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Originally Posted by srandallf

Someone was odd about the timeline. when jack original found out about john's death, he was seen with a long beard. last night we saw clearly, jack was working and looking clean just before john's death.....something aint right, assuming jack found out shortly after john's death. he wouldnt have had time to grow that beard

He was growing the beard when tending to Locke in the hosiptal. I bet seeing Locke send him all the way over the edge. Remember Ben said he was flying to Australia and coming back the next day (ref: last season). Makes you wonder how long Locke was on ice.