Lost/Season One Flashbacks

This page is a summary of all season 1 flashbacks on Lost.

Pilot, Part 1

During a routine trip from Sydney to Los Angeles, Oceanic flight 815 is blown off course and crashes on a remote, deserted island. Convinced that rescue is coming soon, the surviving passengers set up camp on the beach. But when a terrifying howl comes from the jungle, it becomes apparent that this is no ordinary island.

See Pilot, Part 1 for full details.

Jack & Rose

Sitting in seat 23A, Jack mentions to the flight attendant that his drink isn't very strong. She gives him a small bottle of alcohol, assuming that he will add it to his drink. Instead, he pockets the new bottle and removes another, half-empty, from his pocket, and pours the rest into his cup. Finishing his drink, Jack tries to get up to the aisle, but Charlie rushes by pursued by several flight attendants. The aircraft shudders and the "fasten seatbelt" sign turns on, so Jack sits back down. He notices a woman - Rose - further along on the same row looking nervous. She is traveling with her husband, Bernard, who went to the bathroom in the rear of the plane. Jack tells her he'll keep her company until Bernard returns. Then the plane hits trouble.

Pilot, Part 2

Jack, along with fellow passengers Charlie and Kate, returns to the beach camp with the transceiver they've found. Sayid, a former military communications officer, gets the transceiver working but tells the others he can get better reception if they head to higher ground. When they get there, they pick up a mysterious broadcast.

See Pilot, Part 2 for full details.

Charlie

Charlie is on board the flight, his hands jittery. He looks back and sees a flight attendant talking to two other attendants and looking at him. The flight attendants start moving his way and Charlie gets up and quickly makes his way down the aisle, passing Jack, ducking into business class row and passing Shannon and Boone, and locks himself in a bathroom near the front of the plane. He takes out a baggy of heroin from his shoe and takes a hit, while a flight attendant asks him to open the door. Charlie dumps the baggy into the toilet and prepares to flush it, but the plane shudders violently. He quickly leaves the bathroom, dodges a runaway cart, and buckles himself into a seat.

Kate

Kate is on board the flight next to the Marshal. She drinks some juice, revealing that her hands are handcuffed. The plane shudders violently and a large case falls out of an overhead compartment, hitting the Marshal in the head and knocking him out. The oxygen masks deploy, but Kate is unable to reach them because she's handcuffed. She gets the keys off the Marshal, uncuffs herself, and puts the oxygen mask on and puts one on for the Marshal. Three rows behind them, the aircraft splits in two and the tail section plummets.

Tabula Rasa

Jack discovers that the injured man he has been trying to save is a U.S. Marshal. "Don't trust her, she's dangerous," the Marshal mutters repeatedly. When Jack asks him who "she" is, the Marshal shows him a picture of Kate, the woman Jack's been spending a lot of time with.

See Tabula Rasa for full details.

Kate

Kate awakes in an elderly man's barn with the owner pointing a shotgun at her. He winds up taking her on as an employee, offering her a fair wage and a roof to sleep under. We learn the farmer's name is Ray. As Kate attempts to leave one night, Ray stops her and pleads she wait until morning so he can drive Kate to the train station. The next morning, en route to the train station, the Marshal drives up to the farmer's truck. Kate realizes she has been sold out, and Ray apologizes to her, saying he needed the $23,000 reward money. Kate grabs the steering wheel and runs the truck off the road. She pulls Ray's body out of the burning wreckage and drags him to safety. Suddenly, the Marshal appears and captures Kate.

Walkabout

A series of flashbacks reveals a secret that Locke has kept hidden from the other passengers. Meanwhile, the bodies inside the plane need to be disposed of, but how? Jack decides the most effective way of doing so, but it's grisly. When the castaways realize that the food supply is running out, Locke has a suggestion.

See Walkabout for full details.

Locke

We learn Locke is planning on attending a "walkabout" in Australia. Locke is later shown having a telephone conversation with a woman named Helen. He tells her that he is going to Australia on the "Walkabout," and mentions he purchased two tickets. Helen tells Locke she can't go to Australia with him. They have a small argument that ends with Helen abruptly ending the call. The flashback culminates in Australia where Locke is trying to get on the bus for the "Walkabout." The guide says they are unable to take Locke along, claiming some sort of misrepresentation. The guide claims with his "condition," Locke is not able to go on the tour. The guide says they can fly Locke back to America on their own dime, but that is all they can do. As the guide walks out of the office, Locke yells at him, and it is revealed that Locke is paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair.

White Rabbit

While bordering on exhaustion, Jack repeatedly sees a mysterious man watching him from afar. He asks the other survivors if they've seen him, too, but no one has. Haunted by the strange vision, Jack follows the man, only to recognize him as someone to whom he was very close. Meanwhile, the water supply runs dangerously low - a situation that erupts into violence when someone steals the last remaining bottles.

See White Rabbit for full details.

Jack

A brief scene is shown from Jack's childhood where a friend of his is being beaten up by a bully, and Jack is on the ground. Jack is given the choice between staying down and not becoming further involved, or trying to help his friend. He stands up to try and help, but is knocked out with a punch. When Jack gets home, his father asks what happened. After explaining what happened, his father admonishes him, saying that he can't help everyone. He can't be a hero. He doesn't have what it takes. In a more recent flashback, we learn Jack did "something" to his father. Because of this, he is sent to Australia to bring dad home. He finds his way to the hotel where is father stayed, and in time he claims the body at the local morgue.

House of the Rising Sun

Jin, a Korean who speaks no English, assaults Michael, seemingly without provocation. Sayid resolves the conflict by handcuffing him to the wreckage. Jack's decision to move to the caves causes division among the castaways, and Jin's wife must decide whether or not to free her husband... at the cost of revealing a long-hidden secret.

See House of the Rising Sun for full details.

