[A commercial airliner is flying through a night sky above the clouds. Inside the plane, Kate, Sun and Jack sit anxiously in their seats. A flight attendant rolls a beverage cart past Sayid while Ilana rests her eyes next to him. She continues to roll the cart past Hurley towards the cockpit, Hurley glances at her as she passes him. Inside the cockpit Frank Lapidus and the co-pilot monitor the flight instruments.]

COPILOT: Do you want to hear something crazy?

FRANK: What’s that?

COPILOT: Did you see the big guy; who got on in L.A.? Sitting in first class, curly hair, guitar case?

FRANK: What about him?

COPILOT: He’s one of the Oceanic 6. Guy’s got nerves of steel, man. He survives a full on commercial airliner crash now he’s flying over the same South Pacific.

FRANK: Yeah, well. Maybe he doesn’t believe lightning will strike twice in the same place.

[Copilot smiles at Frank. The plan shudders briefly. In the cabin Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley and Sun sit up and look around. In the cockpit the Copilot looks at Frank.]

COPILOT: You alright there, Frank?

FRANK: [Glaring at COPILOT] I’m just fine.

[The plane shudders again, the COPILOT turns on the Fasten Seatbelt Sign. Jack looks around. Hurley turns to Caesar sitting across the aisle.]

HURLEY: Dude. You might want to fasten your seatbelt.

[In the cockpit Frank notices something]

FRANK: Oh, no.

COPILOT: What?

[The plane begins to shutter consistently. Frank and the copilot begin switching levers and pushing buttons]

COPILOT: Auto-pilot off?

FRANK: I have the controls.

COPILOT: Auto-pilot off, you have the controls.

FRANK: Full right rudder.

[The plane continues to shudder and begins rolling; the air hostess is tossed from the aisle against the right side of the plane. The plane rolls in the opposite direction and she is thrown against the left wall of the plane. A bright white light fills the cabin of the plane as the plane rights itself and emerges from a cloud layer in daylight.]

COPILOT: What? What?

AUTOMATED VOICE: Stall. Stall. Stall.

FRANK: We’ve lost power.

COPILOT: Restarting One. Restarting Two. [Flips switches] Altimeter reading, six fifty.

FRANK: Oh my, God. [The plane is heading towards a towering mountain peak] Give me more power. I can pull us out of this.

COPILOT: You’re gonna rip us apart!

FRANK: DO IT!

[COPILOT throttles the engines and Frank pulls on the controls as the plane struggles to climb]

FRANK: Come on. Come on.

[Frank steers the plane around the peak, banking left. The copilot is scanning the area.]

COPILOT: Is that a runway?

FRANK: Massive instrument failure. We’re putting her down.

COPILOT: Mayday, mayday, mayday! This is Aljira three one six. Mayday, mayday, mayday!

AUTOMATED VOICE: …four, eight, fifteen, sixteen…

FRANK: Full flaps?

COPILOT: Gear down! Airspeed: One Ninety. Coming in too steep.

[The plane continues to descend as the Frank and Copilot steady their efforts on the landing. The wheels touch ground.]

FRANK: Reverse thrusters!

[The plane is now sliding along the dirt runway heading towards a dense tree line.]

COPILOT: Come on! 

FRANK: We’re running out, we’re running out. Hold on. Brace for impact.

BLACK SCREEN

LIGHT SCREEN

[Frank lifts his head, covered in blood and breathing hard. He grabs his forehead, notices blood on his sleeve. The COPILOT is slumped over in his chair. Frank wipes the blood from his forehead and sees that the COPILOT as been impaled through the heart by a branch from a tree outside the cockpit. He quickly stands and walks into the cabin turning on a flashlight. There is groaning heard in the cabin. In the cabin, Cesar approaches Ilana who is passed out in her seat.]

CAESAR: Hey, hey. Are you ok?

ILANA: Jarrah? [she opens her eyes]

CAESAR: No, my name is Caesar. We had an accident, but we are ok, now.

[Ilana looks at the seat next to her, Sayid is missing. She looks around frantically. Frank continues to make his way through the cabin stopping in front of Caesar and Ilana. Ilana tries to stand but stumbles. Sun stands up in her seat.]

SUN: Frank.

FRANK: Sun. You alright?

SUN: Oh my, God. What happened?

FRANK: I don’t know.

[The two work towards the aisle and stand. Frank looks around the cabin.]

