I don't think he actually expected to turn Boyd—more likely he just wanted to size him up, and if it turned out he could talk him into a lopsided partnership, all the better. As a couple people pointed out above, Boyd's goon pointedly *didn't* frisk his arms, so I'm sure we're to assume he came armed and ready to…

The problem with the idea that Jacob and Smokey are God and the Devil (or some variation on that) is that they clearly answer to some other authority—the kid that tells Not Locke "you can't kill him, you know the rules." Jacob and Smokey are indeed engaged in some sort of game, but it appears that the rules of the…

Polanski A/S/L?

@Toadlift: (SPOILERS ALSO)

@blondie_havoc You might even say that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the BUSH!" Amirite?

I'm on board with the theory that Juliette was skipping between realities when she said the "go dutch" line; it's really similar to all those non sequiturs Charlotte kept blurting out right before she died during the time-skipping. The question now is whether Sawyer will "remember" her when they meet in the alternate…

I think some of the reservations about the game may stem from skepticism that it's intentional parody and not inadvertent self-parody. After all, wasn't Kamiya the one who created those games you listed as being spoofed? I think it's a fair criticism; absurdity is all well and good, but I'd rather that the gameplay…

If you'll all permit me to be a name-dropping douchebag for a moment, I once played pickup basketball against Woody Harrelson at People's Park in Berkeley. Really nice guy, and also really short. The baskets they used in White Men Can't Jump must've been 7-8' high.