Season 4, Episode 7: Ji Yeon recap

Previously on Lost: Minkowski alludes to Des and Sayid’s mystery buddy on board; pregnant women and the island don’t mix; turns out it’s not Jin’s baby; turns out it is Jin’s baby; Juliet says, Sun, you’re in trouble, son.

Now it’s freighter time. You know what that means. The freighter. The chopper. Jeff Fahey.

It’s like live-action M.A.S.K. Okay, not that good, but good. After the Annoying Couples Edition that was The Other Woman, we’ve earned us some Ji Yeon, Lost fans.

Keamy shouts to Frank and asks if he’s ready. Yeah, says Frank. “Don’t be late, Frank.” I just said I was ready! Damn. This boat is high maintenance.

Frank goes downstairs and runs into Kate Hudson’s ugly cousin, a.k.a. Regina.

She’s guarding Des & Sayid, and Frank’s here to feed them. He’s also here to point out that her book’s upside down. “You know your book’s upside down?” She huffs, puffs and turns it right side up. Strange chick, but I’m sure she’ll turn out just fine. Let’s recap, shall we?

So Frank gets by Regina and walks in with his brown paper bag. Sayid wants to know why they’re being held captive. Turns out the captain is none too pleased about the whole sick bay breakout/radio room incident. But Frank, we thought you let us out the room! “Why the hell would I do that?” Frank can’t get in touch with the beach or anything like that, but he can get you a can of lima beans.

“Lima beans?”

What, no Manwich Night? “Sorry, we had a little problem with the kitchen. Just stay put, alright?”

“I still want to talk to the captain,” insists Sayid.

“No, you don’t,” says Frank. And his face suggests that, no, Sayid don’t.

What’s up with the captain? Maybe he’s just a hater.

Back at the beach, Jin and Sun hang. Sun’s like, remember the whole, go-to-the-freighter, come-back-to-the-island thing? Shouldn’t that have jumped off by now? Jin ‘s like, Whatever, let’s kiss. He also wants to talk about baby names. Sun doesn’t, it’s bad luck – no jinxing the baby! For real. The island already has more jinx than G.I. Joe: The Movie. Jin doesn’t get the hint.

Like Jin, but a girl. Great. How about just Jinx Yeon? Sun offers him a deal: let’s get off the island first, pick the name second. Hand shake. “Deal.”

Cut to just Sun. She’s off the island. As she packs her toiletries and puts on lipstick in a hotel room, she is struck by pain. She calls emergency services. She’s pregnant and thinks there’s something wrong. Uh oh.

After the break, we join frantic Jin as he hurries through the streets. He rushes into a toy store. He looks anxious.

And that’s the end of the episode! See you next week for the Meet Kevin Johnson recap. No, wait…there’s more. The weirdo shopkeeper asks him if he needs help.

Yes, actually, I needs help with a panda. See that panda? Gimme dat, says Jin. “Would you like it gift wrapped?” In a hurry, friend. How much? “Fifty thousand won.” Jin tries to pay and skedaddle, but this guy wants to make small talk about whether it’s a boy or a girl. Jin doesn’t know. “Don’t worry. Everyone loves a panda.” If it’s cold enough! Then Jin gets a call on his cell and bounces.

On the island, Kate babbles to Sun and Jin about what’s been going down: getting knocked out by C.S. Lewis, finding out about the poison gas factory, how Juliet lied to jack and called the Tempest a power plant. Snitchin’-ass Kate. So are they going to rescue us or what, asks Sun. Kate says she’s heard the freighter gang talk a lot of ying-yang, but she hasn’t heard any talk of rescuing them. Sun’s not feeling that.

Meanwhile, Des is catching Zs while Sayid eats beans in their makeshift cell. Des awakes. “Good morning,” says Sayid. Desmond returns the sentiment. They’re good roommates. Sayid puts the half-eaten beans down with disgust: “I hope they resolve their kitchen issues.” Yes, that’s the top priority right now, Sayid.

Suddenly, someone slips a note through the vent in the door.

“Sayid, what’s that?”

“It’s a note.”

Sayid tells Desmond about Ben’s spy on the boat. The note says “DON’T TRUST THE CAPTAIN” in big, blocky letters.

Back on the Island of Dr. Faraday, our favorite time-traveling physicist is fixing the phone. Sun stops by to chat.

“Hello. My name is Sun.”

“Hi, Sun. Hi. My name is Daniel.”

“Something I can help you with?”

“I’m two months pregnant.”

“Oh, you’re…wow, that’s…congratulations.”

“So you’re here to rescue us?” Get him, Sun! Mama don’t take no mess. Daniel searches for words in the ol’ brain database and comes up empty. “It’s a simple question, fam. Are you or are you not going to rescue us?”

“Thing is, uh…it’s not really my call, Sun.”

