Lost - Season 3 - Disc 3

9. Stranger In A Strange Land.
Flashbacks: Achara (Bai Ling) helps Jack make a kite on a Thai (Phuket) beach. During lunch he witnesses her receive a stuffed white envelope. She shrugs, "I have a gift." They shag. He says he knows nothing about her. He follows her to work; a tattoo parlour where she sees who people are and mark them. He asks her to mark him, she's not allowed to mark outsiders. He asks who he is. A leader; lonely, frightened, angry. He asks her to mark it, she warns there will be consequences. He says there always are. On the beach, he is beaten and told to leave the country.

Kate suggests they go back for Jack. Karl says God loves them as he loves Jacob. They set up camp ashore the main island, and ask Karl about the others. They live on this island (with backyards), work on the other (on projects) and give the children a life better than theirs. When they awake, Karl has gone- but they find him crying nearby. Sawyer talks to him man to man, saying dying for Alex would be worth it, and lets him go. He tells Kate not to feel guilty for shagging him- he knows she only did it because she thought he was a dead man.
Tom moves Jack to the cages, and accuses Jack of hypocrisy for thinking of the others as bad people. He sees Juliet being led away in handcuffs- then in his old room without them. Tom says she's in trouble. She appears and asks him to help Ben, whose stiches are infected. He says no. Isabel (whom Tom previously referred to as the sherriff) reads Jack's Chinese tattoos aloud (in Chinese). He insists he knows what ite means. She asks him to come with her for questioning. Tom is there, as is a handcuffed Juliet. Isabel asks Jack if Juliet asked him to kill Ben. He says no, he was turning them against each other. She asks why he's lying for her. He asks to return to his cage. He awakes in his cage to an audience, including Cindy. They recognise each other and Jack says he thought she was taken. She says it's not that simple. They ask how Ana Lucia is and he sends them away. Alex smashes the CCTV and asks Jack why he saved Ben after all he'd done. He says because he said he would. He asks her about Juliet, and finds out what she did. He goes to Ben, who reveals Ethan was their top surgeon. He tells Ben to commute her sentence. Isabel reads his note, saying death is off the table, the rules don't apply, but she is to be marked. When she brings him food, he asks to see it. It's a star-like burn on her lower back. He medicates it with an aloe leaf. She asks why he helped her, he says they've been promised the same thing (home) and should work together. Ben warns him she's one of them. Isabel tells Jack his tattoos read "he walks amongst us but is not one of us". He says that's what they say but not what they mean. They leave on a boat.

10. Tricia Tanaka Is Dead.
Flashbacks: While working on a car, Young Hurley is told by his father (Cheech Marin) he has to make his own luck before heading to Vegas. He gives Hurley a chocolate bar. Mother watches from the window. After winning the lottery, Hurley is on the news for the grand reopening of the Mr Cluck's Chicken Shack he bought. Tricia Tanaka asks him about his run of luck- Hurley mentions the bad luck and she calls cut, going inside. Hurley isn't so sure she should by Randy- now his employee- says it's okay. Then a meteor destroys the place. He tells his mother it's the curse and he needs to return to Australia where the numbers came from. She slaps him, saying there's no curse. To prove it, she shows him that his father has returned- after 17 years. Hugo says he wants it all gone- starting with his father- but his mother reveals he's kept the car they worked on. To break the curse, his father takes him to a psychic, but she tells him death surrounds him, more is coming, but the curse can be broken. He gives her $10,000 and she admits his father put her up to it. He says he was trying to help. He asks who? He confesses he's here for the money, but doesn't want Hugo to go as it won't solve anything, you make your own luck. He suggests giving all the money away so they can make a fresh start.

Hurley visits Libby's grave, keeping her up to date, adding he misses her. He visits Charlie, who tells him about Desmond's predictions. Hurley blames himself as Vincent arrives with a skeletal arm carrying a lucky rabbit's foot keyring and key. He leads Hurley to an upturned VW camper van. Inside are the remains of a man wearing a Dharma jump suit reading "Roger, Work Man". Sun tells Jin she will only speak to him in English so he'll learn, when Hurley arrives, but nobody else seems interested. Jin accidentally volunteers. They remove Roger's body.
Kate and Sawyer arrive back at the beach. There us much rejoicing. She had asked him to apologise so they could start afresh, but he refuses. He says he has nothing to be sorry about. I'm inclined to agree.
Charlie asks Desmond when it'll happen. He replies that it doesn't work like that. Sawyer discovers his stash is missing. He joins Hurley and Jin, they embrace. Hurley asks who's back, but says Jack will be fine when he's told he stayed, as things are getting better. It's a sign. Sawyer helps, for the beer in the back. They flip up the car and find blueprints for a road inside. They try the engine, but no luck. Jin and Sawyer give up. Hugo wants to go on, saying they need hope. Sawyer tells him he's on the wrong island. He prays for help as Sawyer throws him a can of beer, whilst teaching Jin English. It rolls down a hill and Hugo gets Charlie. He slaps him to snap out of it. He has an idea that will kill them or help them. They need to make their own luck. They push the van to the edge of the hill, Hugo and Charlie get in, Sawyer and Jin push them down. Just as they're about to crash into rocks, the engine starts.
Kate tells Sayid about Jack sacrificing himself for them, and Michael and Walt leaving. Locke asks if this means they can leave? Kate replies she doesn't know, and is going for help to get Jack back. Locke asks "from who?" as she walks away. Using bearing John got from the way the light hit Eko's stick at the burial, they follow her to Rousseau. Kate tells her they need her help. And that the others have her daughter.

