To fully understand this episode, I think it is important to start with the flashbacks. So, Jin's explained a bit in this episode. He is displayed as a man who will do anything he has to in order to be with Sun. He is head over heels in love with her and knows he must win the approval of her father first. To do this, he has to work for her father, and this brings us back to the previous flashback where he comes home with blood covering his hands and shirt. It turns out that he was actually saving the man's life of whom Sun's father was going to kill. Holy plot twist right.
However, Sun doesn't know any of this, and it has caused their relationship to fall apart strand by strand. When the raft that Michael has been building suddenly catches fire, it appears Jin is the obvious culprit because of the conflict between Michael and Jin. Holy plot twist again though, because Jin isn't the one who lit the raft on fire, it was Walt. The only one who is aware of this is Locke, who ends up diffusing the situation by taking the focus off of blaming someone for what happened. But not before Sun screams at Michael to stop hitting Jin. In English. This causes a HUGE conflict between Sun and Jin and they end up parting.
Some other thigns that happen include a conflict between Boone and Sayid about Shannon. Boone tries to keep Sayid away from Shannon by telling him Shannon will only leave him after she gets what she wants. Shannon realizes Boone has said something to Sayid after he is acting strange. She goes out after Boone but runs into Locke who tells her to take advantage of the new life she has been granted because of the island. She does just that and she and Sayid end up having a thing. I totally ship it.
Do you think Jin and Sun breaking was meant to be?
OK: I really am sad that they didn't work things out because Jin used to be so sweet and caring, but I get that because Sunisanindependentwomanwhoain'tevergonnaneedaman (ha ha sonyurr), they had changed so much that there was no way that with their current personalities they could've been compatible for much longer.
SH: I don't see how it is anything but fate. Sun was trying to get away from Jin, and because she changed her mind, there had to be another way to keep them apart, and that was the plane crashing. Spending every waking minute with each other makes it obvious to both of them that they shouldn't be together. Pretty far-fetched, I know.
What do you think about Walt burning down the raft?
OK: I think that the excuse for not wanting to move around anymore was a bit far fetched, but when he explained that it was mainly that he didn't want to leave the island then I understood where he was coming from. Still a bad idea though.
SH: I think Walt made a decision that he didn't realize would have such an impact. He is just a kid who doesn't want to have to move around anymore. I love Walt by the way.
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