Warning – Lost Spoilers ahead.

I go bowling on Wednesday nights, so I don’t get to see the show until after 9 o’clock when I get home. I walked in tonight and asked Amber how the episode was and she said something like, “It was Ok, not much really happened. It wasn’t one of the better ones.”

I can see why people would say nothing happened or that it was a filler episode, but I have to disagree with that assessment. I think episodes like tonight’s are what I’ve been missing in the second season up until now. We’ve had character flashbacks and learned new things about them, but tonight we finally got back to their lives on the island and the little things that get them through each day. It’s those simple tasks and interactions that can give the show so much depth. We got to see a majority of the characters in some capacity except for Charlie, Sayid, and Shannon. But while they’re introducing new characters from the tail section, it makes sense a few others would have a little less screen time.

Character development – It’s seems very much like Jack to have bought a replacement for his wedding ring when he lost it, and he spoke pretty fondly of being married which really makes me wonder what happened to Sarah. We already knew Kate was sentimental (the toy plane), but here we see she her sadness that she never said goodbye to Sawyer and he may be gone (when she seemingly hates him). Interesting that she can’t seem to make up her mind about Sawyer and/or Jack (wasn’t she just flirting with Jack last week?). There also seems to be a tiny crack in Ana Lucia’s shell, as she finally cut her attitude toward Sawyer (a little). Sun and Jin’s backstory wasn’t that surprising but it was well written. I love that a girl in an orange dress made Jin do a double take, thus running right into Sun as he turned back. Locke’s statement about the best way to find something lost…so true. This episode was full of character development without much action, but I think any successful drama has to have both elements and it’s difficult to do them well at the same time.

There was one arguably significant thing, and I’m sure people will try to dissect absolutely everything they saw. Here’s my take: it was a little difficult to tell with the different camera angles, but I played it through a couple of times on my DVR and counted 11 or 12 others walk by Jin and Acko in the jungle. It would appear that at least one of them is young or joined them at an age where a teddy bear attachment hasn’t faded. I don’t think this would be Walt though. I don’t remember him having a bear like that on the island (could it be Alex?). It would appear that they have at least some normal clothing as the ones wearing pants didn’t exactly look island made. I wonder if they found them in the luggage from the plane or had them already. Again, it’s hard to tell but I would guess those legs belonged to both men and women.

It’s going to be a long three week break. From the preview for the next episode, it would appear the action hungry viewers will get what they’re craving. I’ve read that (highlight to view) a female character will bite the dust shortly. My guess: Shannon.

Oh, and the Astros just won the NLCS. I was hoping for a AA World Series (Astros/Angels), but I’ll live since St. Louis lost and I won’t have to hear anymore about Albert Pujols for a while.