Observations: Episode 3.16-One of Us

I sound like a broken record but great episode last night. I'm a true fan, I love almost every episode. Let's jump in...

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1) I don't know how I missed it or how Jack missed it but Juliet basically told him she wasn't gassed when she said she dragged Kate into the jungle, handcuffed herself to her, and lied about it. I guess I wasn't thinking but that's almost an outright confession to being involved in the gassing plan...

2) The Mittelos guy didn't keep any secrets telling Juliet flat out that he put tranquilizer in the drink...Where do they fly to? Do they go to a commercial airport or have their own strip on another island? How far does the submarine travel? How long does the trip take? Is Herarat Airlines an important name to remember like Widmore was/is?

3) I'm not convinced that Rachel had the cancer come back. I think it was a bluff to get Juliet to stay. But if she did, how can Jacob cure cancer? If he can cure it, why does he hold back? Who is Jacob?

4) So did Juliet save Claire with her serum? Or perhaps the whole thing with the implant was to have a back-up plan for when they needed it like when Juliet came to the camp. If Claire was fine, then it must happen at conception. So what does that mean for Sun? Is she doomed to die without help from Juliet?

5)So how did Ben get cancer? Is it possibly related to when Locke temporarily lost his ability to walk in season 1?

6) Night turned into day and I don't see a time when any of the survivors (main ones at least) went to sleep...

7) Knowing Sawyer killed the man in cold blood seems beyond the reach of watching newscasts unless Australian police solved the crime and the news broke because he was missing...

8) It's hard to find a scene more beautiful in high definition than Oceanic Flight 815 breaking apart in mid-air. So pretty...

9) Loved seeing The Flame in its working beauty. That would be a fun job. And it was cool to see all the news reports. The stations broadcasted it quickly, did they get tipped off when the plane went off course? And how did they get the video of Rachel. Is Rachel at one of their facilities? Did Ben call Richard and tell him to follow her so Ben could prove it to Juliet? Did Rachel really have cancer?

10) Poor Jack with his misplaced trust. If or when the survivors find out Juliet was part of a plan, they're going to have a hard time trusting him...

11) How does the implant in Claire work? They must be able to activate it wirelessly or something. They couldn't have planned every single thing out weeks in advance and they haven't had any contact that we know of.

12) What's the purpose of Juliet infiltrating? More information to gather? Someone to kill or setup for someone else to kill?

13) How will the Others meet Juliet in a week? Will she run away or will they land on the beach? I'm thinking an Others landing on the beach and waging a battle with the survivors would be a good plot for the "cataclysmic" season finale...

That's all for me this week. Got some more or something I missed? Comment below.

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Next week's episode, Episode 3.17 (of 23), titled "Catch-22", will air at 10/9c. Only 6 episodes and 7 hours of LOST left in the season. I think it's been great so far...

LIVE Posting: Episode 3.16-One of Us

Welcome to this week's live posting for Episode 3.16, titled "One of Us". Let's get started...

9:08PM-Good start. Another Juliet backstory. Looks like we might get some flashback answers...

9:21PM-Liking the flashbacks. They're progressing quickly and getting to an interesting timeframe. Hopefully some good answers are coming...I liked Sawyer's line to Hurley and Charlie...tender moment as the previously "lost" returned home...until Sawyer saw Juliet. Poor Juliet not wanted by anybody...

9:31PM-More mysterious references to Jacob. Maybe we'll see him this episode...Saw Ethan and Goodwin (?), the intruders into the two groups of flight 815 survivors, that was cool. If they were surgeons, why would you let him go and risk themselves when there are probably lesser Others that could do it?...Well Juliet isn't going to be very popular if Claire is seriously sick. I hope we see what happened when they kidnapped her, that's one of the remaining season 1 mysteries...

9:42PM-Well that's interesting about what happened with Claire. Were they really trying to save her? I think they were. But can you really trust Juliet? If Claire turns out alright because of Juliet's treatment, will they trust her?...I wonder what happened to Rachel...

9:54PM-Juliet was quite assertive there with Sawyer and Sayid...Great flashback. From the start of season 3 (watching the plane break apart is sweet) to seeing all the news reports of flight 815. That's how they get everything. And Rachel is alive and well. Are they following her? Is she at a facility for treatment? Did she know they were involved in her cure?...Will Claire survive? I don't think she'll die because it wouldn't be unexpected. LOST is into sudden deaths without expectation. But Claire dying would surprise me because of this fact. One little bit left...

10:00PM-Well there you go. You can't trust Juliet but now she likely will be. The Others are quite clever, they worked it out well. I wonder how they'll meet in a week and if she'll have to divulge any answers before then...

As the promo said, it's the beginning of the end of season 3. Five episodes + the "cataclysmic" season finale = a great 6 weeks for me. I can't wait!

This concludes this week's live posting. Screenshots will be posted, for the last two episodes, later this week. Sorry for the delay in last week's...

If you missed tonight's episode or would like to see it again, you can watch it for free tomorrow morning at ABC.com...

Next week's episode, Episode 3.17, titled "Catch-22", will air at 10/9c only on ABC.