3.16 One of Us

1. Sayid, Kate, Juliet, Jack going back, stop at a stream, going to camp for the night.
2. Jack and Kate go to collect firewood, Jack says he made a deal with them, if he took care of Ben, they'd let him off the island, he did what he was supposed to do, didn't ask questions.
3. Juliet says let's have it, Sayid questions her while they have a moment alone.
4. "I want to know what you people are doing on this Island. Why you're terrorizing us. Making lists. Kidnapping children. I want to know everything. But the first thing I'd like to know is, who are you?" Sayid
5. Juliet, driving up to Mittelos Bioscience, Downtown playing in the car, Rachel is with her, Ethan gets her bags, Richard Alpert tells Rachel they're borrowing her sister for a few months, Juliet is worried about leaving her, but Rachel says the cancer is gone, she's pregnant, Juliet says she'll be back before she gives birth. From Lostpedia
6. Juliet says that if she told him who she was, everything she knows, he'll kill her, Jack says to leave her alone, but Sayid says sooner or later, she'll answer his questions, Jack says she's under his protection, that she'll answer questions when she's ready.
7. Claire is sleeping, while Aaron is crying, she doesn't hear him, Charlie comes to help, Claire doesn't feel well, Charlie watches Aaron, she goes back to sleep. From Lostpedia
8. Sayid wants to kill someone, chopping through the jungle with a machete, Kate is mad too, Jack says they'll come around.
9. "My people kept Sayid chained to a swing-set for three days, then I dragged Kate into the jungle, handcuffed myself to her and lied about it. How much time do you think they need?" Juliet "We'll be back at our beach in a couple of hours, they'll probably be over it by then. [Both laugh] You nervous?" Jack "Hell yes." Juliet
10. At Herarat Aviation, Richard says Juliet will be with them for 6 months, that time will fly once she's there, Ethan takes her vitals, Richard says everyone's excited, her research will have impact, gives her a sedative, tranquilizer, says the trip is kind of intense, Juliet says she was okay with signing paper work, agreeing not to talk to anyone for 6 months, no one in medical community heard of Mittelos Bioscience, Richard says she was fine with those things because she knows the place she's going to is special.
11. "Let me ask you, Juliet. You took a woman, your own sister, whose reproductive system was ravaged by chemotherapy, who was sterile. And you made her pregnant. You created life where life wasn't supposed to be. That's a gift, Juliet. You have a gift. And don't you think you're meant to do something significant with it? Where we're going, you can do just that." Richard "Where exactly are we..." Juliet "I can't tell you that. But what I can tell you is that, you'll see things there that you never imagined. Now, no-one is forcing you to do anything, so if you change your mind we're happy to take you back to..." Richard
12. Juliet downs the orange juice really fast, passes out immediately.
13. Juliet wakes up strapped to a bed in a bunker, Ethan says the last leg was a little bumpy, she gets out of the submarine, she's on the island, Ben comes to introduce himself. From Lostpedia
14. Claire is sick, doesn't look so good, she says her head is pounding, Sawyer gets her aspirin.
15. Sawyer sees that Jack is back, everyone greets eachother, they all embrace, Kate hugs Sawyer, Jack and Sawyer shake hands, Juliet watches from afar, Sawyer spots her, asks what the hell she's doing there.
16. Hurley approaches Juliet sitting alone on the beach, he talks to her, asks if she's one of them, says he doesn't remember her from the dock, when the put bags over their heads, shocked them, Juliet says she had off that day, he asks if she's a doctor, she says that she's more of a researcher, he says that the last one of them who was there, Ethan, the he kidnapped Claire, then Charlie got upset, and he points out where they buried Ethan's body. From Lostpedia
17. In The Staff, a woman dies on Juliet's table, Ethan is there, Goodwin says she tried, that it's okay, that he'll talk to Ben.
18. Juliet talks to Ben, he says it was Sabine's choice to get pregnant, Juliet says she thinks it happens at conception, nothing she could do about it there, wants to take a woman off the island, back to Miami, Ben says no. Juliet says she can't help, that it's time to go home, Ben says her sister won't be giving birth in 3 months, the cancer is back, she'll be dead, shows her reports, x-rays, got them form Mikhail, says she can go home, but if she stays, he'll cure her sister's cancer, Jacob said he would take care of it, if she stays. From Lostpedia
