[chicken10der]

I can see how this episode (and 6-episode story arc as a whole) would be satisfying to the casual viewer, but to the devoted fan, it was quite a letdown.

Even just the advertised 'secret message' that Locke finds turning out to be what we already knew was written on Eko's stick from 3 weeks ago was enough for me to resent it.

The only redeeming quality of yet another Kate-on-the-run flashback is that now we know who she was married to and why it was a short marriage. She mentioned that when playing 'I never' with Sawyer in season 1.

I wasn't too disappointed with the cliffhanger because I didn't expect much. This isn't a season finale, people - there wasn't going to be some grand change in things like when the Others kidnapped Walt or the outside world was shown at the end of seasons 1 and 2. I was still a little let down because I was hoping for something that would require speculation and discussion, but oh well. Last year's 'fall finale' (before a 6-week break) of Michael talking on the hatch computer and 'Dad?' coming up was much better in my opinion.