And Hugo’s last name is Reyes. “Hurley” is just a nickname – he’s alluded to the fact that there’s a long story behind it, one that has an embarrassing roots – but we’ve never gotten to hear it. I’ve long been a huge Hugo fan…

but not so much that he becomes boring milquetoast. it’s a fine line, which means that the other answer to your question, diane, is that we like them to give us a bit of edge, that maybe they’ll take us to a place that we really want to go but just lack a little bit of extra courage to go on our own, but of course we can totally handle ourselves when we get there.

the bad boys are fun to watch, fun to hear about, even fun to date in your early 20s. but man oh man, am i ever glad that i didn’t marry one! i don’t miss the ansty roller-coaster one bit.

i am digging juliet; i love how her hair has stayed miraculously clean throughout the mudfight, i loved how she twisted her entire body sideways into some sort of distorted question mark when she cried on ben’s counter (which disclosed the top-secret information that apparently the Others shopped at Ikea before departing to the Island),and i love how twisted and devious she is.

i’m surprised that you’re surprised jack is such a dupe about these things–after all, he went to med school, not the school of hard knocks and how-to-scam-anyone-for-love-and-money school that kate and sawyer attended. he used to be clueless about bailey’s drinking; now he’s clueless about juliet. what he seems to be most concerned with is keeping his hair short, unlike most of the other men on the island except sun’s husband. he and jack must be stashing that electric razor with batteries that never run out somewhere. sawyer sure doesn’t have it! maybe it’s stashed with the women’s endless supply of conditioner?

i don’t believe juliet’s sister is alive, either. she wasn’t exactly holding that current newspaper, and juliet seems to be fairly clueless about image manipulation. did she leave miami before the invention of you-tube? she would probably also believe that the emails karl rove sent out are truly “lost” as well, unretrievable in the vastness of cyberspace.

they’re all so gullible in their own ways, except for henry and saiid. perhaps the real secret of the island is that besides killing pregnant women (speaking of which, sun is still pregnant? shouldn’t she be displaying more than 3% bodyfat at this point? i don’t think her stomach could be more concave.), keeping hair and skin incredibly moist and clean, and giving ben cancer while at the same time curing john, is that landing there automatically sucks 20 IQ points out of you from the onset, and the brain drain continues as the men and women continue to grow more buff with every day. except hurley. hmmm…he does remain quite the mystery. and smarter than most. hurley as one of the Others? let’s discuss…

i actually still like juliet & am impressed with her ability to be so convincing to both sides. espionage isn’t easy!

i guess i don’t have any animosity toward her character since i’m not even sure who she’s playing yet — it could still go either way.

and i think that EVERYONE would lose weight under such circumstances. they should all be looking more skeletal, not just the fatties.

only a few episodes left!

Perhaps I should prepare the tranquilizers now. Sounds like we’ll need drinks to get through the season.