Well, I’ve done an about face re: my half-cooked theory about why Sun didn’t make the leap back in time with the rest of the Oceanic Sixers. I thought it possible that she didn’t make the jump because she, like Ben, was already on the Island in 1977. I was thinking maybe the Island had some sort of paradox clause to keep you from traveling back to a time when you were already on the Island. I mean, what sort of ramifications would there be if you were to meet yourself in the past / future? Anyway, that was what I was initially thinking.

But, I’m wrong. Not only does Lostpedia confirm Sun’s birthdate as 1980, but we’ve also seen this season that the Island makes no such distinctions when throwing you back in time. Earlier this year, when Sawyer, Juliet, Locke and the crew were doing the nosebleed, timewarp thing, they went back to a point in Season 1 when Claire had her baby and Locke saw the light coming from the hatch. Sawyer walks out of the jungle and sees Kate delivering Claire’s baby. Anyway, all of those individuals who were traveling back in time were already on the Island at that moment in time. So there goes my theory.

I”ll have a full recap of last night’s episode later today.