this will spoil some of last night's episode so putting it in spoiler block just in case.
I fully admit that i missed some of the middle seasons, so this may already have been answered which is why I'm asking ...
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As far as I knew, Sawyer was always a con man on the bad side of the law. If, given this flash sideways, has him as a cop, does that mean the flashsideways is a reset of more than just _after_ the island and instead could have reset some situations prior to the plane as well (i.e. sawyer becoming a cop)... OR has it not been ruled out that Sawyer may have been a cop prior to going to australia ?
Because if the flashsideways is resetting stuff from before the flight as well, that might explain Jack's wife/child in an entirely different perspective.
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Anyway, just a random thought/question.