DOWN THE BACK STRETCH

Well, LOST's last season is more than a third completed to date. We still don't really know if this is a horse race to the end, a NASCAR race, a cross country race, or a object in a decaying orbit around the sun.

The unnamed old Rules have been replaced with New Rules which appear violated immediately.

It may come down to a case that everyone is lying about everything. So how does one unwind that mountain of yarns and tangled lies? It seems hard with only about ten hours of show left.

In horse racing, rail watchers will tell you never to rule out any horse until after the leader comes around the final turn. Strong horses can hide in the pack, ready to muster a push at the end.

The first shall be last and the last shall be first.

I recall that Jorge Garcia was the first actor hired by TPTB. It may have been a coincidence, but the Hurley story line has always been kept around the fringes of the main conflicts. He would have been the last character one would think of to be the Answer for the entire show. The unanswered question that nobody asks anymore is why is Hugo Reyes called "Hurley" in the first place. The root is in Old Middle English for hurl, meaning to "reduplicate."