Frankly, I've been pretty surprised at how quickly the Lost fervor has died down on Timewasters--and across the country in general, actually. (Since its ratings are down). I've enjoyed this season so far, and the only thing that has me really irritated is that I'll have to wait until January to get new episodes after this week. I think that with Lost, a lot of people are switching to the "Get it on DVD" mentality--it's a great show, but because of the cliffhangers, it's rough to watch from week to week. But if they were to go and answer all the questions in a week or two, then the show would be over.
I really enjoyed this past week's episode. I felt like we found a lot out. The biggest reveal (for me) was what the smoke monster was. I think it's pretty clear that it's the thing that's been manifesting itself to people on the island--from Jack's Dad to Eko's brother to Hurley's Imaginary Friend. So we have a psychic defense system that can take any shape, and it apparently has an agenda--it wanted Eko to do something/behave a certain way, and when Eko said he wouldn't any more, he died. Think of it--earlier, Eko saw the smoke monster, and he was fine. But that was at a time when Locke was losing his fervor. Now Locke's back (inspired by what I believe to be the smoke-monster-as-Boone) to his zealot roots, and so the smoke monster didn't need Eko anymore. I was sad to see Eko go--he was one of my favorite characters--but it seemed like they tied up his story really well. Heck, they even explained what was up with that church he was building.
Question: all the Tailies are dying. Why? True, one could argue it's because of their off-the-set behavior, but I don't think the writers of the show are just going to let it off that easy. I'm interested for an explanation at some point.
What else did we learn? I thought that ploy of Juiet's was fascinating. The eyepatch guy was zany. I agree that the new characters are really sucking right now. (Arzt, anyone?)
Overall, Lost is staying constant for me. I'm getting some answers, but not all of them. This season has been fast moving, and I'll miss it after this week. My prediction for Wed. night: it ends with a big cliff hanger, probably with that scene of a gun to Sawyer's head, and maybe even an offscreen gun shot going off. We'll see, though.