Clinical War
I found the idea of a conceptual war pretty mind-blowing back in the day. It has a disturbing logic to it and seems like it could reduce the impetus to end a war once and for all - no messy charred bodies in the street or bombed out buildings to have to rebuild. It reminds me of the bomb we were…

Agreed.
Winning the Tour de France: Pey-Wey! Pey-Wey!
"I'm trying to use the PHONE!"

Absolutely, FemTrouble, Hairspray, and I would add PinkFlamingoes and POLYESTER!

Always knew that dawg was a sonofabitch.

I can't get all the adulation for Benny Ninja. So the guy was one of the first voguers before anyone had heard of it, but really he's nothing more than double-jointed freak with splayed fingers. After all the seasons that he's had a feature ep, that's all I can see that he's about (that and lotsa face powder).

The oeuvre of Christopher Guest
In order of can't miss hilarity:
Spinal Tap
Guffman
Best in Show
(not so much the rest)

Any skit involving McKinney.

No, that can't be it, fish biscuit. It had to have been a distraction by Ben to free Sayid.

Same actor, also in Deadwood more recently.

Didn't catch that change in dialogue in the dock scene. Couldn't be a mistake, since they'd have the original script right there to copy from.

Being the "toughest guy" and "best fighter" has to do with having skills and a badass merciless attitude, not a coupla extra pounds. A stud is a stud is a stud.

Kate's motivation
Can't remember, have we found out yet what convinced Kate to return to the island? (Sorry if this is obvious, been trying to study this mutherfuckein show like the Talmud, but it ain't easy.)

Plus the jump cut from the dead chicken in Iraq to the sandwich, lol.

No, to me it looked completely genuine like "where the fuck else would we be going." I did love Sayid trying to get her to take the next plane.

Heh, we need a Vincent flashback ep!

Plus setting him up in the chicken killing scene showed that it was wired into his personality and not a result of his training in the Iraqi army. "It's what he's best at" and after he's repentant with no more heart in it he's got nothing else to live for.

The Prong.

Lives and loves of the torturer class.

Fifteenth on that. Was clearly a diversion to get the guard away to free Sayid.

Yeah, the "he's our you" setup was a little misleading, but I thought Andrews played the scene brilliantly - Emmy worthy, imo. And yes, it was definitely the cause of his memory of meeting the girl at the bar, etc.