I laughed out lout when Sawyer goes "who the hell are you?" to those two randoms (nikki and something, I guess?). Exactly what the audience was going through a few episodes ago... I still want to yell at the screen whenever they come on, who ARE they??

and oh man, I just love Sayid sooooo much.

also, I like sawyer a lot better when he's not with kate. and her a lot better when she's not with him or jack. this island does not need a love triangle to make it interesting, and I think I can safely say that this is almost the only show where that's true.

I think this was one of the best episodes in a while. Great recap too! Thanks for the Russian translation, it was very helpful.

Loved the recap Greybishop!! You amaze me!! I would have never known anything about the "cat in a box" and that it was or may be important!!!

This is the first ep in a while where I actually was tensed up, which is a good thing!!! Had that good old S1 feeling!!!

old mcdharma had a farm, e-i-e-i-BLOW (up)!

as always, great recap, GB. lotsa laugh out loud moments as well as some stuff i missed

which cat is mew mew?

Great episode, exactly what I like about Lost.
"Enter 77" premiered on March 7, 2007. It depicted the 77th day on the island. Did you mention that the chess game was a famous chess game, the Brisbane Bombshell?

Did Sayid really torture her? Why not admit it earlier? Why didn't he learn any French in Paris (remember the French transmission that Shannon had to translate?) If the hostiles killed all of DHARMAs, what about Kelvin?

Anyway, despite the new questions it's great to learn about that cable way back in early season 1. It's good to finally find out about the Flame (the blast door map had it). It's good to know about that the Others are not DHARMA members, if Patchy (his real name is too complicated) can be believed.

Also, I think Shrondinger's cat is a huge strecth and an example of the kind of over-thinking that too many people seem to engage in.

Also, I think Shrondinger's cat is a huge strecth and an example of the kind of over-thinking that too many people seem to engage in.

I also don't understand the huge hatred people seem to have for Nikki and Paolo. No one complained about Arzt. I'm sure the complaining would be 100 fold if their introduction was with one of their flashbacks, but at least the complaining would be confined to one week, rather than every week they on screen.

Merick -
You are probably right in thinking that Schreodinger's Cat is overthinking things.
But.
One of the people I talk to about Lost figures that it's at least partially a mystery. As in "Mystery Novel".
When viewed through THAT lens, I often see a clue buried within something that seems meaningful but really isn't.
Or I could be overthinking things.
As for the chess game, no, I didn't know it was a famous one, but I'm not surprised. I only wish they'd have done better with the continuity on the shots of it...
When I was writing the recap yesterday, I only had time to do the most rudimentary checks and it still ended up a shot to shot nightmare.

Great recap Greybishop!

I loved that we saw Zorro taking another shit. I think we saw him once before taking a shit as well - let's hope his acting will be limited only to that extent.

Locke is an idiot. An absolute idiot. 'nough said.

But so are the writers. Come on - Losties stumble upon a new Dharma station and they don't spend any extended amount of time exploring it and looking for any possible info? Sayid doesn't spend time checking any possibility of reviving the communications? And to top it all - it's getting dark and they decide to leave? Why the hell would they not spend the night? Sleep in a house under the roof for a change. Make some steak, pour some wine and read those damn manuals!

While it was a good episode, it wasn't earh-shattering.

Oh and if you're playing Sawyer the best reward you can come up with is so that he won't call you names for a week? Oh please! What, they're gonna miss it so much that they can live without name calling only for one week?

The schrodinger's cat is a little far fetched, but really cool if it was on purpose. As a physicist - I am a little sad that I didn't pick up on the possible connection. Btw - one of the interpretations of the scrodinger's cat thought experiment is the idea of multiple universes. Whereas before the inside of the box is inspected, the cat is living and dead - each is equally likely. When you open the box, you "collapse the wave function" of the cat, forcing it into one reality or the other. The multiple universes interpretation says that both possibilities actually do occur and there is a "branching" of reality. In one universe - the cat is alive, in the other, it is dead. Sort of crazy to think about, but if you get right down to it, quantum mechanics is a branch of science that NO ONE understands. Several people can do the math and make predictions based on the wave functions, but if anyone tells you they know what it really means - they are lying.

This is also cool when considered in the framework of "Lost". What if the plane did not crash and there is a parallel universe where all the characters reached their destinations...

