Why Couldn't Jay's VCR Work?!

May I just say that daylight savings time was obviously not invented by people with small children. Last night was TORTURE having to try to watch Lost AND deal with the kiddos. Since it was still light at their bedtime, I figured I would pop in a movie so that I could watch Lost. All was quite until minute 2.5 of the show when the DVD player in our room started acting up and they came in to inform me. So, I run back to our room, fix (hit) the DVD and run back to the show. What I missed, I will never know. Anyway, to make a long story short, the movie didn't work, they were too tired to get along with each other, so I had to pretend to play blocks with them while watching Lost. At the 8:30 commercial, I get them in bed. All is quite until the show comes back on and then, "MAMA I NEED (fill in the blank)" Water, flashlight, dolls, fan, blanket, blah blah blah. AND THEN, right at a good part, Kevin calls from Las Vegas to tell me he won $30. WHO CARES!? LOST IS ON!! CALL ME BACK IN 15 MINUTES!! And then he tries to argue with me saying it was only 6:45. Einstein neglected to remember he was 2 hours behind me. AND, my brother's VCR wasn't working, so he couldn't tape it for us. All I know is that Hurley was in turmoil, the guy in the hatch is one of the Others, and the girl was in the mental hospital with Hurley. But, I don't know what any of this means. I guess we'll have to worm our way over to the Tucker's house this weekend and watch it on Tivo. Any insights from anyone? PS Maggie's still sick, Macie's much better, still can't talk very well. She said this morning that she has a frog in her teeth.