The Glass Ballerina

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“The Glass Ballerina”
Lost (TV series) episode
Ben shows Jack global events on TV
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 2
Guest stars	M. C. Gainey (Mr. Friendly/Tom), Tania Raymonde (Alex), Paula Malcomson (Colleen), Michael Bowen (Pickett), Byron Chung (Mr. Paik), Tony Lee (Jae Lee), Sophie Kim (young Sun), Joah Buley (Luke), Tomiko Okhee Lee (Mrs. Lee), Teddy Wells (other), Joe Buck (himself, video footage voiceover).
Written by	Jeff Pinkner & Drew Goddard
Directed by	Paul Edwards
Production no.	303
Original airdate	October 11, 2006
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"The Glass Ballerina" is the second episode of the third season of the TV series Lost. The episode was written by Jeff Pinkner and Drew Goddard and directed by Paul Edwards, and premiered on October 11, 2006. The characters of Sun-Hwa Kwon and Jin-Soo Kwon were featured in the episode's flashbacks. It was originally scheduled to air on October 18, 2006, but was swapped with the episode "Further Instructions." ^[1]

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Trivia 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Plot summary

In flashback, Sun, as a child, breaks a glass ballerina and blames it on the maid, who will be fired by her father, Mr. Paik.

Later, Sun as an adult is shown having an affair with Jae Lee, who attempts to give her a pearl necklace. She refuses, afraid that her husband would see it. Then, to her shame, Mr. Paik barges in and finds them in bed together. Mr. Paik later summons Sun's husband, Jin, telling him to "send a message" to Jae (implying that he is to be killed), saying that Jae has been "stealing." But when Jin ambushes and beats up Jae, he still cannot bring himself to kill, and instead orders Jae to leave the country. However, as Jin gets into his car, Jae's body lands on top, having either jumped or been thrown from the above window. The corpse's hand is seen clutching the pearl necklace. At Jae's funeral, Sun asks Mr. Paik if he told Jin about the affair, but he says that it was not his place to tell Jin.

On the sailboat, Sun, Jin, and Sayid worry that Jack's party has not shown up. They argue about what to do, with Sayid wanting to sail to a new location, and Jin refusing, but Sun goes against her husband to agree with Sayid. They find the Others' dock, where they build a signal fire to try and lure the Others into an ambush.

Meanwhile among the Others, Colleen reports to Ben that Sayid (referred to as "the Iraqi") has a boat, and Ben orders her to put together a team and capture it. Her team avoids Sayid's fire, and instead sneaks aboard the boat, where they encounter Sun below deck. Colleen calls Sun by her full name, telling her that the Others "are not the enemy", and that Sun will not shoot because she is a "good person", but Sun shoots Colleen in the abdomen and then escapes overboard.

Kate and Sawyer are forced to work, digging and carrying rocks. Alex Rousseau, hiding in the bushes, asks Kate about Karl. Sawyer creates a distraction by kissing Kate, and steals a rifle, but is forced to relinquish it when Juliet threatens to shoot Kate.

Back in their cages, Sawyer tells Kate what he learned about the fighting abilities of the various Others. He says that Julie would have shot her without a problem and criticizes the other Others. He admits his real name is James. They start discussing plans to escape, not knowing Ben is monitoring their conversation via security camera.

Ben then visits Jack, telling him his real name, and that he has lived on the island all his life. He offers that if Jack cooperates, he can be sent home. Jack believes the Others are also stranded just as he is, but Ben informs him of the exact time and date of his plane crash and that 69 days have since passed (making the date November 29, 2004) and insists that they are in contact with the outside world. He shows this by citing various current events, such as the re-election of George W. Bush to the American presidency, the sudden death of Christopher Reeve and that the Boston Red Sox have won the 2004 World Series. Once Ben tells him about the Red Sox, Jack starts laughing and says that proves he is lying. Ben then proves it by playing a recording of the final play in the game as Jack watches in shock.

[edit] Trivia

• Jack's belief that the Boston Red Sox would never win the world series is first mentioned in the season 1 episode Outlaws.

[edit] Notes

• Although credited, Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin), John Locke (Terry O'Quinn), Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan), Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia), Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Nikki (Kiele Sanchez) and Paulo (Rodrigo Santoro) do not appear in this episode.

[edit] References

Lost
Production:	DVD releases | Episode list | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Soundtrack
Main characters:	Ana Lucia | Ben | Boone | Charlie | Claire | Desmond | Hurley | Jack | Jin | Juliet | Kate Libby | Locke | Michael | Mr. Eko | Nikki | Paulo | Sawyer | Sayid | Shannon | Sun | Walt
Supporting characters:	Alex | Bernard | Christian | Cindy | Ethan | The Others | Pickett | Rose | Rousseau | Tom
Organizations:	DHARMA Initiative | Hanso Foundation | Oceanic Airlines
Elements:	Crossover list | DHARMA Initiative stations | Flight 815 | Mythology | Thematic motifs
Miscellaneous:	Gary Troup | In popular culture | Lost Experience | Rachel Blake | Video game

Season Two Episode list Lost Season Three
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.