I know you think that I’m at home right now still doing the happy dance…

But this is what I want to remember about EVERY SCENE (except the last one, of course) that Ken and Barbie were in:

1. I wasn’t going to watch it but when I found out that Ken and Barbie were probably going to be a goners I just had to. Except now I have to send apologies to Scott because he has probably not heard such a constant stream of curse words from me ever (yet there was that one time…). Plus he probably wanted me to shut up already about the horrible acting and how I stayed up until freaking 10:00 to watch this and after last week how could they, blah, blah blah. You can all argue away with me but my feelings stand that I cannot stand Barbie as an actress and the big payoff of satisfaction watching them die was stolen by an entire HOUR of suffering having to stomach those two and their cheesy dialog. I’d rather watch Billy Ray Cyrus dance for an hour than suffer through that episode again. *blech!*

2. I truly think that the powers that be at ABC know that they made a huge mistake just plopping Ken and Barbie down on the beach and expecting fans to just accept them. So they had to hurry and clean up their mess = last night’s episode. Wasn’t there supposed to be some big mythological reveal last night? Maybe the revelation is that Ken isn’t the chronic pooper that we thought he was but rather just some tv-executive killing con man. I mean, were we really supposed to believe all the reshoots of the famous scenes in the show (plane crash)? “Oh, gee, guess I must have missed them the first time.”

3. I’m not going to post a shot from Nikki’s breakout role, but let’s just say my theory on why they *really* cast her was just reinforced.

4. “Plywood.”
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5. So is Boone supposed to be the gay character that was revealed? In the airport, Shannon says, “If you would quit flirting with random guys maybe we could actually get on the plane.” Yes, I know what you are thinking… but he slept with Shannon. Ever heard of bi? Maybe he had a moment of weakness. Who knows. But in our conservative society I doubt they are going to make a prominent character gay. But it’s on at 10 now so maybe they could get away with it. Hurley, Charlie, Desmond love triangle? Ew, creepy!

6. How ironic. In the airport Barbie makes Ken promise her that they will never end up like them (Boone & Shannon). Both couples are dead. Guess he didn’t keep his promise!

7. Yes, I know she was on the Cobra show and that is the same show Locke was watching last week.

8. There is a theory out there that when Desmond *went back in time* his decisions changed the course of time and somehow instead of Rose and Bernard on the plane, Ken and Barbie ended up there. That is why we haven’t see R&B and K&B just suddenly showed up. However, being the obsessive fan that I am I looked through my screencaps because lo and behold, Rose is getting CPR on the beach as Barbie runs around looking all sweet in her clean dress. So there, they *have* to still be on the island somewhere.
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9. Oh, like her acting wasn’t unbelievable enough, look how clean her dress is after surviving a plane crash and running all over the place looking for Ken. OK, so she has a little scratch on her arm. Boo hoo.
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10. Sawyer, “He wasn’t saying You’re Next about them he was saying You’re Next as in you’re all next.” Hurley, “Yeah, that’s not really better.” Crack me up!

11. Artz has been dead at least several weeks and all these bugs, especially the butterfiles because they are they only one’s that I’m remotely familiar with, are still alive?
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12. Now here is an interesting piece that might come back into play in the future. A walkie talkie from The Others.
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13. I found it interesting that Sawyer was so angry when he came back to find his tent ransacked yet he doesn’t waste a second going through K&B’s stuff.

14. The scene where Kate was arguing with Artz and Shannon was very out of character too, at least, it was not the Kate that I remember from Season One. Why would she be discussing the guns with anyone? I remember that she kind-of hung back from the crowd as they didn’t know that she was a fugitive.

15. Hey, the pigs are walking!
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16. OK people! So tell me that Ben and Juliet didn’t notice that the hatch was open when Paulo was down there hiding! Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt, let’s say he closed it to be extra sneaky. So wouldn’t they have noticed, then, that the dirt was off of the cover and the latch was really easy to open? Then, as Nate said in the last comment section, Ben just blurts out his plan? Ben? Remember Henry? Ben doesn’t reveal anything in black and white (he’s like an ethics professor!).

