LOST: Hurley/Sawyer Comedy Pilot?

Let's get it out of the way: Kate took Aaron, Claire's baby, off the island. This week's flash concerned Kate's trial, which was won on the basis of character (since American justice is just a balance of all the good and all the bad a person's ever done). The Oceanic Six jerry rigged their story as to make Kate a hero and help her case. It also helped that she adopted an orphaned baby; since her lawyer wanted to bring Aaron into the court room, it's safe to assume that everyone knows she adopted him (plus, it would be pretty easy to check hospital records to see if one Kate Austen ever gave birth). So: does Aaron count as one of the Oceanic Six? Or do you have to be at least this tall to ride that ride?

At her trial, Jack recites the official story: eight survived the plane crash, and were cared for (on an island) by Kate, though two died during the wait. One of those dead is surely Claire; and the other? No idea. The real question is, why insert another character in the story, as to complicate it? Why name drop one more person in the story?

The hard thing to divine is, how old is Aaron. He's fat and talking, a big evolutionary improvement over small baby. He's like four years old. These flashforwards are literally years in the future from the present. And they go further, as Jack is seen in his pre-wino phase (speaking of Jack's wino, in the season three finale, when Kate mentions that "he" would be expecting her, did she mean Aaron? Or can I hold out hope that it's her past cop husband, Nathan Fillion?)

Jack and Kate's parking garage encounter is the stuff romantic comedies are made of - beautiful. And yet Jack doesn't want Aaron in his life (at least their relationship problems have been boiled down to one crux). Does Aaron invoke nightmares of the island?

And P.S. what happened to the Jack-Juliet train? It's a no go, off and currently on island. Jack, I'm afraid you're destined to slight her.

On island, Miles tries to extort Ben, and Ben has a week to figure out how to kill Miles, though Locke might do it first. Kate and Sawyer try to play house, but Sawyer definitely does not pass the relationship litmus test. And the heli is AWOL. Frank is too natural to be conniving, and if he did connive, I doubt that he could overpower both Des and Sayid. The most likely explanation is they put down somewhere. Figures. Or that there's a space-time continuum issue. On this show, that's just as likely.

Or maybe Naomi woke up. I cross my fingers. Like Miles said, "she was hot and I dug her accent."

IN OTHER NEWS, Daniel has memory problems, Kate and Saywer's relationship is abusive, Miles is just as slimy as he looks, laugh track is on cue for Sawyer and Hurley's roomie scenes, and Locke has actually gone Colonel Kurtz.

So, to review: helicopter? Romantic prospects? Grenade in mouth? Tune in next week. And in the mean time (not like angry time, but the time in between), check out Jeff Jensen's interview with the producers, where they bash Heroes and talk about which mysteries will be revealed this season (man in coffin! All of Oceanic Six by episode seven! Space-time contiunucrap!).