Sawyer sees everyone carrying the ping-pong table, Hurley says Jin found while looking for firewood, they made legs, paddles and now all they need is a ball, it must've landed in the jungle when the hatch exploded, Sawyer says that he thought it collapsed.
Sawyer wants his Guns and Ammo magazine back from Paulo, but he says that they share things now, while carrying it wrapped around a roll of Dharma toilet paper.
Sayid says they're still heading North, bearing 305, Locke senses a lack of confidence, Sayid says they've been walking for 2 days following a compass bearing from Eko's stick, Locke says it's the only bearing they have.
Sayid is picking fruit, he hears a bell, finds a cow, a house, sees the eye patch man, calling the cow to him, it's another station.
Sawyer has a ball, challenges everyone to ping-pong game for his stuff back, pick their best man, they say no nicknames for a week if he loses.
Sayid circles the house, he says there's nothing but jungle surrounding it, there are horses, cows, fenced in, a satellite dish on top, Sayid says a dish of that size would have broadcasting capabilities for thousands of miles. From Lostpedia
Sayid asks Danielle if it's the radio tower, but she says no, she's never seen it before.
Kate asks Sayid where he recognizes the man with the eye patch from, Sayid tells her The Pearl video feed, the only way to find out who he is, is by asking him, if he's unarmed, he won't feel threatened, they cover him.
Rousseau says she has no interest on the man inside the house, that she survived by avoiding encounters, that she'll wait by the stream for those who survive.
Sayid is a cook, going by the name Najeev, meets a man named Sami, says he's Syrian, but Sami says he's Iraqi too, wants him to work for him because his chef quit, they're in Paris.
Sayid approaches the house, with his hands up, there is a horse, saddled, stirrups, a grey cat catches his attention, the eye patch man shoots Sayid, says he didn't cross the line, it's his land, they said he could stay there. Sayid tells him his name, he's not who he thinks he is, says he was on plane that crashed months ago, that he's unarmed.
Locke and Kate approach the house, tell the man to drop the weapon, he surrenders. He asks if they really crashed there, Sayid tells him over 40 of them did, Kate asks who he is.
"My name is Mikhail Bakunin and I am the last remaining member of the DHARMA Initiative."
Mikhail takes a look at Sayid's gunshot wound, spent time in Afghanistan, had experience with field medicine in the Soviet Army, tells Sayid his story while Locke and Kate investigate the station. Kate goes in the kitchen, while Locke sees a computer with a chess screen, "Ready to play? Y/N," he presses yes, the computer tells him it's his move.From Lostpedia
"I grew up in Kiev and joined the Soviet Army. I was stationed at a listening post at Vladivostok. After the Cold War, after we lost the Cold War, my unit was decommissioned. I was dismissed from my life in the military. And after years of conducting unpleasant actions against our enemies, I found myself wanting to do something good. So I replied to a newspaper advertisement." Mikhail "An advertisement?" Sayid "Would you like to save the world? it read. That’s how I met them, the Initiative. They’re very secretive, very rich, very smart." Mikhail "So, when did you come to the island?" Sayid "11 years now. I like computers, communications equipment, being along like a lighthouse keeper. So they put me in this station. They called it The Flame." Mikhail "What is the purpose of the flame?" Sayid " To communicate with the outside world, of course."
Mikhail says the Dharma Initiative all dead, initiated war against hostiles, the purge, didn't participate in it, likes being alone, after the war was over, 4 men appeared in the yard, they offered a truce, line around the alley, do not cross, he'll be left alone, they took 2 cows, never saw them again, satellite hasn't functioned for years, the hostiles were there a long time before Dharma Initiative.
Mikhail removes the bullet from Sayid's arm.
Sayid goes to see Sami at his restaurant, Sami greets him, introduces him to his wife, Amira, she says it's him, Sayid is attacked by Sami and his men.
Mikhail has a cat named Nadia, after Nadia Comaneci, greatest athlete the world has ever known, they have the same birthday. Mikhail stitches up Sayid's wound, he offers them some iced tea.
Locke plays chess on the computer, Mikhail says he's been playing it for 10 years, it's been programmed by 3 Grand Masters, and it cheats.
"Well, I’ve played a lot of computers and I’m pretty sure they don’t know how to cheat. That’s what makes being human so distinctly wonderful." Locke
Kate questions why they'd leave Mikhail there all alone, with the equipment, but Sayid says that it makes perfect sense, that Mikhail is one of them, and he's not alone.
Sawyer plays Hurley in ping pong, gets schooled.
