Lost (2004-2009)

There's No Place Like Home, Part 1

Evangeline Lilly on Lost. (Photo: ABC)

Episode 12 of Season 4 (2007-2008)
Originally aired May 15, 2008

In a flash forward, we see the Oceanic Six being flown from the island to the mainland. Jack prepares everyone to lie to their families and the press about the real story behind their survival. Back on the island, Daniel turns on the SAT phone and hears the crew talking about the Orchid station. Jack and Kate decide to track the chopper, while Daniel secretly tells Charlotte how important it is that they get off the island. Jack and Kate run into Miles, Sawyer, and baby Aaron in the jungle. Sawyer decides to continue on with Jack and sends Kate back to the beach with the baby. In a flash, the Six are at a press conference. It is said that Kate gave birth to Aaron on the island. Sun claims Jin never made it off the plane. Later, Sayid is reunited with Nadia. Back on the island, Sayid arrives at the beach with the small boat, telling everyone of the freighter folks' plan of killing them all. Daniel takes over loading people onto the boat and sends Sayid and Kate after Jack. Meanwhile, Ben, Hurley, and Locke are going to the Orchid station to try and move the island. On the way, Ben uncovers an emergency stash that contains a mirror, which he holds up to the sun to communicate with someone at the station. In another flash, Sun visits her father and tells him that she used her settlement from Oceanic to buy a controlling interest in his company, in a seeming act of revenge for his contempt of Jin. Hurley's parents throw him a surprise party. His father presents him with a gift - he fixed up Hurley's old car. Hurley is thrilled until he reads the speedometer showing The Numbers, and runs away terrified. Back on the freighter, the first boat arrives. Sun and Jin are shocked to see Michael. He has repaired the engine but finds that something is interfering with a signal on the boat. Desmond goes to find what it is. Ben, Locke, and Hurley arrive at the Orchid station but the freighter people are already there. Jack and Sawyer find the helicopter, where Lapidus is handcuffed. Lapidus informs them of the plan the freighter people have for taking Ben and killing everyone else. In a flash, Jack speaks at his father's funeral. After everyone leaves the church, a woman approaches him and tells him that she was the reason his dad went to Australia in the first place, to see their daughter Claire, who was also on 815. Jack almost faints with shock. Back on the freighter, Desmond discovers a huge amount of C4 wired to explode. In the jungle, Sayid and Kate run into Richard Alpert and a large amount of The Others, who all have weapons and take them captive. Meanwhile, Ben instructs Locke on how to get to the Orchid Station, insisting he has a plan. He walks out from hiding and turns himself in to Keamy and the freighter people. Keamy knocks Ben unconscious.