The Long Con (8 Feb. 2006)

Survivors fear that "The Others" may have returned when Sun is injured during a failed kidnapping attempt. Meanwhile, Sawyer is an amused, but highly interested, bystander when tension escalates between Jack, Locke, Kate and Ana Lucia over control of the hatch computer, and the storage of the weapons.

Director:

Roxann Dawson

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator), J.J. Abrams (creator),

Stars:

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Mr. Eko
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin Kwon
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun Kwon
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Dominic Monaghan	...	Charlie Pace
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke
Harold Perrineau	...	Michael Dawson (credit only)
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Ana Lucia Cortez
Cynthia Watros	...	Elizabeth 'Libby' Smith
Kim Dickens	...	Cassidy Phillips

Storyline

Locke shares with Jack the combination of the locker of the weapons. While Jack and Ana Lucia are trying to gather people to form a defense army, the survivors believe that they are safe and have no interest to join them. When Sun is attacked apparently by The Others, Jack decides to get the guns for protection of the group. However, Locke is informed by Sawyer of Jack's intention, and moves the armament to a hidden place with serious and surprising consequences when Sawyer finds out and plots something of his own. Meanwhile, Sawyer recalls his former "long con" against a former girlfriend Cassidy.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 February 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sawyer and Gordy's waitress in the diner scene is Kate's mother Diane.

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Quotes

[to Sayid]
Hurley: Hey man. You gonna put the lime in the coconut and drink 'em both up?
[Sayid doesn't get it]
Hurley: Lime in the coconut? The song?
Sayid: What do you want Hurley?

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Connections

References Donkey Kong (1981)

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Soundtracks

"End Title"
Written by Michael Giacchino
Performed by Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

User Reviews

A Tiger Never Looses Its Stripes

Locke shares with Jack the combination of the locker of the weapons. While Jack and Ana Lucia are trying to gather people to form a defense army, the survivors believe that they are safe and have no interest to join them. When Sun is attacked apparently by The Others, Jack decides to get the guns for protection of the group. However, Locke is informed by Sawyer of Jack's intention, and moves the armament to a hidden place with serious and surprising consequences. Meanwhile Sawyer recalls his former long con against Cassidy (Kim Dickens).

"The Long Con" is a very tense episode of "Lost", with severe frictions and revenges among Jack, Locke, Ana Lucia, Kate, Sawyer and Charlie. The group of survivors is not united and lost the leadership with the mistrust in their leaders after so many bad decisions, with a complete lack of confidence among them. Sawyer shows how nasty and despicable he is, a tortured man that can not love anybody; and the naive Kate is really in love with him. The final remark of Sawyer telling her that she does not hate him without reply evidences this situation. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Not Available"

Note: On 29 March 2013, I saw this episode again.