Not a ton of exciting stuff to talk about today re: Lost—last night’s episode was a building block to the finale, which begins its multiple week run in two weeks. But this is Lost: There’s always something. More after the jump.

- Liz smartly pointed out in a previous post that Jack seemed to know he was related to Aaron. "He’s not even related to you," he had yelled at Kate. Now we know for sure. Which means…it’s even more infuriating that Jack wants nothing to do with the boy for so long.

- We know that Jin’s not one of the Oceanic Six, and Sun says at the press conference that he was killed on the plane. I wonder if that means he’s going to be dying in the season finale. I mean, he’s trapped in a room full of explosives, and every one of the Six (except Sun and Aaron, who I assume will get back on a boat) are on the island still.

- What was up with that press conference, btw? Lamest interview questions ever. One woman was sort of getting at something: "So Kate, does that mean you were six months pregnant while the feds were after you?" But when Kate didn’t really respond, she laughed it off and asked something else. "What’s your favorite color?" Something like that.

- When I told a friend that I was watching Lost last night, she said she had heard the show was going down hill. No, I brilliantly retorted. But truly during season three, I had that fear. So what’s making Lost so compelling this season? It can’t simply be that they’re providing answers. The show’s more driven to an an end now—and for the first time, we can sort of see where things are going to move to. Here’s a question for everyone: Do you think they’ll get off the island this season? And do the rest of the show on the mainland?