17. Good boy Vincent!
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18. Yeah, we haven’t seen the end of Sawyer and those diamonds. He’s a con man. He didn’t throw them all down there.

19. Opened her eyes just in time to see the dirt coming. I would think with a couple hundred pounds of dirt coming at you, there is no way to dig out of this one. Do you think that the actors will have nightmares about shooting this scene?
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So, does ABC owe me some money for this idea or what?  Here is a link to the original post: Click here.

No, there are no reruns this season. But there are huge breaks in story lines. For instance, Locke sees his dad tied up on a mysterious island that he is trapped on but we won’t be seeing any more of what happens from there for five weeks! But, there aren’t any reruns!

1. Locke did not age well after he did/didn’t shoot the cop/kid on the commune. In these shots he looks as old as his dad!
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2. How many people go on disability for depression? Not to mention that Locke was some type of home appraiser/fix it man (remember he was at Nadia’s house?) so I would assume his benefits wouldn’t be that great. I think this is *another* indication that he was a former military man. VA benefits for depression make more sense that just a regular health insurance carrier. Later, Ben asks John how he is going to navigate the sub, it’s complicated machinery (Ben knows something) and Locke says, “For all you know, I was a commander in the Navy). It all goes along with Nate’s comment on the last blog.

3. What is on Jack’s arm? It looks like a new tattoo but when would he have gotten this? Oh yeah, Claire is a tattoo artist (just kidding).
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4. I can’t make out what these metals are, but here is a screenshot of them (they are said to be Navy metals-see the comments after my last post).
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5. When Kate comes upon Jack playing the piano, it sounds like the same song he was playing in the lobby before his wedding (remember that Sara finds him there?).

6. Ben asks “Richard” to bring him the man from Tallahassee. He HAS to know that this is Locke’s dad. Why else would Ben ask for him but more importantly, WHERE did he come from, WHERE have they been keeping him, WHY is he bound and gagged and HOW does he know that he is Locke’s dad. My sister thinks his dad is a hallucination. This makes sense considering they drugged Kate when they captured her, maybe Locke has been given some of his own wacky paste. He could see anything in that *magic box!*

7. Do you remember Richard — he tricked Juliet into going to the island. Richard was in Florida and “The Man From Tallahassee” was Locke’s dad. Is there a connection? Did Richard also get Locke’s dad to come to the island for some reason (redemption) or maybe he really was some type of computer entrepreneur and they wanted him for his *skills.*
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8. Ben and Locke both had some really good lines this time. Ben: No, unfortunately we don’t have a code for “There’s a man in my closet with a gun to my daughter’s head. Later, Ben: … it was immediate… and you were just walking…. right away… the same day of the crash? Locke: That’s what immediate means Ben. More, Locke: Where do you get electricity? Ben: We have two giant hamsters running in a massive wheel in a our secret underground hatch.

9. More of those red flowers.
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10. I’m not so convinced that this is the *real* Sawyer. It’s hard to tell with Lost because sometimes the most obvious answer *is* the answer! Locke’s dad scams single women. The real Sawyer seemed to scam couples (sure, he probably woo’ed the wives first) for their money. Plus Anthony is a killer. Sawyer’s dad killed himself. Maybe it is, maybe not.

11. Locke needs to stop pressing the damn proverbial *button.* He really seems to have a big heart and means to do well (except for blowing up the sub which was purely selfish) but it keeps ending up really badly (things blowing up, people dying, etc…).

12. Mr. Friendly and Jack have made friends somehow. When he brings Jack to see Kate he tells him to “Be careful in here” and points to his ear (obviously the Others are listening to him). Cool, maybe he’ll head back to the camp and we’ll get that backstory on him now.
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13. Jack asks Kate again if they hurt her. It’s the same question he asked her when Juliet brought her down to ask him to do the surgery. I like the chemistry between Kate and Jack better, but Lord help us please don’t make this show a soap opera.

14. I loved that when Ben is questioning Locke intently about walking again Locke stops and asks “You got anything to eat?” just like when Ben stopped and asked (in the hatch) if they had any milk. Excellent dialog.

