Comments and questions:

1. What the hell was up with the stone foot? Why are four toes important? I thoguht of Shelly's Ozymandias: "Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair." I also thought of Planet of the Apes

2. Glad we saw lots of Desmond. I like him and hope he's not dead. Still some Desmond questions, though, like why was he in jail?

3. Speaking of Desmond, wasn't his full name Desmond David Hume? This is the third Enlightenment era philosopher that has been referenced: John Locke, David Hume, and Rousseau. If Spinoza, Kant, or Berkeley show up next season I am freaking out.

4. What was with the look Jack gave Kate just before they were lead away? A fellow professor also pointed out that Jack and Michael shared a look as Michael sailed away. Was this all part of a plan to get inside the Other's camp? Are Michael and Walt going to sail and meet up with Sayid, Sun, and Jin? I don't really think they are leaving. Besides, they don't have Vincent.

5. Penelope (nice Odyessy referece with her and Desmond, btw) and her Russian spotters now know something about the Island. It looks like they've been watching out for electromagnetic surges. That's a cool development. But I wonder how they know to look for that sort of energy in the first place. Is Penelope's rich father connected with Hanso/Dharma?

6. It looks like we know why the plane crashed -- Desmond let the energy spike by not punching in the numbers, thus crashing the plane. But questions remain. The largest question is how all those interconnected people were together on the plane in the first place. Wasn't the plane way off course before it crashed? It looks like even if the plane crashing was an accident, the plane being near the island and full of people whose lives were related was not.

7. It was good to see Charlie take a strong role and good to see some lingering Charlie/Locke animosity. Charlie is still mad at Locke for Locke getting so friendly with Claire and for making him look like a fool during the whole baby baptism incident.

8. Good to see Libby again in the flashback. It will be interesting to see how she relates to Hurley and Desmond. Let's hope that thread develops.

I still like the show, although some of the conventions that were "WOW" at the beginning are now almost expected -- mainly the appearance of other Lostaways in individual character flashbacks.

Oh, and there are gonna be toys!