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* BaitAndSwitch: Sullivan witnesses Jack and Michael on Hurley's golf course, and incredulously asks them if they're playing golf. Given what a whiny hypochondriac he is, you'd expect him to criticize them for wasting their time with a game while the camp is focused on survival, but instead he brightly asks if he can play too.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: In-universe; Sayid's superiors in the Republican Guard seemed to have no idea that he and Nadia ever knew one another, despite the fact that they were in school together as children.
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* AmbiguousGender: Rousseau refers to Alex as her "child", and while Sayid assumes Alex to be male, Rousseau never says one way or the other.
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* AmbiguousGender: Rousseau refers to Alex as her "child", and while Sayid assumes Alex to be male, Rousseau never says one way or the other. Alex will later be revealed to be her daughter.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sayid tells Rousseau that Nadia is dead and that it's his fault, and his dialogue implies that he's not entirely sure of her fate; this doesn't match with later episodes, which establish that, the last Sayid heard, Nadia was alive and living in Los Angeles (which is why he was on the plane in the first place).
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Sayid tells Rousseau that Nadia is dead and that it's his fault, and his dialogue implies that he's not entirely sure of her fate; this doesn't match with later episodes, which establish that, the last Sayid heard, Nadia was alive and living in Los Angeles (which is why he was on the plane in the firstplace).place). It's possible he was lying to her to gain her sympathies, but this possibility isn't brought up in depth.
** In this episode, the Whispers and the Others are introduced as being the same thing, with Sayid discovering the Whispers at the end being treated as proving Rousseau right that Others are on the Island. Later episodes, even before the true meaning of the Whispers were revealed in "Everybody Loves Hugo", would establish that the two are completely separate entities and that the Whispers are not a threat on their own. Rousseau also claims that she's never seen any of the Others herself, while it will later be revealed that she spoke to Ben when he kidnapped Alex.
** Sayid tells Rousseau that Nadia is dead and that it's his fault, and his dialogue implies that he's not entirely sure of her fate; this doesn't match with later episodes, which establish that, the last Sayid heard, Nadia was alive and living in Los Angeles (which is why he was on the plane in the first
** In this episode, the Whispers and the Others are introduced as being the same thing, with Sayid discovering the Whispers at the end being treated as proving Rousseau right that Others are on the Island. Later episodes, even before the true meaning of the Whispers were revealed in "Everybody Loves Hugo", would establish that the two are completely separate entities and that the Whispers are not a threat on their own. Rousseau also claims that she's never seen any of the Others herself, while it will later be revealed that she spoke to Ben when he kidnapped Alex.
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* TheAloner: Despite her languishing in solitude for sixteen years and being unwilling to let Sayid go because of her loneliness, Rousseau can't bring herself to go to the survivors' camp with him.
* AmbiguousGender: Rousseau refers to Alex as her "child", and while Sayid assumes Alex to be male, Rousseau never says one way or the other.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: While they trade barbs, Sawyer accuses Jack of only tending to his injury out of guilt. Jack fires back that he's only helping Sawyer because nobody else wants anything to do with him. The remark actually manages to shut Sawyer up, and he needs a moment to come up with a rather petty comeback that makes Jack give up and leave (thus proving Jack's point).
-->'''Sawyer:''' Only reason you're here is--\\
'''Jack:''' I'm here because no one else wants anything to do with you.\\
'''Sawyer:''' ''[beat]'' [[LoveTriangle She does]].\\
'''Jack:''' ''[gets up to leave]'' Change your own bandages.
* CassandraTruth: Sayid keeps telling Rousseau that he doesn't know who Alex is, much less where they are, but she's too paranoid to believe him, continuing to believe that he's one of "the others". He does manage to convince her of his good will, and, after some tense moments, they part ways on a reasonably friendly basis.
* ChekhovsGunman: Ethan is introduced here before getting a more prominent role in the next episode.
* AmbiguousGender: Rousseau refers to Alex as her "child", and while Sayid assumes Alex to be male, Rousseau never says one way or the other.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: While they trade barbs, Sawyer accuses Jack of only tending to his injury out of guilt. Jack fires back that he's only helping Sawyer because nobody else wants anything to do with him. The remark actually manages to shut Sawyer up, and he needs a moment to come up with a rather petty comeback that makes Jack give up and leave (thus proving Jack's point).
-->'''Sawyer:''' Only reason you're here is--\\
'''Jack:''' I'm here because no one else wants anything to do with you.\\
'''Sawyer:''' ''[beat]'' [[LoveTriangle She does]].\\
'''Jack:''' ''[gets up to leave]'' Change your own bandages.
