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BFTI starts on June 2nd!!!

This from Kristin:

Good morning, taters, and welcome to summer, better known around here as naptime! (Kidding!) Even though sweeps is past, there's still much TV news and gossip for us to share. In this installment of the Vine, I have a little season-four Lost rumor you'll be interested to hear, and scads more Office goodness from the upfronts. Among other things, next year, The Office jumps the shark. Find out how! Press play to get the good times rolling!

Drop the cut for the vid!

[FLASHBACK]

[We see a close up of a glass ballerina figurine tumbling through air in slow motion in front of a fire before it crashes to the ground, shattering. A little girl looks guilty and runs out of the room. She goes to another room and starts to practice piano with a metronome. Mr. Paik enters with a bag filled with the broken remains of the ballerina and drops it at the little girl's feet.]

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: Did you do this? Sun -- did you break the ballerina? [young Sun shakes her no] Then who did?

YOUNG SUN [subtitled]: The maid.

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: If you tell me the maid did this I will be forced to fire her. Do you understand? [young Sun nods her head yes] Sun, who broke it?

YOUNG SUN [subtitled]: The maid did.

MR. PAIK [subtitled, looking disappointed]: Very well.

[Back on the island we see Sun splashing water on her face in the bathroom on the sailboat -- looking like she doesn't feel well. Jin knocks on the door.]

JIN [off camera, subtitled]: Sun -- open the door.

SUN [opening the door, subtitled]: I'm okay; it's just morning sickness.

[Jin looks upset and leaves.]

SUN [subtitled]: Jin, wait.

[We see the sailboat offshore, nearby the column of black smoke coming from the signal fire they lit in Live Together, Die Alone. Sayid is adding a notation to one of Danielle's maps.]

JIN: [speaks in Korean (1)]

SUN: My husband says it's time to leave.

JIN: [speaks in Korean (2)]

SUN: He doesn't think Jack and the others are coming. It's been over a day since we lit the fire. They should be here by now.

SAYID: Jack knows we're out here. He's counting on our signal. Perhaps he's not able to see the smoke. If he's North of us, the mountains would block his view.

SUN: [translates to Jin in Korean]

SAYID: We need to sail forward along the coast, clear the mountains, and start another signal fire.

SUN: [translates to Jin in Korean]

JIN: No!

SAYID: I told Jack I would light a fire. I'm not abandoning him.

SUN [subtitled]: Sayid says...

JIN [subtitled]: We're not sailing anywhere! [he grabs Sun's shoulders angrily] Sayid's not your husband!

SUN: My husband thinks we have to do as he says because he's the only one who knows how to sail. But he's wrong. I can help you sail the boat.

[We see Jack sitting in the corner of his cell. Someone opens the door for her and Juliet enters carrying a tray of food.]

JULIET: Are you feeling any better? I made the soup myself, but I won't take it the wrong way if you don't like it.

[Juliet exits, goes to another door and knocks. Ben opens the door and we can see a bank of screens used to monitor what's happening in various locations, like Jack's cell.]

BEN: You never made soup for me.

[A woman, Colleen, climbs down a ladder and enters the room where Juliet and Ben are.]

COLLEEN: Am I interrupting something?

JULIET: Would it really matter if you were?

COLLEEN: We have a situation -- Ryan radioed in -- the Iraqi found the decoy village.

BEN: Good, it's what we wanted.

COLLEEN: Ryan followed him back to the shore and they have a sailboat.

BEN: How?!

COLLEEN: I have no idea.

JULIET: So they have a boat -- sailing in circles will keep them busy.

COLLEEN: They could find us. [long pause] Ben?

BEN: I'm thinking. How quickly can you put together a team?

COLLEEN: Within the hour.

BEN: Then don't waste time talking to us. [Colleen starts to exit] Hey Colleen, I want that boat.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Sawyer work the levers to release a fish biscuit and food. The music starts and Kate awakens.]

KATE: Nice alarm clock.

SAWYER: I've woken up to worse. [We see Pickett and some Others entering] Want half a fish biscuit?

[Pickett and the guards open the cage doors and Pickett hands Sawyer a lunch box.]

SAWYER: What's this?

PICKETT: Lunch -- we're going to need you to keep up your strength.

SAWYER: Is that right?

[We see Kate and Sawyer being led along a path. Colleen approaches with a small group of Others.]

COLLEEN: Danny, wait!

PICKETT: Hold up.

COLLEEN [whispering]: They have a boat. (There's more whispering that's inaudible.)

PICKETT: Okay, be careful out there.

[Pickett gives Colleen a kiss on the cheek, as Sawyer looks on.]

PICKETT: What are you looking at?

[We see Sayid loading a gun on the boat while Jin looks toward shore with binoculars. Sun approaches.]

JIN [subtitled, getting ready to leave]: I have to adjust the sails.

SUN [subtitled]: I'm sorry, Jin. I shouldn't have disagreed with you. Not in front of Sayid.

JIN [subtitled]: You shouldn't have disagreed with me. Period. Sun, why did you come with us?

SUN [subtitled]: You know why I came. I didn't want to be without you.

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Sun in bed looking sad. Someone next to her sits up, and it's revealed that it's Jae.]

JAE: What's wrong?

SUN: What's wrong is I'm married.

JAE: Right. That.

[They kiss.]

SUN [subtitled]: Jae, I can't. I can't. I'm sorry... [she starts to get out of bed]

JAE [subtitled]: Sun. Wait. [he opens a box, revealing a pearl necklace.]

SUN [subtitled]: Jae, it's beautiful. But I can't wear this. Jin will ask where it came from...

JAE [in English]: I don't want to share you anymore. Your English is excellent now. You can go to America.

[A knock on the door surprises them.]

JAE: Does anyone know you're...

SUN: No!

[Jae answers the door and sees a hotel employee.]

JAE [subtitled]: What are you doing here? Get out of my...

[Suddenly Mr. Paik comes into the room.]

JAE [subtitled, bowing]: Sir. I didn't realize...

[Mr. Paik walks into the room until he can see Sun. Sun looks ashamed and closes her eyes.]

MR. PAIK: Get dressed.

[Back on the island, we see several people working to clear an area, tamping down the ground, hoeing, etc. We see Kate and Sawyer being led into the area.]

PICKETT: Alright, here's the jig -- see these rocks, here? That's where you two come in. [pointing to Kate] You're going to chop them loose. [pointing to Sawyer] And you're going to haul them out of here.

KATE: You expect me to work in this dress?

PICKETT: Well, it's up to you? You can take it off if you want.

[Sawyer looks at her and smiles salaciously. Kate gives him a dirty look.]

SAWYER [to Pickett]: How dare you?

PICKETT: Now, if you need anything -- you raise your hand. You get 10 minutes for lunch.

SAWYER [raising his hand]: I got a question, boss.

PICKETT: No questions.

SAWYER: She got to ask a question.

PICKETT: If you try to run off, you will be shocked.

SAWYER: Shot?! We don't even get a warning?

PICKETT: Shocked. I said, shocked. If you talk to each other you're going to be shocked. If you touch each other, you're going to be shocked. If you're slacking, you're going to get shocked. Matter of fact, if you do anything at all that pisses me off, you're going to get shocked. Okay? Let's get to work.

KATE: I'm not doing anything until I see Jack.

[Pickett walks toward her, then shocks Sawyer with a taser-like device. Sawyer drops to the ground.]

PICKETT: Now, that was a quarter charge. You got anymore questions?

[Pickett walks over to Sawyer and yanks his head back by the hair.]

PICKETT: As soon as you're able to walk -- the wheelbarrow's right over there.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Jin in Mr. Paik's office.]

JIN [subtitled]: You wanted to see me, Sir?

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: Come in. Please sit down. [he slides a file across his desk toward Jin] We have a problem.

[Jin opens the file and sees a picture of Jae.]

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: This man has been stealing from me. I need you to put an end to it.

JIN [subtitled]: What did he steal?

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: That's not important!

JIN [subtitled]: Of course. [pause] I'll deliver a message.

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: A message won't suffice! I need you to put an end to it.

JIN [subtitled]: I cannot do that.

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: Of course you can.

JIN [subtitled]: Sir, it's not my job to...

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: Your job is what I say it is.

JIN [subtitled]: Then I can't work for you anymore. I quit. [Jin starts to exit]

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: You don't get to quit! This man has shamed me! You married my daughter, Jin -- that makes you my son. My shame is your shame. I need you to restore our family's honor.

[Back on the island we see Jin in the galley of the sailboat, chopping a fish. Sun calls down to him in Korean and he comes up on deck. Sayid and Sun show him the Pala Ferry dock.]

SUN: Why should there be a dock all the way out here?

JIN: Others.

SAYID: The dock's decaying. It's overgrown. It looks like it hasn't been used in quite some time. Whoever built it -- they're not here now.

SUN: [speaks in Korean]

SAYID: Let's bring the boat in. We'll tie it to the dock and build a fire on the beach. The visibility's excellent. Jack will be able to see us for miles around.

JIN: Safe?

SAYID: Yes, Jin. Of course it's safe.

[We see Kate breaking rocks with a pickaxe. Sawyer stops to watch her ass. We see Pickett and Juliet looking over some plans in the background. Pickett notices Sawyer watching Kate.]

PICKETT: Hey! Get back to work.

SAWYER: Whatever you say, boss.

[Someone hiding in the bushes throws a rock to get Kate's attention. Kate looks around to see Alex.]

ALEX: Hey, careful. Don't let them see you talking to me. Are they keeping you in the cages? [Kate nods] Did you see another guy in there with you -- about my age, named Karl?

KATE [whispering]: No. Just Sawyer and me.

ALEX: You're not even supposed to be in that cage.

KATE: What are you talking about? Who are you?

ALEX: Where'd you get that dress?

KATE: They gave it to me.

ALEX: It's mine. You can keep it. It looks better on you anyway.

[Sawyer approaches and Alex takes off.]

KATE: Wait.

SAWYER: Are you having fun yet, Freckles?

KATE: Quit staring at my ass.

SAWYER: Give me something else to stare at.

PICKETT: Hey! Shut up!

SAWYER: Yes sir, boss.

[We see Sun walking along the dock carrying a gas can. Sayid is stacking wood for a fire.]

SAYID [taking the gas]: Thank you.

SUN: What else can I do?

SAYID: Help your husband. We need as much wood as we can find.

SUN [suspiciously]: We're building quite a large fire.

SAYID: We need to make sure Jack will see the smoke.

SUN: Why are you lying to me, Sayid?

SAYID: And what would you know about lying, Sun?

SUN: You're putting our lives in danger. [she starts to leave]

SAYID: I'm fairly certain our friends have been captured. There are tracks all over the dock. They're fresh -- as recent as yesterday.

SUN: You said this dock was abandoned.

SAYID: That would be part of the lying you mentioned.

SUN: You're not building this fire for our people; you're building it for the Others.

SAYID: I suspect that when they see the smoke they'll send a scout party to investigate. By then it will be night. When they arrive, I'll ambush them. I'll take two of them hostage, and I'll kill the rest.

SUN: Two?

SAYID: One to make the other cooperate.

SUN: What do you need me to do?

SAYID: I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to lie to Jin for another 20 minutes.

SUN: Why?

SAYID: Because once the fire is lit it will be too late to go back.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Jin arriving home.]

SUN [subtitled]: You're home.

[There is tension in the air as Jin doesn't speak, but just sits down at the dinner table.]

JIN [subtitled]: How was your day?

SUN [subtitled]: Fine.

JIN [subtitled]: I saw your father today.

SUN [subtitled]: Oh?

JIN [subtitled]: He called me "son" for the first time.

SUN [subtitled]: Why did he do that?

JIN [subtitled]: He wants me to deliver a message.

SUN [subtitled]: Are you going to do it?

JIN [subtitled]: I have to.

SUN [subtitled]: No, Jin -- you don't.

JIN [subtitled]: You think it's that simple?

SUN [subtitled]: We can start a new life. We'll go away...

