Having just arrived on the island in Lost Season 5 Episode 9, Kate, Jack, and Hurley agreed to play Sawyer’s game, at least for now. Sayid’s also on the island, and he meets up with little Ben.
Little Sayid’s brother is being instructed by his dad to kill a chicken. He doesn’t want to kill a chicken, though. Sayid, however, has no problem taking out the chicken.
Ben wants to feed the hostile, Sayid. Did Richard send him? He’s his leader, right? Ben ran away into the jungle before and found Richard. He’s been patient since then looking for a way out. If Sayid’s patient, too, maybe they can work together.
Another flashback of Sayid killing, this time a human. The man behind his murdering ways: Ben. That marks the last of Widmore’s men, so now they can part ways.
Horace goes into Sayid’s cell trying to find out what he was doing in the jungle. Either they’re in some kind of disagreement, which means he can help him, or he’s a spy. He’ll give him an hour to think about it.
Juliet fears that this whole playing house bit they’ve got going on is over now.
Worried that the prisoner won’t talk, Horace wants to have Oldham do his thing. Sawyer volunteers to talk to him instead. By talk, he apparently means hit him and pretend he’s confessed. If he doesn’t cooperate, he’s on his own. So he’s on his own then.
Kate thinks she can get something out of Juliet even though Sawyer’s not talking, but Hurley has this crazy idea that they’re together. Who couldn’t see that coming?
Ben brings another sandwich to Sayid. This angers the janitor, which is apparently a big deal.
Back to flashback Sayid, Ben’s come to meet up with him to tell him that John Locke is dead. He’s a killer, although he says he doesn’t like it.
Since Sayid’s still not talking, he’ll be going to Oldham now. Who’s that man? “He’s our you.”
Now it’s a flashback we’ve all seen. Kate calls everybody crazy, and Sayid flees the scene, though Sun wants to go with Ben to meet Eloise. Sayid’s fled to a bar, where he meets a girl who likes sad men. This oughta be a real hoot then. He hopes to change his ways, rather than continuing his killing.
Sayid is answering Oldham’s questions, and he’s been given some truth serum. He tells them his real name, the fact that he’s not a hostile, and that he got there via plane. Having been there for 100 days already, he knows about all the stations, including the unbuilt one. Oh, and they’re all going to die. He knows this because he is from the future. They fear that they’ve driven this man insane. Nonetheless, he pretty much needs to be killed. By a unanimous vote, the tribe has spoken.
The girl at the bar actually is a professional, hired to bring him to Guam. The family of the guy he killed on the golf course wants him dead.
Sawyer offers to let Sayid punch him and steal his keys. Sayid would be fine with Radzinsky’s idea of dying, though, so he’ll just stay put rather than trying to escape. He didn’t see the purpose of being on the island before now.
As Sawyer’s asking Kate why they came back, a flaming VW bus makes its way toward the houses, setting off a quickly spreading blaze. Three years with no burning buses, now this after just one day.
Ben will let Sayid out if he takes him with him. Yes, he will. That’s why he’s here.
The woman holding Sayid hostage doesn’t want to let him go. They’re taking that plane (that’s going to crash) whether he likes it or not. Is she working for that monster Ben?
Sayid brings Ben through the woods as agreed. Jin spots them, and Sayid pretends Sawyer let him out. Since Jin has to clear this with Sawyer before letting them go, he’ll have to be knocked out. He tells little Ben he was right about him. He is a killer. So he shoots Ben. Didn’t see that one coming.
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