Here’s a copy of the e-mail I sent to my LOST recap e-mail list this morning:

holy crippled crap.

i like the idea that richard alpert’s explanation of what was going to happen to lil’ ben could also be applied to rousseau’s men. if THEY had their minds wiped after being sucked into the pit of the temple, could that account for the “madness” or “sickness” that rousseau perceived? i believe next week this is going to be answered, as we saw a brief clip of younger rousseau in the preview for 5×12.

secondly, as far as the love rhombus is concerned, i’m guessing that sawyer-juliet is all but over. according to a news story, the actress who plays juliet is up for the lead role in another show (http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/03/exclusive-eliza.html?xid=rss-feed-todayslatest-%27Lost%27%3A+Elizabeth+Mitchell+cast+in+%27V%27) which probably means she’s dead by the end of this season. that leaves kate for sawyer, and jack for…the island. and, by the way, watching jack flippantly tell sawyer and kate to go screw (not literally) when they pleaded for his help last night was my favorite scene in the episode. equally as good was the “you didn’t like the old me, kate” quote. bitter? yes. true? also yes.

although, i have a hard time believing that a girl who ran away from dudes her whole life (even ones she was married to! like kevin! rhymes with evan? i think evangeline lilly secretly wants to f me) would be willing to get engaged to jack if she didn’t like him. but maybe that whole coping-with-the-loss-of-sawyer thing extended beyond her need for aaron into a need for some deep doctor dicking.

nate mentioned yesterday that somebody “big” from some other tv she he watches (wait — there are other shows on television?) was just cast as a role on LOST. he claims that person could be cast as jacob, but now i’m wondering if maybe its middle-aged widmore. we’ve seen him as a ww2 dude at 17 and an old man, but they still need someone to play him in ‘77 and beyond to see how that part of his life plays out. it’s amazing that he’s still on the island after this long, and even more amazing that he’ll be on the island LONGER considering ben had to “trick” him off the island, which won’t happen until ben is a grownup.

load blown.

it was a lot of “filler” last night, but they answered some good questions. next week will be epic.

funny note, after the episode there was a hilarious conversation that took place in which we wondered if, after richard said he could save ben, maybe richard would just lay the kid’s body down in the dirt and apply some guyliner to little ben’s lashes. then he’d say, “all done.” as ben continues bleeding through his tourniquet.

“THAT’S IT!?” exclaim sawyer and kate.

“i SAID all done,” alpert says, admiring his eyeliner-applying skillz.

then ben dies. hence the name of next week’s episode, “dead is dead.”