Flash Sideways
We are back at LAX and Jin is coming out with the customs guy. He gets his watch back but customs is keeping the $25,000. Jin has to fill out paperwork to get it back. I guarantee that money gets "misplaced" by the customs agent. Jin missed his meeting at the restaurant. He doesn't know what the money was for, just that Sun's father gave it to him just before he left and Jin does not ask questions.
As they check in at the hotel under Paik, Jin is a little upset that the guy doesn't realize he isn't married to Sun. He wants his own room. This answers the speculation from LAX as to whether or not they are married. After they check in Jin shows up at Sun's room and says he is going to the restaurant to deliver the watch. She invites him inside and says no one will be at the restaurant. Plus they work for Sun's father so tough luck if they don't like it. What does Sun care, she's only in LA to go shopping. Maybe Jin can yell at her for having her top button undone. Jin was worried people were watching. Sun starts to unbutton her top and Jin doesn't want her to stop. Bow-chicka-bow-wow. It looks like my last week's prediction about the title of this episode might not be so off base after all. They bang and then drink champaign.
In the morning Sun says she wants to run away and use the money that she has stored in a secret bank account. Jin says that he loves Sun, and then she is about to tell him something important. Of course before she can there is a knock on the door and it is our friend Martin Keamy. He really is an awesome bad guy. He wants the $25,000 that Sun's dad sent. Omar arrives and they look around for Jin. He's hiding in the bathroom and doesn't seem to resist at all when they look for him. No one can speak Korean so they need Mikhail to translate.
SIDE NOTE: On her way to answering the door, Sun stopped to look in the mirror and fix her hair but seemed to have a confused look on her face as she walked away. This was similar to Jack and the appendix scar in the mirror. Sawyer also punched a mirror in his flash sideways. Did Kate use a mirror at all? Maybe at the autoshop when she was changing. I'm not sure about any other mirror connections, but combined with Jacob's mirrors in The Lighthouse, there could be some meaning here.
Mikhail makes a reappearance to serve as translator. I think this is just part of the plan to bring back every former cast member for a cameo. He has two working eyes (for now) in the flash sideways. Sun will go take the $25,000 out of her secret account and give it to Keamy. Jin doesn't want Keamy to tell Mr. Paik about Jin and Sun. No worries dude, Keamy won't cock block you. Keamy is going to keep Jin as collateral and bring him to the restaurant. Mikhail will go with Sun.
When Sun tried to take the money out, the account has been closed by Sun's dad. But it was secret! Apparently not so secret to Sun's father. Uh-oh. At the restaurant Jin is put in the freezer. Omar knocks his head on the side of the freezer and gives him a cut. Keamy cleans up his cut and then ties him up with duct tape. He then tells Jin that he is there to kill him. The $25,000 was payment from Mr. Paik to kill Jin. He broke the cardinal rule and got freaky with the boss's daughter. Omar is sent off to get the Arab and then Keamy goes to make eggs. We hear the interaction with Sayid and everyone get shot. Jin starts making a racket and Sayid opens the door. He won't free Jin, but he won't kill him either so he gives him a box cutter and wishes him luck.
Sun and Mikhail arrive back at the restaurant and I guess Keamy isn't dead yet. Mikhail wants to know what happened but his last words are warning Mikhail to turn around. Too late. Jin has a gun to the back of his head. Mikhail thinks that if Jin had killed all those people he would have killed him already. He tries to attack Jin and they do some karate while shooting off a bunch of rounds. Then Jin puts a bullet through Mikhail's eye. Now he needs his eyepatch. Sun caught a stray bullet in the uterus and lets Jin know that she is preggers. He's going to save her. I bet Dr. Jack actually saves her.
On Island
We open up with night vision. Someone is watching Locke's merry band of losties. MIB sits down with Jin while he bandages himself. They talk about Jacob's cave and how Kwon was on the cave. MIB can't leave the island without all of the people whose names are on the wall. So he needs Jin and Sun. Locke will go and get Sun, don't worry.
MIB is leaving for the night and tells Sayid to watch over the camp. Sayid can't feel anything. No emotion, no pain, nothing. That's probably better for what is coming. Jin starts to hobble out of camp and Sawyer wants to know where he is going. He is looking for Sun. Why is Sawyer listening to that thing? Then they all get shot by tazers or some other kind of dart. Everyone gets shot and knocked out. Zoe (who I guess the rest of the blogosphere is calling Tina Fey/Liz Lemon) finds Jin and lets Widmore's men know that they have their person.