Sun

Sun is shown at a fancy party, where Jin is a waiter. Sun tells Jin she wants to run away to America to get married, but Jin wants to do it properly by asking Sun's father. Jin asks her father and he gives his permission, as long as Jin works for him. Sun doesn't seem happy about that. Many months later, Jin rushes in to their apartment and runs into the bathroom. Sun follows him and discovers that Jin is covered in blood. He says he was working and that he does whatever her father tells him to do. Later, Sun is planning to leave Jin. Sun is supposed to be going on a flight with Jin in the near future, but will disappear until her family thinks she is dead. When the time comes, Sun begins to walk away, but seems reluctant. She looks over at Jin, who holds up a flower like he used to. Sun walks back to Jin, and gets on the flight, which happens to be flight 815.

The Moth

Charlie goes through a personal crisis, while Jack is trapped by a cave-in. The castaways struggle to free Jack, while Kate and Sayid attempt to triangulate the French broadcast - but their exploration is thwarted by a mysterious attack.

See The Moth for full details.

Charlie

Charlie's brother Liam informs him they've been signed by a label. Liam tells Charlie that it was his songs that got them signed, that they'll look out for each other because that's what brothers do. Charlie makes Liam promise him that if things get too crazy that, no matter what, if he says they're done then they'll walk away. Sometime later at a show, Charlie goes backstage to find his brother who missed the sound check. He finds him completely high and tells him that, after tonight, they're canceling the rest of the tour and walking away. Charlie tells Liam he's killing himself and destroying Drive Shaft. Liam, enraged, tells Charlie that he himself is Drive Shaft and that nobody knows who Charlie is. Liam storms out, leaving Charlie alone with the drugs. Later, Charlie shows up on the doorstep of Liam's home in Sydney, Australia to deliver the news that they have a chance to get back on a label and make a comeback. Liam tells Charlie that he doesn't want to come back, but Charlie insists and tells him that they won't book Drive Shaft without him. Liam asks Charlie to stay for a few weeks so they can get him some help to kick his drug habit. Charlie tells him that he's never looked out for him and leaves.

Confidence Man

The onset of an asthma attack threatens Shannon's life, and the only man who can help her is Sawyer, whom Boone believes stole her inhalers from the fuselage. When Sawyer refuses to help, Jack must decide whether to resort to violence to retrieve the medicine.

See Confidence Man for full details.

Sawyer

Sawyer's in bed with a woman, Jess. She asks about a meeting he's supposed to be at and Sawyer notices that he's late for it. As he rushes to get ready, his suitcase opens and a large quantity of money spills out. Sawyer tells her that it's everything he has, $140,000. There's an oil mining operation in the Gulf of Mexico and $300,000 buys one share, but as soon as you invest a government sponsored fun kicks in and triples your money in two weeks. He tells her that he has a meeting with an investor for the remaining sum he needs, but Jess tells him there's another option - her husband. Sawyer meets in a restaurant with Jess and her husband, David. Sawyer tells David that he understands he's reluctant and that he doesn't know him well, but he knows Jess as they work together at the auto dealership. Jess prods her husband to go through with the deal, and Sawyer lets David take home his $140,000 for the night to feel secure. Later, Sawyer shows up at a pool hall to talk with a man. The man tells Sawyer he has until noon tomorrow to come up with the $160,000 he gave Sawyer, plus 50% or he'll make Sawyer suffer. The next day Sawyer shows up at David and Jess' house and gets the $160,000 from them. But as Sawyer finishes the transaction, David and Jess' young son comes into the room. At this sight Sawyer tells them the deal is off. David tries to stop him, but Sawyer leaves the money behind and walks out.

Solitary

Sayid's attempt at exploration ends when he falls into a trap. He regains consciousness in the lair of a mysterious Frenchwoman named Danielle Rousseau. Sayid's overtures of friendship are rebuffed as Rousseau resorts to torture, believing him to be part of a mysterious tribe already living on the island.

See Solitary for full details.

Sayid

Sayid interrogates a man regarding the bombing of the Baathist headquarters. Afterwards, Sayid's superior officer, Omar, discusses Sayid's impending promotion from communications officer and reassignment to the intelligence division. As Omar is talking to Sayid, a woman is escorted past them that catches Sayid's eye. Her name is Noor Abed Jazeem, or Nadia, a known associate of Kurdish and Shiite insurgents. Omar tasks Sayid with finding out if she knows who orchestrated a bombing in Najaf. During his initial talk with Nadia, we discover that they were childhood friends and that Nadia had affections for Sayid. She tells Sayid that she's been tortured by his friends in the Republican Guard before and that she'll tell him nothing. Weeks later, Omar tells Sayid he has to execute Nadia. He helps Nadia escape via a leaving supply truck, but refuses to go with her as his family would be killed for his desertion. However, Omar appears and yells for the guard and draws his pistol, but Sayid shoots and kills him. Sayid then shoots himself and gives Nadia the gun in order to make it look like she shot them and tells her to leave now.

Raised by Another

Claire is haunted by nightmarish visions that her baby is in danger. When the nightmares seem to come true and she appears to be attacked, no one believes her. Hurley suggests that they compile a list of the survivors' names, and Boone suggests that it will save time to use the flight manifest as a reference. When Hurley compares the two, it leads to an unnerving conclusion about a passenger named Ethan Rom.

See Raised by Another for full details.

