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Season 1: Episode 9 - 'Solitary'
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Sayid sits alone on an
unfamiliar stretch of beach. He stares at the photo of the Arab woman
we saw Claire return to him in "Walkabout." After running
his fingers lovingly over it and placing it back inside his pack,
Sayid stands to continue his journey. But something catches his eye. A
closer look reveals it as a piece of wire sticking out of the sand.
Sayid pulls the wire, lifting it out of the sand, leading into the
jungle.
On our beach, Kate tells Jack she's worried about Sayid — it's been
two days since he left. Jack tells her that Sayid is a trained soldier
and can take care of himself.
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Back in the jungle, Sayid
continues to follow the cable until he sees something that causes him to stop
in his tracks. There, hidden in the thick undergrowth of the jungle is a
tripwire. Sayid carefully steps over the booby trap only to find that the wire
was designed to get him to do exactly that. He's snatched into the air and
slammed into a tree, impaling his leg on a branch. He continues to hang in the
trap for a long time, quietly praying when he hears something coming. Caught
between fear and hope, he calls out for help. The rope that's holding him is
cut with one swipe of a machete and Sayid comes crashing to the ground. He's
able to see the faint outline of someone coming towards him before he passes
out.
At the caves, Jack is tending to the various ailments of the survivors. Hurley
comments that everyone appears severely strung out. Jack tells Hurley at least
they're surviving and they should be happy about that. Jack: "Things
could be worse." Hurley: "How?"
As Sayid slowly regains consciousness, he hears a woman's voice ask,
"Where is Alex?" When Sayid doesn't answer, the shadowy figure that
belongs to the voice flips a switch and electricity surges through the wire
bed frame that Sayid is tied to. His body jerks in response to the pain. Sayid
begs her to stop and tries to tell her he doesn't know who Alex is, but the
switch is flipped again and the light bulbs dim as the voltage is channeled to
more painful use.
We FLASHBACK to an interrogation room where a younger, uniformed Sayid works
over a prisoner tied to a chair. He beats him savagely until his victim
relents. Sayid's superior, "Omar" is impressed enough to promote him
and as they playfully tease each other outside the torture rooms, a female
prisoner is led across their path. She and Sayid seem to share a flash of
recognition, but before they can act on it, she is led away.
Night has fallen at the caves and Hurley is roused from his sleep when Locke
returns to camp with some additional luggage he and another survivor found
while out tracking game. As they leave it to Hurley to process for useful
items, Walt wakes up and asks Locke if he can go hunting with him. Before
Locke can answer, Michael wakes up and answers for him. No chance…
We rejoin Sayid in the island in midst of another jolt of electricity. He
pleads with his captor, claiming he doesn't know who Alex is! He survived a
plane crash and heard a distress call that a French woman left—one that has
been playing for sixteen years. When his captor repeats the distress call, we
realize that Sayid is being held by the FRENCH WOMAN herself! As she comes
into frame and reveals her wild eyes, she tells Sayid that she knows who he
really is and knocks him out again.
When he comes to once more, Sayid sees the French Woman rummaging through his
pack. He takes a moment to look around her habitat and notices a name
stenciled on the back of a jacket. He says it aloud, "Rousseau." But
hearing her name only makes her more suspicious and she wants to know more
about Sayid. She finds the photos in his backpack and asks him who the woman
is. And that question is answered when we FLASHBACK to the prison where we saw
Sayid earlier. He has been given a new prisoner to interrogate, but when he
steps inside to begin his questions, he discovers this is no ordinary
prisoner—it's the woman who crossed his path in the previous flashback. She
calls Sayid by his given name and we learn that they grew up together, when he
knew her as "Nadia." She wonders how the boy she liked so much as a
child could willingly serve the regime of Saddam Hussein. She shows him the
scars that mark the other interrogations she has suffered through and says she
will tell him nothing. Sayid: "Then I'm going to hurt you." Nadia:
"I know."
Back in real time, the French Woman wants to know if the woman in the photo is
on the island. Sayid tells her that she is dead because of him. This admission
seems to form a connection with the French Woman who tells Sayid her name is
"Danielle" and shares that she knows what it is like to lose a love.
Sayid asks if she means "Alex", but she says it was Robert, a fellow
scientist stranded with Danielle when their research vessel sank off the
island years ago.
Meanwhile, at the caves, Michael is in the middle of showing Jack his design
for an ingenious shower system when Charlie summons them to a grassy hill over
the ocean where they are met with something totally unexpected—even for this
island. A golf bag was found in the wreckage and Hurley has been busy
constructing a primitive 2-hole golf course to raise spirits.
