"...theorising that one could time travel..."

Somehow Lost has turned in to Quantum Leap. Sort of. Only instead of just one person leaping through time, it's half the cast. And there's no Al. Presumably he's still too busy being evil in Battlestar Galactica.

Talking of which... (and I apologise for any Sky viewers reading this in case I give away spoilers; really I don't know what day it's on there, so if you've not seen S4 Ep 13, stop reading now and only come back for the bit at the end which is about Lost theories. That's safe as Sky viewers are enjoying episode I'm writing about as I type, and who's sad enough to read the internet whilst watching new episodes of TV shows. Well... as some loony forums attest, quite a few people. There are entire threads on some written by people who are giving their "OMG!!!", "SQUEEEEEEEEE" and "ROLF" opinions as things are happening. Losers.)

Anyhow... Battlestar Galactica's latest episode was an absolute belter. Rebellion. Insurrection. Mutiny. And with, erm, Felix Gaeta in charge... it was a real hum dinger of an episode, with each twist and turn bringing ever more unexpected happenings. Who would have thought that Gaeta could amass such a large amount of people to launch a successful (well, successful at this stage) mutiny without a single word of it getting back to The Powers That Be. Impressive. There's one thing that BSG does really well, and that's putting its characters in to dark and dire situations. This goes right back to the mini-series where virtually everyone is killed, followed by 33 (which I maintain is one of the very best single episodes of anything) where the Cylons relentlessly pursue the fleet with only a 33 minute window between each new attack. That one episode, actually, is BSG in miniature, summing up the bleak nature of the show, yet ending with a hint of optimism. The bleakness continued with the New Caprica arc at the start of season 3; with most of humanity under Cylon subjugation you got the impression, for a while, that this was it and that there was no way out. And I'm getting that feeling again. Only now, as the show enters its final run - just seven episodes to go, remember - all bets are off, no-one's safe. Though having said that, anyone who thinks Adama and Tigh are dead at the end of this episode has rocks in their head. Adama makes the finale, that's fer sure...

Also heading to its end is Lost, although rather than just 7 episodes to go, Lost has 31 more. The third episode saw several things slot in to place, and the great thing was that they weren't shoehorned in, and weren't over egged. For example we now know why Richard Alpert was at Locke's birth; because Locke told him where and when he was to be born. The bomb, which was to be buried in concrete is clearly the thing that was buried in concrete in the Swan in Season 2... oh, and as ever it opens up the possibility of theories...

1 - that Ellie chick who Daniel thought looked familiar...? 'Course she looked familiar, Danny-boy, she's your mother. Ellie = Eloise, and it's odds on that Eloise Hawking is Daniel's mum.

2 - "Do not mistake coincidence for fate," said Eko back in Season 2, but Eloise and Charles Widmore on the island together...? Could Charles be Daniel's daddy...? Who knows...

But my favourite is this one:

3 - Penny's dad and her son are the same person... think about it. Penny gives birth to Charlie who grows up a bit and ends up travelling back in time to the island in the 50s where he prefers to be known as Charles. Think about it. It works. It'd make Desmond Charles Widmore's dad. However, it does mean Charles would have to shag his own grannie to create Penny. But would he know he's doing this...? 

Ooh. I do love Lost