A month later, it finally popped in my head as to why I was unsatisfied by the ending, although I liked it ok and my expectations weren't very high anyway.

I read an article where Lindelof says that Kevin lied about going to Australia on his vacations and Laurie never knew. There was a line which explained that but it got cut. I think they should have left it in. I was thinking that too.

A fossil happens when an organism dies and falls into a bog. The mud hardens around the organism. The organism decomposes and leaves an empty hole, just like a mold for a bronze sculpture or something. Eventually some other material seeps into the mold and fills it up, and that hardens into the shape and eventually…

The way I understood it was that the liquid had metal in it that would react with the laser, but that by itself was not deadly.

Perfection. I can't believe I teed you up so well. I even thought about that TVTropes entry when I made that post but I didn't remember what it was called.

If you'd told me in Season 1 that I'd be crushing on Matt Jamison by the end of Season 2, I would not have believed you. Matt Libs was so good.

We don't care about those people because they weren't characterized onscreen in any way. Try to keep up! :)

Oh no, you guys! What about the kid who went into the fridge in the woods and departed from inside there?!? Most likely, nobody else from his little group departed, so he suffocated inside the fridge.