FRANK: Where’s everyone else? Jack? Kate? Hurley? Where’d they go?

BEN: They’re gone.[Standing behind Frank and Sun near an open cabin door.]

FRANK: Gone? Gone where?

BEN: How would I know?

BLACK SCREEN

THIRTY YEARS EARLIER

[Hurley, Kate and Jack have emerged from Jin’s Dharma van as Sawyer stands next to his Dharma Jeep. They are all looking at each other in disbelief. The group begins to walk toward each other.

HURLEY: You’re alive. [To Sawyer] Dude, I can’t believe it! [Hurley lifts Sawyer off the ground in an embrace.]

SAWYER: [Returns to the ground and steps back] Ha, ha. Easy on the ribs their Kong.

HURLEY: Kong, I actually missed that.

SAWYER: I missed you, too, Hugo.

JACK: Sawyer. [They shake hands.]

SAWYER: Doc. 

[Jack steps back, Kate approaches Sawyer; they hug.]

SAWYER: Hi. Good to see you, Kate.

KATE: You too, James.

[Sawyer steps back and looks at the group.]

SAWYER: You’re really here. Son of a bitch actually did it. Locke said he was gonna bring you back, but [looks around] where is he?

JACK: John’s d*ad.

SAWYER: d*ad? How?

JACK: Doesn’t matter, he’s gone.

HURLEY: So what’s up with you guys in the old Dharma jump suits?

SAWYER: [To Jin] You didn’t tell them?

JIN: No. I was waiting for you.

KATE: Tell us what?

SAWYER: We’re in the Dharma Initiative.

JACK: They came back to the Island?

SAWYER: No. We came back. And so did you. It’s Nineteen Seventy-seven.

HURLEY: Oh. What?

COMMERCIAL

JACK: So you tell me that you’ve been here living with the Dharma Initiative for the past three years?

SAWYER: That’s right. How long’s it been for you since the chopper?

KATE: Three years.

[Through JIN’s Walkie talkie] MILES: Hey Jin, this is Miles. Where are you? Over.

JIN: [To Sawyer] If I don’t report in soon they’ll send out a patrol. What should we do with them?

HURLEY: Dude, you’re English is awesome.

SAWYER: What we do is we bring them in. 

JACK: Bring us in where?

SAWYER: Back to the barracks in Dharmaville. You can’t be wandering around the jungle with the hostiles.

KATE: Hostiles?

SAYWER: The Others.

HURLEY: What about everyone else from the plane? They can still be out there.

JIN: What do you mean “everyone else”?

JACK: We didn’t come back alone. Sayid was on the plane, too. Lapidus. And Sun.

[Jin looks at Sawyer and quickly runs toward Jeep.]

SAWYER: Jin, Hold up. Where you going?

JIN: The Flame. [Climbs in the Jeep] If a plane landed on the Island, Radzinsky will know.

SAWYER: Hold on, we gotta think about this.

[Jin drives away quickly. Sawyer is upset. Turns to the group.]

SAWYER: Alright, that’s it. Listen, you guys gotta stay put. Don’t go nowhere, don’t do nothing till I can figure out how the hell to explain where you came from.

KATE: Sawyer, wait. Other than you and Jin who else is still here?

SCENE CHANGE

[Juliet is descending stairs and pushes through a door entering a security control room.]

JULIET: Miles, have you seen James? [She pauses in front of a console of security screens while Miles sits at a nearby desk reading.]

MILES: Nope. He’s not answering his walkie, either.

JULIET: Jin called him this morning then he just ran off without telling me what’s going on. [Sips a drink]

MILES: [Walks to the console] Well, let’s see what we’ve got. [Presses some buttons on the keyboard and taps a monitor; Sawyer is seen on the screen walking into his house.] Hang on. There he is.

SCENE CHANGE

[Sawyer is removing clothes from his closet, Juliet enters the room.]

JULIET: Hey.

SAWYER: You seen my baggy sweatshirt? The one with the bulldog on it?

JULIET: It’s in the laundry. [Grabs James’ arm] James, what’s going on?

SAWYER: They’re back. [Stops packing.]

JULIET: I’m sorry, who’s back?

SAWYER: Jack, Hurley, Kate. 

JULIET: What?

SAWYER: I know. [Walks away from Juliet and puts the pile of clothes on the bed and removes more clothes from the dresser] They came back Juliet.

JULIET: Are they here now?

