I noticed that too.

They were only doing okay after the literal Hand of God turned Las Vegas into a glowing post-nuclear crater, because Randall Flagg and the engineers were within days of launching the fighter planes.

Laughed out loud at Lindelof's remarks about what happened to Grace and Kevin Sr. in this one:

I'm not planning on arguing with people who have a different interpretation of "The Gospel According to Nora," but I'm pretty much in agreement here. Thematically Nora's story being factually untrue fits.

That is the best explanation I've read.

She is terrifying (such a great actress!)

Yup.

is Nora lying?..and if so, why?

So Groot.

Given what happened in Virgil's back yard, and the appearance of Christopher Sunday in "Most Powerful Man," I'm inclined to believe that Kevin did really go to some kind of afterlife, and then was able to return.

That "fossil" to me was like the distraction in a con job, like the briefcase full of money that just "accidentally" opens up at the right moment ("Oh, you weren't supposed to see that.") Or the fake "prospectus" of the nonexistent company that the con-man is trying to sell shares of at an exclusive 12% return, "Just…

This is pretty much my take on it, too. The people who supposedly "departed" were probably all wandering around somewhere, hiding out under different names. Shame and embarrassment would feed into it, at being the victim of a con job. (That's the "nicer story" I tell myself, as opposed to the "the so-called…

I don't think Nora was thinking about the "fridge horror" aspects when she was telling her story to Kevin.

I agree: the machine is a scam; it does nothing.

Kevin says, "It gets harder to come back every time."

Kevin's faking his memory loss.

Those of us who liked the LOST ending don't always feel obliged to go into every Lindelof thread and cheerlead for the LOST ending. Thus the sampling is a bit biased towards those who didn't like it.

I think it would be fascinating to watch Ben go from living in the Dharma barracks throughout most of his life, to adapting to the beach life of the 815ers…

Although Hurley doesn't actually do the saving…

It's well-done; beautifully shot; great score. Critics are going wild over it. But it's very emotionally fraught and in some spots even emotionally violent.