Claire

Claire and her boyfriend, Thomas, discover she's pregnant. Claire is worried about the ramifications of being pregnant, but Thomas tells her they could do this, that he loves her. Two days later, Claire's friend takes her to get a reading done by a psychic, Richard Malkin. He asks her when she found out she was pregnant, even though she hadn't even told her mother about her pregnancy. However, as Malkin continues the reading he becomes frightened by something and tells Claire he can't do the reading and that she has to leave. Three months later, Thomas tells Claire he can't do this and insinuates that Claire intentionally got herself pregnant. He breaks up and walks out on her. A week later, Claire returns to Malkin's residence and asks him to go through with the reading. Malkin tells her that it is crucial that Claire raise her child alone. But Claire tells him that, if she and Thomas don't get back together, she's putting her child up for adoption and leaves. Malkin spends the next several months calling Claire and telling her he has a plan, begging her not to give up her baby. Later on Claire meets with the prospective adopters of her unborn child, but when it comes time to sign the documents giving up her rights to her child, two different pens refuse to work. Given a third pen, Claire stops and tells the couple she's sorry and that she can't go through with it. She returns to Malkin's residence and asks him what his plan is. Malkin tells her to give her baby to a couple in Los Angeles and that she'll get $6,000 now and another $6,000 when she gets to Los Angeles. He tells her she has to leave tomorrow and that it has to be that particular flight, Oceanic Flight 815.

All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues

After the news about Hurley's census is discovered, Jack and Locke try to find Claire, but discover that she and Charlie are missing. As Jack impulsively goes off to search for her, he finds himself on a collision course with the dangerous and mysterious Ethan Rom. After joining the serach for Claire, Boone and Locke make a discovery that will change the lives of everyone on the island.

See All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues for full details.

Jack

Jack is in sugery working on a patient. She goes into arrest and Jack attempts to use the defibrillator to restart her heart, repeatedly. Christian Shephard steps in and tells Jack it's over. Angered and frustrated, Jack tells him to call it himself. After the operating room is cleared of everyone else, Christian lectures Jack about barging into his O.R. and working on his patient. Jack tells him one of the nurses came to get him and told him that his father's hands were shaking, that he made a mistake and cut the patient's hepatic artery. Jack asks his father how many drinks he had at lunch. The next day, Jack is called to his father's office and given a document to sign to cover up what happened. He promises Jack that what happened yesterday will never happen again and that this is not just about his career, but it's his life. Jack caves in and signs the document. Later, at a committee hearing about the patient's death, Christian goes over again the details of what occurred. One of the members asks Christian if he was aware of the patient's pregnancy when he went into the procedure and Christian tells him he absolutely knew but focused on saving the mother as she was extremely early into the pregnancy. At this revelation, Jack tells the board that he needs to revise his statement. He tells them that he didn't come into the O.R. until well into the procedure, that one of the nurses warned him his father was operating under the influence, that his father had severed the patient's hepatic artery which, in his opinion, lead to her death.

Whatever the Case May Be

Kate and Sawyer find a briefcase in wreckage submerged in a hidden lagoon and find themselves pitted against each other when it becomes clear that the contents of the case hold vital information about Kate's past.

See Whatever the Case May Be for full details.

Kate

Kate, under the guise of Maggie Ryan, is inside a New Mexico bank when three bank robbers storm the bank and order everyone to the floor. One robber, Jason, grabs the manager and orders him to open the money cage before people start getting killed. As Jason is trying to get the key to the vault, a man whispers to Kate that he can take one of the robbers. He goes after the robber, knocking his gun towards Kate and yells for her to pick it up and shoot. She picks it up but claims she doesn't know how to fire it. Jason grabs the gun from Kate and takes her into a back room to "have a talk". Away from everyone else, it's revealed that Kate and Jason are working together. Kate has Jason hit her so the manager will cave in and give up the key. Jason brings her back to the front of the bank and tells the manager he'll kill her if he doesn't give up the key. The manager relents. Jason and another robber bring Kate and the manager to the money cage. Jason tells the manager that Kate is the one who set him up, the one who picked the bank and the vault, that the whole thing was her idea. He takes off his mask and aims his gun at the manager, but Kate takes the second robber's gun and takes aim at Jason. Jason thinks she's bluffing and cocks his gun, but Kate shoots him in the leg, picks up his dropped gun and shoots the third robber who came in and then shoots the second robber. Kate tells the manager that she needs the bank's key to safe deposit box 815 as she has the customer key but is not on the signatory card. Inside the safe deposit box is a single envelope.

Hearts and Minds

Boone's growing jealousy over Sayid and Shannon's friendship threatens to erupt in violence until Locke steps in. Drugging Boone, Locke leaves him stranded in the jungle, where he must not only confront his feelings for his sister but also the menacing creature that stalks him from the shadows.

See Hearts and Minds for full details.

Boone

In Sydney, Boone arrives at Shannon's house after receiving a call from her and Bryan, the man she's seeing, answers the door with Shannon just behind. Shannon asks him what he's doing there, telling him that she and Bryan are about to head out to meet some friends and that he should give her a call tomorrow. She runs in her hand through her hair, revealing a bruise on her forehead, and Boone leaves. Boone goes to the local police station for help, but the officer tells him they need a little more to go on and can't help. The police officer asks him why, if she's his sister, her last name is Rutherford and his is Carlyle. Rutherford is her father's name and their parents got married when he was 10 and she was 8 — Shannon is his step-sister, no blood relation. The officer, again, tells Boone they can't help him, so he leaves. Boone goes to a dock at the harbor and talks to Bryan. He tells Bryan he wants him to break up with Shannon, that he'll give him 25,000 US dollars and that he's the third guy that's been paid to leave her. Bryan tells him he loves her... but his love for her is worth closer to 50,000, and Boone writes out a check. Later, Boone arrives at Shannon's house to get her and her things. But Bryan shows up and tells Boone that Shannon set him up to get what she's owed, that she told him Boone's mom screwed Shannon over after he father died and kept all the money to herself. Boone turns to Shannon in anger, but Bryan beats him up while Shannon yells at him to stop. Boone gets up and leaves. At Boone's hotel room, Shannon shows up drunk and tells him Bryan took the money and left. She tells Boone that she knew he'd bring the money because he's in love with her and has always been in love with her. She moves closer and kisses him, and the two begin making out on his bed. Later that night Shannon tells him that, when they get back to L.A., he should just tell his mom that he rescued her again and then they'll just go back to what it was. Boone tells her, "Like it's all up to you."

