This week's episode of Lost was 80% fluff and downright enjoyable. We didn't have to worry about whether the show would live up to the idiotic advertisers at ABC ("Three of Lost's biggest mysteries will be revealed!" Uh, no). We didn't have to worry about whether or not Jack will continue not asking the Others the questions that everyone else would be asking them ("So guys, uh...who are you?") It was just about the characters we've come to love, on the island we've come to love. Sayid even had more than one line. Shocking!

So despite the lack of heavy mythology and mystery in this episode (which I'm sure plenty of internet "fans" were complaining about), it was good. After a flashback introducing Cheech Marin as Hurley's dad, we're treated to the big guy sitting on the beach, talking. The pull-back to reveal Libby's grave was delightful -- in that heartbreaking, love-lorn, sad-Hurley kind of way. Point is, I was into it.

The main plot of the episode -- Hurley trying to breathe life into a decrepit Little Miss Sunshine bus (complete with decapitated Dharma head inside) -- was basically just an excuse to feature Hurley, play Southern rock music, and tell some jokes. His flashbacks dealt with his father's return after winning the lottery, and while they weren't as successful as the main story, it did help shade Hurley a bit. His dad telling him he'll be there when Hurley gets back from Australia seemed like a moment straight out of season one.

And by the way, the non-sequiter title, of course, refers to the funniest moment of the episode, when bitchy reporter Tricia Tanaka (always include the first and last names) gets owned by a meteor. (Actually, a meteorite.)

In other news, Charlie's still alive, Kate and Sawyer are still on the outs, and our unbalanced friend Danielle Rousseau is back. That's right, Kate takes off into the jungle -- hm, I've missed those "somebody heads into the jungle" plots -- to get her help when Sayid and Locke are standing right there perfectly capable. Burn. They, of course, follow her to point this out to her, while also mentioning that Eko's stick can lead them to Jack...somehow. The logic is a bit fuzzy, but if it lets Locke and especially Sayid do something again! then I'll go with it.

So who's excited about a showdown between Danielle and Ben ("No, I'm her parent!") Who else was strangely satisfied by the horrific death of a fictional TV reporter? And who grimaced a little when Sawyer started drinking the flat, warm, twenty-year-old Dharma beer?