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We get a glimpse of Kate's connection with Claire and Aaron even beyond the flight of 815, as the men at the Temple take desperate measures to stave off infiltration from the inside.
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Kate finds herself on the run, while Jack is tasked with something that could endanger a friend's life.
Note: "Lost in the Vines" is made for discussion of the series "Lost" on ABC. As such, here be spoilers!We talk frankly about the events of the night, speculate about future events, and so on. Read no further if you don't want spoilers.
The Big Reveal: Sayid, and Claire before him, has been corrupted by a "darkness" that is destined to claim him.
Summary
The translator (Lennon) walks quickly through the Temple, running to the leader (Dogen). He tells Dogen that Sayid is alive. Meanwhile, Hurley gives Sayid a hug and Jack tells Miles to get some water for him. Sayid says he's feeling light-headed, and then asks what happened to him. Jack tells him that he died. Kate, standing far away, asks how it's possible. Sawyer sarcastically tells her that as a torturer who shoots kids he deserves another go-round. Sawyer tells her about the guards in the Temple, and suggests that he might run.
Kate runs into the cab and holds a gun to make the cabbie leave quickly. Claire asks to stop the cab and Kate shouts at her to be quiet. The cabbie brakes for Artz, and while they're stopped Kate sees Jack on the phone in the distance. Claire tries to run, but Kate stops her and forces the cabbie to keep driving. He stops at a light, then runs out of the cab. Kate takes over the car and starts driving it herself, demanding Claire's purse. Claire asks for her suitcase, but Kate tells her she can't have it and tells her to get out. Claire leaves and Kate keeps driving.
Jin and Jack help Sayid outside. He asks who the people are, and Hurley tells him it's the Others, and they conned them again. He says he thinks they're trying to protect them. Miles jokes that Hurley is the leader now. Jack notices that Sayid's wound has almost completely healed, and Sayid thanks Jack for saving his life.
Dogen comes out and observes, and Lennon asks Sayid to come inside with them. Jack says he's coming too, but Lennon says they need to talk to him alone for a few questions. Jack says they have questions too, like who they are and why they're being held. Dogen speaks again, and Lennon says after they've talked to Sayid they'll tell him all he wants to know. Jack confronts them, and a guard steps forward leading to a fight. Sawyer fires two shots into the air and points his gun at Lennon. Lennon says they won't hurt his friend, and Sawyer says Jack is not his friend, and he's getting out of here. Kate tries to stop him. Dogen says he has to stay, but Sawyer says, no he doesn't. He leaves, telling Kate not to come after him.
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The Temple men carry Sayid away. A guard (Aldo) comes out with a gun and tells everyone to calm down. Lennon asks where Sawyer went, and Jack says he doesn't know. Kate says she can track him and bring him back. Jack asks if she wants to go alone, and Jin volunteers to join her. Lennon says it's important that he get back here safely. Kate says she can be very convincing.
Kate pulls her cab into a lonely auto shop. She points a gun at the mechanic and asks where his tire hammer is. He says it'll cut off her wrist, what she needs is a punch press and she can't use it herself. She asks if he's volunteering, and he says they got off on the wrong foot. Kate offers him 200 dollars.
He removes the cuffs and asks what the cuffs were for. She says she's wanted for murder, but he just laughs it off. She asks for a bathroom to change, and he tells her to make it quick. She opens up Claire's suitcasee, finding a picture of her pregnant belly. She sorts through the baby items and finds a stuffed doll.
Aldo tells Kate that she'd better not slow them down. She counters that they'd better not slow her down. Jack offers to go with her, but she says Sawyer would kill him. She says she'll take care of James, if he takes care of Sayid, and he agrees. Jack tells her to be careful.
Dogen pours some powder on his hand as Sayid is strapped down to a table. He blows it over Sayid's torso, and then attaches some wires to his chest and stomach. Sayid asks what he wants, and Dogen turns a crank and flips a switch. An electronic hum comes from the machine, and then he turns it on. Sayid screams and Dogen stops the machine. Sayid asks why Dogen is doing this. Dogen takes a hot metal poker out of a fire and sticks it on Sayid's chest for a few moments. He gives a command to his men, and Lennon says he's sorry they had to put him through that. He's sorry, he says, it was a test. Sayid asks what the test was for, but Lennon merely says that he passed. After Sayid leaves, he asks Dogen if he just lied to him. Dogen says, yes.
