In this Jack centered episode, we see in his flash sideways that he has a son with a now unidentified wife who he is divorced from and, for some unknown reason, he only sees his son once a month. Because of this, they appear to be estranged. Eventually, he works things out with his son and we learn that Jack's father told him that "he didn't have what it takes". He uses this to bond with his son.
On island, Jacob must have knowledge of this quote as he uses it through Hurley to drive Jack to the lighthouse. At the lighthouse, it is revealed how Jacob assigned the numbers to the candidates and that Jacob could see where they all lived off island. A great line is said by Jacob -- "Sometimes you can just...hop in the back of someone's cab and tell them what they're supposed to do. Other times...you have to let them look out at the ocean for a while." (I googled this quote so I had it exactly right. Every blog up to this point, I've only used google for spelling purposes. I mean for these blogs to come from memory and from the heart.)
This quote and this episode tug at the heart strings ever so slightly and overall it was a pretty good Jack episode. After such a great Locke episode, it made sense for the writers to bring us an equally good episode for Jack. They did a good job for the most part. Thankfully this episode took Jack and Hurley (and the audience) away from the Temple as Jacob reveals, shit is about to go down there. It can't come soon enough!
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