Sayid says he noticed thick wires when he walked around the station, Mikhail says that it's the hub, they go around to other stations all over the island, Sayid asks if they go underwater, Mikhail says there's underwater beacon that emits solar pings to help guide in the vessels, submarine, Dharma Initiative used it to bring them there, hostiles have either destroyed or decommissioned it by now, Sayid says that explains how they were able to get around his position and capture the sailboat, lost it to them, killed one.
Mikhail wonders why they're playing a game, Sayid fights him, Kate and Locke draw their guns, Mikhail surrenders and they tie him up.
Sayid is being held prisoner by Sami, who brings him water, says he was a torturer in Republican Guard, he victimized his wife, Amira, arrested, harbored an enemy of the state, held for 3 months while she was questioned. Sami wants him to admit what he did, but Sayid only admits who he is, Sayid Jarrah, was in the Republican Guard, was an interrogator, but says he doesn't know Sami's wife, he can remember every face, Sami says his wife remembers, wants him to admit or he will kill him.
Sayid says Mikhail is not alone, the horse is still saddled, for someone much shorter. Locke says that he's checked everywhere, but Sayid reveals a trap door under a rug.From Lostpedia
Sami brings his wife into the room, Sayid says he didn't know her, wouldn't touch a woman, wouldn't admit to something he didn't do, bu Sami says Amira admitted to something she didn't do and he poured boiling water on her arms and hands, he beats him badly, but Sayid won't admit to torturing his wife. Amira says that's enough for today.
Sayid and Kate go underground, while Locke watches Mikhail, the entire place is wire with C4, Sayid finds Dharma Initiative Operations Manuals.From Lostpedia
Locke beats the chess game, you win, checkmate, a video begins with Dr. Marvin Candle, "Manual override complete. For pallet drop enter 24. For station uplink enter 32. For mainland communication enter 38." Locke enters 38, "The satellite dish is inoperable. Communications are down. For sonar access enter 56." Locke presses 56, "Sonar is inoperable. Has there been an incursion of this station by The Hostiles? If so, enter 77." Mikhail approaches Locke with a knife.From Lostpedia
Kate finds a rack of DHARMA jumpsuits, Ms. Klugh pops up from behind it and attacks Kate, Sayid stops her, Kate says it's her, she was there at the dock. Sayid asks if there's any more of them there, but Ms. Klugh is silent.
They bring Ms. Klugh upstairs, Locke and Mikhail have disappeared, they are now outside, where Mikhail has a gun on Locke, he wants to do a prisoner exchange.
Mikhail and Klugh speak to eachother in Russian. Klugh says Mikhail knows what to do, but he says they have another way out, she says they can't risk it, but he says no, she says he knows the conditions, they captured them, can't let them get into the territory, he knows what to do, it's an order, Mikhail says that there's still another way, but Klugh insists, he says to forgive him, pushes Locke and shoots her, but Sayid has his gun on Mikhail, who tells him to do it already, to finish the job, to kill him.From Lostpedia
Hurley beat Sawyer badly in ping pong, tells him his mom had a table in her basement, played a lot in the instu--this place he hung out at, gives him back one of his Playboy magazines, tells him that Kate's going to be okay, she's with Locke and Sayid.
Locke is looking at the computer again, Kate is downstairs, Sayid questions Mikhail, who admits he wasn't a member of the Dharma Initiative, but says that everything else was true. Rousseau wants to kill him, but Sayid says they're collecting whatever is useful from the house, they have a ticket to where the Others live, they can find her daughter, Jack and maybe a way home.
Mikhail says that he won't help them, but Sayid has a map to the barracks.From Lostpedia
"I didn’t say you were our ticket, did I? This is a map showing electrical and data cabling running from The Flame, here, to a place called The Barracks, here. It’s comprised of houses and dormitories, with water and power large enough to accommodate an entire community. Sounds like a place well worth visiting, don’t you think?" Sayid
Mikhail says Sayid will have his guard down, and he won't hesitate to kill him.
Sami's wife, Amira, visits Sayid with a similar cat to the one from The Flame.
"After my husband and I first arrived in Paris, I was afraid to ever leave our apartment. So I would stare out in the window into the alley, and I would see this cat looking for scraps. One day some children came into the alley and trapped him in a box. I watched them light firecrackers and drop them in the box. I could hear him howl from three stories above. So finally, I had a reason to leave my apartment. I rescued this cat and I brought him home. He sits with me when I read, sleeps with me, and he purrs. But, every once in a while, he will bite me or scratch me. He does this because sometimes he forgets that he is safe now. So I forgive him when he bites me, because I remember what it is like to never feel safe. And that is because of you. So today, I ask only one thing of you: I ask you now to show me the respect by acknowledging what you did to me. That it was you who questioned me, tortured me and that you remember me." AmiraFrom Lostpedia
"I remember you. I remember your face. Your face has haunted me ever since I left Iraq. I am sorry. I am so sorry for what I did to you. I am sorry." Sayid
Amira forgives Sayid, says she'll tell her husband she was wrong, she made a mistake, that it wasn't him, that they're all capable of doing what the children did to her cat, but she won't do that, won't be that.
