TV: Lost "Enter 77"

TEASER: Cows! I totally forgot about Patch Eye; just shows how much stuff this show tosses at you. Four minutes in and I already hope this is the episode that Sawyer kills New Guy. Nothing wrong with him except for his uselessness and shoehorning in. How is it a good idea to stick this new guy in every episode and...give him nothing to do? Seriously, I'd rather have Boone than Hispanic Boone.

ACT ONE: Last living member? Is he telling the truth? Are the Others others even to Dharma? One thing for sure, THANK GOD these people ACTUALLY TALKED TO SOMEONE! Yes! Asking questions gives answers! And that look New Guy gave at the ping pong table leads me to believe he may be a ping pong champ. Useless no more?

ACT TWO: Looks like Lindelof & Cuse decided to give the fans something to talk about. A whole scene where a mysterious figure actually talks, answers questions, and does so without causing our heads to explode by unveiling more mysteries. If it's all true, the Others/hostiles have nothing to do with Dharma, which means we both know more about them and less about them. Only on Lost. Oh, but Sayid thinks Patch Eye is lying and we all know how right he was about Henry/Ben. Plus, Sayid's backstory is interesting. Fake names and food!

ACT THREE: Get some rope!! Man, I missed Sayid. And it looks like all the stuff we learned may be false. Oh well, the writers are still on the right track. Maybe next time an info dump will actually be relevant. Sayid's backstory is pretty good, although I can't remember if we've seen an atoning story with him. So much atoning on this show. Oh, and New Guy doesn't even play ping pong. What the heck, Lost?! This guy needs a reason for being ASAP!

ACT FOUR: Hanso talks about the hostiles! That means they're real and Patch Eye may have been truthful! Yay somewhat solved mysteries! Oh, and Locke is the worst guard. Ever. He's distracted way easily. "Ooooh computer chess!" "Ooooh paternal figure!" And poor Ms. Klugh! I'll be searching the internet for that translation soon.

ACT FIVE: A backstory that fits with the current story! Awesome! Of course the building gets blown up and thus destroys contact with the outside world. I'm just glad Kate and Locke weren't in there, thus leading to a lame "they're dead but we all know better" story that would stretch on for a while, with no one telling anyone else that the other party is alive / dead / captured / whatever. And yes, everything Patch Eye said...is true. This is a good feeling. Me likey.

MY SCORE: **** (out of 5)