19. Jack wants everyone to trust Juliet, Sawyer wants Sayid to question her, but Sayid says he doesn't torture people anymore, but that he doesn't trust her, if she's innocent, why wouldn't she answer his questions, Jack says to give her time, she's afraid, tells them that Locke went with them, destroyed the sub that was going to take him off the island.
20. Claire is bleeding, she collapses in front of everyone.
21. Juliet says she can help Claire, that she did it to her, her immune system is turning on her, it's a reaction to the medication in her blood stream, designed by her to keep her alive, during late stages of the pregnancy, women there can't have babies, mother's body turns on the pregnancy, treat it as a foreign invader, every pregnant woman on the island has died, until Claire, Ethan infiltrated their camp right after the crash, took blood samples, Claire didn't conceive on the island, but her symptoms were consistent with the previous mothers, the kidnapping wasn't supposed to happen, he improvised, kidnapper her, it was never the plan, without the injections, she would've died, she needs the serum, Ethan kept a stash of medical supplies near the caves, she can get them, Jack says go.
22. Juliet with Goodwin, says she's been on the island for 3 years, there's a knock at the door. From Lostpedia
23. Juliet looks at x-rays that Karl developed for her, leaves to go tell Ben he was a tumor, he's reading Carrie by Stephen King, Juliet asks why Ben is scared, he told her no one on the island ever had cancer, said he curer her sister, says he lied to her, asks if he can cure cancer, then why he has it, wants to talk to Rachel, wants to go home, Ben says Rachel is fine, he told her the truth, gave her his word, he says no.
24. Juliet finds the hidden medical stash by a tree, with the same marking the Others gave her on her back, Sayid and Sawyer show up, they followed her, they want answers.
25. "You know its interesting, that you two are now the camp's moral police. I'm curious, Sayid, how long was it before you told everyone on that beach exactly how many people you've tortured in your life. Do they know about Basra? And I'm sure the first thing you did when you got here, James, was to gather everyone in a circle, and tell them about the man you shot in cold blood the night before you got on the plane. So why don't we just skip the part where you two pretend to be righteous. I'm taking that medication back to Claire. And you're gonna let me. Because if she doesn't get it, she's gonna die. And the last thing, that either of you need right now, is more blood on your hands." Juliet
26. We flash back to the day of the plane crash, the Book Club meeting, Downtown playing, plane crash, Ben takes Juliet for a walk, they go to The Flame, Oceanic Flight 815, Sydney to Lost Angeles, 324 on board including the flight screw, Ben wants detailed files on every passenger, Mikhail says he's already working on it. From Lostpedia
27. Ben tells Mikhail to up-link to Richard in Arcadia Park, Ben says it's live, Richard shows her a newspaper, dated September 22, 2004, Rachel with her son, Ben says 2 years ago her cancer went into complete remission, gave birth to a healthy baby boy, named him Julian, Juliet wants to go home, Ben says when her work is finished, Juliet says there are no more mothers, Ben says they'll find more, maybe even one on the plane.
28. Juliet comes back with the case and the serum, Jack tells Charlie he trusts her, to trust him, she gives Claire a shot, says they'll see results in a few hours.
29. Jack says if it doesn't work, he won't be able to protect her anymore, she'll be on her own.
30. Charlie watches Aaron, Claire wakes up, she's okay.
31. Jack brings Juliet some supplies, he says they're all good people, willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, but he says that eventually they'll need answers, Jack says he trusts her because she wants to go off the island, that she's one of us.
32. "You were there. You were standing right next to me when that submarine exploded. In that moment, I saw it in your eyes. You wanna get off this Island more than anything else in the world. That makes you one of us." Jack
33. Juliet and Ben talk, going over a plan, he tells her to drag Austen to the jungle, handcuff herself to her, tell her she was gassed too, admit it if she catches her in the lie, only want to earn her trust, go back to the beach with them, Ben says he activated the implant in Claire, symptomatic within 48 hours, crisis for her to solve, hide case at Ethan's old drop-point, tell Jack she can save her, he'll see her in a week.

