S02E13: 'The Long Con'

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Light Summary:Survivors fear that “The Others” may have returned when Sun is injured during a failed kidnapping attempt. Meanwhile, Sawyer is an amused but highly interested bystander when tension escalates between Jack, Locke, Kate and Ana Lucia.














































Full Summary: Jack and Locke ensure the armoury is fully stocked. Jack confronts Locke about the Virgin Mary statues and wants to know the new combination for the lock. Will Locke let him have it?

After cross words, Charlie informs Sawyer that his tent is being ransacked… How will he react?

Flashback: Sawyer wakes up next to his lady-friend, Cassidy, and a scene from the past soon unfolds. This time, Cassidy isn't as stupid: she wants to join Sawyer in his conning ways…

Kate and Sawyer flirt on the beach but it doesn't take Sawyer long to start stirring things between Kate and Jack.

Elsewhere, Hurley shows Sayid what somebody has handed him while Ana Lucia tries to elicit the combination out of Jack…

In her garden, Sun is ambushed form behind… Who or what would do such a thing? Will anybody hear her screams? Will she survive the attack? Jack is adamant that the group should do something about the increasing threat that they are subject to…

Flashback: Sawyer and Cassidy prepare to execute their first con together. How will their dynamic aid their cause?

Kate puts ideas in Jack's head about Ana Lucia - Will he act upon her concerns? Back at the beach, Sun awakes. Will she be able to provide the group with any more information about the attack? What will Sawyer and Kate make of it all?

Flashback: Sawyer continues to train up his sidekick. They decide to plan a 'long con'. The only problem is, they need money – one thing that neither of them possess. Or do they?

Down in the hatch, Sawyer informs Locke of Jack's plan to arm the camp. Puzzled as to why Sawyer is helping, Locke decides that there's only one thing to do…

Flashback: Sawyer meets with a 'friend' in a café and admits that he's fallen for Cassidy. Will this prevent Sawyer from going through with his already-agreed long con?

Jack opens the combination vault to find it empty… The guns have gone and Jack immediately knows who to ask. Up on the beach, Jack confronts Locke as to the whereabouts of the guns.

In an ironic twist, the actual bearer of the guns rears their head from the jungle. The whole dynamic of the camp has changed and the group can only look on in astonishment…

Flashback: Sawyer reveals the truth to Cassidy and plans their escape. Will they flee in time?

Kate confronts Sawyer about his recent actions and confesses his true nature. Sayid shows Hurley what he has constructed. Will they pick anything up from the contraption?

Meanwhile, deep in the jungle, Sawyer thanks Sun's attacker for their work.

Flashback: Sawyer returns to the house to pick up what he originally intended, sacrificing the love of his life in the process...