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Cut to a psychiatrist's office, where a shrink is trying to draw Ana-Lucia out. She cleans up nice. He asks how she's doing. "Well, the family with the screaming baby moved," she says. Did you shoot at them? The shrink says she must be thrilled, but she says it's actually too quiet now. Extra-special fidget-cam close-up of her fingers nervously drumming on the arm of her chair. The shrink takes notice, then asks if she and "Danny" are trying to work things out. She says there's nothing to work out, and that she's one of those people who's better off alone. Well, that's just safest, wouldn't you agree? Shrinky asks how the firing range went, and how it felt to hold a gun again, and it was "good" and "very good" respectively, and he says all these steps count: "You've come a long way since we met four months ago." Ana-Lucia doesn't say anything to let us know happened four months ago that prompted the shrink visits, but I imagine we'll find out before the hour is up.
Instead, Ana-Lucia asks if some unnamed "she" has said anything about when it would be okay for AL to come back to work, and there is some "Do you think you're ready?" and "what do you think?" jousting, before the shrink strolls over to a table and picks up a billfold-y thing, and hands it to her. "Welcome back to the force, Officer Cortez."
Back to Ana-Lucia getting the stink-eye from Sayid after she's shot Shannon. Sayid slowly stands up, and stomps towards Ana-Lucia, only to get intercepted by Eko, and they wrestle in the mud, with Sayid holding his own against the much larger Eko as they both fight for the gun. There is much shouting from the other castaways. Eventually, Ana-Lucia bops Sayid on the back of the head, knocking him out. Michael tries to intervene, and gets a face full of gun from Ana-Lucia. Michael, I'd be careful. She's LAPD. I'm just saying.
Back from the opening break, Ana-Lucia's still got the gun pointed at Michael and Jin while she asks Eko to check to see if Sayid has anything on him. Eko's all, "Whaaa?" and doesn't seem moved by Ana-Lucia snapping that Sayid just had a gun pointed at Eko's neck.
Michael tries to intervene, and Ana-Lucia fires a warning shot and manages not to kill anybody (THAT WE CAN SEE). For those of you confused about Sawyer's gun supposedly having only one bullet (that is now currently lodged in Shannon), she now has Sayid's gun. Everyone's a little frightened that Ana-Lucia is, even for her, losing her shit. She orders Eko to tie up Sayid, and he refuses. "He tried to kill you!" she says. He tried to kill you, Ana-Lucia, and Eko stopped him. Libby and Bernard watch in horror. Ana now tries pointing the gun at Libby and telling her to tie up Sayid, using the vines from the stretcher. Michael tries to protest that they won't be able to carry Sawyer, but Ana-Lucia tells him to shut up. But even Libby ain't havin' it: "Ana, Sawyer needs a doctor or he'll die." "I know what I'm doing," says Ana-Lucia. Isn't that what Sledge Hammer used to say?
“ Then we get this hilarious near-parody of an episode of Cops, only the people are better-looking, have all of their teeth, and aren't being bleeped every few seconds. ”
She then stomps over to Sayid, who calmly tells her to untie him. She says she won't, so he yells it at her. Ana-Lucia looks mildly surprised that Sayid is upset with her after she shot his girlfriend, knocked him out, and tied him to a tree. And things just keep falling apart; Eko puts Sawyer over his shoulders and starts walking. She asks what he's doing. "I'm taking him back to his camp," he says. She asks him not to go, and says that if things were reversed, Sawyer would leave Eko to die. I don't imagine Sawyer could move Eko, let alone carry him, but I guess that's not the point. "I'm not doing it for him. I'm doing it for me," says Eko, and leaves.
Ana's back on patrol with her partner, a guy who could have been in Super Troopers. ["He just got super-killed on Prison Break a few weeks ago." -- Sars] They get some welcome-back banter out of the way, which you'd think they might have done back at the station instead of later out in the car, but whatever. "Heard about you and Danny," says Super Trooper. "Want me to go kick his ass for you?" She says nah. "It's better this way," she says. Did she shoot him? Until I hear otherwise, I'm going to assume she shot him. Then she takes notice of their surroundings and asks what they're doing in Westwood. "Thought a change of scenery would be nice. Nice, safe neighbourhood for your first day back," he says. She gives him a medium-strength glare. "This was her idea, wasn't it?" she says. "She is the captain," points out Super Trooper.
The radio crackles with a nearby domestic disturbance call, and Ana picks up the radio (the car's number is 8A16, in case you're keeping track) to respond, even though Super Trooper points out that it's not their call. She ignores him. "We're just three blocks away," she says into the radio.
Then we get this hilarious near-parody of an episode of Cops, only the people are better-looking, have all of their teeth, and aren't being bleeped every few seconds. A dude named Travis is holding a television, which he is apparently taking with him, because he bought it with his money (Rob Corddry might add: that he earned! Working at a job!). And the woman, Shawna, is naturally holding a crying baby. So Ana-Lucia and Super Trooper show up, and the Bickersons start yelling even more, and the baby's crying, and Ana stares at it while Super Trooper tries to get the Bickersons to calm down. And Ana-Lucia just finally whips out her gun (had to know that was coming) and orders Travis to get on the ground. He drops the television and hits the deck, and Shawna's freaking out, and Super Trooper angrily orders Ana-Lucia to holster her weapon, which she eventually does. Good call, Captain Foxy Mama. Nice one.
