5.02 The Lie

1. Three years earlier--Fridge, beers, man walking, boat, Frank Lapidus, on the Searcher, the Oceanic 6, plus Lapidus, Desmond and Penny are there, Hurley says they'll find out, Jack says not if they stick to the story, Sayid says it could be a risk, Jack says that it's the only way, they have to do this, they're running out of time, they have to make a decision, Sayid says it's a decision that will affect the rest of their lives, he's not taking it lightly, Jack needs to know if they're with him, Kate says yes, Sun nods, Frank, Jack says sorry he got dragged into it, Frank says whatever they decide, he'll roll with, Hurley says he doesn't think they should lie, Jack says they need to protect the people that they left behind, protect them from Charles Widmore, hired a boatload of people to kill them, faked the plane crash, he won't just leave them alone, Hurley asks Penny to call him off, she says she can't, Hurley says the island disappeared, that he'll never find it, Jack says that no one will believe him, they'll think he's crazy, Hurley says not if someone backs him up, they'll think he's nuts if he tells the truth, but if they stick together, they can make them believe them, doesn't want to spend the rest of his life lying, Sayid says he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life lying either, but he doesn't think they have another choice, Sayid says sorry to Hurley, but he thinks they have to lie, Hurley says he will remember it, someday Sayid will need his help and he won't be getting it.
2. "You know what, dude? I'm gonna remember this. And someday, you're gonna need my help, and I'm telling you right now... you're not gettin' it." Hurley
3. Sayid and Hurley in car, Sayid is unconscious, Hurley is swerving on the road, puts seatbelt on Sayid and crashes, a Police car pulls him over, Hurley asks Sayid what he's supposed to do, the Police Officer is Ana Lucia, asks him what the hell he was thinking, driving like a maniac, asks him why he pulled over, he didn't think, what if she was real, what if a real cop stopped him, they already have pictures of him with a gun and blood on him, she says he has a lot of work to do, needs new clothes, go to safe place, take Sayid to someone he trusts, stay away from cops, do no get arrested, Hurley thanks Ana Lucia, she says Libby says hello, Hurley looks in his mirror and the Police car and Ana Lucia are gone. From Lostpedia
   
4. "Oh, yeah. Libby says hi." Ana Lucia
5. On island, Rose and Bernard trying to make fire, Frogurt says who cares, any minute the sky can light up, Rose says either help or be quiet, zodiac still on the beach, Juliet says that whatever was with them for the move is along for the ride, Daniel Faraday is back, Sawyer asks where he's been, what his plan is, Juliet says take the zodiac out, find a shipping lane, Daniel says that in order for them to leave, he needs to calculate a new bearing, needs to determine where they are now, in time, Miles says he's going to find them something to eat, Juliet says they'll get water.
6. Hurley trying to wake Sayid up, takes money out if his wallet, goes in gas station, gets a I heart my Shih-Tzu shirt, girl at counter recognizes him, says she knows him from somewhere, she says he's the guy who won the lottery and crashed in that plane, leaves.
7. Kate pulls into same gas station as Hurley is leaving, looks at map, Aaron says he wants to go home, Kate contemplates calling Jack, someone else calls her, unrecognized number, she says she can't believe it's them, they're in Los Angeles, can meet them, be there in half an hour, Aaron asks where they're going, Kate says to see a friend.
8. Ben in hotel, gets box out of the ventilation system, puts it in a bag, Jack comes out of bathroom, looking for something, Ben says if he's looking for his pills, he flushed them down the toilet, Jack says thank you, he was going to do that himself, Ben figured he was, says he's checking out, tells Jack to go home, find himself a suitcase, if there's anything in this life he wants, pack it because he's never coming back, Jack says good, Ben says he'll pick him up in six hours, John's casket is outside in a carpet van, needs to move him somewhere safe, Jack asks if he's dead, Ben says he'll see him in six hours.
9. David Reyes fixing himself lunch, goes into room, puts on TV, previously on Exposé, eats, hears someone knocking on the door, turns TV off, someone at backdoor, Hurley with Sayid over his shoulders.
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10. Hurley asks if he's seen the news, if mom is there, David says she's out shopping, that Sayid is barely breathing, Hurley says he was shot by a dart, at the safehouse, Sayid took him there, two guys, shot with darts, they're in danger, not sure exactly who from, doorbell rings, it's the LAPD, Hurley says don't tell him he's there, dad says alright, talks to Police, they leave, killed three people, Hurley says no, Sayid did, dad says call a lawyer, Hurley says they're after him, they can't go public, people are trying to kill them, if they go to a Hospital, they'll find them, dad says they need a doctor, Hurley says he knows what to do.
11. Kate and Aaron in a hotel, Aaron pushes the 31 button in the elevator, they go to a room, Sun answers the door.
12. Ben goes to a butcher, takes number 342, says he has something very important in the van, Jill, needs her to watch it, Gabriel and Jeffrey checked in, Ben tells her Jack is with them, that he's been through a lot, they all have, tells her to keep him safe, if she doesn't, everything they're about to do won't matter at all. From Lostpedia
    
