I'm hesitant to even guess who is going to die. They seem to direct you to the obvious, such as Boone, and then throw in a twist. It is ironic that it appears Boone might die from a plane crash after surviving a plane crash. I don't think they can kill off Clare, that would make the baby's survival difficult with nothing to feed it and we know how people react to a baby being killed by looking at the reaction of many to the cylon, Six, in TNS pilot.
Rowan-thanks for the translation, it is interesting.
To jump back to the purgatory idea...what did Jack do? He lied at first but later turned his dad in. I don't think that is what is going on but I can't tell what is.
Locke sure seemed to be loosing it in the last episode but his ranting did get something to happen at the portal.
The writers are very good at bring up more questions than they answer in each episode. Makes me look forward to Wednesdays.