[Having been caught by the 1977 version of The Others. Jack and Kate sit alone in a tent and discuss Faraday's plan]
Kate: Before we got captured you said that we had to put things back the way they were meant to be. What did you mean by that?
Jack: If we can do what Faraday said our plane never crashes. Flight 815 lands in Los Angeles and everyone we lost since we got here, they'd all be alive.
Kate: And what about us? We just go on living our lives because we never met.
Jack: All the misery that we have been through would just wipe clean, like it never happened.
Kate: It was NOT all misery!
Jack: Enough of it was!

[Having been reunited with Hurley, Kate and Jack at the end of Namaste, Sawyer speaks to the trio for the first time in three years]
Hurley: [To Sawyer] You're alive! DUDE! I can't believe it!
[Hurley embraces Sawyer, lifting him off the ground in the process]
Sawyer: Ha, ha. Easy on the ribs there Kong.
Hurley: Kong...I actually missed that.
Sawyer: I missed you too Hugo.
[Jack moves in to shake Sawyer's hand]
Jack: Sawyer.
Sawyer: Doc.
[Kate approaches Sawyer and hugs him]
Sawyer: Hi. Good to see you, Kate.
Kate: You too, James.
[Sawyer looks at the group]
Sawyer: I can't believe it! You're really here. Son of a bitch actually did it. [John] Locke said he was gonna bring you back, but...[looks around] where is he?
Jack: [Bluntly] John's dead.
Sawyer: Dead? How?
Jack: Doesn't matter, he's gone.
Hurley: So what's up with you guys in the old Dharma jump suits?
[Sawyer turns to Jin]
Sawyer: You didn't tell them?
[Jin now speaks perfect English]
Jin: No. I was waiting for you.
Kate: Tell us what?
Sawyer: We're in the Dharma Initiative.
Jack: They came back to the Island?
Sawyer: No, we came back. And so did you. [Pause] It's Nineteen Seventy-seven...

[Having seen Sayid been arrested and locked up by Sawyer and Jin, Jack heads round to Sawyer's house to speak with him about the situation]
Sawyer: What can I do for you, Jack?
Jack: I don't even know where to start. Uh... How about with Sayid?
Sawyer: I had no choice. He was running around in the jungle, got caught by my people. And seein' as how he can't tell the truth about how he got here, I had to improvise.
Jack: Improvise?
Sawyer: Aha. And for now, Sayid is safe, which is all that matters.
Jack: So where do we go from here?
Sawyer: I'm working on it.
Jack: Really? Because it looked to me like you were reading a book.
[Sawyer smiles]
Sawyer: I heard once Winston Churchill read a book every night, even during the Blitz. He said it made him think better. It's how I like to run things. I think. I'm sure that doesn't mean that much to you, 'cause back when you were calling the shots, you pretty much just reacted. See, you didn't think, Jack, and as I recall, a lot of people ended up dead.
Jack: I got us off the island.
Sawyer: But here you are... Right back where you started. So I'm gonna go back to reading my book, and I'm gonna think 'cause that's how I saved your ass today. And that's how I'm gonna save Sayid's tomorrow. All you gotta do is go home, get a good night's rest. I do what I do
[He leads Jack to the door and opens it]
Sawyer: Now ain't that a relief?
Jack: Yeah.
[Jack leaves]

[In 1977; Juliet and Sawyer are on the Dharma Sub, they are joined by Kate and the sub leaves the island heading to the mainland]
Kate: We have to get out of here.
Sawyer: Out of here? We're underwater. What the hell are you doing here? How'd you get caught?
Kate: I came back to get you.
Sawyer: Came back to get me for what?
Juliet: Where's Jack?
Kate: Jack is... on his way to blow up a hydrogen bomb.
Sawyer: Why the hell would he do that?
Kate: Does it matter? We have to stop him.
Sawyer: Sorry, I'm gonna pass.
Kate: Did you hear what I just said?
Sawyer: Yeah, I heard you. You just don't get it, Kate - we were happy in Dharmaville 'till you all showed up, and now that's all over...
[Juliet smiles at Sawyer]
Sawyer: So we're going to drink our OJ and take our chances in the real world. [Pause] And if Jack wants to blow up the island... good for Jack.

