Sayid and Sawyer
always get hearts every episode. They are mighty fine men, indeed. Sayid is, like, The Perfect Man. Sensitive and strong. And Sawyer is adorable in his fucked up glasses. It's such a Sawyer thing to do to read everyone's messages from the bottle. It would annoy me if anyone else were doing it, but it's Sawyer, so it's all good. He's complex and he's done some Bad Things, but I still think he's a Good Man.
Speaking of the men, Locke is still the character that intrigues me most. And I thought it interesting that they've set up the Locke vs. Jack thing as a faith vs. science thing.
Jack never, ever fails to piss me off. His control issues are...out of control! Thank goodness he didn't hog the flashback time in the finale. I'd have had to throw things at the TV.
Why is it so hot, the idea of Kate being a fugitive? When we saw her on the plane, all handcuffed, I had a swooning moment. She's
dangerous. Soooo hot.
As annoying as Arzt was, I did get a kick out of his little rant about how there
are other people from the crash. Like the writers were saying to the audience, "Yeah, yeah, we know what you're all saying."
I was intrigued that the "security system" is apparently mechanical. It definitely sounded mechanical. And I, too, noticed that this time Locke looked afraid of it. Maybe because he could see that it was mechanical and that kind of blows his theory about the island being magical?
I'm having a hard time visualizing this security system, too. What trips it? What powers it? More disturbing, I suppose, is who built it? And...why? Same people who built whatever's under that hatch, probably?
This whole hatch plan...it bugged me. So they were going to risk their lives to blow open the hatch, the hatch that could just as easily lead to Death! and Destruction! for everyone on the island as it could lead to safety? And...how was that safety supposed to work, anyway? They blow the hatch open so they can get inside, safely away from The Others. But how did they plan to seal the hatch behind them so The Others couldn't just push it out of the way and follow them?
I, too, was surprised that The Others were after Walt. I had assumed they were after the baby. We know they have been after the baby in the past. What's this thing The Others have for children? Rousseau's baby, Claire's baby, and now Walt? Who the hell are those people? Creepy!
All the numbers stuff is interesting. Y'all notice the girls with numbers on their shirts when Hurley was running through the airport? It sure seemed like some force was trying to keep Hurley off that plane - blowing up the power in his room and in his car later and thwarting him continuously at the airport.
Wasn't there someone in another episode who ended up on that flight after they'd missed a previous one or something like that? I'm thinking it seems like a lot of twists of fate put those particular people on that exact flight.
I don't feel like we got many answers in this ep, but there was enough, including little things (like seeing that the comic with the polar bear that Walt was reading earlier this season came from Hurley), that I'm reasonably happy. They can't answer
too many questions or there's no story left, and no reason to watch.
), to the discovery of "The Black Rock" (hadn't a clue!), and finally, the moving launch of the raft.
), Sawyer being deported (and telling Jack about his daddy: is anyone surprised Jack didn't say "Thank you"? 
), Sun and Jin in the airport (and then making up before Jin took off on the raft: Aww!), Charlie collecting "messages in a bottle", and finally the re . . . sounding of the "island's defense system" (????)
)
His emotional rants are no help at all, his tongue-lashing of the distraught Danielle was inexcusable . . . and the lil junkie-punk nabbed himself some dope anyway! (Heroic Sayid, on the other hand, I predict will Get Lucky tonight 
]
). Flight 815. Gate 23. Yup, Hurley's numbers.
) It certainly was incongruous, that Locke looked terrified one second, and was back on his "I was just being tested" religious-kick the next. 
Hurley is my favorite male character, he is just the best. Well Sayid is too in another way. Sins of the past and present and all, he is a real hero, a real leader, a real man. Not a hysteric sissy like Jack. I am very happy Shannon threw herself into his arms in the end. 
