I actually did want Kate to give Jack some kind of, "Look, just because I have BOOBS doesn't mean I know how to DELIVER BABIES!" speech, because it seems to be a common television misconception, and just ONCE I would like to see it corrected. (Farscape came closest.) But she didn't.
I couldn't decide whether it was a case of chauvinism on Jack's part, chauvinism on the writers' part, Jack giving the task to someone Claire would be more calm and comfortable with, or Jack knowing that Kate does well under pressure whereas Charlie would be having the mother of all freakouts and be no help whatsoever.
Unless he was in love with Boone, which I don't think they meant to imply, somehow.
Well, it would explain the "OMG! LOCKE MURDERED BOONE!!!1!" overreaction, but I agree that it's unlikely that was the intent.
What do people think Jack told Shannon about Boone's last words? Did he tell Shannon Boone luuuved her?
OK, this would be very funny given what Shannon knows about Boone that Jack doesn't. Also, I can just see Sayid's silent "dammit!" reaction when he hears.
Don't people tend to default to the female because birth involves a lot of goolie inspecting? I can see them defaulting to a guy if it was a testicular problem.
Wouldn't any non-doctor guy be too busy wincing and crossing his legs to be any help?
I thought it was pretty clear that Jin couldn't deliver the baby, and that Charlie couldn't deliver the baby, and that Kate was already there. I might have thought about sending Sun -- she strikes me as the only one with any qualifications who's a regular. But it was a good thing she was with Jack in the end.
As a family member I wouldn't think it weird to be told someone's last thoughts were of me. Especially if it were true.
Wouldn't any non-doctor guy be too busy wincing and crossing his legs to be any help?
Moreso than a woman who's never had kids?
Having a vagina does not automatically make one an expert in getting a baby out of someone else's, is all I'm sayin'.
Okay, this makes me laugh.
Jif Peanut Butter sent us a giftpack for auction, as did Hansen's, who make "Lost" energy drink.
I just clap my hands and smile. That's just so much fun.
Having a vagina does not automatically make one an expert in getting a baby out of someone else's, is all I'm sayin'.
No, but it does make the whole staring at a vagina thing marginally less ... confused.
Don't people tend to default to the female because birth involves a lot of goolie inspecting?
The only person I've ever known who passed out looking at birth photos was female. But, I bet that men have a lesser baseline for "yes, popping a crenshaw melon out a nostril here!" Excepting the exceedingly squeamish of both sexes, most women have more education about what happens at birth than most men do. Notice Charlie was like, "we should boil some water!" which, while a nice step, is useful in an outdoor, no-tools birth only for the making of tea.
Were we the only ones to yell "Dave! MOOOOOOOO" at the screen during that first tying the bow tie scene?
I'm scratching my head over this reference.
Look at it this way--if YOU had to be naked from the waist down with your legs over someone's shoulders and them staring at the gates of paradise for a long period, and it had to be, say, someone you worked with, would you randomly choose a guy or another female?
