Episode Title: "Because You Left"

Production Number: 5.01

Air Date: 1/21/09

Press Release: The remaining island survivors start to feel the effects of the aftermath of moving the island, and Jack and Ben begin their quest to reunite the Oceanic 6 in order to return to the island with Locke's body in an attempt to save their former fellow castaways.

Guest starring L. Scott Caldwell as Rose, Sam Anderson as Bernard, Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, William Mapother as Ethan Rom, Francois Chau as Dr. Marvin Candle, Sonya Walger as Penelope "Penny" Widmore, Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis, William Blanchett as Aaron, Sean Whalen as Neil Frogurt, Tom Irwin as Dan Norton, Michael Dempsey as foreman, Stephanie Smart as ticket agent, Leslie Ishii as woman, Cindy Paliracio as TV anchor, Brad Berryhill as anxious guy, Sven Lindstrom as crew member, Chantal Boomla as counter girl and Jeremy Colvin as security guard. (Source: ABC Medianet)


"Because You Left" was
written by Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse
directed by Stephen Williams.

Norton wants a blood sample from Kate and Aaron to see if she is the mother.

Off Island Events: Ben and Jack are at the funeral parlor, where they discuss how to get the Oceanic 6 together so they can return to the Island. Jack does not believe that he can bring them back, because they all distrust him. Jack wonders why all these bad events have occurred, and Ben replies it is because you left. They go to a hotel where Jack shaves his beard. Ben says that the last time he saw Locke was at the Orchid station on the Island. He asks if Locke told Jack what happened to the survivors, but he was never told.

Kate and Aaron are at home, watching cartoons. The doorbell rings, and Kate answers the door. It is an attorney, Dan Norton, working for an unknown client. Norton claims that he has a court order to take a test to determine the actual relationship of Aaron to Kate. Kate refuses, and Norton says that if she does not comply, he will get the sheriff. Kate tells him to get the sheriff, and closes the door on him. Kate then packs up a suitcase, grabbing a envelope full of cash and a gun. She takes Aaron, saying that they are going on vacation, and they leave the house.

Sun and Widmore discuss their "common interests".

Sun is at Heathrow Airport, in London. She goes to the ticket desk, where she gives the ticket agent her passport. the ticket agent asks her to hold on for a minute. She is taken to a room, and the security guard locks the door with her inside. She demands for the door to be opened. Charles Widmore comes into the room from another door, and Sun questions as to why he brought her here. Widmore says that he was angered that she had the audacity to approach him in public, and showed no respect. He asks her what their common interest is, a topic she brought up when the last met. She says that their common interest is to kill Benjamin Linus.

Ben and Jack see the news on the television, showing a report that Hurley had escaped from Santa Rosa and that he had apparently murdered a man. Ben realizes that recruiting the Oceanic 6 will be harder than he had originally surmised.

By-standers take pictures of Hurley, believing he just killed a man.

Hurley and Sayid stop at a fast food restaurant before heading to the safe house. Hurley asks who the man who Sayid killed (who Hurley is accused of killing) is. He says he does not know, but is an enemy because he was watching Hurley. He asks how Sayid became so paranoid. Sayid reveals that he has been working for Ben for the past couple of years, but warns that if Hurley ever meets Ben, do the opposite of what he says. Sayid notices that there is someone inside the safe house. The door opens, and a man attacks Sayid, but Sayid pushes him over the balcony, killing him. He goes inside, and is attacked by another man, who shoots him with a tranquilizer dart. After a long fight, Sayid gains the upper hand, and trips him, causing him to fall on several knifes in the dishwasher. Hurley, who is outside, holding the gun and has what appears to be blood on his shirt (even though it is ketchup) is seen by a group of people below. They take photos of him, believing he killed the guy on the ground below and run away. They manage to escape, and drive away.

On a boat, Penny and Desmond wake up. Desmond remembers what Daniel told him on the Island, but Penny says it was just a bad dream. Desmond realizes that it was not a dream, but a memory. He decides that he must go to Oxford University to find Daniel's mother.



OMG Moments:

• The Dharma Initiative didn't put the frozen donkey wheel in the ground.
  
• Daniel was there when the Orchid station was being built.

New Clues:

• The purpose of the Arrow is to gather intelligence from the Hostiles to develop defensive strategies.
• Sun and Widmore's common interest is to kill Ben.
• Charles Widmore had found the Island once before, it took him 20 years to find to find it the "first" time.

Questions:

• How can the time skips be stopped?
  • They stop when Locke turns the wheel in the Orchid.
• Why don't the Others move in time along with the Losties?
  
• How can Daniel Faraday's mother help?
  • She knows how to get the Oceanic 6 back to the island.
• Who is Faraday's mother?
  • Eloise Hawking
• Who is Dan Norton's client?
  • Ben Linus

Trivia:

• A new view of the Oceanic 6's arrival back home is seen in the "previously on Lost" segment.
• Daniel Dae Kim is listed as a main character, even though Jin is assumed to be dead.
• The woman on the intercom at the airport says Flight 23 to Paris is boarding at Gate 15.
• The record player starts to skip in the beginning of the episode; Daniel uses a skipping record as a metaphor to describe the Island moving through time.

Theories:

• Dr. Pierre Chang's baby is Miles.
• Correct.