SAWYER: Yeah. Out at the North Point waiting for me to tell them what to do. [He continues to pack clothes into a bag, Juliet sits on the bed.]

JULIET: [Sighs] How did they get…

SAWYER: I’m not sure. They said they were on a plane. [Notices that Juliet is stunned, Sawyer approaches her and sits.] I don’t understand it anymore than you do but they’re here. And I gotta find a way to bring them in before somebody else finds them. And they screw up everything we’ve got here.

JULIET: [Wiping he head, looks at Sawyer] There’s um, a sub, coming in this afternoon.

SCENE CHANGE

[Jin is in the Jeep turning next to the Flame building. He parks the Jeep, grabs his g*n and steps out of the Jeep.]

[Inside the Flame, a man, presumably Radzinsky is carefully constructing a model of the Swan station geo-dome. Jin pushes through the door quickly.]

RADZINSKY: Hey! [Startled, Looking up ] Do you understand the concept of knocking?

[Jin goes to directly to the console of security displays, Radzinsky follows. Jin pushes a couple of buttons and a printer begins to print; Jin goes to the printer and removes the page.]

RADZINSKY: Get your hands off that. Thought you learned English. I said hands off! Nobody handles any of the gear in this station except me. Understand?

JIN: I need to check the radar logs.

RADZINSKY: For what?

JIN: Please. I need to know if a plane landed on the Island.

RADZINSKY: If a plane landed? Here?

JIN: Yes.

RADZINSKY: What? SO you think if a plane landed on our Island I’d be over there just building my model? That I wouldn’t have called anyone? That I wouldn’t have put out an alert?

JIN: Maybe you missed it? [Politely] Can you check with the other stations?

RADZINSKY: I just told you. I would not be… [Jin grabs his collar and shoves him hard into the equipment.]

JIN: Check with the other stations. [Jin releases Radzinsky, he walks and sits in a chair at the console and flips a switch before speaking into the microphone.]

RADZINSKY: Attention all stations, a system wide broadcast. This is Radzinsky at the Flame. Checking in to see if you’ve seen an airplane over the Island. [Angrily] No one else has seen an airplane but if you have could you call into me please? Over. [To Jin] So what are you so hot and bothered about, Kwon? Why’s this plane so damned important?

JIN: It just is. [Glaring at Radzinsky]

SCENE CHANGE

[Sun is standing on the beach with the survivors of flight 316 holding Jin’s wedding ring. Ilana approaches her.]

ILANA: Did you lose someone?

SUN: Excuse me?

ILANA: I just saw you looking around and thought maybe you lost someone on the plane.

SUN: No. I was traveling alone. 

FRANK: [Shouting behind the two woman] Can I get everyone’s attention. Everybody, please. [People gather around Frank and pay attention.] Listen up folks, here’s where we’re at. The radio’s d*ad so I haven’t been able to call in our situation but that’s alright soon as they figure out we’re not where we’re supposed to be they’ll come looking for us. So the best thing to do right now is just stick together, stick together hunker down and just wait ‘till help gets here.

CAESAR: And where’s here?

FRANK: What’s that?

CAESAR: Where is here? [Approaches Frank] What is this place?

FRANK: I don’t know where here is because this island’s not on my charts.

CAESAR: Really?

FRANK: Really.

CAESAR: Because there are some buildings over there. [Points into the jungle towards the plane] And animal cages. Down the beach, we can see a big island across the water. So maybe you should get some new charts.

[Ben is standing near the tree line listening and begins to walk away from the group. Sun notices and follows him.]

FRANK: Right now I’m just trying to keep everyone here safe. So let’s gather up some firewood. [Sun continues to follow Ben.]

CAESAR: If he wants to wait, let him. I say we search these buildings. They may have a radio or some food. Who wants to help me?

[Sun is now in full pursuit of Ben as they have left the beach and are both in the jungle. Sun stops and looks around seemingly not able to find Ben’s trail.]

BEN: [From behind Sun] Why are you following me?

SUN: [Turns around surprised] Where are you going?

BEN: Back to our Island. You wanna come?

COMMERCIAL

[Juliet approaches Amy sleeping in a hammock in Dharmaville. She quietly removes some paperwork from the ground. Amy stirs, notices Juliet taking the paperwork.]

AMY: Juliet?

JULIET: Hey, Amy. [Brushes hair from her face and smiles at her] I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you.

AMY: Um, no. It’s fine.

