Ben did get cancer. Maybe he yelled a failed firsties.

Agreed, GoTeamVenture. It's kind of exciting to have a sketchy idea about what's going to happen after we fade in from white in 1/10 - Jacob's forces will arrive.

Gold car, gold dog.

Black vs. white, we're being told that we've met all the players.

The Screaming Mimi from Riptide?

It had pointy teeth, and my game of Hungry, Hungy Hippos had square teeth.

Maybe similar to a novice? Or something loftier. Good Guy was awfully nice to him after Ilana said that - smiled, joked, offered him water.

It was definitely Blackie in the cabin. But if the Others follow him, he couldn't be impersonating Jacob - Richard knows where Jacob really lives. Is Richard the only one who knows that they follow Blackie, and not Jacob?

It was a way to stop fans from asking about Rose and Bernard, and cracking that they're with Vincent. Unless we all start clamoring during season 6, I'm assuming we are done with them. They did exit after a peaceful interlude, which was nice.

So the Others are tools of or disciples of Blackie. And Jacob did nudge the 815'ers to the island to serve as his "army." Is everyone already on top of that one? Am I just slow to catch up?

Realizing Locke was truly dead, had really failed, and did not acheive peace or grace was heartbreaking. Godspeed, John Locke.

Yup, as much as I scoffed at the theory at the time, Locke was Smokey. Also Alex, Christian, Man in Black.

Oh, how awesome. I made a crack about Esau sometime in the last couple of weeks in a thread about the "Jacob loves you" business. It was the wording that got me, Jacob have I loved, Esau have I hated. I never gave it a second thought - too wrapped up in Richard and Egyptology.

Sorry if this has been brought up in previous days' postings (I read this back in college, and have been trying to plough through it again before joining in), but I want to speak to the Sanderson interludes. I do agree that Oly is an unreliable narrator, but I think Sanderson's journalistic observations provide a…

I wonder if the characters weren't relatable because each was mostly a single flaw, writ large. Oly was blind devotion. Arty was egomania. Chick wanted to please. Elly and Iphy were each half of more complete character/identity, but unable to meet in the middle. Al was pride. Lil was … I don't know, a…

I absolutely see the point that Oly is unforgivably (narratively and morally) permissive with Arty. I'd like to offer a couple of reasons why Dunn might not have drawn her differently. 1. Oly's primary motivator was being needed. That was the only thing in the world that she actually wanted, and Arty was the only…

I wouldn't want to cross him. Seriously, though, nice touch with Jane noticing that he was about to use his keys to get in to her place.

And the Wang Chung leading into Skylar's speech.

Loved her in Orlando - stunning!

Check YouTube for the Veridien response to being pre-empted by Obama. How is a show this funny struggling?