“You said that there is still good in your soul. Then prove it.”

Sayid has spent his entire life attempting to do the right things in order to redeem himself for the horrible torture he inflicted upon people while serving for the Iraqi Republican Guard. And, apparently, he’ll spend his flash-sideways life doing the same thing. Problem is, circumstances keep arising where killing or torturing someone is (or he is told is) the right thing.

This week’s flash-sideways focused on Jack (finally!) and his relationship with his son. Yes, in this other timeline, Jack has a teenage piano-prodigy son named David with an unidentified ex-wife. The littlest Shephard at first appeared to be following in his dad’s father-hating footsteps, but by the end of the episode Jack and David had a heart-to-heart and resolved their differences. While the story was sweet and the father twist was interesting, the really crucial aspects of the flash-sideways were the things mentioned in passing. Like, for example, Jack’s childhood appendectomy.

Valentine’s Day is an easy target for comedy. I mean, look at the recent movie that just came out in theaters this week, so cleverly titled “Valentine’s Day.” (Another case in point: the movie—which I saw on Friday — was basically “Love, Actually” with American actors … it was a romantic/comedic copy of a romantic comedy). “30 Rock” never ceases to amaze me in its ability to take a comedic theme that’s been so overdone or so obvious and making it novel and enjoyable.

For starters, Jenna and her problems with her stalker were fantastic.

This week’s “Community” episode was a solid B+, I’d say. It had mostly great elements with a few easily-changed elements.

I’m always surprised to see Britta all dolled up. We’ve only seen it a few times, but I’m always kind of surprised that she isn’t cuter. She actually looks a lot better without the skimpy dress and lipstick. And while we’re on the topic of girls related to Jeff, I still don’t really like the stats professor. She certainly is very pretty, but she’s so … I don’t know what the deal is with her. But she rubs me the wrong way.

I felt like “Lost” was speaking directly to me in this week’s episode.

“But you are so close, it would be such a shame to turn back now.”

Not that I ever contemplated turning away from my favorite show and, some may say, sole obsession, but after knocking the last episode for being unimportant and rather boring, I needed that nudge from Smocke (Smoke Monster-Locke, for those who have not been keeping up) to tell me that the answers are coming. And then there they were.

Finally, we got some insight into how everyone ended up on the island.

I have to admit, I am a little disappointed in last night’s episode of Lost. Last episode brought the bang and last night brought the bore. With all of the promises of answers and action, I guess I got my hopes up for a season filled with as much mystery and excitement as any season premiere or finale. I know that is a lot to ask, but even so, not much happened last night.

Let’s start with the events off the Island, since I find them the most intriguing.

That was a good episode. It’s always a good sign when you can say an episode is just “typical” or “regular” for a series, and it’s still hilarious. Oh, “30 Rock,” where would we be without you?

The guest star was fantastic. I don’t know who she is; all I know is that she did the voice of Apu’s wife on “The Simpsons” for like 6 years. Her character was totally outrageous and hilarious.

I was very pleasantly surprised with this week’s episode of “Community.” This will come out as a back-handed compliment, but “Community” has a hard time balancing an overarching storyline and multiple plots; normally, the episode will be too far to one side of the spectrum. However, this episode was a great balance of the two, with a strong overarching storyline without sacrificing the comedic gold of multiple plots.

I particularly enjoyed Pierce’s place in this episode. He’s tiresome most of the time, and I find him to be the bad kind of annoying.

This week’s episode of “NCIS” was — personally — a little disappointing. I mean, yes, it could have something to do that the final season of “Lost” was set to premiere immediately following this episode’s end (a scenario that is very likely, as I’ve been a fan since the first season), but I don’t know. There just seemed to be something missing from this episode. Perhaps it’s simply because last week’s installment, “Jet Lag,” was so superior to so many episodes of “NCIS” that have been aired this season.

Regardless, the show must go on, yes?

This is it. The beginning of the end. Where to begin?

Let’s start with a simple recap. Ha. How can anything with “Lost” be simple? Especially after that mind-melting season premiere. But I’ll give it a go nonetheless.

So the beginning made us all believe that Juliet had succeeded. Jack and Rose are chatting on the plane about turbulence, the suitcases start falling but the plane keeps going. “You can let go. Looks like we made it,” Rose tells Jack. Desmond even makes an appearance on the plane, which he did not belong on, making us believe time has been reset.