I don't know how old the child is. The way he woke up and said "Mummy" to her made him sound quite young still. Probably no more than 2 or 2 1/2. He was adorable by the way. They must get off the island while he is pretty young still because there is obviously some significant time that goes on between the rescue and the trial. Kate has had time to buy a huge house (with Oceanic money?) and establish a close relationship to her nanny. She has also heard Jack's story of the crash "so many times she believes it."

I agree there is no way that she could keep custody of a child that isn't biologically hers as a wanted felon. They obviously had to pass the kid off as hers. I still don't know how they explain that, but we shall see in the coming months.

If 4 years have passed in the real world, but less than 4 months have passed on the island, do the Losties catch up on their aging as soon as they return from the island? The reason I ask is because Aaron looks much older than he should be. If not much time has gone by b/t the O6's arrival back and Kate's court case (and it probably hasn't), Aaron shouldn't be speaking yet. Or that big. See what I mean? If that's what happened I bet it hurt. Not joking. Especially for Sun whose pregnancy would have been super sped up.

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"Helen, do you remember that authentic Australian walkabout I told you about?"

This is a very good point. It simplifies this thread totally negating all the "4 months is 4 years" quotes. I hope this wasn't posted anywhere else (it wasn't on this thread) but in Kate's trial when the DA recommends she stay in prison for the duration of the trial, her lawyer states she was free prior to her arraingment. The point I am trying to make is the big mystery this season is how do all the ff fit in a time line? (i.e. Kate and Jack could have met at the airport before her trial)

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" We kinda like knew that forever ago." -Hurley SE4EP8

I think it's much more likely that Kate's trial was a lot closer to Jack's catching up with Hurley at the Santa Rosa Medical Center than it was to Jack and Kate's meeting at the airport. For one thing Jack is fairly bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the first two events, but he is bearded and really screwed up in the third. I don't think he would have had time to lose his mind a bit and then clean himself up all before the trial. And what would have helped him clean himself up, anyway? He hadn't returned to the island, so his problem still beats down heavy on his mind.

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"Helen, do you remember that authentic Australian walkabout I told you about?"

That was just an example. that's why there is an (i.e.) in front of it. I agree with the points you made though. I just would love to know the timeline, and how we as viewers are going to figure it out.

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" We kinda like knew that forever ago." -Hurley SE4EP8