S3E16: One of Us - General comments.

• Richard Alpert seems to be running the US side of things. He didn't go to the Island with Juliet and was apparently still out there the day of the crash. But now he is on the island at Ben's request. What is his interest in there being new people on the island?
  
  
• Why wouldn't they even let Juliet's sister onto their US base? Was it just to avoid her knowing anything? If so why not make her leave after reaching the main building. Is it perhaps that they in their racist way didn't want someone not on Jacobs list to go onto Other soil, like they consider that base to be an embassy and therefore under Others law.
  
  
• Jacks a bit heavy handed in protecting Juliet. Is he really just giving her 100% trust? Or is he just faking it and doing things in his usual headstrong way in which he aproaches everything else.
  
  
• Juliet can't have been convinced just by the absense of cancer, unless there are a lot more Others. But she must have witnessed something of the island's healing powers. She must also believe that this Jacob has healing powers and I doubt Juliet would take it on faith. Jacob is starting to seem more and more like some kind of ancient god. Probably a stone face that shoots flames and speaks with a booming voice.
  
  
• While it is true that sometimes a spade is just a spade, I'm not totally convinced Juliet is 100% on board with her role as a plant. Plus I would have to admit to being a little disapointed that someone that appears to be obviously a plant actually turned out to be a plant. I think we all called the Claire thing would be her supposed way in to the group (though I don't think anyone thought it was orchestrated via implant, that suggests they had it planned a long time back).
  
  
• I suspect that to get to the island without disruption the sub has to dive really deep and that people who's bodies aren't used to the high pressure may suffer an amount of discomfort. Perhaps part of the apparent super strength of some others (Ethan) is just an indicator of some kind of high pressure strength training. Or at least the strength is why they can sit around playing cards while at such pressures. Ethan did comment about "the last leg of the trip".
  
  
• An alternative to the above may be that some kind of surgeory was performed on Juliet, but personally I think it is to do with the journey at this time.
  
  
• I can't take credit for this one but it is a good catch. In the Lost experience, Mittlewerk apparently cured Pete Thompsons cancer. That was something they never really gave us all the details on during the experience. That doesn't mean this is all tied to Mittlewerk, but it does make it likely that this fact was a secret Easter Egg from the experience.