So I suppose that I should put in a spoiler warning.
Okay, seriously. We're only a half a season away, and everyone is still being ridiculously cryptic and too stupid to live? If the clever Japanese Other had simply said, "The smoke monster has the power to masquerade as a human being, particularly dead people," this last episode would have already been over. And the alternate reality Kate continues with, "Kate is a criminal. But she's a good criminal! Who only has pure motives!" Vomit.
I am determined, however, to see how all of this concludes.