they call it a wasteland, baby.

- At first glance the episode seemed rather bland. Though now that I’ve slept on it I think there was a ton of stuff below the surface of this one. I don’t at all look at this as filler…I think they are laying the groundwork for what is to come. That being said, this episode definitely had weak spots and was clearly a step below the premiere.

- I feel even better about my theory concerning the alternate timeline. I’m sticking to it for now.

- Fun fact: the date on Claire’s sonogram was 10/22/2004. As soon as the sonogram flashed on the screen, my wife and I paused it and dissected each part. Thank God for DVR and HD. This means flight 815 in the alt timeline was one month later than the one in our primary timeline. I have some ideas on this that I’ll share later.

- Dr. Ethan was awesome. Two things I find interesting: he was using Goodspeed and not Rom as a surname, and he was an OB instead of a surgeon (as Ben claimed in season 3).

- I knew Claire would be the new Rousseau as soon as we saw the first trap. It was still pretty cool to see her take out those annoying other Others.

- Josh Holloway is killing it so far this season. His work is phenomenal.

- “What Kate does” is bore the crap out of me. She pretty much has only one face (the almost-cry). I hope this is the last of the Kate-centric episodes.