BLAM!

early in the morning at work here... this'll be short and i'll update later tonight.

i'm good at avoiding spoilers and don't watch any commercials or previews, so i wasn't expecting a death (like everyone else was, i guess)
that said, everything sayid was doing and saying at the beginning of the episode made me turn to my (brand new)wife and say, "looks like shannons gonna die soon".

but is she? or was the death everyone was waiting for someone else who has been with us since the beginning, the stewardess? i dunno, but i sure wouldn't mind never seeing shannon again.
"why doesn't anyone believe me?!!?"
um... because you're a whiny princess with no credibility, maybe?

are the boat others experimenting on walt (underwater?) and somehow boosting what he can do? why would he appear to shannon and not michael? cause he and vincent have some sort of connection and he can hone in on where the dog is or something? he's obviously (?) just trying to lead shannon (or whoever he's appearing to, maybe he can't even tell) to his dad.
"esolc er'yeht dna, gnimoc er'yeht"
who's coming and who's close? what is the definition of the 'others' at this point? the tailenders, the shuffling zombies, or the people on the boat? what's yours?
i think the shufflers that jin and the big dude saw are the tailenders that were taken by the others. or the passengers that didn't survive the crash. either way, i hope there are some damn zombies on this island. i love zombies.

nice to see a brief glimpse of jack in the past, the wig didn't look so bad this time. desmond said it was three years ago that he was on his race around the world, right? how long do you train for something like that? so shannons flashback was at least three years ago? maybe a lot more? i missed any mention of her age...
is the emergency room flashback gonna be surprisingly similar to what happens soon when jack has to work on both saywer and shannon?* is another rutherford gonna fall victim to his negligence?

anyway, i'll stay away from the boards today and rewatch and post a longer post when i get outta work.

great fucking episode.

*-thanks beto