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Synopsis
After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront "The Others" and hopefully get Walt back. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the "button" and the hatch.
Plot Outline
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Survivors think they are being rescued when they see a boat. Jack swims out to the boat. Desmond is inside the bunker. They bring him ashore. Desmond has tons of booze with him, and a dark secret. Jack asks him where he was, and what he did.... During the 23 days he was gone, Desmond managed to fix his sailboat and sail off the island. Jack asks him what he isn't telling them.
We get FLASHBACKS of Desmond's life before the island, and when he first crashed there. Notable points here would be that Desmond was married to a girl named Penny, Libby was married to Charles Widmore, and Desmond borrowed Libby's boat for 200 grand for his race around the world. Desmond also made the glow-in-the-dark map in the hatch. And Kelvin is, or was, the twin of a certain Joe Inman, CIA man from Sayid's flashbacks. We see Kelvin drag Desmond to the hatch, type in the numbers and press the button, show Desmond the film, and Desmond begins pushing the button as well.
Present day: At night, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan involving Desmond's boat. Desmond disappears off into the jungle, heading for the hatch. The next day, Jack and gang load up to go. The 5 survivors depart. Charlie tells Hurley good luck. Michael leads them off. In the hatch, Eko continues to push the button. Locke enters and they talk. Locke laughs that he still pushes the button. Eko says he is a man of faith. Jack Kate Michael Sawyer and Hurley make their way though the jungle. They begin to pass though what Hurley says is the Dark Territory. There are MANY fallen trees around them. They camp for the night. Michael talks about how these people have harmed the survivors, particularly the 5 of them. He talks about how they killed Shannon, Libby, etc. Locke and Eko are having their discussion in the hatch. Locke argues with Eko on how he thought this place was destiny, that the island built him up just to knock him down, and how it is all an experiment. Locke tells him he plans to see what happens when the button reaches zero once and for all. He wants to make sure he is right. Eko doesn't agree with this. Desmond reaches the hatch and talks with Locke and Eko inside. He seems pissed. He asks Locke if he continued to push the button, to which Locke says yes. Desmond doesn't believe Locke.
Atop one of the hills, Jack and gang find a big pile of tubes from the Pearl hatch. Michael tells them they aren't far now and they must keep going. He leads them to the the spot where Zeke and The Others captured him. They begin to hear whispering. LOTS of it this time. Jack yells out that it's a trap when he spots one of them in the trees. They all open fire, it seems as if they are surrounded. There is another lockdown inside the hatch. We don't know why, but could this be some sort of final test? Locke is trapped inside the geodome with Desmond. Eko is locked out. Eko yells at Locke that he can't let the timer reach zero, but Locke has other ideas. The timer is at 107 minutes. Bernard talks with Claire and the baby, inquiring on what the vaccine is for. Claire explains to him, they bond. Sayid talks with Jin and Sun. He formulates a plan with Jin. Sun translates for him. Jin understands. Eko seeks Charlie's help on the situation in the hatch. He rushes to the beach and tells him they need to go gather the dynamite Charlie knows where it is. In the Hatch, Desmond and Locke argue about the button. Locke tells Desmond the button is not real, that it was all an experiment of the Dharma Initiative. Desmond screams at him, "Don't tell me it isn't real!"
Desmond tells Locke that he sailed away from the island, and was going to get them all rescued. But when he reached land, he discovered THERE WAS NO HUMANITY left. Desmond says that the entire world was not there. There was absolutely nothing. He believes that the button is to blame, recalling what the original Dharma film said. Locke is shaken by this, but thinks Desmond is crazy. The timer is at 43 minutes by now. Eko and Charlie gather dynamite from the stash and run to the hatch. Eko plans to blow the blast door. Charlie thinks he's off his rocker. Eko believes Desmond that the timer DOES do something when it reaches zero.
Meanwhile Jack and gang are all been captured by The Others. They are being led back to the village. Jin and Sayid have taken Desmond's boat and followed Rousseau's map along the shoreline to where Sayid believes the location of The Others could be. They spot the giant rock with the hole in it. Sayid sneaks up along the rocks with his gun, Jin trails him. To make it short, they interrupt the party and attack The Others. A fight ensues. Sawyer fights Zeke, and rips his fake beard off. SAYID IS SHOT, straight in the chest and falls back into the water. As chaos ensues in the camp, Michael sneaks up to the door in the cliff. There's a Dharma symbol resembling a door. One of the guards blocking the door is shot. Michael enters in and closes it behind him. Inside this room is the BIG reveal.
Back at the hatch, the timer is at 23 minutes. Eko and Charlie enter in with the dynamite. Locke and Desmond argue inside as the timer counts down past 15 minutes, 8 minutes, and 4 minutes. The beeping starts up loudly. Eko blows the blast doors; Charlie is knocked against the cement wall, unconscious. Eko runs in to push the button before the time runs out. Locke has knocked Desmond out unconscious with Eko's Jesus stick. Locke and Eko come to fists. Locke beats Eko to the ground. He takes the stick and SMASHES THE COMPUTER. It's busted, so now there's no stopping the timer. At the Others camp, Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley seem to have overpowered The Others. Inside The Door, Michael finds Walt but is confronted by the FAKE HENRY GALE. Fenry tells Michael everything about what he is seeing right now, I won't tell you this as I don't want to spoil this surprise. But it involves 3 other people, the plane crash, Hanso, and a key. There's a SINGLE monitoring TV inside this room as well. It's a monitor for Station 3, The Swan. Fenry tells Michael that he needs to leave the island now if he wants to escape with Walt. The boat is ready for him at a back exit. The timer at the hatch reaches ZERO, and something does happen. What is it? You'll see. Michael and Walt watch what happens as they escape the island with the boat, leaving everyone else behind. If you are to believe Desmond, they will find nothing else left.
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Notes
- This is the last episode of Season Two. Spoilers can be found at this link.
- You can also see some possible, unconfirmed spoilers here(Note that the spoilers are located in the first post.)
- It is said that only some major questions will be answered in this episode, the other questions will be answered in season 3.