What I think you're not seeing is that some of us watched the show precisely because of the characters. There were plenty of intriguing mysteries, which were fun to debate, but I simply enjoyed spending an hour with these people every week. "It's about the characters" is opinion, not fact. If that didn't satisfy…

"All shows "make it up as they go along" because that's how writing WORKS."

You raise a good point about the baby possibly not being Jin's, which goes back to Season 2 when they shared the news, but Sun held back about Jae Lee. I wanted to mention something about Sun's lying as it related to her present duplicity, but I couldn't come up with anything I liked.

I'm curious as to what your opinion of Juliet was the first time you watched this episode. Even though she was supposed to be on the wrong side (no matter what Ben says, I never see the Others as the "good guys"), I immediately took a liking to her, which was a contrast from Ana Lucia's arrival. Libby I don't…

Jessica damn Day.

The Glass Ballerina: With Michael having led his friends astray, Sayid, Sun and Jin are in a holding pattern at sea. Jin wants to go back to camp, but Sayid's not ready to abandon the group. And Sun, having once again been put off by Jin's dominance, sides with Sayid. There's not much progress to mention here…

A Tale of Two Cities: After the thrilling finish to Season 2, ABC decided to split up Season 3, starting with the first six episodes that fall of 2006. There has been a lot of discussion about how the ratings were falling off, and viewers getting restless from the flashbacks and not enough progression in the plot.

Well, if I recall correctly, Ben was the one who said in Season 3 that Jacob didn't like technology, so that could have easily been a lie. But I was doing some thinking about this last night, and I thought it would be interesting to present a counter argument for Jacob building the Lighthouse.

No doubt, there is plenty of heartbreak in Lost, but if I've come across that I think the show is bleak, I really don't. I do remember writing that the ending is not happy to me, because of Jack dying. However, I still find tons of happy or simply enjoyable moments within the show, and that's what keeps me going on…

You're right that Desmond and Juliet didn't need to interact much; they both came into the camp as defectors from their respective situations and while they had that in common (as well as wanting to get off the Island), there wasn't a major reason for them to be around each other. I actually thought when Season 3…

I think the Lighthouse is really interesting too, as that was one of my favorite episodes of Season 6. Having it show multiple outcomes would be a good way for Jacob to find the best "candidates" for the job. But I don't necessarily agree that the MiB is the most likely to have built it. Maybe it was there long…

To be clear, I don't really think Jacob was a time traveller. Sometimes I like to throw stuff out to see what sticks, but more likely, to me, is that he saw multiple outcomes where things ended badly and he knew he had to do something to change that.

A few random thoughts before I start watching Season 3 next week…

Nice rant, by the way. I've been thinking about what I wanted to say for the past few days, and hopefully this time the ideas will sound as good as they did in my head.

I was looking at Libby's timeline and not the pre-crash timeline, but I guess I did assume that she was in Santa Rosa before she ran into Desmond. I wrote this very late on Tuesday, so I probably rushed because I had a lot of ideas.

Live Together, Die Alone: I just couldn't wait any longer to recap this one. Two hours of excitement and impactful moments for every character really got me thinking and I hope I can write something worthy of that. If I do revise my ranking of all episodes at the end of this project, this finale should definitely be…

Oh, I'll definitely make it to D.O.C., I think it's going to be fun to review Season 3. :-)

Couldn't it be a simple matter of Ethan telling Jack the truth and simply snapping and kidnapping Claire because of what happened to his wife and child?

I'm hoping I can form some good thoughts on that when I write about the finale this week. I did see more places where Jacob could have had a hand in off-Island events, but we'll see if you agree. And honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Jacob did have something to do with Christian meeting Carole.

I just watched this episode again, and while I remembered it being a great finale at the time it originally aired, it was kind of flying under my radar for all-time Lost episodes. But after seeing it now, I was extremely impressed with how it played out. Maybe it's a different perspective from having reviewed almost…