Great vocals on it.

That is one of the few Beatles songs I actually hate. Old Brown Show is underrated though.

It shows haw great harmony singers they were: as if people didnt know anyway. Almost all their best songs had great harmony singing.

Well, John *loved* Hey Jude, and you can tell with the tender way he harmonizes with Paul in the last part of the slow section.

8 Days is fun, with a good lead vocal by John and nice harmonies by Paul (both as usual). But, yeah, not as good as She Loves You or Hard Days Night or the later I Feel Fine or Ticket to Ride.

It is pretty amazing vocal. And, on a totally different level, A Day in a Life is also a great vocal.

Honey Pie is cute. John's jazzy solo is nice.

Yes, a nearly perfect record. Rubber Soul too.

I think people recognize McCartney as one of the best bass players of all-time, and one of the generally great overall instrumentalists. John was a decent guitar player, but he (and Paul) were two of the best vocalists in all of pop. (In fact, part of what make A Day in the Life so amazing is Lennon's vocal.) George…

"Cranberry sauce"

Geoff Emerick, who was there, says it is John in his book "Here There and Everywhere." Emerick, though he doesnt have perfect memory, was there engineering the song. *And (Geoff is much more of Paul guy than a John guy (and he really doesn't like Harrison.)

Yeah, Numbers, Tricia Tanaka, and Dave are great. Everybody Hates Hugo, The Beginning of the End, and The Lie are solid. Everything about Stranger in a Strange Land is off: The "Sherriff" character, the trial of Juliet, the Others watching Jack, the whole flashback, Fox's acting choices throughout. I am not sure it…

But I love your take on the character episodes, so no real argument here.

Well, the Numbers were super important because they are the people who may or may not decide to protect the island / world.

And the fact that Jack's seat was 23, plus Psalm 23, means that they had an idea—vague as it was—that the numbers would be assigned to people from the start. I know David Fury implies that this is not the case, but the textual evidence counters his interpretation.

I think about it a lot. I have no answers, but I love exploring it in my head. The Sideways scene in the finale between Hurley and Ben implies that had some grand and challenging time leading the island.

And the V equation and the Candidates fit very well together as an explanation. See my comment above.

The V equation and the Candidates explanation actually work really well together. Dharma figured out those were the variables that would save the world. Jacob wanted those people—the numbered candidates—to choose to protect the island (and hence save the world.) Hence, the Candidates were the variables to save the…

What episode is that?

Yeah, I mean, I see the fear. But Carrie probably should be institutionalized for a bit.