I agree that a few years of English lessons in school wouldn't necessarily make Jin able to speak English in any meaningful way. He might remember "Hello" and "My name is," but if he doesn't want to use them, he won't.
As a side note, I have a Korean intern right now. She was motivated enough to come to the U.S. as a publications intern, so I would assume her English is excellent by Korean standards. And she has told me that she doesn't feel her schooling was especially helpful in learning usable American English; from what she says, they spent a lot more time on grammar than on things like vocabulary and comprehension, and most English teachers are also Korean. I doubt Jin's education in a fishing village in the 70's, was better than hers in a city fifteen years later.
I thought after Jin's dad suggested that he and Sun stay in America that we'd find out that Jin went and took English lessons too. But now I think that Jin really doesn't speak English but now he'll open himself to learning it in true immersion style. Watching Jin's accented English should be fun.
It occurs to me that Sun and Jin *can* be starting over. Just from farther back than either of them had wanted or intended.
I realize any relationship is possible with all the characters, but if the writers have direction, they could bring the two together again after they have reinvented themselves.
We could obsess with their arcs next season.
SunNMichael4evah! Oh, whoops, not supposed to root that way yet? I'm guessing we're going to be supposed to at some point in the future. Who else could we get to hook up with Jin?
Ah, the great, dissappearing, reappearing Rose.
Yeah, she does tend to pop up and provide emotional connections/sage advice almost magically, doesn't she?
I just knew someone was gonna say Rose. Poor Rose. She's probably off wandering the island looking for her husband.
Someone on lj slowed down and enhanced the clip from the pilot where Jack is checking out Claire and the engine explodes. They think they see something come from the sky and make the engine explode.
What do y'all think?
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It's one of the many, many pieces of plastic and cloth debris being churned up by wind from the engine. Looks much less spooky if you frame advance that entire scene instead of just the 2 seconds of engine explosion.
