Jason, good call on the Risk factor. Did anyone see what Hurley’s second roll was? I thought it was 15, which is just over the top.

I am really interested to find out why: 1. The teleporter only teleports to Tunisia 2. Why the hell were they teleporting polar bears to Tunisia? Someone said a breath of icy air escapes Ben’s mouth when he wakes up, so maybe they explain where they get the polar bears at some point. My guess is Desmond kills Ben, Jack kills Charles, and Locke steps into the Well of Ascension.

Next stop, Jacob’s cabin.

The more I think about the episode, the more I find this line fascinating.

What were these “rules” and how have they changed? Is it that these “rules” defined some way that Ben and Widmore could share the island and its resources?

When Ben was negotiating for Alex’s life, he said that she wasn’t really his daughter, and he seemed genuinely sure that that would cause Widmore’s goon to spare her life. (The fact that he killed her anyway made him realize that things have changed.) So were part of these rules that Widmore would leave Ben’s team alone, but that his family wouldn’t enjoy such protection?

Then, right after Ben said that the rules had changed, he basically unleashed Smokey on Widmore. So were part of the rules that Ben would use his control of Smokey to keep Widmore’s interest safe from the creature?

Probably lots more ways to interpret things, but like I said, the more I think about it, the more fascinating I find the idea that Ben and Widmore has some sort of agreement (with rules, even!) and now Widmore’s broken that agreement…

You don’t think it was a coincidence that Hurley said made a comment about Australia being crucial to the whole game - when Flight 815 left from Sydney?

So, Ben and Widmore are playing one big, huge, live action game of Risk?

-Jack should have kept it real- “What are those pills for, Jack?” “Crippling diharrea, Kate.”

-Who doesn’t keep a bottle of scotch next to their beds to cure nightmares?

-The Desmond Crazy-Eye Bulge is gonna set a new record when Penny eats it.

I think he’s talking about earlier in the episode–before Ben goes to Alex’s corpse–when everyone’s still holed up in the house, Ben goes into his secret room, and later returns covered with dirt just before Smokey goes all medieval on the Widmore mercenaries.

The three red shirts dying one after another like that was borderline slapstick.

The Smoke Monster brought the awesome.

Daniel is the absolute worst guy to send on a secret mission. Am I delusional or was Kate making eyes at Daniel?

Anyone notice how dirty Ben was after summoning Smokey? Like he was shoveling coal or something?

The background red shirts were entertaining. Bang. “Hey, are you…” Bang. “What’s going on over….” Bang. No coincidences on Lost, so I wonder how Sawyer, action hero-esque was able to avoid catching four or five bullets to the ass while rescuing Claire, who was in a house that blew up, while the red shirts fell faster than the administrations approval rating.

One last thing, Faraday implied that time travel was about sending your consciousness back, so what’s up with Ben going through space and time, presumably?