JIN [subtitled]: A new life? If we run away, you're father would...

SUN [subtitled]: He won't know where we are. And you won't have to do this anymore -- you won't have to...

JIN [subtitled, banging the table]: I do this for you, Sun! I do this because your father expects it. I do this because that's what it takes to be married to you.

SUN [subtitled]: And what does it take to be married to you? [Jin starts to leave] Jin. Where are you going?

JIN [subtitled]: To deliver the message.

[Back on the island we see Jin watching Sayid start the fire. He approaches.]

JIN: Gun.

SAYID: I don't think I understand.

JIN: [speaks in Korean]

SAYID [to Sun]: What is it?

SUN: He knows what we're doing. He knows it's a trap.

JIN: [speaks in Korean (3)]

SUN: He says he understands English better than I think he does.

JIN: [speaks in Korean (4)]

SUN: He knows I betrayed him.

JIN: Gun.

SAYID [handing him a pistol]: Can you handle one of these? It's an automat...

[Jin expertly handles the gun, checking the ammo and loading it.]

JIN: [speaks in Korean, motioning to the boat (5)]

SAYID [to Sun]: I think you'd be safer on the boat. [Sun starts to leave.] Sun, if by chance they get past us -- there's another gun. It's inside the blue tarp beneath the galley counter.

SUN: If they get past you, that means my husband is dead. And I won't care anymore.

SAYID: As I said, the gun is inside the tarp.

[We see Juliet drinking from a canteen and chatting with an other guy. Sawyer is unloading a barrow full of rocks nearby, and watches them. Juliet notices him staring and throws him the water canteen. He catches it and then empties it on the ground. He watches Kate hacking away at the rocks. He thinks a second, then marches up to her and kisses her. Pickett and another guy run over, shouting. Pickett smashes Sawyer in the head with the butt of his rifle. A fight ensues with Sawyer fighting 3 of the Others. He gets a taser away from one guy, but it doesn't work when he tries it. He gets a gun that's fallen on the ground.]

SAWYER [pointing the gun]: Back off!

JULIET: James!

[Sawyer looks around and sees Juliet pointing a gun at Kate.]

JULIET: Put the gun down. Right now. [very calmly] Put the gun down.

[Sawyer drops the gun, and Pickett walks up and taser's him.]

[Nighttime. We see Sayid and Jin hiding on the beach waiting to ambush the Others. We see Sun in the galley of the boat making tea. Suddenly Others are sneaking onto the boat. Sun hears them and grabs the gun.]

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Jin sitting in his car, a picture of Jae and a gun on the dash. He finally sees Jae and follows him in the hotel. He approaches Jae menacingly just as Jae's about to go into a room.]

JAE: Wait!

[Jin smashes Jae's head into the door, takes him into the room, and violently throws him around.]

JIN [subtitled, punching Jae]: Do you know who I am? Do you know why I'm here?

JAE [subtitled]: I'm sorry.

JIN [subtitled]: Then you know what I have to do.

[Jin puts a gun to Jae's head. Jae starts crying.]

JAE [subtitled]: I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[Jin won't kill him and pulls the gun away.]

JIN [subtitled]: You will leave this country. Do you understand me?! You will leave and never come back. Start a new life. And if I hear you've returned -- if you have any contact at all -- I will finish this. Am I clear?! You don't exist.

[We see Jin get in his car, and rest for moment. Suddenly there is a sound and Jae falls, crashing onto Jin's car from above. Jin gets out and sees Jae's dead. We see he's holding the pearls he wanted to give to Sun in his hand.]

[Back on the island, Sayid and Jin are still waiting in the bushes.]

SAYID: I don't think they're coming.

[At the boat we see the Others stealthily climbing onto the boat. Colleen enters the galley, and Sun comes out from hiding, pointing her gun.]

SUN: I want you to let me off this boat.

COLLEEN: I can't do that.

SUN: Why not?

COLLEEN: It's not my decision to make. [they hear a noise coming from above] Do you realize there are 5 of my friends up there?

SUN: Lower your voice.

COLLEEN: Okay. [Colleen starts to move]

SUN: Stop; or I'll shoot.

COLLEEN: No you won't, Sun. I know you, Sun-Hwa Kwon. And I know you're not a killer. But despite what you may think, I'm not the enemy. We are not the enemy. But if you shoot me, that's exactly what we'll become. [she moves toward Sun]

SUN: Stop! I will -- I'll shoot you.

[The boat engine starts up; and Sun fires hitting Colleen in the gut. Colleen falls. Sun runs and closes a door as an Other fires at her. Sayid and Jin hear the gunfire and start running for the boat. As they get to the dock the Others fire at them. We see Sun trying to open a hatch overhead. The boat starts pulling away and Jin jumps in the water after it. Sun gets the hatch open, Tom takes a shot at her and she falls in the water. The boat continues to move on. Jin yells for Sun and finally hears her call back to him. He reaches her, speaks in Korean and they hug.]

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Sun standing a ways off at Jae's funeral. Her father approaches from behind.]

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: You shouldn't be here.

SUN [subtitled]: Father. What are you doing here?

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: I do business with the young man's father. I'm told he jumped from a balcony. He must have felt great shame. Now -- go home to your husband.

SUN [subtitled]: Father. Will you ever tell Jin?

MR. PAIK [subtitled]: It's not my place to tell him.

[Back on the island we see Sun sitting on the beach. Jin puts a blanket around her shoulders and kisses her cheek.]

JIN [subtitled]: I don't know what I'd do without you. [he touches her belly] Both of you.

SAYID [entering]: I'm sorry I dragged you into this. And please communicate to your husband that next time I will listen to him. We should go. We have a long walk ahead of us.

[We see Sawyer and Kate being put back in their cages. Sawyer is coughing and in pain.]

KATE: Are you okay?

SAWYER: Never better.

KATE: What the hell were you thinking?

SAWYER: I couldn't help myself -- you just looked so damn cute swinging that pickaxe. Chain gang looks good on you, Freckles.

KATE [calling his bluff]: Sawyer.

SAWYER: Two of those guards got some real fight in them. The rest of them, I'm not so much worried about. That heavy-set guy -- he packs a hell of a punch. The shaggy-haired kid's got some kind of martial arts training, but I think I could take him if I had to. Oh, FYI -- those zapper things got a safety on them.

KATE [smiling]: Did you see the look on their faces when you got a hold of that rifle?

SAWYER: I'm guessing most of these boys have never seen any real action. But that blond who had a gun pointed at you? She would have shot you -- no problem.

KATE: Why'd she call you James?

SAWYER: Because that's my name. I noticed something else, too. You taste like strawberries.

KATE: You taste like fish biscuits. So what do we do now?

SAWYER: Well, Shortcake, now we wait for these bastards to make a mistake.

[We suddenly see this conversation between Kate and Sawyer is being watched by Ben on one of the screens in the room he was in earlier.]

SAWYER: Sooner or later, they're going to let their guard down. And when they do, we're going to be there to put them in their place.

[We see Jack in his cell, on the floor with his back up against the wall. The camera pulls back and we can see Ben is in the cell.]

BEN: Hello, Jack. [he sits on a small chair he brought in] You know what's crazy, Jack? A week ago, you and I were in exactly the opposite situation. I was the one locked up and you were the one coming in for visits. And I know that you were angry that I lied to you about who I was; but, hell, do you blame me? I mean, let's face it, if I had told you I was one of those people that you and your friends have been calling Others all this time it would have been right back to Sayid and his -- fists. Wouldn't it?

JACK: What do you want from me?

BEN: I want for you to change your at--perspective. And, the first step in doing that would be for me to be decent enough to introduce myself honestly, so -- [he crouches down beside Jack and extends his hand to shake] Hi, my name is Benjamin Linus and I've lived on this island all my life. [pause] You're not going to shake?

[Ben walks to the door and someone starts rolling a cart into the room.]

BEN: Bring it in, please.

JACK: Where are Kate and Sawyer?

BEN: They're fine; and they're close. That's all I'm able to tell you right now.

JACK: You can tell me anything you want.

BEN: Fair enough. It's all I want to tell you. I'm going to make this really simple, Jack. If you cooperate; we send you home.

JACK: Cooperate with what?

BEN: When the time is right, I'll tell you...

JACK: You tell me now.

BEN: Patience, Jack. Patience.

JACK: Home -- is that where you sent Walt and Michael?

BEN: Yes.

JACK [laughing]: If you could leave this island why would you still be here?

BEN: Yes, Jack, why would we be here?

JACK: You're lying. You're stuck here just like we are. You don't have any...

BEN: Your flight crashed on September 22nd, 2004. Today is November 29th. That means you've been on our island for 69 days. Yes, we do have contact with the outside world, Jack. That's how we know that during those 69 days your fellow Americans re-elected George W. Bush; Christopher Reeve has passed away; the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. [Jack starts laughing] What?

JACK: If you wanted me to believe this, you probably should have picked somebody else besides the Red Sox.

BEN: No, they were down 3 games to none against the Yankees in the league championship, and then they won 8 straight.

JACK [laughing]: Sure. Sure, of course they did.

[Ben turns toward the cart that was rolled in the turns on a TV. It shows the Red Sox winning the World Series. Jack moves toward the TV in disbelief and watches the end of the game. Ben turns the TV off.]

BEN: That's home, Jack. Right there, on the other side of that glass. And if you listen to me -- if you trust me -- if you do what I tell you when the time comes -- I'll take you there. I will take you home.

[Shot of an eye opening; we see a woman (only her hand) select a CD and put it in a player. The camera reveals her as a new character. She looks in a mirror and tries to smile as the song (Downtown by Petula Clark) starts to play. But she's obviously upset and almost starts to cry. She shakes it off and we hear an alarm beep. She runs to her smoking oven and pulls out a pan of burnt muffins, burning her hand in the process. Someone rings the doorbell and she opens the front door. We see an older women who notices a towel wrapped around the other woman's hand.]

JULIET: I burnt my hand -- on my muffins.

[They hear a noise and both look over to see someone working on the house. We can only see his legs.]

AMELIA: Still hasn't fixed your plumbing yet?

WORKER GUY [still not fully visible]: It's a work in progress.

[Scene switches back to inside the house, a little while later. We see a group of people sitting around the coffee table in the living room.]

ADAM: It's not even literature. It's popcorn.

AMELIA: And why isn't it literature, Adam? I'm dying to know.

ADAM: There's no metaphor. It's by-the-numbers religious hocum-pocum.

AMELIA: No metaphor?

ADAM: It's science-fiction -- now I know why Ben isn't here.

JULIET: Excuse me?

ADAM: I know the host picks the book; but seriously, Julie, he wouldn't read this in the damn bathroom.

JULIET: Well, Adam, I am the host and I do pick the book. And this is my favorite book. So I am absolutely thrilled that you can't stand it. Silly me for sinking so low as to select something that Ben wouldn't like. Here I am thinking that free will still actually exists on...

[Suddenly there is violent shaking like an earthquake. Everyone gets up.]

JULIET: The doorway -- get into the doorway.

[They all move to doorways and wait until the shaking stops. After it subsides we're outside and see everyone coming out of their homes. We see a brief shot of Ethan, discovering that he was the man working on Juliet's house. Then, we see the person we know as Henry Gale coming out of another house. Everyone looks up at the sky. They see a plane flying over which then breaks apart in mid-air and crashes.]

GALE: Goodwin, did you see where the tail landed?

GOODWIN: Yeah, probably in the water.

GALE: You run and you can make that shore line in an hour. Ethan, get up there to that fuselage. There may actually be survivors; and you're one of them. A passenger -- in shock -- come up with an adequate story if they ask. Stay quiet if they don't. Listen, learn, don't get involved. I want lists in 3 days. Go.

[Goodwin and Ethan run off. Henry notices Juliet standing nearby holding a Stephen King book.]

GALE: So I guess I'm out of the book club.

[The camera moves so that we can see a wider and wider shot of the Other's group of houses and how it's situated on the island.]

