Did anyone pick up on a clue as to why Ana might have been in Australia?

I'm curious as to how/why she was down there?

None yet that I have seen/heard.

No, and I was waiting for that! I assume she's no longer LAPD, so I've been wondering if she has a new career that was connected to her presence in Syndey (sky marshall, airline security, etc.) I also wonder if she became a bounty hunter and maybe she was after Kate too.

I have speculation, but not sure how to do the spoiler font thingie, so I will keep it to myself.

A little off-topic, but who do you think called Ana-Lucia on her cell, interrupting her first meeting with Jack?

When she killed that guy (Jason?), was she in an Australian bar (kind of like how Jacks dad was in one when he met Sawyer)? I don't have it taped/tivo'd so I cant go back and check out the license plates, etc...

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Ana was in Sydney to take a break from her job. Some mandated time away. That's what I head, anyway.

No, she wasn't in Sydney when she capped Jason. All american's around her.

I have posted about her being a bounty hunter and after Kate too. THAT would be awesome...

I was thinking she was in Australia because she ran after killing her shooter....my question was why she'd be going back to LA where she'd be wanted for killing him.....I think she'd have to at least been a primary suspect in his killing.....

I agree TomTalkin. It seems logical that she had to run after killing that guy. I mean, she would be the obvious suspect in that crime. So maybe her and Kate have more in common.

I think it'd be fun if she realized Jason was the wrong guy. She shot the wrong guy. So her continued search or the right guy took her to Australia. Just like Sawyer's search took him to Australia...and he shot the wrong guy.

Uhhh, I'm sorry but AL is definately on the run now. She shot that guy with her cop-gun in cold blood. That is called murder and therefore makes her a fugitive.

....and I just noticed someone else has already said this

I really like the bounty hunter theory and her being after kate.

Did anyone get a sense of timing for her backstory? Any ideas about how long before the plane crash it was? I haven't had the time to re-watch the episode but I didn't pick up any time clues last night. So, I'm wondering if the shooting incident was years ago or just shortly before her presence in Australia.

Also do you think it means something that it was the second time JACK has this "I KNOW YOU LOOK!"? I am beginning to think the show revolves around people that have some connection to Jack...was it Shannon's father that died when Jack chose to save his future wife?

Find it ironic - if not alreay stated - both Ana and Kate had a Jason in their lives. A no good Jason at that.

This was the only aspect of the episode that annoyed me. It took a long while during last season to find out why each character was in Australia so not being given that information for Ana felt like a slap in the face. I was like *at least tell us why she was in Australia*. :)

One other thing I'm wondering is when Ana lucia talks to Jack in the airport bar, isn't she wearing a dress? But then when they come out of the water, she's in full rambina gear. Why would she change into rabina gear just to be on an airplane?

Someone wondered if perhaps she hadn't gone into private work and Jack's MOTHER had hired her to make sure Jack came home or to keep tabs on him...something I thought was interesting.

She seemed almost happy and well adjusted in the airport scene..flirting and talking with Jack. I wonder if perhaps she didn't go on a 'walkabout' or something. Did she have some quality 'down' time in Australia? She just didn't seem like the tortured soul who had lost a baby and killed someone in cold blood.

I started a thread over on the spoiler theories forum about this...if anyone is interested.

I'm sorry. I can't see any of these things happening. For one thing, she did kill someone in cold blood. That, in most modern countries, is called murder. Australia is one of the last places you would run to. They have well known extradition procedures with the USA. It might take a bit of time, but it normally happens.

Only thing I can think of that she did to get out is to pin the murder on someone else. She seems the type. That might get her off of a murder rap, but she would still know she did it. The "drawing down" on the one guy with the TV might have been just one example of her dementia. She does seem to like guns. A LOT!!! She also said that _WAS_ a cop. She probably had a few more episodes, and then was let go.

She has serious problems. And, if you look up "loose cannon", you'll see her picture. If she goes back to camp, they better lock up every gun with several padlocks.

I'm thinking that maybe Ana's not on the run, because either it hasn't been figured out that she did it, or possibly even that no one really gave a crap about investigating someone blowing that piece of crap out of this world, and wrote it off as a gang hit or something.

There weren't any clues in Exodus as to why she was in Australia, were there? *still hasn't seen all of season 1 yet*

I don't think she was on the run after killing Jason.

I also don't think she would have been silly enough to use her "cop-gun" to kill him.

Australia has an expedition treaty with the US tight enough to practically make it the 51st state. Surely she would have gone to Cuba (Spanish-speaking), or somewhere more "foreign".

Remember, she was on record as saying it was "not the guy" in the line-up. So it appears she has no motive and would remain unconnected to the investigation.

The fact she was travelling back to LA, seemingly under her own free will, adds more weight.

I don't think it's going to be cut-n-dry why she was Downunder. I mean, look at Locke for an example. After finding out he was in a wheelchair, who would have guessed he would be in Australia for a "walkabout".

Always fun to theorize though...

Being a cop she would not have used her own gun. She would not have left any evidence to lead police to herself. I dont think she's on the run at all.

The airport bar phone call was too casual. Whoever she was talking to knew she was getting on a plane cus she mentioned a few times that she was 'stuck' in the back of the plane.

I guess we need another Ana Lucia backstory to get any idea why she was there.

I agree with those that say she was not on the run. AL said something about the shooting that "They never found him" meaning Jason, or words to that effect. I'm wondering if there was a cover-up and the body was buried somewhere. Like another poster said, not much police resources would have been spent on Jason. The police KNOW he shot AL (he confessed), but the DA couldn't go forward because the victim was adamant that he was not the shooter.

She did seem to have herself together in LA. But, she can't be that over Danny (her husband) - she still wears her ring. Plus, as evidenced by her crazy on-island behavior, she obviously hasn't really dealt with her problems. Perhaps she was in Australia to just take a break. Maybe her mother forced her to do so. She may have been speaking with her Mom or her partner when she was in the airport.