This whole episode is centered around Claire's flashbacks, so I am not going to separate them from what happens in real time. As Aaron's condition worsens, Claire becomes frantic in trying to find a cure. Suddenly things begin to trigger flashbacks from when Ethan kidnapped her and held her captive for two weeks. Libby explains to her that it might be difficult to deal with the repressed memories surfacing, but Claire begs her to help her remember what happened. She decides she must find the room that she was held in so she can find the "cure" that she was injected with.
She leaves Aaron with Sun, triggering another flashback about Ethan and the strange medical room, only assuring her further that she must go. She and Kate start their journey into the jungle, after Kate gets a gun from Sawyer, and not too long after, they meet Rousseau. They reach a dead end once Rousseau can no longer help and Claire's memories have stopped, until suddenly a tree trunk lying on the ground reminds her of when Ethan took her for a walk. She runs to it and eventually finds the way back to the room but comes up empty handed when the cure is nowhere in sight. Rousseau begins to leave after the mission is unsuccessful for both Claire and herself, but Claire stops her and tells her about the teenage girl that saved her just as Rousseau did, implying that it could be Rousseau's daughter.
Meanwhile, Henry is in the hatch being stupid and trying to cause trouble by getting in Locke's head. Too bad that doesn't work out too well for him later.
Why do you think Rousseau tried to help Claire find the place where she was drugged?
OK: I think that if Claire found out where sh was taken they might find the people who took her. The same people took Rousseau's baby years ago and I think she was hoping to find her daughter, Alex.
SH: I agree with Olivia. Rousseau doesn't usually have a habit of helping people if it won't benefit her. She isn't really the "do things out of the goodness of your heart" type of person.
Do you think that Claire had trouble recalling what happened to her because she was drugged or because she was subconsciously suppressing the memories?
OK: I think it could have been a mixture of both, but mainly because she was suppressing the memories. I don't think Claire wanted to remember what happened until not knowing put her baby in danger again.
SH: I think it was mostly because of suppressing the memories because after they are triggered it doesn't appear that the memories are hazy as a result of the drugs.
Are you glad Claire ended up keeping Turnip Head?
OK: Of course! I mean I'm not sure what else she would've done with it on the island, but I'm curious to see how the baby grows up. Then Turnip Head and Jin and Sun's baby can grow up and be island friends!
SH: I am really glad that she kept him, for her sake more than for his. If he would have grown up with another family, I don't think it would have affected him much, but she has gotten so emotionally attached to him I don't know what would happen if she didn't keep him.
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