I'm only...three episodes behind with my reactions. Good thing I write them down as I watch, eh?
The Substitute
-So...Locke is with Helen on the sideways flashes. Nice for Locke! I was really pleased with this.
-Looks like Locke has some sort of relationship with his father, as he is invited to the wedding. So this is very interesting. Imma guess he didn't shove him out a window. But how did Locke get paralyzed?
-Helen said "Maybe it's destiny" about Jack meeting him, and I could not stop laughing.
-Randy Nations is back! Oh, Randy, you asshole.
-I totally called Sawyer drinking alone in his underwear. For the record.
-When Sawyer explained why he's on the island, how his raft exploded, etc, he mentioned the chopper being one too heavy. I don't know why, but I really dug it. Eh. Subtle skate. I take what I can get.
-How about Hurley and Locke meeting?! I really should have seen it coming...we all knew Hurley owned the box company...
-So who the hell was that random blonde kid on the island? Young Jacob?
-Flocke/MiB/Smokey/Lock Mess Monster was all DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CAN'T DO and I was like WHY ARE YOU CHANNELING JOHN?
-Rose is getting Locke a new job. Ownage.
-Sawyer talking about Of Mice and Men? Classic. Reminds me of season three, Every Man For Himself.
-Locke's funeral made me lol for real. Ben said, "I'm very sorry I murdered him." Then Lapidus was all, "This is the weirdest damn funeral I've ever been to."
-So when Sawyer almost fell off of Jacob's ladder, my mom shouted, "DON'T HURT HIM! HE'S TOO PRETTY!" I'm glad my mom has her priorities straight.
-The scales with the black and white rocks. Flocke throws the white rock off. It reminds me of the Pilot so much, Locke holding the black and white stones.
-UMMM THEIR NAMES ARE ON THE CAVES WITH THE NUMBERS. JUST SAYING.
-Locke is a substitute and the episode is called The Substitute. Get it?!
-Ben is a high school teacher. Of course. That makes perfect sense. o.O
-WHAT THE HELL CANDIDATES?
-MiB wants off the island, and Sawyer's going with him? Hmm. I'm not so sure he is. :P
Lighthouse
-So, we pretty much open with Jack bare-chested in the bathroom. Looks like sideways!2004 Jack likes to go hairless. We all know Kate convinced him off island the first time around. He was hairy in the pilot, then suddenly he wasn't when he was living with Kate. Sawyer is hairless...hmmm, what does that tell us?
-APPENDICITIS SCAR FTW!
-So. Jack has a son named David. How legit. He seems like a cool kid.
-CLAIRE! Apparently she's been mostly on her own for three years. Incidentally, this has made her crazycakes.
-Jacob telling Hurley what to do. I love it.
-Jacob told Hurley to tell Jack that, "You have what it takes." That was kind of a big deal, what with Christian saying otherwise. On the topic of Christian, where the hell is he?
-Claire has a creepy fake baby skull head type thing and I am disturbed.
-LOL for real when Claire said, "If there's one thing that will kill you around here, it's infection."
-Um, so Kate told Jack, "I hope you find what you're looking for." The way she said it...THAT'S JATE CLOSURE, PEOPLE. IT'S DONE. IT'S OVER. I'M A HAPPY CAMPER.
-Looks like sideways!Jack isn't much of a boozer. This is good.
-Uh, where did Claire learn to do stitches?
-Jack, on the topic of him and Kate: "There's nothing left to wreck." If it wasn't over five minutes ago, it definitely is now. Hell. Yes.
-They found Shannon's inhaler in the jungle, and I was all, "Hm. I guess Kate didn't have to make out with Sawyer." And laughed.
-ADAM AND EVE! It's been so long. Then Hurley's all, "What if these skeletons are us?" oh geez.
-Have you ever noticed how weird Jack's ear lobes are? they're attached. Which isn't terrible uncommon, but I really enjoy mocking Jack. He has crooked teeth, too.
-Hurley: "Very old school. You and me trekking through the jungle on our way to do something we don't quite understand." Oh, Hurley. Truer words were never spoken.
-David kicks musical ass.
-Sidways!Dogen...is still kinda creepy.
-The Lighthouse! Mirrors! 108 degrees! The list! The candidates! People's named crossed off! Sawyer is number 15, and Kate was number 51 on the lighthouse list. Those numbers mirror each other. By some mirrors. What's the tell us? SKATE. Or, ya know, nothing.
-Um, hi, yeah, Jack? Can you calm down and not throw a temper tantrum? Because there's a chance those mirrors could have come in handy.
-Claire is too creepy for words. I love it.
-Also, WHO THE HELL IS DAVID'S MOM?
Sundown
-Sayid is in love with Nadia still in sideways world. Only she's married to his brother. How nice.
-A thought: could the kids by chance actually be Sayid's? That'd be messed up.
-Well, it would seem that Sideways!Sayid's life still sucks, and he's still an ass hole.
-Dogen: "On one side of the scale is good and the other is evil." Hm, sort of the like the scale we saw in Jacob's cave?
-Dogen and Sayid fight. That was intense. Dogen kinda pwned him, which is difficult to do. Sayid can kill men with his calf muscles.
-Claire comes to the temple! I was pleased to see it. She's so crazy. I can't get over it. She's a completely different character.
-Has anyone noticed that MiB gives really ambiguous answers to questions and requests? He never makes any clear promises.
-Sayid's brother is kind of a jack ass. He wants Sayid to make his problems go away because he knows what kind of man Sayid is?
-WHEN ARE THE CASTAWAYS GOING TO GET TO CHANGE THEIR CLOTHES?
-I'm seriously missing me some Sawyer. I better see him next week.
-Also, Sayid's voice is kinda weird lately. He sounds all Naveen!British every once in a while. It's nitpicky, sure, but kind of confusing me.
-To prove that Sayid has good in him, he has to murder? That makes perfect sense. Really.
-Miles: "[Claire] strolled in here a couple hours ago acting all weird. Still hot, though." Oh, Miles. I never used to like you. Now I find you to be a wonderful character addition.
-Oopsy, Sayid let Smokey speak. Did the stabbing not work because he let him speak or because he can't die in that manner?
-Flocke keeps being referred to as "evil incarnate." Interesting.
-Sayid: "The only thing I ever wanted died in my arms. And I'll never see it again." Well, this is interesting. Most assume it's Nadia because she's kind of his one true love and whatnot. But she didn't die in his arms. Who did? Shannon did. Shannon freaking died in his arms on the island. So. That's something to think about, yeah?
-Kate finds Claire in the pit singing an incredibly creepy version of Catch a Falling Star. And I thought she was crazy last week.
-Kate tells Claire that she raised Aaron...well, shit. Kate's gonna be in trouble sometime soon.
-Keamy is the loan shark! Damn, it's been a while since we last saw him. You know, in a psycho, I kinda wish you were dead you crazy ass hole way, Keamy is kinda hot.
-So Sayid kills Keamy! Oh, Sayid. He said your debt was forgiven, yet you still insisted on killing him. You never change.
-SIDEWAYS!JIN. what was he doing as Keamy's prisoner? hmm.
-I like that Sayid drowned Dogen in the pool that is supposed to bring people back to life. Irony.
-So, I guess the infection spread, eh? Ben seems scared of him, to say the least.
-Smokey goes apeshit on everyone's asses and pretty much kills a bunch of people. Then an even creepier echoey version of Claire singing Catch a Falling Star plays. What. The. Hell. That is so creepy. I almost had nightmares.
-Looks like Flocke's got himself an army. And Kate is joining. Probably because Sawyer's with him, and she wants his body. This is the only logical explanation.
:)