Ooh, yes! He'd be a much better arch-bad-guy. I don't really buy the whole Monroe character. He just doesn't seem that intimidating.

I actually don't think Elizabeth Mitchell is great in this.

There's just not much else on.

On a slightly divergent note, this is why it bugs me when angry adults snatch balls from kids at baseball matches. Because to an adult it will always be simply a collector's item, without the wonder and excitement only children can attribute to otherwise insignificant material things.

Coincidentally I was thinking just yesterday in a moment of boredom I wanted to see a Cheetah running. I have no idea why, I just thought it would be cool. I have a heart condition and I can barely walk let alone run, so I found this strangely moving. I want to be one.

You win the internet.

infinite monkeys*

It actually seems like murder suicide would be a better idea. Seriously. If she wants Monroe to lose interest in her children, and to prevent him from turning the electricity on, she should maybe jump out of a colonial-era window.

No Lollipop Guild?

Do you mean "world-renowned?"

Monroe looks like a New Kid on the Block with his permed hair and his whispery monotone and his best Blue Steel. No, he is not remotely intimidating. I think he mostly hangs around in colonial mansions flirting with Juliet.

I rarely put my hair in a ponytail because it gives me a headache. Theoretically, you could write Charlie's free-flowing hair off as negligence in a time of crisis - she doesn't have time to care about tying it back. However, I don't understand how it's so clean.

It's still true that "there is no way they start hallucinating but still keep walking for an hour." They're not even hyperventilating, which would be your immediate response in a stale air space.

It should be an interesting world. It's weird that we don't see a whole lot about dealing with life in a post-electrical wasteland. Where do they get fresh water? Do they ever launder their clothes? What have they been eating all this time? How do the girls keep their hair shiny, clean and smelling like apples?

I love that medical issues always lead to vivid and colourful hallucinations in TV shows. I guess headaches aren't interesting. They all have hypoxia, but they're not dizzy, faint or nauseous; they're seeing alligators.

When I was a kid they advised us to cut snakebites and suck out the venom, which was bad advice even then. I just googled it, and now I'm more confused than ever. Every first aid tip is disputed except "not panicking". Basically if I get bitten by a venomous snake I'm going to call an ambulance and calmly brace myself…

Aw, but it's so entertaining.

That's interesting. It never occurred to me that anyone would think there was a limit to improvement of the brain. How many of my 17 years of schooling were completely unnecessary?

I think I've lost the will to live.

I found this sexed-up episode disappointingly ridiculous. King and Tani are doing exactly what they did last week (she's preening herself in front of the mirror, he's watching her lustfully from the bed, shirtless). He's been on the island, what, a week? And they're already island-married. Then he cheats on her with…