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[FLASHBACK]

[We see a shot of a pager, badge, and a crossword puzzle on a car seat. We hear Moonlight Serenade playing on the radio. The camera reveals Jack sitting in his car. He's watching some kids in a playground at a school when he notices Sarah approach a man who is carrying some art supplies. They talk and laugh as Jack stares moodily.]

[Back on the island we see Jack awaken to find himself lying on a metal platform. He peels off a band-aid and cotton ball that's covering a puncture wound in the crook of his arm. He unsuccessfully tries to open a door, and then tries to reach another area, but runs into a wall of reinforced glass which is one entire wall of his cell.]

JACK [yelling]: Kate! Kate, can you hear me! Kate!

[Scene switches to water from a shower hitting the ground. We see Kate come to; and then Tom (Mr. Friendly) is revealed. They're in a sort of locker room.]

TOM: Rise and shine, Kate.

KATE: Where am I?

TOM: You don't really think I'm going to answer that, do you?

KATE: Where are Sawyer and Jack?

TOM: I'll tell you what, why don't you just take a nice hot shower -- wake yourself up -- wash the day off you and start fresh. There's a nice clean towel, soap, shampoo...

KATE [defiantly]: I'm not showering in front of you.

TOM [laughing]: Kate, you're not my type.

[Tom exits and we see Kate remove a band-aid and cotton ball from her arm, as well.]

[The scene switches to a shot of Sawyer lying on the ground outside, coming to. He looks up and sees he is in a cage. We see a building nearby and a long walkway with a Dharma logo stenciled on the awning. The camera pans to show another man in a cage across from Sawyer's.]

SAWYER: Hey. [the guy looks over, but doesn't respond] Where are we? Who the hell are you? Oh, you ain't gonna talk to me? What -- you got more important things to do?

[Sawyer looks around the cage and sees a large circular "button" protruding from the one solid wall of the cage. Inside it are a white fork and knife under a plexiglass-type cover. We also see a couple of large levers in different parts of the cage and a chute that's near the "button". Sawyer pushes the button and a voice from a speaker says: Warning. Sawyer pushes the button again and the speaker again says: Warning. Sawyer is about to push the button a third time when...]

KARL: I wouldn't do that.

SAWYER: If I want your advice -- I'll ask for it.

[Sawyer pushes the button again and is shocked with electricity; he flies across the cage crashing in the bars.]

SAWYER: Son-of-a-bitch!!

KARL: Told you.

[Back in Jack's cell we see a red light flashing on a security-type camera. There is a long metal chain attached to ceiling of the cell and Jack tries pulling on it hoping to find a way out.]

UNKNOWN VOICE: Stop that.

[Jack looks and sees a women. We see that it's Juliet on the other side of the glass.]

JULIET: Hi, Jack. I'm Juliet.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Jack enter an office building and check-in with a receptionist.]

JACK: Hi, I'm Jack Sheppard. I'm here...

SARAH [from a couch behind Jack]: Where's your lawyer?

JACK [sitting with her]: You look pretty.

SARAH: Where's your lawyer?

JACK: I fired him. Sarah, I'm sorry for, for pushing us to this place. I know that I...

[Sarah's cell phone rings.]

SARAH: Excuse me; I'm sorry. [she answers the call and walks a bit away] Yeah, um, no not yet. He just got here. [She laughs] I'll call you when I get home. [she goes back to the couch] Jack, I'm going to say this as simply as I can...

JACK: What's his name?

SARAH: Jack, stop it.

JACK: I'm not going to stop it. I'm going to keep asking you that until you tell me.

SARAH: No, I don't ask you what you do in your...

JACK: Just tell me what his name is! I want to know who he is. Look, you can have everything -- the cars, the house -- I don't care. I just want to know the name of the man that is with my wife.

[Sarah stares at him but doesn't respond. Finally, she gets up and leaves.]

[Back on the island we see Jack continuing to pull on the chain.]

JULIET [turning up the volume on a sound board]: Jack, can you hear me in there? [he continues yanking the chain] Is that a yes?

JACK: Where are my friends?

JULIET: Come down from the table first.

JACK: You want me to come down -- come in here and get me down.

JULIET: If you want to talk, I'm happy to...

JACK: Tell me where my friends are!!!

JULIET: I will -- if you let go of the chain.

JACK: You think I'm stupid!

JULIET: I don't think you're stupid, Jack. I think you're stubborn.

[Jack continues pulling on the chain.]

[Scene switches to Kate showering. She exits the stall in a towel and discovers her clothes are missing.]

KATE [calling out]: Hey! Where are my clothes?

[She notices a partially open locker door with a strip of masking tape across it that says: Wear this. She pulls out a flowery sundress and put it on. Suddenly Tom appears.]

TOM: [whistles appreciatively at how nice Kate looks] Come on, Kate. He's waiting.

[Tom and three armed guards escort Kate through a covered walkway and to a beach where Henry is waiting under a thatch-roofed structure at a table laden with breakfast foods. Henry pulls out a chair for Kate. Kate sees a pair of handcuffs lying on the table.]

GALE: Sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to put those on, Kate.

KATE: And if I don't?

GALE: Then you don't get any coffee.

[Kate puts the cuffs on.]

GALE: A little tighter. [Kate gives a defiant look] Please.

[Kate makes the cuffs tighter.]

KATE: What did you do with Sawyer and Jack?

GALE: Now why Sawyer?

KATE: Why Sawyer what?

GALE: He's the first one you asked about. "What did you do with Sawyer and Jack?"

KATE: You don't know me.

GALE: Of course I don't.

KATE: I want my clothes back.

GALE: We burned them.

KATE: Why did you bring me here? Why did you make me put on this dress? Why are you feeding me breakfast?

GALE: I brought you here so you'd look out at the water and feel comforted -- comforted that your friends were looking out at the same ocean. I gave you the dress so that you'd feel like a lady. And I wanted you to eat your food with a real live fork and feel civilized. I did all those things so that you'd have something nice to hold on to. Because, Kate, the next two weeks are going to be very unpleasant.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Jack sitting in his office, talking on the phone.]

JACK: Yeah, hi. Uh, I met a woman on the train. Sarah. And she dropped her cell phone and I don't even know her last name. But your number was in her phone so I was just wondering... I'm sorry, forget it.

[Christian enters the office.]

CHRISTIAN: Hey.

JACK: Just give me a minute, Dad. [Christian walks toward Jack's desk] I asked you to give me a minute here.

CHRISTIAN [indicating the list of phone numbers Jack has]: What's this? Why are you dialing all the numbers on Sarah's cell phone?

JACK [dialing another number]: Because one of them is him.

CHRISTIAN: You've got to stop this, Jack. It's over.

JACK: Not until I know his name -- where he works, where he lives, when they first kissed. I want to know what it is about him.

[Christian's cell phone rings.]

JACK: Why is Sarah calling you, dad?

CHRISTIAN: I think it's time that you let this go.

JACK: Why is she calling you?!

CHRISTIAN: Because she was afraid -- for you.

JACK [yelling]: I want to know exactly why the hell she was calling...

CHRISTIAN: She could see that you were slipping -- you were losing your grip.

JACK: My grip is not the problem here.

CHRISTIAN: Which is exactly what's happening here. Jack, I think I know a little something about being obsessive.

JACK: No, being a drunk is not obsessive.

CHRISTIAN [exiting]: Let it go, Jack.

[Back on the island we see Jack letting some water from the ceiling drip into his mouth. He quickly spits it out. He hears a lot of static on a speaker.]

JACK [to the speaker]: What? If you're trying to talk to me, I can't hear you.

[Jack hears the voice of his father come over the speaker: Let it go, Jack. A light suddenly comes on and we see Juliet with a tray of food and water.]

JULIET: I know you're hungry. I brought this for you. This is how it will work. You sit there across from the door, back against the wall. I open the door and leave the tray. Can I trust you to do that, Jack?

JACK: I don't want your food.

JULIET: Well, it's a delicious sandwich...

JACK: I want you to tell the guy who's trying to talk to me through that intercom that he can give it up.

JULIET: Maybe you're hungrier than you think. That intercom hasn't worked in years.

JACK [pointing to button behind Juliet]: What's that for -- the button -- what's it for?

JULIET: It's for emergencies.

JACK: Who's watching me?

JULIET: Are you going to sit against the wall so I can open the door? [we get a shot of a grilled cheese sandwich] It's just off the frying pan.

JACK: You can have it.

JULIET: What do you do, Jack? What's your profession?

JACK: I'm a repo man. You know, when people don't pay their bills I go into the bank and collect their possessions. I'm a people person so I really love it.

JULIET: Are you married?

JACK: No. I never saw the point. What about you? What's your job, besides making sandwiches?

JULIET: Oh, I didn't make it. I just put the toothpicks in. When your plane crashed, where were you flying from?

JACK: Sydney.

JULIET: What were you doing there?

JACK: I was bringing my father home.

JULIET: Why would you go all the way to Australia just to...

JACK: Because he was dead.

JULIET: I'm sorry.

JACK [laughing]: Yeah, I'm sure you are. Thanks.

JULIET: You can trust me, Jack. I'm not going to hurt you.

JACK: What the hell is going on here?

[Juliet exits, taking a bite of the sandwich before she goes.]

[We see Sawyer trying to work out the lever-puzzle in the cage.]

KARL: Hey. Hey, how long would it take to get to your camp?

SAWYER: What, you talking to me now, Chachi?

KARL: From where they got you, how long a walk was it? A day, two days? And what are the people like from your plane?

SAWYER: Oh, they're just awesome. [we see Karl picking the lock to his cage while Sawyer's busy on the puzzle] Last one of you boys came for a visit got tortured by our Iraqi. He tortured me, too. But hell, he don't know any better.

[Sawyer turns and is surprised to see Karl's cage door open. We hear a loudspeaker say: Subject escaped; subject escaped. Karl suddenly comes into frame right in front of Sawyer, and then starts picking the lock to Sawyer's cage.]

SAWYER: Hey, how'd you get out of there?

KARL [opening the door and pointing]: Run that way.

SAWYER: Hold on!

KARL: You run that way!

[Sawyer starts running as Karl runs in the other direction. Sawyer stops and tries to get his bearings. Suddenly Juliet appears.]

JULIET: Hey.

[She smiles, then pulls a taser-like device and shoots Sawyer in the neck with a dart that immediately drops him. We see Sawyer being dragged back to his cage by Tom and another man. Once Sawyer is back in his cage, Tom drags Karl to Sawyer's cage and shoves his face up to the bars.]

TOM: Say it. Say it, Karl.

KARL: I'm sorry. Sorry, I involved you in my break out attempt.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Jack sitting in his cell. Juliet enters the outer area with a tray of food and water.]

JULIET: The drugs we gave you when we brought you here have a pretty serious side-effect -- dehydration. Your head is probably sore, your throat is raw. If you don't eat or drink something soon you're going to start hallucinating.

JACK: So, you're a doctor, huh?

JULIET: No, I'm a repo woman. No strings attached. You don't have to answer any questions. You don't have to do anything but sit with your back up against the far wall. Let me open that door, put the plate down and leave. I know it feels like you're giving up, like you're losing, if you do anything that I ask you to. But you're not. You need to eat. What do you say?

[Jack slowly moves to the far wall and sits.]

JULIET: Thank you, Jack.

[Juliet exits without giving Jack any food.]

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Jack at the hospital in a patient's room with a nurse. His father is in the hall in the background.]

JACK [to the nurse]: Let's take out the epidural catheter and get him started on a PCA.

[Jack sees his father take a call from his cell.]

NURSE: You sure he's ready to self-administer his pain meds?

[Jack is so intent on his father, who he sees talking and laughing on the phone, that he doesn't respond to the nurse.]

NURSE: Dr. Sheppard...

[We see Christian pull up in front of a hotel. Jack is right behind and follows him into a room. He enters and finds Christian getting some coffee in a small conference room.]

CHRISTIAN: Jack?

