Lost: The Other 48 Days

Ana Lucia: "You've been waiting forty days to talk?"Eko: "You waited forty days to cry."Was this a water cooler episode, or what?The "Fusies" were lucky. They had (1) Jack, to care for them; (2) Locke, to hunt for them; (3) Jin, to fish for them; (4) the fuselage itself, with knives, guns, clothes, drugs, and so on; and (5) a minimum safe distance from The Others. Was this intentional? If