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Kate meets up with Claire and asks where she was going. Claire asks, why, so she can hijack them too? Kate gives her a bag and asks again, where was she going? Claire says don't worry about it, and Kate closes the trunk and starts to leave. Claire reluctantly tells her an address, and Kate asks if she has family there. Claire says, no, it was a family that was going to be adopting her baby. They were supposed to meet at the airport but got mixed up or something. Kate tells her that's not far, and to get in the cab. Claire seems skeptical, but agrees.
Kate asks the guards why they want them to stay at the Temple, and Aldo says they're protecting them from the Smoke Monster. Jin asks if he knows about an Ajira flight, and Aldo asks if it's a press conference. The other guard (Justin) starts to talk about a plane, and Aldo tells him to shut up. Kate says the one they're following is a decoy trail. Justin tells Aldo that he thinks she's right, and they follow her. Aldo asks what her strategy is for bringing Sawyer back, and Justin stops Kate from walking into a trap. Aldo says it looks like one of Rousseau's traps. Justin disagrees, but Aldo tells him to shut up. Kate confronts him, and Aldo yells at Kate for being the one to knock him out years ago. She hits him, knocking him out again, and lets the trap hit Justin. Jin asks what she's doing. She says, escaping.
Sayid stumbles into the main foyer of the Temple again. Hurley catches him and asks if he's alright. Jack enters, and Sayid explains that they tortured him, but didn't ask any questions. Jack walks to the door guards and tells them to step aside.
He walks into the Leader's room and the Translator says they were hoping he'd come on his own. He asks what they did to Sayid, and Lennon says they were testing. He says there's no literal translation, the closest thing would be "infected." Jack says he's not even running a fever, and Dogen laughs. Jack asks if he said something funny, and Lennon says he doesn't really have a sense of humor. Dogen holds out a pill and Lennon says he has to give it to his friend. Jack asks why they don't give it to him. Lennon says it only works if he takes it willingly and he won't take it willingly from them. Jack says they should've given it to him before they tortured him. Lennon says they weren't torturing him, they were diagnosing him. Dogen asks how Sayid got shot. Jack says he was helping him. Dogen says it was his fault, and points out the pattern of people getting hurt helping Jack. He hands Jack the pill and says it's medicine, and he needs it. Jack asks what happens if he doesn't give it to him. Dogen says, the infection will spread.
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Miles asks Sayid about the afterlife, who tells him there was nothing spectacular, and he's not a zombie. Jack asks to talk to Sayid alone, and Hurley and Miles leave them. Jack tells him what they said about diagnosing him, and Jack unwraps the pill. Sayid asks what it is. He says it's medicine, according to them. Sayid asks, what about according to you? Jack says he doesn't know. He says he didn't have anything to do with saving Sayid's life. He didn't fix him, they did. Sayid says he doesn't care who fixed him, he only cares about who he trusts. So if Jack wants him to take the pill, he'll do it.
Jin asks where Kate is going, and she says to catch up with Sawyer. Jin asks if she never intended to go back to the Temple, and she says she's not going to be prisoner. Jin demands to know where the plane is, telling her that Sun was on it. Kate asks if he thinks they're going to tell him or if they care about anyone. Jin asks who she cares about. She says good luck and walks away. He asks what she'll do once she catches up with Sawyer. She says they'll figure that out together.
Claire asks what happened to the handcuffs, and Kate says she cut them off. Claire says it's a beautiful neighborhood and they're probably a nice couple. Kate gives a look, and Claire asks what's wrong. She asks if Kate thinks they didn't come to the airport on purpose. Kate says she didn't say that, and Claire says good. Kate pulls up to the house. Claire asks Kate to come in with her, and says she doesn't want to do it on her own. A woman answers the door, and Claire introduces herself. The woman says she's sorry, that her husband left her. She says she wanted the baby so much, but she can't do it alone. She says she should've called. Claire asks if she just changed her mind. The woman stutters out, and Kate says Claire came all the way from Australia. Claire starts to hunch over and says it's coming.
Kate walks through the DHARMA village with a gun. She hears a noise coming from one of the houses and goes to investigate. She finds Sawyer inside, ripping up floorboards. She secretly watches as he finds a box underneath and dusts it off, starting to cry. She starts to leave, and the creaking of the floorboards alerts Sawyer. He draws his gun and walks out to the hallway, finding Kate. He asks what she's doing here. She says she was worried about him. He walks away.
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Kate pulls up to a hospital and helps Claire out. A nurse asks what's happening and she says she's having contractions. The nurse asks if she's with her, and Kate sees a police car. Still, she says yes.
