I wanna live a vibrant life, but I wanna die a boring death

Thank you! I love to be a hater, but I also love to hate with precision and accuracy lmaooo

Yeah, the show is quite old. Sometimes I'm reminded of how old it is as I watch it, and it always makes me cringe.

#10 Gayzing (part 2)

#9 Spot the difference

#8 Realizing someone came back for her (finally)

#7 Just sobbing back at Kate

#6 Lip bite (part 2)

#5 Now KISS

#4 Choosing Kate to be the last thing she sees before CEASING TO EXIST

#3 ... Geminis

#2 Kate, you ARE the father

#1 The lesbian yearning look of peace and love and happiness

#10 Kate is biting her lip and flexing her muscles at the same time. Desperate af

#9 She was a flirt from the very beginning

#8 Gayzing

#7 Genuinely what was the direction here?

#6 Just sobbing at her

#5 A classic

#4 The lesbian yearning look of doom and despair

#3 The lesbian yearning look of doom and despair (part 2)

#2 Reuniting with her wife

#1 Reuniting with her dead wife

And while we're here, Kate doesn't talk to Claire about Charlie either. Charlie and Kate talk about CLAIRE, but Claire and Kate never talk about guys together. Because they don't care about guys when they're together. Because they love each other for exactly who they are.

I've heard a lot of people call Claire annoying in this episode, but I feel like this is genuinely Emilie De Ravin's best acting performance in the entire show. This episode offers such a visceral depiction of motherhood that is so rarely shown on TV. Even before the whole babynapping, Claire's struggle with being exhausted and overwhelmed and scared and confused is so well-portrayed. I appreciate how they emphasize the emotional aspect of being postpartum; Claire doesn't handle all her emotions very logically or clearly in this episode. But I also appreciate the acknowledgement of the physical pain too, as Claire is freaking out over being too tired and too hurt to carry Aaron to the caves. It's still not a true representation of what the experience is like, but it's pretty good for TV.

And I also think the actor does a brilliant job of switching between frantic, panicky crying and complete emotional numbness. I love how by the end of this truly horrible day, Claire physically and emotionally has no energy left to be upset.

If Lost would have continued to write her storyline this way, she could've been an insanely well-written character. Obviously she should have had other, non-baby related plotlines too, but I hate the way they pretty much just decide she's a perfect mom with no problems by season 2 (and certainly by season 3).