History Recap / LostS01E17InTranslation

'''Season 1, Episode 17''':

* OutDamnedSpot: Jin furiously scrubs Byung Han's blood from his hands after beating the man, breaking down over what he has done.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: The flashback of Jin washing blood off his hands and refusing to answer Sun's questions about the nature of his work for her father from "[[{{Recap/LostS01E06HouseofTheRisingSun}} House of the Rising Sun]]" is shown again, this time with the context of what Jin had been doing before this and including a brief scene of Jin breaking down after Sun leaves the room, horrified by what he has done.

* ObliviouslyEvil: Jin is initially totally in the dark about his father-in-law's grim reputation; he's very confused about why Byung Han is so relieved and apologetic to receive a verbal warning instead of a beating. It isn't until Jin is an assassin to Byung Han's house that he realizes exactly what kind of man he's working for and what is expected of him.

* TheScapegoat: Locke breaks up Michael's attack on Jin by presenting the Others as a much more reasonable guilty party, as at least one of them has infiltrated and attacked the survivors before. Locke later makes it clear that he knows Walt burned the raft.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Walt asks Locke if he has a dad, which he deflects by saying "Everyone's got a dad." He also says he's "not cool."

* InternalReveal: The rest of the survivors find out that Sun speaks English.

* AesopAmnesia: Considering his aggressive reaction to Sayid mentioning that he and Shannon may become a couple, it seems the lesson Boone learned about getting over his obsession with her in "[[{{Recap/LostS01E13HeartsAndMinds}} Hearts And Minds]]" didn't take.

On the Island, Sayid and Shannon flirt while working on the raft together. Sayid seeks Boone's approval of their relationship, but Boone tells Sayid that Shannon is using him. Shannon is angered, but Locke convinces her to ignore Boone and do whatever makes her happy, so she stays with Sayid. Michael's raft is burned, and the entire camp believes Jin is responsible. Sun shocks everyone by revealing that she can speak English, and defends Jin. Locke accuses the Others of being behind the arson. Sun asks Jin if they can start over, but he is convinced they cannot reconcile, and moves out of the caves. Locke confronts Walt, who he has deduced was the real culprit. Jin helps Michael start work on a new raft.

In flashbacks, Jin gets a job working for Mr. Paik, Sun's father. Mr. Paik promotes him to "special assistant", and orders him to go to the house of an important Korean government official and tell him that he is displeased with his decision to close one of his factories. Jin does so, but Mr. Paik is furious when the official does not change his mind, and sends Jin back with a hitman who will show Jin how to "deliver a message". To prevent the hitman killing the official, Jin savagely beats him in front of his family. He returns home, dodging Sun's questions about what he has done, and cries in front of the bathroom mirror.

Jin asks Sun's father, Mr. Paik, for permission to marry his daughter. Mr. Paik grills Jin, and clearly intends to take advantage of his desperation for his approval. He asks about Jin's father. Jin visibly hesitates before saying he is dead. Jin expresses his ambition to own a hotel and restaurant. Mr. Paik then asks Jin to become an employee of Paik Heavy Industries as his personal "assistant." Jin agrees, stating that Sun is his dream.

Jin's right eye scans the beach, looking for his wife. He sees her swimming in a bikini and rushes to cover her with a towel. They begin arguing loudly in Korean. Several survivors look on uncomfortably, wondering if they should intervene. Michael tries to defend Sun, but she slaps him for his effort, shocking even Jin. Alone, Jin asks Sun if there is anything going on between her and Michael. Sun denies this, but Jin seems unconvinced.

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Sun and Jin are married. In a private moment before their reception, the happy couple talk together. Sun says she wishes Jin's father could have seen this day. Jin, again, hestitates before responding. Before their honeymoon, Jin must devote six months to "management training." Sun is wary of this duty to her father, but Jin places a white flower in her hair and promises her the honeymoon she's always dreamed of.

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Sun approaches Michael while he at work on his raft. She apologizes for slapping him. She tries to explain that the slap was meant to protect Michael from Jin's jealousy, but Michael will not listen. At the golf course, Jin takes his anger out on some rocks. Hurley offers to go fishing with Jin, but he ignores him. Shannon suggests to Sayid that they spend an evening away from the other survivors. At the beach, Sayid is impressed with Shannon's knot-tying skills as she helps out on the raft. She attributes this to having dated guys who liked sailing. The two flirt for a minute, and Shannon suggests that they spend a night alone together. Walt helps Michael with the raft, and Michael tells him about all the things he's going to show him when they get to New York. Walt seems ambivalent about this, and runs off with Vincent. Jack is impressed with Michael's progress, and tells him that there's a lot of talk going around about who will be joining him and Walt on the raft. Michael informs him that there's only four spots available in total, and one of them's already been taken, by Sawyer, of all people.

At night, Sun discusses Jin with Kate, who wonders how Jin could have changed from the tender husband Sun describes. They are distracted by the survivors running toward Michael's raft, which is on fire. Everyone tries to put out the flames, except for Locke, who watches with a neutral expression. Michael, furious, blames Jin, who is nowhere to be seen. Michael rounds on Sun and demands to know where he is. Jack and Kate try to calm Michael down, but he is far from alone in suspecting Jin. Sun finds Jin up at the caves, with burns on his hands. She is shocked and berates him for ruining Michael's attempts to get them off the Island, but Jin grows angry and storms off at the mention of Michael's name.

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Jin is called to Mr. Paik's office. He begins to apologize for a recent mistake, but to his surprise, Mr. Paik does not intend to reprimand him. Instead, he promotes him to "special assistant," and Mr. Paik personally gives him the task of communicating his displeasure to Byung Han, the Korean Secretary for Environmental Safety, over a recent factory closing by the agency. Han is terrified by Jin's appearance. When Jin simply tells him of Paik's displeasure and begins to leave, the man is overjoyed. Jin is very confused by the man's extreme reactions. He takes a Shar Pei puppy from his daughter and forces it on Jin, asking him to tell Mr. Paik he is sorry.

