Actually, I am thinking, if it's been a month, don't you think that Jin & Sun would have picked up some English? I mean, being exposed to it daily and being required to interact with English-only speakers to survive. Pantomime is all well and good, but it's the nature of the human brain to pick up language.

I mean, the sum total of my exposure to Mandarin Chinese is a handful of subtitled movies, but even so I've figured out a word or two. Yes, Thank you, that kind of thing.

Not to mention, why isn't anybody actively trying to teach them English? I mean, just to pass the time, aside from the part where each of them has something to contribute and a skill others could learn. I am thinking, the Sun Speaks English secret realistically needs to have a very short half-life.

being required to interact with English-only speakers

I wonder how much they are required. They can get their own food and water, after all.

But I've known people born and raised in, say, Montreal who couldn't tell you what the French for "bus" is. Just watching consulate staff indicates picking language up isn't that automatic, especially if you're insular by nature, which Jin certainly is.

Well, we haven't seen Jin enough to know if he's picking anything up. I suppose Sun could use him as a guide and fake staying just slightly more proficient at the language than he as time goes on.

I think Jin hasn't picked up English because he doesn't want to, and Sun hasn't pretended to learn it because she knows Jin wouldn't want her to. Similarly, if they don't let anyone try to teach them, attempts to do so will obviously be short-lived. Self-imposed isolation can be powerful.

Jin probably recognises "yes" and "no" and "you stupid sexist motherfucker."

Though it's likely he only translates the first two correctly.

How long before Sun uses one of the Guns to protect Michael from Jin? I bet on 3 eps.

Ooh! Does Jin die? Because I like that scenario as long as Jin doesn't die.

I thought that too, but my first reaction was "why did Kate take off her pants and Sawyer still has his on?"

Because nobody wanted to see Sawyer in his black panties?

also? terry o'quinn confirmed at the fuselage that that was maggie grace singing.

I can buy that, but she had a OMWF studio setup for that kind of sound, not lying on the sand picked up by a boom mike.

I think Jin hasn't picked up English because he doesn't want to, and Sun hasn't pretended to learn it because she knows Jin wouldn't want her to.

I maintain Jin speaks English. Otherwise his character is going to get about as much screen time as the dog.

Because nobody wanted to see Sawyer in his black panties?

No offense, but Wrong. Wrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrong wrongwrongwrongwrongwrongWrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrong wrongwrong. Wrong. Like a wrong thing from Wrongville.

Because nobody wanted to see Sawyer in his black panties?

I demand a recount. Those poll numbers are clearly skewed in favor of CRAZY.