Juliet is forced to perform an emergency appendectomy on Jack, Jack’s post-rescue relationship with Kate is revealed, and Sawyer, Claire, and Aaron head back to Jack’s camp with Miles.

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The team from the ship attacks Locke’s camp looking for Ben, with Alex as a hostage. Meanwhile, the doctor from the ship washes up on shore at Jack’s camp, and Daniel Faraday provides some distressing news to Jack.

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Michael’s journey from escaping the island to working as Ben’s spy on Widmore’s ship is revealed, as well as his mission. Ben tells Danielle and Alex to leave Locke’s camp and go to the island temple, but they are ambushed on the way.

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Juliet exposes Sun’s pre-island affair to Jin so that they won’t defect to Locke’s camp. Sayid and Desmond meet the ship’s captain and discover that Michael is working on the boat.

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Daniel and Charlotte leave Jack’s camp to fulfill their objective, and Jack and Juliet try to track them down before they are successful. Juliet’s romantic history on the island with The Others is exposed.

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During the helicopter ride to the ship, Desmond’s consciousness begins jumping back and forth between present day 2004 and 1996. He is forced to find Daniel Faraday in 1996 in order to get answers and stop the jumps.

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Kate goes behind Locke’s back to arrange a meeting between Miles and Ben, where Miles offers his terms for not giving Ben up to his colleagues. However, Locke discovers what she has done, and banishes her from his camp.

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Sayid negotiates a deal with Locke to hand over Charlotte from the “rescue team,” so that he can get on their helicopter and reach their ship. Kate joins Sayid for the mission, but she decides to stay behind with Sawyer.

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The surviving members of the supposed “rescue team” are scattered around the island after a helicopter problem. However, once they are located, they reluctantly reveal that they are indeed not there to rescue them.

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Charlie’s dying message casts doubt on the intentions of the people that Jack believes to be their rescuers. A power struggle ensues between Jack, who wants to leave the island, and Locke, who thinks that they’re supposed to stay.

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Jack and the survivors wait for Charlie to turn off The Others’ signal-jamming device, not knowing that he has been captured at the Looking Glass station. In addition, Sayid, Jin and Bernard are captured after The Others invade the camp.

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Desmond has another vision of Charlie’s death, but this time his death ultimately will result in Claire’s rescue. Meanwhile, the survivors discover that an attack by the others is even more imminent than originally expected.

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