“Then whose call is it?”

Daniel’s silence and pained expression tells her there’s some shady business going on, and that’s all she needs to know. “Thank you,” says Sun.

Over at Jack’s Breakfast Nook, Jin asks for the cereal in English. He’s working on his English, see. Who cares? Jack and Jin make small talk. Jin says Sun’s been teaching him, and Sawyer, too, although “Sun is…better.” I bet, says Jack. Jack needs to put Sawyer down to feel better about himself. Then Sun shows up, and she and Jack talk about her pregnancy for a hot second, then Jack’s like, “That’s cool, if you need anything let me know PEEEEACE.” Thanks, Jack!

Sun’s not feeling the vibe. Sure, this camp has a lot of doctors, but the paint is peeling when the chips are down. Time to handle it Sun’s Way. She tells Jin what he’s gonna do: get our stuff, some food and meet me in twenty minutes. Why? What happened?

This is a mission, not a small-time thing. It’s good to have Gangsta Sun back.

After the break, we watch sun rummage around in a tent for medicine. Juliet busts her. “What are you doing?” Sun plays the cute, helpless card and says she needs more prenatals. Juliet knows something is fishy. “What happened to the last bottle I gave you? There should be twenty left.”

No more Mrs. Nice Sun.

“Please, just give me the vitamins.”

Juliet counters.

“Where are you going, Sun?”

“I’m going to Locke’s camp, son.” They argue back and forth. Sun doesn’t trust the freighterers, Juliet says she’ll die on the island, Sun’s skeptical, Juliet says she should trust her and get this: Sun says, “I’m going to do what’s best for me and for my baby, because no, I don’t trust you.”

Then this happens.

Sun goes hard for those pills! Talk to the ponytail.

Cut to pregnant Sun being wheelchaired into a hospital. The nurses recognize her.

So Sun gets off the island. This much we know. The nurse gets Sun into a bed and takes her jewelry off, which Sun resists, particularly the ring: “No! Not my ring!” Maybe the ring is her constant?

“I don’t know about that yall.”

Yeah, it’s a stretch. Point taken, Brit.

So Dr. Bae comes in. He’s on duty for Dr. Park.

Away at a conference, my ass! My ass, away at a conference. Glad you two are acquainted. This guy’s shady.

The shady nurse gives her a shot. The doctor looks extra shady. Is there something wrong with the baby? That’s what Sun wants to know.

What’s wrong? “I don’t know yet.” Shady like a leafy treed backyard of shadiness.

The doc wants to know if they should call anyone. “Just get Jin…my husband.”

“I’ll try to reach him.” Wouldn’t bet on it.

We join The Adventures of Jin and Panda, already in progress. Jin hails a cab, then takes a call without getting in. Bad move. Dude takes the cab. Dude #2 runs over the phone. Dude #3 takes the cab! Jin goes off on the guy as he pulls away.

Ha, he called him a bastard.

Whoa! Easy, killa.

Yes, finding him will be an essential step towards killing him. Nice caveat.

That was fun.

Back to the store for a replacement panda. But the guy at the counter has some bad news – no more pandas.

Yeah, except for the one right behind your shoulder. Who would trust a man wearing that vest?

“That one is on hold.” Yeah, right. How much for it? “It’s already paid for.” Hmm.

Wait – he’s got an idea!

Yeah, what about this crappy dragon that makes annoying sounds? Jin’s like HELLLLLLLLLLLS no. He puts hella money on the table. Put it on the table! Still no Bill Burr fans? Too bad, it’s a funny bit. So Jin gets his panda with a smartass remark – “Don’t lose this one” – included at no charge.

What’s going on with the panda, people? The panda seems like a black-and-white symbol if I ever saw one, but I don’t know if -

“Stretching again. Stay in your lane and just do the recap yall.”

Will do. So back on the island, Juliet tries to veto Sun’s departure for Locke Wonderland. She wants to talk to Jin and tells Sun to translate. Sun’s like Hellllls no. Juliet keeps talking to Jin anyway, in words he can’t possibly understand, pressing that her life is in danger. Jin’s not slipping. “Wherever Sun go, I go.”

Juliet says, “Sun, please.” Sun doesn’t give a what. Then…wait for it…wait for it…Juliet says, “Jin, your wife had an affair.”

What?

“What?”

“Sun was with another man.”

Wow!

“She thought the baby was his.”

Sun approaches Juliet.

Then Sun slaps the hell out of her.

Jin realizes what’s going on, if he didn’t already know. He’s out. Later, Jin! See you after the break.

We catch up with Jin back at the beach, where Sun tries to open the lines of communication. “Jin…” Good start. “Talk to me. Let me explain. It was a long time ago. Look at me.” She understands he’s mad, and she has no excuse, but wants to explain. Then, out of nowhere, Bernard shows up.