JULIET: I just came to get the sub manifest. Obviously I don’t want you working today.

AMY: Thank you. 

JULIET: Full load?

AMY: Almost. Two of the recruits dropped out in the eleventh hour. They didn’t want to take the sedative for the trip. Can you tell Pierre for me? [A baby stirs in a crib next to Amy.]

JULIET: [To the baby] Hi. Hi. Oh, Hello little one. [Lifts the baby out of the crib.] Hi. Have you and Horace decided on a name?

AMY: Yeah, we have. We’re gonna name him Ethan. [Juliet smiles uncomfortably. She hands the baby to Amy.] [To Ethan] Hey buddy. [To Juliet] So, when are you and Jim gonna have one of these?

JULIET: I don’t know. The timing’s got to be right. [Juliet picks up the paperwork and walks away.]

SCENE SHIFT

[Jack is tapping his watch, it is apparently broken. Kate and Hurley sit nearby.]

KATE: So the woman who told you how to come back, did she mention that it would be thirty years ago?

JACK: No. Nope, she left that part out.

KATE: So what are we supposed to do now?

JACK: I’m not sure yet.

[A Dharma van approaches]

HURLEY: Sawyer’s back!

[The group walks towards the van as Sawyer parks it. Sawyer steps around to the side door and opens it retrieving clothes. He turns to the group.]

SAWYER: Alright, listen. Y’all gonna be the second batch of recruits coming in off the sub. It should be pulling into port right about now so we ain’t got much time. [Looks at Jack] Nice suit, doc. Not exactly Island wear. Try this.

JACK: You want us to say we came in on the sub. How’s that going to work?

SAWYER: Everyone gets knocked out before the trip. So no one meets each other until we process ‘em.

JACK: [To Kate] Look, we need to find the rest of people from the plane.

SAWYER: If there was a plane, Jin will find it. So we’ve got about ten minutes to make intake or you’ll be camping in the jungle for a long time. There isn’t another batch of recruits due in for six months. 

JACK: [To Kate] Whaddya think?

KATE: I think we should listen to Sawyer.

HURLEY: I vote for not camping.

SAWYER: Trust me. Do what I say, everything will be fine.

[Jack nods]

SAWYER: Let’s move. [They climb into the van.]

SCENE CHANGE

[Radzinsky and Jin are looking at the monitors in the Swan Station. Radzinsky is typing on the keyboard.]

RADZINSKY: Just heard from the Looking Glass, they were the last station to check in. They’ve got nothing but an incoming sub. Why don’t you go home and I’ll call you if something happens. 

[The computer begins to beep, both men notice. Radzinsky stands up and approaches the console.]

RADZINSKY: Move. Move [Pushes Jin to the side.] Out of my way. Those bastards.

JIN: What do you see?

RADZINSKY: Grid 325 motion sensor alarm has been tripped. We’ve got a hostile inside the perimeter.

[Jin turns and runs out of the station. Radzinsky follows.]

RADZINSKY: Hey! Where you going?

[Jin is running through the jungle away from the Flame station toward the base of the mountain with his r*fle. He spots a man moving through the tall grass.]

JIN: Stop right there!

[Sayid emerges from the grass. ]

JIN: Sayid? [Relieved]

SAYID: Jin!

JIN: Where’s Sun?

SAYID: I don’t know.

[Radzinsky approaches from behind Jin pointing his g*n at Sayid, Jin moves toward Sayid and forces him to kneel.]

JIN: Get down. Say another word and your d*ad. [Sayid looks at Jin quietly.]

COMMERCIAL

[Sawyer, Hurley, Jack and Kate are driving in the Dharma van to the barracks.]

HURLEY: Ok. So, it’s Nineteen Seventy-seven?

SAWYER: Yup.

HURLEY: And you guys are all members of the Dharma Initiative?

SAWYER: Yup.

HURLEY: Well, you do realize those dudes get wiped out, right? I mean I saw the pit where all the bodies got dumped. 

SAWYER: What about it?

HURLEY: Aren’t you gonna warn ‘em? Aren’t you gonna stop it from happening?

SAWYER: I ain’t here to play Nostradamus to these people. Besides, Faraday’s got some interesting theories about what we can and can’t do here.

JACK: Did you say Faraday? He’s here?

SAWYER: Not any more.

SCENE CHANGE

[The Dharma folks are preparing to welcome the new recruits. There are balloons and music is playing, everyone seems to be in good spirits. Sawyer pulls up in the van with Hurley, Jack and Kate. A woman’s voice is heard over a loud speaker.]