JACK: Give me your cell phone.

CHRISTIAN: What? What?

JACK: I want to see it. Now.

CHRISTIAN: Look where you are, Jack. I mean, just look around you, please.

JACK: Give me the phone.

CHRISTIAN: This is not the place for this.

MODERATOR: You must be Jack. Why don't you grab a chair and join us?

JACK: You know me?

MODERATOR: Yes, your father's told us all about you.

JACK: Yeah, what's he told you about me? What did you tell them about me, dad? That your son never really had it -- not like the old man. I didn't have the will to make it work? My life, my job, my marriage. What did you tell them about my marriage, dad?!! You want to know how he manages his marriage? A bottle of scotch every night before dinner.

MODERATOR: Your father has been sober 50 days now. We're very proud of that.

JACK [laughing]: Wow, dad, I wonder what helped you turn that corner? Do you think maybe it was a new lady friend? Do you think maybe that's what...

CHRISTIAN: I will not let you you talk to me...

JACK: I will not let you sleep with my wife.

CHRISTIAN: Jack, I'm your father. Jack, please just let it go.

[Jack suddenly runs at Christian and tackles him.]

[Back on the island we see Jack in his cage. Juliet starts to enter and Jack runs at her. He takes the taser/dart weapon, and puts a sharp piece of broken plate to her throat.]

JACK: Which way out?

JULIET: Don't do this, Jack. Don't. Don't.

[He drags her to a hatch-like door with a wheel lock.]

JACK: Open the door.

JULIET: No. I can't. I can't, Jack. I do that -- we die. I'm not. I'm not.

JACK: Open the door!!

JULIET: I can't! I swear I can't!!

GALE [appearing]: She's telling the truth, Jack.

JACK: I swear to god, I will kill her.

GALE: Okay. Have her open the door and she dies anyway. We all do.

[Jack pushes Juliet away and starts to open the door. Henry and Juliet start running. Henry runs out a door and quickly closes it behind him, leaving Juliet in the same area as Jack. We hear a loud creaking sound and suddenly a huge gush water pushes the door in and throws Jack backward. Juliet grabs onto a pipe and grabs Jack.]

JULIET: Jack, over here!

[Together they push the door closed.]

JULIET: The button! The yellow button, the button!!

[Jack pushes the button and when he turns around Juliet clocks him, knocking him out.]

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Sawyer stretching to reach a rock outside of the cage. He grabs the rock and places it on one of the levers. He throws his shoe at another lever. Sawyer has figured out the puzzle. A congratulatory song plays through the speaker and a voice says: Reward, reward. We see a large fish-shaped cracker drop down the chute.]

SAWYER [picking up the cracker]: Oh, come on. Unbelievable.

[A pile of food pellets then drop down the chute. Sawyer takes a bite of the cracker, and water starts coming out of a pipe. Sawyer drinks.]

TOM [off camera]: Keep moving.

[We see Kate being led to the cage Karl used to occupy.]

TOM: Stick your arms out through the bars; I'll take off your cuffs. They scratched you up pretty bad, didn't they? I'll bring you some anti-septic later.

SAWYER: How about you bring me an ottoman? While you're at it I could use a blow dry.

TOM: Hey, you got yourself a fish biscuit. How'd you do that?

SAWYER: I figured out your complicated gizmos, that's how.

TOM [exiting]: Only took the bears 2 hours.

SAWYER [calling after Tom]: How many of them were there? [to Kate] You okay, Freckles?

KATE [looking terrified, but trying to be tough]: Yeah. You?

SAWYER: Just swell. I requested that cage, but whatever. Nice dress.

KATE: They made me wear it.

SAWYER: You hungry?

[Sawyer tosses her the fish biscuit and she hungrily takes a bite.]

[We see Jack in his cell and hear some whale-like sounds. Juliet is sitting a desk looking at some papers in a file.]

JACK: It's an aquarium.

JULIET: Excuse me?

JACK: This thing's for what -- sharks?

JULIET: Dolphins, too.

JACK: We're underwater, aren't we?

JULIET: Yes.

JACK: Is this one of their stations -- the Dharma Initiative?

JULIET: They called it the Hydra.

JACK: So you people are just whatever's leftover of them.

JULIET: Well, that was a long time ago. It doesn't matter who we were. It only matters who we are. We know exactly who you are, Jack Sheppard.

JACK: You don't know anything about me.

JULIET: We know that you're a spinal surgeon based out of St. Sebastian's Hospital in Los Angeles. I know that you went to Columbia and that you graduated med school a year faster than anyone else. I know that you were married only once and that you contested the divorce. I know your father died in Sydney. I know this because I have a copy of his autopsy report.

JACK: How did you get...

JULIET: We got it.

JACK [referring to the file Juliet has]: What is that?

JULIET: This, Jack, is your life.

JACK: Do you -- is it just about me or is it about my family, too -- my friends.

JULIET: It's pretty much about everything.

JACK: Do you know about my -- about my ex-wife.

JULIET: Sarah. Yes, Jack, we know all about her. What would you like to find out?

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Jack in a prison cell.]

GUARD [opening the door]: Sheppard, someone posted your bail.

[Jack walks around a corner in the jail, putting his wedding ring back on, and sees Sarah waiting.]

JACK: How'd you, uh...

SARAH: Your dad told me you were here. I called you a cab. So, um, goodbye. [she exits]

JACK [following her out]: Sara!

SARAH: What?!

JACK: Is that him? [referring to a man waiting by a car across the street]

SARAH: What difference does it make?

JACK: It just does.

SARAH: It's not going to change anything.

JACK: I want to know! I need to know who he is.

SARAH: It doesn't matter who he is. It just matters who you're not. Jack, your father -- he called me to help you. He was so drunk I could hardly understand him. Look at the bright side. Now you have something to fix.

[ Back on the island we're still with Jack and Juliet.]

JULIET: Jack. Jack. What would you like to find out?

JACK: Is she -- is she happy?

JULIET: Yes, Jack, she's very happy. Now, I'd like to bring you some food and water. But this time I need to know that you'll behave. Can I trust you, Jack? Put your back against the wall, please.

[Jack moves to the far wall and sits down. Juliet exits without giving Jack any food. We see Henry waiting for her.]

GALE: Good work, Juliet.

JULIET: Thank you, Ben.

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[We see everyone on the beach running toward shore, toward the boat.]

CHARLIE: Are we rescued?

REDSHIRT: Saved?

[Jack, Sayid, and Sawyer swim out toward the boat while the folks on the beach yell and look on. Kate looks through binoculars.]

CHARLIE: You see anything?

KATE: No.

CHARLIE: Maybe it's a trap?

HURLEY: What do you mean a trap?

[Jack, Sayid and Sawyer reach the boat and climb aboard. They hear music coming from below deck.]

SAWYER: You hear that? [Jack nods]

[Suddenly shots are fired from below. Then we can hear the trigger being pulled, but no shots being fired.]

VOICE [from below]: Damn it.

[Jack, Sayid and Sawyer kick in the door that leads below with their guns drawn. We see Desmond drunk and disheveled sitting on the floor.]

DESMOND: You. [He laughs]

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Kate with a group of redshirts around her, asking her questions.]

KATE: Okay, okay, just wait one second, okay. I'll be right back. [She approaches Jack] Everybody needs to know what's going on, Jack. There's a boat...

JACK: Just tell them Desmond's back until I find out the rest, okay.

[Jack exits and approaches Desmond who's sitting near a fire, drinking.]

JACK: So, before you ran off, I guess you just forgot to mention that you still have a sailboat. Why'd you come back?

DESMOND [laughing]: Do you think I did it on purpose? I was sailing for two and half weeks, bearing due West and making 9 knots. I should have been in Fiji in less than a week. But the first piece of land I saw wasn't Fiji, was it? No. No, it was here—this, this island. And you know why? Because this is it. This is all there is left. This ocean and this place here. We are stuck in a bloody snow globe. There's no outside world. There's no escape. So, just go away, huh. Let me drink.

[Sayid approaches and Jack gets ready to leave.]

DESMOND: Are you still pushing it?

JACK: Yeah, we're still pushing it.

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Desmond at a counter talking to a soldier in a prison. The soldier is taking items out of an envelope.]

MASTER SERGEANT: Set of keys; one pocket watch, gold plated; one photograph (the same picture Desmond had in the hatch); one book, Our Mutual Friend. Why didn't you bring that inside?

DESMOND: To avoid temptation, brother. I've read everything Mr. Charles Dickens has ever written - every wonderful word. Every book except this one. I'm saving it so it will be the last thing I ever read before I die.

MASTER SERGEANT: Nice idea, as long as you know when you're going to die. [He stamps "discharged" on some papers] Lance Corporal Desmond David Hume your sentence is hereby complete and you are now and forever dishonorably discharged from the Royal Scotts Regiment of Her Majesty's Armed Forces. Long live the queen. Enjoy your sodding book.

[We see Desmond exiting the garrison as a limo pulls up. A man, Charles Widmore, rolls down the window.]

WIDMORE: You want a ride?

DESMOND: Not with you.

WIDMORE: Get in the car.

[Desmond gets in and notices boxes on the seat.]

DESMOND: Did you bring me a present?

WIDMORE: Actually, two presents. One of these boxes contains your past, Hume. The other, your future. Go ahead, open it.

[Desmond opens a box and finds it filled with letters which are unopened and addressed to Penelope Widmore, sent by Desmond.]

DESMOND: You're a bastard, you know that?

WIDMORE: The fact that she never received your sentiments is good for her. Good, because as far as she's concerned you've forsaken her. And that's the way it's going to stay.

DESMOND: Is it now?

WIDMORE: Penelope's moved on, Hume. She's getting married. [He opens the other box which is filled with money.] This is for your new life—away from my daughter. The conditions are simple—no contact, no calls, no posts. You just run away, Desmond.

DESMOND: And what makes you think I would just run away?

WIDMORE: Because you're a coward.

[Back on the island we see Sayid and Jack walking on the beach.]

SAYID: On the way to the funeral I told you that Michael had been compromised by the Others, and then you asked me how we might take advantage of that. I believe fate has given us our answer—the boat.

JACK: The boat?

SAYID: This camp Michael is leading you to across the island—that is where they will set their trap. While Michael leads you by land, I can approach far more quickly by sea. And I can go ashore undetected.

JACK: Go ashore and do what?

SAYID: Scout them—their numbers and positions, their weapons. Then I'll go to the nearest beach and start a signal fire with these [he holds up some leaves]. They burn with a dark, black smoke. You and your team will come to meet me at the signal and we will go in together.

JACK: We're not even sure if Michael's been turned by them.

SAYID: He has been turned.

JACK: I'll have to tell Kate, and Hurley and Sawyer what we're doing.

SAYID: No. Michael cannot sense we know he is lying. All we have is the element of surprise, Jack. Right now it's only your responsibility to keep it secret.

JACK: Black smoke, huh?

SAYID: This time they will know that we are coming.

[We see Locke enter the hatch and approach Eko. The timer is at 5:00 minutes.]

EKO: Hello, John. Where have you been?

LOCKE: I've been thinking.

EKO: About what?

LOCKE: That in a minute that computer's going to start beeping, and when it does you're going to let it go. You're going to let it run down to zero, past zero. And you're not going to push the button.

EKO: But I am going to push the button. Why wouldn't I?

LOCKE: Because you don't want to be a slave.

EKO: I am a slave to nothing.

LOCKE: You're a slave to that [pointing to the timer clock], just like I was. So I'm going to tell you again—don't push it.

EKO: Do not tell me what I can do.

[Eko starts entering the numbers. Locke grabs his stick and tries to smash the computer but Eko stops him and they struggle.]

LOCKE: You cannot push that button.

[Eko knocks Locke to the ground, pushes the button and starts leading Locke out of the hatch.]

LOCKE: No, it's not real. We're only puppets—puppets on strings. As long as we push it, we'll never be free.

EKO [pushing him out of the hatch]: Well, you're free now, John. Do not come back.