Rousseau says they should kill Mikhail, but Sayid wont kill him, Locke and Kate show up. Locke says he knows why Mikhail didn't want him to beat the game, The Flame explodes.From Lostpedia
"What have you done, John? That place was our one hope of communication with the outside world!" Sayid"The computer said that if there was an incursion of the station by The Hostiles, I should enter 77. So I entered 77." Locke
Sayid says they should leave, the explosion will attract attention, he sees the grey cat again.
Questions:
How did objects explode out of the hatch when it imploded?
How could Sayid live in Paris and not know a lick of French?
Why were the codes on the computer in The Flame hidden behind a chess game?
Was Mikhail really a member of the Dharma Initiative?
Why would Mikhail tell a story that was partly true?
Why would Sayid say the horse was saddled for someone much shorter than Mikhail?
Did anything happen besides an explosion when Locke entered 77?
Who occupied The Flame before Mikhail?
Favorites:
"Look, dude, all I know is the sky turned purple. After that I don’t ask questions. Just make myself a salad and move on." Hurley
"We’ve been walking for two days, following a compass bearing provided by the carvings on a stick!" Sayid
"Uh-uh. We need to do a quick prid quo first. I know I’ve been gone a while and you thought the General Store was having a “going-out-of-business” sale. But now I’m back. And I want what’s mine." Sawyer
"Ooh, looks like crouching tiger and hidden dragon got something good. Lay it on me." Sawyer
"So, you really the number one draft pick, Grimace?" Sawyer
"Not every nook and cranny, John." Sayid
"Sorry I beat you so bad, dude." Hurley "Sorry you hustled me, you mean." Sawyer
"Looks like that last slam didn’t cause any long-term damage to your forehead. And you got 3 points which is better than nothing." Hurley
"Uh uh. It’s Hurley. Or Hugo if you want." Hurley "Get bent, Hugo." Sawyer
Notes:
The Flame station's name foreshadows its ultimate fate.
This is where my severe thoughts of time looping began, with Paris and the grey cat.
One of my favorite bloopers is from the Season 3 DVD, perhaps my favorite ever, where Naveen Andrews exaggeratedly says, "Not every nook and cranny, John!"
Sayid, Sawyer and Jack swim to the boat offshore, there is opera music playing, gunshots fired from beneath the deck, Desmond has returned.From Lostpedia
Jack tells Kate to tell everyone that Desmond is back, Jack questions why Desmond came back to the island.
"Do ya think I did it on purpose?" Desmond
Desmond sailed due West for 2 and a half weeks at 9 knots, he should've been in Fiji in less than a week, Desmond asks Jack is they're still pushing the button.
"This is it. This is all there is left. The ocean and this place here. We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe. There's no outside world. There's no escape." Desmond
Desmond leaving jail, collecting his belongings, keys, pocket watch, photograph from the hatch, Charles Dickens novel, Our Mutual Friend, released from jail, dishonorably discharged from British Army Royal Scots regiment.From Lostpedia
"I'm saving it so it'll be the last thing I ever read before I die." Desmond "Nice idea, as long as you know when you're going to die." Sergeant
Mr. Widmore offers Desmond a ride, tries to give him money to leave his daughter alone, he never gave her the letters Desmond wrote while he was in jail.From Lostpedia
"One of these boxes contains your past, Hume. The other, your future." Mr. Widmore
"And what makes you think I would just run away?" Desmond "Because you're a coward." Charles Widmore
Sayid tries to take advantage of Desmond's arrival, he wants to use the boat to travel to the other side of the island and scout the location of the Others, their numbers, positions, their weapons, that he'll set a signal fire and Jack will meet him, so they can attack together. Jack wants to tell Kate, but Sayid says no, that Michael can't sense that they know he's lying.
"This time they will know that we are coming." Sayid
Locke doesn't want Eko to push the button, but Eko kicks him out of the hatch.
"Do no tell me what I can't do." Eko
Jack is giving out the guns, Kate is curious about others and what they're doing with costumes and fake beards, that if it's just what they want them to think, Michael says they really are that way.
Desmond gives Sayid his boat, but Sayid can't sail.
