LOST 6.3- "What Kate Does"(Do Not Read Until You Have Watched the Episode)

I dunno...Kind of a let down episode after the premiere, if you ask me. Not a bad episode, but I thought that Claire being the big reveal at the end was sort of expected, as we knew she was coming back, and she was so central to the alternate reality timeline last night, it wasn't that shocking...And really, ever since she was sitting in the cabin with Christian with that evil look on her face, that she was "affected" in some way.

  I guess the big question is what exactly does "affected" mean ? Does it mean evil ? Does it mean crazy ? Was Rousseau "affected' ? I think we are at least supposed to consider the possibility, with the raps that Claire had set and all, that she has replaced Rousseau as the island "crazy cat lady" so to speak.

  Or does "affected" mean something worse than that? Is it some sort of cahoots with the MIB ? Is the Claire that was in the cabin with Christian the same one that shot the Others and trapped Jin last night ? Or was the Claire in the cabin just an island specter manifestation thing ? I don't know....I just don't know.

  And another thing with the "infected" thing...Was the poison going to kill Sayid, or kill the "darkness" inside him? Why did he need to take it willingly ? If they wanted to kill him, why not just kill him ? Could they not "just" kill him ? Does he have to be poisoned ? Or do they need Sayid to be alive, but the "darkness" to die? Is Sayid one of the people they "need" or not ?

   Let's head to the alternate reality for a minute. I was sort of expecting that we were going to recognize the couple that Claire was going to give her baby to, but I didn't. Did anyone else ?

  How crazy was it to see Ethan ? And I guess the fact that his name was Goodspeed tells us that he was in fact, Hiorace's son ? Here's the bigger question...Do you think that it means that he has never been to the island ? Does that fit the timeline ? Interesting either way, and it was also interesting watching Ethan not be all creepy and menacing for once.

 I liked the look between Kate and Jack as she was escaping the airport, and i like how it set us up to think that the doctor she walked up to in the hospital was going to be Jack, but no, it was ETHAN!!!!
  Interesting that Claire somehow "knew" to name her son Aaron.

 That's about all i got for the alternate reality timeline this week, anything I missed ?

  Back to the Island timeline. I actually felt bad for Sawyer when he was talking about Juliet.It was good to hear that he blamed himself for her death, because the hating Jack for it thing was gonna get tired pretty quick. It is kind of sad that he has completely reverted to not caring about anyone...I'm assuming there will be a moment where that will change again. Will it be Kate that inspires it ? After Sawyer's speech about Juliet tonight, I kinda hope it isn't.

  I liked Jack's exchanges with Dogan.I'm digging Dogan as a character.I think he's a good addition. I do wonder when he was brought to the island, though.
  
  I did like how Dogan played Jack like a fiddle to get him to give Sayid the pill by asking why sayid died and all that."Here is your chance for redemption". Awesome!
  Two favorite lines in the episode ?
  Sayid: No, I am not a zombie. Just the way he said it, like he really wanted to put Hurley at ease.

  AND
  Miles: "We'll be in the food court if you need us."  HA!!

I did like Miles acknowledging Hurley's new leadership skills, though I think he was being sarcastic.

  So, that's my take...What did I miss ? Whaddy'all think ?