Lost Recap for January 21, 2009 Episodes  1/22/09

Hour 1 - Because You Left

The episode begins in the late 1970s, when the Dharma Initiative has begun to build stations on the island. Dr. Pierre Chang (François Chau) begins to film the orientation film for the Arrow Station, when he is informed of an incident at the construction site of the Orchid Station. Upon arriving there, he realizes that the workers have found the "unlimited" energy source that the Dharma Initiative has been looking for, which will enable them to manipulate time. As he leaves the station, he bumps into Daniel Faraday (Jeremy Davies), who is dressed as a Dharma construction worker.

In 2007, following Hugo "Hurley" Reyes's (Jorge Garcia) breakout of a mental institution, he and Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) go to a safehouse, which has been infiltrated by two armed men. Sayid kills the men, but not before one of them shoots him with a poison dart, knocking him out. In London, England, while attempting to travel to Los Angeles, Sun-Hwa Kwon (Yunjin Kim) is confronted by Charles Widmore (Alan Dale) at the airport. She tells him that she wants to kill Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson), a desire they seem to have in common. Back in Los Angeles, two lawyers visit Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) and serve her with a court order for a maternal test for her and Aaron, Claire Littleton's (Emilie de Ravin) son, whom Kate is raising as her own. Meanwhile, Ben and Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) have left the funeral parlor with Locke's body, when they discover that Hurley has broken out, hindering Ben's plan to reunite the Oceanic Six. On a boat in an unknown location, Desmond wakes up, having remembered what Daniel told him, and sets off for Oxford.

Hour 2 - The Lie

On the island in 2004, the remaining survivors are attacked at the beach camp by men armed with flaming arrows. Most of the survivors are able to flee the beach, however, James "Sawyer" Ford (Josh Holloway) and Juliet Burke (Elizabeth Mitchell) are captured. The men question them and claim that the island is theirs. John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) shows up and kills the men, freeing Juliet and Sawyer.

In 2007, following the events of "Because You Left", Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) and Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) part ways, with Ben taking Locke's body to a butcher for safe keeping. Jack is instructed to collect any personal items he wishes to keep and meet up with Ben in six hours. Meanwhile, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) and Aaron Littleton (William Blanchette), her adoptive son, meet up wtih Sun-Hwa Kwon (Yunjin Kim) at a hotel. Sun forgives Kate for leaving Sun's husband, Jin-Soo Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim), on the freighter when it exploded (as seen in "There's No Place Like Home"). She also tells Kate that she must kill the lawyers who are trying to determine if Kate is Aaron's biological mother, in order to ensure that the lie remain a secret.

Meanwhile, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) and Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) are on the run after being attacked at the safehouse; Sayid is still unconscious, while Hurley drives them to his house. On the way, Hurley has a hallucination of deceased Oceanic Flight 815 survivor and former police officer Ana Lucia Cortez (Michelle Rodriguez), who gives him advice on how to avoid the real cops. Upon arriving home, Hurley's dad, David (Cheech Marin) covers for them when the police show up and suggests that Hurley take Sayid to the hospital. David ends up taking Sayid to Jack, who is successful in reviving him. At home, Hurley confesses to his mother Carmen (Lillian Hurst) that the Oceanic Six have been lying; she believes him. Ben then confronts Hurley and attempts to convince Hurley to go with him and meet up with the rest of the Oceanic Six. Hurley, however, turns himself in to the police. In the final scene, Ben visits Miss Hawking (Fionnula Flanagan), who tells him she has found the island and that Ben only has seventy hours to return with the Oceanic Six.

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