“Hey, you going fishing? Mind if I tag along?”

Jin agrees – to everyone’s surprise – and they ride out for some fishin’ time.

It’s a nice break from the stress of panda shopping, Sun’s adultery and all that. Bernard says, “Hey, homie. You realize we’re the only two married guy on the island?” Jin doesn’t get it. “Married.” Jin gets it. “Well, not to each other, my dude.” Jin understands this already.

Bernard tries out some of his new standup routine: “How about this marriage thing? You ever notice how decisions take twice as long cuz ya gotta talk THEM in to it? Know what I’m saying, Jinbo? Who out there is married? Are there any Others in the crowd tonight? Give yourself a hand! Glad you could make it.”

Then, Bernard brings up a weightier topic: “Rose…has cancer.” Jin turns.

Bernard continues. “She’s sick, dying. Well, I mean, she was dying. She says she’s better now. She says it’s this place, the island. But when the camp split up, I was sure she’d wanna go with Locke. Why would she wanna leave the island and risk getting sick again?”

“Then why do you stay with Jack?”

“Because it was the right thing to do. Locke…is a murderer. See it’s all about karma, Jin. Do you know karma?” He’s like, Yeah son, everybody know karma. “You make bad choices, bad things happen to you, but you make good choices, and then good – ” At that very moment, Jin catches a fish.

Okay, time out. I think this is all a lure for the “Lost is about good and bad and karma” crowd to fall for. It’s not about karma, is it? It’s about electromagnetics, time travel, time warps, can they change the future, what’s past and what’s future, what are Ben’s powers, how is Walt connected, what does Widmore want and how do they get back after Jack says “We have to go back” – if they do go back? Or isn’t it. I digress.

Bernard helps bring in the fish. “You see, that’s karma. We must be the good guys, huh?” Not if you’re a bunch of irradiated time-twisting freaks who risk destroying the entire universe. Probably good guys, though.

On the freighter, Des is pacing. There’s an annoying sound. Des wonders aloud why they can’t just fix that annoying sound. Right after we eat this delicious can of lima beans! Sayid says, “You think someone’s doing that?” Yeah, that’s what Des thinks. Then the doc comes in.

“The captain would like to see you now.”

Finally! Let’s get back to the M.A.S.K. stuff. can the freighter transform? Does the chopper turn into a motorcycle? What about hidden skid lasers?

In what is my biggest disappointment of 2008, there’s no chopper. “Where’s the cool helicopter?” asks Sayid. No helicopter either. Turns out someone’s running an errand, possibly to the island. And Kate Hudson’s cousin is back. She’s covered with chains! She climbs to the top of the boat and jumps off!

Cannonball!

They yell for her. Then some dude yells. It’s the long-awaited captain.

“Stop! It’s over. She’s gone.”

So they let Regina die. Cold! Bloooooded! And that tells us a little more about the captain we’re about to meet.

“I’m Captain Gault. I suppose you two have a few questions.”

About 3 1/2 seasons worth.

“So what can I do for you?”

“What?”

“You boys said you wanted to speak with me.”

Sayid starts with the woman jumping and no one saving her. Yeah, what’s with that? “I didn’t jump in, or order my crew to jump in, because I didn’t want to lose any more people.”

Desmond’s turn. What exactly is going on here? “Some of my crew have been dealing with what might best be described as a heightened case of cabin fever. I think it’s got something to do with close proximity of the island.”

Sayid’s turn. Why not turn around then, boy boy? “I tried. But we have a sabatoeur on board, and he’s done one hell of a job on my engines.” Pause. “I’ve got my crew working around the clock to repair them.” Sayid goes in for a followup: And then you’ll take our people home? “Then we move to safer waters. Those are my orders.” Sayid totally steals another of Desmond’s turns: Don’t suppose you’ll tell us who gave you those orders?

“Sure I will: Charles Widmore.”

Desmond’s turn, finally: This is Charles Widmore’s boat?

“Oh, that’s right. you know him.”

Down below, Captain Gault leads Des and Sayid into a room. Now he’s asking the questions.

“Do either of you know what this is?”

Sayid knows. “It’s a flight data recorder, otherwise known as a black box.”

“That’s exactly what it is. Now here’s the funny thing. This black box comes from Oceanic Flight 815. A salvage vessel recovered it from the bottom of the ocean. It took a considerable amount of Mr. Widmore’s resources to procure it. It was found with the wreckage of the plane along with all 324 dead passengers. That’s not the complete story, as you are well aware, Mr. Jarrah, given the fact that you’re standing here, breathing.

Yup. He’s standing there, breathing. Do go on!

“The wreckage was obviously staged. Now, can you imagine what kind of resources and manpower go into pulling off a feat of that magnitude? Faking the recovery of a plane crash? Putting 324 familes through a grieving process based on a lie? But what’s even more disturbing, where exactly does one come across 324 dead bodies?”

