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“A baby will change everything” is what Jin says to Sun about why he wants a baby—to give him back his moral integrity by escaping from the violent aspect of his work for Sun’s father. He wants to give birth to himself then?

— jazprof

Yes, I know, some people will tell you it’s the moonwalk that changed everything—but really, that’s so 60’s! Unless you’re Michael Jackson—then it’s so ‘80s. :-)

“A baby will change everything” is what Jin says to Sun about why he wants a baby—to give him back his moral integrity by escaping from the violent aspect of his work for Sun’s father. He wants to give birth to himself then?

The garden as a symbol gave me hope that Jin actually is the father of Sun’s baby. First he rips it apart out of fear for her—playing the protector, which always gets him into trouble. And then this ties into the flashback because again by playing the breadwinner/protector role, Jin has lost his identity. Also in the flashback, Jin’s masculinity is reenforced by the fertility doctor not telling him that he is the one who is infertile—and this is really about protecting the doctor from the violence of Jin/Mr. Paik.

In the present though Jin’s marginal status is really drawn attention to here by hearing English as gibberish—he can not function playing the macho guy. This leads him to go back and replant Sun’s garden. He tells her he is fixing a mistake and then talks about how much he needs and loves her. So there you have it. I think his need and love for Sun means he’s the one who planted her garden.

I guess one thing that might indicate that it will turn out to be Jae though is the title “the whole truth” and the fact that Sun doesn’t tell Jin the whole truth as Jack advises. (Interesting that Jack lies to Kate right after he gives Sun this advice.)

Other tie-ins with pregnancy—a baby will change everything—Aaron?

Kate asks “Who flies with a pregnancy test?” — I thought one possibility would be Cindy—wouldn’t a stewardess be more likely to be carrying this with her than one of the passengers? Not sure what that means though.

OK—here’s one that’s probably just me getting carried away :-)

Locke tells Ana “There’s a man sitting in my hatch and I want him out.” That just seemed odd—”his” hatch? and why does he need him out? But then the word hatch and the fact that Lostpedia says that in the hatch Locke is listening to a song called “Pushing too Hard” by The Seeds?—I’m sure you see where this is going—he’s enlisting Ana as a midwife; he wants Ben to hatch already, but he’s pushing too hard. Then again, maybe it just refers to the button. :-) Or maybe it’s both! (Yeah, that’s it.)

Other random thoughts: Ben asks “What’s the difference between a martyr and a prophet?” Is Jack the martyr and Locke the prophet?

Rose knows what day of the week it is and the date (Bernard doesn’t).

Ana knows it is going to rain before it does.

Ben says if he was one of the others he would have set up an ambush at the place he sent Ana—why isn’t there one? Double-bluff?

Last—that group “The Seeds” was associated with a religious group from the 60s (yes I succumbed back to the 60s) called the Yahowha Religious sect. Their fourth commandment is: Allow each vibration to complete its own cycle without interference.

More on them (they blend Eastern and Western influences): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahowha

Had to do this one by transcript so sorry if I missed any visual clues.

Key characters

Short Name	Full Name	Episodes	Theories
Jin	Jin-Soo Kwon	3.2, 2.16, 1.6, 1.17, 1.23, 3.18	268
Sun	Sun Kwon	3.2, 2.16, 1.6, 2.5, 1.17, 3.18, 4.12, 4.7	298

Key episodes

#	Title	Aired	Central character	Theories
2.16	The Whole Truth	3-22-2006	Sun, Jin	104

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