Namaste (Lost)
"Namaste" is the ninth television episode of the fifth season of ABC's Lost. The 95th episode of the show overall, "Namaste" aired on March 18, 2009, on ABC in the United States, being simulcast on A in Canada. The episode was written by supervising producer Paul Zbyszewski and producer Brian K. Vaughan and directed by executive producer Jack Bender.
In 1977, when Jack Shephard, Kate Austen and Hugo "Hurley" Reyes return to the past unannounced, James "Sawyer" Ford further perpetuates his lie to continue to hide their true identities. All that suddenly changes when Sayid Jarrah is found as well, but is forcefully captured by Jin-Soo Kwon in order to hide the lie. In 2007, Sun-Hwa Kwon, Benjamin Linus, Frank Lapidus and the passengers of the Ajira Airways Flight 316 arrive on the island in the present.
Plot
2007
During the flight of Ajira Airways Flight 316, a transpacific flight piloted by Frank Lapidus, a big light enfolds the plane, causing Jack Shephard, Kate Austen, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes and Sayid Jarrah to be transported to 1977, while the rest of the passengers remain in the current year. Lapidus, unable to control the plane, lands it on a runway that was built by the native population of the island known as the Others, and James "Sawyer" Ford and Kate, on the small island off the coast of the main island, where the Dharma Initiative Hydra Station is located.The passengers begin to debate what to do next, with Caesar suggesting to search the buildings of the island. Former leader of the Others Ben Linus begins to travel to the main island. He is followed by survivor Sun-Hwa Kwon, who believes her husband Jin-Soo Kwon is on the main island, and later Frank. After reaching a group of canoes, Sun knocks Ben out with an oar, and travels with Frank to the abandoned barracks of the Dharma Initiative. Waiting there is Christian Shephard, who shows Sun and Frank a picture of new recruits to the Dharma Initiative from 1977, including Jack, Kate and Hurley. He also tells her that Jin is with them in 1977.
1977
Sawyer reunites with Jack, Kate, and Hurley, and explains the situation regarding Dharma and the shifts in time. Sawyer arranges for the three of them to join the Dharma Initiative as new recruits: Jack is assigned janitorial work, Hurley is a chef, and Kate works in the motor pool with help from Juliet Burke, who forges the necessary documentation. Juliet also learns that Amy has named her baby Ethan. Meanwhile, Jin travels to the Dharma Initiative Flame Station because he believes that its occupant Radzinsky will know if Flight 316 crashed on the island. There is no evidence of a plane crashing on the island as, unbeknownst to them, the plane has landed in 2007. Soon, an alarm is set off and Jin finds Sayid Jarrah wandering in the jungle. After a brief moment of reunion, Jin is forced to act as if Sayid were a Hostile to placate Radzinsky, who would not understand where Sayid really came from. Sawyer is summoned to the Flame and moves Sayid to a jail cell at the Barracks while he decides what to do.Later in the evening, Jack visits Sawyer and Juliet's house to discuss the situation. James tells Jack that he is in charge and has a different approach to leadership than Jack had with the survivors of Oceanic 815: Sawyer prefers to carefully plan out his actions, as opposed to Jack's more impulsive style of command. Meanwhile, at the jail, an adolescent brings Sayid a sandwich and introduces himself as Ben.