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I revised, re-revised, and re-revised the short story I’ve been working on for the past week and finally decided that I had reached the level of tweaking minutia so I submitted it last night. I figure it’s a bit of a long shot for the market, but I think it’s a good story that will find a home if it turns out to be inappropriate for them.

Boston Legal: I was feeling so bad for Denny when it was revealed it was all a practical joke, but then he pulled off a terrific switcheroo. Well done. Law & Order was pretty good, too, with the “MySpace” pen-pals who were pretending to be other people and the one guy who fell in love with someone who had been dead for two years before he ever started corresponding with her.

LOST:
Keeping all the different groups moving independently and yet getting them to converge at the right times is like an intricate chess match. How the O6 all get back together again is going to be interesting. It was brilliant that Sun bought out her father’s company. I thought he was going to have to tell her someone had embezzeled all the money. However, that makes it seem like the Oceanic payoff wasn’t just big but huge.

The way Jack finds out about Claire was very well done. I guess that means that he doesn’t encounter his father on the island. And it also explains why he is so reticent to be with Aaron, his nephew, who he delivered for his sister without realizing it. Especially since Claire got left behind. I almost didn’t recognize Veronica Hamel (Hill Street Blues) as Jack’s mother. She appeared in season one playing her, too, in the episode where Jack finds out his father is in Australia.

Hurley and Ben should take their show on the road. They could be the new Laurel and Hardy. “Those are 15 years old, you know,” Ben sez. “Dude, are you talking about me?” Hurley asks the female reporter.

I wonder if the O6 are “moving the island” by telling their story. Someone speculated that the gizmo on Keamy’s arm might have some connection to the stockpile of explosives on the freighter.

I’ve reconsidered going to see The Police. $50 (plus various and sundry handling charges and service fees) just for lawn seats. The reserved seats go up to something like $240. Maybe I’ll just go for a walk along the riverwalk behind the pavilion that evening and eavesdrop.