VOICE: Welcome and Namaste. We will be going inside for processing where you’ll be given your work assignments and lodging.

[Jack, Kate and Hurley stand outside the van. Sawyer places a lay necklace around Kate’s neck and hand Hurley and Jack the remaining two necklaces.]

SAWYER: Put these on and listen up. Juliet’s got it worked out so that your name’s be on a list. So when you get in there just watch the little meet and greet video and wait for them to call your name. When they do just smile, step up, take your jumpsuits and work assignments.

JACK: Work assignments?

SAWYER: Yeah, don’t worry I’ve got it covered. Just remember to act a little doped up because you just woke up from the sub.

HURLEY: What happens if they start asking us questions we can’t answer. Like, ok, who’s the President in 1977?

SAWYER: It’s not a damned game so Hugo. Besides, I’m gonna be in there to get your backs, alright? Let’s go.

[They begin to walk towards the door when Miles approaches in a Dharma van. He walks towards the group after exiting the van.]

MILES: LaFluer! Where've you been? I’ve been trying to reach you on the walkie. [He notices Jack, Hurley and Kate.] What… What the hell are they doing here?

SAWYER: They’re new inductees. I'll explain everything later. [Walks towards Miles.] Stop staring and tell me what your damn problem is.

MILES: It’s Jin. There’s a Fourteen-J at the flame.

SAWYER: What? [Lifts walkie talkie] Jin? You there?

JIN: [From The Flame] James, we have a problem. We found a hostile. 

SAWYER: What? What do you mean you found a hostile? Where?

JIN: He was wandering in the jungle? Radzinsky is taking care of him now.

SAWYER: What’s he doing in our territory? It’s a violation of the truce.

[Razinsky locks Sayid in a small room. Jin steps outside of the station.]

JIN: It’s Sayid.

SAWYER: What? Son of a bitch! Was anyone else with him?

JIN: NO. He was alone.

SCENE CHANGE

[Ben and Sun are walking through the jungle; Sun calls to Ben.]

SUN: Wait! [Ben stops and turns]

BEN: I’m sorry Sun but waiting doesn’t interest me much right now. There are three outriggers near here, I’m going to take one. So you can come along and help me row [removes sling from his left arm] or you can stay here. Frankly it makes no difference to me.

SUN: Why are you leaving?

BEN: Why are you staying?

SUN: The main Island, is that where Jin is?

BEN: Honestly, I don’t know. But that’s where I’d start looking.

[Footsteps are heard in the jungle nearby.]

FRANK: SUN?!

SUN: Over here.

[Frank emerges from the jungle and quickly approaches Ben and Sun.]

BEN: Hello, Frank.

FRANK: [To Sun.] You alright?

SUN: Yes, I’m fine.

FRANK: I got worried when I couldn’t find ya. I saw him leave. What are you doing out here?

SUN: Ben knows where there’s a boat. I’m going back to the main Island with him.

FRANK: You don’t think you can really trust this guy? Do ya?

SUN: I have to trust him.

[Ben looks at Sun, tosses his pack over his shoulder and turns to continue walking]

SCENE CHANGE

[Ben, Sun and Frank emerge on a sandy path from the jungle to the shoreline. Ben tosses his pack near the outriggers that are partially covered with bush branches. Ben begins to remove the branches and turns to Sun.]

BEN: You ready?

SUN: Yes

FRANK: Sun! I want you to think about this, ok. This guy is dangerous! [Sun looks at Frank while removing the branches from the outrigger] Sun that boat I came here on was filled with commandos whose only mission was to get him.

BEN: And how’d that work out for everyone?

FRANK: [To Sun.] Don’t do it.

SUN: Why don’t you come with us?

FRANK: I can’t. I have a group of people I gotta look after.

BEN: That’s right Frank. [Standing in front of Frank] A captain’s first responsibility is to his passengers. [Frank notices something over Ben’s shoulder.] But I have people I have to take care of, too. [Ben turns toward the Island pointing.] There’s a small dock about a half mile due south across the water. It leads to a town where I used to live. [Sun lifts an oar from the outrigger] There are resources there. So if anyone can help you and the rest of plane get out of here safely… [Sun smacks Ben in the back of the head with the oar. Ben falls to the ground, unconscious.]

FRANK: I thought you trusted this guy? [smiling]

SUN: [looking down, then up at Frank.] I lied.

