A B and two Fs
Where No One Has Gone Before - As a kid I was quite discouraged by the show thus far. I remember not liking the pilot much (mostly I think it didn't match the 6-year-old-child excitement I had for it), but The Naked Now and especially Code of Honor made me want to just watch a VHS of the original…

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I second the 120 Minutes cited in the article, though my strongest memories are when the bald dude was host. Discovered some great music there. (Also, slightly embarrasingly, the soundtrack to the movie The Crow, which I got when I was 12 or 13, was great because it had an amazing song by a band called…

I'd push the button in her hatch.

That was also confirmed by the writers/producers re: Libby's story.

Actually, yes, I thought Ilana might be important to the endgame. I mean, they introduced this Zoe chick who seems is being set up as important as well.

I don't know. I mean, it seems like making up a conspiracy theory about a TV show. The actor who plays Desmond had a sexual harassment lawsuit; the actor who plays Jin also had some DUI-like problems more severe than the two actresses cited above; etc. Seems like they do what they want in regards to the story.

I thought that was a joke. It sounds like a joke. "A sandwich with chicken for buns, with cheese and bacon." But it's real.

Actually, it is assumed they were killed off for DUI charges, but the producers have denied it.

Interestingly, according to the cast list I saw pre-episode, I believe the boy was the same actor.

Having worked in mental health, and having gone on outings with clients, I have never seen a van with writing on the side. It'd be considered "wrong," as it could cause problems. But obviously, it was there to "show, not tell," instead of having someone say "she's in a mental hospital," they show the van.

I assume it isn't the same set of numbers, or, if it is the same set, they don't mean anything in the alt timeline. No Island = no candidates. So no numbers curse.

Hitting Locke to "trigger a spinal surgery" just seems way, way too convoluted a plot point to me. I mean, the dude already has a spinal injury; he's paralyzed, hitting him with the car isn't going to make it worse. Hitting him with the car to trigger memories is like throwing a small child in the deep end: they…

Fucking dynamite. How does it work?

On the "on-point" dialogue complaints…how could it have been better written? If it was talked around in circles? People have complained about the dialogue being way too ambiguous, as well as never having characters ask follow-up questions or give straight answers. Also, in conversations in real life, people do…

It was just a solid episode, in my opinion. Moved the story forward in a very big way. Nice character moments (Michael apologizing and Hurley asking the man who murdered the girl he loved "Is there anything I can do for you?" Also, Jack's moment with Hurley. Etc.) Some big shockers (Ilana blowing up; Locke shoving…

Desmond had a pretty angry look on his face when he brutally ran Locke down. After simply nudging Hurley in a very Jacob-esque way. Also, in the story, Desmond hitting Locke came very close to when Locke shoved Desmond on the well. I don't know if I believe Desmond knows specifically why Locke is "bad," but the…

Or they are helped by the whispers somehow?

Donkey wheel well was filled in in one of the flashes. The obvious explanation being that whoever built the wheel or discovered it didn't want it found again, at least not easily.

Roger Waters is touring with The Well this year.

Ah, yes! So three possible explanations of the whispers. I wonder if that shit isn't just the Island reflecting guilty memory snippets to our characters; I'd wondered something like that back in season 3 when Jack heard his dad say something like "let go" on the non-working intercom.