The tailies are still trying to make their way back, Shannon is still crazy (and being wooed by Sayid) and someone is about to die. The episode flashes back to Shannon's late teens and the death of her father, which throws her life into chaos.
MAJOR PLOT POINTS
Sayid again takes Shannon away to a beach home he has built for her. The two are getting serious and christen the love shack in style, but when Sayid leaves to get water after that tryst, Shannon again has a vision of Walt. He appears to her in the hut, but Sayid thinks it was just a dream. Enraged that he doesn't believe her, Shannon storms off. She's convinced Walt is somewhere in the jungle nearby.
Shannon tries to use Vincent to find Walt by having him scent one of the shirts he left behind. Vincent initially leads her to Boone's grave, where Sayid catches up with her and refuses to let her traipse through the jungle alone with a lab leading the way. Shannon's real issue, fear that Sayid will abandon, comes to the surface, but Sayid reassures her then confesses his love. Both of them then see Walt in the jungle.
The tail-section survivors are still making their way from the other side of the jungle. Michael returns to the group with Jin and Mr. Eko. Libby, a clinical psychologist, mentions some missing kids, yet another hint at disaster that found the tailies. Sawyer's infected shoulder continues to worsen, which prompts Eko to make the risky decision to double back through the jungle in an effort to get Sawyer to help faster.
The travails of the tailies come into clearer focus during discussions along the way, primarily Ana Lucia's reluctance to go back into the jungle and the entire group's fear. Several of them were abducted by The Others. Sawyer collapses in the jungle, but Michael and Jin refuse to leave him and instead fashion a stretcher to carry him. But Cindy, the Oceanic 815 stewardess, goes missing as the group lifts an unconscious Sawyer up a muddy hillside. The whispers begin again, so Ana Lucia pulls her gun expecting an attack. Instead, she shoots Shannon in the belly when she runs toward them pursuing Walt.
On the beach, Charlie has taken on a parental role with Aaron, who is having trouble sleeping. Claire begins to resent the way Charlie has wedged into her life, while Charlie begins to resent Locke for also helping out with Aaron — and being better at it. Claire inadvertently tells Locke about Charlie's heroin stash.
We see Shannon as a ballet teacher on the verge of an internship with the Martha Graham Dance Company in New York during a flashback before her father, Adam, is killed after being hit by an SUV. We also begin to see the animus her stepmom has for her. With her dad dead, Sabrina cuts Shannon off, refusing even to support her in her internship. She turns to Boone for help, but he's accepted a job offer from his mother and will be leaving New York. After initially asking Boone to plead with his mom for money, Shannon refuses Boone's assistance because she doesn't think he has faith in her.
QUOTABLE
"They're smart and they're animals, and they could be anywhere at any time." — Ana Lucia, referring to The Others
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