LOCKE: No.

[We see Jack give Michael a gun. He tries to give one to Hurley.]

HURLEY: No way. I'm not even going to kill someone.

SAWYER: Ain't that the point?

HURLEY: I thought the point was to get Walt back.

[Jack hands Kate a gun. She looks pensive.]

JACK: What's the matter?

KATE: All that stuff we found in the medical station—costumes, make-up, fake beards—what if these people just want us to think they're hillbillies?

MICHAEL: Listen, I was there. I saw them. They are hillbillies. They live in huts; they eat fish; they're probably more scared than we are. And they have no idea we're on our way.

SAWYER: Alright, enough jibber-jabber, let's roll.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Sayid approach Desmond on the beach.]

SAYID: I need your boat.

DESMOND: I wouldn't waste your time. There's nothing out there, pal.

SAYID: I'm not going out there. I need to get to the North shore of the island, and quickly.

DESMOND: Going to see the hostiles, are you?

SAYID: What?

DESMOND: You know what, ignorance is bliss. The boat's all yours, brother, for all the good it'll do you.

SAYID: I don't know how to sail.

DESMOND: Then I suggest you find someone who does.

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Desmond at a coffee bar counter.]

DESMOND: Just give me which ever one has the most caffeine in it, brother. [he opens his wallet] Damn, um, I'm sorry. I've just arrived and I spent all my American money on a taxi.

LIBBY [putting money on the counter]: I've got it.

DESMOND: That's not necessary.

LIBBY: It's just 4 bucks.

DESMOND: I don't suppose you have 42,000 more of those do you?

LIBBY: Depends on what it's for.

DESMOND: I was joking.

LIBBY: No you weren't.

[We see Libby and Desmond sitting with each other. Libby is looking at a brochure for a sailing race. There's a picture of Widmore on the brochure.]

LIBBY: So, a sailing race around the world?

DESMOND: I have 8 months to get into the best shape of my life. I'll tell you what, miss, I'm going to win.

LIBBY: And what do you get if you do?

DESMOND: What really matters is who I win it for. [he pushes the brochure toward her]

LIBBY [looking at the brochure]: Charles Widmore.

DESMOND: He tried to buy me off. And when I didn't take his money, he took away the only thing in the world that I ever truly cared about.

LIBBY: Who is she?

DESMOND: His daughter. I was unsuitable on several levels.

LIBBY: And what' the 42 grand for?

DESMOND: It's a wee bit complicated. As of yet, I don't actually have a boat. [Libby looks sad] Sorry, did I say something wrong?

LIBBY: I have a boat. It was my husband's but he got sick. He wanted to sail the Mediterranean—he never—he passed away about a month ago.

DESMOND: I'm sorry.

LIBBY: I want you to have it.

DESMOND: I can't take your boat, miss.

LIBBY: But you have to. He'd want you to.

DESMOND: What was your husband's name?

LIBBY: David.

DESMOND: And what did he name his boat?

LIBBY: Elizabeth. He named it after me.

DESMOND: Then I thank you, Elizabeth. And I shall win this race for love.

[Back on the beach, we see Jin approach Sun and Sayid.]

JIN: [Speaks in Korean.]

SUN [to Sayid]: Would you excuse us, please?

SAYID: I'll be at the shore.

SUN [subtitled]: Sayid wants you to sail the boat to the other side of the island. To help Michael.

JIN [subtitled]: No. I won't leave you. Not now.

SUN [subtitled]: You won't leave, Jin, because I'm coming with you.

[We see Michael, Sawyer, Jack, Hurley and Kate walking through the jungle. Sawyer sees a doll and starts to reach for it, but Kate stops him.]

KATE: Don't even think about it. It's a trap—a net. Rousseau's got them all over the island.

SAWYER: How the hell would you know that?

KATE: I tripped one with Jack. We ended up—never mind. [Sawyer chuckles] What?

SAWYER: When the Doc told me you all got caught in a net I thought he meant, uh—something else.

KATE: Since when did you and Jack start talking about me?

[They hear some rustling in the bushes. A big bird swoops down over them and screeches. Michael tries to shoot, but his gun doesn't fire.]

HURLEY: Did that bird just say my name?

SAWYER: Yeah, it did. Right before it crapped gold.

[We see Michael looking at his gun to see if there's something wrong. Jack notices.]

JACK: Sorry, man. I guess I forgot to load that one. Want to give me the mag?

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Charlie walking through the jungle. He comes across Locke who is crying.]

CHARLIE: John. [Locke pulls himself together and turns] What happened to your face?

LOCKE: Nothing, I'm fine.

CHARLIE: 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.

LOCKE: What?

CHARLIE: Oh, that's right; you weren't there for the dramatic arrival at the funeral. I think he's pushed your button too many times, if you ask me.

LOCKE: Desmond?

CHARLIE: Yeah, Desmond. I'm sure you two have a lot to talk about.

[We see Sayid preparing an inflatable raft with supplies and a gun, to take the sailboat. Jin and Sun approach.]

SAYID: I'm sorry if what I said was confusing, but I asked Jin to come.

SUN: You need someone to translate. And you need at least two people who know how to sail.

SAYID: Desmond managed by himself.

SUN: And look where he ended up.

[We see Claire getting ready to give Aaron an injection.]

DESMOND [off camera at first]: You're wasting your time, sister. I shot myself with that stuff every 9 days for 3 years. [he looks at Aaron] He's lovely. Is the father here on the island?

CLAIRE: No. Nope, he's been gone a long time. Sort of walked off the moment he got a bit scared by the situation.

DESMOND: Well, maybe he knew he'd be a lousy dad—thought he was doing what was best for you.

CLAIRE: He was doing what was best for him.

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Desmond at the stadium getting ready to run. A car pulls up and Jack gets out and heads to the steps. Another car pulls up and a woman gets out.]

DESMOND: How did you find me?

PENELOPE: The landlord at your flat told me you ran here everyday.

DESMOND: How did you find me?

PENELOPE: I have a lot of money, Desmond. With enough money and determination you can find anyone. Did you read your beloved book—the one you were saving?

DESMOND: Not yet.

PENELOPE: I thought you might have read it while you were away.

DESMOND: I was in prison, not away.

PENELOPE: Why didn't you write to me?

DESMOND: When are you getting married, Pen?

PENELOPE: We haven't set a date yet.

DESMOND: I'll be back in a year.

PENELOPE: What if you were back, right now?

DESMOND: I'm going to win this race, Pen—his race. And in a year, I'll be back.

PENELOPE: Desmond, what are you running from?

DESMOND: I have to get my honor back, and that's what I'm running to.

[Back on the island, Locke approaches the still drinking Desmond on the beach.]

LOCKE: So what did one snowman say to other snowman?

DESMOND: Smells like carrots.

LOCKE: Hello, Desmond.

DESMOND: Hello yourself, box man.

LOCKE [reaching for the bottle]: Do you mind?

DESMOND: Oh, I insist. So you managed to fix the computer, then, did you?

LOCKE: World's still here, ain't it?

DESMOND: I'm not so sure about that, brother.

LOCKE: Refresh my memory, Desmond. How long did you say that you were down there in the hatch?

DESMOND: 3 years.

LOCKE: Desmond, what if I told you that for all that—all those years that you and all the men before you were down there pushing that button—what if I told you that it was all for nothing?

DESMOND: I'd ask you how the hell did you know something like that?

LOCKE: I found another hatch—another station on the island. They called it the Pearl, and I saw a film there—an orientation film. And it said that everything that was happening in our hatch wasn't real—that it was a test—a psychological experiment.

DESMOND: You're lying.

[Locke reaches in his pack and pulls out the Pearl video.]

LOCKE: You want to take a walk? I'll make the popcorn.

DESMOND: You're so sure it's not real, then just stop pushing the button!

LOCKE: Well, I have. Except, unfortunately, someone else decided to start. So you're going to sober up. We're going to get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow we're going to find out what happens if that button doesn't get pushed.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Hurley and Sawyer around a fire.]

SAWYER: Dharma nutri-bar?

HURLEY: No thanks; I'm not hungry.

SAWYER: You serious?

[Hurley gives him a dirty look.]

[We see Michael by himself, agonizing. Jack approaches.]

JACK: Hey, you alright?

MICHAEL: Yeah, just getting some more firewood. Not feeling too hot.

JACK: You shouldn't be out here alone. I'll give you a hand.

MICHAEL: Hey, thanks for coming out here—risking your neck for my boy.

JACK: Live together, die alone, man.

MICHAEL: Yeah.

[We see Sayid, Jin and Sun on the sailboat. Sun throws up over the side.]

JIN [subtitled]: I told you not to come.

SUN [subtitled]: It's not seasickness, Jin.

JIN [subtitled]: I know. There's something you should see.

[He points to the shore, and we see the foot and calf of one leg of what was once a giant statue.]

SAYID: I don't know what is more disquieting—the fact that the rest of the statue is missing, or that it has 4 toes?

[In the hatch, we see Eko carving another bible verse into his stick. The lights suddenly go out. Eko investigates and finds a fuse is missing from the fuse box. The loudspeaker starts counting down: 8, 7, 6. We see Eko and Desmond in the computer room. Desmond is rubbing two bare wires together causing the blast doors to come down and locking Eko outside the computer room. Eko jams his stick under the blast door just before it goes down, but Locke grabs it.]

EKO [banging on the door]: John!

LOCKE [to Desmond]: Neat trick.

EKO [banging]: John! John! Can you hear me? Open up.

DESMOND: Are you sure about this, brother?

LOCKE: I'm more sure about this than anything in my entire life.

EKO [banging]: John!

DESMOND: Alright then, box man. We wait.

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Desmond on the sailboat in a terrible storm. He goes below deck and wraps his Dickens book in plastic and puts in his coat. He goes back on deck, falls and is knocked out. Next we see him washed up on shore. We see a blurry, jumpy sequence of a man in a yellow environmental suit drag Desmond back to the hatch. We see that the man is Inman, the CIA operative from Sayid's flashbacks.]

INMAN: Are you him?

DESMOND: What?

INMAN: What did one snowman say to the other?

DESMOND: What are you talking about? Who are you?

INMAN: I'm Inman. Kelvin Inman.

DESMOND: What, what happened to my boat?

INMAN: I found you washed up on the beach. There was no boat.

[We hear the alarm start to sound. Inman enters the numbers.]

DESMOND: What was all that about, then?

INMAN: Just saving the world.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Desmond watching the Orientation Film.]

The Film: Not long after the experiments began, however, there was an incident. And since that time the following protocol has been observed: every 108 minutes the button must be pushed. From the moment the alarm sounds you will have 4 minutes to enter the code into the microcomputer processor.

[The film reel ends there, and Desmond takes it off the projector.]

INMAN [donning his environmental suit]: How many times are you going to watch that thing?

DESMOND: Why are there missing parts?

INMAN: Radzinsky made some edits.

DESMOND: Who's Radzinsky?

INMAN: He was my partner.

DESMOND: And what happened to him?

INMAN: Just make sure you put that back behind Turn of the Screw when you're done with it.

DESMOND: Why do you wear that suit?

INMAN: So I don't get infected out there. [he grabs an injector and vaccine] Give yourself a shot of this every 9 days. You were out there a while before I found you. Hope it's not too late.

[Back in the hatch, we hear Eko still banging on the blast door.]

EKO: John!

DESMOND: Who is he, box man—the man out there pounding on the door?

LOCKE: His name is Mr. Eko.

DESMOND: Why does Mr. Eko carry around a stick covered in scripture?

LOCKE: Because he's a priest.

EKO: Open the door, please. John! Can you here me? Open up.

DESMOND: We locked out a priest?

[We see Eko climb up out of the hatch door entrance. He sees the quarantine sign and runs toward the beach. We see Charlie playing guitar. Eko approaches.]

EKO: Charlie, do you know how they got the hatch door open?

CHARLIE: No, but if you hum it, I could probably play it.

