LOST Season 1: Ep.8 - "Confidence Man"

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SYNOPSIS - in this episode we finally get some answers about Sawyer, the mysterious only individual which everyone has come to hate. the letter which Sawyer is always reading about is actually a letter he wrote when he was a child to con man called Sawyer who had tricked his parents out of their money and as a result his dad couldn't take it so not only did his dad kill himself but also his mother. in the letter Sawyers says clearly that one day he will find the con man and make him pay. Sawyers disregard for the rest of the crew and individualist mentality means that he didn't really have anybody back on the real world and his only goal in life was to avenge his family. for example, when Boone attempts to take asthma medicine from Sawyer's box which he didn't have, Sawyer in return beats up Boone and fools everybody including Sayid and Jack in order to get Kate to kiss him. from the flashbacks we can see that he would get hold of a wife with a rich husband and fools them into investing in a phony scheme. now Sawyer is doing the same exact thing on the island for reasons we don't know. in the last scheme Sawyer was involved in, he sees a kid from the family he was scamming and suddenly it reminds him of his childhood and he realizes that he has become the very person he was trying to avenge.

as far the story of the crew goes, Sayid is caught is on the hunt to find the person who attacked him from the back. now when Sayid tries to question Locke, Locke points Sayid to Sawyer and explains that Sawyer doesn't really care about the crew and nor does he want them to get rescued. making Sayid believe that Sawyer is up to no good which seems really suspicious. when Boone shows bruised up, Jack gets really angry and confronts Sawyer and eventually attacks him. Sayid uses this opportunity to persuade Jack into letting him torture Sawyer into confessing about the attack and to give the asthma medicine.

CHARACTERS

• when Sayid tortures Sawyer it brings out the worst in him. we get a glimpse of what Sayid used to do in the Republican guard. having realized this Sayid leaves the crew into the jungle to think about what he did when he promised to himself he wouldn't torture anymore. will Sayid return ever?
• know about Shanon's asthma attack Sun gets some herbal medicine with help from Michael and gets Shanon calm and relaxed. Jin sees Sun helping out but doesnt say anything. what will it take for Jin to realize that he must work together with the crew?
• the relationship between Kate and Sawyer is still in the open and what Sawyer did it doesn't look like Kate is going to give into Sawyers tricks.
• the hatred between Jack and Sawyer is even more intense after what happened. will it get any worse or the relationship between them ever improve?
• Charlie and Claire are getting even more closer when Charlie gets Claire to move into the caves after promising her that he will get a jar of peanut butter (imaginary one).

MYSTERY VAULT

• where is this island?
• how did the plane crash?
• what is that creature in the woods with strange noises?
• where did the polar bear come from?
• who is this French lady with the distress call and why hasn't anybody pick it up in 16 years?
• where did Jack's father body disappear to?
• where did the male and female skeletons came from and what does the black and white pebbles attached with the bodies mean?

MYSTERIES RESOLVED

• so far none of the mysteries above have been answered.