Lost: The Substitute (spoilers)

[sheryden]

* The sight of Richard confused and scared shitless is really disconcerting. We need to ship him with a Lostie, so when he gets back to the temple, he can get some TLC. Seriously, this screams for a hurt/comfort fic!

* Sawyer broke my heart again. The Richard/Sawyer shipper in me wanted to see Sawyer run off into the jungle with him (so they could give each other the aforementioned TLC).

* I felt for Ilana in this episode. I hope we get some backstory, stat.

* The numbers!

* I don't think I trust the MIB OR Jacob.

* I wonder which Kwon it is?

* FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! LET JIN AND SUN REUNITE ALREADY!!!!!!

* Best line of the night: Ben: "He was a better man than I'll ever be, and I'm really sorry I murdered him." And LOL at Frank's reaction.

* Aw, Teacher!Ben and Substitute!Locke are going to be BFFs.

* Aw for John and Helen. They'll have to have Teacher!Ben over for Earl Grey Tea sometime. (Am I the only one who half-wanted Jean-Luc Picard to walk in and join Ben and John during that scene?)

* Sawyer, how do you look so good even in a dirty wife beater? And LOL at "I guess I'd better put on some pants, then."

* Sawyer reads Steinbeck! Woot!

* Okay, so Jacob is apparently the white rock in all of this, but I still don't know if I trust him.

* So if MIB is to be believed, Sawyer or one of the others could be the new Jacob. What, then, is MIB's function? Was he Jacob's prisoner?

* I'm not sure how I feel about Sawyer hanging out with MIB. I love that he knows it's not Locke, but I worry for him now that he's hanging out with someone who scares Richard. I mean, regardless of what I think about Jacob and MIB, I trust Richard's sincerity.