15. Finally! Someone tells Alex about her mother (well, sort-of). I think she’s eventually going to find out the Ben is not her father at all. At some point I could see Danielle emerging from the shadows. That was her goal from Season One, right? Remember when she had Sayid tied up and kept asking where Alex was?

16. Sayid has a watch on. Again, I ask, why is everyone wearing watches? They take a licking and keep on ticking but can they never said anything about a magnetic, mysterious island. Oh, and a clock in Ben’s house.
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17. What is the magic box? Is it like Locke’s “Sweat Lodge” only on a much larger scale? Damon Lindelof states in the last podcast that there isn’t really a physical box, it’s just a metaphor that Ben uses to put it into perspective for Locke what is on the island.

18. I know this is just a tv show, but the scene where Danielle sees Alex just broke my heart. Maybe it’s because I’m a mom and I can’t imagine wondering for 16 years the fate of your daughter on a island with sicknesses and violent strangers then suddenly knowing she was OK but not being able to run out and hug her. *Ugh!*
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19. Most excellent shot of the show.
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20. (See comments on last post). I wondered the same thing but didn’t draw the same conclusions. Why was Locke soaking wet? How did he know how to just flip on the light switch without a thought?

21. This makes Locke looks so evil! But at least he said he was sorry! And all who noticed the explosion is in the middle of the pier and not off to the side where the sub was, I would say you are all right. That sub is not gone at all.
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22. I guess we know now where Locke found his determination (don’t tell me what you can’t do)! I like this guy. He’s like the angel that comes to Locke after being attacked by the devil.
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23. Posting a spoiler for tomorrow. Whether it’s real or not I do not know but I sure HOPE it’s for real!

Tonight Lost has found redemption.  Too bad next week they are following it up with a Ken and Barbie flashback, *blech.*

Notice that there wasn’t any pix of them in the scenes from next week (at least, not in the promo here) and it’s THEIR flashback!

Dancing With The Stars (I think they titled this show very tongue in cheek) is on shortly so I have to hurry up this post. See what happens when an awesome show like HEROES goes off the air and we are reduced to watching DWTS? Thank goodness Lost is on every Wednesday or I may be stuck watching Ice Skating With Celebrities. Hey, wait a minute…

1. Claire. Blonde & Brunette. Or, is she really an Olsen twin?
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2. Claire is meant to die, not Charlie. I think that Desmond knows that if he told Charlie the truth that he would go all macho man and get in his way of saving Claire. Claire was drowning and Charlie was no where near her and would not have jumped in the water. OR, if Charlie jumped in the water and drowned wouldn’t Claire have died, too, because no one would have saved her? Claire wants the pigeon and Desmond captures it for her, not for Charlie. Watch Desmond closely over the next couple of episodes and I think you will come to my side.

3. Par Avion, definition per Wikipedia: An airmail etiquette, often shortened to just etiquette, is an adhesive label used to indicate that a letter is to be sent by airmail.

4. Let’s discuss why the letter on the bird won’t work. First off, it’s a tiny piece of paper strapped to a bird that is known to dive bomb for fish in the water. See a problem here folks? Also, who says that something as tiny as the paper they used will even stay attached? Should they have thought this through a little better? Maybe it goes from one island to the next.

5. Why does everyone wear watches? Claire, Jin, Charlie and Sun (so far that I’ve seen) are all wearing them.
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6. This was a great idea, getting the tree over the *fence.* Hey guys, did you think how you are going to get out of there?
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7. Patchy tells Kate that she was not on The List. Oh really, then why did they take her, Sayid and Jack hostage? But we know now that what he was saying *was* lies, just like Danielle warned them. We know because he said the fence was inactive but I guess we found out differently, didn’t we? When he goes around the group saying their names, though, notice that he doesn’t say anything about Danielle.

8. As far as what he was going to say to Locke I think it’s pretty obvious that he was going to say that the “John Locke he knew was para … [lyzed]. ” Which John played right into this by killing Patchy and that is exactly what he kept asking for. He was a Kamikazee of sorts.

9. Gross!
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10. It was for sure 100% Aunt Lindsey that Christian Shepherd goes to in 2 X 20. So we know the time frame of this little visit with Ana Lucia. It had to be after he meets Dark Claire at the hospital right before Jack flies over to Australia.
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11. After seeing the security system, I am thinking that The Others were building a new compound on the *other* island along with a security system.

