"The Last Recruit" is the 13th television episode of the

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's sixth season of the serial drama television series '' Lost'' and 116th episode overall. The episode was aired on April 20, 2010, on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by producer Paul Zbyszewski and story editor Graham Roland and directed by editor Stephen Semel. Although the episode is not specifically centered on someone,

Jack Shephard Dr. Jack Shephard is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ABC television series '' Lost'', played by Matthew Fox. ''Lost'' follows the journey of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 on a mysterious island and their attempts to sur ...

, Sun-Hwa Kwon,

Claire Littleton Claire Littleton is a fictional character played by Emilie de Ravin on the ABC drama television series '' Lost'', which chronicles the lives of the survivors of a plane crash in the South Pacific. Claire is introduced in the pilot episode as a p ...

, Jin-Soo Kwon,

John Locke John Locke (; 29 August 1632 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) – 28 October 1704 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.)) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thi ...

Sayid Jarrah Sayid Hassan Jarrah (, ''Sa‘īd Ḥassān Jarrāḥ'') is a fictional character from the ABC show '' Lost'' portrayed by Naveen Andrews. Appearances Prior to the crash Sayid originally served as a communications officer in Iraq's Special Re ...

and

James "Sawyer" Ford James Ford, better known by the alias "Sawyer" () and later as "Jim LaFleur", is a fictional character on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''Lost (2004 TV series), Lost'', portrayed by Josh Holloway. Created by Jeffrey Li ...

have points of view in the flash-sideways universe. In the flash-sideways timeline, multiple revelations occur:

(

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) and his son, David ( Dylan Minnette), meet his half-sister

(

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);

(

Naveen Andrews Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah in the television series '' Lost'' (2004–2010), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primet ...

) is captured by Detectives

(

Josh Holloway Joshua Lee Holloway (born July 20, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James "Sawyer" Ford on the ABC television show '' Lost'' (2004–2010) as Will Bowman on the USA Network science fiction drama ''Colony'' (2016� ...

) and Miles Straume ( Ken Leung); Jin Kwon (

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), Sun Kwon (

Yunjin Kim Yunjin Kim (; born November 7, 1973) is a South Korean and American actress. She is best known for her role as North Korean spy Bang-Hee in the South Korean film '' Shiri'' (1999) and Sun-Hwa Kwon on the American television series '' Lost'' (200 ...

) and

( Terry O'Quinn) enter the same hospital. In 2007, upon the arrival of Hurley's (

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) group, Sawyer double-crosses The Man in Black (also O'Quinn) and initiates his plan, bringing

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( Evangeline Lilly), Claire and Hurley's group in the process.

Plot

2004 (flash-sideways timeline)

( Terry O'Quinn) is rushed to the hospital after being run over by Desmond Hume (

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). Sun-Hwa Kwon (

) is taken to the same hospital, and upon seeing Locke, she seems to remember him and becomes frightened. In the police station,

(

) interrogates

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( Evangeline Lilly). Kate figures out that Sawyer did not arrest her at LAX because he did not want anyone to know he was in Australia. Miles Straume ( Ken Leung) calls Sawyer over about the multiple homicide at a restaurant of Martin Keamy (

Kevin Durand Kevin Serge Durand (born January 14, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work in numerous film and television roles, including portraying Vasiliy Fet in ''The Strain'', Joshua in '' Dark Angel'', Martin Keamy in '' Lost'', Fred J. D ...

) and three of his associates. Miles shows Sawyer a surveillance image, which shows

(

) leaving the scene. Desmond meets

(

) while she is on her way to another adoption meeting. Remembering each other from the airport, he persuades her to meet his lawyer for the well-being of her child, and he promises it will not cost her. Upon introducing herself to the lawyer, Ilana Verdansky (

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), Claire is told that she has been looking for her.

(

) also turns up at the office with his son, and learns that Claire is his half-sister and is also a beneficiary of their father's will. Jack then gets an urgent call from the hospital and has to reschedule. Sayid arrives at Nadia (Andrea Gabriel)'s house and attempts to leave, but is apprehended by Sawyer and Miles. Sun wakes up, and Jin Kwon (

) informs her that the baby is okay. As Jack is preparing to operate on Locke, he recognizes him.

2007 (original timeline)

The Man in Black asks Jack to speak with him, admitting to impersonating Jack's father since Jack first arrived on the island. Zoe ( Sheila Kelley) eventually arrives and demands to have Desmond returned. If they refuse, she will have them destroyed by mortars, which she demonstrates by having her camp fire a single round nearby. The Man in Black gives Sawyer a map to a boat and asks to meet at a rendezvous point where he will be waiting with the rest of the camp. However, Sawyer plans on betraying the Man in Black by making his deal with Charles Widmore and tells Jack to bring Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (

), Frank Lapidus ( Jeff Fahey), and Sun along to a different point as they are all leaving. Sawyer and Kate then take off and find the boat. The Man in Black tells Sayid to kill Desmond if he still wants Nadia back. Sayid goes to the well and finds Desmond at the bottom. Sayid says that the Man in Black promised to bring Nadia back to life, and believes this is possible because he himself was brought back. As his group travels to the point where Sawyer is supposed to pick them up, the Man in Black finds Sayid, and questions whether he killed Desmond. Sayid claims he has. Jack sneaks away with Hurley, Sun and Lapidus, but Claire sees them and follows. Once they reach the boat, Claire holds them at gunpoint. However, Kate convinces her to join them. Once on the boat, Jack tells Sawyer that leaving the island is a mistake, and jumps into the sea. After swimming back ashore, he sees the Man in Black and the rest of the group are waiting. On Hydra island, Sun is reunited with Jin and regains her ability to speak English. However, Widmore betrays Sawyer and has artillery shells fired in an effort to kill the Man in Black. Jack is injured by an explosion on the beach and the Man in Black carries him into the jungle. The Man in Black then tells Jack not to worry, as he is with him now.

Reception

The episode received mostly positive reviews. Review aggregate website Metacritic gave the episode a score of 73 out of 100, indicating "Generally Favorable Reviews". The score was down on the previous week's score of 83.Dietz, Jason (April 21, 2010),
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