Might as well post this here aswell:
Some interesting scenes involveing Shepherd senior in this episode. Thought i'd capture those moments:
"Charlie" is good with his word as Christian soon visits a bewlidered Jack:
Notice how Christian is wearing the white sneakers that 'he' was wearing on the day Jack saw him on the island (1.05: White Rabbit):
I think this alludes to the idea that 'this' version/manifestation of Christian is the SAME version (from the same source - Smokey?) as the one Jack saw on the island all those seasons ago.
However, the following sighting of Christian is wearing completely different clothing when he visits his other child, Claire and his grandson Aaron:
Can't tell whether he's wearing sneakers or not in this cap, but he certainly isn't wearing his usual suit (as seen in the above 'Jack' caps).
So do we have '2 sides' in relation to the manifestations/visions/sightings? Several of us have believed thfor a while now, and this looks set to add more weight to this idea. If so, are these 'sides' in unison? It would appear not..one version of Christian is dour and 'serious', whereas the version which visited Claire/Aaron is far more jovial and chillaxed. As suggested, one version probably is Smokey/the island, whereas the other version is the actual spirit of the dead person. we've also seen this with the various "Yemi" manifestations..
It would appear that the island and the spirits/whispers are at odds..maybe. Just a suggestion which seems appropriate to bring back into the domain, since this episode.