I’ve done it!  I have figured out the connection between all the survivors.  Do not read on if you don’t want to be spoiled….

Jack’s dad, Christian Shepherd, is actually the father … of everyone! Except for Locke because he’s just too old, duh! Maybe they’re half brothers. lol
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GG has been a slacker. I liked this last week but stupid life gets in the way of my blogging.

1. Frankly, Danielle knows something. Come on people! She has lived there for 16 years, circumnavigated the island, drew detailed maps and she doesn’t know that there is a FARM with COWS there? Please girl! I am so on to you!

2. That darn cat. I don’t know that it’s really physically there… maybe it’s Sayid’s “Dave” or his “dead father.” No matter, it sure looked like redemption, didn’t it? PS, the cat’s name was Nadia.
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3. Thanks to the writers/producers for interjecting a fun little Sawyer line… when he saw Barbie and he says, “Who the hell are you?” I said, yeah, who the hell is she?

4. I don’t want Sawyer to go a week without nicknames Jabba! That is part of the fun on the show. I guess I wanted him to win although it was pretty funny to watch Hurley kick some butt. Would have liked to have seen more of the “competition” but I guess it’s not Forrest Gump (remember the ping pong paddles?)

5. Alright, as if we didn’t hate Ken enough already, they made him into the show pooper. First he is busy using the new hatch bathroom (remember him flushing?) now he comes up to Sawyer with his roll of toilet paper. Ugh, sorry guys but toilet humor was funny until about 6th grade and then it lost it’s charm.
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6. Someone needs to keep Locke off of the computers. He just haaad to play chess and just haaad to enter numbers. Locke wants to play chess but oopsies! he kind of forget about his prisoner in the other room and then oopsies! blows the place up. Get this guy a Gameboy!

7. And what is up with the specific number 77? Am I forgetting something important because I don’t remember this number coming up before.

8. Patch has a camera on him in his hatch. Why? I remember him adjusting a camera when we saw him onscreen from the other hatch, but it appeared that he could see what was going on rather than him being watched. Plus, there was an awful lot of dynamite rigged for this just to be another observation/experiment. Maybe all hope is not lost for communication as I doubt that the Others would risk blowing up their link to the outside. Patch also said that the satellite on top of the building hadn’t worked for some time.
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9. This guy keeps a tray for serving guests. I’m guessing there have been other people visiting Old McDonald’s Farm.
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10. If he’s been there only 11 years, why does he have a picture of a gymnast that was famous in the mid 1970’s? Nadia Comaneci was famous for her perfect scores in the 1976 Olympics. We know they crashed n 2004. This doesn’t add up. Shocker! He’s lying!

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I saw an incredible movie yesterday “300″ (not for the faint of heart or children) and as we sat during the credits I see “Rodrigo Santoro” listed on the screen. I yell to Scott, “No way! Ken is in this movie?” Sure enough, we went home and looked it up and Ken plays *Xerxes* who is the God-King bad guy. Who knew, this guy can really act! Rodrigo is frighteningly spectacular in this role. I still hate his character on Lost, don’t get me wrong, but I do have to say that I have a new respect for this guy. Plus, I don’t want him to send his creepy soldiers after me! BTW, my title on this blog will only make sense if you see the movie.
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I had to watch the episode twice but I actually found some charm in this one. It was *not* my favorite episode nor do I think we are back to previous quality, but there were some moments that had the feel of the *old* lost (Kate on her mission and finding Danielle, the boys in the van).

1. Let’s discuss one important flaw with this week’s episode right now. Someone finds a CAR in the jungle (on a semi-deserted island) and NO ONE except the *joke* of the beach is curious about it? Sure, if your 10 year old ran into the house and told you they found an old beat up car you’d probably have very little interest outside your child’s safety. But these people are on an island, sleeping on the ground, hoping to be saved and they have no interest? My questions would be what you could scavenge from the car (cushions to sleep on , gas, radio, shelter inside the body even if it didn’t run). I would wonder where the gas in the car came from. I would wonder if there were roads to drive on. I would wonder where the driver was. I would wonder what in the heck the car was doing there in the first place. So many questions. But no, the survivors are apparently too busy on the beach to be bothered with such things.