[In flashback to mid-late 2004, Faraday is being looked after by a carer in his flat while he is watching footage informing the public that the wreckage of Flight 815 has been found in the Sunda Trench]
On TV: These pictures come from a research vessel off the coast of Indonesia...
Faraday's Carer: How do want your eggs Dan?
[Dan is crying at the footage being shown on the TV]
Faraday's Carer: Dan whats the matter? Why are you so upset?
Faraday: I don't know...
[There is a knock at the door, Dan's carer goes to answer, Charles Widmore enters]
Faraday's Carer: Hello come in. Can I get you a cup of tea?
Charles Widmore: Thank you that would be nice.
Faraday's Carer: Dan you have a visitor.
[Faraday gets out of his chair and in a confused manner he shakes Widmore's hand]
Charles Widmore: Hello Daniel.
Faraday: [Almost in tears] Er...Hello. I'm sorry sir I don't remember...I have a condition that effects my memory and...
Charles Widmore: Don't be embarrased Daniel, weve never met. I'm Charles Widmore.
Faraday: Charles Widmore? Charles Widmore from my research grant?
Charles Widmore: Yes.
Faraday: Its nice to meet you at last, I kept meaning to come and see you but I got a bit...take a seat.
Charles Widmore: Thank you.
[They sit]
Faraday: I just want you to know that I tested it on myself first. I would never hurt Teresa.
Charles Widmore: It's alright Daniel I'm not here because of that. I want to offer you a new opportunity.
Faraday: Really?
Charles Widmore: Yes.
[Dan stares back at the footage of the wreckage of 815 on the TV and starts to cry]
Charles Widmore: Daniel. Whats making you so upset?
Faraday: It's this plane crash. All those poor people...and their families. They're dead!
Charles Widmore: What if I was to tell you Daniel that they're not dead. What if I told you that that plane they have found is an elaborate and expensive hoax.
Faraday: How would you know that?
Charles Widmore: I know Daniel because I'm the one that put it there.
Faraday: Why would you tell me that?
Charles Widmore: I told you Daniel because come tomorrow you're not likely to remember.
[The pair continue to discuss the crash and Widmore offers Dan the chance to go to the island on the frighter]

[In his Dharma Minivan, Sawyer drives Hurley, Jack and Kate to the Barracks]
Hurley: Ok. So, it's Nineteen Seventy-seven?
Sawyer: Yup.
Hurley: And you guys are all members of the Dharma Initiative?
Sawyer: Yup.
Hurley: Well, you do realise those dudes get wiped out right? I mean I saw the pit where all the bodies got dumped.
Sawyer: What about it?
Hurley: Well; aren't you gonna warn ‘em? Aren't you gonna stop it from happening?
Sawyer: I ain't here to play Nostradamus to these people. Besides, Faraday's got some interesting theories about what we can and can't do here.
[Jack leans into the conversation from the backseat]
Jack: Did you say Faraday? He's still here?
Sawyer: Not any more!

[In the Dharma security facility security guard Phil is on duty. A teenage boy enters the room and approachs Phil at his desk]
Young Ben: Hey Phil. I am just going to go in there and deliver him a sandwich.
Phil: Alright.
[The boy enters an adjacent room where Sayid is being held in a cell]
Young Ben: Hello. I brought you a sandwich.
[Sayid goes over to the cells railings and takes the paper bag containing the sandwich from young Ben]
Sayid: Thank you.
Young Ben: I didn't put any mustard on it, but if you want some, I can go and get some.
[Sayid looks in the paper bag and then back to the boy]
Sayid: This will be fine thank you.
Young Ben: Are you a Hostile?
Sayid: What do you think I am?
Young Ben: What's your name?
Sayid: My name is Sayid. What's yours?
Younger Ben: I'm Ben.
[Pause. It suddenly dawns on Sayid who the little boy infront of him is]
Sayid: It's nice to meet you Ben...

[In the North Valley, Sawyer retruns with clothes and instructions for Jack, Kate and Hurley. He gets out of the van]
Sawyer: Alright listen. Y'all gonna be the second batch of recruits coming in off the sub. It should be pulling into port right about now so we ain't got much time. [Looks at Jack] Nice suit, doc. Not exactly Island wear, try this.
[Sawyer throws Jack some 1977 style clothes including a shirt and a pair of trousers]
Jack: You want us to say we came in on the sub? How's that going to work?
Sawyer: Everyone gets knocked out before the trip, so no one meets each other until we process ‘em.
Jack: Look. We need to find the rest of people from the plane.
Sawyer: If there was a plane then Jin will find it. So we've got about ten minutes to make intake or you'll be camping in the jungle for a long time. There isn't another batch of recruits due in for six months.
[Jack turns to Kate]
Jack: Whaddya think?
Kate: I think we should listen to Sawyer.
Hurley: I vote for not camping too.
Sawyer: Trust me doc. You'll do what I say then everything will be fine.
[Brief pause. Jack nods in agreement]
Sawyer: Ok then. Let's move.
[Sawyer followed by the other three get into the Dharma Minivan]

