We catch up with Jin and Sun back at LAX. Jin is released but his 25 Gs were confiscated, which obviously ruins the deal Daddy Paik ordered. They arrive at the hotel and we find out that they have seperate room reservations because... they’re not married! And living in the same room is frowned upon outside of the sanctity of marriage. Not only that, but we find out Sun’s daddy doesn’t know they’re dating... or so they think. Sun reveals that she accompanied Jin to LA so they could run away together, which is opposite from the original timeline, where Sun wanted to run away from Jin. But even though Jin is determined to deliver that watch, 25 Gs or not, Sun seduces him (very awkwardly I might add). Bad move, because they next morning Team Keamy arrives lookin’ for Jin. Finding him shirtless in the bathroom, Keamy sits them down and talks about wanting his money. Frustrated with their Korean speaking, he invites “that friend who speaks 9 languages” otherwise known as Mikhail (an eye-patch-less Mikhail I should say). They arrange for Sun to go to the bank and get money out of her secret account while Keamy and Omar take Jin to Keamy’s egg-celent restaurant (sorry... corny, but had to be done). Sun unfortunately finds that her daddy closed down her not-so-secret account. That’s not even the worst news. Keamy reveals to Jin that daddy Paik wasn’t happy about discovering Sun and Jin’s relationship and the 25 grand was payment for offing Jin. Keamy talks about the cardinal rule being to never sleep with the boss’s daughter, but “the heart wants what the heart wants”. Jin, not understanding a word, thanks him. Keamy ties him up and, you know the rest: Sayid comes in and goes Jack Bauer on the baddies. He gives Jin something to free himself with, and when Mikhail returns Jin turns the gun on him. A firefight breaks out and Jin ends up shooting Mikhail in the eye (aha!), but Sun is accidentally shot. She reveals she’s pregnant as Jin carries her off! Course correction at its finest.
On the island, UnLocke reveals his plan to Jin while telling him he will make every effort to find Sun. UnLocke then tasks Sayid with the job of watching the camp while he’s gone. Unfortunately, Sayid says he can’t feel any emotions, which UnLocke assures him is best for what’s coming up. I don’t think UnLocke had Widmore’s crew members attacking his people in mind when he said that. But they shoot UnLocke’s crew with the same darts we see the Others using on Jack’s crew at the end of season two. They kidnap Jin and take him to Hydra Island. So where did UnLocke go... to find Sun of course. She’s very distraught and sitting in her garden after chasing Jack away, but even after she is tempted with finding Jin, she makes a clear break for it. Even though UnLocke can turn into a large column of black smoke, Sun outruns him. Ok? She ends up running into a tree and getting knocked out. Ben finds Sun unconscious, and when she comes to she can only speak Korean, though she understands English enough to tell Ben UnLocke did that to her. At the beach, Richard returns and reveals his plan to destroy UnLocke’s means off the island (Ajira 316). Sun, visibly shaken, tells him off in Korean because her main goal is still getting off the island and the plane is their best bet. Meanwhile, UnLocke returns to his camp, which is missing Jin. He embarks on a journey to Hydra with Sayid to find the culprit. UnLocke talks to Widmore in front of the now fully finished sonar fence. Widmore plays dumb about Jin’s whereabouts, and Smokie replies, “A wise man once said that a war is coming to the island. War just came”. I think he meant Widmore, who said that to Locke in Season 5. Widmore is lying, of course, as we see Jin locked in room 23. Zoe tries to get him to explain a map about the electromagnetic properties of the island, which apparently Jin signed when he was with DHARMA. Jin, however, refuses and asks to speak to Widmore, who is happy to talk to him. Widmore shows Jin a camera with pictures of Sun and his daughter, who he has yet to see, and says that if Smokie escapes the island, everyone will “cease to be”. He then orders Zoe to get the package (dun dun duuuuuun). The episode ends with UnLocke leaving Sayid behind to find out what was inside the locked room. The “who” turns out to be... DESMOND!
A couple of interesting things from this episode. UnLocke talks to Claire and tells her that she needs Kate to help recruit one of the remaining three people he needs to get off the island (Sun, Jack, Hurley?) He says after he’s finished with Kate, whatever happens, happens. Clearly, Claire is not done with Kate and UnLocke will do nothing to stop her from killing Kate once he’s done using her. This further proves that Smokie is bad in the sense that he uses and manipulates people for his own gain. He needs all the candidates to get off the island with him (or die) because then there will be no one keeping him from leaving. I also think the someone he needed Kate to recruit is Jack. The other question is: what is Desmond’s purpose? Why is he so important that Widmore had to kidnap him and bring him back to the island? Remember, Faraday did once say “the rules don’t apply” to Desmond. Is Desmond special because of this? Does Desmond’s knowledge of the electromagnetic properties of the island after being locked in the hatch for three years make him valuable? Does this have to do with him setting off the fail-safe key? I think the electromagnetism will play a part in neutralizing or destroying Smokie, which brings LOST back to the science fiction part of the show, which is nice. Next week is fully devoted to Desmond... see ya there, brothah!
"...and then I had this crazy dream that my plane crashed and we all ended up on this strange island..."
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