Sun and Jin were married for years. That dog she received as a puppy was grown by the time they departed on the trip to Sydney.

Was it still a puppy when Jin came home covered in blood? I think that's what's confusing me, when that scene happened. I guess there could have been years of Jin growing increasingly hard and carrying out worse errands before he went to see his father that we just didn't see.

I am not bothered by the language thing. not on any logical basis, per se, it just doesn't bother me.

I think that's where I got confused. Jin looks sternly at the man and takes his puppy. Jin talks to Sun with full grown dog in the background. Sun's daddy is all "you need to learn how to deliver a message." What, now?

[As a sidenote, though, the puppy could easily have grown that much over the course of several months, so it's not necessarily as long a stretch as all that.]

Was it still a puppy when Jin came home covered in blood? I think that's what's confusing me, when that scene happened.

It would have had to be, because that scene couldn't have taken place more than a week or two after the first "message" was delivered.

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Jin talks to Sun with full grown dog in the background.

Oh, really? I totally missed that. Huh. Though, as you say, dogs really do grow that fast.]

Sun and Jin were married for years. That dog she received as a puppy was grown by the time they departed on the trip to Sydney.

I'm not sure of the breed of dog but IIRC that type does grow pretty quickly. The length of time could be anywhere from a few months to a few years.

It would have had to be, because that scene couldn't have taken place more than a week or two after the first "message" was delivered.

Yeah, that's what I thought, but it seemed like a longer time between the dog and the blood in Sun's flashback. I odn't have it anymore to re-watch and confirm that, though, so I can chalk it up to my memory being poor.

Or, what brenda said, basically.

If you haven't seen it first hand, the growth curve on large dogs is really fucking unbelievable. You almost convince yourself you can see it happen if you concentrate hard enough, and every morning it's like there's a new, slightly larger dog in place of the one that was there the night before.

Yeah, that's what I thought, but it seemed like a longer time between the dog and the blood in Sun's flashback.

No, you're right -- in Sun's flashback, the growth of the dog was very clearly used as shorthand for "time has passed." So the bloody hand scene taking place only days after the puppy-gifting scene is a continuity error. A wankable one, but an error nonetheless.

Speaking of fast-growing creatures looking completely different (dogs & kids), I did not recognize Walt in this ep - he looked like a different actor. I never read the credits to avoid spoilers, was Malcom David Kelley in them?

Also did anyone notice that in the scene when Locke & Walt were playing backgammon, Locke had the one light eye-one dark eye thing going on again? Wasn't as extreme/creepy as in the dreams, but definitely there - it's the same side every time, Locke's right eye is the dark one and his left is the light one (IIRC). In this case it was totally plausible as being from the firelight or whatever, but still cool IMHO.

ETA also the dark (right) side is the same side as his scar - I can't help but think that's significant - his Island Knowledge side?

I think Jin's using the lack of a common language as a way to keep himself and Sun separate from the others, and actively avoided learning English in order to keep up that protective barrier.

A protective barrier need also be as little as not practicing, or not listening well. I took a year of Japanese, and Jin may very well have more English than I had Nihongo after passing that course. I still couldn't read anything targeted at kids over 4.

Hell, I've even seen native Quebec Anglophones just fail to pick up French, and that's with media in that language all around them.

If you don't try, and sometimes even if you do, it's still all Greek.

Locke made a lot of non-creepy sense this episode. Yet, still, no one seemed pinged to the outside threat.

I did not recognize Walt in this ep - he looked like a different actor.

It was the same kid. Doing more acting, though. He was good.