Lost: The Glass Ballerina

See? I'm catching up!

A crystal ballerina is spinning, spinning, spinning, until it crashes to the floor. A young Korean girl looks at the wreckage, and then bolts to do a "I'm innocent" routine in the next room.

The girl is practicing piano when Sun's dad walks in with the remains of the ballerina and asks her who broke it. Sun lies -- she says the maid did it.

Daddy knows she's full of it, and he's not happy. He explains that he'll have to fire the maid if Sun says she broke the ballerina. Sun lies again, and says the maid did it. Dad stomps out of the room to fire a woman he knows didn't do anything. And is that a hint of a smile on little Sun's face? Ooh, you naughty, naughty girl.

Back on the sailboat, Sun is blowing fish chunks in the head. Jin checks on her, and she says it's just morning sickness. Jin stomps off pissed -- he thinks his preggers wife should be chilling on the beach, not riding the high seas of adventure.

Sayid's making notes on a map while a column of smoke billows in the background. Jin starts arguing, with Sun as his translator -- he wants to leave, because he thinks Jack and the wonder twins aren't coming. Sayid decides that the mountains that have been there all along must be blocking Jack's view of the fire. He wants to sail around the island and light another fire.

Jin ain't playin' that, but Sun agrees with Sayid. Jin snaps at her to respect, because he's her husband. She tells Sayid that Jin thinks they have to do what he says because he's the only one who can sail, but that he's wrong. She'll help Sayid sail the boat. Then she turns and gives Jin a "so there!" look.

Super Jack is still in the corner of his fishbowl. Juliet comes with soup - he's lost his sammich rights. She says she made it herself, but Jack ain't eating. She leaves and goes into another room, where Ben is watching a bank of television screens. He's all "you never made soup for me," but damn Ben -- you saw her muffins. You *want* Juliet to cook?

Down a ladder comes ... Trixie from "Deadwood"! Woo hoo! I love Trixie -- she'll be swearing like a sailor and showing her poonani at inappropriate moments all episode! Trixie's got a chip on her shoulder, and she and Juliet have some chick tension. Over Ben? Puleeze.

Trixie's there to tell Ben "the Iraqi" found the fake village and that he's got a sailboat. Ben's upset about the boat, but Juliet is cool with it -- she says they're just going to sail around the island in circles. He wants Colleen (Trixie) to get a team together and get the boat.

Sawyer's getting a fish biscuit breakfast, and wakes up Kate. They banter cutely, and he offers her half of his fish biscuit.

Boy, I just love typing "fish biscuit." It makes these recaps fun. Fish biscuit.

Their morning flirtation is interrupted by Zeke and crew, who have rifles. The get Sawyer and Kate out of their cells, and give them lunchboxes. Aww, that's sweet. I hope they remembered their juice boxes. Colleen rushes up, and gives a guy named Danny a kiss on the cheek. Hey -- Danny is Buck (who likes to ...) from "Kill Bill!"

Sun watches Sayid play with his rifle. Jin's still pissy, and says he has to fix the sails. She says she's sorry for disagreeing with him in front of Sayid, and he says that she shouldn't disagree with him at all. Gee -- I wonder why she was about to divorce his ass before the plane crash?

Sun apologizes again, and Jin asks her why she came along. She says she didn't want to be away from him. Awwww.

Flashback!

Sun wakes up in the scarlet sheets of adultery with Jae, her bald English tutor. She says they shouldn't be doing this, but he says "gimmie some sugar baby" and kisses her. He's got a present for her -- a pearl necklace. (A real one, you pervs!) She says its beautiful, but that Jin will wonder where it came from. Jae tells her to dump that loser -- her English is good, and they can go to America together.

Knock at the door. Panic on both sides. Jae opens the door and starts chewing out the bellboy, but wait ... it's Sun's daddy! Jae tries to apologize, but Daddy ignores him and stomps over to his ballerina-breaking little girl and tells her to get dressed.

Kate and Sawyer are led onto the set of "Cool Hand Luke." Danny says she'll break rocks, and Sawyer will carry 'em away. Kate huffs that she can't work in her pretty dress, and Danny tells her to take it off. She looks to Sawyer for support, but he's all "go ahead -- take it all off."

Danny says they get 10 minutes for lunch, and to raise their hands if they have a question. Sawyer's hand snaps up. Danny ain't interested, but Sawyer says "she got to ask a question, Boss!" I love Sawyer.

Danny says if he gets any lip, they're gonna get shocked. Sawyer hears "shot" and starts bitching they should get a warning shot, at least. Danny starts waving the taser around and listing all the things that will get them shocked like a monkey.

Kate says she isn't working until she sees Jack. Danny holds up the taser ... and shocks Sawyer. That ain't even fair! Danny gloats that was a quarter charge and tells Sawyer that when he can walk, he should get to work.