Special

Michael becomes concerned when his son, Walt, begins to develop a special bond with Locke. Michael orders Locke to stay away from his son. Determined that the island is no place to raise a boy, Michael suggests to Jack and Sayid that they build a raft, but his suggestion is scoffed at.

See Special for full details.

Michael

Michael and Susan Lloyd are in a baby furniture store looking at cribs. Michael tells her that a guy he knows may be able to throw him some construction work and that he can take a break from his art while she finishes law school. He tells her he'd like to name their boy "Walt", after his dad. She thinks over the name, Walter Lloyd, and Michael jokingly remarks that the reason she won't marry him is because she wants her child to have her last name. After Walt is born, Susan discusses with Michael how she wants to take Walt to Amsterdam with her. She has a job offer there to do international law and they've apparently talked about taking some time apart. She tells Michael she still loves him, but he hasn't worked in months and she can provide Walt everything he needs. Michael adamantly refuses, but Susan tells him they're not married, is steadily employed and the court would side with her. About two years later, Michael discovers that Susan is seeing Brian Porter, the guy who hired her. She tells Michael it's over between them, but Michael tells her he's coming to Amsterdam to get his son back. He hangs up on her and, as he begins to cross the street, is hit by a car. Two months after his accident, Michael is still hospitalized with a broken leg and another year of physical therapy. Susan comes to visit him and tells him she's covering all his medical expenses. She tells Michael that she and Brian are getting married and he wants to adopt Walt. Years later, Brian Porter shows up at Michael's place in New York City. He tells Michael that Susan died the day before and that Walt is back home with his nanny. Brian tells him he didn't want to be a father, but it's what Susan wanted. He gives Michael a round-trip ticket Sydney and a one-way ticket from Sydney to NYC, and gives him money for travel expenses. Brian tells him he can't be Walt's father as Walt is "different." In Australia, Michael meets Walt and tells him he's bringing him home.

Walt

In Australia, Brian Porter and Susan Lloyd are discussing a court case Susan is working on. She tells him she's feeling like she has the flu. As the two talk, they ignore Walt who is talking about how he's studying the birds of Australia for class and he picked the bronze-cuckoo. He asks Brian to look at the picture of the bird, but Brian ignores him as he's focused on Susan. Just then a bronze-cuckoo smashes into their window and breaks its neck. Walt goes back to his homework as Brian looks at him strangely.

Homecoming

After many days, Claire is finally found. While walking in the jungle, Jin and Charlie are confronted by Ethan Rom, who gives an ultimatum: bring Claire to him or one of the islanders will die each day. A trap is set up to catch Ethan using Claire as bait, but when Boone falls asleep on sentry duty, the results are tragic.

See Homecoming for full details.

Charlie

In London, Charlie gets high with a man named Tommy. Tommy tells Charlie they're almost out and it's time to put him to work. At a local pub, Tommy points out a girl named Lucy Heatherton who just graduated from Oxford and lives in Knightsbridge with her father, Francis Price Heatherton, who is quite wealthy. Charlie heads over to Lucy and begins ingratiating himself with her and her friends. Later, Charlie returns with Lucy to her father's home. As Lucy is off making tea, Charlie begins looking the place over for things to take. His eye lingers on a cigarette case that belonged to Winston Churchill. The next day, Lucy's father tells Charlie he's the most impressive person they've ever had dinner with. He mentions he was once in a band, but gave it up when his wife was pregnant with Lucy. He wanted to be more practical, more responsible. He asks about Charlie's band, but Charlie tells him his brother just had a daughter and it's been over a year since they were together. He thinks Drive Shaft might be dead. Later, Charlie meets with Tommy at a pub and tells him he accepted a job offer from Frank to sell copiers. Tommy reminds Charlie he's been letting him get high on his own stash of heroin in exchange for Charlie stealing something of value that can be pawned off. Three days later, and without a heroin fix, Charlie is readying himself for his first day with a job and steals Churchill's cigarette case. At the meeting, Charlie tries to demonstrate the abilities of the copier. But, flustered and experiencing the effects of withdrawal, Charlie throws up on the copier. He returns to Lucy's home and tells her he made a mistake. She tells him her father's sales manager came to her house to return the cigarette case that the EMT pulled from his suit pocket at the hospital. She tells him he's a liar, but asks why he took the job. Charlie tells her he wanted to be respectable - he wanted to think that he could take care of her. Lucy tells him he'll never take care of anyone.

Outlaws

In the middle of the night, a wild boar steals the tarp that Sawyer has been using for his roof. Sawyer enlists Kate to help him track the boar down, but she takes advantage of his situation by asking for something in return. While Kate and Sawyer hunt down the animal, Charlie's strange behavior causes Hurley to suspect he's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

See Outlaws for full details.

Sawyer

A young Sawyer is woken up by his mother. She tells him his father is here and he needs to get under his bed, not make a sound, and not to come out no matter what happens. She tells him she loves her and closes the door behind her. Sawyer hears his parents arguing until there's a gunshot and his mother is silent. His father comes up the stairs and enters his room. Finding Sawyer missing, he sits down on Sawyer's bed and shoots himself. Many years later, Sawyer runs into a former associate, Hibbs, and tells him he was fairly certain he said he'd kill him if he ever saw him again. Hibbs tells him that's why he's here, that he wants to make amends for the Tampa job. He gives him an envelope containing information on a man named Frank Duckett - a man he claims is the real Frank Sawyer, the man Sawyer has been looking for. Hibbs tells him he runs a shrimp truck in Australia. In Australia, Sawyer goes to Duckett's shrimp truck. Sawyer tries to work up the resolve to go through with killing him, but leaves. Sawyer ends up downing shots at a bar in Sydney. There he meets a fellow American, Christian Shephard. Sawyer has the bartender serve Christian and two begin to talk. Christian tells him he was the chief of surgery back in the States and talks about his son and that he wishes he could pick up a phone and call him, to tell him he loves him, but he can't because he's weak. He asks if Sawyer's business in Australia will ease his suffering. Christian tells him that unless he wants to end up like him, it's simple. Sawyer returns to Duckett's shrimp truck and shoots him. He begins reading his letter to Duckett, but Duckett asks him who he's talking about, that he was going to pay Hibbs back.

