Season 4 Episodes

Episode 3

The Economist

"The Economist" opens with Sayid praying at the helicopter site. Miles and Jack are in a heated argument about going to get Charlotte, when Sayid suddenly stands up and goes to Naomi's corpse. He closes her eyes and removes a bracelet from her wrist which reads "N. I'll always be with you. R.G."

Sayid announces that he will bring Charlotte back in exchange for Frank taking him to the freighter. Frank agrees.

FLASHFORWARD: Sayid plays golf all alone, at a resort. An Italian man approaches on a golf cart. They make a bet about Sayid's next stroke. The man asks Sayid what he does for a living, and Sayid says he doesn't have to work anymore, because he got rich off a settlement. "I am Sayid Jarrah. one of the Oceanic 6," he says. The man gets nervous, but takes his golf shot. He wins the bet - but refuses his payment. Sayid says he insists on paying him. The man runs back to his cart, but Sayid pulls a gun. "I insist, Mr. Avellino," he says, then shoots and kills the man.

Sayid walks into a fancy restaurant in Berlin and strikes up a conversation with a blonde German woman. This is Elsa. They chat - Sayid tells her that he is a corporate recruiter (or "headhunter") and will only be in town for one week. She tells Sayid her employer is an "Economist" in "Emerging Markets." She tells Sayid that he looks familiar - and he says he'll tell her why he looks familiar if she'll let him take her out to dinner.

Back on the island, Locke and his posse wander through the jungle. Locke leads them to the place where he thought Jacob's cabin was - but it's not there anymore. Sawyer asks Locke why they seem to be wasting their time, and Ben interjects that Sawyer is looking for someone to tell him what to do next." Hurley says he doesn't think they should be keeping Charlotte hostage, and Locke freaks out, saying that he is the boss now and if Hurley has a problem with that he can leave. They move on, deciding to go to the barracks.

At the helicopter, Kate and Miles decide to go with Sayid to get Charlotte.

FLASHFORWARD: Sayid and Elsa go to the opera. Elsa decides that she won't carry the pager that her boss maker her carry, but Sayid says she shouldn't lose her job over him. Elsa asks Sayid why he's still in Berlin - he said he would only be there for a week. Sayid says that the job he was hired for is taking longer than he thought it would. Elsa looks sad and says she was hoping he would say that Sayid has stuck around for her.

Back at the helicopter, Daniel performs an experiment. He phones the freighter and asks her to shoot a rocket to the coordinates he gives her. He counts down to the moment it is supposed to crash, but it doesn't arrive.

Sayid, Miles, and Kate reach the barracks and find it seemingly deserted. They hear some knocking and find Hurley tied up in a closet. He claims Locke tied him up when they had a disagreement.

At the helicopter, the rocket that Daniel asked for finally lands - 31 minutes late. He shouts "oh no, this is not good!"

Sayid, Kate, and Miles search Ben's house, and Sayid finds a drawer full of cash and fake passports belonging to Ben. In another room, Kate is looking around when she is snuck up on by Sawyer. He says "sshhh" but Kate yells for Sayid. Sayid goes to run to Kate but walks out to find Locke pointing a gun at him. Hurley appears and apologizes - he set them up.

Locke takes Sayid to a room where Ben is imprisoned. Sayid tells Locke that he doesn't trust the new people either - he wants to bring Charlotte back so they can take a look at the freighter. Locke is intrigued - they work it out so that Locke will give Charlotte to Sayid in exchange for Miles. In the other room, Sawyer tells Kate he doesn't want to leave the island.

FLASHFORWARD: Elsa and Sayid hang out in bed. Elsa says she wishes she knew about Sayid's mysterious life. Sayid is about to tell her all about him when Elsa's pager goes off. Sayid panics and tells her to leave the city - people will start asking about "what happened to her boss." Elsa realizes Sayid is going to kill her boss, and she turns and shoots Sayid in the shoulder. Elsa grabs her phone and calls her boss. She says that she still has not learned the name of Sayid's boss. As she's talking, Sayid grabs a gun and shoots Elsa, killing her. He goes to her corpse and sees that she has the same kind of bracelet that was on Naomi's corpse.

At the helicopter, Desmond demands that Frank take him to the freighter when they leave; Frank agrees. Sayid returns to the chopper with Charlotte. Sayid tells the group that Kate "decided to stay" with Locke. He says he had to trade Miles for Charlotte. Frank says it's time to go - they load up the chopper. Frank will take Desmond, Sayid, and Naomi's corpse. Daniel tells Frank that no matter what, they MUST stick to the same bearing when they leave the island. Frank agrees and they fly away.

FLASHFORWARD: The injured Sayid walks into a veterinarian's office. A man begins to treat his gunshot wound. Sayid explains to the man that Elsa had been trying to find out who Sayid was working for. We then see that the man treating Sayid is none other than Ben. Sayid seems sad, and Ben tells him that "these people don't deserve our sympathies." He tells Sayid to stop following his heart instead of his gun. Ben tells Sayid that it is Sayid's mission to protect his friends. He tells Sayid he has another name on his list of people he wants Sayid to assassinate. Sayid says that he's afraid the people on the list will now know he is coming for them. and Ben says: "Good."