I'm cracking up, as per usual, at Cleolinda's recap.

and then Kate finds A MOLDERING SKELETON and she's all like AHHHH YOU GOT YOUR DEATH IN MY T&A and the skeleton is like WAHHHH YOU GOT YOUR T&A IN MY FINAL RESTING PLACE and these are not two great tastes that go together and we go to commercial.

I think Jin's first reaction was that Michael was disrespecting him, his wife and his father-in-law, not to mention that he'd been settling things with violence for a while.

Heather is me on this. I think beating up the person who took SunDaddy's watch would have been expected of him in his beforeLife, and he can't get past that.

Hee! I quoted that a little earlier upthread. AND EllenBS emailed that exact quote to me this morning. It's a good one.

Tres Spike.

Heh. Blunt-talking, attitudes-galore, nickname-calling sexy wiseass who fucks up on big tasks, gives broody lead/hero-guy lip, sneers and hits on the heroine-equivalent? Whom people find attractive despite themselves?

Oh yeah.

Sun said something to Michael about the watch being "a trust", as if Jin had been entrusted with it to care for it. It's supposedly a 20k watch, right? That's a lot of change, even for a factory owning mob boss. Not even factoring in what he'd do to Jin if Jin failed him. I mean, it's not logical to think that, if/when they're rescued SunDaddy has Jin shot in the leg for failing in his duty to procure/return/safekeep the watch, but Jin's not really logical. Also, I think the acct. # and password to a Swiss bank account, or one in the Caymans, is inside the watch.

Suddenly the failure of Sawyer to appeal to me becomes all too clear.

Though I did like how he was snarking about Kate having Jack and Sayid compete for her. I'd been assuming all along that it was a three-way race (initially four-way, before Charlie realized his chances and started going out of his way to be nice to Claire instead).

My theory is that Sun and Jin were in Australia on vacation or for business and that Sun planned to escape in Australia.

Hmm. I guess I'm just mostly confused as to why they were flying from Australia to the US in the first place. Were they emigrating? And had a long layover in Sydney first, or maybe took off early for a little vacation?

I should hate Sawyer, I know. I'm totally powerless against the grin and the dimples.

I actually pointed at the TV last night and said, "Those dimples are LETHAL."

Sure, he's a contrary jerkwad, but he seems to be purposeful about it. Does he verbally attack people weaker than him? I've only seen three episodes, and he seems to be aiming his jackassery at people who are plenty capable of standing up for themselves.

I might also have some fondness because he reminds me a little of me. I would totally be the person lazing on the beach smoking a cigarette, reading a book, and mocking the snooty blonde wearing impractical clothing.

Signed,
Only My Fictional Boyfriends Are Abusive

Does he verbally attack people weaker than him?

Calling Hurley "Lardo" may fit the bill. Hurley's bigger than Sawyer, but he seems to be pretty meek, unless he's making an effort to break up a fight and getting called Lardo.

My prediction: we'll get an episode eventually dealing with many of the same events from Jin's POV, which will Explain Much Including What The Watch Was Doing There.

Maybe he'll turn out to be an undercover Interpol agent, and the watch contains the blueprints for Sun's father's crime world headquarters.... :-)

Hey, this is the show of OMGWTFPOLARBEAR, after all. It could happen!