2. A lot of red in the opening scene with young *Hugo.* Probably signifying the death of his hope (when his dad leaves him). Red car, toolbox, cloth, handles on the tools and his shirt.
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3. Hurley puts one of the scary red flowers on Libby’s grave.
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4. I kind of missed the dog.
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5. Ironically, the key ring is a lucky rabbit’s foot.
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6. It was interesting that Charlie is wearing a Bob Dylan “Highway 61″ t-shirt. Accoring to Wikipedia, the road was a symbol to Dylan of freedom, independence and a chance to get away from his life. Highway 61 is known as the “Blues Highway” because it’s regularly mentioned in blues songs. There is also an interesting myth that one singer sold his soul at the cross of Highway 61 and Highway 49.
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7. Well, at least they have a couple of boxes of chicken left…
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8. Now we know that Hurley is from Diamond Bar, California. I found it interesting that in *real life* this city was founded on a Ranch but was purchased by a major corporation in the 1950s for the purpose of developing one of the nation’s first master-planned communities. Sound familiar?

9. I can tell you how the dart got in the middle of the jungle (that Sawyer stepped on). Hint: It had something to do with a huge implosion of a certain hatch.
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10. I agree with Sawyer. Maybe the survivors on the beach should explain why they didn’t go looking for them. *That* is a good question!

11. I also agree with Sawyer that he has nothing to be sorry to Kate for. Jack said leave him behind and that is what Sawyer did. Should he be concerned with Jack …. maybe. But wouldn’t it make more sense to get back to camp and get help then for the two of them, after living in cages for weeks, to go back for Jack? They have guns at the camp! They have trackers and more importantly, Sayid!

12. Here is my next HUGE bone of contention in this episode. Kate and Sawyer were KIDNAPPED by the Others and after returning to camp everyone is so happy and so not curious what happened to them. It’s like they have been on a little vacation and they are back. Yeah! No questions as to what happened, if they are being chased, where is Jack, what the Others are up to, on and on. Nothing. Just one little happy reunion on the beach. The end.

13. The lines they gave Ken and Barbie were enough to make me want to change the channel. Any more from them and I would have had to flip and see what was happening over on NBC.

14. Roger “Work Man.” Seems primitive. Could be that the Others assigned roles to everyone originally and so that everyone knew their place they had name tags of sorts. Could be some type of prison or rehabilitation again where roles are set up and so that others know your role you have to wear it (Scarlet A).
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15. The only person who I think was believable in the episode was Sayid. He was asking questions about the Others! Imagine! He wanted to know about the boat. He wanted to know about where they live. Questions that might be helpful not just to Jack, but to them all. Well, and Sawyer when he saw the beer. lol

16. You can see either a dharma station or the logo on the map. I think it’s as simple as they were making roads between the stations. This could be very useful and I have a feeling that Sawyer will be the keeper of the map and we will see it resurface again in the future.
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17. Another psychic we can’t believe. I think the writers are skeptics, what do you think? You make your OWN luck.
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18. “Let’s look death in the face and say, Whatever Man.” Hurley and Sawyer had some great lines this episode, I will give them that.

19. I could imagine that the van ride was probably the most normal the four of them (Hurley, Charlie, Jin and Sawyer) had felt in a long time. But did it restore their hope? Did it break the *curse* over Hurley and Charlie or is it as Hurley’s dad said and you make your own luck? Mind over matter. I almost felt sorrow for Sawyer at the end of this scene because Jin had Sun, Charlie was with Claire, Hurley was in the van and all he had was the beer.

20. FINALLY! Someone tells Danielle about Alex! Of course she’ll help, but isn’t there a lot of information that Danielle can give to them? She’s been on the island 16 years and has mapped it. Certainly even without the compass she knows where she is going.

21. This was not my find, but it *is* very interesting: Click here to link. Maybe all of the “recycling” that Sawyer referred to in the van was research on people and/or projects back on the mainland.
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