The back-story was Michael (Harold Perrineau)--how he and his girlfriend had Walt (the kid), she left with Walt, she died, he went to get Walt and learned that the girlfriend never told Walt that he had been writing all these years, wanting to be part of his life.
Dead girlfriend's grief-stricken husband doesn't want Walt, says that "things happen" around him.
Walt is hanging out with Locke, learning to throw a knife. Micheal feels threatened, doesn't like Walt using knives, tells Locke to leave Walt alone. Boone, who has become a foot-soldier in Locke's bizarro cult attacks Michael. Michael is pissed, doesn't feel enough is being done to get off island, doesn't want Walt to "grow up" on the island. Michael decides to build raft. Said and Jack and Kate say "don't", but he starts to build raft.
Walt wanders into woods with dog. Attacked by Polar Bear. Michael and Locke save him together. Group hug.
Meanwhile, Sawyer finds and keeps Claire's diary. Charlie gets it back. Charlie reads diary. Claire loves Charlie. Charlie is happy. Claire is having dreams about a "black rock". Said thinks this is the black rock referred to in the French woman's mysterious notes.
Episode ends with Walt reading all the letters that his mother never showed him, (but which she kept, and the nanny gave to Michael when he picked Walt up)
Boone is hot.
Jack is hot.
Charlie is cute.
Fat guy still quite fat.
"They have never understood, and no reason that they should.
But if anybody could . . . " --SS
Updated On: 1/20/05 at 05:47 PM