Season 3, Episode 2: The Glass Ballerina

Turns out Sun is something of a liar and a dirty, little whore — and always has been. Jack, Kate and Sawyer remain in the web of The Others, whose intentions are not yet clear.

MAJOR PLOT POINTS

The episode opens with a young Sun shattering a glass ballerina then blaming it on a maid, who she knows will be fired by her father for the lie. We later see her naked in bed with Jae Lee, who offers her a pearl necklace — she doesn't accept it — and wants her to run away with him to the United States. The couple is interrupted by Mr. Paik, Sun's father, who lies to Jin and says Jae Lee has been stealing from him rather than reveal the affair. He wants Jin to take care of the problem instead of simply delivering a message, which prompts Jin to threaten to quit. But Mr. Paik talks him into it by appealing to Jin's sense of the family's honor.

Fearful that her father will tell Jin of her infidelity, Sun now wants to leave Korea with Jin, but he refuses and goes to see Jae Lee. Jin cannot bring himself to kill the him, but instead tells him to disappear and never return. No sooner does Jin reach his car when Jar Lee, clutching the pearl necklace Sun refused to accept, commits suicide by jumping from his hotel penthouse and landing on Jin's car.

On the island, Sayid, Sun and Jin have yet to be contacted by Jack's group, but Ben Linus and The Others have been made aware of their presence as well as the existence of the sailboat. Jin wants to turn around and go back to camp, but Sayid doesn't want to abandon the survivors who went off with Michael. He and Sun hatch a plan to trick Jin and eventually come across the dock, where another signal fire will be set as a trap for The Others.

Jin reluctantly agrees to the plan only after scolding Sun and Sayid. He understands English better than they realize and knows he's been betrayed by his wife. He will help Sayid with his trap only if Sun remains on the boat for her safety. Of course, when The Others bypass the beach and abscond with Desmond's boat, it no longer seems like such a wise idea. Sun escapes into the ocean, but only after shooting Colleen Pickett during the boat-theft.

As Juliet continues to befriend Jack at the Hydra, Kate and Sawyer are put to work breaking up rocks. Alex tries to talk to Kate, who apparently is in her dress, asking the whereabouts of Karl. Sawyer makes a grand gesture, walking over to plant one on Kate (in part, because he's horny and, in part, as a distraction). When some of The Others try to pull them apart, he disarms one and grabs an AK-47, but Juliet only has to point a gun at Kate, who I have no doubt tastes like strawberries as Sawyer later confesses, to end the mini-rampage.

Back in the cages, we learn that Ben can see and hear everything Kate and Sawyer do and say in the cages through a monitoring station at the Hydra. He then goes to see Jack, claiming to have lived on the island his entire life and asking that Jack change his perception of The Others. Ben needs Jack's cooperation for something, promising to take him home if he cooperates and showing him video of the final out of the 2004 World Series, which the Red Sox won — their first title since 1918.

QUOTABLE

An exchange between future lovers while breaking up rocks at the Hydra quarry:
Sawyer: "Having fun yet, Freckles?"
Kate: "Quit staring at my ass."
Sawyer: "Then give me something else to stare at."

"Chain gang looks good on you, Freckles." — Sawyer hitting on sexy, sassy Kate in captivity