COMMERCIAL

[The Orientation video is playing]

PIERRE: Welcome to the Island. For your own comfort and safety we ask that you stay within the confines of your new living quarters. [Jack and Kate stand in front of the monitor watching the video.] 

[BACKGROUND PIERRE: Our barracks are surrounded by a high frequency sonar fence to protect us…]

[There is much commotion in the room, Kate turns to Jack while the video continues to play in the background.]

KATE: How are we gonna do this? [Jack looks at Kate and shakes his head. A voice in the room is heard. It is Phil.]

PHIL: Shephard. Jack Shephard. [Jack turns to him, turns back to Kate.]

JACK: Here we go. [Jack walks toward the man.]

PHIL: Hey, Jack. [Motions to a table and chairs] Have a seat. [Jack walks toward the chair. Kate rubs her eyes.]

SCENE CHANGE

PIERRE: Of course it isn’t here. [Approaches the table Jack is seated at.]

JACK: What’s that?

PIERRE: Your file. How can they be any more disorganized on the other side? [Sighs, looks at Jack and smiles.] Sorry. [Extends his hand to Jack.] Namaste. I’m Pierre Chang. Welcome to the Dharma Initiative. [Sits down] How was your ride in?

JACK: It was fine.

PIERRE: Good. Who was your shuttle driver?

JACK: I’m sorry?

PIERRE: Uh, the shuttle from the sub, who was your driver?

JACK: Uh, that was um, uh… Mr LaFluer.

PIERRE: Ah, yes, Good man, LaFluer. Runs a very tight operation. [Sighs] I’m sorry for the disorganization. The woman who was supposed to be processing you in had a baby last night, I get pulled out of my lab. [Searches for a piece of paper] Ah, here it is. Your job assignment… [Places a jumpsuit on the table] You’ve been assigned to the shed.

[Jack reads the title on the uniform, “Workman”]

JACK: Workman? Wha, what does that mean?

PIERRE: Based on your aptitude test you’ll be doing janitorial work. 

[Jack smiles and chuckles]

[Kate is pacing the room, Phil approaches her.]

PHIL: Hey there ma’am.

KATE: Hi.

PHIL: They haven’t called you yet?

KATE: No, not yet. [Rocking back and forth flirtatiously with her hands in her pockets.]

PHIL: What’s your name? [Smiling]

KATE: Kate Austen.

PHIL: [scanning paperwork] Austen, Austen, huh. You’re not on my list. And you’re not on the sub manifest either. Who’s your recruiter? [Suspiciously]

KATE: [bites her lip and rolls her eyes] Uh?

[Juliet enters the room]

JULIET: Hold on, Phil. I just got the new list from Amy. Some last minute additions including Ms. Austen. [Looks at Kate. Kate nods. Phil smiles.]

PHIL: Alrighty then. She’s all yours. [Phil walks away.]

JULIET: [To Kate] I’m sorry for the mix up. I’m Juliet.

KATE: Kate.

JULIET: Hi, Kate. Welcome to the Island. [The two smile uneasily at each other.]

SCENE CHANGE

[Jin is outside the Flame station, a Dharma van approaches from the rear. Jin turns to look at it and walks to where it stops. Sawyer steps out of the van.]

SAWYER: What the hell happened?

JIN: Sayid just came walking out of the jungle in hand cuffs, alone.

SAWYER: What? Did he say anything about the plane they were on?

JIN: No, I couldn’t talk to him. Radzinsky thinks he’s a hostile. He won’t leave us alone.

SAWYER: I got this. 

[They turn and walk towards the Flame. They enter the flame.]

SAWYER: Where is he?

RADZINSKY: Locked in the storage room.

SAWYER: Give me the key.

RADZINSKY: You need to know, LaFluer, he saw the model of the swan. [Points to the model on the table] And he could have seen the survey of where we’re building it.

SAWYER: Your point is?

RADZINSKY: He’s a spy. This whole thing is an act and either we play into it or we don’t. We can end this right now. 

SAWYER: What the hell are you talking about, Radzinsky?

RADZINSKY: We sh**t him.

SAWYER: Well I appreciate your input there, Quickdraw, but I want to talk to him first. Give me the damn keys.

