
The episode begins with Sayid, Desmond, and Frank Lapidus flying off the island on a clear day heading towards a threatening thunder cloud. Frank concentrates on specific bearings that were provided to him by physicist Daniel Faraday. As the turbulence gets worse and the pilot struggles with the controls, Desmond begin to experience a series of flashbacks of his time with the British Army’s Royal Scots Regiment. He phases in and out, not recognizing Sayid in the helicopter and panicking, and then reverting back to his drilling platoon in the British Army. As confusion sets in trying to make sense of what is going on, he continues to experience flashbacks of himself back on the helicopter.















