LOSTBLOG -- Live-blogging "Jughead"

The new episode of "Lost" begins at 8 p.m. Let's give this live-blogging thing a shot. I'll be updating the blog every few minutes with comments and questions; hit refresh and feel free to comment and ask your own questions! (Come on, you don't want to leave me hanging, do you?)

Posts will display in chronological order. They begin after the jump:

757: OK, the rerun of "The Lie" is about to wrap it up. I love Locke's casual greeting to James and Juliet after stabbing some fools. Herc over at aintitcool.com calls tonight's new ep one of the best in the show's history. We'll find out soon...

759: Not sure where that promo gets 20 million viewers from. It only got 11 mil in the Nielsens. I guess they're taking DVRs and online views into account...

800: "I AM DESMOND. LISTEN TO ME, I AM SCOTTISH AND SEXY."

801: Holy crap! Little Desmond is on the way!

803: So...when the heck did that happen?

804: Sonya Walger might be the best actress on this show. Too bad she's only been in like, ten episodes.

805: "Why do you look so worried?" Ummmm....maybe because we're all stuck on an island that's ripping the space-time continuum a new a-hole?

806: BLOWN UP, SIR!

807: Niiiiiice shot down the barrel of the gun. And she knows Daniel!

808: Thankfully, it looks like we're already gonna find out who these new hostiles are. That's good, cuz I didn't need another season or two of wondering who the heck the bad guys are. (Or if they're even bad guys.)

810: Yes, "done with this for good." I'm so sure...

812: OK, I hate this character already.

813: So "The Others" were all taught Latin. Did we know that already?

815: I think Lisa's on the right track: Young Rousseau will be revealed this season.

816: "I'm the mayor of Gotham City, and I wear eyeshadow! You like?"

819: Is it the university, or the monastery where Desmond once lived? Both places used the same set. (Thanks, Season 4 DVD commentary!)

820: Those sunglasses are awesome.

822: The Force is strong with Michael Giacchino's strings in this episode. I love the music on this show.

824: So Richard was the leader before Benjamin Linus. But why does he still stick around?

825: WHOA! Daniel declares love for Staples. That's the first bit of emotion we've seen from him since "Confirmed Dead," 4x02.

827: I'm excited. It looks like Juliet's going to become an integral part of the plot again. She really got the shaft last season.

828: Ohhhhh boy! Locke's transformation into the new Ben Linus has begun!

831: Halfway through, and there's no Oceanic Six drama yet. They'll probably have to do whole episodes without them or without the island entirely, seeing as Ben only has 70 hours to get everyone back before .... something happens.

833: Looks like she's gonna be a lot of help.

834: FARADAY IS A BAD GUY! Or does he not know that Widmore's the big bad?

836: So...is Richard taking orders from Ben? Jacob? Someone else?

837: Ha! "I'm an Other, you're an Other reunion!"

838: That's who that woman is. She's Charlotte's mother! And Charlotte hasn't complained of the time sickness in a while...

839: Cool, "Coraline" trailer. That and "Push" both come out a week from Friday. Sweet.

844: And there's why the episode is called "Jughead" -- it's painted on the side of the H-bomb.

847: "You told her?" Sawyer's got good one-liners tonight.

848: "Let Kiki take the day off so she can be with Sandy and Seth." Oh wait, wrong show...

849: If Desmond meets Ms. Hawking, he's gonna see Ben ... and Ben's gonna find out where Penny is ... and Ben wants to kill Penny.

850: Actually, Des, the big bad did give you some pretty darn good advice.

851: Now we know why Richard came to visit Little Locke at the end of Season 4.

851: ZOMG! Young Charles Widmore! This episode is just spilling beans left and right!

856: RE: "Life on Mars" commercial: Gretchen Mol looks really hot in that cop uniform with that little hat.

858: That is so awesome that the kid's name is Charlie. I love this show.

858: Bad idea, Pen. Ben's gonna kill ya!

900: So three episodes in, John and Richard are emerging as the most fascinating characters to watch.

901: Yep, I'd say it's pretty definitive that Charlotte's mom is her constant.

901: Looks like the Oceanic Six are coming back .... immediately! Darlton weren't kidding when they said we'd be surprised at how quickly they advanced the story this year.

IN SUMMARY: This has to be the most revelatory episode in the show's history. So many questions were answered -- or at least appeared to be answered -- and there were some big new surprises. (And, of course, big new questions.) I wouldn't put it up there with "The Shape of Things To Come" and "Walkabout," but it was pretty darn good. The liveblog will be back next week!

IN ADDENDUM: Many Losties seem to think that the young Other with the gun that Daniel said looked familiar is actually Ms. Hawking, aka Daniel's mother. The trivia track on "The Lie" revealed her name is Eloise Hawking, and the Other's name was Ellie. (Bonus points to anyone who can remember the name of Faraday's lab rat in "The Constant.")

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Best scene: John tells Richard to visit him in two years ... at his birth.

Best line: Sawyer: "Listen, I hate to break up this 'I'm an Other, you're an Other' reunion ..."

Best performance: Sonya Walger, who delivered one hell of a delivery scene at the top of the show.