"Something Nice..." wasn't so nice for me....NIKI's thoughts on the episode

this episode....EH....
Don't get me wrong... I love Jack....But this episode did not hold up to the caliber of last week's TSOTTC episode. It just felt like FILLER.....Not that many WTF? moments.....Other than Chrstian's appearances.....So let me just post the interesting thoughts I have on this episode....

1) There is some sort of shift between Claire and Jack's existence.
When Claire survived the explosion at Camp Locke it seemed that Jack came down with his CRAMPS....

However, when Jack survives his operation Claire is led out into the JUNGLE with the help of Christian's apparition.

THIS leads me to believe that because they are related it must BE ONE OR THE OTHER THAT LIVES. They BOTH CANNOT survive...There must be a sacrifice of one of the Shephard kids to the island.

So that is why we see this SHIFT of ailments beween the two of them.

2) Jack is not meant to raise him.
Apparently, Charlie-ghost tells this to HURLEY who then passes it on to Jack. We all know that Claire was told by the get go that AARON was to be raised by another. With the shift of things that happened to CLAIRE/JACK on the island, was it REALLY SAWYER who was supposed to raise AARON with Kate??? Did Jack surviving screw up the FATE of AARON?

3) Where were you, Kate?
Jack gets a little SKETCHY when it comes to Kate's whereabouts....And rightfully so. She claims she was doing something for SAWYER....Something she promised him....I BELIEVE this has something to do with SAWYER's daughter CLEMENTINE....Kate was probably told about the child by Sawyer before her departure from the island. And seeing how SAWYER is protecting AARON now that CLAIRE is MIA, I can see how his own parental strings are being pulled. He probably tells Kate to contact the mother AGAIN and reassure her that he DOES IN FACT CARE FOR CLEMENTINE. (However, child support from the island with be HIGHLY UNLIKELY!)
Another suggestion may be that Sawyer asks Kate to look up the whereabouts of his child's mother back home and make sure THE CHILD IS OK. And he never knows that Kate has met his child's mother in the past.

4)Smoke alarms.
It has been a common ocurrence whenever I have done my own "GHOST-HUNTING" that BATTERY-OPERATED devices will have all the power wiped out when a spirit is present. This may have been the case with the smoke alarm at Jack's office building. Shortly after Jack takes out the DEAD BATTERY(that's why it was beeping), he sees his father- Christian.
These apparitions cause a HARD CORE SKEPTIC like Jack to turn to pain killers.

5) Juliet is a stand up gal.
i can't believe I'm saying this but Juliet DID admit that Jack truly had feelings for Kate and NOT HER. I was almost ready to punch the TV when she announed that Jack had kissed her. But when she told Kate that the kiss wasn't GENUINE, I backed off!
p.s. Thanks Juliet for saving my Jacky-poo's LIFE!

So in conclusion, this episode did not really hype me up as compared to last week's.
I figured Kate and Jack would hook up off the island.
I know Miles can hear the dead.
And I know Hurley talks to Charlie.
So some of these things didn't surprise me AT ALL.
The episode was good but it won't be one that I will watch 6 times like TSOTTC.
Sorry, Jack-I love u....BUT I just need more WTF? MOMENTS!

Glad to see the beginnings of the YETI BEARD,
NIKI