"Every Man for Himself" observations

This ep is full of surprises, isn't it? The funny thing is that even though Sawyer says that it's "Every man for himself" his actions are the complete opposite. He's doing everything to protect Kate. But in the process he's also trying to push her away while at the same time inwardly begging her to love him. Ironic, huh?

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- Jack's comments to Juliet are great: it's the same sort of stuff that Ben used on him and Locke to pit them against each other.

- i'm not sure i really agree with Sawyer's logic on grabbing Pickett, but at least he's trying to come up with something. Perhaps it would have been smarter for him not to announce his plan to Kate before the fact, however. He didn't have to go pushing the button repeatedly to tip them off, either.

- Who knew Sawyer could box? Interesting, he's been in prison for nine months. i wonder how long the trial took?

- So when the warden said that he could "extend" Sawyer's stay he really meant that he could cut it short?

- So who thinks that Ben didn't already know Sawyer's age and approximate weight, too? Doesn't he probably have a file on all the crashees? And who knew he could beat Sawyer up, little guy like him?

- This new guy is a real stuck up jerk. Of course Desmond knows more about golf.

- Sawyer's heartrate goes waaaaaayyyyyy up just looking at Kate's back: how would he ever survive sex? Far too taxing on his old heart, it seems.

- i just about cried when i found out about Clementine and when Sawyer said she wasn't his.

- i would have recognized Jack right away but the alarm was a good idea if you want him to think he's nowhere near his friends. On the other hand, he now knows that he's not underwater, and i think he did hear them anyway.

- i don't think that the woman was alive when Jack came in. i think the heartbeat was simulated. Ben was smiling while Danny went outside to beat up Sawyer. i think that everything that's going on here is manipulative. Everything. "She was dead before you put her on the table."

- Why do they need a fertility doctor on the Island? Juliet could have been born on the Island, but she couldn't have been trained on it.

- This sure is a bad day for Sawyer. But he did get to enjoy Kate's touch for a little while and hear that she loves him. (:

- Kate's a regular monkey. i don't think i could climb out of that cage, but i don't think she was lying when she said that she loves Sawyer, rather she was lying when she said she didn't.

- Who is Jack really here to save??? One of my theories has always been that the entire plane was made to crash on the Island on purpose. Perhaps this is the reason why. Maybe everyone is here just to get one surgeon on the Island: everything happens for a reason.

- Sawyer is obviously really smart even though he never finished school. He always comes up with new nicknames, quotes books. Ben may be better educated, but i'm on Sawyer's side.