yellowmac

I find it hard to rationalize Jack's dad actually being alive. I think it's more likely that Jack is talking about his dad like his is alive because Jack is in an irrational state of mind from not having his painkillers or from being drunk. Perhaps the new chief of surgery and others who were listening to him didn't want to correct him because they didn't want to exacerbate his rage. I just simply didn't get the sense from watching the episode last night that Jack's dad was alive.

Assuming that the "flash-forward" is a definite course of events, then Ben is a liar, but we already knew that. He told Jack that everyone on the island would die if contact to the boat was made, but that can't possibly be true. Claire and the baby are gonna get in the helicopter, this has to happen according to Desmond's vision.

Now I'm wondering if everything in the "flash-forward" episode will definitely happen (fate/destiny) or if there are events that can occur on the island yet that will change what happens in the future (free will).

And agreed, Mikhail is pretty hard-core. How do you survive both a sonic pulse and a spear to the chest, and still have the strength to swim out (in full scuba gear) and take out Charlie?? He's probably still alive.