Flashback!

Sun's daddy has summoned Jin to his office, and gives him a picture of Jae. He says Jae has been stealing from him, and he wants Jin to put an end to it.

Jin says he'll give Jae a message, but Daddy is all "if I want to send a message, I'll call UPS!" He wants Jin to End it. Jin says he can't -- and Daddy says he's gotta. Jin says it's not his job, and that he'll quit.

Daddy pulls out the big guns. Jae has shamed him. When Jin married his daughter, he became part of the family. Now Jin has to restore the family honor. Jin takes the picture and bows.

Back on the sailboat, Jin is taking out his frustrations on a dead fish. Sayid and Sun are up on deck, looking at the dock from last season's finale. Sun wants to know who would build a dock way out here, and Jin says "Others!" See, he's learning English!

Sayid says the dock is unused and overgrown, and that they'll dock there and start a fire on the beach. "Safe?" Jin asks, and Sayid assures him it is. Patronizing asshole.

Kate's breaking rocks, and Sawyer takes a break to admire her ass. Danny snaps at him to get back to work, and Sawyer takes his sweet time doing so. Did I mention I love Sawyer?

Alex is skulking in the bushes near Kate. "Don't let them see you talking to me," she says. Uh ... duh!!! Alex asks if a guy named Carl is being held in the zoo, and Kate says no, which is actually true, because he was taken away before Kate got there.

Alex is pouty. Kate asks her who she is, anyway, but Alex isn't answering. She wants to know where Kate got her dress. Dumb question -- you think she stopped at the Lost Island Gap? Alex says its her dress, but that Kate can keep it -- it looks better on her anyway.

Boy, I love it when TV shows pick out the one woman who's supposed to be attractive, and make every other female within a 10-mile radius hate her or be jealous of her. I hate Kate too, but I've got my own reasons.

Sawyer shows up, but he didn't see Alex. Kate tells him to stop staring at her butt. Sawyer tells her to give him something else to stare at. Danny gets cranky again.

Sun gives Sayid some gas to pour on the Texas Tech-sized bonfire he's building. She points out that the pile of wood is really big, and Sayid says its gotta be so Jack can see it.

Sun asks him why he's lying to her. "And what would you know about lying," he responds. Oooh, we're getting nasty! Sun points out that she's not putting their lives in danger -- Sayid is.

Sayid says Super Jack and the twins have been captured. There are fresh tracks all over the dock. Sun says he said the dock was abandoned, and he says "duh! I was lying!"

The fire is for the Others. Sayid wants them to see it, and send a scout party. He's gonna ambush them and kill all but two -- one to talk, and one to make him talk. Sayid's gone all hardcore again. Sun for some reason is on board with his dumb plan that is doomed to fail. She asks what she can do, and Sayid tells her to keep lying to her husband.

Flashback!

Jin arrives home for dinner. He asks Sun how her day was, and her hand shakes. She lies and says it was fine. Jin says he saw Sun's daddy and he called him "son" for the first time, but that it wasn't a Hallmark moment -- he wants Jin to deliver a message.

Sun asks if he's gonna do it. He says he has to, and she suggests they run away instead. He says her father would find them. "I do this for you!" he shouts. He does what he does because he has to, because her father expects it, because that's what it takes to be married to her. "And what does it take to be married to you?" Sun snaps back.

Jin's had enough -- he's headed for the door. Sun asks him where he's going. "To deliver a message," he says.

Back on the beach, Jin asks Sayid for a gun. Sayid isn't sure what he wants, but it's not like that's the most difficult word in the English language to understand. Gun. Jin gets Sun to translate. He ain't dumb, he knows its a trap, and by the way, he understands more English than Sun thinks he does. So give him a gun. Sayid hands one over, and starts explaining how to use it, but Jin ejects the clip and checks the gun over like he just got out of a John Woo movie.

Jin tells Sun to get back to the boat. He thinks she'll be safer there. Sayid agrees, but tells her that if there's trouble, there's another gun on the boat. Damn -- is there a neverending supply of guns on this island? Do they wash up on the beach?

"If they get past you, that means my husband is dead. And I won't care anymore," she says. Or it could mean they went after the boat first -- so don't commit suicide or anything, honey.

Sawyer sees Juliet staring at him. They exchange glares, and she tosses him a canteen. He dumps it out. Die of dehydration Sawyer -- that'll show 'em. He heads back toward Kate, who's about to collapse into a puddle on the ground. Too bad he doesn't have any water to give her.

