Wow. It's like Christmas.
So, we learned or can infer the following:
It IS a church.
Bernard and Rose ARE NOT Dharma plants.
Jin IS the father.
Michael IS alive.
Locke no longer believes the numbers must be entered.
Jack likes kissing Kate.
Also that the island has healing properties believed by more and proved by more than one, but now two people. No make that three, Bernard believes Rose, as he should.
eta: It's a fact that NotHenry is still evil and not just misunderstood. The sinister look on his face when Locke was trying to get him to talk to him and tell him whether or not he pushed the gosh derned button! Evil
But then why did Boone and Shannon die? People don't come back from injuries like that? Just internal problems are fixed? So maybe Jack actually saw his father for real because he came back from the dead? That would be too creepy.
One more question was answered. Since we now learned that Jack knew nothing about the medical hatch until this episode, then it stands to reason that neither of the girls has mentioned the hatch to anyone until now. So the Losties do keep secrets......but why?
But then why did Boone and Shannon die? People don't come back from injuries like that? Just internal problems are fixed? So maybe Jack actually saw his father for real because he came back from the dead? That would be too creepy.
Nah, I think the idea is accelerated healing. Dead is probably just dead. But who can be sure?
One more question was answered. Since we now learned that Jack knew nothing about the medical hatch until this episode, then it stands to reason that neither of the girls has mentioned the hatch to anyone until now. So the Losties do keep secrets......but why?
Kate said she didn't mention the hatch before because she wasn't in the club. I think we can assume that was a deliberate omission on Kate's part. I dunno why Claire wouldn't say anything, other than the fact that anytime we see her approaching Jack, he's rushing off somewhere to be heroic. Maybe Claire just hasn't had a chance.
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