What did you find so annoying about Michael? We haven't seen him in forever, and his last few arcs were the boat, his capture by the tail survivors, and his departure. He came off quite well in the boat plotline. He wasn't entirely reasonable during the capture, but although we the viewers had a long time to get used to the idea of his son's kidnapping, for him it was stil fresh: it had only happened right before he found himself locked up and subjected to mindgames by people he thought were the uberdangerous Others.
Finally he went off alone to bring Walt back, and though Michael may be a bit impulsive, he's not an idiot: he must've found some reason in what Walt said over the computer which encouraged him to believe he might be able to pull it off by himself when a larger group couldn't.
Admittedly I would have talked to Locke for advice first.. or maybe to Kate. Yeah, maybe I'd just talk to Kate. About anything. While we're swimming in the SawyerKate pond. All alone.
I'm not as opposed to killing Libby off as you are, though I'm curious about her backstory and I'm fond of the actress. I can live with magical quickheal on the island, but two shots in you, pillow or no, should take you down, and I think her survival would bother me more.
I also enjoyed Fireplace, and had the same thought about the Doctor getting back to Rose and Mickey via patience. I figure the only decision he had to make would be whether he would risk meeting himself or simply borrow the TARDIS from himself during one of his many frequent visits. I'd be surprised if it took more than a few decades.
However, I don't think the romance worked as well as it could have. We needed more scenes, or even suggestions of scenes, between the Doctor and Reinette. Another five minutes -- did someone say 'montage'? -- would have sold me. If you're going to use a line like "only man I've ever loved", you've got to show more time spent together than Moffatt did to make me believe it. Human lives viewed and changed at intermittent intervals by a time traveller has been done before, and better (albeit not so charmingly), in DS9's The Visitor.
Finally he went off alone to bring Walt back, and though Michael may be a bit impulsive, he's not an idiot: he must've found some reason in what Walt said over the computer which encouraged him to believe he might be able to pull it off by himself when a larger group couldn't.
Admittedly I would have talked to Locke for advice first.. or maybe to Kate. Yeah, maybe I'd just talk to Kate. About anything. While we're swimming in the SawyerKate pond. All alone.
I'm not as opposed to killing Libby off as you are, though I'm curious about her backstory and I'm fond of the actress. I can live with magical quickheal on the island, but two shots in you, pillow or no, should take you down, and I think her survival would bother me more.
I also enjoyed Fireplace, and had the same thought about the Doctor getting back to Rose and Mickey via patience. I figure the only decision he had to make would be whether he would risk meeting himself or simply borrow the TARDIS from himself during one of his many frequent visits. I'd be surprised if it took more than a few decades.
However, I don't think the romance worked as well as it could have. We needed more scenes, or even suggestions of scenes, between the Doctor and Reinette. Another five minutes -- did someone say 'montage'? -- would have sold me. If you're going to use a line like "only man I've ever loved", you've got to show more time spent together than Moffatt did to make me believe it. Human lives viewed and changed at intermittent intervals by a time traveller has been done before, and better (albeit not so charmingly), in DS9's The Visitor.
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