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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
This is why you have to look at it like this:
1. The Flashbacks mean nothing to Jack's journey. It's just "filler" for the viewer to become familiar with the character(s) but in the "Grand Scheme" of things, the flashbacks really mean nothing to his current state because it had already occurred.
2. *Spoiler* (just for you). The Flash Sideways mean absolutely nothing because it never occurred. It wasn't a flashback or a flash "side". It was a plot device and IMO, completely unnecessary to the plot, the season or the story. They should have used that time instead to further detail the mythology that had integrated into the show from day one. Instead, it was just a waste of time.
All that matters is what happened on the Island. That's it. The flashbacks didn't help Jack's journey and the flashsides didn't happen.
If you focus on Jack's present, it all becomes clear.
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So... if the show was about Jack's journey then why spend half or more of each episode on flashbacks/forwards/sides that are irrelevant to the show? It feels as if your interpretation ignores the bulk of show's screentime because it clashes with the neat, tidy logic you've come up with.