Sun had a flash forward. Jin had a flashback.
A lot of people in the fan forums seem to be very confused about what happened in “Ji Yeon.” I’ve seen quite a few people wonder why the doctor lied about the sex of Sun’s baby, why Jin had faked his death, and who he was now married to. They didn’t get it. Did you?
This was the first time we’ve had both a flash forward and a flashback in the same episode. Sun’s off-island scenes took place after the crash, when she returns to the real world as one of the Oceanic 6. Jin’s off-island scenes took place before the crash, back in 2000.
When the shopkeeper told Jin to buy the dragon instead of the second panda, he said it was the Year of the Dragon. We have the choice of 2000 or 2012 for the scenes, and Sun wouldn’t still be pregnant in 2012!
No one lied about the sex of any baby. Jin wasn’t going to see Sun in the hospital. He was delivering a stuffed panda to someone that Mr. Paik wanted to do business with. He was still a line manager for Paik Automotive. He had only been married to Sun for two months so far. He was not yet beating people up for Sun’s father.
Jin’s tombstone said that he died on September 22, 2004. That was the date of the plane crash. He never made it off the island. We don’t know if he’s alive on the island, or if he dies before Sun gets off the island. Either way, she has plenty of reason to cry at his graveside. Either way, she’s never going to see him again.
