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Why do people believe that Jack finished off the marshall?
He point blank refused to participate in euthanizing him, even while acknowledging that his death was certain and would be painful. Jack let him suffer for hours. Even after Sawyer shot him, Jack immediately began to try to stop the flow of blood from the chest wound. While he theorized that it would take "hours" for him to "bleed out," Jack had no crystal ball or way to know exactly how long it would take, and considering his near-death state, that he died much faster than "hours" is no indication that Jack suddenly changed his moral compass. Without proof, at best, this is an unaswered question.Namastizzay 23:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Later episodes make reference to Jack euthanizing the marshall. Jimbo the Tubby talk contributions 04:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Can you provide a citation, please? Namastizzay 23:16, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I've gone through season 1 transcripts and the the few references to the marshal do not say anything about how he died, only that he wasn't burned in the fuselage with the people who died in the crash. Jack says that he needed to bury him. I think this is simply a case of people misunderstanding the circumstances of the marshal's expiration, and that people are ignoring Jack's inherent nature and the fact that, until much later in the story, he would never actively contribute to an innocent person's death. Jack would refuse to give up on anyone. But if there is evidence, I'd be happy to be aware of it. Or if anyone can suggest a way that Jack could finish the marshal off in the time he had, I would be interested to hear such a theory. The only ways I can think of would be beyond Jack's abilities at that moment, and within the time available: 1) Blunt force trauma to the skull. 2) Breaking his neck.
- Kate and Sawyer had each taken a life deliberately before that moment. I think killing a man to end his suffering would be far easier for them than it would be for Jack, whose very essence and reason for being was the protection and restoration of life, to an obsessive level. If he saw no end in the man's suffering, could he have done him in somehow? I think so, eventually. But I don't think he could have done it in the 37 seconds (27 seconds of gasping, 3 seconds of groaning, 7 seconds of silence) he had, and certainly not with the methods he had at his disposal. No. I don't think so. And I think they would have shown it or made it clear that he had if he had done so. Namastizzay 01:14, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- I don't have a specific quote for you, but I'll try to remember to look for it next time I rewatch Season 1. If I recall correctly, it's something Sawyer says. At any rate, everything in this episode and later suggests that we are meant to infer that that is what happened. Nothing in the show has happened to imply otherwise. To raise it as an unanswered question is purely speculation. Jimbo the Tubby talk contributions 05:42, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
