This episode almost made me cry too many times, and one moment in particular really choked me up: Jin's father wiping his hand on his shirt before he touched Sun's face. :bawling:That small action speaks volumes about this man and is such a sad statement on rigid class systems.


:sun::jin: But, honestly, I wasn't expecting much more from their story going into this episode. Jin's biological mother having been a prostitute was a :jawdrop:, and I never would have guessed that Sun had met Jin's father.

More than anything, the entire episode showed how sometimes, even with the best intentions, you just can't win.

Jin's dad tried to protect him from the shame of knowing his mom was a pro ... but that secret raises it's ugly head years later ... leading to Sun to ask daddy for $100,000 and forcing Jin to be Mr. Paik's henchman ... which drives a wedge between Jin and Sun ... causing her to seek solace in Jae's arms ... on and on and on. One lie begets another, begets another, digging the hole depper. Honesty truly is the best policy. And trying to fix someone else's mess sometimes only makes the problem worse. But what do you do? :shrug:

But back to Jin's dad and that moment. Here is this man, trying to protect his son, who might not be his flesh and blood, from the shame of knowing how his mother made her living. He hears from his son's wife, a stranger, that his son is telling everyone he's dead. But later, when Jin comes to him, he welcomes him with open arms and had that beautiful monologue about Jin being his son and it doesn't matter what he's done.

I already liked the character, but now I simply adore him. For me he is the best representation we have had on this show of pure, unadulterated love. And I feel badly that Jin is compelled to be ashamed of his father and has missed out on a profound relationship with this man.

Man, all of that from Jin's dad wiping his hand on his shirt before he touched Sun's face.

Jin definitely got his selfless nature from his father. What a strong, kindwilled man.

It was easily my favourite flashback concerning Sun (..And Found being second). The bit where she found out Jin was the father was very emotional.

I agree about the scene between Sun and Jins father. Very strong stuff. And despite all of it he has those pictures etc of Jin all over the place showing how PROUD he is of him too.

Aww

My favorite Sun flashback, Mr. Kwon is one of my favorite characters on this show. It was amazing to see that he was willing to give up his relationship with his son, so that his son could marry that girl that he wanted, and go on to success. The scene where he wiped his hands broke my heart. Not ashamed to say I got a little misty. I don't think that any Lost scene will make me cry as much as Locke's PT scene, but there were a few moments in this epi that got me there. Oh...also when she told Juliet that the news Juliet gave was good news. Even though she now has a death sentence, she can die happy knowing that it is Jin's baby.

That was a beautiful scene. Mr. Kwon is easily the best father that any of the Losties have. What a sweet and honorable man (in the moral sense, if not so much in the societal sense of "upstanding and wealthy").
I was touched when he said about Jin: I wasn't sure I was the father. But who else would take care of him?
I imagine Jin might have the same thoughts in the back of his mind about his and Sun's baby. (Now we know the truth, but does Jin have any lingering doubts?) Of course Jin, being his father's son, would raise the child as his own.
And it does speak well of Sun that she was more relieved that the baby was Jin's than the other way around -- to be relieved that she wouldn't face potential death if Jae had impregnated her off the island.

Easily one of THE best flashbacks of the series, it was a perfect mirror image of what was happening on the island. Sun sneaking around to figure out the truth of Jin's mom and figuring out the father of the baby. The acting on this show is top notch, Juliet and Sun showed some of the best skills ever last night, and if Juliet doesn't get nominated for an emmy I don't know what's wrong. This is where this show trumps all others, the writers just put the story out there and they are so confident in the ensemble cast to act their butts off. This show is picking up steam in so many ways, I've never been prouder to be a fan.

Yeah, Jin was 'raised by another', well maybe.

I have say this was my favorite Sun flashback. I loved her telling Jin's mom "Jin thinks you're dead, don't me make this a fact". She's her father's daughter.
When she told Juliette that she had given her good news....."choke, sniff", that was beautiful man!

Yeah, definitely some emotional moments in this episode. Jin's father is so kind, it's such a contrast from Sun's father and yet Jin is ashamed of him. Also when Sun was crying because the baby is Jin's that had me tearing up!