EKO: How did they open it—the door that says "quarantine"?

CHARLIE: They blew it up, why?

EKO: Charlie, I need your help.

CHARLIE: Oh, now I'm back in your good graces, Father?

EKO: Charlie, John has locked me out of the hatch. And I believe he is doing this because he is going to stop pushing that button. And, Charlie, I am absolutely certain that if he is successful, in 90 minutes everyone on this island will die.

CHARLIE: Alright, I'm in. I'm in.

EKO: Thank you. Come, come quickly.

[We see Jack and company walking through the jungle.]

SAWYER: So, these Others, you think they're left over from the DHARMA folk?

MICHAEL: I don't know, man.

SAWYER: My theory, they're aliens. That's why they use the fake beards—their heads are made of pathetic.

HURLEY: Prosthetic, dude.

SAWYER: You can't even spell and now you're correcting me? What do you think, Freckles?

KATE: Just keep moving, we're being followed.

SAWYER: What?

KATE [stopping to pretend to tie her shoe]: Just keep smiling. There's at least two of them across the river. In about 5 seconds I'm going to turn the tables on them. [she pulls her gun out]

SAWYER: Wait a second.

KATE: You in?

[Kate and Sawyer starts shooting. Sawyer hits one and the other one runs.]

KATE: He's getting away!

[Jack and the rest rush to the guy Sawyer shot.]

KATE: He's dead. We have to find the other one.

JACK: No!

KATE: I'm going. Sawyer.

JACK: I said no!

SAWYER: Are you crazy? We let him go they'll know we're coming. He'll...

JACK: It doesn't matter if we catch him now. [Sawyer and Kate stare at him like he's crazy. Jack looks at Michael] They've already been warned.

SAWYER: What do you mean "warned"?

JACK: Why don't you tell them, Michael?

KATE: Jack.

MICHAEL: I don't know what you're talking about.

JACK: Stop lying! Tell them.

MICHAEL: Tell them what?

JACK [pushing Michael up against a tree]: I know what you're doing, Michael! Now tell them the truth. Tell them!

MICHAEL: It was the only way. They gave me a list.

JACK: What list?

MICHAEL: It had your names on it. I had to bring all 4 of you back, or they said I'd never see my son again!

JACK: Who are they?

MICHAEL: It's like I said—they live in a camp with huts. I swear, that's it.

KATE: You let Henry go?

[Michael nods.]

HURLEY: Did you kill them? Ana-Lucia and Libby? Did you?

MICHAEL: I had to, man. I, God, I couldn't find any other way. And Libby was a mistake. I, I didn't have time to think.

HURLEY: But if you did have time—you still would have killed her, right?

MICHAEL: I'm sorry. You understand—I am sorry. I'm sorry. I—my son!

HURLEY: I'm going back.

JACK: No, Hurley. Hurley, you can't!

HURLEY: We're all going to get killed and you knew it! You let us come anyway.

JACK: It's too late to go back now, Hurley. We already caught them following us once. If they don't believe that we trust Michael, they'll kill us all. I'm sorry that I didn't say anything. But you have to know that I would never bring you out here if I didn't have a plan.

SAWYER: What plan?

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Sayid praying on the boat.]

SAYID: [Prays in Arabic.]

[Jin sees something on the shore.]

JIN: Sayid! Here.

[Sayid looks through the binoculars and sees the rock wall with the hole in it.]

SAYID: That's the rock Michael described. We're here.

[We see Charlie and Eko walking in the jungle.]

EKO: Hurry, please.

CHARLIE: Hurley showed me. It's around here somewhere. It's definitely around, uh...

EKO: We're running out of time, Charlie.

CHARLIE: Here it is! Told you. Careful. Careful. Dynamite is very unstable. You don't want to end up like Dr. Arzt.

[We see Charlie and Eko enter the hatch.]

CHARLIE: Careful. Eko, hey, Eko. Listen, what if we hurt them? Or blow up the computer?

EKO: You can leave now, Charlie.

CHARLIE: John, it's Charlie. Let's work this thing out, John. John! Eko is very upset, John. Just open this door and we can talk about it. John, you should know Eko is going to blow open the blast door.

LOCKE: Blow it open with what?

CHARLIE: With dynamite from the old ship in the jungle.

DESMOND: It would take an atom bomb, brother. Tell him not to bother.

LOCKE: You're sure it'll hold?

DESMOND: Aye, I'm sure.

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Desmond moving a cart under a blast door. Inman pours some detergent into a measuring cup and stirs it with a paint brush.]

DESMOND: Maybe you should do it?

INMAN: Come on, Des, you've seen me do it a hundred times.

[Desmond hits the bare wires together to make the blast doors come down. We hear the loudspeaker counting down: 6, 5, 4; and see the blast door come down on the cart, leaving a big enough space to crawl under.]

DESMOND: How do you even remember where you left off from?

INMAN: Slowly, Des. Very, very slowly. You should have seen Radzinsky do this. He had a photographic memory. I mean, this whole baby was his idea.

DESMOND: Yeah, right, Radzinsky. Radzinsky figured out how to fake a lockdown. Radzinsky 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.

[Inman walks over to Desmond and points to a spot on the ceiling.]

INMAN: See that brown stain, there? That's Radzinsky. He put a shotgun in his mouth when I was asleep. The bitch of it was, I only had a 108 minutes to bury the poor bastard.

DESMOND: Well, if you don't want me to go crazy, next time let me go out.

INMAN: Well, you want to go out there with the quarantine and the hostiles?

DESMOND: I haven't been outside for 2 bloody years! Yes, I want to go. I was in the army for God's sake!

INMAN: Oh, right, Her Majesty's Army, correct? Tell me, Desmond, why'd you leave that nice old lady's army? Oh, I remember now. You got kicked out because you couldn't follow orders.

DESMOND: Why did you leave your army, Kelvin, huh?

INMAN: Because men followed my orders. Ah, but then thank God I joined the Dharma Initiative. Namaste, thank you, and good luck. [he laughs]

DESMOND: Please, Kelvin. Let me go out, huh? Just once.

INMAN: Sorry, Des. You stay here. You push the button. That's an order.

[Back at the hatch, we see Charlie banging on the blast door.]

CHARLIE: John! Seriously, you're about to be detonated.

[We see Eko rigging the dynamite.]

CHARLIE [to Eko]: Hey, what if John's right. What if it's just some colossal joke? You know, it's just some old computer connected to nothing? Maybe it's just a bunch of wire?

[Eko suddenly pounces on Charlie and shoves him up against a wall. He rips his belt off, and throws it at the magnet wall where it sticks.]

EKO: Is that a joke?

CHARLIE: I'll see myself out.

[Eko goes back to the dynamite. Charlie grabs his belt from the wall.]

EKO: John, this is your last time to end this. Open the door, and I will forgive you.

LOCKE: Forgive me for what?

[Eko gets ready to light the fuse.]

CHARLIE: Hey, hey, Eko. Wait. Just wait a second. I don't think it's a good idea, Eko. [Eko lights the fuse] We're in a very confined area.

[Eko pushes himself up against a wall. Charlie starts running.]

CHARLIE: Oh, bollocks.

[There's a huge explosion and a fire ball that chases Charlie to the end of the hall.]

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[FLASHBACK]

[We hear the alarm sound and see Desmond wake up.]

DESMOND: Kelvin! Hey, Kelvin.

[Desmond runs to the computer and enters the numbers. Desmond hears Kelvin singing and sees a bottle of booze on the floor. He opens a grate on the floor and finds Kelvin drunk under the hatch holding a key dangling from a chain.]

INMAN: I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it.

[Desmond makes his way over to Kelvin who is lying next to a small alcove. We see a lid has been opened to reveal a place to insert the key and a sign that says Caution: System Termination.]

DESMOND: What is this?

INMAN: This is the only other way out, partner.

DESMOND: What are you talking about?

INMAN: Failsafe. Turn this key and this all goes away.

DESMOND: What's behind that wall, Kelvin? Huh? What was the incident?

INMAN: Electromagnetism, geologically unique. The incident—there was a leak. So now the charge builds up and every time we push the button it discharges it before it gets too big.

DESMOND: Why make us do it—push the button? If we, if we can just...

INMAN [laughing and closing the lid]: 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?

[Back in the hatch.]

DESMOND: I think your friends just blew themselves up, brother.

LOCKE: They're not my friends.

DESMOND: I can't hear anything. Maybe we should open it.

LOCKE: No, no; it's a trick.

DESMOND: A trick? They could be hurt? Is your doctor around?

LOCKE: Our doctor is God knows where. And he sure as hell doesn't care about anything happening down here.

DESMOND: Can I ask you a question, brother?

LOCKE: Absolutely.

DESMOND: 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?

LOCKE: 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.

[Desmond has a look of recognition on his face, and turns away.]

[We see Sayid sneaking up to the Other's camp from the beach. He sneaks up to one of the shelters and looks inside but no one is there. No one is at the camp at all. He opens the door of the hatch, but there is just rock wall behind it.]

[We see Jack and company walking through the jungle. Kate sees something.]

KATE: Jack.

[They discover a huge pile of canisters, each with a notebook in it, piled on the ground. We see that the pneumatic tubing runs up out of the ground and has been spitting the canisters out in the middle of the jungle. Kate inspects them.]

HURLEY: What are they?

KATE: It's handwritten. It's all filled, the whole book. They're journal entries.

[Sawyer picks up a piece of paper from on top of the pile and finds Locke's map.]

KATE [reading from the notebook]: 0400: S.R. moves ping-pong table again. 0415: Takes a shower. What is this?

SAWYER [spotting something in the distance]: Hey, Doc, what did you say Sayid's signal's going to be when the coast is clear to hit that beach party?

[We see a column of black smoke.]

KATE: That means he found them, right?

JACK: That's miles from here. [to Michael] Where were you taking us?

MICHAEL: What?

JACK: Sayid said that he'd light the signal so that we could meet him at the shore. Why aren't we going to the beach?

MICHAEL: We are headed to the beach.

JACK: We're nowhere near the beach!

MICHAEL: Look, I had to.

JACK: What?!

[They hear whispers, then Sawyer gets hit in the neck with a dart and falls to the ground convulsing.]

KATE: Sawyer!

JACK: Run!!! Go, go.

[Kate and Jack start running. Hurley crouches and covers his head. Michael stands there.]

MICHAEL: Wait!

[Kate gets hit with a dart. Jack fires into the bushes and picks Kate up. He gets hit with a dart and falls. We see some Others come to collect them.]

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see Desmond and Locke in the hatch.]

DESMOND: Tell me about this other hatch you found—this Pearl.

LOCKE: What do you want to know?

DESMOND: Details.

LOCKE: The Pearl is a psychological station full of TV monitors. And two men sat in viewing chairs and filled notebooks with observations on what happens in here. And then they put the notebooks in pneumatic tubes and send them back to their headquarters so they could evaluate us—as an experiment. [Desmond looks concerned, confused] What?

DESMOND: What if you've got it backwards?

LOCKE: Backwards?

DESMOND: What if the experiment wasn't on the two men in here, but on the two men in there? I want to see that tape, John?

LOCKE: No, you can't. There's no way to see it down here.

DESMOND: Well, was there anything else in that station? Was there a computer?

LOCKE: Yeah.

DESMOND: So what did it do?!

LOCKE: Nothing! It didn't do anything. It printed out numbers. Lots and lots of numbers.

DESMOND: What printout, where is it?

LOCKE: Here, reading material for the next 19 minutes. Knock yourself out.

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Desmond shaving.]

INMAN: You've been shaving everyday for the last 3 years. You need to live a little, let go.

DESMOND: I'm never going to let go, brother.

INMAN [zipping his environmental suit]: Oh, that's the spirit. Bye, Des.

DESMOND: Goodbye?

INMAN: Yeah, goodbye. See you in a couple hours.

