All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues: Well, they certainly didn't waste any time going back to Jack, but for good reason. After it was decided that Jack would not die in the Pilot, the writers clearly wanted him to be an integral part of the plot, and then seeing how much potential they had with Jack/Christian just…

Nice nod to Season 4 when Palmer told Jack that he would be dead to the world.

Jimmy's probably the only one who thinks he's dumbing it down with the Djokovic-Jordan comparison of plus 1's. That, plus tonight's Fresh off the Boat theme is way more tennis for network TV than like, forever.

I would agree that it's probably supposed to be Sampras/Agassi, but man, it's easy to make that mistake given that Roger Federer ushered in the current amazing era of men's tennis, which was really languishing after those two retired from the ATP Tour.

Raised by Another: @avclub-387212ba9644c8b7f3d7178512148235:disqus, you've had a lot of thoughts from the first eight hours that I think apply here.

Solitary: For the two reviews today, I think most of what I wrote in the Classic reviews applies, so I'm going to use that once again…

My comment about the budding friendships was more of an evaluation of the first eight hours combined. But I do feel that the Hurley/Charlie friendship was cemented for life by Charlie saving Jack in the cave. It certainly wasn't cool of Charlie to demean Hurley like that, but he did quickly apologize for his…

"The time-loop in Season 5 seems to land the show soundly on the side of predestination."

Confidence Man: I've stated in past discussions how I didn't care much for Sawyer in the beginning, but that really began to change after this episode was over. The revelation that he was the one who had written the letter to the REAL Mr. Sawyer changed everything we thought we knew about him. It's another pretty…

The Moth: This is one of my favorite episodes of Season 1, as well as the entire series, but what stood out to me on this rewatch were three lines that I'd like to attempt to make sense of…

This community is a part of us all! A part of us all! A part of us all!

It's an interesting question…clearly the writers wanted us to relate Locke's death off-Island to Christian's death in Australia and subsequent use of their bodies by Smokey.

I always liked the caves, but it was mentioned in Todd's review of the Pilot that the show had to change from Season 1 from the exciting adventures of the opening. So unfortunately the caves got sacrificed. I wouldn't trade what we got, but it was cool to explore and we certainly always have a rewatch to revisit it.

Here's a thought as to why Smokey decides to stay off the beach…once he had Locke in his crosshairs, he needed things to play out to the point where someone would WANT to kill Locke. So simply wiping out everyone at the beach would not serve any purpose towards his goal to kill Jacob. If there's no one around to…

House of the Rising Sun: This is such a fascinating episode, because it expands not just on the world of the Island, but for the flashbacks as well. To do a whole sequence of flashbacks with Korean subtitles was just so different, and refreshing at the same time. And the writers didn't need to do any stretching to…

White Rabbit: Here's some of what I wrote in 2014…

I'm still here, and I will keep going with this as long as I can find something interesting to write about. Next up is White Rabbit and House of the Rising Sun on Wednesday.

Walkabout: @avclub-387212ba9644c8b7f3d7178512148235:disqus recommended reddit for Lost discussion, and I saw some mention on there recently that the twist ending is the reason this episode is thought of so highly. I guess a case could be made for that, similar to Through the Looking Glass, but I don't see it that…

Tabula Rasa: When the Classic reviews started in 2014, I wrote some of my own thoughts regarding the early episodes, so I'm going to use that as I go…

Pilot: Even though I've watched the whole series multiple times, I still get that feeling of excitement when I start from the beginning. And that's after seeing it probably a dozen times already. Simply put: it never gets old. It's funny, it's full of action, and you get just enough from every character that you…