Anyone else think its interesting that the episode was pretty lame and also that there were more commercials during each break than normal? 5-6 commercials at least during each break in the action, or lack thereof last night, and I think the audience is being pimped out to the advertising industry no doubt.

Eh, it's not like it costs me anything to watch the commercials...

Mmmm, Miller Lite....

Anyone else think its interesting that the episode was pretty lame and also that there were more commercials during each break than normal? 5-6 commercials at least during each break in the action, or lack thereof last night, and I think the audience is being pimped out to the advertising industry no doubt.

I will say that it probably didn't cost much, comparably, to make this episode.

commercials dont bother me, as long as the episode isnt crap, which obviously this one was.

I think of it as a filler episode - getting us from one point to another - not enough to fill a normal hour -- sadly :(

Yea, I hear ya. But this is LOST, and the "filler" shows previously have still been good and revealing. However, this one was an obvious exception to that.

Everyone has a right to an opinion, and this last episode is no exception.

I personally don't mind the commercials at all, because we just mute the tv when they come on, and it gives my wife and me a very good opportunity to talk about what we just saw in the episode. This is very nice, because sometimes one of us might have missed something that happened in the show, and the commercial break gives us a chance to ask the other person what happened. Or, it also allows us to come up with tentative theories about what is going on. To tell the truth, the commercials being longer is something I am not even aware of because we use the time so constructively.

Now, as for this last episode being "filler", that is of course an opinion that some people - perhaps many people even - might have. But not I. To me, this episode was just as riveting as the last two weeks' have been. It was riveting in different, more subtle, more psychological ways, but for me it was riveting - I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I especially enjoyed the part where we got to be introduced to a new character among the Others (Isabel), got to see Jack and Juliet get tighter (something I've been hoping will happen), and see Sawyer and Kate become estranged again - I was thinking that they were both beginning to act out of character too much with all this lovey dovey stuff between them.

But mostly, I really enjoyed the cinematographic aspects of this episode. It was beautiful. I really liked the lighting - and to some that may seem like I'm picking at straws to find something good about the show, but I really am a nut about the art of film, and this last episode was shot with incredible attention to lighting, sound, and overall set. There were a couple of scenes that were sublime - especially the last musically scored scene showing various people and finishing on Jack and Juliet in the bow of the boat. I loved this episode.