I love this cap of Jack for many reasons:
it could be many things but I love the idea that she's wearing a hearing aid
the scars she showed Rodriguez are there: they are a part of Jack's past, present and future
but she's no longer crushed by them. she used to write poetry about being filled with "lies of hope", about marking herself "black and jagged" to cover those scars that she believed made her "a monster"
now she's truly hopeful, the word and concept are no longer related to lies, to something that ultimately will lead to deceipt and pain. we can see it on her face. her students are safe, she's on a shuttle with shepard, the future can be built. she BELIEVES
and as shepard themselves can say to jack, about the students "I can't think of anybody who would care about them more", which to me says so much about who jack is and the respect shepard has for her. and we know it's all true: jack is giving those students the care, the support and the advice that she should have gotten years ago. lots of things can be said and have been said about this character development, so i won't linger, i'm just very happy to see her like this












