Excellent point. And that "pulling the dirt over" encapsulates everything that has bothered me about Jack. He's so convinced he's dead, he's not really trying anymore, is he? Gwen, who seemed set up to redeem him, just sort of sunk in the quagmire next to him, didn't she?

I think Owen may not have given up struggling against the darkness. His "Dances with Weevils" moment really could be the thing that pulls him out of his navel-gazing funk. (And, for the record, I believe it was a result of his study of the Weevils, not some mystical Weevil-bite energy transfer.)