I hate to rain on the Jin-still-alive parade, but I can't see the sense of Hurley and Sun going to the grave if it's just a "grave". They would know if it was a ruse, and it would have zero significance for them.

I also think that now that we know Jin dies within the next seven months, he may be the one who dies next week. But that's just a guess.

I hate to rain on the Jin-still-alive parade, but I can't see the sense of Hurley and Sun going to the grave if it's just a "grave".

But if he stayed on the island, and there was no way for him to either a) come home, or b) the others to go back to the island, the grave would be a good symbolic place for Hurley to *visit* him with Sun and the baby.

Of course, it could be that he died on the island, too, but given that they showed Sun mourning him this week, I can't imagine he's going to be the one to die next week, because that's just too easy.

I hate to rain on the Jin-still-alive parade, but I can't see the sense of Hurley and Sun going to the grave if it's just a "grave". They would know if it was a ruse, and it would have zero significance for them.

I can. I think it's possible the Oceanic Six have to keep up appearances. It seems there are people trying to get them to crack -- to admit that there were other survivors, etc. Sun might have to visit Jin's grave, just like Jack, Kate, and Hurley can't tell the truth about the island.

Unless the baby counts as six. Which, probably not.

I think he does.

However it turns out with Jin...I loved what they did with the flashback. It so perfectly set up the distinction between 'the man I was then' and his life with Sun on the island. And how he could have forgiven her so readily. I'm a huge fan of the whole personal responsibility thing and his character's self awareness was lovely.

That, and if he DID stay on the island (vs. dying in Korea...or simply being memorialized there without an actual body due to some on-island misadventure) it might have been, in part, to NOT go back to being that guy.

Bummer for the short-lived employment of Zoe Bell. It would have been so much more fun to see her battling a polar bear or fleeing the smoke monster.

I'm not really sure what to think about the "Kevin" sighting. Though I'm not altogether convinced that he is the helper.

Bummer for the short-lived employment of Zoe Bell.

Wrod. Zoe rocks, and I wanted her to have a bigger part (this is as disappointing as when they got the actress who played Trixie on DEADWOOD and shot her the moment she appeared).

Maybe She and the other actress will appear in flashbacks later in the season.

I was totally taken in by the concurrent flashback and flash-forward. I was even thinking, when Jin was being so perfect with Sun, bringing her dinner and forgiveness, that they couldn't kill him off now because we'd seen him in the flash-forward. Bastards.

I can see Sun crying at the grave because she can never see Jin again rather than because he is really truly dead.

In any case, it is a relief to know that their baby will be born.

Hurley saying "good" when Sun said no one else came was interesting.

I have too much doubt that the flash-forward timeline is really consistent to try to work out the order things will happen.

That's, what, 4 deaths we know of among the people on the boat? Naomi, Regina, Minkowski and whoever left the bloodstain in Sayid and Desmond's cabin. Can't be good for morale.

It so perfectly set up the distinction between 'the man I was then' and his life with Sun on the island. And how he could have forgiven her so readily. I'm a huge fan of the whole personal responsibility thing and his character's self awareness was lovely.

Ooh, good point. I loved that Jin/Sun scene at the end. It reminded me that behind all the hooey, there's a show about characters. And it's always been about the Ways People Can Change.

Hurley saying "good" when Sun said no one else came was interesting.

Yes, I wonder if it's Jack he didn't want to see. He seems to be at odds with everyone.