Sayid sees Rousseau in the jungle and she takes him to a man she captured, who is in a net hanging from a tree. Rousseau tells Sayid not to let him go, because she thinks he is one of the others. The man says his name is Henry Gale and that he and his wife crashed a hot air balloon on the island about four months ago. Sayid frees him and he tries to run away until Danielle shoots him in the back with a crossbow.
Sayid brings Henry to the hatch and Jack notices Henry's injury. Sayid explains that it wasn't treated because they want to learn as much as they can about the man while he is still wounded. Jack removes the arrow but Sayid tells Jack not to untie him. Sayid asks Locke to change the combination in the armory, so he can find out more by torturing Henry.
Henry is unable remember the details of where he buried his wife. Sayid believes he is lying about who he is because he would know every last detail about digging his wife's grave. Henry then realizes that Sayid had lost someone on the island. Sayid beats Henry as Jack and Locke listen from outside. Jack holds Locke, preventing him from entering the numbers on time, telling him he will only let Locke go if he opens the door. The timer goes below a minute and Locke opens the armory. By the time he unlocks the door, there were only ten seconds. He begins typing the code. However he mistypes as the timer passes zero, then black and white numbers flip over to red symbols. Two are Egyptian hieroglyphs and the symbols are accompanied with the loud sound of a machine like a jet engine. Locke finally hits the 'Execute' button and the timer resets and the sound dies down.
Meanwhile, in the armory, Jack bursts in and stops Sayid. They lock a bloodied Henry back in the armory. Jack recalls to Sayid how Danielle tortured him because she thought Sayid was an "other". Locke arrives, and agrees with Jack.
Sayid is then back on the beach talking to Charlie about what happened in the hatch. Sayid thinks Henry is an "Other" because he feels no guilt about torturing him. He states that Jack and Locke will never understand that feeling, because they have forgotten what the Others have done to them. He asks Charlie if he remembers how the Others hanged him from the tree and kidnapped Claire. Then he simply asks Charlie if he's forgotten what the others have done to him.
Flashbacks:
Sayid, an Iraqi soldier, is seen burning documents with fellow soldiers. Some are resisting, and as Sayid's commander orders them to continue, American troops burst in. Sayid tries to lie, saying that their commanding officer has abandoned them, but the American soldier, Sam Austen (Kate's father), doesn't believe him.
Sayid is held captive by the Americans, who have found his commanding officer. Two military men ask Sayid to act as a translator, and Sayid attempts to get his CO to reveal the location of a captive American pilot. Speaking in their own language, which the Americans cannot understand, Sayid's CO orders him to grab the American's gun and kill as many as he can, but Sayid refuses. Austen knows they can't get the information and call in the next man; an American agent named orders Sayid to torture the Iraqi officer; at first, Sayid refuses this too, but agrees after the agent shows him a video of Sayid's family being gassed on his CO's orders.
While interrogating the officer, Sayid learns that it's too late, and that the pilot had been executed anyway. Sayid is eventually released by the Americans. In the truck, Kate's father asks Sayid if he has a wife or kids. The American commander who asked him looks down at a photo which shows a young-looking Kate and tells him that the day will come when Sayid needs information from someone — and that he will have the means to get it. He appears to speak fluent Arabic, however, Sayid vows never to torture again.
Do you think Henry is telling the truth or that he is one of the others?
OK: I think he is one of the others. He just looks like a liar and his story doesn't sound reliable at all. I mean who tries to circumnavigate the globe in a smiley faced hot air balloon because they thought it would be fun? Please.
SH: I think Henry is lying because his back story is much too far-fetched to be believable, plus the subtle side comments he makes weird me out and create suspicion.
Do you think Sayid is doing the right thing in torturing Henry?
OK: I feel bad that he has to compromise his morals, but I think it is necessary to get the truth from him.
SH: I don't believe that Henry should be tortured, especially because Sayid is trying to get over that part of his life, but at the same time, they really don't have many options and I can't think of anything better to do.
What do you think about how Sayid learned to torture?
OK: I thought the connection between Kate's dad and Sayid was interesting. Plus I thought he learned to torture through his army, not from the Americans.
SH: It made me really sad that he had to turn against his commander. I think he did the right thing in the end but it would be such a tough decision to make and I feel sorry that he was in that situation.
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