... In Translation

A mysterious arsonist destroys Michael's raft, and everyone's suspicions turn to Jin, whose inability to defend himself prompts him to flee into the jungle. As the castaways hunt Jin down, Sun must decide the best way to project her husband - even as she suspects that he may be guilty.

See ... In Translation for full details.

Jin

Mr. Paik wants to know why Jin wants to marry his daughter. Jin tells him that, although he may be from a fishing village, he wants to open a restaurant and one day own his own hotel. Mr. Paik asks what Jin's father thinks of the marriage and Jin tells him that his father is dead. In order to marry Sun, Jin agrees to work for Mr. Paik. Some time later, Jin is promoted by Mr. Paik to be his new special assistant. His first assignment is to go to the home of the Secretary for Environmental Safety, Byung Han, and deliver a message: "I'm very displeased." Jin goes to Byung Han's house and delivers the message. Byung Han appears greatly relieved and profusely thanks Jin, forcing him to accept his championship breed dog as a gift and to thank Mr. Paik. Later, Jin appears before Mr. Paik to tell him why his factory is closed because he was too incompetent to deliver a simple message. He tells Jin he's to drive his associate to Byung Han's house that night and he'll show him to deliver a message. On the way to Byung Han's house, Jin realizes the man is going to murder Byung Han. When they arrive at the house, Jin rushes into the house and beats up Byung Han. He tells Byung Han that the factory is to open tomorrow and that he just saved his life. Jin arrives back at his home. Sun asks him whose blood is on him and what he was doing. Jin tells her he does whatever her father tells him to do, for them. Sun leaves and Jin cries to himself. Later, Jin shows up at a pier where his father is. Jin asks him to forgive him, because he was ashamed of his father. Out on the water, Jin tells his father all about Sun and how they don't talk anymore because he can't tell her about her father. Her father wants him to deliver watches to his associates in Sydney and Los Angeles. Jin's father tells him to start over, let that be the last thing he does for Mr. Paik and then walk away. He tells Jin to go to America and save his marriage.

Numbers

Michael begins building a new raft. He tells Jack that the chances of them being found while they're on the raft will be increased if they can send out a distress signal. With the transceiver needing new batteries, Hurley remembers Sayid mentioning that the Frenchwoman had batteries. He suggests that they try and find her. While searching for Rousseau's lair, Hurley discovers that the island may be linked to a secret from his own past.

See Numbers for full details.

Hurley

Hurley is on a couch at his mom's house eating a bucket of chicken and watching television. He flips to the Mega Lotto Jackpot drawing and discovers he was the winning ticket - 4 8 15 16 23 42 - and faints. Outside of his house, Hurley and his family are fielding questions from reporters about him winning the near record jackpot. He introduces his mom, Carmen. And his brother, Diego and his wife, Lisa. He introduces his grandpa, Tito, but his grandpa collapses to the ground. Later, Hurley drives his mother to a surprise as she could use one after his grandpa died. Then at the funeral, Father Aguilar was struck by lightning. And Diego moved back home after his wife left him for a waitress. Hurley has her put on a blindfold as they near their destination. He stops outside a large house and tries helping his mom out, but she slips and hurts her ankle. Hurley looks up at the house and sees that it's on fire and, as he tries to call 911, two police cars roll up and arrest Hurley. At the office of his accountant, Ken, Hurley is informed that every one of his stocks is up. His interest in orange futures went up after tropical storms hit Florida. He's the majority shareholder of a box company in Tustin, California. He had a sneaker company in Canada that burned down, killing eight people, but they over-insured it. And he's got a generous settlement from the LAPD for his false arrest. Hurley tells him the numbers he used are cursed. Ken tells him there's no such thing as a curse... as a body falls past the window behind him. Hurley visits a mental hospital looking for a man named Lenny. Dr. Curtis recognizes Hurley and asks him what he's doing back at the mental hospital. The two take a walk and Dr. Curtis tells him he doesn't remember Lenny and Hurley being friends during Hurley's stay, but lets Hurley talk to Lenny who's repeating the numbers over and over. Hurley tells him he used the numbers to play the lottery which sets Leonard off, telling him he shouldn't have used the numbers, that it doesn't stop. An orderly drags Lenny away, but not before he tells Hurley he got the numbers from Sam Toomey in Kalgoorlie, Australia. Hurley ends up at a house in the middle of nowhere in Kalgoorlie. He meets Sam Toomey's wife, Martha, but discovers Sam is dead. Martha tells him her husband served with Leonard Simms in the U.S. Navy and were stationed at a listening post monitoring long-wave transmissions out of the Pacific. They listened to nothing but static until one night, 16 years ago, they heard numbers being repeated over and over. A couple days later, Sam used the numbers to win a prize at a fair in Kalgoorlie, but Martha lost her leg in a car accident on the way home. Sam became convinced that anything bad that happened was related to the numbers and finally killed himself to stop it.

Deus Ex Machina

Locke and Boone attempt to open up the hatch using their latest invention. Back at the camp, Sawyer is suffering from headaches and asks Jack for his medical opinion on what might be causing them. While in the jungle, Boone and Locke make a surprise discovery - which has tragic consequences for one of them.

See Deus Ex Machina for full details.

