We found out that Jin is still alive in Lost Season 5 Episode 4.
Sun tells her daughter Ji Yeon she met a friend for her in America. When she gets off the phone, she pulls out a gun and points it at Ben, who tells her Jin’s not dead.
Jin’s back in 1988. The French people ask him about a radio tower on the island. He says yes, and that he knows where his camp is from there. On their way, one of their group disappears. Then Jin hears a monster. They found their missing partner. Falling from the sky. Now they may wish to listen to Jin that there’s a monster. The monster snags another victim, but they dash to save him. It’s too late since he’s missing a limb, but they don’t want to leave anyone behind. Jin insists that, at least the pregnant woman should not go dashing in. A flash follows, and Jin’s alone. He sees an arm that looks like it’s been there for quite some time on the ground. Upon arrival at camp, he sees some remnants of it but no living people. There are a couple dead bodies, however. Then he finds Danielle holding a gun on Robert, the guy she was with. Robert begs her not to shoot him, then pulls out a gun on her. Fortunately, his gun has no bullets, giving her the chance to get rid of him before he gets rid of her. Jin is forced to run away when she start shooting at him. As he’s running, there’s another flash. Now another person is holding a gun at him. This time it’s Sawyer.
Jin wants somebody to translate what’s going on. Miles can’t since he’s from Encino, but Jin knows Charlotte can. He wants to know how he’s sure his wife is off the island. Locke says he’s sure, but it won’t matter if they don’t make it to the Orchid. They need to bring Sun back because she never should have left.
Ben wants to take Sun to someone in LA to get proof that Jin is alive. It’s the same person who’s going to take them back to the island. Kate and Sayid aren’t pleased by this news and run away. Ben asks for just 30 minutes, which is enough to convince Sun to finally drop her weapon.
Time for another flash. Then another. Charlotte collapses and warns Jin to not let them bring Sun back, no matter what.
Jack apologizes to Sun for leaving Jin behind. Also, he’s not any more happy with Ben than Sun is.
Juliet and Sawyer have been hit by nosebleeds as well. Sawyer wants to bail, but Daniel doesn’t want to leave Charlotte behind. Then there’s another flash. The others decide to go, but Dan is staying behind with her. Sawyer asks what happens if the Orchid isn’t even around any more, and Charlotte tells him to look for the well.
They arrive at the Orchid. Juliet asks: what are the odds they’d end up at the same time as it? So then there’s another flash. And no Orchid. Locke looks for the well.
Charlotte tells Daniel she’s been there before. She grew up on the island but left when she was young. Her mom always told her that it wasn’t real. When she left the island, a man warned her that, if she ever came back, she would die. That man was Daniel.
Locke wants to go down the well, but Jin doesn’t want him to bring Sun back. He promises not to bring her back, so Jin allows him to go. As proof that he’s dead, Jin gives his wedding ring to Locke. He begins his descent, and there’s another flash. Locke falls to the bottom, but the others are in a time when there is no well.
Daniel believes that his mother can and will help them, which he’d better be right about since Charlotte has died.
Locke tries yelling, but the people he was with obviously aren’t going to answer. Then he hears some footsteps, belonging to Christian, who tells him that he should have been the one to move the island as instructed. When he arrives in LA, he’s to gather all the people who left the island, convince them to join him, and Eloise Hawking will get them back to the island. As Richard said, he’s going to have to die.
Ben gives Sun the wedding ring, which he got from Locke. They’re at the church to meet with a woman who can help them get back to the island. Sun agrees to go with him. Desmond’s also there, looking for Faraday’s mother. She doesn’t like that the others are missing, but this group will have to do for now.
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