Loved Michael's willingness to just give up the raft for Walt (and was shivery about Walt's new desire to leave), and thought his interaction with Sawyer and Kate was done very naturally. We also got a glimpse of his innate fairness when Kate originally wanted to nudge Sawyer off and Michael wouldn't agree, despite her (supposed) sailoring skills. Also got a kick out of the way Jin physically stepped in on Michael's behalf, when the speech became fast and furious.

I don't want these characters to sail away! Although there doesn't seem to be any replacement on the raft yet...

I was defintely pleasantly surprised that Micheal was going to stay for Walt. I expected him to try to keep convincing him to go. I guess he realized things were pretty serious for Walt to burn down the raft.

I don't want Michael to leave on the raft - lol, I'm afraid whoever gets on it isn't coming back!
I think Jack should tell Michael who poisoned him - since it wasn't done intentionally to make MIchael
sick, at least then he would know nobody was 'after him.'

I guess that truth of that poisoning situation never got resolved.

I found it interesting that he went back on his word with Sawyer. But, it's about trying to protect your child I guess.
And he was the one in the beginning to see the handcuffs.

It really looks like it's Michael, Walt, Sawyer, and Jin on the raft, and I'm afraid someone won't make it back. So much attention is being paid to the raft, which likely would not be the case if it was going to be safe. It would really be depressing if Michael and/or Walt should die just as they're getting the father/son relationship working.

I'm loving Michael more and more each episode! Who's your Daddy? :lol2:

:)

I'm wondering how much of the raft they're going to give us this week--the push-off, I guess, but I wonder if we'll really get any on-board scenes till the finale. Interesting that the writers haven't bothered to (at least yet) show any resentment towards the rafters for taking certain types of things (some of the blue plastic, water containers, parts of the fuselage), and that no one seems to have tried to talk them out of sailing--or talk them into building a flotilla. In fact, have Jack, Locke or Sayid ever said anything positive or negative about the whole idea of the raft sailing?