[CJFusco]

Hugo was basically speaking as the voice of the fans; the writers read the fan pages, blogs, and forums to see what the fans are discussing. Sometimes they throw in a reference to have fun with the fans; they've done this a few times over the course of the show - remember Dr. Ardst?

GREAT episode tonight. Really fantastic. And we actually got some answers, to boot! We finally saw The Temple, we found out what Sawyer said to Kate on the helicopter, we found out what Kate did with Aaron - and it even looks like the show is reintroducing the "what the hell is with Claire?" storyline.

In the preview of next week's show, it looked like Linus was on the pier, with a gun, in 2007; so maybe they will be reintroducing the Desmond/Penny storyline as well.

It's now clear that Ben had no expectation of Locke coming back to life once he got to the Island... that look he gave him was priceless.

A few new questions, though: When Richard takes Ben, one of the Others says, "we shouldn't do this without asking Ellie (Eloise) or Charles (Whidmore)." Richards reply is "I don't answer to them." So, who does Richard answer to? Jacob? The Island? or... my prediction: Daniel Farraday?

Also, Richard says that Ben will "lose his innocence." What the hell is that supposed to mean? I'm sure it's a literary reference, but I'll trust smolsiuk to find it for me.

Speaking of the Temple, how much do you want to bet it's the "magic box" we were discussing earlier?

Also, considering that Ellie and Charles were mentioned within the same breath, I think it's possible that Charles Whidmore could be Daniel Farraday's father.

Ideas?