I would be VERY interested to see a post by you devoted entirely to analysing the TITLES of episodes for clues to the overall themes and direction of LOST.

When I review the DVD’s and see the titles I’m often struck by how they seem to give clues to what is coming in later seasons.

Any chance of that?

There will always be an obvious difference when you talk about something you like versus something you love.

I love these recaps, they’re really insightful and all of that, but this one I had a harder time with reading the second time around because I don’t understand the attraction to Sawyer. (Sawyer’s a cool character and all, I like his episodes, but not in that attraction OMG way). Can someone explain why this guy is so attractive to people who he’s constantly trying to push away (ie: women who are not Kate and/or Juliet)?

I don’t think it’s so much that she thinks Kate is awesome. I think she likes to put herself in Kate’s shoes and she’s a Sawyer girl. I think it’s not so much she is a Skater but more that she’s a Sawbisket.

Locke-ness Monster: “I’m tired of the shipper wars, time for the ships to DIE!” *pwns everything*
Sawyer, Kate, Jack: *keels over*
Locke-ness Monster: Tee Hee!

That would make me laugh.

We still have a lot to learn in regards to the Parallel Story. Someone the two stories need to be reconciled with each other.

Also, if Juliet detonated the bomb, why was she in one piece? You guys do understand what happens to things that are near to explosions, right? Remember Doc Arzt? He was only handling a stick of dynamite.

It’s not because she blew up her abusive father. She gave Mars a selfish reason for why she did that but her father sucks so who cares and it’s not the reason we don’t like her.

Kate is a flat out bitch in all her relationships with the men she apparently cares for.

First her childhood sweetheart, Tom, was obviously in love with her and Kate used him to see her mother, he risked his job to do so, cheated on his wife with her, and was shot in the process of Kate running from the law of a crime she is guilty of. It was an underlining feeling that Tom thought they would be together but Kate split. At least that was my interpretation.

That Jason guy she used, who she convinced to rob a bank with her for the sole reason of getting the toy airplane of her dead childhood sweetheart. Once she obtained this object she ditched this bank robber and took off.

The man she marries, Kevin, who she poisons and ditched without so much as an afterthought. This episode shows a great caring man totally in love with his wife, he’s charming, his family loves her, particularly his mother who thinks of her as her daughter. She leaves this poor guy poisoned on the floor without so much of an explanation or a chance to accept her situation. She just jets. (Plus the bitch doesn’t do taco night and taco’s fucking rule!!!)

Then it’s the back and forth with her feelings for Jack and Sawyer, she can’t decide. Then in season three, Sawyer wins that battle and it looks like the love triangle is over. Nope, she treats Sawyer like second choice and uses him while she longs for Jack. Very weak and very annoying. This is when most people stopped caring.

Kate basically wants whoever is giving her the least attention. It’s been her pattern throughout the entire show. Most Skaters and Jaters don’t care anymore because Kate isn’t really a prize worth winning once we knew enough about her.

We like Sawyer so we don’t want him to end up with Kate. We like Jack so we don’t want him to end up with Kate. Basically Kate sucks and we don’t want either of these guys to be stuck with a girl that turns cold once you give her your attention. Kate just sucks period.