The Lie (21 Jan. 2009)

While Ben and Jack try to round the Oceanic 6 up, Sayid and Hurley are on the run from the law. Meanwhile, back on the island, the survivors, still skipping through time, come under attack.

Director:

Jack Bender

Writers:

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

Stars:

Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Jeremy Davies

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Jeremy Davies	...	Daniel Faraday
Michael Emerson	...	Ben Linus
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin Kwon (credit only)
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun Kwon
Ken Leung	...	Miles Straume
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Rebecca Mader	...	Charlotte Lewis
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Juliet Burke
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Ana Lucia Cortez

Storyline

Jack teams up with Ben to try to find the other Oceanic 6 to get them to return to the island with Locke's body. Hurley has an encounter with Ana-Luicia's ghost, and later seeks refuge at the home of his estranged father to help the unconscious Sayid. Meanwhile, Kate goes to visit Sun at a hotel to discuss their plans over Kate's predicament. Back on the island, Sawyer, Juliet, Miles, Charlotte and the plane crash survivors are continuing to skip through time as they come under attack from unseen attackers wielding flaming arrows.

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Plot Keywords:

yacht | chalkboard | equation

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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:

21 January 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Ben stops by the butcher shop to hide John's body, the number that he takes in line is "342." This is another reference to the mythical island "numbers."

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Goofs

The doorway behind Ben changes from shot to shot during scene with Hugo with the sauce stain on wall.

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Quotes

Daniel Faraday: Well we can't just sail out on any course. For us to leave, I need to calculate a new bearing, and uh to do that I need to determine where we are now in time.

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Connections

References Mr. Wizard (1971)

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Soundtracks

"End Title"
(uncredited)
Written by Michael Giacchino
Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony

User Reviews

Lost Indeed

In this sequel, Sayid is attacked in a motel and wounded by a dart; he kills the aggressors and Hurley brings him home. When Hurley's father seeks help for Sayid with Jack, he calls Ben and tells the location of Hurley. Kate escapes with Aaron and meets Sun in Los Angeles. Meanwhile the island is jumping through time and the survivors are in danger.

This episode is worse than "Because you Left", and it seems that in this season the camera will hide the face of the character, showing only hands or legs or the body, trying to give tension to the scene. The introduction of time traveling by the authors and consequently many paradoxes is not intriguing but messy. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): Not Available

16 April 2013

Three years before, the Oceanic Six decides to lie to protect the group that was left in the island against the will of Hurley. Hurley brings Sayid, who is wounded, to his house and his father decides to take Sayid to Jake. In Los Angeles, Kate brings Aaron to meet Sun. In the island, the camping is attacked by the Others and Sawyer and Juliet are captured and rescued by Locke. Ben visits Hurley to invite him to go back to the island, but Hurley prefers to surrender to the police.

Now I am revisiting "Lost" on DVD and the confused plot does not resolve many mysteries of the previous seasons. But I have been watching several episodes per day and now is easier to not get so lost with the plot. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil) "The Lie"