[Commercial airliner Ajura Airlines Flight 316 is flying through a night sky through some thick dark coloured clouds. Inside the plane; Jack, Ben, Kate, Hurley, Sayid and Sun all sit in first class waiting to be returned to the island. In the cockpit pilot Frank Lapidus is enerved by the situation after seeing Jack and all the rest of the Oceanic Six on board the plane. Sitting next to him is a co-pilot who is monitoring the planes dials]
CPCo-Pilot
Do you want to hear something crazy?
CPCo-Pilot
Did you see the big guy; who got on in L.A.? Sitting in first class, curly hair, guitar case?
CPCo-Pilot
He's one of the Oceanic 6. The guy must have nerves of steel, man. He survives a full on commercial airliner crash now he's flying over the same South Pacific.
Yeah, well. Maybe he doesn't believe lightning will strike twice in the same place.
[The co-pilot smiles at Frank when suddenly a severe case of turbalance strikes the plane rocking it for several seconds. Frank appears nervous. A few seconds later the turbalance subsides. The co-pilot looks over at Frank]
CPCo-Pilot
You all right there Frank?
[Following the crash of Flight 316, Frank leaves the cockpit and enters the first class seating area which is in pieces with seats and plane parts all over the place. Frank looks around, Jack, Kate, Hurley and Sayid are all gone. Sun gets up and she and Frank notice each other]
[Sun scans the cabin noticing the mess and that the rest of the Oceanic Six have disappeared]
Oh my God! What happened?
[Pause]
Where's everyone else? Jack? Kate? Hurley? Sayid? Where'd they all go?
[Ben Linus suddenly appears behind Frank]
[Having been reunited with Hurley, Kate and Jack at the end of Namaste, Sawyer speaks to the trio for the first time in three years]
[To Sawyer] You're alive! DUDE! I can't believe it!
[Hurley embraces Sawyer, lifting him off the ground in the process]
Ha, ha. Easy on the ribs there Kong.
Kong...I actually missed that.
[Jack moves in to shake Sawyer's hand]
[Kate approaches Sawyer and hugs him]
Hi. Good to see you, Kate.
[Sawyer looks at the group]
I can't believe it! You're really here. Son of a bitch actually did it. [John] Locke said he was gonna bring you back, but...[looks around] where is he?
Doesn't matter, he's gone.
So what's up with you guys in the old Dharma jump suits?
[Sawyer turns to Jin]
[Jin now speaks perfect English]
No. I was waiting for you.
We're in the Dharma Initiative.
They came back to the Island?
No, we came back. And so did you. [Pause] It's Nineteen Seventy-seven...
[While waiting in the North Valley for Sawyer to return to tell them what to do, Kate approaches Jack who is tapping his now broken wristwatch]
So this woman who told you how to come back, did she mention that it would be thirty years ago?
No! Nope, she left that part out.
So what are we supposed to do now?
[In the North Valley, Sawyer retruns with clothes and instructions for Jack, Kate and Hurley. He gets out of the van]
Alright listen. Y'all gonna be the second batch of recruits coming in off the sub. It should be pulling into port right about now so we ain't got much time. [Looks at Jack] Nice suit, doc. Not exactly Island wear, try this.
[Sawyer throws Jack some 1977 style clothes including a shirt and a pair of trousers]
You want us to say we came in on the sub? How's that going to work?
Everyone gets knocked out before the trip, so no one meets each other until we process ‘em.
Look. We need to find the rest of people from the plane.
If there was a plane then Jin will find it. So we've got about ten minutes to make intake or you'll be camping in the jungle for a long time. There isn't another batch of recruits due in for six months.
[Jack turns to Kate]
I think we should listen to Sawyer.
I vote for not camping too.
Trust me doc. You'll do what I say then everything will be fine.
[Brief pause. Jack nods in agreement]
[Sawyer followed by the other three get into the Dharma Minivan]
[In his Dharma Minivan, Sawyer drives Hurley, Jack and Kate to the Barracks]
Ok. So, it's Nineteen Seventy-seven?
And you guys are all members of the Dharma Initiative?
Well, you do realise those dudes get wiped out right? I mean I saw the pit where all the bodies got dumped.
Well; aren't you gonna warn ‘em? Aren't you gonna stop it from happening?
I ain't here to play Nostradamus to these people. Besides, Faraday's got some interesting theories about what we can and can't do here.
[Jack leans into the conversation from the backseat]
Did you say Faraday? He's still here?
[After arriving back on the main island in 2007; Sun and Frank arrive at the Dharma Barracks. The place is derserted and falling apart. suddenly the wind picks up blowing the trees and errie whispers are heard. Sun and Frank turn to and look as the light in the Dharma processing building comes on. They exchange uneasy glances as the door creaks open to reveal Jack's father Christian Shepard]
I'm looking for my husband. His name is Jin Kwon. Do you know where he is?
[Christian re-enters the dilapidated Dharma Processing Centre and Sun follows. A nervous Frank follows after Sun. Inside; Christian shines a torch on several pictures looking for one to show Sun]
Seventy two, Seventy six, Seventy eight...
Ah! Here we go. Seventy seven. [Removes the picture from the wall] He's um, he's with your friends.
What are you talking about? What friends?
[Christian walks over to Sun and Frank as the wind begins to blow strongly outside causing the door to open. He hands Sun the picture and shines the torch on it so that both Sun and Frank can see it]
I'm sorry but you've got a bit of a journey ahead of you.
[Sun looks at the picture. There is a banner labeled “New Recruits” hanging over a group of people including Jack, Kate and Hurley. They are wearing Dharma jump suits. Sun and Frank look at each other shocked and confused]
[Having seen Sayid been arrested and locked up by Sawyer and Jin, Jack heads round to Sawyer's house to speak with him about the situation]
What can I do for you, Jack?
I don't even know where to start. Uh... How about with Sayid?
I had no choice. He was running around in the jungle, got caught by my people. And seein' as how he can't tell the truth about how he got here, I had to improvise.
Aha. And for now, Sayid is safe, which is all that matters.
So where do we go from here?
Really? Because it looked to me like you were reading a book.
[Sawyer smiles]
I heard once Winston Churchill read a book every night, even during the Blitz. He said it made him think better. It's how I like to run things. I think. I'm sure that doesn't mean that much to you, 'cause back when you were calling the shots, you pretty much just reacted. See, you didn't think, Jack, and as I recall, a lot of people ended up dead.
But here you are... Right back where you started. So I'm gonna go back to reading my book, and I'm gonna think 'cause that's how I saved your ass today. And that's how I'm gonna save Sayid's tomorrow. All you gotta do is go home, get a good night's rest. I do what I do
[He leads Jack to the door and opens it]
[Jack leaves]
[In the Dharma security facility security guard Phil is on duty. A teenage boy enters the room and approachs Phil at his desk]
Hey Phil. I am just going to go in there and deliver him a sandwich.
[The boy enters an adjacent room where Sayid is being held in a cell]
Hello. I brought you a sandwich.
[Sayid goes over to the cells railings and takes the paper bag containing the sandwich from young Ben]
I didn't put any mustard on it, but if you want some, I can go and get some.
[Sayid looks in the paper bag and then back to the boy]
This will be fine thank you.
My name is Sayid. What's yours?
[Pause. It suddenly dawns on Sayid who the little boy infront of him is]
It's nice to meet you Ben...
