It was written by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, the same team that brought us "Deus Ex Machina."

And yeah, the Jack/Sawyer scene ruled. Very well done, and less melodramatic than I might have expected it to turn out. I found it interesting that Jack never explicitly thanked him. He just kind of cried and nodded his head a lot. But I think Sawyer got the picture.