Sawyer and Jack in “Namaste”

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.

Improvise?

Aha. And for now, Sayid is safe, which is all that matters.

So where do we go from here?

I'm working on it.

Really? Because it looked to me like you were reading a book.

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.

I got us off the island.

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

Now ain't that a relief?

Yeah.