KNOW you can Locke it like THIS SON!!

"Ah, the good shit..."

So. Let's recap what we learned last night, shall we?

-Locke's wheelchair gives him the creeps. The flash frame creeps.
-Boone appears and "speaks" for the island.
-Locke doesn't have a problem with mind-altering drugs, and likes to spend quality time in his sweat lodge.
-Desmond can tell the future. And only Hurley knows.
-Locke is the new leader of the LOSTies (now we get to see the body count rise).
-Locke was a victim/key suspect of a major drug bust, but we don't know what ultimately happened.
-The hatch "imploded."
-Desmond, Locke, Eko, and Charlie are all perfectly a-ok. For now, at least.
-The failsafe key worked, whatever that white flash was.
-There's still one crazy polar bear running around, and he lives in an awesome cave.
-Finally, some LOSTie noobs start talking!

And as always, the multitude of questions:

-What is that shit Locke's eating? Looks like poop.
-Why couldn't Locke speak at the beginning of the ep?
-Why did Locke choose to put the sweat lodge inside Eko's church?
-Why was Locke in a wheelchair? And why, when he was in the midst of his spirit walk with Boone, did he no longer have the use of his legs?
-How the hell is Desmond able to tell the future?
-Who saved Desmond and Locke? (unless they either a.) don't remember, or b.) managed to escape, but just haven't said)
-Is it strictly coincidence that Hurley appeared just as Locke and Charlie were expecting the polar bear?
-Are the polar bears smarter than they should be?
-Was Eko being taken a coincidence, or is there more to it?
-Is there any significance to the way characters were presented in Locke's spirt walk sequence?
-Will Eko survive with Jack gone?

Of course there's plenty I'm not thinking of, but can I just say that I was loving last night's ep, up until about the last 15 minutes where it just totally lost steam? What happened to the regular cliffhangers? I miss the urgency of LOST.

Btw, where else have I seen the guy who played the undercover cop in Locke's flashbacks? Was he in another ep/season?

Getting better, prolly my fave ep of the season so far, but still missing that punch that makes LOST so great...

j.