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"Sun's wedding ring"
Posted by TeamJoisey on 10-13-05 at 00:51 AM
A small continuity error?

A plot point?


When Sun digs the hole to bury the bottle, she is not wearing any rings.

When they show her place the bottle in the hole, there is a distinct ring on her left hand.

When she withdraws the hands from the sand after burying the bottle, the ring is missing.


Did Sun lose her wedding ring in the act of burying all that she has of Jin?


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"RE: Sun's wedding ring"
Posted by Rhyn on 10-13-05 at 07:20 AM
I'll take "Continuity Error" for two hundred, Alex.
"Plot point "
Posted by WaterDrop on 10-13-05 at 09:58 AM
See here.

I don't want to spoil things for anyone since this thread isn't marked as a spoiler, so I'll make the summary invisible.

Next week's episode summary:

Originally aired: Wednesday October 19, 2005 on ABC
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse
Director: Stephen Williams
Guest Stars: Rain Chung (Mr. Kim) , Kim Kim (Mrs. Shin) , Josiah D. Lee (Tai Soo) , Tomiko Okhee Lee (Mrs. Lee) , Tony Lee (Jae Lee) , Robert Dahey (Poor Man) , Kimberley Joseph (Cindy) , Sam Anderson (Bernard) , Rain Chung (Mr. Kim) , June Kyoko Lu (Mrs. Paik)
Production Code: 205

Michael sets off into the jungle by himself determined to find Walt, but discovers that he is not alone. Meanwhile, Sawyer and Jin are ordered by their captors to take them to their camp, and Sun frantically searches for her missing wedding ring.

In flashbacks this episode reveals more of Jin's life before ending up on the island. We meet Jin's former manager at the Grand Seoul Hotel, Mr. Kim, his beatnik best friend and one-time roomie, Tai Soo, and Jae Lee, an adversary of Jin's who has everything he does not, including a good education, charm and wealth. It all leads into why Jin is the way he is now.

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"RE: Plot point "
Posted by ladro on 10-13-05 at 12:24 PM
So it is both.
"RE: Plot point "
Posted by TeamJoisey on 10-14-05 at 10:48 PM
Sssh. Actually, I knew the spoiler. I was only here to point out the continuity error, and get people's opinions before the fact.



"RE: Plot point "
Posted by ladro on 10-14-05 at 11:06 PM
My opinion, though not related to the ring, does relate to the bottle with the message in it.

WTF, is it a Korean thing, or a woman thing, to bury a bottle with a message in it? For the sake of this post I will assume that Claire or Shannon could see Korean writing on the paper (but that was not made clear in the show), so that is why they gave the bottle to Sun. But there were four people on that boat, there could have been another message in English wrapped on the inside or on the back of Jin's message. It is beyond reason to not open the bottle, let alone to bury the bottle.

yes, I know I am anal.

"RE: Plot point "
Posted by wandacal on 10-15-05 at 01:13 AM
I will assume that Claire or Shannon could see Korean writing on the paper (but that was not made clear in the show), so that is why they gave the bottle to Sun.

I assumed they gave the bottle to Sun because she was the only person related to someone on the raft. While everyone cares about their welfare, Jin IS Sun's husband! Her concern is a bit more deep.

is it a Korean thing, or a woman thing, to bury a bottle with a message in it?

DH is Korean and he's never heard of this.

IMHO, Sun buried the bottle so that none of the Survivors would find out that the bottle came back - thereby, dashing their hopes for a rescue.



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"RE: Plot point "
Posted by TeamJoisey on 10-15-05 at 03:32 AM
I'll ad to wandacal's answer, which I agree with.

There were messages from many of the Lostaways in that bottle. Recall Sawyer reading them and asking "Who is Hugo Reyes and how is he leaving his mom $156 million?"

The bottle represents both the fate of the raft, and the fate of Sun's husband.

Claire and Shannon knew the implications would affect Sun more than anyone. Sun made the decision not to reveal the apparent fate of the raft. Perhaps because she doesn't believe they are dead, or perhaps she doesn't want others to believe that fate and thus lose hope.



"RE: Plot point "
Posted by ladro on 10-15-05 at 09:24 AM
I think that clears things up for me. I was thinking that the note in the bottle was written by the group on the raft, while they were at sea. Evidently the messages had been written prior to the launch, and I just forgot about that mini-drama. I'll have to start drinking more.
"RE: Plot point "
Posted by wandacal on 10-18-05 at 05:26 AM

I'll have to start drinking more.

My god!

You mean you watch this sh*t SOBER?!!
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I admire your restraint...



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"Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me"
Posted by Snidget on 10-18-05 at 07:06 AM
I thought before they left they collected messages from the rest of the survivors to take with them to distribute when the raft got rescued, or something like that.

I do not think the messages in the bottle are from the people on the raft, but from the people who stayed behind taken on the raft.

That it came back kind of indicates the raft went down. I think they gave it to Jin because it probably means her husband is dead. I think her burying the bottle is her way of have a burial for her husband since she may not ever get his body back.


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