Des doesn’t know. I don’t know either. Go on, Sherlock.

“And that, Mr. Jarrrah, Mr Hume, is just one of the many reasons we want Benjamin Linus.”

Interesting! We’ll be revisiting this topic.

Back to Juliet and Sun. No love lost between these two. Juliet says, look, you don’t trust me, fine. But we all need to get off this island. “I need to go home. So do you.” Then Juliet lays it on thick about the whole island-nausea-coma-death-pregnancy-death-baby-death-die-baby-dead thing. Sun makes a face that suggests she’ll think about it some more.

In the hospital, Sun’s giving birth. No Jin yet! A dramatic pregnancy scene ensues. It’s a girl!

Now we’re on the freighter again. It’s nighttime. The doc takes Sayid and Des for a walk, asking them what they thought of the captain. Who cares! Let’s get to the good stuff.

“I think you’ll like this room, it’s on the quiet part of the ship.”

“This ship isn’t moving.”

“Well, if you say so.” What’s that supposed to mean?

It’s a lot smaller, appears to be infested with vermin and sports a big, head-bashy, bloody stain on the wall. They sign the lease anyway. Location, location, location.

Ray calls out to the janitor. “Hey, Johnson, is that you? Johnson?”

“Yeah?”

“Mop this up.”

“Sorry, I gotta go up on deck.”

“No, you’re gonna mop this up!”

From a distance, the janitor looks like he could be Michael or Walt.

Up close, it’s Michael!

Well, sort of. “Kevin Johnson.” Awkward introductions ensue, but for now, it seems like the secret’s safe. And Michael is back! Somebody give him back his son already!

Back on the island, it’s nighttime. Sun is in her tent. Jin enters with plates.

“I made dinner.” Wow, says Sun, I thought you left me. She wants to explain, but Jin says it won’t matter. But there’s more. Jin breaks it down: “I know why you did it. I know the man I used to be. Before this island. I withheld my affections. And I know that whatever you did, you did to that man. His actions caused this. So I forgive you.” Wow! Jin is the man. “So I will go to Locke’s camp with you.”

“I don’t want to go there anymore.”

“Why?”

“Juliet was very convincing. We have to get off this island. These people have a helicopter, we have to try.” Yup. Jin’s all in. Just one little question, honey, and cut the crap this time: “Is the baby mine?”

He says that line in English. Why English for the most sensitive question? And where did he learn that one, anyway. Did they find a hatch that gets Maury?

Sun says “Yes” with her face, then “Yes, Jin” with subtitles. “I swear the baby is yours.” Is it? Do we know for sure? They express love for each other and stuff like that. Sounds kind of romantic, except the whole thing has an ominous pall about it, and I don’t like where this ep is going.

Stop! Panda Time!

Jin finally gets to the hospital with the gift. He’s like, Yo, I’m Jin, I represent Paik Automotive, got a panda for the Ambassador’s grandchild, what what. “Is it a boy or a girl?”

“A boy.” So the panda’s not for Sun, if that’s what you were thinking. It’s a gift from Mr. Paik, who wants to do business with China. The ambassador likes it: “Tell Mr. Paik I’ll holla.” Jin catches his breath and walks out. A nurse is surprised he’s leaving so soon, but he tells her it’s not his baby. “I’ve only been married for two months.”

What’s going on?

Cut to Sun, who puts her wedding ring back on and finally gets to apply lipstick. Someone’s at the door. It’s Hugo in a suit!

Sun is happy. “I can’t believe you came all this way.”

“You kidding? Is anyone else coming?”

“No.”

“Good. So…where is she?”

Sun takes him to the baby.

“She’s awesome.” Heh. Hurley’s afraid to hold her, but Sun makes him.

“Wow, she looks just like Jin.”

“Yes, she does.”

“So, I guess we should, like, go see him.”

“Of course.”

It’s graveyard time. Sun takes her baby to the grave and tells Jin about the birth. It’s very sad. We get some shots of the tombstone, which probably have some secrets hidden in them.

“Jin, she’s beautiful. Ji Yeon. I named her just like you wanted.”

It’s a sad scene. Not much to say about it other than that. Unless our eyes deceive us, Jin’s dead, and that’s sad.

“Really sad yall.”

I know.

“Got any Adderall?”

Nope.

And that’s it for Ji Yeon! The only antidote for the sadness of the ending is the awesomeness of the trailer for Season 4, Episode 8: Meet Kevin Johnson. Check it out. We’ll also have this week’s sneak peek video clips from ABC, so stay tuned to Lost Recaps for all the updates.

And don’t forget to catch up any Season 4 recaps you might have missed, like The Other Woman, The Constant and Eggtown. Not to mention The Economist, Confirmed Dead and The Beginning of the End.

See you soon!