Lost--Follow the Leader (spoilers)

[sheryden]

* Yes, Kate. Dan has just been gunned down, so you should leave him and run away. Ugh.

* I'm sorry, but I still think young, horseback riding Charles is hot. There. I said it.

* Was Richard building a model of the Black Rock? Hmmm...

* Richard = glasses = sexy

* So Richard is uncomfortable around this new John Locke. I trust Richard, therefore, I also feel uncomfortable with this new Locke. Methinks he's not the entirely Locke.

* There's something oddly interesting about the Ben/Sun chemistry. Enough, in fact, for me to start looking for fic. I don't know what it is... Maybe it's great actor chemistry, or maybe I like the idea of Sun being with someone as secretive as she is...

* Way to be blunt Richard "I Spread Sunshine Wherever I Go" Alpert. A desperate woman comes running up, and you pretty much tell her husband is toast.

* I loved the bit of dialogue between Jack and Kate in Eloise's tent. My favorite part was when she was told Jack that the last three years have not all been misery. He said, "Enough of it was." Yes! I like this new Jack. I've been watching the older episodes, and if you watch them all with the recent stuff as context, you can see why and how Jack unravels, and it all works beautifully.

* Ugh, Radzinsky, you bastard. I want Sawyer to get 5 minutes alone in a room with him. You just know that Dharma put him down in the Swan station to push the damn button because they wanted him out of the way.

* LOL! Hurley and Chang = win. "Who is the President of the United States." "All right, dude. We're from the future."

* Poor Jin. The others keep dragging him around the jungle, but he never gets to say anything. I hope he gets, like a ten-minute monologue in the finale or something. In fact, give him 5 minutes alone with Radzinsky. He'd be a hero to the viewers if he beat the crap out of that blowhard.

* Chang and Miles are going to make me cry.

* Okay, now Phil needs a smackdown.

* The scene at the drug plane was well done. I had a feeling that's where they were going. I love that Richard is really uncertain here.

* The Charles/Eloise scene was interesting. When Richard said that love can be complicated, that seemed like a loaded statement. I'm intrigued. I'm also confused about Daniel. Has he been born yet? I half-expected a five-year-old to come running out of a tent. If not, I guess they expect us to believe that he is younger than Charlotte and Miles. Yeah...

* Kate being all, "I can't follow you. Not this time" made me crazy. Once again, my dislike of Kate is confirmed.

* Yes! Sayid is back, and he's protecting his friends! (And he's got his hair pulled back. You know he means business!) LOL at Eloise and Richard putting their hands up.

* Poor confused Sayid. He so wanted to fix everything, but it just didn't work. Really, he and Jack were the two most screwed up by leaving the island. They both wound up transformed into basket cases by the time they got back. I seriously don't think either one of them knows what to do or how to cope.

* I'm conflicted about Sawyer and Juliet. Part of me understands their impulse to get off the island, but part of me feels like their walking out on their friends.

* The scene between Sawyer and Juliet on the sub was sweet. Of course, now I'm back to thinking Juliet is going to bite it.

* LOL! Kate Austen, Third Wheel. Juliet looked miserable when she showed up.

* I'm excited that they have to go for a swim to get to the bomb. That means wet Jack, Sayid, and Richard. \o/

* Aw, look at the smile on Jack's face as he sees Sayid. "I didn't think you'd come." \o/ And his answer? If Jack's plan works, that's great, if not, they'll all be put out of their misery. Either way, he's in. Like I said, they're the two most screwed up people castaways. I need some Jack/Sayid slash.

* And LOL at Sayid fixing his hair once he got out of the pool.

* "Why do you think I tried to kill him?" LOL!!!

* Locke plans to kill Jacob. Yikes!

* Poor Richard. He spent half the episode with an "All these people on the island, and I'm the only sane one?" look on his face.