RIGHT, having seen it, yes, great episode. It felt longer than a regular episode too because so much was crammed in. I liked all the new characters and the actors all seemed like good choices. Charlotte is cute (to be honest Libby is the only female cast member I haven't found hot and she was okay anyway), Daniel is jittery, Myles is INTENSE and the pilot is Billy Connolly. The flashbacks were really cool and bizarre including ghost-busting (apparently!) and a polar bear skeleton in Tunisia.
FUNNIEST LINE OF THE SEASON SO FAR
Locke: It was Walt...only taller.
Sawyer: What, like a giant!?
ISSUES
- The cow the pilot saw...was it THE MONSTER in the form of a cow or was it from Mikhail's land? Because I seem to remember Mikhail having a cow...someone confirm if he did.
- Ben constantly getting beaten up is going to get quite tedious if it goes on.
- Somehow I don't believe Ben when he says he doesn't know what the monster is.
- If not the pilot's body, THEN WHO!? A TALLER WALT'S BODY!?
crazy predictions
1) Sayed and Juilet will be shagging by the end of the season. They gave each other "a look" on the beach.
2) CHARLOTTE IS BEN'S MAN ON THE BOAT. He knew she was wearing a bullet-proof vest and the whole shooting her thing was a charade.
3) Naomi's corpse appears in every episode for the rest of the season, until finally Hurley uses it to fool Ben in a Weekend at Bernie's moment.