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Finally, if you're thinking that I've avoided discussing the two characters who, as ABC breathlessly promised, went the way of Nikki and Paulo, you're right. But if I must, it was, in my humble opinion, lame. Doc Jensen correctly predicted that Karl was going to bite it, which the dude telegraphed pretty quickly by pulling out that hoary Star Wars line ''I have a bad feeling about this.'' And while the writers tried to make grafting the Rousseau-Alex-Karl-Ben quadrangle onto Michael's episode make thematic sense by throwing in a last-minute long-separated-mother-daughter meaningful moment, that still didn't compensate for unceremoniously offing Danielle Rousseau, Lost's coolest semi-regular character. Yeah, her arc was pretty much over once she reunited with her daughter, but she could've at least gone down in more of a blaze of glory. I guess I'm most bothered by the idea that a woman this wily would've just so freely walked into what was obviously yet another Benjamin Linus ambush. He just happened to be carrying around an exquisitely drafted map of the Others' sanctuary? One that could only house official Others — well, except for Rousseau? Riiiiiight.

And with Alex screaming into the jungle that she was Ben Linus' daughter, our eight-episode mini Lost marathon draws to a close. The next episode won't air until April 24 at 10 p.m., so we've got plenty of time to chew over Lost issues big and small. For example: Is there something buried deep in Mama Cass' biography that causes the producers to keep using her music as an emotional cue on the show, or do Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof just, you know, really like jamming out to ''It's Getting Better''? Do you think the reason we only saw Walt from the waist up last night is because they don't want us to see how tall this ''10-year-old'' has gotten? What was that game show playing during Michael's thwarted attempts to shoot himself in the head? And, finally, if Mr. Friendly is fine with telling Arturo that Michael smashed him over the head with a champagne bottle, what other sweet somethings has our out-and-proud Other whispered into his lover's ear? (By the way, a quick shout-out of support to Lost viewers in and around Asheville, N.C., who it would appear lost the audio feed for the entire broadcast of last night's episode. If your local ABC affiliate — WLOS, natch — won't rebroadcast it, I suggest catching it for free on ABC.com or downloading it from iTunes. Good luck!)


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