We’re back on the island with Sawyer tugging an a rope running into the ground, and Locke poised to turn the frozen donkey wheel and save our island friends. Before he can do that though, the crew realizes they are in a time before the well was built, and look out into the distance to see (I’m gonna say, Egyptian-looking) a human-like statue, as tall as a NYC skyscraper, in the distance looking out over the water. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say this guy has four toes. FINALLY.

Locke turns the donkey wheel, and the crew experiences a flash unlike the others. When they come out of the flash, their headaches are gone, and their noses are no longer bleeding. Sawyer says they will wait for Locke to return, as long as they need to. They find Faraday, grieving over an empty plot of grass. He notes that Charlotte “moved on” while they “stayed”. He informs the group the “skipping record” has been reset, even though they may not be on the song they want to be on. Sawyer because the leader of the band (to Miles’ dismay) and begins leading a trek to the beach. En route, they come upon a woman screaming and pleading with two men, who put a burlap bag over her head and hold a gun to her. It appears they have already killed the man she was picnicking with, and she is begging him to say something. Sawyer intervenes, with the knowledge Juliet had his back. One of the men takes a shot at Sawyer, but Juliet shoots him from her spot int he forage, and Sawyer shoots and kills the other man. Sawyer removes the bag from the woman’s head. Her name is Amy, and her husband, Paul, is the man lying dead next to her. Amy is very scared about breaking the truce, and says they must bury the bodies of the men Sawyer and Juliet shot, and carry Paul back to her camp. Juliet notes the Dharma Initiative jumpsuit Paul is wearing, which, she says, puts them in the 70’s or 80’s.

En route to the camp, they come upon none other than the sonic fence. Faraday nearly walks into it, but is stopped by Juliet. Amy seems surprised at Juliet’s reaction, and Juliet notes it “appears” to be some sort of sonic fence, and instructs her to turn it off. Amy goes to the control panel, inputs a code, and discreetly removes something without the other’s knowledge. She walks through first, unharmed. The others follow, only to be taken down by the fence. Amy then removes the earplugs she’d taken out of the control panel.

Sawyer awakens (with a zoomed in eye shot, think early Lost days) on a couch in the game room of the Dharma camp, lying across from a man named Horace Goodspeed. When asked for a name, Sawyer provides the name James LaFleur. Horace does the usual prodding for information, and Sawyer instructs him he and his crew were on a ship called the Black Rock (“Ever heard of it?” “I can’t say that I have.”) that crashed offshore. They washed up on the beach, and he will need more time to look for the rest of his missing crew. Horace wants him to leave on the submarine departing the next day.

Sawyer rejoins the group who are eating at a table outside. Faraday is mumbling to himself “I won’t do it, I won’t say it”, but is overtaken when he sees young Charlotte gleefully walking by. Sawyer informs the group they will need to leave on the next departing submarine. When asked about her strange look, Juliet informs Miles she lived in that complex “in that house” for over three years, but all these people were before her time, and that she joined the group after they had overtaken the Dharma group.

A siren sounds, and everyone is shuffled inside. Richard Alpert walks onto the now empty green with a torch, and plants it in the ground. He has come because the truce has been broken. Sawyer decides to go out and speak to him. Richard does not recognize him. Sawyer says he is responsible for the deaths, and gives Richard an honest account of the story. He tells Richard about John Locke, and asks if he buried the Jughead bomb (Richard never answers this). This brings a surprised reaction from Richard, but no information. Richard says he will need something for his people.

Horace and Sawyer go to the infirmary, where Amy is grieving over Paul’s body. She agrees to allow them to take the body to Richard, but first removes an ankh necklace from Paul’s neck. Horace, seemingly impressed by the way Sawyer has come through for the camp, instructs Sawyer the sub will return in two weeks, and he and his crew may leave then. Sawyer finds Juliet by the submarine dock, she says she is ready to go home, she wants to leave on the sub in the morning, even if the world in 1974 is not the world she wanted to go back to before. Sawyer asks her to just give him two weeks.

THREE YEARS LATER (1977)

In a room with security monitors two men notice Horace drunkenly stumbling and throwing dynamite off the edge of the complex. They reluctantly decide to wake up LaFleur, the head of security. He and Miles drive out to pick up Horace, and bring him back to his home, deciding not to tell anyone about it. Horace now lives with Amy, who is pregnant with Horace’s child. She says they had a fight “about Paul”, but before she can go into too much detail she goes into labor. In the infirmary, the medical intern says the birth is breach, and she needs a C-section, an operation he has never performed before. Sawyer leaves to get help.

Juliet is found working on one of the (new-looking) VW buses. She is angry Sawyer is asking her to perform a C-section on Amy, with the knowledge she has never successfully been able to help deliver a child on the island. She begrudgingly agrees, and performs the operation. While Sawyer is waiting outside, Jin comes by to tell him they didn’t find anyone on grid 133, so Sawyer tells him to start on 134, noting he will look for Locke as long as it takes. Sawyer and Jin are waiting outside the infirmary when Juliet comes out in tears. She tells them it’s a boy, and everyone is okay.

Back at Horace’s house, Sawyer informs the hungover Horace he missed the birth of his son, and asks why, as drunkenness is out of character for Horace. Horace informs Sawyer of the fight, because he found Paul’s ankh necklace in Amy’s sock drawer, and wasn’t sure if three years was enough time to get over someone. Sawyer tells him the story of him and Kate (without using her name), and that yes, three years is long enough to get over someone. Sawyer grabs a flower on his way home, where he is greeted by Juliet. They kiss and exchange I love yous (and may I say, are just SO adorable together).

In the morning, Sawyer is woken up by a phone call from Jin. He tells Jin, “No, don’t bring them here” and lies to Juliet about where he is going. He drives out to meet Jin, and sees Hurley, Jack, and then Kate exit the VW bus. The episode ends with Sawyer staring at Kate.

Written by Susan
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