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At the beach, Sayid comes to Boone to say he and Shannon may become more than friends. Boone is belligerent and sarcastic. When Boone becomes aggressive, and Sayid says he was not asking Boone's permission. Boone then tells Sayid that she has a thing for "guys who can take care of her" and will leave him wants she gets she wants from him. Sayid seems unnerved by his words.

In the jungle, Jin wakes up after sleeping against a tree. He goes to soothe his hand in the river. He is attacked by Sawyer, who thinks he is responsible for burning the raft. At the beach, Shannon is at work building herself a shelter, and asks for Sayid's help. Sayid is aloof, and Shannon instantly realizes he's been talking to Boone. Shannon angrily goes to confront him. She finds Locke dissecting a tree frog, and asks where Boone is. Locke doesn't know, and he resists her attempts to draw him into the conflict. He challenges Shannon to do as she likes without worrying about Boone's reaction. He tells her that all Boone wants is her attention, and she shouldn't rise to his bait. Sawyer marches a bound Jin through the jungle, threatening him.

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Sun prepares a fancy dinner for Jin, but Mr. Paik interrupts. Jin turns off his phone, but their house phone rings moments later. Mr. Paik orders Jin to drive a man to Byung Han's house, where Jin will "be shown how to deliver a message." Jin sees that the man plans to kill the secretary, and on arrival at Han's house, he rushes in ahead of the hitman. He beats Han in front of his family while the hitman looks on. Jin tells Han to open the factory the next day, but whispers to him that he just saved his life. He then walks out, telling the hitman Han "got the message." He arrives home, and immediately rushes in to clean the blood off his hands, while Sun watches on, concerned. Sun questions him pointedly and slaps him. He tells her that he does whatever he father tells him, and he does it for both of them. She leaves and Jin tries to continue his cleaning but stops and begins to weep as he stares in the mirror at himself.

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Sawyer dumps Jin on the beach. The survivors gather around while Michael begins to interrogate Jin, and Jack tries to calm him down. Jin begins speaking Korean, and Michael demands that Sun translate. Sun is silent, and Michael attacks Jin and starts punching him over and over, while Sayid and Sawyer prevent Jack from getting involved. Finally, Sun screams out in English for Michael to stop and leave Jin alone, because he didn't burn the raft. Everyone, including Jin, is stunned to realize Sun can speak English. Sun explains that the raft was already on fire, and Jin burned his hands trying to put it out. Locke speaks up for Jin, saying that he has no motive to stop the survivors from getting home, and blames the Others for the raft's destruction. Jin angrily walks away, leaving Sun alone at the beach.

The raft is a total loss. Michael begins to succumb to despair, but he sees Walt's reaction and stops. He promises Walt that they will build a better raft, and Walt promises to help his father. Meanwhile, Jin and Sun argue as Jin packs to move to the beach away from Sun. She tries to talk to him in Korean in an attempt to talk their growing problems out. She tries to ask why he didn't tell her he didn't burn the raft. Jin ignores everything she says, until she calls out, in English, that she was going to leave him, and that he changed her mind. She says she wants to start over.

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Jin goes to visit his father, a simple fisherman, who is very much alive and overjoyed to see him. Jin confesses to having been ashamed of him, and begs his forgiveness, but his father embraces his long-estranged son. He then tells his father of his marital problems and that he can't explain what her father is making him do because he doesn't want Sun to hate her father. Jin's father advises him to make his next project for Mr. Paik (delivering watches to Paik associates in Sydney and Los Angeles) his last. "Go to America," says the old man. "Save your marriage."

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Jin, remembering his father's words, tells Sun that it's too late, and leaves. Sun cries, and Jin suppresses a sob as he walks away. At the beach, a teary Shannon approaches Sayid by the fire and kisses him. He asks her what that was for, and she echoes Locke's words to her that everyone gets a new life here on the island. At the caves, Locke approaches Walt for a game of TabletopGame/{{Backgammon}}. Walt brags to Locke about Hurley owing him $83,000. Locke brings up the subject of fathers. He says that his own is "not cool." He then asks Walt [[WhamLine why he burned the raft]], promising that he won't tell anyone. Walt confesses that he didn't want to move anymore; he likes the Island. Locke says that he likes it there too. The next morning, on the beach, Jin approaches Michael, who is salvaging what he can from the wreck. He has bamboo. He says a single English word to Michael: "Boat." Michael nods in appreciation. Sayid and Shannon, share some fruit together. Meanwhile, Sun, finally free from her husband, removes her towel to reveal a bikini. Charlie and Claire sit on the beach together, while Hurley listens to his CD player, until it loses battery power. Disappointed, he says, "Son of a bitch" and throws the device into the sand.

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!!'''Tropes'''

* OnceMoreWithClarity: The flashback of Jin washing blood off his hands and refusing to answer Sun's questions about the nature of his work for her father from "[[{{Recap/LostS01E06HouseofTheRisingSun}} House of the Rising Sun]]" is shown again, this time with the context of what Jin had been doing before this and including a brief scene of Jin breaking down after Sun leaves the room, horrified by what he has done.

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Jin asks Sun's father, Mr. Paik for permission to marry his daughter. Mr. Paik grills Jin, and clearly intends to take advantage of his desperation for his approval. He asks about Jin's father. Jin visibly hesitates before saying he is dead. Jin expresses his ambition to own a hotel and restaurant. Mr. Paik then asks Jin to become an employee of Paik Heavy Industries as his personal "assistant." Jin agrees, stating that Sun is his dream.