Original Air Date: November 17, 2004
Key Character: Sayid
New Characters: Danielle Rouseau, Nadia, Ethan
Highlights:
This episode focuses on Sayid's backstory. An interrogator in the Republican Guard, Sayid met a childhood friend, Nadia. He was commanded to torture her until she cooperated. Instead, Sayid brought her bread and water and begged her to talk. After a month, his superior ordered him to execute her. Instead, he helped her escape, killing his superior and intentionally shooting himself in the process. He never saw her again, and believes her to be dead.
On the island, Sayid finds an electric cable on the beach and follows it into the jungle. He falls into a booby trap and is apprehended by Danielle, the French woman heard on the transmission. She tortures him with electricity and asks him in several languages where her son Alex is. Sayid offers to fix her music box in exchange for his freedom. She tells him how she and her lover, Robert, were shipwrecked on the island with a science team. She says there were Others ("carriers") on the island who trapped her team at "Black Rock." Hearing a loud animal growl, she climbs out to investigate, leaving Sayid alone. Sayid escapes with a gun and a map of the island. Danielle catches up with him, and releases him after a tense confrontation. We discover that Danielle killed Robert and the rest of the science team. Sayid asks her to join him and the survivors, but she refuses. Sayid then heads out but gets lost in the jungle.
Meanwhile, Hurley builds a golf course and everyone has fun. Except Locke, who teaches Walt how to throw a knife. Creepy.
Insights:
- I wonder why we haven't seen Ethan before this episode.
Grade: A+
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