[Radzinsky hands Sawyer the keys who flips them to Jin. Jin unlocks the door and enters the room. Sayid is sitting on a crate. Jin grabs his collar and drags him out of the room. Sayid’s eyes widen when he sees Sawyer. The two exchange glances. Jin pushes Sayid into a chair, his back is facing Radzinsky. Sawyer walks around slowly to face Sayid.]

SAWYER: My name's LaFluer, I'm head of security. I want you to listen real carefully to what I’ve got to say. If you do that, you’ll be fine. Understand? [Sayid nods] Alright, let’s start simple. Indentify yourself as a hostile. [Sayid says nothing.] The terms of the truce say you gotta identify yourself as a hostile or we got the right to sh**t you. [stares at Sayid].

SAYID: We do not refer to ourselves as hostile. But yes, I am one of them. [Radzinsky looks at Sawyer]

SAWYER: Alright, good. Then we can proceed like a couple of gentleman. [Grabs Sayid’s shoulder.] Let’s go, I’m taking him back to the barracks. [Sawyer and Jin lead Sayid to the door.]

RADZINSKY: If you’re taking him in then I’m coming with you. This is a horrible mistake. I’m gonna talk directly to Horace about this.

SAWYER: Fine. Talk away. [Now outside the Flame, Radzinsky following.]

SCENE CHANGE

[The Island is seen from the ocean, it is night time. Sun and Frank are nearing the shore in the outrigger.]

FRANK: You wanna remind me why the hell we’re doing this?

SUN: Ben said if my husband is on the Island the best place to start looking for him is here. [Steps out of the outrigger onto the dock]

FRANK: Oh, I see that’s the advice you took before you whacked him in the head. [Steps out of the outrigger onto the dock.]

[They begin to walk, Frank checks his flashlight. There are items scattered on the dock and barrels are floating in the water nearby. The wind begins to blow and several, but not all the trees on the treeline begin to sway and bend.]

FRANK: Whoa. Tell me you saw that.

SUN: Probably just an animal.

FRANK: An animal, right. 

[The two continue walking. They approach a group of seemingly abandoned buildings and a sign is squeaking while it sways.]

FRANK: I’m sorry to say Sun, but I don’t think we’re going to find your husband here. Maybe we ought to just head back? 

[They notice a sign labeled “PROCESSING” hanging from a building. Whispers are heard, they both turn. A light turns on inside a window in the building. The door to the building creaks open slowly revealing a man standing in the doorway.]

CHRISTIAN: Hello.

FRANK: Who the hell are you?

CHRISTIAN: My name is Christian.

SUN: I’m looking for my husband. His name is Jin Kwon. Do you know where he is?

CHRISTIAN: [Lowers his head, then looks at Sun.] Follow me.

[Sun and Frank exchange uneasy glances.]

COMMERCIAL

[Christian leads Sun and Frank into the processing room Jack and Kate were in. He is holding a flashlight walking towards the far wall.]

SUN: What is this place?

CHRISTIAN: Seventy two, Seventy six, Seventy eight [Shining the flash light on pictures].

SUN: Where is my husband?

CHRISTIAN: Ah, here we go. Seventy seven. [Removes the picture from the wall.] He’s um, he’s with your friends. 

SUN: What are you talking about? What friends?

[Christian approaches Sun and Frank as the wind begins to blow strongly outside, the door opens. He hands Sun the picture and shines his flashlight on the picture] 

CHRISTIAN: I’m sorry but you’ve got a bit of a journey ahead of you.

[Sun looks at the Christian then the picture. There is a banner labeled “New Recruits” handing over a group of people including Jack, Kate and Hurley. They are wearing Dharma jump suits.]

SCENE CHANGE

PHIL: Ok, Everybody say “Namaste”

GROUP: NAM A STE [Camera clicks]

HURLEY: [To Kate] Nama what?

PHIL: Ok. Right on. So, you guys have the rest of the day to get acquainted with your security protocol handbooks waiting in your new digs. Now, some of it may seem a little scary but I promise you all we are perfectly safe here. So make yourself at home here. Come on we’ve got hamburgers, we’ve got punch. [The group begins to disperse, Phil’s walkie talkie signals him. He lifts it off his belt.]

[Through Phil’s Walking Talkie] SAWYER: You there Phil? We’re coming in with a fourteen J.

PHIL: Roger that, Mr. LaFluer. 

[Jack looks at Phil then to the van that is approaching the area. Phil watches the van park near him, then turns to the crowd.]

PHIL: Ok. If I could get everyone to hold back please. We have a minor security situation. 