"Going to see the hostiles, are you?" Desmond
Desmond is in Los Angeles, in a coffee shop, has no American money, Libby pays $4 for his coffee, Desmond tells her about his sailing race around the world in 8 months, that he needs $42,000 for a boat. Desmond tells Libby about Charles Widmore and Penny, that he took her away from him, that he try to buy Desmond off.From Lostpedia
Libby says she has a boat, that it was her husband's, he got sick, wanted to sail to the Mediterranean, passed away about a month ago, she gives Desmond her boat, David, her husband, named it after her, "Elizabeth."
"Then, I thank you, Elizabeth. And I shall win this race, for love." Desmond
Sayid asks Sun to talk to Jin about sailing the boat, Jin says he won't leave Sun, but she says she's going with them.
Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and Michael walking through the jungle, a bird flies overhead, appears to say "Hurley," Michael tries to shoot at it but there are no bullets in his gun, Jack says that he must have forgotten to load it.
Charlie walks up on Locke crying in the jungle, tells him about Desmond being back.
Desmond tells Claire not to inject herself with the vaccine, that he shot himself every 9 days for 3 years and it did nothing.
Desmond is at the same stadium on the same night that he met Jack, when he's doing a Tour de Stade, Penny shows up in the parking lot, Desmond wants to know how she found him, she asks why he didn't write to her, but he doesn't tell her that he did. Desmond asks Penny when she's getting married, but she says they haven't set a date yet. From Lostpedia
"With enough money and determination, you can find anyone. Did you read your beloved book, the one you were saving?" Penny
Desmond tells Penny that he'll be back in a year, she wants him to be back now, she wants to know what he's running from.
"I have to get my honor back, and that's what I'm running to." Desmond
"So, what did one snowman say to the other snowman?" Locke "Smells like carrots." Desmond
Locke tells Desmond he found another station, The Pearl, about the Orientation film, that The Swan is just an experiment, but Desmond doesn't believe him, Locke says that they're going to find out what happens if the button doesn't get pushed.
Michael is acting suspicious, but he thanks Jack for coming along with him.
"Live together, die alone, man." Jack
Sun gets sick on the boat, but it's not seasickness.
They see a statue on the shore, with four toes.From Lostpedia
"I don't know what is more disquieting—the fact that the rest of the statue is missing, or that it has 4 toes." Sayid
Locke and Desmond fake a lockdown, trap Eko outside of the computer room.
"Are you sure about this, brotha?" Desmond "I'm more sure about this than anything in my entire life." Locke
Desmond is on his sailing race, waves crashing over the boat, he wraps his things safely, his book, Penny's photograph, he is knocked out on the deck of the boat, washes up on the island, man in yellow hazmat suit finds him, takes him to The Swan.
"Are you him?" Kelvin "What?" Desmond "What did one snowman say to the other?" Kelvin
Kelvin Inman, the same man, Joe Inman, the CIA operative that forced Sayid to torture in Iraq, says he found Desmond washed up on shore, says there was no boat, alarm goes off, Kelvin pushed the button, Desmond asks what it is.
"Just saving the world." Kelvin
Desmond watches the Orientation film, he asks Kelvin about the missing parts.
"Radzinski made some edits." Kelvin
Kelvin says that Radzinski was his partner, to put the film back behind Turn of the Screw when he's done, Desmond asks why he wears the hazmat suit when he goes outside, Kelvin says so he doesn't get infected, he tells Desmond to take the vaccine every 9 days, that he was out there for a while before he found him, that he hopes it's not too late.
Desmond asks Locke about Mr. Eko, Locke tells him he's a priest and Desmond is weary about locking him out, Eko is pounding on the door, he then climbs out of the hatch through the shaft that Jack, Locke and Kate originally climbed down to get in the hatch, with the quarantine door that they blew off with the dynamite from the Black Rock.From Lostpedia
Eko asks Charlie about the hatch door being blow off, where the dynamite is.
Kate spots others following them in the jungle, her and Sawyer turn the tables on them, Sawyer kills one of them, the other gets away, Jack says they've already been warned, gives up that he already knows what Michael did, he confesses, that he let "Henry" go, killed Libby and Ana Lucia, Hurley wants to go back, but Jack says no, that he has a plan.
Sayid, Jin and Sun arrive to the rock with the hole in it by the shore.
Charlie leads Eko to the dynamite, he wants to blow up the blast door.