13. "So keep him safe, Jill. Because if you don't, everything we're about to do won't matter at all." Ben
14. On the beach, night, Bernard finally gets fire, but it goes out immediately, Neil Frogurt complains, Rose says to take a timeout, they'll try again.
15. Charlotte tells Dan that she can't shake her headache, Dan says he's sure it will pass, Charlotte says the weirdest thing happened earlier, she couldn't remember her mother's maiden name, Daniel says they've all been under a lot of stress, Charlotte asks if he knows what's happened to her.
16. Miles shows up with a boar, says he found it, it died in the jungle, only been dead three hours.
17. Frogurt says they don't even have a knife, don't have anything, Bernie can't even start a fire, he's not going to ease up, he's tired and hungry, they're screwed, they can't even get fire, gets hit with a flaming arrow. From Lostpedia
    
18. Tons of flaming arrows come their way from inside the jungle, behind the tree line, they all start to run, people get hit with arrows, Sawyer says to meet at the creek, Juliet trying to save people, but Sawyer says they're dead, there's nothing they can do for them. From Lostpedia
    
19. The cops are on a stakeout outside Hurley's house, dad says he was in a mental institution, they think that he's crazy enough to come back home, asks Hurley if he is crazy, either that or he's lying to him, Hurley says he's not crazy and has a really good reason why he's lying to him, Hurley's mom comes home, asks why there's a dead Pakistani on her couch, says he's not breathing, Hurley says he is breathing, they have to go. Mom asks why he's all over the news, Hurley says that everything is going to make sense. Hurley's dad sneaks out of the house with Sayid's body in the back of his car.
20. Kate and Sun, Sun says she's in Los Angeles just a few days, shows her picture of Ji Yeon, says she's with her grandmother in Seoul, hopes someday she can meet her, would be nice to see her and Aaron play together, Sun asks if Kate is alright, Kate says she's fine, Aaron is sleeping, says someone knows they're lying, some lawyers came to see her, two men came to her house and asked for a blood sample, some kind of lawsuit, wanted to test to see if Aaron was her son, wouldn't tell her who their client was, Sun says then they're not interested in exposing the lie, they wouldn't come to her in private, they just want Aaron, she needs to take care of them, asks wouldn't she do anything she had to in order to keep Aaron, Kate asks what kind of person she thinks she is, Sun says the kind of person that makes hard decisions when she has to, like she did on the freighter, says that Kate told her to get on the helicopter, said she'd get Jin, but did what she had to do, if she hadn't, they probably all wouldn't died, instead of just her husband, Kate says she's sorry, cries, Sun says she doesn't blame her, asks how Jack is.
21. David Reyes goes to Jack with Sayid, shows him body in back of trunk, said he got hit with some darts, must've been drugs, Hurley at house, Jack says get him to hospital, David says that Hurley says whoever did this will be after them, he tells Jack, when this over, stay away from Hurley, whatever he talked him into, doesn't have best interests at heart, stay away from his son, Jack leaves.
22. Jack goes to the Hospital, St. Sebastian's, calls Ben, says never guess who just showed up at his door, Sayid.