Locke

A younger Locke is working as an assistant manager at a large store and notices a woman watching him. After getting off work, Locke notices the same woman is following him in the parking lot. He catches up to her and asks her why she's following him. She tells him she's his mother. The two continue their discussion at a diner and the woman tells Locke he's very special and part of a design. Locke asks about his father, but the woman tells him he has no father. In the store's break room, Locke meets with a private detective he hired to investigate his supposed mother. He learns she is indeed his mother and has been institutionalized several times for a type of schizophrenia. He's also handed information about his father, Anthony Cooper. Cooper and Locke meet, and Cooper tells him he didn't know he existed until a year after he was born. Emily told him she wasn't going to have a baby at all and dropped off the face of the planet until she showed up again asking for money and telling him she put Locke up for adoption. He asks Locke if he wants to go hunting and Locke agrees. Later, Locke shows up at Cooper's house to shoot some birds again, but walks in and sees Cooper on a dialysis machine. Cooper tells him he's early and wasn't supposed to see this. His kidney is failing and he needs a transplant, but he's not going to let it spoil their day together. The two go hunting and Cooper tells Locke that, although his mother may be a little crazy, at least she brought the two of them together while they still have time. Later, Locke and Cooper are in a hospital being prepped for transplant surgery. Cooper tells him he still has time to back out, but Locke tells him it was meant to be. After the surgery, Locke wakes up in the hospital room but Cooper is missing. A nurse tells him Cooper already checked out and went back home under private care, but didn't leave a message for Locke. Emily shows up in his room and tells him she's sorry. She tells Locke that she needed some money and that it was all Cooper's idea to get his kidney. Locke cannot believe it and drives to Cooper's house, but the security guard tells him Cooper isn't seeing guests.

Do No Harm

Locke leaves the seriously injured Boone at the caves, forcing Jack to take heroic measures to save Boone's life. Unaware that her brother's life hangs by a thread, Shannon spends the night on a beach with Sayid. As their relationship evolves, Boone's condition worsens. Jack's abilities are further put to the test as Claire goes into an unexpected labor.

See Do No Harm for full details.

Jack

At Jack's wedding rehearsal, Sarah, Jack's bride-to-be, tells the gathered audience that, a little over two years ago, her tire blew out and she was hit head-on by an SUV when her car flipped into oncoming traffic. Her back was broken and the doctors said it was irreparable, but Jack promised he would fix her. Jack is the most committed man she's ever known and, because he fixed her, she will dance at their wedding. That night at the hotel bar, Jack plays a piano as Sarah enters. The two play the piano together and Sarah tells him he doesn't have to through with the wedding if he doesn't want to. Jack tells her he wants to, but he just hasn't thought up the right thing to say for his vows. Later that night, Jack ends up at the hotel pool drinking a bottle of alcohol. Christian Shephard shows up behind Jack and asks him how the water is before sitting down and dipping his feet in. Jack tells him Sarah wants them to write their own vows, but he can't write his. He tells his father he worries that he might not be the husband, or father, that he wants to be. He's worried that he asked Sarah to marry him because he saved her life. Christian tells him that commitment is what makes him tick, but he's just not good at letting go. At their wedding, Jack gives his vows to Sarah. He tells everyone that he didn't write any vows, that he couldn't. But he tells Sarah that he didn't fix her, that she fixed him. He loves her and always will.

The Greater Good

Shannon becomes convinced that Locke is responsible for Boone's death and asks Sayid for "a favor." Trekking into the jungle with Locke, Sayid becomes convinced that he is not responsible for the tragedy. But Shannon remains adamant and decides to take matters into her own hands.

See The Greater Good for full details.

Sayid

Handcuffed by airport security at Heathrow, Sayid is led to a back room. Inside are two agents, Agent Melissa Cole from the Central Intelligence Agency and Agent Robbie Hewitt from the Australian Secret Intelligence Service. Agent Hewitt tells Sayid that 300 pounds of C-4 explosives where stolen from an army base outside of Melbourne the previous week. The men responsible were members of a terrorist cell intent on disrupting the coalition presence in Iraq. The agents got Sayid because he knows one of the terrorists, Essam Tazir. They tell Sayid he's going to help them because they know the whereabouts of Nadia. Later in Australia, Sayid "conveniently" runs into Essam at a mosque. Sayid tells him he's been traveling and inquires about a woman named Zahraa, but Essam tells him she died from a stray bomb. He invites Sayid to his apartment where Sayid meets Haddad and Yusef. As he talks to the group, Sayid takes notice of a smoke detector and disassembles it, revealing a listening device hidden inside. He drops the bug into a glass of water. Essam tells Haddad that Sayid was a member of the Republican Guard and knows things. Haddad suggests that it was fate that brought Sayid and Essam together at the mosque. Several weeks later Sayid tells Essam that he believes Haddad has selected a target as he's been asking him about explosives for the last two weeks. Haddad told Essam that morning that he was to be a martyr, but he tells Sayid he doesn't think he can do it. Later, Sayid meets with Agent Cole and Agent Hewitt at a dock. He tells them that he can get Essam to turn himself in and that he wants out, but he doesn't know where the C-4 is. Agent Cole tells him that Essam is worthless and the only way to find the C-4 is to wait for him to have a target to hit and that is why Sayid is going to convince him to go through with it. Sayid refuses, but Agent Cole reminds him about Nadia. If Sayid refuses, then they'll arrest her as an enemy combatant. Later, Sayid and Essam take a walk in Sydney. Essam explains to Sayid that he's not sure he can go through with it. He isn't afraid to die, but is worried about all the innocent lives. In response, Sayid tells him that innocent lives will be lost but in service of a greater good. He tells Essam he shouldn't just accept what happened to Zahraa and that he lost someone too. There needs to be consequences for those responsible and that is how he will honor her. Essam asks Sayid if he'll do this with him, and Sayid agrees. Haddad brings Sayid and Essam to a warehouse with an explosive-laden van inside. He tells the two what to do and, should they run into any problems, gives Essam a gun and leaves. Sayid and Essam get into the van, but Sayid tells him to stop, that he is working with the CIA. Essam asks why Sayid would do this to him and Sayid tells him that they know where to find the woman he lost, Nadia. Essam is angered that Sayid used him to find a woman and pulls the gun on Sayid. He tells Sayid that he was his brother, that he said this was for the greater good. He tells Sayid that he hopes this woman that he loves will make him whole again - and he shoots himself in the head. Once the authorities arrive, Agent Cole tells Sayid where Nadia is and gives him an Oceanic plane ticket to L.A. that leaves in two hours. Sayid inquires about Essam's body and Agent Hewitt tells him the body will be cremated as there's no one to claim the body. Sayid tells him that a Muslim man is supposed to be buried and that he'll claim the body. The two agents agree to change his flight on Oceanic to the next day.

