Kevin Johnson put me to sleep

Seriously, I had to force myself to keep watching. I just didn't care. I never liked Michael much to begin with and now it just seems like he's really easily manipulated. Not that a lot of people aren't, like Locke and Jack...and maybe everyone but Sun and Jin, but he's easily manipulated all the time. Like it's one of his main character traits. And there's pretty much no way to make that likable.

Admittedly, I am kind of curious about the whole "island won't let you die" thing. I'm mainly wondering if it'll apply to other people. It seemed to apply to Mikail, the Other who just kept not dying. And that makes sense with other people healing from pre-island afflictions. But what does that mean about the people who are dead and buried? Are they all alive in their graves, Adam Monroe style? Or does it only work for a chosen few? It didn't seem to help Ben with his tumor.

Oh yeah, the only other thing I cared about in this episode: They killed Karl! I mean I know Karl served absolutely no purpose at all, but I had a soft spot for the guy. And I'm a tiny bit disappointed that Rousseau was killed too, because I enjoyed her particular brand of crazy. And then I was also a little disappointed that Alex wasn't killed at the same time, because I really don't see the point of her. I was pleased, however, that they've finally acknowledged that all those people that used to follow Ben around still exist. I was starting to think they'd been forgotten about.

I'm seriously already desperate for the next Drew Goddard and/or Brian K. Vaughn...oh, of course. I just looked it up and BKV actually did co-write this episode. Damn it. But he did co-write it with Elizabeth Sarnoff, who has written some terrible episodes (like the one with Bai Ling!), so maybe I'll just blame her for now. Anyway, it could just be that I'm awaiting the next Drew Goddard and/or BKV written, Sawyer-heavy episode.

So far I'm disappointed with the boat. The "boaties" on the island are great. Love Farraday, love Miles. Just on the boat itself that's a combination of weird and annoying whenever it doesn't have to do with Desmond. Did Desmond even have lines in this episode? I know we saw him, but did he speak?