This week’s episode was good, though not quite as good as last week’s IMO. It seems that this season’s all about (at least in part) expanding on the mysteries of the island’s history that we’ve only gotten bits and pieces of so far. My question: is this going to add up to some kind of coherent whole or meaningful theme or is it just a series of bones being thrown to longtime fans? I still have hope for the former. Part of what initially appealed to me about Lost was that you had these characters making different existential responses to a fundamentally ambiguous environment (Locke’s faith vs. Jack’s scientific empiricism, e.g.). How does that equation change once the mysteries are spelled out for us? Also: are we going to find out what’s up with the giant four-toed statue?

On another TV-related note: Last week’s BSG rocked. A big improvement from the first two episodes of this (half) season. Here’s hoping they keep it up.