23. Hurley talks to his mom, Carmen, she asks who Sayid is, thought he was his friend, Hurley says he is, but he has a double life, but he's a good guy, Carmen says he's in terrible trouble, that the news thinks he did it, if news does, everyone does, how could anyone want to hurt him, Hurley says he doesn't know, she says tell his mother the truth, Hurley says they lied, all of them, Oceanic 6 lied about what happened after the crash, they did crash, but it was on a crazy island and they waited for rescue but there was no rescue, smoke  monster, other people on the island, hatches, button they had to push every 108 minutes, never clear why, others had nothing to do with him, DHARMA Initiative, teamed up with others, someone was coming on the freighter, they stole helicopter, then the freighter blew up, six of them were left, that part was true, but the rest of the people who were on the plane, they're still on that island, Carmen says she believes him, doesn't understand him, but she believes him, Hurley says a lot of people died, and now this bad stuff is happened because they shouldn't have lied.
24. "Okay. See, we did crash, but it was on this crazy island. And we waited for rescue, and there wasn't any rescue. And there was a smoke monster, and then there were other people on the island. We called them the Others, and they started attacking us. And we found some hatches, and there was a button you had to push every 108 minutes or...well, I was never really clear on that. But, the Others didn't have anything to do with the hatches. That was the DHARMA Initiative. The Others killed them, and now they're trying to kill us. And then we teamed up with the Others because some worse people were coming on a freighter. Desmond's girlfriend's father sent them to kill us. So we stole their helicopter and we flew it to their freighter, but it blew up. And we couldn't go back to the island because it disappeared, so then we crashed into the ocean, and we floated there for a while until a boat came and picked us up. And by then, there were six of us. That part was true. [Whispers] But the re...[Hurley's voice breaks. He takes a second to regain composure.] But the rest of the people who were on the plane? They're still on that island." Hurley "[Carmen puts her hand on her son's wrist.] I believe you. I don't understand you, but I believe you." Carmen "A lot of people died, ma. And now this bad stuff is happening because...well, um...[sighs] we shouldn't have lied." Hurley
25. Back on the island, Sawyer and Juliet together, Sawyer steps on something in the jungle, says they should meet up with everyone at the creek, they hear something in the jungle, see people with rifles, DHARMA Initiative jumpsuits, Sawyer asks who they are, if they shot the arrows, three of them, take Sawyer and Juliet hostage, Jones asks what they're doing on their island. From Lostpedia
    
26. "What are you doing on our island?!" Jones
27. Jack taking care of Sayid at the Hospital, Sayid wakes up when Jack is checking his eyes, chokes Jack, recognizes him, stops, asks what happened, Jack says he's in the hospital, Hurley father brought him, Jack says he's been attacked, Sayid asks where Hurley is, if anyone else knows he's there.
28. Hurley making a Hot Pocket, Ben shows up, he throws Hot Pocket at him, says he knows he's in trouble, he can assure him he's taken care of everything, car waiting outback, Police didn't see him, Hurley says that Sayid warned him, Ben says he's taking him to Jack, that Jack called him, Hurley says he's playing one of his mind games, Ben says they came around when they realized that they all wanted the same thing, to go back to the island, he wants Hurley to go with him, then he can stop hiding, worrying about the stories and the deceptions, won't ever have to lie again, to let him help him, Hurley says never, runs, gives himself up to the Police, says they got him, he's the killer, a murderer, killed four people, killed them all, get him away from there, they cops arrest him, Ben leaves. From Lostpedia
    
