Lost Series Theories 5.8

I just watched this week's episode of Lost. My mom and Danielle watched it without me while I was at work last night, which pissed me off at the time, and then they told me (well at least my mom told me) that they didn't like the episode and they thought it was dumb. So in the end I'm glad I didn't watch it with those downers.

Really I thought it was a pretty good episode. However, while it explained a lot, it left many questions unanswered and of course, raised a million new questions. It's cool that three years passed on the island too. I would've been pissed if it was like 3 island days during 3 main land years. But here are my questions:

1. It never really explained why Sawyer and the rest of them stayed on the island for longer then 2 weeks, so why did they? And how did they become such esteemed members of the Darhma Initiative?

2. Where are the other people who were left behind, like Rose and Bernard and the other random people who we don't really know? Are they just going to leave them out of the rest of the show? Or have they been wandering around the island in the 1970's for three years and still haven't been in contact with Sawyer, Juliette and company? Maybe they all died of nosebleeds. I have no idea.

3. What year did Ben come to the island with his dad? I feel like maybe they told us at some point and I'm just forgetting, but it seems like he should be there by at least 1977... maybe not. I don't know.

4. Who else hates Horris? That isn't really a theoretical question, but he really gets on my nerves. I think it's his hair. It gives him really creepy vibes. Ick.

5. How are they going to explain to the DI peeps that their "crew members" showed up on the island finally three years later wearing business suits and other random attire? I'm pretty sure that the Darhma people will be able to smell the bullshit radiating from that story, whatever it may be.

6. Where are Sayid, Ben and Sun?

7. Where (or when???) is Locke, and what is going on with all the people from that crashed plane?

and obviously the most important question is 8. WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THIS BIG LOVE SQUARE??!?!?!?!?! Obviously Sawyer isn't as over Kate as he thought he was. I think that Jack and Juliette are probably way over each other because really they were only "in love" or "dating" or whatever for like 3 days and that was 3 years ago. But Sawyer and Kate are a different story. So who is going to end up with who? I think we're in store for some drama.

Oh... and I almost forgot my last question... 9. Where is Daniel in the future? He was in the past, but not in the future, but maybe they just didn't show him???