Lost Season 5 Episode 3 continued the saga of the time travelers. Dan is trying to disarm a hydrogen bomb, while Locke has bumped into a young Charles Widmore. At the end of the episode, Charlotte collapsed.
The night before they came up with the lie, Kate and Jack agreed they were together in convincing the others to lie. That was the same night Kate came up with the idea of keeping Aaron as her own because she couldn’t lose anybody else.
At the hotel, Sun gets a delivery containing pictures of Ben and a gun.
After some prodding from Juliet, Dan admits he thought this might happen to Charlotte. It’s like really bad jetlag. He doesn’t know why it isn’t happening to everyone else.
Kate pays a visit to the lawyer. She agrees to give the blood samples only if she can first talk to the client, who probably won’t cooperate but does want to handle the exchange of custody quietly. She’s warned she’s going to lose the boy.
Locke wants to go back to the Orchid. He knows Ben used it to save the island and thinks he can reverse it if he brings them back. He has to make them come back… even if it kills him.
Charlotte awakens, feeling a bit dizzy but saying she’s fine.
Sayid had the equivalent of three doses of horse tranquilizer in his system, but he’s doing fine. He gets a visit from a man with a gun who needs to be subdued before he can tranquilize him again. He’s working for the person at the address in his pocket, which Jack says is Kate’s address.
Jack gets a call from Hurley, who’s in jail and feels happy he’s totally safe because he Ben’s never going to get him now.
Jack wants to see Kate, who reluctantly agrees to tell him she’s downtown. Ben wants to go deal with Hugo, and Sayid likewise is reluctant but cooperative.
The island group is walking and sees a bright light, which Locke wants to avoid. He seems to know when they are, even if nobody else does. As they’re walking, they hear screaming. It’s Claire as she’s giving birth, complete with nurse Kate to drive Sawyer nuts. Then there’s another flash.
When Jack gets to Kate’s car, she wants him to just go. She tells him what’s going on, but she has someone to follow, so he has to hop in.
Miles got a nosebleed. Dan thinks it has to do with duration of exposure, but Miles has never been there before two weeks ago. Is he sure of that?
They have finally managed to find their camp, but everything and everyone is gone, as is the boat. They do have a boat that was left behind, though, even if it doesn’t have a motor. As they’re rowing, shots are fired from behind. Two can play at that game, as Juliet grabs a gun as well. They’re saved by a flash. When Sawyer thanks the lord for this good fortune, they’re now in the same boat in the middle of a monsoon. The bullets were probably better.
Kate and Jack see who wants the kid. It’s Claire’s mother. Jack volunteers to go fix this. He tells her the whole story. Only she doesn’t know who Aaron is. Jack comes running out to warn Kate that she’s not who they’re looking for and that they need to go get Aaron.
Ben’s told by his lawyer that Hugo will be a free man in the morning.
Sawyer doesn’t want to talk about seeing Kate again, but Juliet gets it out of him. Well, she gets something out of him anyway… it is Sawyer. During their chat, it becomes Juliet’s turn to have a nosebleed.
They spot a wreckage from some French speaking people, who it turns out picked Jin up from the water.
Jack tells Kate about how Sayid’s attacker had her address in his pocket. He wants to make sure to get her and Aaron safe. Then Ben arrives… and apologizes for trying to steal Aaron. Sun’s there, too, Aaron in tow and gun in hand.
Jin may not be feeling all that well, but he’s alive. The French woman he’s talking to introduces herself to him. It’s Danielle, and she’s pregnant.
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