ebonlock | "You owe me $20,000!"

Some quick observations from the episode:
1) Dr. Jack has got a guilt-complex that would make a Roman Catholic proud.
2) Are all the boys on the rag this week or what?
3) Charlie is not only the sweetest guy on the island, but quite possibly the cleverest. Way to leave a trail, darlin'!

Yeah so as expected Dr. Hero Jack tried to keep Dr. Alkie Dad from killing poor innocent patients and didn't get much in the way of gratitude for his efforts. Poor dead car crash girl, we hardly knew ye.

Mercutio's heading south, nobody's looking after poor Sayid, and the search parties have just split up. Great thinkin' guys! Oh dear gods, Boone is a Trekkie (of a sort), but he gives me a vague sense of hope that maybe he'll be the one to die in the not too distant future with his "red shirts" discussion. Oh please, oh please! Only, could we arrange to lose his sister too?

"It's stupid to lie about your name." Ouch, Sawyer-not-Sawyer, you've gotta' admit that one kinda stung. Way to go Walt!

Oh dear, trouble in paradise, Jack's even snarking at Kate and her uber fugitive related tracking skills. Methinks Kate may end up taking Sawyer-not-Sawyer up on his "hot monkey sex" offer in the not too distant future. Can't say as I blame her much.

Flash backy goodness and sure enough Jack screwed over his dad on the whole operating under the influence thing. So now we know why dad flew off to Australia to drink himself to death. We also know where Dr. Jack got his a) hero complex and b) guilt complex. Gotta' give points to dad for really knowing how to twist the knife. "It's not just my career, Jack, it's my life." Can't believe Jack fell for that one.

DUDE!!! DUDE!!! They're showing scenes from Flight of the Phoenix and I'm sitting here going, gosh that red-haired Scotsman seems awfully fami-...waitta' second. It is! It's my favorite little known character actor Tony Curran! Oh dear, despite the fact that this is undoubtedly going to be just a lame remake I may have to go see it....

Oooh, Cavetown and close in on sweaty, exhausted Sayid. Sawyer tries to threaten Sayid but Sayid ain't havin' it. Instead he tells him about the French woman and the science team and the illness and the "others". Then he mentions the growly monster noises and tells Sawyer if he's just going to ask dumb questions he should just leave. Sawyer acts like a human being for once and tells Sayid he's kept the signal fire burning. Aww.

Ok, Locke can predict the rain on the island down to the minute. Yes, the man just got creepier. No, Boone, they didn't teach him to predict the weather at a box company, the invisible island monster is obviously mentally communicating with him. Duh. Anybody else wondering if he was trying to send Boone home so he could get a little private time with island monster?

Rain, rain, rain, more Charlie trail, then an odd noise that may or may not have been Claire...or a monkey...or both. Yikes, Ethan! Oooh, he's all Agent Smith tough, but where the fuck is Kate while Jack's getting the stuffing beaten out of him? And why the hell didn't anybody think to ask Locke for some knives or something? Or maybe Jack could've just picked up a damn stick. I'd have picked up a stick, a nice pointy one.

Hospital flashy-backy, car crash girl was married and her husband is threatening to sue, oh dear, moral dilemma moment for Jack. What will he do? Aside from act like a psycho tracking Charlie and Claire, of course. Kate finds Jack and thinks he's the one who's cuckoo about the whole Ethan thing. Off he runs into the forest of mystery and now we get still more flashing back wherein Jack turns on dear old dad in front of the medical board...'cause he finds out car crash girl was pregnant...AND OMFG CHARLIE!!!!

No, no, they are so not killing Charlie, no fucking way. Kate you useless bitch cut the damn vine! Oh no, oh Charlie, oh god Jack save him!! Can't type, hyperventillating.

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*sob*

Oh god, Dr. Jack Miracle Worker, I fucking love you man! Charlie! Oh my sweet Charlie! Dammit, writers don't do that to me! Must call Aelf, be right back.

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Back. Aww, Charlie's all wrapped up and shocky, but safely back at Cavetown. Charlie, sweetie, honey, you need to talk to Our Savior Saint Jack. Or, well, whisper anyway. His poor boo-boo neck. Oh, dear, he can talk. He doesn't remember anything, WTF? Ethan and "they" want Claire, yeah shocking.

"If there's anyone on this island that your brother's safe with, it's Locke." Uh...right. No, Boone doesn't feel "it", oh but Locke does, yes I'm sure he does. Hey they found a piece of metal, but my goodness that sounds hollow...kinda underground lair-y to me. Wait, guys, you might want some back up before you unearth the UFO or whatever the fuck it is.

No new Lost next week, goddammit, oh well I guess we'll have to wait until after the holidays for new ones, huh? Crap.

So any bets on Ethan and his merry band of pregnant girl kidnapping friends?

1) Satanic island dwelling cult?
2) Shadow government agents running some wacky experiments?
3) Aliens!
4) Matrix rip-off?

Feel free to add your own theories!
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