In flashback, Sun, as a child, breaks a glass ballerina and blames it on the maid, who will be fired by her father, Mr. Paik.
Later, Sun as an adult is shown having an affair with Jae Lee,
who attempts to give her a pearl necklace. She refuses, afraid that her
husband would see it. Then, to her shame, Mr. Paik barges in and finds
them in bed together. Mr. Paik later summons Sun's husband, Jin,
telling him to "send a message" to Jae (implying that he is to be
killed), saying that Jae has been "stealing." But when Jin ambushes and
beats up Jae, he still cannot bring himself to kill, and instead orders
Jae to leave the country. However, as Jin gets into his car, Jae's body
lands on top, having either jumped or been thrown from the above
window. The corpse's hand is seen clutching the pearl necklace. At
Jae's funeral, Sun asks Mr. Paik if he told Jin about the affair, but
he says that it was not his place to tell Jin.
On the sailboat, Sun, Jin, and Sayid
worry that Jack's party has not shown up. They argue about what to do,
with Sayid wanting to sail to a new location, and Jin refusing, but Sun
goes against her husband to agree with Sayid. They find the Others'
dock, where they build a signal fire to try and lure the Others into an
ambush.
Meanwhile among the Others, Colleen reports to Ben
that Sayid (referred to as "the Iraqi") has a boat, and Ben orders her
to put together a team and capture it. Her team avoids Sayid's fire,
and instead sneaks aboard the boat, where they encounter Sun below
deck. Colleen calls Sun by her full name, telling her that the Others
"are not the enemy", and that Sun will not shoot because she is a "good
person", but Sun shoots Colleen in the abdomen and then escapes
overboard.
Kate and Sawyer are forced to work, digging and carrying rocks. Alex Rousseau,
hiding in the bushes, asks Kate about Karl. Sawyer creates a
distraction by kissing Kate, and steals a rifle, but is forced to
relinquish it when Juliet threatens to shoot Kate.
Back in their cages, Sawyer tells Kate what he learned about the
fighting abilities of the various Others. He says that Juliet would
have shot her without a problem and criticizes the other Others. He
admits his real name is James. They start discussing plans to escape,
not knowing Ben is monitoring their conversation via security camera.
Ben then visits Jack, telling him his real name, and that he has
lived on the island all his life. He offers that if Jack cooperates, he
can be sent home. Jack believes the Others are also stranded just as he
is, but Ben informs him of the exact time and date of his plane crash
and that 69 days have since passed (making the date November 29, 2004)
and insists that they are in contact with the outside world. He shows
this by citing various current events, such as the re-election of George W. Bush to the American presidency, the sudden death of Christopher Reeve and that the Boston Red Sox have won the 2004 World Series.
Once Ben tells him about the Red Sox, Jack starts laughing and says
that proves he is lying. Ben then proves it by playing a recording of
the final play in the game as Jack watches in shock.
