Lost: Meet Kevin Johnson

Another great episode of "Lost" and another bunch of new questions...

So I guess I have to wait almost a month to find out if Rousseau is really dead. (Karl looks to be a goner.) Many think she is but I'm not ready to let go. Are we never going to get her backstory? I still want to know more about what her science team was doing when landing on the island and if it's possible that her crew died not only by the "sickness" but because they actually posed a threat to the Others. She supposedly finished them off because they were dying but could they have contracted the sickness from Ben and his people in the same way that the Dharma people died? And why was she the only one not to become afflicted? I'm thinking that she was spared by the Others because she was pregnant and could bring new life to the island. She is one more mysterious piece of the puzzle and I hate to see her go.

Some think that Ben set up the final scene in this episode but I disagree. I think that Ben did want Alex to reach the Temple safely because she could be used as leverage against him if caught. So I don't buy that he would have Karl and Rousseau killed when they were escorting her to safety. Unless there is some other reason unknown at this time, Karl and Rousseau were victims, but by whose trigger finger? Rebecca would an obvious option but most likely is the least likely suspect.

Michael’s flash was “forward” from the time he left the island, which is a few days after Thanksgiving and around two weeks before Christmas 2004. When Tom, AKA Mr. Friendly, stops Michael from killing himself he tells him the island won't let him. So is it that the island won't let him kill himself because he has "work" to do or the island just doesn't believe in suicide? And is this the same reason that Jack didn't kill himself by the bridge or is that a different circumstance?

Tom realized that the reason Walt won’t talk to Michael because of what he did to Ana Lucia and Libby. And now Michael is having visions of Libby, and disregarding her warning on the boat not to detonate the explosives. Was it just a little silly to see the flag pop up with the words "NOT YET"?

I'm on board believing Tom and Ben saying that the freighter belongs to Charles Widmore and that he's the real bad guy, including the story of digging up the dead bodies and staging the underwater crash site of Oceanic Flight 815. At least for now I am.

And in keeping with the diversity of the characters, it was nice to see that Tom gets to have a little free time with Arturo!
Does Sayid have something up his sleeve when he turned Michael in to the guys on the boat or is he just pissed off?

Another cheery Mama Cass song, "It's Getting Better", plays on the radio of the 70's car that Michael plowed straight into a maritime cargo container and when he is on the boat just before he presses the execute button.

"We kind of, like, knew that forever ago." – Another great Hurley response to Miles' comment that the freighter folk are there to get Ben.

"…Considering a week ago you had a gun to his head and tonight he's eating pound cake, I'd say he's a guy who gets what he wants." – Miles' subtle observation of Locke being manipulated by Ben.

And it looks as if Aaron is part of the Oceanic Six. How will they explain that one since he was not on the flight manifest? Is this going to be solved with a time travel explanation? I fear that many of our questions are going to be unsatisfactorily answered that way.