* CassandraTruth: Sayid keeps telling Rousseau that he doesn't know who Alex is, much less where they are, but she's too paranoid to believe him, continuing to believe that he's one of "the others". He does manage to convince her of his good will, and, after some tense moments, they part ways on a reasonably friendly basis.
* ChekhovsGunman: Ethan is introduced here before getting a more prominent role in the next episode.
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* GilliganCut: When Kate is worried about Sayid having gone off by himself, Jack reminds her that he's a trained soldier and can take care of himself. In the very next scene, Sayid falls into one of Rousseau's traps.
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* GilliganCut: CrazyPrepared: Rousseau set up an obvious tripwire as a trap. When Sayid notices and steps over it, he ends up in ''another'' trap, a snare set just in case someone did exactly what Sayid did. She also never repaired the rifle she sabotaged to kill Robert, just in case someone managed to get a hold of it.
* CriticalResearchFailure: In-universe; Sayid's superiors in the Republican Guard seemed to have no idea that he and Nadia ever knew one another, despite the fact that they were in school together as children.
* DefiantCaptive: Nadia is totally unfazed by Sayid's attempts at interrogating her, having already suffered brutal tortures at the hand of the Republican Guard. The closest she comes to fear is a resigned and subdued OhCrap when Sayid tosses her a hood for her intended execution.
-->'''Sayid:''' Nadia...\\
'''Nadia:''' Go on, Sayid. Do your work. I'm not going to tell you anything.\\
'''Sayid:''' Then I'm going to hurt you.\\
'''Nadia:''' I know.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sayid tells Rousseau that Nadia is dead and that it's his fault, and his dialogue implies that he's not entirely sure of her fate; this doesn't match with later episodes, which establish that, the last Sayid heard, Nadia was alive and living in Los Angeles (which is why he was on the plane in the first place).
* ElectricTorture: Rousseau tortures Sayid with electricity when he can't answer her questions.
* FailedASpotCheck: Rousseau writes off Sayid's story of the plane crash as a lie, somehow managing not to have noticed a commercial airliner breaking apart over the Island, or the several explosions that resulted.
* FirstNameBasis: After they establish a bit of trust, Sayid asks for Rousseau's first name, and Danielle obliges.
* FriendshipMoment: Despite both of them having a less than friendly relationship with him, Jack is clearly happy to see Sawyer joining the group at the golf course, and Kate takes up his offered bet on Jack's next swing to make everyone else feel more comfortable with Sawyer's presence.
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** When Kate is worried about Sayid having gone off by himself, Jack reminds her that he's a trained soldier and can take care of himself. In the very next scene, Sayid falls into one of Rousseau'straps.traps.
** Jack tells Hurley that "things could be worse", prompting an incredulous "how?". The scene then cuts to Sayid as Rousseau's prisoner.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Rousseau has spent sixteen years alone on the Island when Sayid meets her, and her sanity hasn't come off the better for it. She's understandably reluctant to let go of Sayid, her first companion since her child was taken, but he manages to talk her into it.
-->'''Rousseau:''' You think I'm insane.\\
'''Sayid:''' ''[sympathetically]'' I think you've been alone for too long.
* HiddenDepths: Michael is revealed to be a talented artist.
* {{Hypochondriac}}: Sullivan, the survivor who complains to Jack about his rash (which turns out to be hives), which is lampshaded by an annoyed Jack.
* CriticalResearchFailure: In-universe; Sayid's superiors in the Republican Guard seemed to have no idea that he and Nadia ever knew one another, despite the fact that they were in school together as children.
* DefiantCaptive: Nadia is totally unfazed by Sayid's attempts at interrogating her, having already suffered brutal tortures at the hand of the Republican Guard. The closest she comes to fear is a resigned and subdued OhCrap when Sayid tosses her a hood for her intended execution.
-->'''Sayid:''' Nadia...\\
'''Nadia:''' Go on, Sayid. Do your work. I'm not going to tell you anything.\\
'''Sayid:''' Then I'm going to hurt you.\\
'''Nadia:''' I know.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sayid tells Rousseau that Nadia is dead and that it's his fault, and his dialogue implies that he's not entirely sure of her fate; this doesn't match with later episodes, which establish that, the last Sayid heard, Nadia was alive and living in Los Angeles (which is why he was on the plane in the first place).
* ElectricTorture: Rousseau tortures Sayid with electricity when he can't answer her questions.
* FailedASpotCheck: Rousseau writes off Sayid's story of the plane crash as a lie, somehow managing not to have noticed a commercial airliner breaking apart over the Island, or the several explosions that resulted.
* FirstNameBasis: After they establish a bit of trust, Sayid asks for Rousseau's first name, and Danielle obliges.