Back at Danielle's habitat, she shows Sayid a broken music box that Robert
gave her. Sayid offers to fix it…if she will untie his hands. She goes to a
cabinet and removes an ancient hypodermic syringe, using sandpaper to remove
the rust from the needle itself. As Sayid begs her not to do it, she jabs him
in the leg and sends him under. When he comes to, Sayid is chained to a desk
by his feet and the music box is waiting in front of him. She mentions the
presence of the "others", but when Sayid asks if she has actually
seen other people on the island, she says no. However, she claims to hear
them…out there in the jungle. They whisper…
We FLASHBACK to the prison in Iraq as Sayid enters Nadia's cell with some
food—and a seemingly genuine concern for her. Sayid shows her a series of
photos and begs her to simply nod at the one who helped plan the bombing he's
been investigating. If she does just that, he's sure he can get her released.
And though we can see her affection for Sayid, Nadia won't do it.
Back in real time, Sayid uses the tools Danielle provided to work on the
mechanics and soon it is playing just like new. As Danielle revels in the joy
of the music, Sayid asks her to let him go. He now realizes that he must
return to his friends. If they have any hope of rescue, they must all work
together. Danielle tells him he can't leave, he needs her if he wants to
survive—and as they are arguing there is a menacing ROAR from outside.
Danielle immediately springs into action, grabbing her rifle, a knife and
extra ammo. "Maybe it's one of the bears," she says.
"Dinner." Sayid asks her to untie him so he can go with her. She
tells him no—she knows he will only run off. As she is climbing out of the
habitat, Sayid warns her that it might be the monster. Danielle looks at Sayid
with a mixture of pity and reassurance—"Poor Sayid," she says.
"There are no such things as monsters." As soon as she leaves the
habitat, Sayid opens his hand to reveal a tiny screwdriver he managed to palm
without Danielle seeing. He uses it to break free and he quickly gathers his
things. He takes the many charts and maps on the table, stuffs them into his
backpack and grabs the spare rifle before climbing his way out.
In FLASHBACK we go once more to the Iraqi prison to learn that Sayid has been
ordered to shoot Nadia. He argues for more time, but Omar orders him to get on
with it—it's been months and she's given them nothing. Sayid marches Nadia
under armed guard toward the killing room. When they reach the room, he
dismisses the other guards, telling them he'll take over from there. Once
they're out of sight, he removes Nadia's hood and leads her to a door. He
tells her that there's a truck outside that will be leaving for Baghdad in a
few minutes—if she hurries, she can hide in the back and escape before
anyone notices. As he removes her chains, Omar comes from behind and demands
to know what's going on. Sayid's face answers the question for him and as he
pulls his sidearm, Sayid draws his own and shoots Omar. Nadia begs Sayid to
come with him, but he tells her he can't. If he deserts, Saddam's forces will
murder his entire family. Nadia manages to write something on the back the
familiar photo that Sayid carries before fleeing out the door.
Back in the jungle, Sayid struggles on his bad leg to escape. He hears someone
coming and hides just in time to see Danielle looking for him. He gets the
drop on her and tells her to throw down her weapon, but she won't listen. He
tells her if she doesn't drop the gun, he'll have to shoot her, but she still
raises the gun into firing position. Sayid is forced to pull the trigger —
CLICK. Nothing happens. Danielle tells Sayid that she removed the firing pin.
After an impassioned exchange between them, Danielle agrees to let Sayid
leave, but refuses to come back with him. Sayid has one final question before
he leaves, "Who is Alex?" Danielle has a look of sadness when she
answers, "Alex was my child."
Meanwhile, in the valley, the whole camp is watching the first "Island
Open" as Jack, Charlie and Michael battle it out on the golf course.
People are actually laughing for what seems like the first time since they
crashed here. Even Sawyer manages to share the moment with the others. But not
everyone is at the Golf tournament. As Locke practices throwing one of his
knives into the trunk of a tree, Walt emerges from the brush. He asks Locke to
teach him. After considering the question for a moment, Locke turns the knife
around and hands it to Walt. As he takes it, we are left to wonder just what
he has begun…
As night falls, Sayid struggles to make his way back to the beach. The wind
howls around him and for a moment he thinks he hears something…the
whispering of voices. As we push in on Sayid, we are left to wonder whether
the wind is playing tricks on him or…if there really is something out there. |
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