29. Sawyer and Juliet in the jungle, Jones says tell him what they're doing, how many of them are there, tell him or he'll cut off her other hand, the first isn't negotiable, Sawyer says he'll tell him whatever he wanted to know, something happened to the island, Jones doesn't listen to him, is going to cut off Juliet's hand, but Locke shows up, kills one of them, Mattingly, with a knife, they turn the tables on Jones and Cunningham.
30. A hooded woman doing math equations on a chalkboard, pendulum, computer, another hatch, map, event window determined, she goes upstairs, inside church or monastery, Ben is there, lighting candles, asks her if she's had any luck, Ms. Hawking, Ben says he's having some difficulties, she says he only has 70 hours, that's what he's got, Ben says he lost Reyes tonight, what happens if he can't get them all to come back, Ms. Hawking says then God help us all.
    
    
    
    
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Season Premiere, Initial Reaction

Because I'm too scatter-brained right now, and can't remember where each of the episodes began or where they ended, I'm just going to rabble off my initial thoughts on both.

First of, what the hell? Five years into this show, and I have no fucking clue what I just watched. The time-jumping makes me feel like I'm traveling through time and space. My brain feels like jello right now.


Questions:

• Who were the people shooting the flaming arrows?
• Why are people shifting through different areas of time?
• Why can you keep what you have with/on you when time moves?
• Did Daniel Faraday work for Dharma?
• Who knows that Kate isn't Aaron's real mother?
• What is Ben's relation to the ring lady, Ms. Hawking?
• Why is Charlotte's nose bleeding? Does she need a constant?
• Why do they have to go back? Why will that make it stop?
• Why did the Others disappear to Locke when the island moved?

Thoughts:

• I liked the touch of Ana Lucia showing up to Hurley. I thought it would be kind of lame if he saw Charlie, but we'd have him saying "Checkmate, Mr. Eko" to empty space.
• The opening was cool, but I called Pierre Chang at first sight, and also called Ms. Hawking as soon as I saw the back of her head.
• Neil Frogurt? He was annoying me already, so glad he ate an arrow.
• I love Sayid. He always has the best moves. Knives in the dishwasher? Hell yeah.
• I still cannot figure out if Ben is evil or good and it's making me a little angry and frustrated.
• I can't help but feel a little confused as to how the show is going to work for the rest of the season after these two episodes. Is this what every one is going to be like?

I liked the episodes, but I really need to watch those a few more times to grasp what the hell happened.

