LOST chat

Even with the spoiler, that was a great last episode...Hurley's rundown with the van, Sayid killing a guy with his bare feet, Locke's desire to be Gilligan, Penny on the telly, Naomi's unclear intentions, Ben's royal ass whupping, and Charlie's controversial death...

Let's start with the Hobbit...Why didn't Desmond open the door and save him? They had more than enough time to then swim to the surface before the entire hatch flooded, didn't they? Unless they felt they had to play out the scenario to save Claire and "the baby".

Screen saves from darkufo reveal little, other than "flash forward" being an anagram for the name of the funeral home where the mystery man was being viewed. Is it Michael in the coffin?

The flash forward seemed very much like a look ahead a la Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" rather than a definite this is what is. Whatever the device, it's clear the time frame of this show is forever out of linear (like it ever was linear).

Walt's return was odd, considering he had grown a foot since last time we saw him. Perhaps they will explain this by saying he came from the future.

Mikhail's second resurrection leads me to believe that like Locke, he can heal himself like the cheerleader in "Heroes". But why can't he grow a new eye?

Ben and Locke's fixation on staying on the island still puzzles me. It's clear that they feel powerful on the island, but is it because they felt like "losers" in the "real world".

Ben is running very short on soldiers. The "10 best" were killed at the camp, and I'm kind of wondering if Richard is all he has left.