"It would take an atom bomb, brother. Tell him not to bother." Desmond
Kelvin shows Desmond how to fake a lockdown so he can draw on the blast door map, Desmond puts a cart under the door, Kelvin mixes detergent in a cup to paint with it, he tells Desmond about Radzinski, put a shotgun in his mouth while Kelvin was asleep, that he buried him, Desmond's been there 2 years, he wants to go outside, Desmond was kicked out of the Army because he couldn't follow orders, Kelvin says men followed his orders, that Desmond isn't going outside into the jungle.From Lostpedia
"How do you even remember where you left off from?" Desmond "Slowly, Des. Very, very slowly. You should have seen Radzinski do this. He had a photographic memory. I mean, this whole baby was his idea." Kelvin "Yeah, right, Radzinsky. Radzinski figured out how to fake a lockdown. Radzinski created this great invisible map. More and more tales about your former partner. Yet for some reason, you never want to tell me what bloody well happened to him." Desmond
Charlie questions whether the button is a joke, but Eko shows Charlie the magnet by throwing his belt at it, he asks if that's a joke.
Eko lights the fuse for the dynamite and hides behind a wall, Charlie runs away as a fire ball chases him from behind.
Desmond wakes, alarm is going off, he pushes the button, he can't find Kelvin, he hears him, he's underground, below the computer room, with a key, says he couldn't do it, the only other way out, a failsafe, Desmond asks about the wall, the incident, Kelvin says electromagnetism, geologically unique, the incident was that there was a leak, the charge builds up and the button discharges it before it gets too big.From Lostpedia
"Here's the real question, Desmundo—do you have the courage to take your finger out of the dam and blow the whole thing up, instead?" Kelvin
Charlie and Eko appear to be dead from the explosion, Locke doesn't seem to care.
"Is the reason you're letting that clock there run all the way down to the very last tick—is it because you need to look down the barrel of a gun to find out what you really believe, John?" Desmond "I looked down the barrel of the gun and I believed. I thought it was my destiny to get into this place. And someone died—a kid. Because he was stupid enough to believe that I knew what I was talking about. And the night that he died for nothing, I was sitting right up there, all alone, beating my hand bloody against that stupid door—screaming to the heavens asking what I should do. And then a light went on. I thought it was a sign. But it wasn't a sign. Probably just you going to the bathroom." Locke
Sayid investigates the Others camp that Michael described, but it's deserted, empty huts, the hatch that Michael told them about is fake.
Sawyer, Jack, Kate, Hurley and Michael arrive upon a pile of capsules from the pneumatic tube, with notebooks in them, all filed up, the map that Locke drew.From Lostpedia
"0400: S.R. moves ping-pong table again. 0415: takes a shower." Kate
They see the signal fire that Sayid lit by the shore, they hear whispers, voices, "Elizabeth" and "Michael," they're shot with darts, taken by the Others.
Desmond asks Locke about the other station he found, he tells about psychological station, 2 men observing, notebooks and pneumatic tubes, shows him the printout from the computer there, Desmond wonders if he got it backwards, if the men in The Pearl are the experiment.From Lostpedia
Kelvin is going out into the jungle in his hazmat suit, he says goodbye, but Desmond gets suspicious, sees a tear in his hazmat suit, then follows him. Kelvin takes off his mask outside, goes to Desmond's sailboat, knows Desmond followed him, says he was a spook for 10 years, that he knows when someone is following him, he says he's fixing that boat, that Desmond can come with him, that maybe the button isn't even real, Desmond questions why he lied to him, why he went on about damns, electromagnets and failsafes, Kelvin says he needed someone to save the world after he left, Desmond gets angry and attacks Kelvin, accidentally hits his head on the rocks and dies, Desmond takes the failsafe key from around his neck, runs back to the hatch, everything is shaking, the alarm is going off, there is a system failure, Desmond tries to type in numbers but to no avail, there are hieroglyphs on the countdown clock, eventually it works and everything is reset, fixed, back to normal.From Lostpedia
Desmond studies the printout from The Pearl station, numbers and the word accepted repeated many times, then he finds 922044:16 and SYSTEM FAILURE written many times over, he asks Locke when he got there, when his plane crashed, Locke says 60-65 days ago, September 22, and it's the same day that Kelvin died and the button wasn't pushed, there was a system failure.From Lostpedia
"I think I crashed your plane." Desmond
The Others take Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and Michael to the Pala Ferry, Kate tells Mr. Friendly that she knows his beard is fake, he then takes it off, Ms. Klugh calls him Tom, a boat arrives with the man from the hatch, "Henry Gale," Ben.From Lostpedia
Charlie and Eko wake from unconsciousness from the explosion in the hatch.
Desmond tells Locke about the plane crash and the button, that they need to push it, but Locke smashes the computer, Desmond opens the blast doors.
"On that day, those numbers turned to hieroglyphics. And when the last one came down this whole place started to shake. And that screen? That screen filled up with "system failure," [pointing to the printout] System Failure. And I know what they are. 92204—September the 22nd, 2004, the day your planed crashed. It's real! It's all bloody real! Now, push the damn button!" Desmond
"You killed us. You killed us all." Desmond "No, I just saved us all." Locke
Desmond gets the failsafe key in his book, Our Mutual Friend.
