I usually stay away from publishing profanity, but all of a sudden all I can think of is this phrase:

"Son of a bitch!"

Yes, it was Sawyer's time to shine on last night's Lost. There were plenty of very neat developments on this episode, not least of all the Others ripping open Sawyer's chest to inject a pacemaker that will make his heart explode if he gets too excited.

Okay, not really. But that's what we were led to believe by the oh-so-tricky Ben/Henry (who I will eventually just call Ben, but old habits and all that...). So it made for good funny/dramatic/tense moments, not least of which the point where Kate takes off her dress and Sawyer's heart rate monitor immediately starts beeping. ("Put some clothes on!") And playing like the fair guy he wants us to believe he is, Ben/Henry revealed the little practical joke to Sawyer at the end of the episode, while also pointing out to him that they're not even on the island. They're on another, much smaller island (two times the size of Alcatraz) that lies a little out from the main jumbo-island.

This presents a major problem to Locke and everyone on how to get the captives back. It also means Sayid had really bad luck when he had a freaking boat and still didn't see that other island. (Must've gone around the wrong way...)

But perhaps there's some underground Dharma structures that serve as passageways between the islands?

Some other good developments: back at camp, Desmond tests his newfound premonition ability. (I couldn't figure out what the point of the let-me-fix-your-roof conversation was until about five minutes after it started raining.) It'll be interesting to see just exactly how this happened and whether it can be explained away with logic.

Also, Jack is forced to to operate on the girl that Sun shot, but it's futile: she's dead after a few minutes. Jack, however, regaining his wits a bit, figured out a few things on his own: somebody in the Others' crew his a tumor on their spine, and since Jack just so happens to be a spinal surgeon, he suspects he knows why the Others wanted him in the first place. And was I imagining it or did it look like he wanted to make out with Juliet when he questioned her about it all?

That still leaves the question as to why Sawyer and Kate are along for the ride, but that only supports my theory: the Others want them to get busy so they can produce another kid, and have been keeping Jack separate so that can happen.

Another random theory: know how we found out Sawyer has a daughter in his flashbacks? I don't think he does. His ex-love was conning him because she knew he would send money. Just a thought.