A few clarifications:

Don't forget: "We have to go back, Kate. We have to go back!" That shit gave we goosebumps for hours.

Yummsh: "Graphically, I think Montand's arm getting town off was an incredible thing to see in primetime, but for me, the title still goes to Walt's abduction. That was some DARK shit. I don't think anyone saw that coming, and it genuinely shocked me. "

It was the Marshall(?) escorting Sayid.

It just occured to me why it gave me the willies. It wasn't the Sawyer-bunny episode. It was the very first Jack episode, way back in Season One: "White Rabbit"

They replayed that at 8 Eastern this week. And it's not like the arm gets ripped off off-screen. It's right front and center; crack, squish, wow. Some unsuspecting 6 year old is gonna have nightmares for life. Love it.

Fetch me my blue windbreaker!

My thought exactly, SS. We'll probably have to wait for Sayid's episode this season, whenever that'll be. Soon, I hope.

Regarding Eloise's comment about Ben, along with all the others about Ben, and in fact every time he opens his little rodent mouth:

I don't disagree with you. But, on the other hand, we've already dealt with pregnancy storylines with Claire, Sun, and the Others in general. I'm not entirely sure the writers want to keep going to that well. No pun intended.

Midget Ninja, master of the collapsible baton, vs. Brother Manhattan, master of time and British special forces techniques? I'd definitely give the edge to Des in a fair fight. But Ben don't fight fair.

—To be fair, they were building the Orchid at the beginning of the season, with Daniel there, so perhaps they just jumped back to a few months before they built the station.

Montand's Arm is better.

Pedantic medicine alert: one does not get pregnant instantly. Pregnancy wouldn't begin until the fertilized egg implanted in the uterus a few days later; hell, depending on when the flight took off relative to the dirty deed, the egg might not have had the chance to be feritilized yet.

No. The worse case scenario in the history of serialized drama on television: Ben killed Desmond AND Penny AND Charlie.

Oh, I agree, it is very exciting. I just don't want to wait that long.

What the fuck?
Okay, I am dying to see pre-boarding Ajira flashbacks for Kate (what happened to Aaron?), Sayid (how'd he end up arrested as the new Kate, and get on that flight?), Hurley (how'd he get released and find out about that flight?), and especially Ben—did that ferret-faced mother****er kill Penny? Desmond?

You'd be surprised how often people actually do refuse. They have their reasons, I suppose, but none of them have ever made any rational sense to me.

"Makin' bouncy"
Sorry Steve, but Cookie done you wrong. That's ripped off from the classic Hungarian Phrase Book sketch from Monty Python: "Would you like to go back to my place, bouncy bouncy?"

Three quick pathetic geek comments
1) On the dresser next to his Tron poster, Chuck has a copy of Y: The Last Man. This show knows how to bring the authentic geek cred.