Parent-Child theme - Redemption?

Posted this on a Doc Jensen column today, just wanted to keep track of it, maybe dive into it more at a later date-

Maybe the parent-child theme goes along with the redemption theme – can our characters break the cycle that they were born into? Many of the 815ers have similar problems to their parents – Jack and Christian both were a too obsessive and self-involved. Kate always felt the “badness” of Wayne in her. Sawyer became who he was because of Cooper. Although not his biological father, he had more to do with how little James grew up than anyone else, and Sawyer was completely consumed by him. Those are the three biggest examples. Each of these characters need to reconcile with this truth before they can really move on. Kate may have. Sawyer may have. Jack certainly has not. The scene in White Rabbit was the perfect metaphor for this, where Jack finds the empty coffin. His father is still out there, and he can’t bury him. Thoughts?