So he gives her some spit instead, dropping a big wet one on her. Kate kisses him back, and Danny smacks him in the back of the head. Sawyer drops, but then gets ahold of the rifle and gets in a few smacks of his own. Others pile on, and its a big brawl until Sawyer gets ahold of a taser and tries to zap the big guy. Too bad he doesn't know how to use a taser.

He still gets enough room to point the rifle, but Juliet's got a gun to Kate. "James!" Juliet says. Sawyer drops the rifle and gets tasered.

Is Kate's entire purpose on this island to get guns pointed at her to make guys stop being cool? Grrrr.

Jin and Sayid are waiting for the Others. Sun's on the boat, but she hears a noise, and sees many feet tromping onboard. Gee, I guess that fire wasn't enough to make 'em ignore the big sailboat! Sun gets the gun.

Flashback!

Jin is in front of Jae's hotel. He watches Jae go in and follows. Inside the hotel, he catches up with Jae and starts bouncing his head off furniture. "Do you know who I am?" Jin shouts. "Do you know why I'm here?" Then he says a bunch of more stuff that works equally well for "Stop stealing from my Triad Daddy!" and "Stop shitting on my house!"

Jin goes to shoot Jae, who's blubbering. Then he tells him to get out of the country and disappear -- his Seoul privileges have been revoked. If he comes back, Jin will finish delivering his message. Jin leaves Jae crying on the floor.

Jin gets back in his car, looking torn up over what he just did. Jae crashes through his windshield. Oops. Jae's dead, and he's got the pearl necklace clutched in his hand.

Back on the island, no one's coming to Sayid's little party. Maybe he should have served punch and pie.

Colleen enters the galley, then stops when she hears the cock of a gun. Sun's got the gun aimed at her, and she wants off the boat. Colleen says that's not her decision, but that the Others aren't her enemies. But that if Sun shoots her, they will be.

If they want to be friends, why are they sneaking around on the boat in the dark? Knock on the door, bring over a bottle of wine -- be civil, damnit! Colleen advances on Sun, but Sun's all "I saw 'Deadwood,' I know you're trouble" and shoots her in the gut. Poor Trixie -- couldn't get a hooker to take the bullet for her this time.

One of the Others opens the door and starts firing. Sun runs.

Sayid and Jin hear the gunfire and head for the boat. They get shot at too, and take cover. Sun's found a hatch. Zeke sees her and starts firing. She falls off the boat. The boat's pulling away. Jin jumps in after it.

The boat's gone, and Jin's screaming in Korean for Sun. After a long moment, she answers. They meet up in the water and have another "awwww" moment.

Flashback!

Sun is watching Jae's funeral. Daddy shows up and says she shouldn't be there. He tells her to go home to her husband. She asks if he's going to tell Jin what happened, and he says it's not his place to do so.

On the beach, Sun is cold and wet. Jin gets her a blankie, and says he wouldn't know what to do without her, then puts a hand on her tummy. "Both of you." Sayid apologizes for his stupid plan, and says they should start walking back home.

Sawyer's coughing up his spleen in the bear cages. He tells Kate he did what he did because she's just so damn cute breaking rocks. Actually, he did it to size up the guards -- the big guy hits hard, one other guy has martial arts training, but they haven't seen much action, and Sawyer thinks he could take them if he had to. Juliet would have shot Kate though -- she was serious.

Kate asks why Juliet called him James. Sawyer says its because that's what his name is. "I noticed something else, too. You taste like strawberries," he says. Blech.

That line has been used in at least two other shows -- "Buffy" and "Forever Knight." It's officially a cliche. Stop it. At least say she tastes like mango or melon or something else.

"You taste like fish biscuits," Kate says. Heh. Fish biscuits.

Sawyer says they'll wait until the Others drop their guard, and then they'll make their move. Might take a while, though, because Ben is watching and listening to their conversation with his bank of televisions.

Jack's in his corner. Ben's there too. He apologizes for not telling the truth in the hatch, but says it would have just gotten him another session with Sayid and his torture routine.

He wants Jack to change his perspective, and he starts with an introduction. "Hi. My name is Benjamin Linus, and I've lived on this island all my life." Jack won't shake hands. No manners.

The guard brings in a telly. Jack wants to know where Kate and Sawyer are, but Ben isn't telling. He says if Jack cooperates, they'll send him home.

Jack says he's bluffing. The Others are trapped too. Ben interrupts Jack to tell him that his flight crashed Sept. 22, 2004. "Today is November 29th," he says. "That means you've been our island for 69 days." Ben says that in that time, "your fellow Americans re-elected George W. Bush, Christopher Reeve has passed away, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series."

Jack's laughing. The Red Sox??? Ben turns on the television, and it's playing the last game of the series. Jack's pissed he didn't get in on that action in Vegas. Ben says that there's his proof, and that if he cooperates at the right time, he will send Jack home.