Nellisir said:
Yup, which is pretty much what I expected!
I figured Arntz was a "Red Shirt" (and he was), or an "other". I'll be interested to see if he comes back next season, other than in flashbacks, like "Boone" was, tonight.
I expected the whole raft adventure to end in failure, but expected things to get dragged out a few more episodes... Didn't someone get shot? (I couldn't tell.) I think they'll all end up back on the island (if not the ship Walt's now on - John & Jin both went under, and I didn't see them come back up, so they may already be there!)
Nice to see all the people getting onboard the plane... I loved Hugo, in this episode, and John's "Who's this Hugo guy, and how does he have X million dollars to give to (someone)?" Heh!
No solutions, no resolutions, no answers. New questions. Why do "they" want Walt? How do "they" know about him? Who and what are "they"? How many of "them" are there? How big is this island? How many other folks are on it? Why is it that every time it gets "discovered" the people get stranded on it?
Not too much in the way of character development, in this episode, either... A bit with Charlie and Claire (although I hated that they didn't show anything about his decision with the heroin). A bit more with Sayid and Shannon (she may become a real person, next season). Claire's tending his wound/burn after he brings back Aaron/Turniphead was a nice touch.
Hmmm! What's to become of Danielle Rouseau? She won't be trusted, now that she has stolen Claire's baby... Charlie showsya that! I also wonder what she knows about that "Security System"? Security Systems are usually designed to keep people OUT of something, but this one seems to appear and disappear at random! So what's it guarding?
As mentioned some time ago, the Pro-/Anti-Lockites are beginning to line up... Boone's gone, but Charlie is still on his side, it seems. Jack isn't, and that's no surprise. Kate "has his back", but that can change, at need. Everyone else is still a toss-up, I guess.
Arnzt's comments about there being fourty other people on the island was interesting... Scott & Steve also got another mention, tonight... All that makes me wonder if we're going to see more "small roles" for characters like Ruby & Bernard. If so, I hope they won't all be "Red Shirts", like Arntz! Ruby, at least, should still be around, somewhere... I hope we see more of her, soon!
Down to 44 survivors, now (plus one, for Aaron)! "The Marshall", Jenny (Swimmer girl), Scott, Arnzt... Who will be next? John/"Sawyer"?
