On Lost Season 5 Episode 1, we learned what happened to the island after it disappeared. It went through a time loop. In order to save everybody from dying, Jack and Ben hope to gather those who escaped the island all up and go back.
Three years ago as they were on their way to rescue, the six plus Frank are trying to agree to lie to protect those who remain from Charles Widmore. Hurley doesn’t like the plan, but Penny tells him there’s no calling her father off. The truth is crazy, unless somebody backs him up, but nobody else is willing to tell it.
Back in the present, Hurley gets pulled over by a cop. Luckily it’s Ana Lucia, who tells him it was dumb of him to pull over and that he needs to pull himself together. And Libby says “Hi.”
Dan needs to calculate a new bearing in order for them to leave, which requires him to figure out when the hell are they.
Hurley stops at a convenience store, where he sees himself on TV. The girl at the counter recognizes him, but at least she doesn’t know he’s wanted by the police.
Kate gets a call from a mystery friend and is on her way there.
Ben tells Jack that, if there’s anything he wants, he needs to pack it because he’s never coming back. Jack responds simply “Good.” Ben’s going to move John somewhere safe. He’s dead, isn’t he?
Hugo shows up at home wearing an I Heart Shih-Tsu shirt and with an Iraqi over his shoulder. He tells his dad David that he’s in danger, though he’s not sure from whom. LAPD arrives to have a little chat. He didn’t kill three people, though. Sayid did. David tells him they’re not going to be able to wake Sayid up from having been shot by a dart and that they need a doctor.
Kate arrives at mystery friend’s place. It’s Sun.
Ben pays a visit to a butcher. He doesn’t want the porterhouse… just for a corpse to be watched.
The island crew has been trying to get fire all day. Neil the frogurt guy is growing impatient with them. Charlotte can’t seem to shake her headache, and she’s having memory loss. Dan knows what’s wrong, and she knows it. Before he has to answer to her, Miles has brought them all dinner, a boar. This sets Neil off. They can’t even get fire. All he had to do is ask. A flaming arrow hits him. Since more are on their way, it may be time to run. Frogurt guy’s a goner, though. We hardly knew him. Some other people who aren’t particularly relevant die as well.
David says he’s either crazy or he’s lying. He’s not crazy, and he has a really good reason for lying. Before he can tell the reason, Hugo’s mom Carmen shows up to find a not breathing guy on her couch.
Kate tells Sun about the lawyers. Sun doesn’t think they’re interested in exposing the lie, just getting Aaron.
Since they’re in need of a doctor, Hugo sends his father with Sayid to Jack, who wants to get him to the hospital. Getting their hands on Sayid was pretty easy. David’s got another request: stay away from Hugo.
Carmen’s now pushing Hugo for answers. He admits it was all a lie, then he tells her the truth, which sounds nutty. She believes him anyway, which could quite possibly be because the story doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Sawyer and Juliet get grabbed in the jungle by people who want to know what they’re doing on their island.
Jack begins his work on Sayid. He hooks him up to some machines and injects him with something. Shining a light in his eye is what really gets to him and causes him to wake up.
Ben arrives at Hugo’s house. He can get him out of there, but Hurley doesn’t trust Ben because Sayid warned him not to. They all want the same thing. To go back to the island. A convincing argument, but Hugo says “Never, dude” and runs outside to the cops. He admits to being a murderer. He killed four people… or three people… or however many people are dead.
As the men are about to cut off Juliet’s hand, someone comes to save the day. That could only be Locke.
Ben’s told he only has 70 hours, and if he can’t get them all to come back, God help them all.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Lost Season 5 Episode 3 Jughead, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on ABC.