weltek,
wonderful summary of the progress.Interesting about Jin and Sun. Yes, Jin seems stuck in the old Jin, telling her to button her blouse. And of course cannot speak English.
Don't forget Bernard and Rose are attracting attention as most romantic couple instead of love to do good-natured scolding and bickering.
Boone appears to be not so uptight about Shannon. Let's not forget that the night before the flight, he and Shannon "did it." I guess that didn't happen.
Oh, and Hurley had overslept and barely got on the plane. He looks very composed and on top of his game in the flash sideways, and instead of reading a comic book he is doing business deals on his cell phone. He is "all growed up."