectified next week.

That hieroglyphic door in Ben's cabin was a hoot. Hoot? Oh god, did I say that? Yes, I did. Is the door a time travel portal or something? I have no clue and really not even a guess except wow, cool Egyptian door hidden in the midst of Lost Island.

I must admit, I was floored when Ben suddenly went Commando and in Indiana Jones fashion, annihilated the dudes in the Sahara. WTF???? Meek and mild Ben, who usually has others do his bidding is actually capable of covert intrigue and butt kicking action the likes of we've never seen before?! Wow. Now we know how/why Sayid becomes Ben's henchman. Poor Nadia. But since I barely knew her I really don't care that much. All she is for me is plot development. See ya Nadia, thanks for helping move the story along!!!!

Is there any significance in the risk game that Hurley and Sawyer were playing and Hurley makes reference to Australia being the key to winning the game? Could it be this was just an innocuous little game that had no meaning at all? It's Lost, come on!!!!! Of course it had some meaning!!!

The Smokey smack down was epic. Did Ben summon it?It looks that way but when you think of how it killed Eko and attacked Juliet and Kate, it makes me wonder. It did take me back to the good old days when it pulled the pilot out of the cockpit in the very first episode.

Who knew Ben was such a dapper dresser amongst all his other skills! In the confrontation with Widmore he was wearing a very stylish long coat. I was impressed. I totally understood that Ben was thirsting for revenge when he told Widmore he was going to kill his daughter Penelope so he'd know what that type of pain felt like, but what confused me was Widmore not knowing where the Island is. At the end they both said the race was on (for Ben to find Penelope, Widmore Lost Island) however if Widmore's freighter is floating just out of sight of the Island and the Mercenaries have infiltrated it and successfully wiped out a bunch of Others, how can Widmore NOT know where it is???? Color me confused on that one.

Favorite Comedic Moment: In the midst of the mercenaries attacking New Otherton, the doorbell rings. Nope, it's not Avon calling, just Miles!!!

Favorite Lines:

Faraday: (when Jack asks when was the last time he saw the freighter Dr) "When, when is kind of a relative term."

Ben: (to the hotel Lady regarding the date) Today is October 24th........2005?"

Ben: (to Locke, explaining what is happening in the midst of the mercenary strike) "I think the technical term is shock and awe."

Ben: (to the dead bodies of the Saraha dudes after kicking their collective asses) "Oh, you do speak English?"