Uncharted Island

Harper got her Bachelor’s degree at Columbia and her Master’s degree at Yale. Impressive.

Only four other episodes in the last two sesasons have been on-island flashbacks. That doesn’t reveal any mysteries, but it is an interesting bit of trivia.

There have been a few pop-up messages about the whispers in the jungle. They pointed out nothing we don’t already know. Just some history lessons.

Harper Stanhope. Goodwin Stanhope. I had always assumed that Goodwin went by his last name. His parents must have hated him.

Right after Harper said, “You look just like her,” the pop-up mentioned that the only significant woman in Ben’s life was his childhood friend Annie. That’s enough for me to stop with the Oedipal theories that the “her” Harper meant was Ben’s mother.

After Claire used the word “hostile” when talking to Locke, we got a pop-up reminding us that the DHARMA folks referred to the Others as Hostiles. I was expecting that pop-up after Jack said the word concerning Harper. Oh, and Hostile did have a capital H. I had someone rip into me over the semantics of the capitalization. I was right. I’m not the person to argue with over semantics. I’m very particular about the English language!

Juliet’s bikini scene. The fan forums were going crazy with hormonal men drooling over her. Honestly, I don’t see the fascination. I mean, I can see that she’s pretty, but I don’t think she’s gorgeous. I asked my husband for his opinion - we’re okay like that - and he said that yes, she is more attractive than Kate, Claire, and Sun. Personally, I would rank her behind them. I will concede that she is far prettier than Charlotte.

36-15-28 is the combination to Ben’s safe. Nothing exciting.

Ooh, confirmation that Dan and Charlotte were doing what they said they were doing. Ben wanted Juliet to kill them so he could carry out another Purge. Although he would’ve died along with them, unless he’s developed immunity against the gas.