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WARNING: MILD LOST EPISODE 3 SPOILERS BELOW:

I didn’t like last night’s episode of Lost as much as the two last week. This is mainly due to the fact that it focused heavily on Kate (who I can’t stand) and Jack’s talking in circles with Dogen.

It was also strange to see Mac from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia as I had completely forgotten that he had a blink and you missed it appearance three years ago. In this episode, he was given a name and a bitchy attitude. Though he didn’t have a huge amount of screentime, I can’t say that he made a very good case for having a dramatic acting career after Sunny ends. He should for sure stick to comedy.

That being said, I’m quite interested to see where the show goes in the next few episodes as things get set up for the end of the series. I’m also glad they got a Kate-centric episode out of the way early. Evangeline Lilly has only a few looks. She is either looking brooding, looking sad, looking sad and brooding, or looking deeply into Jack or Sawyer’s eyes. She’s like the Mischa Barton of Lost.

I am also quite excited about the zombie/contagious disease storyline that is getting developed. That is all.

I don’t have much to say about last night’s episode of Lost except that it was excellent. I liked it a whole lot better than last week’s and the reason is pretty obvious: Locke (or not Locke at this point) is a much more interesting character than Kate will ever be. It’s a pretty obvious screenwriting lesson, but boring characters cannot be covered up with a bunch of talk about weird diseases and reincarnation and other distractions. Interesting characters will always make for better entertainment.

I’m definitely liking where things are going this season and cannot wait for next Tuesday.

SMALL SPOILER BELOW:

Though it was never stated last night, the biggest question the episode raised for me was: why was Kate’s name not on the wall/ceiling of the cave?