Born to Run

With construction of the raft nearing completion, Kate has a special request for Michael - she wants to be on it when it sails. During a water break, Michael keels over in pain. Jack examines him and discovers that he was been poisoned. Jack and Locke's investigation of the crime leads to a crashing revelation about Kate's past.

See Born to Run for full details.

Kate

In Iowa, Kate shows up at a hospital carrying a large bouquet of flowers. She tells a nurse that she has a delivery for Diane Jansen and is informed she just came up from the intensive care unit and is right around the corner. Kate rounds the corner and sees an officer guarding the door to the room. She moves the bouquet to put it between herself and the officer, hiding her face, and walks by. In the parking garage, a doctor gets into his car and Kate pops up from the backseat saying "Hey, Tom". Tom asks her why she's here and Kate tells him Diane's dying of cancer and she wanted to see her. She needs his help. At his house at 2am that morning, Tom calls his hospital and gets Diane in for a 5am appointment for an MRI and so they have three hours to kill. The two drive out to a large tree on a farm where the two begin digging. Kate and Tom unearth a lunch box that Kate opens. Tom picks up a toy plane and tells Kate he can't believe he let her talk him into putting his plane in there. Kate tells him it was his idea, pulling out a cassette tape from 1989. They play the cassette in Tom's car and the two listen to younger versions of themselves. A young Kate asks why he's putting his plane in there, and a young Tom answers that he got it when he flew to Dallas by himself and it's cool. Young Tom says they're going to dig the time capsule up in twenty years, but a young Kate asks him how he knows they'll still be together. Young Tom tells her it's because they'll be married. Young Kate tells him she doesn't think so, that as soon as she gets her license they should get in a car and drive. Young Tom replies that she always wants to run away, and young Kate tells him he knows why. The tape finishes and the two kiss. Kate apologizes and Tom tells her they should get to the hospital. At the hospital, Diane is wheeled in on a gurney by a hospital worker for Tom. He motions the all clear to Kate and tells her he'll wait nearby in his office. Kate approaches Diane and asks her mom if she can hear her. She tells her mom that she's sorry for everything she's put her through. Diane starts calling for help, for somebody to help her, while Kate tries to calm her down. Kate rushes out of the room and into a security guard. She grabs his walkie-talkie and knocks him out as Tom arrives. She tells him she needs his car keys and the two head to the parking garage. The two get into his car and Kate tells him to get out as there is a police car blocking the exit, but Tom refuses. She takes off down the parking garage exit; crashing into the police car and pushing it out of the way while the cop fires at them, and takes off down the street. But she crashes into a car and comes to a stop, where she discovers that Tom has been shot and killed. As another police car closes in on the accident, she's forced to leave Tom's toy airplane behind and escape on foot.

Exodus, Part 1

Danielle Rousseau surprises the castaways by showing up at the camp with an ominous warning - the others are coming. The raft finally sets sail with Michael, Walt, Jin, and Sawyer on board. As they depart, black smoke mysteriously appears from the other side of the island - a harbinger of the imminent arrival of the others.

See Exodus, Part 1 for full details.

Walt

Walt and Michael are in a hotel. Walt turns the TV on up loud at 5:23AM, waking Michael. Michael asks Walt to turn it down, but he turns it up louder. Walt tells Michael that Brian lets him watch it as loud as he wants, which angers Michael and he takes the remote and turns the TV off. Walt takes Vincent and leaves the room, and Michael chases after him. Walt yells that Michael isn't his father as Michael drags him back to the room.

Jack

At the airport bar, Jack is having a drink. A woman sits down next to him and orders a tequila and tonic with a wedge of lemon. She asks Jack why he was yelling at the ticket counter. She tells Jack that she is on his flight. She then asks Jack if he's married. Jack says he isn't anymore. She introduces herself as Ana-Lucia. She asks Jack what his seat number is. He says 23B, she says she's seated at 42F. She then gets a call on her cell phone, and has to take it. She tells Jack they'll have the next drink on the plane. She then says "The worst part's over."

Sawyer

In a Sydney police station, Sawyer is seated in front of an annoyed detective. The detective informs Sawyer that the bar fight he was arrested for is significant because he head-butted the Honorable Warren Truss, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry. The detective calls Sawyer "James", and Sawyer's trademark smirk slides off his face. The detective then reads the record for James Ford, which is long, and bad. The detective tells him he isn't worth the cost to incarcerate, so he deports him. He also informs him that he is banned from Australia.

Kate

Kate and the Marshal are with airport security. Security asks why he needs 5 guns to secure Kate. Security holds up the small airplane toy and asks about it. The Marshal tells the story of how Kate took it from a safe deposit box in New Mexico, and that it's the only thing Kate actually cares about. The Marshal keeps taunting Kate, and she attacks him. He tells security that is why he needs 5 guns.

