Previously on LOST: Ana-Lucia got her revenge on the man who shot her, Michael went after his boy, then much later, Jack and Kate found him in the jungle.
Things pick up right where they left off last time. Kate tries to revive Michael while Jack searches for the Others. Kate tries to convince him that their friend was alone, so Jack reluctantly gives up the search and hoists Michael onto his shoulders.
Down in Station Three of the Dharma Initiative, Ana-Lucia makes sure that Locke is asleep, then stares at the armory door. She flashes back to the police station parking lot (she parks near cars # 23, 16, and 15) where she is met by Chief Mom. They go for a ride to the morgue and Mom shows Ana the corpse Ana recently created. Mom knows her daughter did it, and Ana knows her Mom knows, but instead of accepting help, Ana decides to quit the force instead.
In the armory, Ana-Lucia brings Henry some food and tells him how she used to be a cop. He mumbles something which makes her lean in closer and walk right into his trap. Henry strikes fast and hard-choking the life out of Ana and reminding her of how she killed two of his people. Luckily for Ana, Locke comes hobbling in and saves the day by whacking Henry with his crutch. This cues up the creepy LOST title screen.
In flashback land, Ana-Lucia is now working in airport security. She heads to the bar where she meets up with a man she has apparently seen there before- one Christian Shepherd-Jack's father. They get to talking about how they both lost their jobs because parents and children shouldn't work together, and it is not long before the doctor is offering Ana a job. Come to Australia with him and be his bodyguard.
At the beach, Ana-Lucia is patching up her wounds and admits to Libby what happened in Station Three. Libby, having seen a great deal of Ana's temper during the first 48 days, warns her not to do anything stupid.
Back in Station Three, Locke enters the armory and begins talking with the now tightly bound Henry. Locke asks why Henry attacked Ana-Lucia but not him when he had the chance. Henry figures he is a dead man-either by Jack failing to strike a bargain or by Henry's great leader not taking his failure well- so he begins to finally spill the beans. He says that Locke is one of the "good ones" and when he was captured by Rousseau, he had been on his way to LOST camp- to get John Locke!
In the jungle, Ana-Lucia finds Sawyer picking fruit and asks him for a gun. Sawyer, still a little sore from Jack and Kate running off together, says no. Ana scowls and walks away to have a flashback. It is a hotel room in the middle of the night and there is a knock on the door. A drunken Dr. Shepherd tells her it is time to do what they came to do. She drives him to a suburb and waits in the car while he pounds on someone's door and demands to see his daughter. The woman who answers is not happy to see him, but before things can become violent, Ana gets out and pulls the doctor away.
At the beach, Hurley asks Sayid for the radio, but Sayid tells him it doesn't work. Hurley had wanted it to score points with Libby, so as an alternative, Sayid suggests taking her on a picnic to the special beach where he once took Shannon.
In Station Three, Jack tends to the injured and unconscious Michael, while Locke speculates that his return at the exact time Jack went out there was no coincidence.
Back in the jungle, Sawyer senses someone following him and is not surprised to learn that it is Ana-Lucia. She tries to take a gun by force but is quickly overwhelmed by Sawyer's manpower. He lays on top of her and taunts her. Tough girl Ana secretly thinks submission is hot, so she kisses him. One things leads to another and since this is not HBO, we have to take a commercial.
Back in Australia, Ana is driving Dr. Shepherd somewhere and calls him pathetic. He doesn't disagree. She asks why they are there and he says it is because he can't make up with his son. He has run away, just like her. He notices that they have stopped the car in front of a bar and invites her in for a drink so they can be pathetic together. Ana refuses and offers to get them both out of there. The doctor says, no, he can never go back and gets out of the car without her-almost knocking Sawyer over in the process.
In the aftermath of love, Sawyer jokingly wants to cuddle, but Ana stalks off, telling him that if he tells anyone about what they did, she will kill him.
At the beach, Libby catches Hurley packing his bag full of food and he admits that he is busted. She tells him she won't tell him what to do around food, but he was not cheating on his diet, he was packing a picnic. Even though the surprise is spoiled, Libby still agrees to go with him.
In Station Three, Jack notices Ana-Lucia's cut but she and Locke don't tell him how she really got it. Kate comes over and tells them that Michael is awake now. He is groggy for a minute, but comes around and begins to tell his tale. He followed an Other to their camp. They are dirty, mostly old people and women, and they live like animals. They only have two guns which they use to guard another hatch. Michael thinks Walt is in there and he came back because he knows that collectively- "we can take them."
Later, Jack apologizes to Locke about the whole Henry business. Locke and Sayid were right all along. Locke forgives him and asks in return to be let in on it next time Jack makes a move. Jack's next move is soon, it turns out. It is time to get the guns back from Sawyer.
In the jungle, Libby is pretty sure that she and Hurley are LOST, but he thinks they have found just the place. He shows her the most romantic, private beach ever, but then Libby notices Jin fishing and realizes that they have not gone very far at all. They decide to just have the picnic there, but Hurley didn't bring blankets or drinks either. She still appreciates the gesture and tells him to go get drinks while she gets the blankets and they will still have the picnic-eventually.
Elsewhere, Sawyer is reading Bad Twin- coming soon to a bookstore near you! Jack interrupts him and gets right to it. He tries the bully approach by throwing the manuscript into the fire and pulling out his gun. Sawyer reaches for his own gun and finds nothing. Not hard to figure out what happened there. When Locke realizes what Ana has done, he says that he has to tell Jack something.
In the armory, Ana-Lucia throws Henry a blade and instructs him to cut himself free. As he does this, he tells her that Goodwin thought she was misunderstood and could be saved. "But he was wrong." He stands up and Ana pulls the gun on him.
At the airport, we get our third helping of Jack arguing to get his father's casket on the plane back to L.A. Ana-Lucia is watching from the back of the line. Jack's grief reminds her of what is really important in life, so she calls her mother and cries for forgiveness. She just wants to come home. Mom says that she will be at the airport waiting for her.
In Station Three, Ana-Lucia is pretty upset, but not having the cajones to murder someone is not something to be upset about! She's a decent person after all! Michael, however, has much fresher and deeper motivation to want the Others dead, so he offers to kill Henry for her. She sees the conviction in his eye, gives him the combination and hands over the gun. Michael stares at the gun for a minute in near tears, before apologizing to Ana-Lucia and shooting her dead! Libby comes to see what all the commotion is about but calling Michael's name only earns her two slugs in the gut. The lesson, of course, is Never drink and drive, kids! Michael looks horrified by what he has done, but he presses on with his dark motives. He opens the armory door, stares down Henry and then shoots himself in the shoulder.
Next time: Locke and Eko go on a mission and, Tailies be damned, it looks like Eko falls from quite a great height.
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