* FriendshipMoment: Despite both of them having a less than friendly relationship with him, Jack is clearly happy to see Sawyer joining the group at the golf course, and Kate takes up his offered bet on Jack's next swing to make everyone else feel more comfortable with Sawyer's presence.
* GilliganCut:
** When Kate is worried about Sayid having gone off by himself, Jack reminds her that he's a trained soldier and can take care of himself. In the very next scene, Sayid falls into one of Rousseau's
** Jack tells Hurley that "things could be worse", prompting an incredulous "how?". The scene then cuts to Sayid as Rousseau's prisoner.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Rousseau has spent sixteen years alone on the Island when Sayid meets her, and her sanity hasn't come off the better for it. She's understandably reluctant to let go of Sayid, her first companion since her child was taken, but he manages to talk her into it.
-->'''Rousseau:''' You think I'm insane.\\
'''Sayid:''' ''[sympathetically]'' I think you've been alone for too long.
* HiddenDepths: Michael is revealed to be a talented artist.
* {{Hypochondriac}}: Sullivan, the survivor who complains to Jack about his rash (which turns out to be hives), which is lampshaded by an annoyed Jack.
* {{Irony}}:
** Rousseau's shelter was intended to be "temporary", which she wearily lampshades in conversation with Sayid sixteen years after said shelter was built.
** In his flashbacks, Sayid is a torturer who bonds with his intended victim, Nadia. On the Island, Sayid finds himself on the other side of that situation, convincing a hostile Rousseau to form a bond with him.
** Rousseau's shelter was intended to be "temporary", which she wearily lampshades in conversation with Sayid sixteen years after said shelter was built.
** In his flashbacks, Sayid is a torturer who bonds with his intended victim, Nadia. On the Island, Sayid finds himself on the other side of that situation, convincing a hostile Rousseau to form a bond with him.
* IResembleThatRemark: Sawyer is momentarily silenced by Jack pointing out that no one wants anything to do with him, only to respond with a petty remark about Kate that makes Jack leave him to take care of himself, thus proving Jack right.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After torturing Sawyer in the previous episode for information that it turned out Sawyer didn't have, Sayid is tortured here, by Rousseau, for information ''he'' doesn't have. Driving the point home, Sayid's first flashback has him beating a man for information that he later acknowledges the man doesn't have.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After torturing Sawyer in the previous episode for information that it turned out Sawyer didn't have, Sayid is tortured here, by Rousseau, for information ''he'' doesn't have. Driving the point home, Sayid's first flashback has him beating a man for information that he later acknowledges the man doesn't have.
-->'''Hurley:''' Dudes, listen: our lives suck. Everyone's nerves are stretched to the max. I mean, we're lost an island, running from boars and monsters... freakin' polar bears! [...] Look, all I'm saying is, if we're stuck here, then just surviving is not gonna cut it. We need some kind of relief, you know. We need some way that we can... you know, have ''fun''! That's right, fun. Otherwise, we're just gonna go crazy, just waiting for the next bad thing to happen.
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Kate draws a parallel between herself and Sawyer, saying "from one outcast to another" to try and convince him to make more of an effort to be liked.
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* OhCrap: Sayid freezes in horror as he hears the whispers, realizing that Rousseau's belief in "the others" was more than just paranoia.
* PetTheDog: After Sayid claims that Nadia is dead, Rousseau expresses sincere sympathies and starts relating to him on a personal level.
* RealAfterAll: Sayid takes Rousseau's claims of "others" whispering in the jungle as a sign that she's been alone for far too long, but as he tries to get back to the other survivors at the end of the episode, he starts hearing the whispers himself...
* PetTheDog: After Sayid claims that Nadia is dead, Rousseau expresses sincere sympathies and starts relating to him on a personal level.
* RealAfterAll: Sayid takes Rousseau's claims of "others" whispering in the jungle as a sign that she's been alone for far too long, but as he tries to get back to the other survivors at the end of the episode, he starts hearing the whispers himself...
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* StarCrossedLovers: The bond between Sayid and Nadia is clearly romantic, but he cannot desert from the Republican Guard without risking the safety of his family, so she has to escape without him.
* TemptingFate: Jack reassures Kate that Sayid is a trained soldier who can handle himself alone in the jungle. The very next scene shows Sayid falling into one of Rousseau's traps ([[DownplayedTrope albeit after avoiding a more obvious one]]) that leaves him suspended from a tree well into the night, and leads to him spending the next day as Rousseau's prisoner.
* TemptingFate: Jack reassures Kate that Sayid is a trained soldier who can handle himself alone in the jungle. The very next scene shows Sayid falling into one of Rousseau's traps ([[DownplayedTrope albeit after avoiding a more obvious one]]) that leaves him suspended from a tree well into the night, and leads to him spending the next day as Rousseau's prisoner.
