Remember how Sayid killed wee Benjamin Linus last week? April Fools! He's not dead yet. And he probably never will be, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Even though the big news in this episode is that Ben isn't dead, the story is largely about Kate. In 1977, Juliet is trying to save Ben's life, but she's not a surgeon. Jack is though, right? Sure, but he's also not going to lift one gifted finger to save Ben, not even when Kate asks all pretty. He's all "Ben there? Done that." Juliet soldiers along, mostly alone, but gets a blood donation from Kate, who claims to be a universal donor. Huh. I don't remember her volunteering when Boone was dying. Of course she was kind of busy that night -- helping Claire bring Aaron into the world.

Speaking of Aaron, we see a lot of him in this episode, when the show fills in some of its Kate-shaped blanks between 2004 and 2007. In 2004, we see the baby Aaron accompany Kate to Cassidy's (Sawyer's Baby Mama) house, to meet her and Clementine (Sawyer's Baby). Sawyer's parting request to Kate (before he dove off Frank's chopper) was that she would make sure his little girl was taken care of. Kate shows up with an envelope full of cash to give away, and she's ready to spill all the secrets on which her friends' lives depend. She tells all -- everything that the big lie was supposed to conceal. Cassidy calls Kate out on being in love with Sawyer, and explains why that's futile, but that doesn't stop the two women from rekindling their friendship.

And in 2007, after Kate loses (and finds) Aaron in the supermarket, it's a conversation with Cassidy that makes Kate realize she's got to hand Aaron over to Carole Littleton, and then go back to the island to find his real mommy, so she does just that.

1977 is where most of the action happens, though. When Jack won't help Juliet with Ben, not even for Kate's sake, Kate takes matters into her own hands, and with Juliet's assistance, she loads the supposedly dying boy into a Dharma blue VW bus and drives out to the sonic fence to seek the help of the Others. Sawyer catches up with her there, and surprises her by calling her "Freckles" and offering to help her get Ben to Richard, who Juliet and Kate figure is the only person who can save Ben, now.

The Others find them in the jungle and take them to Richard. He says he can save the boy, but if he does, he won't remember everything, he'll be one of Them, and his innocence will be gone. Er... what exactly are they going to do to poor the child? Maybe I don't want to know. Whatever it is, it seems like it will happen in the Temple, because once Richard takes wee Ben off Kate and Sawyer's hands, that's where he carries him.

Also in 1977, Kate sort of befriends Roger Linus, who tells her he knows Ben stole his keys and let Sayid out of the clink. Hurley and Miles have the funniest conversation about time travel. Ever. Oh and Juliet watches Jack shower. I'm pretty sure there was more to their scene than that, but I got... distracted, so I'll catch you on the flip side with the full recap.

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