I have to leave for GAAP in a bit. This leaves me in a bind. I don't have enough time to start reading the 60 page behemoth known as my Enviro Law reading or to start writing more cover letters for jobs (the huge influx of firm layoff posts at ATL today is kind of intimidating) or do anything else mildly productive, so I'll just post here about Lost.

This season has been great so far. In the four or five episodes since the season premier, the show's seemed to finally start answering a lot of the questions we've been asking since season one. Of course, they give us 20 more new questions. I don't know if it's all the leaping or the lack of flashbacks, but it feels like the pace has increased significantly this season.

Charlotte used to live in the island. She speaks Korean (better than Jin). Last season, they seemed to build up the fact that she could speak Korean as part of her mysterious past. She probably just studied it in college or something. I'm assuming this because now that she's dead, this question is going to be left unanswered (unless we find out when Faraday meets little Charlotte). I was actually kind of warming up to her too.

We finally know why Rousseau is crazy. Non-crazy and happy Rousseau was kind of making me nervous and uncomfortable, so it was nice to see her with at least one large gun at the end of the episode. And apparently the only reason she didn't get sick like the rest of her group was because Jin stopped her from pursuing Smokey. Why the rest of her team decided to go after it, I have no clue.

Locke's sacrifice is presumably what stops the island from going into Quantum Leap hyper drive. I wonder what year they are in right now. I'm going to presume that it's an earlier Dharma time period so Faraday can run into little Charlotte, but we never know.

Also, creepy old lady is Faraday's mom. The blinking spoiler lights were right.

New questions:

Who is Charlotte's father? You know it's going to be someone they're all connected to. Maybe Whidmore?

Also is Christian Shepard Jacob? I'm still not entirely sure what his purpose is on this show other than being Jack's dad. (minimal Jackface this episode)

Are Juliette and Sawyer going to happen? It seems like they're trying to set it up, but it seems kind of awkward. The previews show Jack/Kate happening (again), so...

What happens next? They're obviously going to get to the island. But I don't see that taking the rest of the season. They've got to get Sayid, Hurley, and Kate on board. Does Ji-Yeon have to go as well? She wasn't born on the island though, so maybe not.

Are they reincarnating Locke? I imagine it would make it seem slightly less ridiculous than having to carry his corpse back to the island. Also, I'm sure Benry can find some way of making that happen.

Are they going to explain the Whidmore/Benry feud? They have to right?

Old Question:
Are. They. Ever. Going. To. Explain. The. Four-Toed. Statue?


Okay. I've got to go now. Those were my quick thoughts on Lost. I also went to this art law panel that my Property Professor put on yesterday. It was really cool. About art in the public sphere, so it was a lot of wall murals and stuff. I had to run to Moot Court, so I missed the end. That was upsetting. The last guy was pretty cool. The only thing i saw of his before I had to go was this art project he did where they set up a miniature park and bench in a metered parking space in SF for 2 hours a couple of years ago. I'd find a picture, but that's going to make me late so you can google it yourself.