Lost Thoughts

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Okay, I really don't know how to react to this one... but not because the plot was confusing or anything.

I think the primary problem is that I don't give a damn about Kate or her baggage.  And I really don't care for the "Bad girl with a heart of gold" [tm] thing they've got going.  It's not that "Girl does heinous thing and feels bad about it" doesn't work for me (For instance, I adore "The Way We Weren't" on Farscape where Aeryn confesses to having gotten an old lover executed so that she could get a promotion).  But Kate... eh.  Maybe if a different actress played her.  Maybe if she was more Eliza Dushku "Faith" or Claudia Black "Aeryn" it would work more.  As it is, I just am so over "Girl does bad things but we forgive because she cries and looks sweet and innocent."

That said, loved Sayid's utter disbelief of Jack and Locke's stupidity at opening the hatch.  You go, Sayid.  You're so right.

Walt was freaky scary telling Michael that they HAD to get on the boat.

Sawyer still has more chemistry with Kate than Jack. (And curious that they felt the need to insert the Sawyer/Kate scene into it.  They have developed a more believable relationship with Kate/Sawyer than Jack.  That said, Sawyer -- RUN! )

I predicted (fairly close) from the beginning of the ep what was going on. I said straight off the bat that the culprit was either Kate poisoning Michael to get on the raft, or Sun making Jin sick to keep him from going.  Looks like I was right on both counts (and I did like the little twist at the end revealing Kate's machinations.  Turns out, Sawyer was right all along and doesn't know it).

And I loved Hurly dropping info then bitching about no one telling anyone anything on the island.  You know Locke and Jack are really quite similar... except Locke is more interesting by far.