Questions:

1. Was Juliet lying about Claire being sick?
2. Why do pregnant women die on the island?
3. Did Jacob really cure Rachel's cancer or did it really even come back?
4. Why does Ben have a tumor when he said no one on the island has ever had cancer?
5. What happened in Basra? How did Juliet know so much about Sayid and Sawyer?
6. When did Juliet stop working for Ben?

Favorites:

1. "If I told you who I was. If I told you everything that I know. You'd kill me." Juliet "What you think I'll do if you don't?" Sayid
2. "Erm, you probably shouldn't have drunk that so fast." Ethan
3. "Well if it ain't three men and a baby.. I counted Hugo twice. Oh what, come on I used your name." Sawyer
4. "Mikhail! It's Ben. I'm here with Juliet, we're approaching the house. Don't shoot us..." Ben
5. "A plane fell out of the sky, Mikhail. Of course we saw it." Ben

Notes:

1. What a great reveal at the end of the episode, even though it didn't really go anywhere.
2. Michael Emerson and Elizabeth Mitchell, where are the Emmy nominations?

3.09 Stranger In A Strange Land

1. Sawyer and Kate are rowing back to the island, Kate says to go back, she doesn't want to leave Jack behind, Sawyer says no, that they'll kill them.
2. Jack is back in his cell, Tom says they're moving him, he thinks they're going to kill him.
3. "Oh, I don't know, Tom--the kind of people that would take a pregnant woman, that would hang Charlie from a tree, would drag our people out of the jungle, would kidnap children. That's the kind of people I think you are." Jack "You see this glass house you're living in, Jack? How about I get you some stones?" Tom
4. The Others have Juliet in handcuffs when they move Jack, they're putting her in his cell, a woman is escorting her.
5. Jack is in Phuket, Thailand, staying on the beach, he buys soda from a kid, a woman helps him with his kite, Achara.
6. They put Jack in Sawyer's cage, Tom brings Jack a cheese sandwich, he asks why they put Juliet in his cell, he says Juliet's in trouble, for him to stay put, but Jack points out the camera that they're watching him on, asks about the woman, the Sheriff.
7. Kate wants to sail around the island, but Sawyer says no, camp for the night.
8. Karl wakes up, he says the other island isn't where they live, just where they work, on projects, that they live on the main land, they gave the kids a better life than theirs, Alex and him made up names for the constellations in his backyard, he points out Ursa Theodorus, the Teddy Bear.
9. Juliet is let out to examine Ben, she wants Jack to help her, to look at Ben, shows him a photograph she just took of Ben's stitches, Jack says they're infected, she says she just killed someone, that it's complicated, but Jacks says no.
10. Jack eats at the restaurant of Achara's brother, she asks Jack why he didn't know how to fly a kite, he says his dad wasn't around, she says she has no interest in his father, asks if he's in Phuket to find himself, a man gives her an envelope filled with money, she tells Jack that she has a gift, Jack says it must be one hell of a gift.
11. The Sheriff reads Jacks tattoos, says the 5 and the stars are cute, but the Chinese is ironic, asks Jack if he knows what it says, says her name is Isabel, wants to talk to him and ask him questions, takes him with her, tells Alex to go check on her father.
12. Isabel takes Jack to a room where Juliet and Tom are waiting, she says they don't live on this island, that they don't even like going there, there was an incident she's investigating, wants to ask him questions, clear up inconsistencies, she asks Tom if Jack made comments about Juliet asking him to kill Ben, Tom says yes, she asks Jack the same thing, but he struggles to answers her, he says that he was lying, turned them against eachother to create chaos, Isabel asks why he's lying for Juliet, he wants to go back to his cage. From Lostpedia
13. Jack is sleeping, Achara shows up, he says it's been a month of her coming and going, she says there are things that happen, that he couldn't understand, he asks about her gift, she has sex with Jack to distract him from her being a gifted tattoo artist. Oops. From Lostpedia
14. Jack wakes up, there are people all around at his cage, Cindy says hi, Jack recognizes her, the Stewardess from the plane, asks if she was captured, she says it's not that simple, that they're there to watch, Emma wants to know how Ana Lucia is, Zack, her brother, is also there. still has his teddy bear, hands it to his sister.
15. "If you've got something to watch, Cindy, go watch it!! Go!!" Jack From Lostpedia
16. Sawyer and Kate wake up, Karl is gone, Sawyer finds him crying, hits him, tells him to go after Alex and find her, Karl says they'll kill him.
17. Alex smashes camera by Jack's cage, says he can tell the truth, asks him why he saved Ben after all they've done to him, that he should hate him, tells Jack they're going to read Juliet's verdict, that they're pretty strict about killing one of their own, she killed the man who was going to murder his friends, Jack asks if Ben is still in charge.
18. Alex takes Jack to Ben, he says he'd be more impressed if they had a capable surgeon, Ben tells Jack they had a surgeon, Ethan, Jack says he has a serious infection, he needs to be closely monitored, might be nerve damage or other complications, Jack wants to make a deal, wants him to let Juliet go too, Ben writes a note to stop the verdict. From Lostpedia
19. Jack stalks Achara, finds out that she's a tattoo artist, she says she sees who people are, her work is not a decoration, but definition, he asks her if she sees who he is, she says he's a leader, a great man, but it makes him lonely, frightened, angry, he says to put it on him, but she says it's against her people, that there will be consequences.
20. Jack and Alex stop Juliet's verdict, Isabel says Ben commuted her sentence, ordered her to be marked.
21. Jack gets beat up by Achara's brother and friends, who found out about the tattoo Achara gave him, Chet tells Jack he has to leave the country. From Lostpedia
22. Juliet brings Jack a grilled cheese the way he likes it, he makes her show him the mark they gave her, she asks why he helped her, he says Ben told them both he'd let them go, that they're going to make sure he keeps his promise together, Juliet tells him the Others will be coming for him, because his friends know where they are, so they have to leave that island to go back to where they live now, home. From Lostpedia
23. Sawyer tells Kate that he let Karl go, she says he could've let them back to where they live, but Sawyer says that he's a target, that Kate's upset about Jack because she feels guilty.
24. The Others are preparing to leave the smaller island, Isabel talks to Jack.
25. "He walks amongst us, but he is not one of us. Your tattoos--that's what they say." Isabel "That's what they say. It's not what they mean." Jack From Lostpedia
26. Jack escorts Ben on a smaller boat to their large yacht, Kate and Sawyer walk in the dark with torches, Karl at a campfire, looks at the stars, across the sky, Alex is looking up at the stars as well, Juliet looking out on the boat, Jack joins her, they share a moment. From Lostpedia