The same night that Locke banged on the hatch door, when Boone died, Desmond contemplated suicide, he opens his book and finds a letter from Penny.From Lostpedia
"Dearest Des, I am writing this letter to you as you leave for prison. And I've hidden in the one place you would turn to in a moment of great desperation. I know you go away with the weight of what happened on your shoulders. And I know the only person who can ever take it off is you. Please don't give up, Des. Because all we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us. And you have her. I will wait for you. Always. I love you, Pen."
Desmond is very upset because he thinks the world is gone, he throws things in the hatch, he hears Locke bang on the door, he sees it as a sign, it gives him hope that the world is still out there, he puts the light on.From Lostpedia
Desmond gets the failsafe key, tells Locke he heard him 3 days before they met.
"3 days before you came down here, before we met, I heard a banging on the Hatch door, shouting. But it was you, John, wasn't it? You said there isn't any purpose—there's no such thing as fate. But you saved my life, brotha, so that I could save yours." Desmond
The alarm is going off, the button doesn't get pushed, there is another system failure, the timer flips to hieroglyphs.
"I'm going to blow the dam, John. [the timer starts flipping to the hieroglyphs] I'm sorry for whatever happened that made you stop believing. But it's all real. Now I've got to go and make it all go away. I'll see you in another life, brotha." Desmond
The hatch is imploding, the countdown clock implodes, a magnetic force is drawing everything to the wall, Eko wakes up, Locke realizes his mistake, that Desmond was right.
"I was wrong." Locke frighteningly admits to Mr. Eko that it was a mistake. From Lostpedia
Desmond uses the failsafe key, he thinks of what Penny said in her letter.
"I love you, Penny." Desmond gives the sign of the cross and turns the key.
There is white noise, a bright light, shaking, happening all over the island, at the beach camp, Pala Ferry, everywhere, then everything fades.From Lostpedia
An object falls from the sky, the quarantine door from the hatch almost hits Claire and Bernard as they narrowly escape, Charlie returns to camp, appears to have lost his hearing.From Lostpedia
Benry, is the leader of the Others, he gives Michael the boat, says he's not happy with the arrangement, says they got more than they bargained for when Walt joined them, but he says that Michael set him free, living up to his word, so they will live up to theirs, he tells Michael to follow a compass bearing of 325, that if he does that exactly, they will find rescue. Michael asks how he knows he won't tell people about where he was, but Benry says that he won't because of what he did, that once he leaves, he'll never be able to get back there, Michael says that he was promised they wouldn't hurt his friends, that's the deal.
"Who are you people?" Michael "We're the good guys, Michael." Ben
He tells Michael that Walt is on the boat, they are reunited.
The Others let Hurley go, Ms. Klugh tells him that his job is to tell everyone else to never come back there, Michael and Walt leave the island.From Lostpedia
Claire asks Charlie about what happened in the hatch, he says nothing, they kiss.
Snow hut, station, blizzard, in an Arctic place, 2 men speaking Portuguese, a computer, light going off, 7418880 Electromagnetic Anomaly.From Lostpedia
"That's it, isn't it? We missed it again."
But they didn't miss it, they review protocol. They make a phone call.From Lostpedia
They call Penelope Widmore, there is the same photograph of her and Desmond on the bedside table, the same one that Desmond has on the island.
"Ms. Widmore? It's us. I think we found it."From Lostpedia
Questions:
Was Libby in Santa Rosa after she met Desmond, after David died?
How did David die? What sickness did he have? Was it the sickness?
Was Libby involved with Dharma or the Widmores somehow?
Where did the bird come from? Why did it say Hurley?
Who was Penny engaged to?
What was the rest of the four toed-statue? Why four toes? Where did it go?
Did the rest of the four-toed statue collapse from an earthquake?
Who is S.R.? Is it Radzinsky?
Where did Kelvin Inman's body go? Is he still alive?
Did the Others know what happened when the button wasn't pushed?
What happened when Walt was taken?
Why does Ben say they're the good guys?
How does Penny know that Desmond is on the island? How long has she been looking for it?
Where is the Listening Station?
When did they miss it the first time, when Kelvin died?
