Three Minutes (17 May 2006)

Michael's whereabouts during his 13 days in captivity in the "Others" camp are detailed while in the present, he tries to convince Jack to help him mount a search party for his son Walt still being held captive. Meanwhile, Locke struggles with a choice whether or not to abandon the hatch.

Director:

Stephen Williams

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
Malcolm David Kelley	...	Walt Lloyd
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
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Ana Lucia Cortez (credit only)
Cynthia Watros	...	Elizabeth 'Libby' Smith (credit only)

Storyline

Michael requests Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley to go with him to the camp site of "The Others" to bring Walt back. Meanwhile, his experience and captivity during the last 13 days with "The Others" is disclosed, when he saw Walt and made a deal with their leader "Mr. Friendly", and the matron base camp leader "Ms. Clue" to return to his camp, release Henry, and betray Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley by leading them to their camp. Now completely insane and desperate to be reunited with his son at any cost, Michael willingly agrees to betray his friends. Michael is welcomed back by the survivors, but Sayid advises Jack that he strongly suspects that Michael is a traitor. After the burial of Ana Lucia and Libby, the survivors see a boat sailing near the beach.

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Plot Keywords:

fear of hell | playpen magazine | belief in hell

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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:

17 May 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The location of The Other's campsite and hatch is on the windward (southeastern) part of the island of Oahu. This can be discerned by the vegetation, a low scrub grass.

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Quotes

Mr. Eko: For a brief time I served in a small parish in England, and every Sunday after mass, I would see a young boy waiting at the back of the church. And then one day the boy confessed to me that he had beaten his dog to death with a shovel. He said the dog had bitten his baby sister on the cheek and he needed to protect her. And he wanted to know whether he would go to hell for this. I told him that god would understand, that he would be forgiven, as long as he was sorry. But the boy did not care ...

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Connections

References The Dirty Dozen (1967)

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Soundtracks

"Main Title"
Written by J.J. Abrams

User Reviews

What the Hell?

I cannot believe that Lost wasted my time once again. This episode was the same as the episode earlier in the season, verbatim. There was not one scene or one line added that was new. How do they reshow an episode from early in the year over again? This was really pathetic in the scheme of the show. I expect a lot more from Lost. They should be ashamed of themselves. This was a damn clip show of the season and they didn't have the balls to hone up to it. They should have left it out and settled for twenty two episodes instead of twenty three. It really is maddening to watch Lost because they tread water (no pun intended) once every five episodes. They always circle the same time line from different points of view and give nothing new to the consumer. They just feed the ABC/ Disney run cash cow that is headed by the regenerated corpse of Walt "The f*ck" Disney. I really love this show but each season could easily be fourteen or fifteen episodes. The excess really takes away from the show.