YES! I loved loved loved the Brig, so much so I would have gone for a 10/10. D.O.C not so much only because Sun is not all that interesting to me, but Mikhail made it all worth it, AND we get another sexy lady with a sexy accent on the island which is always welcome, even if she's just lying there bleeding. But now that a major story line for Sawyer is all wrapped up (a.k.a the whole letter/revenge thing), what's going to happen to everyone's favorite conman?

"But now that a major story line for Sawyer is all
wrapped up (a.k.a the whole letter/revenge thing),
what's going to happen to everyone's favorite conman?"

Sawyer's story has legs. By having James Ford kill
the "real" Sawyer, the writers opened up a lot of
narrative space for both Ford and Locke. Both
characters have excorcised burdens which they had
allow to define them. Now, what do they do?

In the season 3 finale we saw Sawyer go back to help
his fellow islanders. Prior to that decision, Kate
said he was acting distant/foggy/disinterested (I
can't recall the exact wording). It seems as if, in
going back to help his friends, Sawyer was making an
effort to become the man the "real" Sawyer had
prevented him from being. Ford stepped out of the
shadow of Sawyer and did the right thing.

In the new season, I think we'll see Ford struggling
to stay out of those shadows. In the tv spot, he
says, "I'm doing what I've always done, survivin'" (or
something prerry close). This, I imagine, is in
response to him being called out for some
self-interested behavior.

The writers have been really good about making sure
that Sawyer (and all the characters, in fact) doesn't
come off as some "is he good"/"is he bad" binary
figure. I think that will continue this year. Think
about the possibilities: James Ford's effort to become
a better person is the direct outgrowth of having
killed the man he blames for the destruction of his
family. That's a lot of moral ambiguity.

None of this is even to mention how Locke plays into
all of this, from orchestrating the murder to the bond
that has been created between these two characters
(Personally, I hope that Sawyer asking Locke if he was
really ever in a wheelchair is only a sign of things
to come).

Can't wait 'till Thursday.

Take care.

i wanted to put this idea out there and see peoples opinions... it started when i was watching a season 3 episode where sawyer mentions the brady bunch to karl and he had no idea who or what they were because his life had all been on the island. It made me think how much it appears Ben knows about everyday life in America (he has spoken about baseball teams and mining companies very comfortably) yet Ben says he has spent his whole life on Island. We know he came when he was young but my points above make me think that in future Ben flasbacks we will see him back in the U.S living parts of his life there, he just seems much too smart, whereas Karls naivity really jumped out at me.... thoughts?

stu

I rewatched the entire 3 seasons with my girl lately.
She didn't know Lost before and I was really looking forward her being as impatient as I am for season 4. It worked by the way, she's now as desperate as I am for january 31st.
Watching Lost again with her new eye on the series was really interesting.
Among the things that really shocked me during the 2nd watching was Ford's behaviour after he Killed the real Sawyer (Locke's dad).
At first he seems really tough and disillusioned.
It starts with his "arguing" with kate on their way to the radio tower when she tells him he's not the same and he finally decides to go back to the beach, alone.
Then back on the beach, he simply kills Tom in cold blood without hesitation.
It's kinda like now that he has killed Sawyer, he can be really himself, and this himself is definitely not a nice person.
I think Sawyer is somehow born again killing the man who ruined his life, but yet free, this new-born-Ford is not as good as one would have expected.
In the 3 1st seasons we saw a tough guy called Sawyer who was always wavering between being good or bad, I think the Ford we'll see in the 3 coming seasons has made his choice : he is definitely a bad person.