As an Animal Sciences major, I am really disappointed that they wanted us to belive that Mikhail's cat and the torture victim's cat were the same animal, but they didn't use the same cat for all the shots. One of them had more grey on its nose than the other.

abaumga2 -
It never even occurred to me that they'd be the same cat. Similar looking, sure, but not the same one.
A lot of folks I've been talking to did think it was the same cat, but a direct comparison puts that to bed pretty fast.

Goobs - Physicist? COOL. I'm sure I'm stretching it with the cat/box thing. Still, it was such a throwaway flashback, that was the only thing that really stood out as "clue"ey.

Another great recap, Greybishop! You seem to be getting the hang of it. Each one is better than the last.

The odd behavior of Locke and Danielle bothered me a bit. Still not sure what to make of that. I thought leaving/blowing up the Flame without first having a steak dinner and a nap was weird, too.

I was hoping that someone would scoop up Nadia and take her with them. Then again, maybe Nadia isn't really a cat. Maybe she's one of Smokey's incarnations. But, why would Smokey be hanging out with Patchy and Miss Klugh? I'm SO confused!

I don't think it would have been safe for them to spend a night in the farm. Suppose the Others came back and realized that some Losties had invaded the house? The place would have turned into a trap with no way out.

I thought the woman in the flashbacks was Nadia, the woman Sayid loved and saved. Maybe I can't remember everything about his backstory.

When did they connect with Danielle? I was surprised to see her at the beginning of the episode.

"Dammit, Locke!!"

is totally right. he just seemed like an irritating child in this episode.

Once again, a fine recap! It's nice to have such a quality recap to read, Greybishop. All the snark, and quantum physics too!

Merick said:
Also, I think Shrondinger's cat is a huge stretch and an example of the kind of over-thinking that too many people seem to engage in.
Isn't that the point of a show like Lost? To over think, dig out clues and theorize?
Goobs' comment (#11) is exactly why the cat thing is not over-thinking...it may actually be relevant!

What happened to the smoke thing?
What happened to the loud stomping pilot killing monster?
What happened to the Whispers that made you sick?
What happened to the random polar bears and horses?
What happened to Walt and Micheal?Yes I know the got off the island but then what?
I swear I am not being a smartass, I really want to know. Can anyone answer any of those questions for me please?

Don't forget...What happened to Sun's baby? I don't think thats been mentioned since she first got pregnant.

Regarding Bakunin, the episode showed a manuscript he was reading/editing. The screenshots of this manuscript showed that it is was about Afghanistan and some guy named Andrei.In red ink he had wriiten "My name is also Andrei" and also he had written down that he has forgotten alot about Afghanistan. Don't know what this would mean, or be in referal to...

did they not take any of the myriad of Dharma binders? Operations manual, food drop, etc...

Great recap- you are really hitting your stride.

Very interested in the cat in a box theory. I dont think it's stretching it, this whole show is based on putting in theories and hints to lead us down 101 different garden paths. Wouldn't be surprised if it was intentional, and wouldn't be surprised if it was an intentional dead end.

Locke is losing edge. His maddening ways were always part of what made him interesting, but he was maddening with conviction. Playing computer games while your friends are having a loud fistfight in the other room is not something a person with attutned hunting senses would do.

laughed for ten minutes when sawyer called hurley grimace.

I think Locke knew exactly what would happen when he pushed "77". He doesn't want to get off the island. Don't know why he tried to set up the communication first, but it seems to me he knew it was going to blow up.

I think Locke knew exactly what would happen when he pushed "77". He doesn't want to get off the island. Don't know why he tried to set up the communication first, but it seems to me he knew it was going to blow up.

My wife and I had the same thought- that he doesn't want to go home. In the outside world, he's John the cripple who screws up every good thing that comes his way.

On the island, he can walk, and (for a while at least) seemed to be a natural leader and outdoorsman. Of course, though, he's still screwing up a lot.

2 things:

1: If hostiles invaded, how much sense does it make to have to beat a chess game before sounding the alarm?

2: What would happen if hostiles invaded while the communication or sonar system was working? The chess player would never get the option to execute order 77: that only came up after comms and sonar were down.

Makes no sense at all. There to trick snoopers? If so, why have it actually connected to explosives? Take out the snooper? If so, it would have worked better if it blew sooner.

madpuppy - very interesting idea. may we be it- he doens't have much to look forward to on the outside world.

Mamiya- good point, that's not much of a security system.