A Killer From Birth

Ahhh, a Sayid episode.

We open on an Iraqi village some time in the way past. A father berates a child into killing a chicken, when he cannot another child comes over, lures the chicken with feed then snaps it's neck... there can be only one... Sayid! A Killer From Birth.

Back on Fantasy Island, we see young Ben Linus tell Sayid his story about growing up on the Island, hating it, meeting Richard Alpert, and wanting to join Alpert's Others. Ben relays to Sayid the same message Alpert told him, "If you're patient I think I can help you."

In post-Island escape Moscow, we see Sayid take out another victim by assassination. Ben a la the Third Man, lurking in the shadows tells Sayid that he is done, he has dispatched all of Widmore's men and now he should go on with his life. The sad puppy dog look in Sayid's eyes was priceless... he does not know what do if he has no one else to kill.

Back on Fantasy Island we see Juliet staring out the window at Jack and Kate, to which La Fleur responds, "Hey what's on the TV?" Juliet thinks that Kate's feminine ways will lure James back to her bed, but he is content in new/old otherton/Dharmaville.

Great exchanges between Sawyer and Sayid in the holding cell:
"You try spending three years in the 70s."

"A 12 year-old Ben Linus just brought me a sandwich."

Sawyer cannot convince Sayid to do what he says, so Sayid says he will go it alone.

Wow, Ben Linus' dad is a real prick!

Back in 2007 we see Ben track down Sayid in the Domincan Republic to go after the man stalking Hurley, it's too bad we didn't see a cameo from David Ortiz, Albert Pujols or Pedro Martinez. Ben tells Sayid, "Locke's dead. I think he was murdered." Little does Sayid know it was our little Ben that choked the life out Locke on a dirty motel floor in Los Angeles. Oh, LA how you really are the city of angels.

Sayid tells Ben, "I don't like killing." Hmmm, I guess we'll have to see about that.

Have these people learned nothing?! Ben is the master manipulator.

The Dharma crew want Sayid to talk, because they don't know the truth, especially that Radzinsky guy, jeez what douche. So they send him to see Oldham, who Sawyer informs Sayid is "our you" meaning their torturer. Don't think Sayid doesn't know what that means!

We find that Oldham is a little old science-y guy who lives in a tent out in the jungle. You've seen him before in furturistic LA making robots for the Tyree corporation.

After tying him to a tree, Oldham feeds Sayid a sugar cube, oooh forced LSD trip... nice. But alas, no, it must've been Sodium Pentathol, otherwise known as truth serum.

Back in 2007 we find out how Sayid met the woman who was escorting him onto the Ajira flight. She lures him with temptation but it turns out she was not a Hot Cop at all, but a bounty hunter hired by the family of one of Widmore's men that Sayid killed.

Sayid, all high and tripping balls, spills the truth that he and Sawyer are from the future and they know that all the Dharmies are going to die. "Who is Sawyer?" The look on his face as he paced back and forth watching Sayid blab was awesome.

Since they don't believe him, they vote to execute him, because if they don't make a decision Ann Arbor will. Ahh, the Dharmies are funded by the University of Michigan... "Hail to the victors!"

Finally Sayid realizes that his purpose for coming back was to get young Ben Linus in with the OG Others (Alpert and the gang). Wow, when young Ben walked into the holding cell with the cloak on he was definitely channeling The Emperor.

Possibly the best line of the night, Sawyer's, "Three years on the Island no flaming vans until you guys showed up."

Sayid's patience pays off, young Ben Linus jail breaks him, but as they are fleeing they run into Jin driving the VW. Sayid doesn't want to risk Jin miscommunicating what's going on, so he flips him, knocking him out... because what he actually wants is to SHOOT BEN! "I lied, I do like killing."