Sun opts not to shoot Ben because he tells her Jin is alive and that he can prove it to her. Meanwhile, Kate and Sayid say there's no way in heck they're going back to the island. Guilt-ridden Jack, however, is apparently along for the ride.
Ben brings Jack and Sun to a church, where Eloise Hawking is in the midst of calculating how to help the gang make their return trip. At the church they, conveniently enough, run into Desmond. He's there seeking Eloise who, as we figured, is Daniel Faraday's mum.
Meanwhile(s), on said island, Jin realizes that not only is he alive, he's alive in 1988, where he's encountered a young, pregnant Danielle Rosseau and the rest of her French friends. Stranded and wanting to contact the outside world, they have Jin show them to the radio tower. But on the way, they are attacked by the Smoke Monster. One of the party is sucked down in a hole by the monster and before Jin can stop the rest from going down there to rescue him, time shifts a bit to the future. Jin goes back to the beach, where he finds the bodies of two of the Frenchies. He also witnesses Danielle holding her husband at riflepoint. She tells her husband that he's sick, he's changed, and she must kill him in order to protect herself and the, as yet unborn, baby. And that's just what she does.
Then time shifts again and Jin is reunited with Sawyer, Locke, Juliet, Faraday, Charlotte and Miles. This group continues its trip to the Orchid where Locke intends to use the "way back" machine.
Time is shifting like crazy and Charlotte is becoming very ill, having all sorts of hallucinations and talking from different points of her life. Daniel stays with her as the rest go to the Orchid, where Locke descends down a well to the time wheel. Before he reaches the bottom, time shifts again and he's separated from the rest of the group. He's also badly injured his leg.
Alone in the dark, Locke hears footsteps. It's Christian Shepherd (Jacob?), who instructs him how to spin the wheel.
Meanwhile, back up top, Charlotte is dying. She tells Miles that she's been on the island before. She was born there. She tells Daniel she's been trying to find the island all her adult life. It's why she became an archaeologist. Her parents where part of the Dharma Initiative and she and her mother were forced to leave (why we're not told) when she was very young. She doesn't remember her father. But she does remember that before leaving that a man told her she couldn't return. If she did, she would die. This man was Daniel. Her life fades before she can say more.
Questions/observations/speculation:
* Hawking tells Ben that, even though he hasn't managed to bring everyone who needs to go back to the island, she supposes he, Jack, Sun and Desmond "will have to do." Will this be sufficient to stop the problems on the island?
* How exactly is Eloise going to get these folks back?
* Where will Locke end up when he leaves the island?
* Who is Charlotte's father? Seems like maybe it's not Daniel, as many of us had suspected?
* Was Daniel an original part of the Dharma Initiative, or does he somehow end up back in their time? When/how does this occur?
* Daniel's mother is British. He worked at Oxford. Yet he has an American accent. Why?
* Before Locke departs, Christian Shepherd says "say hello to my son." But Locke doesn't learn who the son is. Is Christian referring to Jack? Or to Ben? Or somebody else? And is Christian Christian or is he Jacob in Christian's form? Or a bit of both? My brain hurts.
* Why did the Smoke Monster immediately go after Danielle's crew? What happened to change/sicken them and why wasn't Danielle affected?
* Danielle's husband refers to the monster as a security system for a "temple." What sort of temple is there underground. And is it related to the weird statue Sayid and Sun saw previously and/or to the time wheel?
* Locke got sucked down a hole by the monster a while back. Was he also changed? Can he be trusted?
* Everyone seems to be developing nosebleeds due to the time skips--Sawyer, Miles, Juliette--but not Locke or Daniel. How come?
* And, as ever, can Ben be trusted? Does he have motivations, beyond saving the island, for bringing everyone back? Christian/Jacob hints to Locke that Ben isn't worth trusting. But why was Ben seemingly Jacob's selection as leader of the island, then?
* Why, exactly, is it necessary for Jack, Kate, etc., to go back? What was wrong with them leaving? What will happen when they return?
Also see:
* Preview for next week's episode: "316."
* Teaser text about "316."
* What we STILL don't know.
Previous episodes:
* 5.1/5.2: "Because You Left" and "The Lie"
* 5.3: "Jughead"
* 5.4: "The Little Prince"
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