Clue that Michael and Jin Escaped the Freighter Explosion?

Maybe I haven't seen it posted yet, but has anyone else noted that this isn't the first time we've seen an exploding boat in a season finale, and who ended up in the water in season one? Michael, Jin and Sawyer.

I think it's not just an interesting coincidence that those same three also ended up in the water last night. Sawyer made it back to the island. Are the other two soon to follow?

We have one of the same basic questions we had at the end of season one: Will they survive, will they make it back to the island?

I think there's also another parallel. At the end of season one Michael lost Walt, and in this finale Sawyer and Jin each had someone taken away. Now we can look forward to the reunions of all three with their significant others somewhere in another life (i.e., end of season 5).

Hopefully Michael reunites with Walt after redeeming himself from his mistakes from the last time, and hopefully Sawyer and Jin don't shoot anybody (unless they deserve to be shot, of course).

^^ It is def. an interesting thought, that all 3 of them end up in the water again, but we know Michael is def. dead, no question about it. Christian said "you can go now michael." Michael had been trying to end his life, and now he has done what he needed to do, and the island allows him to finally die in a heroic way. I also think that Jin is most likely dead as well, but we can maybe come up with some theories on his escape. Perhaps he jumped off at the last second, I don't know. But, I would like to see him come through this alive, I just don't know if it will happen.

Do we know for sure Michael is dead? When Walt came to talk to Hurley he said he was pretecting everyone who didn't leave the island..Could Locke have told Hurley that Michael was still alive on the island?? Just a thought... i guess he could of lied also but i dont see Hurley doing that..

^^ I realliy don't see how Michael could be alive. He was inside the boat, right next to the C4...

At least Jin was out on the platform, next to the water.

I did look like a pretty un-survivable explosion, but I also thought that about the hatch explosion and it didn't end up killing anyone.

Also, I think Michael was trying to kill himself only when he saw himself as a miserable human being who didn't deserve redemption, and didn't have a purpose. I think maybe his perception changed. Michael had found a purpose toward redemption--he was determined to sacrifice his life to save his old friends. I think Christian's message can be interpreted as "You've done all you can do, you've earned a second chance, now get the hell off the boat."

I don't know if the island really needs to communicate to Michael that he can now die. Mike didn't need that information, but he may have needed a prompting to drop one action and go on to another task, maybe. Perhaps the island has another job for him.

I had another interesting thought: Did Michael stay behind because he thought he couldn't be killed?

And we need to remember: If the island doesn't want you dead, I think it is powerful enough to save a character from anything.

^^ Well Christian is pretty much "The Island" spokesperson. Michael always said "the island won't let me die." And now the head spokesperson, says he can go...

I think Jin is dead but Michael survives . When Christian says he can go now , I wondered if that meant go ahead and die or leave thru the time travel ability ... Michael's choice . Just a thought .

I think Michael and Jin are both alive. I really like the point made about it being Michael, Jin, and Sawyer being back in the water. "You can go now" can be interpreted a bunch of different ways. I know, I know. The most obvious one, since he was standing right next to the C4, would be that it was time to die. That just seems too strange for Christian to come announce Michael of his death. He could've just blown up, and that would have been a lot more believable. I guess there are other 2 possibilities. Perhaps he can go to his son now because he's redeemed himself a little. I don't think that's what was meant either. The island seems to always be trying to draw the Losties back to itself. I think Christian came to tell Michael that he can go back to the island now because there is more that he was meant to do.

I just read an interview that TV Guide did with Harold P., and he (and the producers) are pushing the idea that Michael is really dead, and Harold is kind of upset that he's off the show again.

I think the producers sometimes out-and-out lie about stuff to mislead us, and if it were me, I'd enjoy putting blatantly false information out there to throw people off.

I don't particularly like the Michael character (Walt!), but I think his story is unresolved. It looks to me, though, that Walt is too big (!) a problem to resolve but I would like to hear something more about his special powers.

Why is Walt having grown considerably in 3 years, ate 2004 he leaves island late 2007 he visits Hurley, a problem? My 12 year-old grew 5 inches this year.

I think we will hear much more on Walt.