What the....? Hurley & crew driving around in a VW bus listening to an 8-track? Funny, sorta, but... not really that interesting in the grand scheme of things. Pretty ridiculous, actually. That thing was so old, the island monster must've worked mojo on it because rolling it down a hill wouldn't do a thing to improve that rust bucket.
Oh, and I know that Hurley is a momma's boy, but if I were the new Richie Rich, and my mom welcomed my deadbeat dad back into the new house I'd bought her, well then I'd go buy my own house. A bigger one.
As for the previous ep, I don't see what the big deal of "marking" Julia was. I mean, it hurt of course, but does that mean anything else to the Others or was it just a pain punishment? Is there a country club on that island that she can't enter now? Is she banned from her own book club? The Others acted like it was this taboo thing, but it didn't seem like a big deal.
Another question... when Jack is sitting in his cage and wakes up to see a bunch of his captured people standing there... Well, we didn't learn much about why these folks are so complacent now or what it was they were going to watch (besides Jack eating a sandwhich, whoopie). I guess I am glad they're alive and not being tortured like Alex's boyfriend was, yet it doesn't seem to reveal much else. Bummer. I just really want to have some real confict again. *sigh*
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