The fate of Jin was definitely one of the cliffhangers we were meant to ponder during this hiatus. This one is tricky because there are no scientific theories or literary works that we can use to help steer us in the right direction. Instead this decision has to be not only from your gut but what you think the writers would do in order to tell the best story they can.
In the poll I put a few possibilities and I will write any reasons I thought of when I posed the scenarios. If you think of any other possibilities or just agree or disagree with one of them I’d love to know your thoughts.
Scenario 1- Jin is Dead
This is the obvious no brainer and what the writers want us to think. LOST has the tendency to make us over think and over analyze everything that we are introduced to so it’s a given we would do this with Jin. However, maybe this is the time a spade really is a spade and Jin is dead. Jin being dead could give some pretty good twists with his grieving widow. Like we saw, Sun has made contact with Widmore. What we don’t know yet is why. Is she aligning herself with him to get revenge on Ben, the man who technically killed her husband by killing Keamy? Perhaps she is going by the old saying “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”. Personally I think this would be a brilliant move on Sun’s part if she can become friends with Widmore and learns all the secrets he knows about the island. The big question is would Widmore fall for it?
Scenario 2- Alive and will be rescued by the Zodiac
I think that it would be a good solid guess that the Zodiac moved with the island. I think Daniel still has a story to tell and getting rid of him in such a manner just wouldn’t jive with me. I don’t think we have learned all we need to know about Desmond being his constant and wouldn’t it just make a better story if they were separated and needed to get back together again? I got off point. Assuming any survivors and the wreckage were in the area that got moved, it is totally conceivable that Daniel would be the hero of the day and save our Jin. Jin being alive gives Sun a reason to get back to the island and the shock of her life when she finds out he is not dead.
Scenario 3- Alive but will get to the island via different means
Like scenario 2, Jin will make it to the island. This scenario, though, leaves the Zodiac out of the picture because either it didn’t make the trip or just didn’t find Jin in the water. If Sawyer could swim to the island, Jin (as long as he is not really hurt) could float on a piece of the freighter towards shore and then partake in the Dharma rum party (Now why can’t I be invited to that party).
Senario 4- Alive but will not get to the island
What if Jin and the wreckage were out of the scope of things affected by the island’s move? There is a possiblility that Jin is just floating in the ocean hoping for rescue. The flaw I see in this theory is that if Jin gets back to the real world, why not find his way back to his wife and child? I guess this might depend on just who picked him up. If it was someone connected with the freckage in the Sunda Trench, I don’t think they would want him messing up the cover story (even if the story wasn’t made by them).
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I'm hoping that he's alive, and I could go either way on the zodiak or the lone swim to shore. I have to look again to see if it shows how close the zodiak might be to the freighter. If Jin got thrown from the boat, he might have gotten lucky and landed near the zodiak.
Bottom line is....if the island wants him alive, he will be, and he'll make it back to shore. :-)
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