In reality X, Sayid arrives at a house, where, predictably, Nadia answers the door. What isn’t predictable is the fact that one of her kids calls him “Uncle Sayid”. We find out that Nadia has married his brother, Omer. Despite that, Nadia has sent letters to Sayid while he was away on business, letters that he hasn’t replied to (even though he carries a picture of her around everywhere). Later on, we learn Omer has borrowed money from a vewy, vewy bad maaaaan who insists on being paid interest for as long as Omer’s new store is in business. Omer is asking Sayid to go Iraqi soldier on their asses, although Sayid says he’s trying to change. This is the basic theme of this episode: the struggle between good and evil within a person, specifically Sayid’s in this episode. Unfortunately for Omer, he finds himself on the wrong side of a mugging. At the hospital we see Jack (unimportant), but Nadia stops Sayid from seeking out the men, instead asking that he keep the kids safe. Sayid listens to Nadia and that night reveals that he’s been trying for 12 years to wash his hands of his torturer days and that he doesn’t deserve her. The next day he gets kidnapped (by freighter captain Omar)... poor guy can’t catch a break. Stranger yet...the man who Omer borrowed money from is freighter psycho Martin Keamy, who was last seen shooting Ben’s daughter and being stabbed to death by Ben, leading to the freighter’s explosion. Sayid uses his army moves to get two of the men killed before shooting Keamy (who promised to leave Omar alone) in cold blood. We then hear a noise coming from a room. Sayid opens a door to find out that Jin’s been kidnapped! And he still doesn’t speak english! End flashsideways!
At the Temple, Sayid confronts Dogen, who tells Sayid every person has a good and evil scale and his is balanced in the wrong direction, which is what that torture machine was measuring. Dogen and Sayid commence a five minute KUNG-FU SCENE!! It was pretty awesome, but Dogen’s mysterious baseball falls off the table, leading him to tell Sayid to leave and never come back. Outside the Temple, Un-Locke sends Claire to deliver a message to the Others, which he can’t do himself (because of the ash around the Temple). He tells Claire he’ll only hurt the ones who don’t listen (this statement becomes very important). Claire marches into the Temple but she is merely detained. Dogen convinces Sayid to stay and tells him that what lies outside the Temple is evil incarnate and that he has been trapped for many years but has been freed since Jacob’s death. Sayid’s job is to stab Smokie through the heart before he can say anything. Returning to Kate, our least favorite Lostie returns to the Temple to find out Claire is back, which makes her feel all good inside, except that Miles doesn’t look thrilled (although he says Claire’s still hot). This doesn’t stop Kate from finding Claire and delivering the news that she’s been raising Aaron, which does not excite Claire at all. She tells Kate “you’re the one who needs rescuing” and “he’s coming”. Elsewhere, Sayid stabs Un-Locke, who is unharmed but sarcastically asks why he would “do such a thing”. He tells Sayid that Dogen tricked him so that Smokie would kill him, much like he tried to get Jack to kill him, and Sayid is foolish for having listened to him. Sayid, being the smart guy he is, wonders aloud why Un-Locke hasn’t killed him, leading him to tell Sayid there’s a message to be delivered to the Others that will mean far more coming from him (probably since Smokie didn’t kill him). Sayid delivers his message that Smokie is organizing a get-off-the-island-party and anyone who refuses to join will die at sundown. During the great panic, Sayid finds Dogen sitting over the pool. Dogen reveals that off the island, he was very successful, but one night after receiving a promotion, he picks up his son from baseball and gets him killed in a car accident (he was drunk). Jacob finds Dogen and tells him his son could live if he goes to the island, but the catch is he can never see his son again (similar to Ben’s promise to Juliet... also Jacob’s doing?). Sundown falls on the island, and Sayid reveals his plan to stay by drowning Dogen. A distraught Lennon finds the scene and proclaims in panic that Dogen was the only thing keeping Smokie out. Sayid slits his throat, becoming full evil Sayid. The next few minutes are some of the most amazing in LOST history. The Smoke Monster invades the Temple and begins picking off the Others as Kate and Miles run for safety. Miles is found by Ilana, Ben, Lapidus, and Sun (remember them?) Kate finds refuge in the pit with Claire, while the others escaped escape through a secret passage. Ben confronts Sayid, saying “there’s still time” to which Sayid, with a menacing smirk, retorts “not for me”, the most fantastic shot of the entire season so far. The episode ends with Kate following evil Claire and Sayid to Un-Locke and his “people”.
We find out more about the idea of good and evil in this episode, and what exactly the Smoke monster is (and what he wants). I have a few new questions: How does Smokie intend to get Sayid to Nadia (or Shannon?) Did Jacob know Dogen would die on the island and was that his purpose? Why did Dogen’s death allow the Smoke Monster into the Temple? What was the purpose of the ashes? What is the significance of the song “Catch a Little Star”. I believe that Kate was in fact known by Smokie, because he seemed to know she would be joining Claire on their expedition. This episode conceivably ends Kate’s run as a candidate, as she now rides with team Un-Locke. I think Smokie was deceiving Sayid by telling him he could see Nadia in order to get him to go along. The idea of manipulation runs deep in LOST. I’m not sure about most of these, but we begin to see that both Jacob and Smokie try to get people to do what they want, but Smokie does it in a much more sinister sense while offering them things they want that he may not be able to deliver. Ultimately, we’ll probably find out a lot more about Jacob and Smokie’s relationship and struggles, but that’s for another week...
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