Lost lost lost lost
Okay, so I think they're putting Ana Lucia into episodes just to piss her off. She apparently doesn't like coming into set, so they give her one line so that she has to get out of bed. If only they knew I didn't want to see her just as much as she didn't want to say the line. Sigh. So Sayid finds Rousseau, who should be worrying less about the others and more about the fact that her hair is turning into Christina Aguilera's from Lady Marmelade. All that crap on the island and she can't find a bloody hairbrush? She wanted to steal Claire's baby, but she should've stolen some beauty supplies.
The guy - I think - has a vacant, otherish look about him. Also, I've seen him somewhere before. With this show that could mean I've seen him on the show or I've seen him on another show and I'm all confused. If it were me, I'd believe his story, but I'm a sucker. And yanno, Sayid sucks as a torturer. Sorry to say, but getting all weepy over your recently-murdered shag is not conducive to doing anything but handing information over to the enemy like so much free cake. Whatever. Either way, the guy's name was Henry Gale. Henry...Gale? as in Dorothy Gale? As in Uncle Henry? From Wizard of Oz? Dorothy who tried to get home in a hot air balloon? Oh he's totally An Other. Totally. He's also the maniac from "Saw", which is where I've seen him before. Riiiight.
In the Iraqback, the commanding officer (with a beard) looks familiar too. I didn't know that guy was Kate's father until, well, he showed a picture of Kate. Either there's a reason these people are all connected, or the writers are working on some peacenik 'everyone is connected in the whole world' dealie. Showing how Sayid became a torturer was interesting. The CO, I just realized was the mean guard in Shawshank Redemption (and the voice of Mr. Krabs on Spongebob Squarepants).
Meanwhile, back at the hatch, Jack annoys me more and more every time he opens his mouth to either speak or look vacant. The second he came into the hatch and saw the dude he was all, "what's going on here?" which translates into, "I didn't think this up! This wasn't my decision! I am not in control! Booooooo hooooo! I'm gonna go tell Analooloo on you and! and! and! I swear you'll be in big trouble! I want it! I'm the man! Meeeeee!" It's an island of hypocrites. Cause if Jack had found that dude, he'd be all 'he's one of the others upon which I was previously so willing to bring the smackdown upon'. Instead he's all morals and ethics. You know, the stuff he turns on and off more often than a set of lights. And when Locke - who's wake-up scene with Sayid smacked all over of Brokeback Island (cause a man has NEEDS) - tries to explain? He gets a terse 'shut up'. Well, here's one for you: Shut up, Jack. Shut up shut up shut up. Oh, that you were a violent law breaker with a diva attitude! Then we could get rid of you AND Analooloo.
The B-story, featuring a completely useless story about ranch dressing and a tree frog, was...completely useless. Reinforcing Sawyer's anti-social-but-needs-social-contact of crap and explaining why Hurley "Fat fat fat fat fat" Reyes is still fat fat fat fat fat. I understand they've got a bind with Hurley. As anyone who's watched Survivor knows, people lose weight on islands (which doesn't explain why I'm currently still the size I am). And how can we flashback to Fat Hurley if Real Hurley is now Skinny? Jorge Garcia isn't just fat, though, he's FAT. So it'll take a while for him to lose a significant amount of weight (it actually seemed to me yesterday that he was bigger than in Season 1, but perhaps that was my imagination). But this show isn't gonna be on that long, so padding Hurley out in a Fatback might work out fine. Still, Hurley = teh cute. And is someone I have not yet begun to hate. Which is a miracle. Anyway, it had to mean something. I mean, there's always a reason. I suggested they lick the frog and have a hallucenogenic fun time, but Sawyer had to crush it instead. Hope that wasn't one of those poisonous frogs!
The big thing was the clock running down, revealing...heiroglyphics? WTF? If they try to tell me that King Tut built the island...well, they probably won't. Anyway, according to one site I read, it translates roughly into 'Cause to Die' (depending on what that last symbol was). So like, a cause to die for? a reason to die? blah blah blah. Some other people were saying they were the symbols for the hatches. Which would mean there are five hatches (108.00). I didn't see a swan, but there was a bird. Apparently, it could've also meant 'Cause to kill'.
So, to sum up: Jack's an ass.
Also: Allison is having her baby in about ten minutes or so. Wicked.