Kate, Sayid, Juliet, and Jack
trek back to the beach camp. As they stop for the night Jack explains
to Kate the deal he made with Ben, saying that he kept his head down
and did not ask questions. Though Jack is talking to her, Kate feels an
emotional distance between them. Sayid questions Juliet but Jack
returns and tells Sayid to leave her alone and that she is under his
protection. Juliet confesses to Jack that she is nervous about joining
the beach camp.
Flashback to Juliet arriving at a private airport. Richard Alpert and Ethan Rom
are there to escort her the rest of the way, claiming it is because of
security. Juliet says good-bye to her sister, Rachel, promising to be
back before the baby is born. In the airport terminal, Ethan checks
Juliet's vitals, telling her it is routine. Alpert pours sedative into
a glass of orange juice and gives it to Juliet to drink, saying some
people cannot take the trip's intensity and that it is easier if she is
asleep during it. Juliet says she was fine with signing all the
paperwork, not being able to talk with anyone for six months, and that
no one had ever heard of Mittelos Bioscience at which point Alpert
interrupts and tells her she was fine with it because she knows the
place they are taking her is special. Juliet has a gift, with which she
is supposed to do something significant. Juliet drinks the orange juice
and passes out. She wakes up strapped down in the sleeping compartment
of a submarine, which, according to Ethan, was because the last part of
the ride was supposed to be bumpy. Ethan unstraps her, and she follows
him through the submarine, up the ladder and sees the awe-inspiring
sight of the island.
At the beach camp, Charlie hears Aaron crying and wakes up Claire. Claire says she is not feeling well, so Charlie offers to take care of Aaron. Sawyer sees Jack, Kate, and Sayid returning. Though happy about their return he expresses his displeasure at seeing Juliet. Hurley
engages Juliet in casual conversation. Juliet guesses that Hurley was
sent to keep an eye on her. He tells her the last Other who came over,
Ethan, was killed and buried nearby.
Flashback to Juliet in the operating theater at the Staff Station, where a woman named Sabine has just died during childbirth. Juliet looks very distressed and Goodwin comforts her, but she leaves. Sitting on the rocks by the water she is approached by Ben.
She tells him she thinks the pregnancy complications to the females on
the island happen at conception, but there is nothing she can do about
it unless she takes a woman off the island; Ben promptly replies no.
Juliet tells him she has done all she can and wants to go home since
Rachel will give birth in three months. Ben says she will be dead by
then because her cancer has returned. Juliet is horrified. Ben promises
to cure Rachel's cancer if Juliet stays. Juliet wants to know how. Ben
says Jacob will take care of it himself.
At the camp, Jack tells everyone that he trusts Juliet and that
should be enough, to which Sayid reminds him it is not. Jack defends
his time with the Others saying he was there looking for a way off the
island. Then Claire collapses with blood gushing from her face. Juliet
takes Jack and Kate aside and tells them she knows what's wrong with
Claire because she did it to her.
At the camp, Juliet explains that Claire's immune system has turned
on her due to a latent reaction to medication in her bloodstream. The
medication was designed to keep Claire alive during the late stages of
her pregnancy. Juliet knows this because she designed it. She was
brought to the island to find out why women couldn't have children
there. The mother's body treats the pregnancy as a foreign invader and
the immune system attacks; every pregnant woman on the island died as
her immune system began to deteriorate. Claire was the first to survive
but even though she did not conceive on the island, Claire developed
the same symptoms. Juliet had developed the serum to reverse what was
happening and Ethan was giving it to her. Without the serum, Claire is
in a form of withdrawal. Ethan kept a stash of the serum close by.
Flashback to Juliet in bed with Goodwin. There is a knock on the
door and she is given x-rays. Juliet looks at them and knows they have
a problem. She walks to Ben's house and tells him he has a tumor. She
accuses him of lying about curing Rachel's cancer, saying he cannot
cure her cancer if he cannot cure his own. Ben denies lying and says he
does not understand why he has cancer. Juliet desperately wants to go
home, but he refuses to let her go.
Juliet goes out into the jungle and retrieves the serum (it is
hidden under a tree with a symbol on it). Sayid and Sawyer have
followed, and they want answers. Juliet tells them there is not time.
Realizing they are not going to budge, she stands up to them and says
she finds it interesting that they are the camp's moral police,
considering what Sayid did in Basra and how Sawyer shot a man in cold
blood the day before he boarded the plane. She says the serum can save
Claire's life. The last thing they would want is more blood on their
hands. She takes the serum back to the beach and gives it to Jack. He
warns her that if anything happens to Claire, he will not be able to
protect her any longer and she would be alone, Juliet states that she
already is.
Flashback to Juliet and Ben as they watch flight 815 break apart above them. Ben then leads Juliet out to the Flame Station.
Mikhail is there, and Ben tells him he wants detailed files on every
passenger. Then Mikhail brings up a live video feed. They see a
close-up of a newspaper with the current date (Which, it shows the date
to be "Wednesday, September 22 2004" The date of the crash). The camera
swings around and reveals Rachel in a park with her 2-year-old son. Ben
tells Juliet that Rachel's cancer was cured, that it went into complete
remission and shortly thereafter she gave birth to a boy named Julian.
At the camp, Claire wakes up. She is feeling and looking much better. Juliet is now on the path to being trusted.
Jack brings her supplies to set up her tent area and tells her
eventually everyone will need answers. Juliet asks why Jack trusts her
and does not ask for answers. He says because when the submarine
exploded, he saw in her eyes that she wanted to get off this island
more than anything. That makes her "one of us."
There is a flashback to Juliet and Ben discussing their plans.
Juliet will handcuff herself to Kate and say she was gassed and left
behind as well. If Kate questions that, Juliet will say it was the only
way she could earn Kate's trust. Ben tells Juliet that Claire's implant
has been activated, and she will become symptomatic in forty-eight
hours. By the time Juliet gets to the camp, she will have a "nice
crisis to solve". Pryce is already on his way to hide the case in
Ethan's old drop point. Ben tells her to tell Jack she can save Claire
since Jack trusts her. He says he will see her in a week. Then he
throws a gas mask on the table and leaves.
Back at camp, as Juliet looks around the camp she sees Hurley and Sun talking, Charlie with Claire, and Jack smiling at her.