[Jack and Ben, in the 316 Ajira flight]
Jack: [Nervous] How can you read?
Ben: [Keeps reading] My mother taught me. [Pretty funny smile] I can read, Jack, because it beats what you are doing.
Jack: What's that?
Ben: Waiting for something to happen.
Jack: And what is gonna happen?
Ben: You tell me, Jack, you're the one that got to stay after school with Ms. Hawking.
Jack: Did you know that Locke killed himself?
Ben: No. No, I didn't.
Jack: [Takes out the suicide note Locke left for him] They found this stuffed in his pocket... and I've been trying to get rid of it but it's like it's... following me. I know it sounds crazy but... it feels like John needs me to read it.
Ben: Why don't you then? Is it because you're afraid?
Jack: Afraid of what?
Ben: Afraid that he blames you, that it's your fault he killed himself.
Jack: Was it my fault?
Ben: No, Jack, it wasn't your fault. Let me give you some privacy.
[Ben changes his seat, and Jack reads the note: "Jack, I wish you had believed me. JL"]
[Turbulences and a flash like those from the Island start]

[Jack and Frank, who is the pilot of Ajira Flight 316]
Frank: Well. Hello, Doc. Small world. What are you doing going to Guam?
Jack: What are you doing here, Frank?
Frank: Well, I picked this gig up about eight months ago. I fly this route all the time. Sometimes I take the big birds into New [looks up and sees Sayid]...Delhi. Is that Sayid? [sees Hurley] And Hurley. [sees Kate, then Sun] Wait a second...We're not going to Guam, are we?

[Jack looks into coach and sees other passengers]
Jack: And the other people on this plane--what's gonna happen to them?
Ben: Who cares?

[Jacob sits in a darkened room. He weaves something on a wooden wheel. He then heads outside and into the ocean to a fishing net and places the contents (a red herring) on a rock where he guts it and cooks it. He places it on a leaf to eat and sits back to watch as a wooden ship (presumably The Black Rock) approaches the island. The Man in Black approaches Jacob and sits in the sand next to him]
The Man in Black: Morning.
Jacob: Morning.
The Man in Black: Mind if I join you?
Jacob: Please. You want some fish?
The Man in Black: No thank you, I just ate.
Jacob: I take it you're here because of the ship.
The Man in Black: I am. How did they find the island?
Jacob: You'll have to ask them when they get here.
The Man in Black: I don't have to ask: you brought them here. Still trying to prove me wrong, aren't you?
Jacob: You are wrong.
The Man in Black: Am I? They come. They fight. They destroy. They corrupt. It always ends the same.
Jacob: It only ends once. Everything that comes before is just progress.
[Pause]
The Man in Black: Do you have any idea how badly I want to kill you?
Jacob: Yes.
The Man in Black: One of these days, sooner or later, I'm going to find a loophole, my friend.
Jacob: Well when you do, I'll be right here.
The Man in Black: Always nice talking to you Jacob.
Jacob: Nice talking to you, too.
[The Man in Blackgets up ends heads off leaving Jacob alone on the beach. The camera pulls back to reveal that both men have been sat below the giant statue that is of a crocodile like figure]

[Juliet and Sawyer are in their home packing in preparation to leave Dharma for the beach, Juliet packs and is slient. Sawyer stops her]
Sawyer: You called it the minute those yahoos got here. I should have listened to you. You can say I told you so!
Juliet: Maybe after we get to the beach.
Sawyer: Hey. You still got my back?
Juliet: You still got mine?

[Locke is staring at injured and unconscious Ben]
Ceasar: You know him?
Locke: Yeah. He's the man who killed me.
[The episode ends]

[Locke, Charlotte, Dan, Miles, Juliet, and Sawyer are in a longboat headed to the Orchid Station, being attacked by an unknown assailant. The sky lights up for a time shift]
Sawyer: Thank you, Lord!
[Time shift puts them in the middle of a thunderstorm]
Sawyer: I take that back!