Discuss this episode here!

i love dead Danielle.

it sucked, it sucked big time, worst epi ever in my book

 i didnt think it sucked.

we learned what started the eventual down fall of future JAck that we saw in thru the looking glass, and that clearly he finds out that Claire was his sister.

JAcks father not dead?  Or if he IS a ghost, he can clearly manipulate his surroundings (holding Aaron).

Charilies message thru Hurley to Jack :"You aren't supposed to raise him"  continues from the story line that noone but Claire should be raising Aaron.

As for you comment on it sucking, well, they give us these character stories every once in a while to break up the madness of the mind blowing episodes.  They always happen thru out every season so i would think you should probably just accept them by now.

Another thought that Rose brings to the fore front...The Island is supposed to heal.  So why did JAck get sick?  Same reasons for Ben?
Bernard suggests that maybe he has angered the gods.  Docarzt suggests that perhaps the reson why Jack was not healed by the island is because Jack thinks the only one who can heal Jack is JAck - hence the i want to be awake and watch in the mirror and talk it thru.  If you stop believing in the island, it starts working against you.