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* WhatTheHellHero: When Jack calls Sawyer's wound "an accident", Kate takes a moment to call him out for allowing Sayid to torture Sawyer in the first place.
-->'''Kate:''' Well accidents happen when you ''torture people'', Jack.
-->'''Kate:''' Well accidents happen when you ''torture people'', Jack.
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* YouExclamation: Sayid to Rousseau, when she reveals herself as the Frenchwoman who sent the transmission.
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* WhamEpisode: Sayid meets the French woman responsible for the transmission, and learns there might be even more people on the island, whom Rousseau referred to as "the Others."
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* WhisperingGhosts: This is the first time in which creepy whispering is heard in the jungle.
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* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Sayid takes one of Danielle's rifles but when he tries to use it it doesn't fire. She tells him she removed the firing pin from ''that'' rifle a long time ago.
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* InternalReveal: Charlie is surprised that Michael apparently hadn't heard about the polar bear incident from the Pilot.
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* LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: Hurley says as much after presenting the golf course to the other survivors. Everyone has been so focused on surviving that they're burning themselves out with stress and fear. The golf course is Hurley's attempt to bring some ''fun'' back into their lives.
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* TranslationConvention: Sayid's flashbacks start out with the dialogue in Arabic but after the camera pans behind one man's head the dialogue switches to English for the audience's benefit.
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In the shack, uses a screwdriver to free himself. He takes several maps drawn by Rousseau and leaves, forgetting to pick up his photo of Nadia. On the golf course, a crowd is watching the game. Kate is amazed and thinks Jack is responsible, but he's quick to give Hurley the credit. Walt arrives, upset that Michael left him alone at the caves. Michael offers to let Walt have a swing, only to rush back to the game when it's his turn, leaving Walt alone again. In the jungle, Sayid comes across Rousseau and demands she drop her gun, but she doesn't.
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In the shack, Sayid uses a screwdriver to free himself. He takes several maps drawn by Rousseau and leaves, forgetting to pick up his photo of Nadia. On the golf course, a crowd is watching the game. Kate is amazed and thinks Jack is responsible, but he's quick to give Hurley the credit. Walt arrives, upset that Michael left him alone at the caves. Michael offers to let Walt have a swing, only to rush back to the game when it's his turn, leaving Walt alone again. In the jungle, Sayid comes across Rousseau and demands she drop her gun, but she doesn't.
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** Sawyer also ridicules the idea before showing up to watch and bet against Jack.
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* NotSoDire: Jack and Michael appear to be having a conversation about a serious problem that needs to be solved before the camera pulls back and reveals they’re discussing which golf club to use.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Sayid shoots himself to make it look like Nadia shot him and Omar when he helps her escape.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Sayid shoots himself to make it look like Nadia shot him and Omar when he helps her escape.escape.
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* TheUnreveal: We never find out if Jack sinks his putt to win the "Island Open".
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You will see me in the next life, if not in this one."'']]
->Written by David Fury.
->Directed by Greg Yaitanes.
->''"Sixteen years... has it really been that long?"''
-->-- '''Danielle Rousseau'''
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->Written by David Fury.
->Directed by Greg Yaitanes.
->''"Sixteen years... has it really been that long?"''
-->-- '''Danielle Rousseau'''
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: This episode marks the first appearance of Sayid's childhood friend and off-Island LoveInterest Nadia.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique:
** Sayid is on the receiving end of one from Danielle as she quizzes him on the location of her child, Alex.
** In flashbacks, we learn how Sayid performed these during his time in the Republican Guard, as mentioned in the previous episode.
* MoralityPet: Nadia is this to Sayid in the flashbacks, as he helps her escape rather than let her be executed and regains some of his humanity during his time as a merciless torturer.
** Sayid is on the receiving end of one from Danielle as she quizzes him on the location of her child, Alex.
** In flashbacks, we learn how Sayid performed these during his time in the Republican Guard, as mentioned in the previous episode.
* MoralityPet: Nadia is this to Sayid in the flashbacks, as he helps her escape rather than let her be executed and regains some of his humanity during his time as a merciless torturer.
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* GilliganCut: When Kate is worried about Sayid having gone off by himself, Jack reminds her that he's a trained soldier and can take care of himself. In the very next scene, Sayid falls into one of Rousseau's traps.traps.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Jack and Michael both think Hurley's golf course is a waste of time before they start playing and get caught up in the fun themselves.
** Sawyer also ridicules the idea before showing up to watch and bet against Jack.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Sayid shoots himself to make it look like Nadia shot him and Omar when he helps her escape.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Jack and Michael both think Hurley's golf course is a waste of time before they start playing and get caught up in the fun themselves.
** Sawyer also ridicules the idea before showing up to watch and bet against Jack.
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