Questions:

1. Who can't Jack put a kite together?
2. Did Jack figure out how to get a fish biscuit?
3. Where are the Others keeping the kids and Cindy?
4. Why doesn't Karl know who Bobby from The Brandy Bunch is?
5. Where are Bai Ling's other 5 episodes? I thought she had a big arc?

Favorites:

1. "Show me the way to go home; I'm tired and I want to go to bed; I had a little drink about an hour ago; And it went straight to my head." Sawyer
2. "What do you think Captain Bunny Killer's going to do if he catches us?" Sawyer
3. "Well, sure, like the steal-the-kid-off-the-raft project. That was a humdinger." Sawyer
4. "You have backyards?" Sawyer "Yeah." Karl "Well, ain't that quaint." Sawyer
5. "She wants to know how Ana Lucia's doing." Cindy "Are you serious?" Jack
6. "Ow!! What the hell was that for?!" Karl "So you'd cowboy up. Crying in the jungle. I thought you people were supposed to be tough." Sawyer "I am tough." Karl "Sure you are, Bobby. [Karl looks puzzled] Bobby, the Brady Bunch?" Sawyer "What the hell's the Brady Bunch?" Karl "Okay, anyway look, Karl--I've been with a lot of girls--some of them worth the trouble, some not. Every now and again there's one--one you name dumb stars with. So this girl, Sally Slingshot--" Sawyer "Alex." Karl
7. "Your bedside manner leaves something to be desired." Ben

Notes:

1. Good plan, Kate. You just went through all the trouble to get away, and now you want to go back and get Jack even after he just told you not to. Sorry Kate, I'm on Sawyer and Jack's side on this one.
2. Stranger in a strange land? Ohhhh, I get it!
3. Poor Jack. You have to stay in the cage Sawyer and Kate had sex in.
4. Worst sex scene ever? Yeah, I wasn't interested in this one.
5. Jack really sucks at stalking women.
6. Thai. Not Chinese. Thailand! Not China! Different!
7. Matthew Fox's actual tattoo says "Eagles high, cleaving sky."
8. Apparently Isabel dies off screen in Through the Looking Glass. What crap.
9. Sorry, LOST, but this one time, I just have to say... GAY! Even Exposé I can deal with compared to this, even Fire + Water! Probably the worst episode following best episode combo.