[Desmond notices a big tear in the leg of the environmental suit. He watches Inman leave, and put the gas mask on. He follows him outside and sees him take off the mask. We see Desmond following Inman along a rock shore. Suddenly Inman is gone. Desmond sees his sailboat in the water.]

INMAN [from behind Desmond]: Well, gosh, I didn't think you had the stones to come after me. I was a spook for 10 years, Des. I know when I'm being followed.

DESMOND: What are you doing with my boat?

INMAN: I'm fixing it.

DESMOND: You were leaving?

INMAN: Well, I mean, not yet. It's still about a week away. You wrecked it pretty good, Des. What do you think? Want to come with me?

DESMOND: Come where? What about the button?

INMAN: Screw the button, man. Who knows if it's even real?

DESMOND: That's not what you said when you were going on and on about dams and electromagnetics and failsafes!

INMAN: Well, I was drunk.

DESMOND: Why did you lie to me?

INMAN: I lied to you because I needed a sucker to save the world after I left.

DESMOND: You crazy old bastard! You stole my life!!

INMAN: Oh, come on.

DESMOND: What else did you lie to me about?! What else? Tell me?!

[Desmond has Inman by the collar and they fall to ground. Inman gets up and Desmond rushes him, falling on top of him. Inman hits his head.]

DESMOND: How could you do this to me? Get up.

[Desmond sees blood coming from the back of Inman's head and realizes he's dead.]

DESMOND: Oh my God. Oh my God.

[Desmond grabs the failsafe key from around Inman's neck and runs back to the hatch. He arrives to hear the loudspeaker repeating: System Failure over and over; the whole hatch is shaking. We see that the hieroglyphs on the timer are all locked in place. Desmond is frantically trying to enter the numbers, but the screen is filled with System Failure over and over again. We see everything metal in the hatch flying in the air toward the magnet wall area. Finally, Desmond somehow enters the numbers and the timer resets. The screen blanks and we see the >: caret.]

[Back in the hatch, Desmond is looking over the print out from the Pearl station.]

LOCKE: What are you doing?

DESMOND: When did you come here?

LOCKE: What?

DESMOND: The island—when did you come here? How long ago?

LOCKE: 60-65 days.

DESMOND: The date—what was the date?

LOCKE: September 22nd.

[We see numbers on the printout: 922044:16, followed by System Failure printed over and over.]

LOCKE: It was September 22nd.

DESMOND: I think I crashed your plane.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[We see the Others leading Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley down a long pier, making them kneel when they near the end. Michael is walking freely. Their hoods are taken off, and we see they are gagged.]

SAWYER [through the gag]: Son-of-bitch...

[Pickett knees him in the stomach.]

MR. FRIENDLY: Everybody just calm down.

KATE [through the gag, to Mr. Friendly]: It's fake. I know that your beard is fake.

MR. FRIENDLY: Sorry, missy, I didn't get you.

MS. KLUGH: She says she's knows your beard's fake, Tom.

MR. FRIENDLY [removing the beard]: 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 (or maybe B. or P.).

[We see the boat that we saw in Exodus arrive at the pier. Henry Gale gets out and is obviously the one in charge. He strides up to Jack.]

GALE: Hello again. [to Mr. Friendly] Where's your beard?

MR. FRIENDLY: I think they know.

GALE [to Michael]: Alight, let's take care of business, shall we?

[We see Charlie regaining consciousness in the hatch. The sound is muddy with a ringing tone to simulate Charlie's hearing loss from the blast. He gets up and finds Eko lying unconscious and bloody on the ground a little ways away.]

CHARLIE: Eko? Eko! It's Charlie. Wake up.

[We see Locke and Desmond in the computer room.]

DESMOND: We need to push the button.

LOCKE: No, we don't!

DESMOND: Do you not hear me, brother? I crashed your bloody plane?

LOCKE: How did you manage to do that?

DESMOND: On that day, those numbers turned to hieroglyphics. And when the last one came down this whole 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!!

LOCKE: I know what I saw! It's a lie; it's not real! None of it is real!

DESMOND: You don't want to push the button? Then I will.

LOCKE: No!

[Locke grabs the computer and smashes it on the floor. Desmond looks horrified. There's about 3 minutes on the timer.]

DESMOND: You killed us. You killed us all.

LOCKE: No. I just saved us all.

[Desmond opens the blast doors. And starts going through the bookcase.]

CHARLIE: Hey, Eko, wake up. [to Desmond] Hey, can I get some help? Can you help me?

DESMOND: I'm trying, brother.

[Desmond finds his copy of Our Mutual Friend.]

[FLASHBACK]

[We see Desmond in the hatch, holding a gun. He's finishes off a bottle of booze, and opens the Dickens book. A letter slips out. We hear a VO of Penelope reading the letter.]

PENELOPE: 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 sobs and throws the bottle.]

DESMOND: It's all gone. It's all gone!!

[He starts pulling all the books out of the bookshelf and throwing them. Suddenly, he hears banging and hears something which turns out to be Locke from the night Boone died.]

LOCKE [from outside]: I've done everything you wanted me to do? Why did you do this? Why?

[Desmond turns the light on in the hatch. He laughs.]

[Back in the hatch Desmond opens his Dickens book and finds the failsafe key. We see the timer at 29 seconds. Desmond rushes to open the grate and get to the failsafe.]

DESMOND: 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, brother, so that I could save yours.

LOCKE: No, no, no, none of this is real! Nothing is going to happen. We're going to be okay.

[We see 5 seconds left on the timer.]

DESMOND: I've got to go. And you've got to get as far away from here as possible.

LOCKE: Go where? Stop!

DESMOND: 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.

LOCKE: Wait, Desmond.

DESMOND: I'll see you in another life, brother.

[We see the last hieroglyph lock in place. The loudspeaker starts announcing System Failure over and over. Everything starts shaking. We see Charlie trying to help Eko.]

CHARLIE: Eko! Eko! Wake up. Can you move? Okay, come on.

[Knives and forks start flying toward the magnet wall, with Charlie and Eko in their path. Everything metal in the place starts flying toward the magnet wall. Charlie helps Eko walk. Desmond makes it to the failsafe mechanism.]

CHARLIE: Eko, on your feet.

EKO: Charlie.

CHARLIE: No.

[Eko pushes Charlie away and knocks him to the ground. Eko heads back toward the computer room. The washing machine comes barreling toward Charlie as he rolls out of the way.]

EKO: John!

LOCKE: I was wrong.

[We see Desmond cross himself and insert the key. We hear Penelope as a VO, reading again.]

PENELOPE: 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.

DESMOND [turning the key]: I love you, Penny.

[The screen fades to white.]

[We see Gale and everyone on the pier. The ground shakes, there's a bright light and a strange sound, and everyone covers their ears. We see Sayid, Sun and Jin on the boat, covering their ears. We see the people on the beach reacting the same way. The light and sound fade. We see an object falling from the sky. Bernard moves Claire to safety, right before the hatch door with the quarantine stencil almost falls on them.]

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[We see people cleaning up the food "pantry" at the beach. Charlie arrives out of the jungle.]

BERNARD: Charlie, are you okay?

CHARLIE: It's hard to tell exactly. But, my ears, you know?

BERNARD: Where's Locke—Eko?

CHARLIE: They're not back yet?

[Charlie sees Claire and smiles.]

[We see Gale and Michael at the pier.]

GALE: I'm not happy about the arrangement that was made with you Michael, but we got more than we bargained for when Walt joined us, so I suppose this is what's best. And you let me go, set me free—you lived up to your word. We live up to our word, too. Do you know how to drive a boat?

MICHAEL: Yeah, I can drive a boat.

GALE: Good, then you're going to take this boat and follow a compass bearing of 325, and if you do that exactly, you and your son will find rescue.

MICHAEL: That's it? I follow the bearing and me and my son get rescued?

GALE: Yes.

MICHAEL: How do you know I won't tell people about where I was?

GALE: Maybe you will, maybe you won't. But it won't matter. Once you leave, you'll never be able to get back here. And my hunch is you won't say a word to anybody because if you do, people will find out what you did to get your son back.

MICHAEL: My friends—I was promised you wouldn't hurt them.

GALE: A deal's a deal.

MICHAEL: Who are you people?

GALE: We're the good guys, Michael. Alright, she's all yours.

MICHAEL: What? What, am I stupid? Where's my son?

GALE: Walt's inside.

[Michael runs to the boat.]

GALE: Bon voyage, Michael.

MICHAEL: Walt!

WALT: Dad! Dad!

MICHAEL: Come here, come here [they hug]. You okay?

WALT: Yeah.

MICHAEL: You sure? Okay, I've got you now. It's going to be okay now. We're going home, Walt. We are going home.

[Gale motions to Ms. Klugh and she removes Hurley's gag.]

MS. KLUGH: Hugo, you can go back to your camp.

HURLEY: What?

MS. KLUGH: Go back. Your job is to tell the rest of your people they can never come here.

HURLEY: But what about my friends?

GALE: Your friends are coming home with us.

MS. KLUGH: Go.

[Hurley looks to Jack who nods for him to leave. Michael takes off in the boat and the hoods are put back on Sawyer, Jack, and Kate.]

[We see Charlie and Claire sitting by a fire at the beach.]

CLAIRE: What happened out there, Charlie?

CHARLIE: You want to hear the part about me nearly being killed by the flaming fireball—or the flying fork?

CLAIRE: I want you to be serious.

CHARLIE: Nothing happened.

CLAIRE: Well, something happened. I mean that noise, and the sky turned that weird violet color.

CHARLIE: Did it?

[Claire turns away exasperated and Charlie smiles. Claire examines a wound on Charlie's arm.]

CHARLIE: Ow, ow.

[Claire kisses him.]

[The scene suddenly switches to a landscape of snowy peaks in blizzard conditions. The camera pulls back to reveal that it's a shot through a window. We see the inside of a fairly small shelter filled with equipment and laundry hanging from lines. One man is getting coffee while another man waits at a chess board.]

MAN #1 [subtitled from Portuguese]: I crush your defense and that is the last you shall see of your rook.

MAN #2 [subtitled]: All part of the plan, my friend.

MAN #1 [subtitled]: Ah. Then your plan must be to lose. Please. Your move.

[Man #2 looks over a piece of equipment. We can see a screen that says Electromagnetic Anomaly Detected.]

MAN #1 [subtitled]: What?

MAN #2: How long has it been doing that?

[Man #1 goes over to the equipment and hurriedly looks through a book.]

MAN #2: That's it, isn't it? We missed it again...

MAN #1: We didn't miss it!

[An alarm starts beeping and Man #1 goes to a computer screen.]

MAN #2: So it's not a false alarm this time?!

MAN #1: Just shut up and call!!

[We see a bedroom nightstand and hear the phone on it ringing.]

PENELOPE: Hello.

MAN #2: Ms. Widmore?

PENELOPE: Yes.

MAN #2: It's us. I think we found it.

[FLASHBACK (all the flashbacks in the episode are on-island)]

[We see 13 Days Ago written on the bottom of the screen.]

[We see Locke putting guns away in the armory. Michael enters.]

MICHAEL [whispering]: John, John, I was hoping I could borrow one of these guns.

LOCKE: Is it supposed to be a secret?

MICHAEL: Jack's asleep.

LOCKE [handing him a rifle]: More target practice?

MICHAEL: Well, you know, just want to stay sharp. [Michael looks at his watch]

LOCKE: You got a date?

MICHAEL: No. Old habits, you know.

LOCKE: Yes, I do.

MICHAEL: Thanks, man. Hey, can I just get a couple of these bullets? I promise I won't...

[Michael drops a box of bullets on the floor.]

MICHAEL: Damn! I'm sorry...

LOCKE: Naw, that's alright. I got it.

[Locke bends down to get the bullets and Michael knocks him out with the butt of the rifle. Michael runs to the computer and starts typing but nothing is displayed.]

MICHAEL: Come on. Where are you?

[Some random letters that Michael was typing appear and he backspaces over them. He starts typing again.]

MICHAEL [typing]: You okay?

MONITOR: ok, no time, come soon?

