One or two of you may have noticed that there was nary a mention of "Lost" last week on the Beehive. Between the Rogueing and the Art Hopping, I wasn't able to sit down and watch Wednesday night's episode -- titled "LaFleur" -- until days later. It may be late, but I'm ready to talk about it now (and I hope you are too).

There wasn't a whole lot of "Lost" mythology covered in the episode, so instead of the usual trying-to-figure-out-what-it-all-means business, I just want to gush about Sawyer. Maybe it's my ovaries talking, but I loved seeing the transformation of Sawyer from wise-cracking, fuselage-thieving, Hurley-bashing, Jack-envying con man to absolute romantic hero.

From jumping with no hesitation into the (alas, filled) well to save John Locke, to being the man with the (alas, "stupid" according to Juliet) plan to return to the beach, to saving Amy from the Hostiles (Others), to coming up with the wrecked ship story to tell the Dharama-ites, to preserving the truce between the Hostiles and the Dharma Initiative, to saving Horace Goodspeed from himself, to building up Juliet's confidence enough to deliver Amy's baby ... well, he's the Jack Shephard Jack Shephard wants to be, isn't he?

And let me take a moment to say something nice about Juliet. There are those who hate her and her smug little smirk -- for being an Other, for kissing Jack even though she sees he's in love with Kate, for rattling off Latin like some kind of book-learned know-it-all, for a variety of reasons. I've never had beef with Juliet, but I've never thought much of her, either. This episode changed that for me. I actually love Juliet with Sawyer, and here's why: despite everything that happened between Kate and him, and his love for her, Kate never really valued Sawyer. She used him.

But as we've seen since Sawyer washed up wet and shirtless on the beach after jumping out of the helicopter to save those bound for the freighter, Juliet has always had Sawyer's back. She follows his plans without question, even though she thinks they're stupid. And, more importantly, she calls Sawyer by his real name, James. It's clear that, unlike Kate, Juliet sees the real Sawyer, and values him. Loves him, actually, as we found out in Wednesday's episode.

Watching Sawyer bloom (like a flower ... ohmigod, la fleur means "the flower" in French. Clever!) was one of the highlights of the season for me. What did you think? What was your favorite Sawyer moment from the episode? I can't choose between Sawyer calling out Richard Alpert's guyliner tendencies or that sweet, proud grin he gave after Juliet saved Amy's baby.

Sadly, there's no new "Lost" this week, so we have time to ruminate on these final two thoughts:

1). Was Jimmy Barrett so embarrassed from getting his ass kicked by Don Draper that he gave up show business to join the Dharma Initiative? (Seriously, start watching "Mad Men" now. "Lost" won't last forever.)

2). The four-toed statue. It exists! That was it, right? Or could it have been some other ridiculously large monument standing tall on an island in the middle of nowhere? Does the statue have anything to do with the hieroglyphs seen on the Temple, home to the Smoke Monster? More importantly, does it have anything to do with Richard Alpert's eyeliner??

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