Last Night's Lost Episode

Wow! Last night's Lost episode had me on the edge of my seat. We learned what happened to Michael (and a bit about Walt) since he made it back to NYC. Really freaky that he couldn't succeed in killing himself...hmmm...didn't think the island's powers would continue once people had left. The other freaky thing is how 'Mr Friendly' appeared in NYC without any problems. Was the sub their only way off the island? We finally learned that Penny's father is behind much of the treachery: digging up dead bodies in Asia, procuring a jet and then a freighter to drop it all in an ocean trench so deep that no one can retrieve it to identify the bodies. So, Ben is correct in his assumption that these people didn't come on a rescue mission, rather they are there to kill everyone on the island! Yikes. The episode ends with Rousseau and Alex's boyfriend being shot and Alex surrendering. Just can't believe that we must wait another month for the finale. Oh, the agony of delayed gratification.