MICHAEL [typing]: I'm ready. Coming NOW. You said north -- north WHERE?

MONITOR: when they take me out. there's huge rocks with a big HOLE in the middle by the beach. you'll know when you see.

MICHAEL [typing]: It's gonna be okay. I'm coming.

MICHAEL [speaking]: I'm coming, Walt.

JACK [in the background, off camera]: Locke.

[Michael blanks out the screen and grabs the rifle.]

[Jack finds Locke lying unconscious in the armory.]

JACK: John.

MICHAEL [entering and cocking his gun]: Stay in there. Stay.

JACK: Michael, what are you...

MICHAEL: Stay in there, Jack!

JACK: Hey, whatever's going on...

MICHAEL: Look, I'm going after my son. I'm going after my son and nobody is going to stop me, okay. Okay, that is my right. That is a father's right.

[Michael closes the vault door.]

[Today]

[Outside the hatch we see Michael light a piece of paper on fire and watch it burn. Jack comes out of the hatch.]

JACK: Hey. What are you doing out here?

MICHAEL: Nothing. Just getting some air.

JACK: Come on. We should talk.

[We see Ana and Libby's bodies covered with blankets on makeshift stretchers. Hurley, Jack, Sawyer, Kate, and Michael are in the hatch.]

JACK: How many?

SAWYER: Rifles and pistols? 11 total.

JACK: That's it?

SAWYER: That's it. In case you forgot, they took 5 of 'em right off us.

JACK: How long would it take us to get to their camp?

MICHAEL: We leave now, move fast? Middle of the night tomorrow. Look, they have no idea I know where they are. They won't be expecting us. So we get the guns and we go. Right now. Just the 5 of us.

JACK: No, no, 5 is not enough. You said there's at least 20 of them. They've got our guns and we're not even sure if what you saw was...

MICHAEL: Hey, I know I saw! We take too many people, they'll hear us coming. I'm not taking a damn army across the island, Jack.

JACK: Michael, you sure you're in the best place to be making decisions for all of us right now?

MICHAEL: You got a son, Jack?

HURLEY [angry]: They're dead! Ana-Lucia and Libby are dead. I mean, we haven't even buried them yet.

JACK [to Hurley]: Me and you will take Libby, okay. -to Kate]: Can you?

KATE: Yeah, of course.

JACK: Sawyer, would you?

SAWYER: Yeah.

JACK [to Michael]: You should stay here. We'll bury them tonight, then we'll figure out what's next.

[They get the bodies and start to carry them out of the hatch. Michael stares at a pool of Libby's blood on the floor.]

COMMERCIAL BREAK

[13 Days Ago]

[We see Michael running through the jungle. He stops to check his compass and continues running. He comes across a man peeing.]

MICHAEL [shouldering his rifle]: Hey, put your hands up. Put 'em up! Don't move.

PICKETT: Relax buddy. I ain't movin'. Why don't you just put that down...

MICHAEL: Shut up!

PICKETT: You're Walt's old man, aren't you?

MICHAEL: What?

[Suddenly Mr. Friendly is right behind Michael and takes the rifle. Michael breaks away and runs firing a pistol behind him. Pickett fires a couple of shots after him.]

MR. FRIENDLY: What are you doing?! We need him.

[Mr. Friendly throws a slingshot type strap that wraps around Michael's feet, tripping him.]

MR. FRIENDLY: Bag him quick. His friends are right behind us.

[Today]

[We see Michael cleaning the blood from the floor of the hatch. Eko enters.]

EKO: Hello.

MICHAEL: I didn't hear you come in, man.

EKO: I left my shoes outside. They were muddy.

MICHAEL: Did you find him? Henry?

EKO: No.

MICHAEL: I hear you're a priest.

EKO: Yes.

MICHAEL: I guess you believe in hell, then.

EKO [helping Michael clean the blood]: 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.

[We see Michael walking through the jungle. He stops and throws up. Jack happens to walk by and see him.]

JACK: Hey, are you alright?

MICHAEL: Yeah.

JACK: I was coming back to check on you.

MICHAEL: Yeah, man. I had to get out of there. Just -- I have to get my son back.

JACK: We're going to help you do that, Michael.

MICHAEL: But, it's got to be the way I said, man. Just the 5 of us. Otherwise, it won't work. It won't work.

JACK: I promise. We're going to figure that out.

MICHAEL: No, I already have figured it out. It's got to be just the people who already know. You, me, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley. That's it. Anybody else -- look, it puts him in more danger. You don't get to decide this. It's my son. It's my call. And that's the way it has to be.

JACK: Then that's the way it'll be.

[We see Claire with Aaron at their tent. Charlie enters.]

CHARLIE: Hey. Hey, Aaron. Hey, big guy. Hi. Have you seen Eko?

CLAIRE: No.

CHARLIE: You know, we're building a church.

CLAIRE: Is there something you want, Charlie?

CHARLIE: Yeah, I found something on the pallet I thought you might need.

[He takes a small case out of his pack and opens it revealing an injection device and some vials.]

CLAIRE: Vaccine?

CHARLIE: I don't know what we need a vaccine for, but I figured if anyone should have it, you and the baby should. [she doesn't respond] It's alright. It's a pneumatic injector. You just put into your leg [he demonstrates] and it goes right in. Quite painless, really.

CLAIRE: You seem to know a lot about it.

CHARLIE: I tried it. I wanted to make sure it was safe before giving it to you and the baby.

CLAIRE: Well, how do you feel? I mean, did it do anything? What did it, what did it do?

CHARLIE: I feel fine. Anyway, it says you're supposed to give yourself a shot every 9 days. Alright? So, there's enough here for you and the baby for a while. That's it. I'll put it -- I'll put it... [he puts it down].

CLAIRE: Thank you.

CHARLIE: Welcome.

CLAIRE: I should really feed him.

CHARLIE: Yeah. Hey, Claire, did you think that maybe you and I could...

CLAIRE [seeing something over Charlie's shoulder]: Oh my God! Michael's back.

[We see Sun and Jin on the beach. Sun looks up and sees Michael approaching.]

SUN: Michael?

[Jin turns to see Michael and Jack approaching. He runs over and hugs him.]

JIN: [Speaks in Korean] Okay?

MICHAEL: Yeah, yeah. It's good to see you, too.

SUN [hugging him]: Are you alright?

MICHAEL: Yeah, I'm am. It's just -- I'm fine.

[Sun looks over and notices Kate and Hurley are digging graves.]

SUN: [Speaks in Korean] Who?

MICHAEL: Ana-Lucia and Libby.

JIN: [Speaks in Korean]

SUN: What happened to them?

MICHAEL: They were murdered.

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[13 Days Ago]

[We see Alex at a fire. Mr. Friendly brings Michael in and takes the hood off his head.]

MR. FRIENDLY: Hey there, Michael. [Michael spits in his face.] Not going to hold that against you. Fair's fair. I took your boy. But don't do that again, okay.

MICHAEL: Where is he you son-of-a-bitch?

PICKETT [entering with Kate in a hood]: Hey, look at what I found? She was following her friend about a half a click behind us.

MR. FRIENDLY [to Michael]: You make one sound you'll never see your boy again. [to Pickett] Gag him. Get ready with the torches. I'm going to talk to her people.

[We see Locke, Sawyer and Jack in the jungle with torches. It's an edited version of the same scene we saw in The Hunting Party episode.]

LOCKE: I think we'd better head back.

SAWYER: What?

JACK: Just find the trail, John.

LOCKE: I've lost the trail.

JACK: You don't just lose a trail! You just don't want to find him.

LOCKE: Yeah, that's right, Jack. I've been running through the jungle, toward the sounds of gunfire, because I don't care about Michael.

JACK: You know what happens if we just turn around and go back? We're never going to see him again. And that's going to be on us -- on you, and on me.

MR. FRIENDLY: You're exactly right, Jack.

[Locke, Jack and Sawyer all have their guns drawn on Mr. Friendly.]

JACK: Who are you?

SAWYER: He's the son-of-a-bitch that shot me on the raft. [Sawyer moves forward, looking like he's going to shoot.]

MR. FRIENDLY: Why don't you point the gun down?

[Sawyer is suddenly shot, the bullet apparently grazing his ear or neck.]

[We see Michael and Kate reacting to the gunshots.]

ALEX: It's okay. He's just delivering a message. He has to scare your friends to do it.

[Back to Jack and Mr. Friendly.]

JACK [smiling broadly]: I don't believe you.

MR. FRIENDLY: You don't believe what?

JACK: I think there's more of us than there are of you.

MR. FRIENDLY: That's an interesting theory. [suddenly yelling and raising his arms] Light 'em up!

[Torches are suddenly lit and the group is surrounded by people just out of sight.]

MR. FRIENDLY: Give me your weapons, turn around, go home.

JACK: No.

MR. FRIENDLY: I hoped it wouldn't come to this. [yelling] Bring her out, Alex!

[We see Alex looking hesitant.]

PICKETT: Go on.

ALEX: You.

PICKETT: Come on, Alex.

ALEX: Please?

PICKETT [to Kate]: Let's go. Up. [he exits with Kate]

ALEX: Is Claire okay? Did she have the baby? Is it okay? Is it a boy or a girl?

[Michael looks confused, but can't respond because he's gagged.]

[Back to Jack and Mr. Friendly.]

MR. FRIENDLY: Like I said -- curiosity. [He pulls the bag off Kate's head.]

[Jack, Sawyer and Locke throw their weapons down.]

SAWYER [to Mr. Friendly]: You and me ain't done, Zeke.

[Mr. Friendly grabs the guns and lets Kate go. The torches go out simultaneously and Mr. Friendly walks away and goes back to where Michael and Alex are.]

MR. FRIENDLY: His friends are going home. [He drops the guns on the ground] Divvy 'em up.

[Mr. Friendly looks at Alex, and she hesitates.]

ALEX [to Michael]: Sorry.

[She knocks him out with her gun.]

[Today]

[We see Michael on the beach with Vincent.]

[We see Jack and Sawyer getting the guns from Sawyer's tent. Sawyer pulls a bottle of booze out of his stash.]

SAWYER: What do you say, Doc? [Jack looks at the bottle and goes back to collecting the guns] Here I was thinking the Irish drink when somebody dies. [he takes a drink]

JACK: I'm not Irish.

SAWYER: Neither am I. So what happened out there in the jungle?

JACK: Exactly what he said happened -- he found their camp...

SAWYER: I ain't talking about Mike. You and Freckles -- before you found him you all were gone all night.

JACK: We were caught in a net.

SAWYER: What the hell is that supposed to mean?

JACK: It means we got caught in a net.

SAWYER: Is that what they're calling it these days?

[Jack exits the tent and we see Sayid approaching.]

SAYID: Is it true -- Henry's gone?

JACK: Yeah.

SAYID: Who's going after him?

JACK: Locke and Eko went out in the middle of the night, but...

SAWYER: But we haven't seen either of them since.

SAYID [noticing what they're carrying]: Those are the guns, aren't they? What are you doing with them?

SAWYER: What do you think we're doing? It's time to finish this.

SAYID: When do we leave?

SAWYER: In the morning.

JACK: You're not coming, Sayid.

SAYID: Excuse me?

JACK: Michael wants to keep it small. Me, Kate, Hurley, and him.

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.

JACK: It's Michael's call. He knows where we're going.

SAYID: It is not his call, Jack. It's ours.

SAWYER [handing Sayid a gun]: Welcome aboard.

[We see Eko walking in the hatch. He sees his cross pulling from his chest toward as he walks by the magnet area. We hear the alarm start to beep. Eko goes to the computer room and enters the numbers. Charlie enters.]

CHARLIE: So, you wake up in the middle of the night; you grab your Jesus stick; you race off into the jungle. You don't call; you don't write?

EKO: I'm sorry. I had work to do.

CHARLIE: Right, yeah.

EKO: Charlie, would you do me a favor? I was hoping you could bring my things from the beach here.