Stranger in a Strange Land (S:3,E:9)

1) So we see Jack in a Pre-Tsunami Phucket. He meets a young lady named Achara. During the episode Achara asks if Jack is there to find himself. Long story short, she has a gift. She can see who a person is. She tells Jack that he is a leader and a great man, but this makes him lonely, frightened, and angry. However, later we are introduced to Isabel, who is a "Sheriff" (according to Tom). She reads his tattoo, and says that chinese is hard to translate. At the end of the episode she tells Jack that his tattoo means "he walks amongst us, but he is not one of us". Having a chinese character as a tattoo, I know this well. My tattoo, as a chinese character, has several meanings. Teach and Religion are two of the meanings. Jack tells Isabel that the tattoos may say what she translated, but it is not what they mean. This had one of those tingly effects on me, because my tattoo may say one thing, but to me it says something else. It has a deeper meaning. It's my contract with myself. It represents something special to me, and says a whole lot more to me than it does to someone who tranlates it. I'm assuming this is the same way Jack looks at his tattoos. In the real world, his tattoo reads "Eagles high up in the expansive sky".

2) Until Jack mentioned that Cindy was the stewardess, when he woke up with all the "watchers" around him, I was ready to call out a blunder, because Cindy never made it to the Lostie camp. Looks like the kids are ok, for now. They don't know about Ana Lucia yet. But, what the hell are they watching? Jack? Do they truly have a better life now, as Karl mentioned to Kate and Sawyer?

3) Karl muttered "God loves you as he loved Jacob" as Sawyer was rowing them to the main island. I believe that was the same thing said in the Room 23 scene.

4) We see Sawyer's soft side again. This time in a fatherly (or big brotherly) form. When Kate thinks that Karl is gone. Sawyer hears Karl crying and tells Kate he will deal with Karl: "Boys only." Sawyer comforts him and suggests he go back for Alex but Karl says they would kill him this time. Sawyer suggests that for a girl he would "name dumb stars with," it might be worth it. But, once again, Sawyer needs people to hate him. Sawyer says Kate is just angry because she feels guilty, not about leaving Jack, but for having sex with Sawyer. He says she only did it because she thought he was going to die.

5) Next Episode is called "Tricia Tanaka is Dead" and it focuses on Hurley. And look for a guest appearance by a funny guy that became famous as part of a duo that had things tough all over.