Whereas there was nothing jarring to me at all, just the reiteration that this was real!Jack and had been all along. I think the people who were expecting something different sold themselves a bill of good for whatever reason, somewhat aided and abetted by Moran's "Captain's Blog" swill. However that was never canon. What happened on screen told a consistent story and it wasn't the one they talked themselves into seeing. (Although I admit to being led astray by the pre-S3 hype, which was why I was so worried that Jack was being character assassination and so relieved when it didn't happen.)