Au revoir Danielle!… and Carl too.

I'm not saying I like this trend, but if they keep this up, I'll have a new, foreign character to say goodbye to in another language every week!

Two for One Murder Special:
I'll be honest, although Danielle was never one of my favorite characters, I'm totally not ok with her being killed off. No wonder Darlton craftily dodged questions about us ever seeing her flashbacks, because she'd be done-for in the middle of season 4. Carl, he was a good kid, he just liked to look up at the stars with his high school sweetheart in their backyards, he never hurt anyone, but when you're courting the daughter of evil incarnate, you're not going to last long. We were joking that if Carl was the killed-off character (as promised from last week's previews) it would be a cop out. Shortly after, they totally freaked me out with the crazy bullet through the water bottle! Holy crap!

There are a few things possible here:
1. Carl IS the death promised in this episode, and the ever-resilient Danielle Rousseau will make a triumphant comeback. She is, after-all, near the top of the "people we'd like to see kill Ben, because they deserve the revenge".

2. They're both gone for good. Killed by one of the freighties. I can totally see Charlotte offing someone. I used to like her, but she can be brutal. You can't bludgeon Kate and get in a violent brawl with Juliette (who I'm in good favor with at the moment) and expect me to like you. The motive, of course, being to get Ben through Alex.

3. They're both gone for good. Killed by Ben's people. If you'll notice, just before Ben suggests that they head to "the last safe place", he gives a spooky glare to Carl as if to say "Stop fondling my daughter's waist you outrageous hooligan!". We all know he hates Danielle because every single episode they're in, she puts him in his place!

4. They're both gone for good. Killed by the dissenting faction of the others, lead by Richard Alpert. We all know, from the episode "The Brig", wherein Locke (who refuses to kill his mega-evil dad) is given information, from Richard that leads him to getting Sawyer to kill his mega-evil dad. Richard expresses to Locke that Ben might not be fulfilling his role the way they had planned, perhaps they want to take him out, or use Alex to control him.

Information Overload

1. We found out (well, according to Tom (Mr. Friendly)) that Widmore bank-rolled the 815 fake. They even went and so far as to show a mysterious folder of evidence including where he got the bodies, and the plane. Hot dog!

2. We learned that Michael and Walt DID make it back to civilization and that Michael, is laying low as Kevin Johnson, while Walt, who is living with the knowledge that his Dad murdered two people to rescue him (nice one, Mikey) is under the care of Michael's mom. I think that makes Walt the only living person to appear as an apparition (to Locke after Ben shot him). Also, that Michael, who grows ever more noble with each passing episode—NOT—is supposed to kill everyone on the freighter.

3. We had the idea reinforced that the island don't mess around, baby. Michael tried to off himself multiple times and the island prevented it. Holy cow! Insanity.

4. Of course, I cannot post without mentioning that they've finally done it. After 3 and a half seasons of heterosexuality, Tom, AKA Mr. Friendly has stepped out of, what must be, a very large closet. It was only a matter of time. I'm sure the writers had a blast making possibly the manliest character in the show's history a big queen. (Sidenote: Is it just me, or do you forget how fat he is? From the chest up, he just looks like a giant, buff dude, but man alive, that guy has a gut the size of Alaska! Sorry, that was off-topic, but it honestly gets me every time.) This of course, was alluded to when captive Kate is handed a dress by Tom, and he assures her "you're not exactly my type"— CAUSE YOU'RE A GIRL! Wow. Also notable, Ben is not the only who travels from the island to the rest of the world.

5. Ben also informed us that there is one more Dharma station, aptly titled "The Temple", which he claims is the last safe place.

6. Libby is to Michael as Charlie is to Hurley.

7. Granmama don't take no guff!