11. Enter 77.
Flashbacks: "Najeev" (Sayid) meets Sami at a restaurant, where Sayid is a chef. He offers him a better-paid chef job as a fellow Iraqi outsider. He meets Sami's wife Amira, noticing burns on her arms. She says she's sure it's him and he is overpowered. Sayid had tortured Amira while he was with the Republican Guard. He confesses his name and job, but insists he's never seen her before. He is told he will confess or leave in a body bag. He is beaten, but still denies it. When he is alone with her, he confesses that her face has haunted him and he's sorry. She tells him she will say she made a mistake and have him released.

Jin finds a ping pong table. Sawyer wants his stash back. They play for it. If he loses, no nicknames for a week. Hugo is chosen as opponent. Hugo wins but gives him some of his porn back. He tells Sawyer Kate will be okay.
Sayid follows a cow to the man with the eye patch. He's at what looks like a small farmhouse with a satellite dish. Rousseau says she's never been here before, but has stayed alive this long by avoiding such confrontations. She'll meet them by the stream if they survive. Sayid decides to approach unarmed and alone. He is shot in the arm. Kate and John overpower him. He says he is Mikhail Bakunin, the last living Dharma Initiative member. He has had experience treating war wounds in Afghanistan. He is from Kiev, and answered an ad to save the world. It's the Flame station, to communicate with the outside world. John starts playing computer chess. Mikhail warns him he can't win as it cheats. John says computers don't know how to. Mikhail tells Kate and Sayid that The DI are dead after initiating a war against the Hostiles, known as the "purge". He didn't participate and formed a truce with them, as the dish hasn't worked in years. He doesn't know who they were, but they were here a very long time before The DI. His cat is called Nadia, after an athlete. As he makes iced tea, Sayid tells Kate he suspects he is neither Dharma nor alone. He continues telling them about their network and a submarine Dharma used to use, but assumes the hostiles use or have destroyed. Sayid mentions the hostiles captured their sailboat, but at least they got to kill one of them. Mikhail asks why they are playing this game, and attacks but is overpowered and tied up. They work out that the dish was still working until the purple sky broke it, and discover a doorway under the rug. While Sawyer and Kate investigate below, discovering the place is wired with C4, John returns to his chess game. He wins. Martin Candle appears on the screen, saying "manual override achieved." For pallet drop, enter 24. For station uplink, enter 32. For mainland communication, enter 38. He enters 38 but communications are down. For sonar access, enter 56. Also down. If there's been an incursion by the hostiles, enter 77. As he is about to enter it, Mikhail holds a knife to his throat. Below, Miss Klugh appears and Kate recognises her. They take her upstairs, where Mikhail is holding John at gunpoint. She speaks Russian and Mikhail shoots her. John stops him shooting himself, and returns to enter 77, as Sayid calls for Danielle and leads them away. Kate gets supplies. Sayid shows a map of wiring leading to a barracks. Mikhail says he will kill Sayid the moment his guard is down. Kate and John arrive at them, and the station explodes. John tells Sayid what he did, Sayid is furious, saying they'd lost their only chance of communication with the outside world.

12. Par Avion.
Flashbacks: Claire (in Goth outfit) wakes from a car crash, where her mother lies dead on the floor. A policeman (Barnes) interviews her at the hospital. She mentions her father died when she was 2. She insists it wasn't her fault. When she visits her mother's bedside, her aunt Lindsey has a go at her. The doctor tells them she may not wake up, but medical expenses have been taken care of- confidentially. Her mother Carole has a new American doctor- Christian, who is confronted by Lindsey when she arrives. She asks him to leave and they argue. She asks him if he's the one paying the bills, and why. He reveals he's Claire's father. She reluctantly goes for a coffee with him. He tells her he visited her as a baby, but Lindsey eventually kept him away because he had another family. He wants to end Carole's suffering. Claire says she never wants to see him again, and doesn't even want to know his name. When pregnant, she visits her comatose mother and tells her she's pregnant and giving it away, as she doesn't know how she managed to raise her alone. She aplogises for being a bad daughter and all the things she said in the car.

Charlie makes Claire breakfast and a picnic. Desmond suggests he goes hunting instead. Hint hint. Claire sees a flock of seagulls and has an idea to get them off the island. The birds are electronically tagged, so they should capture them and tie messages to them. Charlie is distracted by Desmond's news, and lacks enthusiasm for her idea. She notices his glances at Desmond. Sun and Jin help her build a net trap. Claire says her mother "was" a librarian. As they start to succeed Desmond fires a gun. He says it was at a boar, but she suggests he doesn't want her to catch the birds. She confronts Charlie about it, he says he doesn't want to encourage false hope. She follows Desmond as he rescues a seagull and confronts him, he tells her everything. She sees Charlie and lets him know she knows. He says "you don't believe all that, do you?" Claire writes a message and they attach it to the seagull. Claire tells him they'll all be okay together as the bird joins the flock.
Sayid and John argue over directions to the barracks. Kate asks Rousseau why she hasn't asked about Alex. She says because she doesn't want to know the answers. Alex won't remember her or know how much she cares. John seems interested when Mikhail says he was brought to the island by submarine, but is no longer an possible to come back since the electromagnetic pulse destroyed the beacon. She asks why he'd want to, he says she's not capable of understanding because she's not on the list. The man who brought all of his people here is a magnificent man. And it's not Ben. Those not on the list are flawed- angry, weak, frightened. Sayid says Mikhail doesn't know them, then Mikhail reels of facts about their pasts. Rousseau interrupts when she notices a series of wireless pilons. Sayid warns them not to go near, saying it's an alarm system or trap. Mikhail says it was, but hasn't worked in years. John throws him past them, he says thank you as a loud vibration causes him to foam at the mouth and bleed from the ears before collapsing. Kate suggests they go over it. Sayid discovers C4 in Locke's bag, asking if he really came for Jack. They cut down a tree and use it to climb over the fence. They find the compound and see Jack happily playing football with Tom.