Finished with my viewing, which included last night's episode of Lost and I must say my opinion is the polar opposite of MattH's. I could not believe with just three shows to go they spent an ENTIRE episode away from the main characters. That is just so ridiculous - maybe the episode would have worked earlier in the season, but here, for me, it was a major irritant. My feeling is that, for the people who LOVE LOVE LOVE every episode and plot point of this show, the show can simply do no wrong. For me, it's not that easy, I'm afraid, and this show has now gone off on so many wrong-headed tangents that it's almost in Alias territory. But, that's just me, and I'm glad others are loving it so.