Claire is treated, and Kate walks out and finds a doctor, Ethan, who introduces himself as Dr. Goodspeed. Kate guides him into the room and he says nature got ahead of her, and asks if she's ready to have the baby. He says if she wants she can have her baby tonight, but if she wants to wait she could have some drugs. He says he doesn't want to stick her with needles if he doesn't have to, so it's up to her. She says she's not ready. He starts to recommend the necessary drugs, then the heart rate monitor goes flat. He asks for an ultrasound as Claire screams that Aaron has to be okay. Ethan gets the ultrasound and shows Aaron was just out of position. He says he gets a feeling Aaron is going to be a handful. He explains that things are okay, as Claire clutches Kate's hand.
Kate approaches Sawyer outside. She says that he asked her why she came back to the Island. She says she needs to find Claire. She says she thought maybe she could catch up with him and have him help her. She wants to bring Claire back to Aaron so it wouldn't be for nothing. She apologizes for following him, and he asks which time. She asks if that was his house with Juliet. He says yes. She says she's sorry for Juliet, and that if she hadn't come after him on the sub they would've left and she wouldn't have died. Sawyer says it's not her fault Juliet died, it was his. Sawyer says she was trying to leave, and he convinced her to stay because he didn't want to be alone. He asks if Kate can understand that. He says some people are meant to be alone. He says he was going to ask her to marry him. He gets up, holding an engagement ring, and throws it into the water. He tells Kate she can probably make it back to the Temple by nightfall. Kate starts to cry.
Jack walks in on Dogen, spinning a baseball. Jack says he speaks good English for someone who needs a translator. Dogen says they both know he doesn't need one. Jack asks why he has one, and Dogen says he has to keep a distance from his followers to make it easier for them when he makes hard decisions. He says he was brought here like everyone else. He tells Jack, he knows exactly why he's here. He asks Jack if he gave Sayid the pill, and Jack says no. Dogen asks why not. Jack says he doesn't know what's in it, and demands that he explains. Dogen says he'll just have to trust him. Jack says he doesn't trust himself, so how is he supposed to trust him? Jack says, let's see where trust gets us. He takes in the pill, and Dogen pounces on him, knocking the pill out of his mouth. Jack asks, now are you going to tell me what's in it? Dogen says, poison.
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Claire looks at the ultrasound photo of Aaron. A woman knocks on the door and asks if Ms. Hart is here, who signed in with her. Kate listens from the other room as Claire says that she left and didn't say where she was going. Kate reenters the room and says thanks. Claire asks what Kate did, and Kate asks if she'd believe her if she said she was innocent. Claire says she would. Kate says that she should go. Claire offers Kate her credit card, and Kate says she doesn't have to do this. Claire says she didn't have to do what she did either. Kate says Aaron is a great name, and Claire says she doesn't know why she said it. Kate says she should keep him. Claire wishes her good luck, and Kate wishes it back.
Kate watches Sawyer walk back into the house while she pours water into her canteen. She gets up to leave.
Dogen gives Jack a cup. Jack asks what it is and Dogen says, tea. Jack takes a sip and asks why they'd want to kill Sayid. Dogen starts to talk, but then switches to speaking in Japanese. Lennon says the closest translation is "claimed." Jack asks, claimed by what? Dogen says there is a darkness growing in him, and once it reaches his heart, Sayid will be gone. Jack asks how he can be sure. Dogen says it happened to Jack's sister.
Jin takes a drink of water, but he's assaulted by the two guards. They hold a gun to him and ask where Kate is. He says he doesn't know and he wants to go back to the Temple. Aldo suggest killing him, and Justin says he can't, he's one of them. Aldo says he might be one of them. Jin runs and gets caught in a trap. Aldo holds a gun to him, but is suddenly shot, along with Justin, by a woman standing on the hill Jin recognizes the woman. It's Claire.
Cut to LOST
The Big Questions:
- Did Dogen and Lennon intentionally try to kill Sayid by drowning him?
- How did Sayid's wound heal?
- What was the powder poured over Sayid during his torture?
- How did torturing Sayid the "test" for his claiming?
- What was inside Sawyer's box?
- What exactly does the corruption ("claiming") do?
- What part of the altered timeline made Ethan a kindly L.A. doctor?
- How was Claire "claimed"?
- If Sayid is "claimed," how does that impact Jacob's note that it was necessary to save him?
Lost in the Vines Trivia Question:
What kind of stuffed animal did Kate find in Claire's bag? (be specific)
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