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[krickets]

Okay I will probably be strung up for saying this, but I do not get the fandom beef with Ilana. I LIKE HER, OKAY? I feel like everyone just hates her because she's a girl! (Yeah, said it.) Maybe I am reading into things, but seriously? WHAT IS UP WITH THE HATE? I also have finally decided (as of a couple weeks ago) that I really like Kate a lot -- taking into consideration season 5 and 6 (so far) especially. These two facts probably make me nobody's friend.

[The only girl it's okay to like is Juliet, or something?]

General commentary:
Miles made me happy. Miles and Frank made me happy. Kate being so delighted to see Claire (the smile) made me happy. Seeing Sayid and Nadia interact, seeing him help two cute kids onto the school bus, made me happy. The thing that interested me most in this episode BY FAR was Jin in that closet. NEED MORE.

I feel that Kate actually has no idea what is happening. She is just following the two people she knows that are still standing. (Anyone else she knows are in Ilana's secret cave.)

Where were Jack, Hurley, Richard, Jin, and Sawyer? I fully expected Kate to spot Sawyer in MIB's group there at the end.

Other things:
The song at the end was so fucking creepy I think it actually gave me chills. I am not cool with both Sayid and Claire being romanced by the devil though. Nuh-uh.

Episode was entertaining -- but overall made me feel like this:
Sayid and Claire are dead.

No matter how cool it might look, that is not a good feeling. And I want to believe that's not true, but seeing Sayid turn so quickly gives me little hope for Claire being a product of time, survival instincts, paranoia, and brainwashing by the Man in Black.

I'm conflicted.

ETA: I feel like every opportunity this show has to go "deeper" it makes a u-turn. Let's dig into the psychological ramifications of being left on that island for three years and having to defend, protect, survive, etc.? OR -- let's just say some magical entity turns people evil. Yeah, that's it.