Favorites:
"You?" Desmond
"No way. If I take that thing, I'll kill someone." Hurley
"Did that bird just say my name?" Hurley "Yeah, it did, right before it crapped gold." Sawyer
"Hey, uh, if you're feeling a little sorry for yourself you may want to have a drink with your mate from the Hatch. I hear he's a little despondent, as well." Charlie
"Charlie, do you know how they got the hatch door open?" Eko "No, but if you hum it, I could probably play it." Charlie
"My theory, they're aliens. That's why they use the fake beards—their heads are made of pathetic." Sawyer "Prosthetic, dude." Hurley "You can't even spell and now you're correcting me?" Sawyer
"The bitch of it was, I only had a 108 minutes to bury the poor bastard." Kelvin
"Well, thanks for pointing that out, Kate. I can't tell you how much this thing itches. And thanks for telling them my name, Bea." Tom
Notes:
Desmond exclaims "You" and laughs when he sees Jack, just as Jack did when he recognized Desmond in Man of Science, Man of Faith.
Kelvin dies as Sayid arrives to the island, also convenient.
The whispers when Sawyer, Jack, Kate and Hurley are taken, from DarkUFO: This is no good (or), Let's do something (or), We're near them. He's asking him something. Yeah, but what happened? They saw a smoke signal. Elizabeth. Did (does) somebody see you (or), It looks like her, but. You're on her right. Behind you. I'll have to listen to the dreams (trees) to learn (find) something. He'll need to instruct you (or), Do we ambush? Why can't you (two) do it (or), Can't you see (Sawyer gets hit with dart). Got to have a team with you. Okay, crank it up (Kate: Sawyer!). I knew that something bad would happen. I assume this is how you would do it. Don't tell anyone he wants it done (or), Don't want anyone to die. Let's assemble them (or), This is similar (or), What's this symbol of? (Jack: Run! Go! Go!) It was her. So she was never taken (or), So she must never take it (or), I'm sure it's just new to you. Said I was about to (or), Someone attacked them. Get your butt out of there. Try the sequence. Had to be given lessons. Turn it on beside you. Don't do it. Don't see. (Gunshots) You're gonna have to do it. You are too. Why can't we choose (or), I can't reach it. Two more people (or), Too young people. I'm frightened. Please. Come on, it's simple. Intruder alert. Do you think I should I lock this? No, I've seen them before. Close the door. You all need me.
Sayid, Sawyer and Jack=Charlie's Angels?
Um, what purple sky?
Also, Charlie, you might want to tell people that Desmond, Eko and Locke may be dead in the hatch instead of hanging out for hours with the cute, blonde chick with a baby.
The first time the show went to the off-island scene, with the men in the station speaking Portuguese, I really thought it was another show or a commercial.
13 Days Ago--Michael asks John about guns, knocks him out, talks to Walt on the computer, Walt tells him to go North, to a rock with a hole in the middle, by the beach.
Today--Michael with paper, burns it, Jack says they need to talk, they plan to go across the island, Sawyer says there are 11 rifles and pistols, that they took 5 off them, Michael says if they leave now and move fast, they can get to the Others camp in the middle of the night tomorrow, that just the 5 of them should go, Jack questions Michael's decision making, says they'll bury Ana and Libby tonight, then figure out what's next.
13 Days Ago--Michael runs through the jungle, checks his compass, runs into a man taking a piss, Danny Pickett, Mr. Friendly comes up from behind, Michael runs, firing, Pickett fires back, and the Others capture him.
Today--Eko tells Michael about boy at his church who killed his dog.
"For a brief time I served in a small parish in England. Every Sunday after Mass, I would see a young boy waiting in the back of the church. And then one day, the boy confessed to me that he had beaten his dog to death with a shovel. He said that the dog had bitten his baby sister on the cheek, and he needed to protect her. And he wanted to know whether he would go to hell for this. I told him that God would understand, that he would be forgiven, as long as he was sorry. But the boy did not care about forgiveness. He was only afraid that if he did go to hell, that dog would be there waiting for him." Eko
Michael tells Jack that everything has to go his way, that it has to be just the 5 of them, that it puts them in more danger, that it's his son, Jack says that's the way it will go then.
Charlie gives Claire and Aaron the vaccine from the pallet, that they have to take it every 9 days, that it's a pneumatic injector, he says that he tried it, that he wanted to make sure that it was safe for her and the baby, that he feels fine.
Michael returns to the beach camp, everyone is happy to see him, but then discover the bodies of Ana Lucia and Libby being buried.
"They were murdered." Michael
13 Days Ago--Michael captured and Kate, who was following Sawyer, Jack and Locke.
"You make one sound and you'll never see your boy again." Mr. Friendly
Mr. Friendly speaks to the Hunting Party, Alex talks to Michael, tells him it's alright, that he's just delivering a message to his friends, she asks about Claire, if she's okay, if she had the baby and if it's a boy or a girl, after Mr. Friendly leaves the hunting party, Alex apologizes and then knocks Michael out with her rifle. From Lostpedia
Today--Jack and Sawyer go his tent to get the guns, Sawyer asks Jack about what happened with him and Kate in the jungle when they went to the line, Jack says they got caught in a net, Sayid asks about Benry escaping, asks who's going after him, he wants to go with them, but Jack says that he can't go, but Sawyer gives him a gun anyway.
