Billy Bob Thornton's awkward interview

Billy Bob Thornton goes all "Joaquin Pheonix" on a radio host in this extremely awkward interview.

Lost: Smokey lives in a toilet?

What an excellent episode last night, even if the smoke monster looked pretty cheezy. Let's do the numbered-for-no-apparent-reason rundown again:

1 - Is Locke now the smoke monster? Locke disappears, the smoke monster appears. Lock appears, the smoke monster disappears. Kind of like Clark Kent. Is it possible that Locke, Christian Shepard, Claire and Kate's horse are all actually the smoke monster? Is the monster taking some sort of human form to help lead the living in protecting the island? I really hope the smoke monster is explained a little better in the future. Why did it kill the pilot? What did Locke see in the monster way back in season 1 that made him a believer in the island?

2 - See ya, Caesar! Hey, at least you didn't get bitten by some rare spider that paralyzes you!

3 - "What lies in the shadow of the statue?" Wha? So I'm thinking that these people didn't just happen to be on the plane with Jack and company. They're on the island for a reason, and they've got a big metal box to prove it. Are they sent by Widmore or do they have a different purpose? The way they were preparing to carry it with the long bamboo sticks kind of made it look like a sarcophagus or ark. Could the statue they're talking about in their code phrase be the 4-toed Egyptian statue? If it is, we know that the well lies in the shadow of that statue... you know, the well where the giant wheel is buried!

4 - We now know why Widmore was banished from the island. He was getting it on with Ellie off-island and had a kid (Penny or Faraday?). But was he really tricked somehow by Ben? In a past episode Widmore talks about how he was exiled from the island and it was Ben's fault. Was Ben protecting Alex by banishing Widmore and keeping the island hidden?

5 - Ethan pops up next to Ben during their mission to kill Rousseau. According to past episodes, Alex was kidnapped before the purge happened. So Ben and Ethan are still living with the Dharma Initiative and sneaking out to see the Others for secret missions? Richard told Ben that he could still be one of them without living among them.

6 - Ben tells Sun that "dead is dead, even on the island". Ben also told Locke that he knew that he would come back to life, that's why he murdered him. So who is he telling the truth to? Is it a little of both? Was Ben hoping Locke would come back to life, but wasn't quite sure? And (back to #1) Is Locke really dead?

There's lots more to talk about, like why Desmond didn't die and what's up with those whispers? Let's continue this in the comments section, I have a show to do!