Not in Portland
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| “Not in Portland” | |
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| Lost episode | |
 Juliet brandishes a gun on the beach. |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 7 |
| Guest stars | Robin Weigert (Rachel), M.C. Gainey (Tom), William Mapother (Ethan Rom), Blake Bashoff (Karl), Tania Raymonde (Alex Rousseau), Michael Bowen (Danny Pickett), Ariston Green (Jason), Teddy Wells (Ivan), Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert), Steve Labrash (morgue employee), Kimberly Estrada (Sherry), Rob McElhenney (Aldo), Željko Ivanek (Dr. Edmund Burke) |
| Written by | Carlton Cuse & Jeff Pinkner |
| Directed by | Stephen Williams |
| Production no. | 307 |
| Original airdate | February 7, 2007 |
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"Not in Portland" is the seventh episode of the third season of Lost. It aired on February 7, 2007, making it the 54th episode of the series. The episode was written by Carlton Cuse and Jeff Pinkner and was directed by Stephen Williams. The character of Juliet Burke is featured in the episode's flashbacks.
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[edit] Plot summary
The episode begins with a flashback featuring Juliet in Miami, caring for her pregnant sister. Returning to the present, Jack holds Ben hostage in the operating room as Kate and Sawyer escape. Jack learns that the three have been on a second island; meanwhile, Kate and Sawyer flee into the jungle.
In a second flashback, Juliet's employer, her ex-husband, Edmund Burke, confronts her regarding research she has been conducting on her sister, asking to be involved in the project. In the present, Alex reveals to Kate and Sawyer that she has a boat they may use to escape to the main island, but demands that they help her rescue her boyfriend, Karl.
In the past, Juliet is interviewed by a Mr. Alpert from a genetics company called Mittelos Bioscience, asking her to join a firm in Portland, Oregon. On the island, Alex, Kate, and Sawyer free Karl from a room where he appears to be undergoing brainwashing.
In Miami, Juliet’s sister asks about the interview, and Juliet informs her that she turned the position down. Rachel tells her that her research was a success, and that Rachel is now pregnant. Juliet informs Edmund of the success, but he is soon killed by a bus.
On the island, Jack works to save Ben, but Ben awakes during the surgery and demands to speak to Juliet. Juliet assists Karl, Kate and Sawyer in leaving the island, but in the process kills Danny Pickett and makes sure that Alex is to remain with the others.
In a final flashback, Juliet agrees to join Mittelos' team in Portland, but is informed that their research site is in another, more remote location. In the present, she informs Jack that Ben told her that she would be allowed to leave the island if she ensured that Alex remained.
[edit] Trivia
- J.J. Abrams was to direct this episode, but had to drop out due to other commitments.[1]
- "Not In Portland", is the first Episode to feature Flashbacks of one of "The Others".
- With reference to the company that offers Juliet a job "Mittelos Bioscience" the word Mittelos can be re-arranged to create the phrase "Time Lost" or "Lost Time". Also the Stephen Hawking book "A brief history of time" is seen being read in the episode.
- When the audio of the video in Room 23 is reversed, the message "Only fools are enslaved by time and space" is present. [2]
- Edmund Burke is actually the name of a philosopher, thus going on with the vein of having Lost characters named after famous philosophers (as with Locke, Hume, Rousseau and Bakunin).
- When Kate and Sawyer find Karl, he is held in room 23, one of the numbers.
[edit] Notes
- Although credited, Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews), Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick), Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin), Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia), Jin Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim), Sun Kwon (Yunjin Kim), Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan), John Locke (Terry O'Quinn), Nikki (Kiele Sanchez) and Paulo (Rodrigo Santoro) do not appear in this episode.
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Mr. Eko) is no longer credited.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=38506
- ^ Iain Lee. Official UK Lost Podcast: Edition 8 Podcast accessed on [[2007]]-[[02-20]].
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| A Tale of Two Cities • The Glass Ballerina • Further Instructions • Every Man for Himself • The Cost of Living • I Do • Not in Portland • Flashes Before Your Eyes • Stranger in a Strange Land • Tricia Tanaka Is Dead • Enter 77 • Par Avion • The Man from Tallahassee • Exposé • Left Behind • One of Us • Catch-22 • D.O.C. | |