[Sawyer steps out of the van, Radzinsky shoves Sayid.]

RADZINSKY: Move.

[They continue walking towards a building. Sawyer looks at Jack and Kate. Hurley stand next to Jack and Kate as the Sawyer, Sayid, Jin and Radzinsky enter the building.]

HURLEY: I guess we found Sayid.

SCENE CHANGE

[Sawyer leads Sayid down a flight of darkend stairs while Jin and Radzinsky follow. The group enters the security room and turns. Phil pushes into an interior room as the group follows. He opens a cell door and Sawyer pushes Sayid into the cell. Sayid turns and looks nervously at Sawyer.]

SAWYER: Alright. You hang here until we can figure out what the hell to do with you.

PHIL: What are we gonna do with him?

SAWYER: Bring the man some damn food. We’re not savages.

[Phil turns and leaves. Sawyer closes the door and looks slowly at Sayid before walking away.]

SCENE CHANGE

[Jack is walking through Dharmaville in his jumpsuit. It is night. He approaches Phil.]

JACK: Uh, excuse me. Can you tell me where James LaFluer lives.

PHIL: [Points to a house] That’s his house, right there.

JACK: Thanks. [walks away toward the house.]

PHIL: But I wouldn’t call him James. [Jack stops and turns.] He hates it. [Smiles, Jack smiles back and turns continuing towards the house. Phil stops smiling, watches briefly and walks away.]

[Jack steps to the door and knocks four times. The door opens. Juliet is standing there. They stare at each other.]

JULIET: Hey Jack.

JACK: [Sighs. Hugs Juilet] I saw you earlier today when you were helping Kate and I wanted to say something to you then. [He steps back.]

JULIET: We’re not supposed to know each other.

JACK: Yeah. [Smiling] Um. I was looking for Sawyer. I guess I came to the wrong house.

JULIET: No. Come in.

[Jack looks confused and startled but enters the house. Sawyer is sitting in a chair reading a book.]

SAWYER: Evening, Doc.

JULIET: [Sighs] I’m sure you two have a lot to talk about. [Leaves the room. Jack smiles sheepishly.]

SAWYER: Take a load off. You want a beer?

JACK: No. I’m fine. [Paces]

SAWYER: What can I do for you, Jack?

JACK: I don’t even know where to start. How about with Sayid?

SAWYER: Had no choice. He was running around in the jungle, got caught by my people. Seeing how he can’t tell the truth how he got here I had to improvise

JACK: Improvise?

SAWYER: Uh-huh. For now Sayid is safe which is all that matters.

JACK: So, where do we go from here?

SAWYER: I’m working on it.

JACK: Really? Because it looked to me like you were reading a book.

SAWYER: I heard onceWinston Churchill read a book every night. Even during the blitz. Said it made him think better. That’s how I like to run things. I think. I’m sure that doesn’t mean that much to you because back when you were calling the sh*ts you pretty much just reacted. You see, you didn’t think Jack. And as I recall a lot of people ended up d*ad.

JACK: I got us off the Island.

SAWYER: But here you are. Right back where you started. So I’m gonna go back to reading my book and I’m gonna think. Because that’s how I saved your ass today and that’s how I’m gonna save Sayid’s tomorrow. [Stand and walks to the door; opens it.] All you gotta do is go home and get a good night’s rest and let me do what I do. [Jack walks out the door.] Now ain’t that a relief?

JACK: [Nodding sarcastically] Yeah

[Sawyer steps outside and watches Jack leave. He turns to see Kate standing on her porch looking at him. He waves at her, she waves at him. Sawyer turns to go back inside his house, Kate steps away.]

SCENE CHANGE

[A door opens in the security room. A teenage boy enters and approaches Phil sitting at a desk.]

BOY: Hey Phil. I’m just gonna go over there and deliver him a sandwich.

PHIL: Alright.

[The boy walks over to the jail cell. Sayid is laying down.]

BOY: Hello. [Sayid sits up] I brought you a sandwich. [Sayid approaches the door and takes the bag] I didn’t put mustard on it. But if you’d like some I can get some.

SAYID: [Looks into the bag then back at the boy.] This will be fine, thank you. [Turns and walks back to the cot.]

BOY: Are you a hostile?

SAYID: Do you think I am?

BOY: What’s your name?

SAYID: Sayid. What’s yours?

BOY: I’m Ben.

SAYID: It’s nice to meet you, Ben.
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