The episode begins with a new character, Juliet, preparing for a book club meeting in a
modern suburban home, but things are going wrong. She cries as she listens to a CD recording of Petula Clark's "Downtown," and she burns her hand as she tries to
grab burning muffins out of the oven, scattering them on the floor of the kitchen just as the doorbell rings. The club is in the
middle of a heated discussion of Stephen King's Carrie, a novel about
misfits, bullying and telekinesis, when they are interrupted by what sounds like an
earthquake. The group leaves Juliet's house and, looking for the source of the shaking, and "Ben", previously known as "Henry Gale" to the survivors, appears along with Ethan. They all look up to watch Oceanic Flight 815 break
apart in mid-air. "Ben" quickly orders Goodwin and
Ethan to join the survivors, stay undercover, and provide "lists in three days." The camera zooms out to reveal that the suburb
is actually on the island and is inhabited by The Others.
In his flashback, Jack is going through a divorce from his wife Sarah Shephard.
He
demands to know who she has been dating, but she refuses to tell him,
so he spies on her and steals her cellphone. He proceeds to
call every number in her phone, saying he found the phone and is trying
to locate the owner. His father Christian walks into the room as Jack dials a number, and his cell phone rings, so Jack accuses him
of sleeping with Sarah. Jack then follows Christian to an Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting and attacks him. After Jack is arrested, Sarah pays his bail,
and tells him Christian is no longer sober. She then leaves
with an unidentified man, after telling Jack that he can fix his
relationship with his father.
Back in the present, Jack wakes up in a cell in the Hydra Station, where
Juliet gently interrogates him. At one point Jack attacks her and attempts to escape. He runs down the hall and is about to open
a door when Ben appears and tells him they will all die if he opens it. Jack doesn't believe him, and when he opens the door,
water starts rushing into the hallway and we find out the Hydra station is actually underwater. Ben runs away and shuts the door
in Juliet's face, leaving her with Jack as the water continues rushing in. Juliet helps Jack struggle to safety, after which she
knocks him unconscious. When he later awakes, she shows Jack a file which she says contains documents about his entire life,
including his divorce and his father's autopsy report.
Kate wakes up on the floor of a locker room. Tom
tells her to shower and wear a dress, after which she is led to an elegant breakfast on the beach with Ben, who tells her to put
on handcuffs before she can eat. She asks him why he is doing this, and he tells her that he wanted to give her something
pleasant to remember, as the next two weeks will be "very unpleasant."
Sawyer wakes up in a cage in the jungle near the Hydra station. A
teenager, Karl,
in a nearby cage initially ignores Sawyer but then later expresses
interest in Sawyer's camp and helps him escape. However, they are both
caught, and Tom makes Karl, who is now beat up and bloody,
apologize to Sawyer before taking the teen away. Sawyer figures out the
mechanical puzzle in his cage, receiving a fish biscuit,
a pile of peanuts and water, though Tom says it "only took the bears
two hours." Kate is then put in Karl’s cage, and Sawyer
tosses her the biscuit. As Kate eats the fish biscuit we see that she
has deep red marks on her wrists from the handcuffs. These
marks have appeared since her breakfast with Ben.