Eko is in the hatch, Charlie visits, asks where he's been, Eko tells Charlie that he's not working on the church anymore.
Sawyer tells Michael that Sayid's on board to come with them, but Michael isn't happy.
"Oh, well I'm sorry. I just figure if we going to war, we'd want the one guy who's actually been in a war. That a problem?" Sawyer
11 Days Ago--Michael at Others camp, big rock with hole in the middle, tents, dirty people, raggedy clothing, camp fires, a hatch door being guarded by two men with rifles, people with fishing nets, Danny Pickett draws Michael's blood.From Lostpedia
"See you in the funny pages." Danny Pickett
Ms. Klugh asks questions about Walt, if he's Michael biological son, age he first spoke, illnesses, headaches, fainting spells, Michael says he wasn't there, that Walt was halfway around the world.
"Did Walt ever appear in a place he wasn't supposed to be? You say he was halfway around the world, but did you see him?" Ms. Klugh
Today--Michael tells Sayid that he's not coming with them because he's going after the guy that escaped and Michael's going after his son.
Charlie works on Eko's church, Vincent brings him a Virgin Mary statue with the heroin inside, he leads Charlie to Sawyer's stash, Charlie takes all of the statues and throws them in the ocean as Locke watches from afar.
Sawyer tells Jack he screwed Ana Lucia, that was how she lifted the gun off of him.
"Why are you telling me this, Sawyer?" Jack "Because you're about the closest thing I got to a friend, doc." Sawyer
Hurley and Kate dig Libby and Ana Lucia's graves, Hurley questions why he'd go with them, Michael tries to convince him, he says because they killed her.
3 Days Ago--Ms. Klugh tells Michael there's something he needs to do, that there's been a development, that one of their people were taken by one of his, Michael insists on seeing Walt, Ms. Klugh says Walt is right outside, she says he can talk to him, but only for 3 minutes.
"They make me take tests." Walt "We're not going to talk about that." Ms. Klugh
"They're not who they say they are. They're pretending." Walt "Walt! Do you want me to put you in the room again?" Ms. Klugh From Lostpedia
Ms. Klugh says Michael has to do something else after he releases their man, she gives Michael a list of four people, that he has to bring them but only them, and if he doesn't, he'll never see Walt again, the names on the list are Jack Shephard, Kate Austen, Hugo Reyes, James Ford, Michael asks who James Ford is, Ms. Klugh says that if he does it, that he and Walt will be let go, Michael says that he also wants the boat.From Lostpedia
Locke takes the splint off his leg and walks off into the sunset.
Jack tells Sayid about his dad, Sayid says that he thinks Michael has been compromised, that his actions are not that of a man that is telling the truth, that a father would do anything for his son, that he believes Michael may have freed Henry and he believes that Michael is leading them into a trap. Sayid says to let Michael believe that he's in control so that they can create an advantage.
"You believe a lot, Sayid." Jack "I also believed that Henry was one of them." Sayid
There is a funeral held for Libby and Ana Lucia, Jack speaks about Ana Lucia and Hurley speaks about Libby, gets angered and says he's going with them.From Lostpedia
"She probably helped a lot of people. She helped me and she was my friend. It's not fair that this happened to her. It's not. I'm going with you. Goodbye, Libby." Hurley
Claire grabs Charlie's hand, Sun looks out on the water.
"Boat." Sun
Questions:
Did Walt really talk to Michael on the computer?
How did Kate not know that Michael was there when she was captured by the Others?
What did Danny Pickett draw Michael's blood for?
Did Michael ever see Walt in a place he wasn't supposed to be?
What room would Ms. Klugh put Walt in? Room 23?
Favorites:
"You're Walt's old man, aren't you?" Danny Pickett
"So, what do you say, doc? I was thinking the Irish drink when someone dies." Sawyer "I'm not Irish." Jack "Neither am I." Sawyer
"Yeah, well, him says even though Pippy Longstocking and the damn Grape Ape are ideal candidates for the Dirty Dozen, I'm just going to say we might just want to bring the Red Beret." Sawyer
"We got caught in a net." Sawyer
Notes:
As far as I'm concerned, Mr. Eko, you still owe Yemi one church.
Libby dies as Desmond returns with her husband's boat to the island, how convenient.