Lost Season 4, Episode 2 Review and Easter Eggs

I am a complete Lost addict. I love the way this show draws you in and places small clues in unlikely places. Sometimes I have to re-watch an episode three and four time, just to assure myself that I caught everything, which I never do. My Lost Easter Egg obsession is now your gain. If I missed anything, please please tell me in the comments below. I would love a great conversation about theories and such in the comments too.

The main question for episode 2 season 4 "Confirmed Dead," for me is, were we watching flash backs or flash forwards this time? The newest members to our island didn't give much information to decide. Many say it was a flash back for the simple reason that they say there were no survivors. But think about it. Dan started crying when the wreckage was shown on tv, and the woman with him asked him why it is affecting him that way. He said he had no idea. It is my belief that he is crying because knows he left so many people there to die. Frank, the pilot saying he knew it wasn't the pilot because of the wedding ring, while this has been proven to be true with old screen caps Frank could have also known because he knew how the pilot really died. When Charlotte found the Hydra Dharma symbol on the collar belonging to the polar bear she smiled like she had seen it before. And Miles went to a house and found a bag with money and what looked like heroin in it. Who on the island do we know that dealt in heroin and is also dead, that could have spoken with our ghost buster at some time in the future island time.

This show confuses me, yet the confusion is wonderful!!!