Season 2, Episode 14: One of Them

So, it turns out the Americans are responsible for turning Sayid into a torturer. But it's a skill that comes in handy when Rousseau hands over a prisoner, which Jack and Locke imprison in the hatch's armory.

MAJOR PLOT POINTS

Rousseau reappears at the survivors' camp looking for Sayid. She has captured one of The Others in the jungle and wants Sayid to have him. It's Ben Linus, the leader of The Others, but that isn't revealed until much, much later. For the time being, he lies and says he is "Henry Gale from Minnesota." Rousseau warns that he will lie for a long time and that he is one of them, even shooting him in the back with a crossbow when he tries to escape.

"Henry" claims to have crashed in a balloon with his wife while trying to cross the Pacific. Jack treats his injuries, but Sayid remains suspicious. Locke is inclined to believe "Henry," but wants to be sure and changes the combo on the armory door so Sayid can have some alone time with him. Jack, of course, is furious. After asking him for details about how "Henry" buried his wife, Sayid beats him bloody, insisting he would remember every shovelful of dirt if he had buried the woman he loved.

As the alarm begins to sound on the hatch computer, Jack detains Locke. He still doesn't think anything will happen. Jack forces a panicked Locke to open the armory door in exchange for the freedom to enter the code. Jack halts the interrogation. Sayid tells Charlie about "Henry." He says Jack has forgotten what The Others did to Claire and Charlie, but he hasn't

The Gulf War is winding down in the flashbacks, and Sayid, who was part of the Iraqi invasion force that entered Kuwait, is captured by American forces. Kate's father, Sam Austen, tries to get him to help out with the interrogations of other captors. The Americans are interested in the location of a captured pilot, in particular. Sayid is chastised by his former superior officer for aiding the enemy.

Of course, that same superior, Tariz, didn't stand up to the U.S. forces when they breached their communications compound. He also orchestrated a Sarin gas attack on a village where some of Sayid's relatives lived. Sayid is forced to torture his superior for the whereabouts of the pilot, who had already been executed. Sayid is released, but only after he is used presumably to torture many more of his countrymen.

Elsewhere on the island, a tree frog is driving Sawyer nuts. While out looking for it, he stumbles upon Hurley and his secret stash of food. He forces Hurley to help him find the frog, which he eventually crushed in his bare hand.

QUOTABLE

"I know because I feel no guilt for what I did to him." — Sayid describing his torturer's intuition to Charlie after beating "Henry Gale," who is actually the leader of The Others