Shannon

Shannon is sitting in the terminal, waiting for the plane. Sayid sets his bag down and asks her to watch it. She says she will. Boone comes up and tells her he couldn't get them first class tickets. They leave the seating area, and Shannon complains about having bad seats. Boone calls her a bitch, and she threatens to get him thrown off the flight. He tells her no one would believe her, and she tells him he has no idea what she's capable of. She walks over to a policeman and tells him some Arab guy left his bags downstairs and walked off. The cop runs off to find him. She then turns around and smirks at Boone.

Sun

Sun and Jin are at some tables having a meal in the airport. An English speaking couple behind Sun are talking about them, and Sun hears them. Sun accidentally spills tea on Jin, and the woman insults her. Her husband tells her to quiet down, and she tells him to relax, because they don't speak English.

Exodus, Part 2

As the castaways brace themselves for an attack by the others, Claire's baby is kidnapped, leading Charlie and Sayid on a dangerous chase into the junle. While the threat of the others bears down on the castaways, the raft crew continues their flight from the island - but when the hope of rescue appears on the horizon, they will soon learn that appearances can be deceiving.

See Exodus, Part 2 for full details.

Jin/Sayid

Sun accidentally spills a drink on Jin and he asks her where the restroom is. She points out to him where it is and he heads over there, passing Sayid who's being escorted by two security guards. One of the guards apologizes to Sayid for the inconvenience, but his bag was unattended. Sayid asks if he's free to go and tells them he has a plane to catch. In the bathroom, a man in a Hawaiian shirt asks Jin for a paper towel but realizes he doesn't speak English. The man then speaks Korean to Jin, telling Jin that he works for Mr. Paik and that he knows Jin is planning to run away. He reminds Jin to take the watch to Mr. Paik's friend in California and, if he does anything else, he'll lose Sun. The man tells Jin he'll never be free.

Charlie

Charlie is in a hotel room searching for his heroin. A girl in his bed wakes up and asks him what's going on. He tells her his flight to L.A. leaves in a couple of hours and he has to get ready. She asks him if there's any more heroin, but Charlie tells her they did it all last night and that he'll look her up next time in Sydney and he'll send her an autographed copy of his CD. The girl tells him she doesn't care about "crap CD" or his "piece of crap band" and demands another hit of heroin. She sees him trying to hide a baggie in his hand and the two struggle for it. She beats Charlie, calling him pathetic, and finally leaves him there on the floor clutching the baggy of heroin.

Michael

Michael and Walt are waiting in the Sydney airport terminal. Walt is engrossed with his GBA SP and Michael tells him to stay there while he calls work. At the pay phone, Michael calls his mother and tells her he's thinking that she could take Walt. He doesn't know what to do with him, that he's not supposed to be his and this was never part of the plan. He hangs up and discovers Walt standing behind him. Walt tells him he needs new batteries.

Hurley

Hurley wakes up in his hotel room and discovers there's been an electrical outage in his room and his alarm clock turned off - he's late for his flight and his mom's birthday is the next day. He frantically packs and heads for the elevator, but discovers it's full and runs for the stairs. Inside the elevator, Charlie yells at him that "some of us have a bloody flight to make." Driving to the airport, Hurley's car breaks down on the side of the road. He gets out and starts running to the airport. Arriving at the check-in, the ticket agent tells Hurley he's confirmed for seat 20G, but the airline has a policy that a man of his size must purchase two tickets. Hurley agrees and gets a second seat, but the ticket agent tells him it appears his flight is already boarding in the Oceanic International terminal and he's currently in the domestic terminal. Hurley rushes through the airport and tries to cut to the front of a security checkpoint, but the security agent tells him to get to the back of the line. As Hurley heads back, Arzt is at the front frustrated with a man in front of him. After he gets through the checkpoint, Hurley flags down an old man in a scooter and offers him 1,600 dollars for his scooter. Using the scooter, Hurley makes it to his gate as they're closing the door. The gate agent tells him the jet way is closed, but Hurley pleads with her to let him on the plane. She calls the plane to tell them they have one more and tells Hurley they'll let him on. Hurley gives the gate agent a large hug and boards.

Locke

Locke is in his wheelchair at the Oceanic gate watching the elderly and disabled walking by him and boarding. The gate agent approaches and tells Locke that the special wheelchair they use to load disabled passengers is missing and they might be able to get him on the flight. Another gate agent tells her they could carry him on if Locke doesn't mind. Sighing, Locke tells them it'll be fine and the two gate agents carry Locke aboard the plane and place him in his seat. Locke pulls out a flight safety card from the seat back but drops it in the aisle, He tries to bend down and reach it, but it's too far away and he gives up.

Various

We see passengers boarding Oceanic flight 815. The Marshall escorts Kate, who has a jacket concealing her handcuffs, to her seat. We see Sawyer walking down an aisle looking for his seat. Jack puts his luggage in a compartment bin near Locke. Charlie tries to stuff his guitar case in one of the airplane's closets. Sayid sits down in his seat and notices a man a couple seats over staring at him, but the man looks away when Sayid looks at him. Jin and Sun are in their seats; Jin looking at the watch he's to deliver to Mr. Paik's associate and Sun is flipping through a Korean magazine. Michael buckles Walt's seatbelt as Walt is too busy playing his video game. The Marshal secures Kate in her seat. Sayid pulls out the photographs of Nadia he received from the two agents in Sydney and looks at them. Shannon frantically looks through her bag for something, but Boone pulls out an extra inhaler and hands it to her. Drenched in sweat from his run to get to the plane, Hurley makes his way to his seat and gives a thumbs up to Walt who is looking at him, and Walt smiles back. Hurley takes his seat, puts on his headphones, and pulls out a Green Lantern & Flash comic book. Arzt helps Claire put her bags in the overhead compartments. Locke watches Jack put his luggage in the overhead compartment and, once finished, Jack gives Locke a friendly nod and sits down.

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