2.19 S.O.S.

1. Rose and Bernard are organizing the food, they argue about everyone settling on the island, Bernard says that everyone's given up on getting rescued. From Lostpedia
2. Locke attempts to recreate a map drawing from the blast door.
3. Jack checks on Henry's wound, tells him he wants to make a trade.
4. "They'll never give you Walt." Benry
5. Rose is stuck in the snow, Bernard tries to help, she says she's been driving in snow her whole life, but Bernard ends up healing her anyway, the first time they meet, she asks him if he wants to have coffee with her.
6. Bernard gathers people to help him, Libby, Sun and Jin, Jenkins, Neil Frogurt.
7. Jack is going to the line they're not supposed to cross, he asks Kate to go with him.
8. Bernard wants to do something to try to get off the island, they've been there for 2 months, he decides to make a sign, tries to gather people to help, but Rose doesn't approve and undermines him.
9. Rose and Bernard go to Niagara Falls, he asks her to marry him, says he's been a bachelor for 54 years, they just met 5 months ago, she tells him she's dying, she's sick, been in remission for the last couple of years, has about a year left, maybe longer, but Bernard asks again, she says yes.
10. Bernard asks Charlie and Eko for help, but they say no, he says everyone's building something on the island, but he's trying to get them saved.
11. "People are saved in different ways." Eko
12. Locke asks "Henry" if he pushed the button, Henry is in Locke's head.
13. No one is very enthusiastic about Bernard's idea of building a huge sign and carrying rocks from a lava field half a mile away.
14. Rose and Bernard go to Australia on their honeymoon, Bernard brings her to a faith healer, made a $10,000 donation to see him, but Rose doesn't want to go, she's accepted her death, he asks her to try anyway for him because he can't accept it. From Lostpedia
15. No one will help with Bernard's sign, he says it's Rose's fault for not standing behind him, but Rose says that he's always trying to do something, that he can't just be.
16. "If I didn't always have to do something, you wouldn't be here." Bernard
17. Jack and Kate get caught in a net, Kate says that the Others are more sophisticated, that it must be one of Rousseau's traps.
18. Rose and Locke talk, Rose tells him Bernard is building a sign, Locke says that he's done with the hatch, Rose says that he's just frustrated and he'll be back, Locke tells her that Jack said it would be 4 weeks before his leg gets better.
19. "But, honey, you and I both know it won't take that long." Rose From Lostpedia
20. Rose goes to the faith healer, Isaac of Uluru, he has many thank you letter and cards from patients, wheelchairs and crutches from people that he's healed. He says that there are places on the earth with energy, perhaps geological or magnetic, that he harnesses the energy and gives it to others, he tries to read Rose's energy, but he appears frightened by what he feels or sees, and he says that he can't help her, that it isn't the right place for her, there are different energies, but Rose isn't surprised, she didn't expect him to heal her anyway, she says not to return Bernard's money, that she's going to tell him he fixed her. From Lost Hatch From Lostpedia
21. Kate tells Jack about the medical station, costumes, fake beard, they reach the place they're not supposed to cross, where they gave up the guns to the Others, Jack yells for them, but nothing happens, no one is there, no one answers him.
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22. Rose tells Bernard that Isaac didn't heal her, that after the crash she was healed, that the island did it, he asks how she knows and she says she just knows.
23. Rose sees Locke in a wheelchair in the Sydney Airport. From Lostpedia
24. Bernard says Rose can't leave, that she thinks if she leaves, it will come back, he tells Rose that they don't have to leave, that he'll stop building the sign. From Lostpedia
25. Locke returns to the hatch, with a new-found faith, he begins to draw the map again. From Lostpedia
26. Charlie and Eko work on the church, Jin rubs Sun's belly, Claire plays with Aaron, Hurley makes shadow puppets for Libby, Sawyer feeds Vincent, Rose and Bernard cuddle as Otis Redding's "These Arms Are Mine" plays, Bernard is wearing his wedding ring again.
27. Kate and Jack still at the line, Kate says she's sorry she kissed him, but Jack says that he's not, and then Michael returns, collapses in front of them. From Lost Hatch

Questions:

1. Isaac tells Rose that it's not the place for her, but there are other places, did he know that it was the island that would heal her?
2. How did the island heal Rose's cancer?
3. Does Benry know what the button does, what happens when you don't push it?
4. If Bernard had finished the sign, would someone have spotted it from above?

Favorites:

1. "Oh happy day, here comes Doctor Giggles." Sawyer
2. "So, what does God have to do to get your attention?" Rose
3. "I think I liked you better when you just hit people with your stick." Bernard "I like you just the way you are." Charlie
4. "Oh, now you're just frustrated. You'll be out of that splint and running around the island again in no time." Rose tells Locke.
5. "I would offer to take down the sign, but we didn't get very far." Bernard

Notes:

1. Isaac has a similar reaction to Rose as Richard Malkin did to Claire in Raised By Another.
2. Although this is a filler episode, I really enjoy the Rose and Bernard flashback.
3. Jack tells Kate that he asked her to go with him because the Others don't want either of them, but he is wrong because they are two of the three that the Others take in Live Together, Die Alone.
4. Jack trying to keep Kate from picking up the doll and not getting caught in the net is like the worst acting job ever.
5. Jack screaming at the line they're not supposed to cross is the craziest Jack ever.