“ So it turns out Jack is one of those annoying golfers who wastes everyone's time by refusing to take a drop and insisting on searching for a long-gone ball that, even if they find it, will be likely unhittable. ”
Back on Craphole Island, Ana-Lucia seems to be turning into a complete basket case. Libby says she should let Sayid go, but she won't: "I killed someone he loves," she says, so I guess Sayid's been talking about his love life. Michael and Jin watch. Michael shakes his head and stands up, and ignores Ana's order to sit down. "I'm bringing him water. You gonna shoot me? Shoot me," he says, and walks over to Sayid. "Don't even think of untying him," she says, as tough as she can muster, which is getting harder since no one's even listening to her anymore.
Sayid gulps thirstily at the water Michael gives him. "Who is that woman?" he asks. Michael explains about Ana-Lucia, managing not to use the word "psycho." "Where's Walt?" asks Sayid. Michael gives him the point-form version, which seems to hit Sayid pretty hard. He starts struggling with his bindings, and Michael tells him he'll get out of this.
If they do, it'll interrupt the golf grudge match Kate and Jack have going on. Charlie and Hurley have wisely elected not to watch, likely figuring that all the talk of strokes and shafts and balls and holes would be too much for Kate and Jack to withstand. Kate's got first shot, and Jack makes an ill-advised crack about the ladies' tees being ten feet closer, earning him a jolly "Shut up, Jack" from Kate, who tees up and drops her shot about two feet from the pin. Jack's looking like, I didn't know chicks could do that. "Nice," is all he says, and a pleased Kate tells him he's up. Jack steps up, swings, and judging from his grimace and the way Kate and Jack's heads are swiveling to follow the path of the ball, he didn't hit it so well. In fact, it goes into the trees. "Wow," says Kate, unable to contain her glee. "You really put it in there." Oh, here we go with the double entendres.
So it turns out Jack is one of those annoying golfers who wastes everyone's time by refusing to take a drop and insisting on searching for a long-gone ball that, even if they find it, will be likely unhittable. But apparently Jack has found his ball and he plans on hitting it, soon as Kate gets out of the way. But Kate suddenly can't move, and looks terrified, staring at something behind Jack. Jack turns around, and Eko is upon him, with Sawyer still over his shoulders. Jack raises the golf club in defence, but Eko asks where the doctor is.
Down in the hatch, Locke is working on a crossword puzzle; the clue is "Enkidu's friend," and the answer is "Gilgamesh." The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the world's oldest works of literature, if not the oldest, and was (maybe still is) the first work taught at my alma mater's incomparable Foundation Year Program. Enkidu was created by the sky-god Anu as a rival to Gilgamesh. The Epic may prove the foundation for what we know today as the buddy-cop movie, since Enkidu and Gilgamesh eventually team up. What does all this mean for Locke? Well, he's going to meet Eko in a moment.
“ Libby doesn't like this 'plan,' such as it is, and tells Ana-Lucia that she can't live out here alone. 'I'm already alone,' she says, and maybe that has more to do with her propensity for getting people killed than she's willing to admit. ”
Locke's crossword puzzle is interrupted as Kate opens the door and Jack comes in, carrying Sawyer with him, saying he's burning up and has to get into the shower. Kate wants to know what she can do, but when Jack describes what she can do (he needs some medicine that I can't spell, and for her to make sure there's clean sheets on the bed. Clean sheets? Kind of presumptuous, Jack. Don't -- oh, they're for Sawyer), she just stands there staring at Sawyer until Jack snaps her out of her reverie. As the hatch's familiar beeping starts, Locke strolls in and asks what happened. Jack doesn't say anything for a moment, then just says, "John. The button." So I guess Jack's fully on board with that now. Locke takes his sweet time to go. Jack turns on the water, and he and Sawyer are finally getting their shower scene together.
Elsewhere, Eko is examining the Dharma swan logo, and the beeping stops. He's looking around, undoubtedly realizing the Tailaways completely got the short end of the hatch stick, when Locke strolls in. They size each other up. "Hello," says Locke. Eko does the same. They look at each other some more.
Bernard approaches Ana-Lucia. "What are we doing here, Ana?" he whispers. "I mean, their camp has gotta be close. I just want to get back to my wife." She asks him how long she's kept him alive (inflated sense of self-worth?) and when he doesn't answer, she's all, "That's right. So CUT ME SOME SLACK." But here comes Libby, who says they just want to know what the plan is. "She has no plan," calls Sayid from his tree. "She only has her guilt. And a gun." Ana's all, you want a plan? Here's your plan! She stomps over to Michael and asks if there's any more ammo for the gun back at the camp. He says there is. She says she wants at least half of it, plus a pack with a blanket, some medicine, and some clothes. "You bring all of that stuff back to me, and I'll let your friend go." Michael says he won't leave Sayid, since they "stick together," but Libby says he should, and then Jin tells Michael to go to, clearly trying to communicate that he'll look after Sayid. So Michael tells Sayid he'll be back, and leaves.
Libby doesn't like this "plan," such as it is, and tells Ana-Lucia that she can't live out here alone. "I'm already alone," she says, and maybe that has more to do with her propensity for getting people killed than she's willing to admit. Sayid watches the disintegration of Ana-Lucia with interest.
Back at Police HQ, Super Trooper and Ana-Lucia are finishing up their shift. Super Trooper frostily says he'll sign them out, and Ana-Lucia sarcastically notes that he's talking to her again. She defends herself by saying she told the guy twice to stop. "So does that mean every time we run into some yo-yo with a TV in his hands you're going to draw down?" They're interrupted by Raggs, who's there to tell Ana-Lucia: "Your guy? We got 'im." Ana-Lucia looks stunned, then brushes past Super Trooper.