Does anyone see Susan looking up birth or death records, to find out if Paul’s telling the truth about Dana? To reassure herself that Zach isn’t dangerous?
How about this? Julie is Dana!!! She’s adopted??? That’s why the dad doesn’t want them getting too close???
So, if Dana = Dierdre = adult female in box, then Zach may well remember her death, and Paul was lying when he told Zach that Dana was very much alive. The question then becomes why exactly did he lie? To get Zach to calm down? To protect Zach from the truth? And what else did he say, such that Zach came out of that car with a much cockier attitude, mocking Paul with that ‘Dad’, and having leverage to keep them from moving?
Of course, all this is pretty thin, trying to tie together things that may not have anything to do with each other. I tell you, between this show and Lost, there’s no end to the speculatory fun!