MIB comes back to the camp and finds everyone still passed out. He goes right to Sayid and wakes him up. He wants to know who did this and where is Jin. Sayid doesn't know, being passed out and all. MIB gives Sayid a gun and tells him to wrap it in plastic and asks if he is a good swimmer. Enter Claire who wants to make it all about her. Is her name on the wall? No it's not. Well it was, but it was crossed out. Cry me a river Claire. MIB says he still needs her and there is plenty of room on the plane. He is clearly lying to her. Is Kate on the wall? No. But she was on the lighthouse wheel and not crossed out, so this could turn out to be big. Claire whines a little more about Aaron not recognizing her and Kate being her mother. Maybe you shouldn't have abandoned your son in the jungle. MIB needs Kate to get some others off the island, but after that, whatever happens, happens. Amen.
As MIB and Sayid are leaving Sawyer asks why he doesn't float over there and Locke says that if that was possible he wouldn't be on the island anymore. They are going to get Jin back. MIB arrives at the beach and walks towards the pylons. Everyone jumps out and draws guns. Then Widmore comes to talk to MIB. Widmore says he only knows rumors and ghost stories about MIB. MIB wants Jin back. Widmore says he has no idea what he's talking about. "A wise man once said that war is coming to the island. I think it just got here." That wise man was of course Widmore in "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham."
Back at the beach Ben is getting anxious and wants to know what everyone is waiting for. He was digging his own grave two days ago but all of a sudden he is bold enough to question Ilana? Seriously Ben, give it a rest. They are waiting for Richard. Sun throws a hissy fit and runs off to her dead garden. Jack follows her and is now a full on believer. He is stoked to be a candidate and doesn't understand why Sun doesn't share the same feelings. She tells him to buzz off.
MIB shows up and says he found Jin and will take Sun to him. He reaches out his hand and says he would never make Sun do anything she didn't want to. Sun turns and runs away. Then she runs smack into a tree. If that's how she is running, I really hope nobody lets her behind the wheel of a car.
Ben stumbled upon Sun and she forgets how to speak English. She can understand it but can't speak it. I'm thinking that this head injury has melded the two worlds, on island and flash sideways, a bit. I'll be interested to hear about the connection. Maybe next week. Jack takes a look at her head wound and diagnoses it. Ilana is skeptical that Ben didn't have anything to do with it. Why won't she believe him? Because he is speaking. Zing!
Hurley comes back with Richard who tells them to pack up because they are leaving. They are heading to Hydra island to stop MIB from leaving. Sun has a minor freak out and screams at Richard in Korean. He listens to her but doesn't know what she is saying and she runs off in a fit.
Jin wakes up in Room 23 where Karl was treated to a Clockwork Orange treatment a few seasons ago. Zoe/Tina/Liz comes in and ends up stopping Jin from leaving. Don't taze me bro. She shows him grid maps from the Dharma Initiative that were signed by Jin-Soo Kwon which was Jin from the 70's. He wants to speak with Widmore. Good, Widmore wants to talk to him.
Widmore is pretty upset that Zoe and her team already got Jin. They should have waited a few days. Well she's only a geophysicist. He wants Zoe to bring the package to the infirmary. Widmore shows Jin a digital camera that he found from the wreckage with pics of Ji Yeon. Widmore tells him that he has a daughter as well. And if they don't stop the MIB from leaving the island it will all be for naught. If MIB gets off the island everything will cease to be and he will never see his wife and daughter. But how will Widmore prevent this? Jin needs to see the package. It's not a what, it's a who.
Sun is off by herself by the fire and Jack comes to talk to her. He gives her a pad of paper to write her thoughts. She doesn't trust Locke, but she trusts Jack. Jack promises that he will make sure that they find Jin and get off the island together.
Back in Smokey's camp Sawyer hopes that it will all be over soon and that Widmore killed Locke. Locke comes back into camp and Sawyer wants to know where Jin is. Widmore says he didn't have him. But MIB doesn't believe him. Where is Sayid? They have a secret on the sub in the locked door and MIB doesn't like secrets.
We see Sayid surface from the water near the sub. Zoe and her pal are bringing a guy out from the sub, but Zoe gave him too many drugs. The man is Desmond. He falls near the dock and looks at Sayid. He looks like he might recognize him but he's so drugged out I don't know.
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So finally Desmond is back. I know we were going to see him again, but I was getting anxious. Damon Lindelof says that after next week the conversation will change. I take it this means that we will be getting some big answers next week. We know that Desmond is a game changer. Flashes Before Your Eyes and The Constant were awesome Desmond centric episodes. The Constant is still the highest rated episode among fans. I'm expecting big things next week.
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