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Lost Episodes
Season 1
"House of the Rising Sun" is the sixth episode of the first
season of Lost. The episode was directed by Michael Zinberg and written
by Javier Grillo-Marxuach. It first aired on October 27, 2004 on ABC.
Jin-Soo Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim) brutally attacks Michael Dawson (Harold
Perrineau), but the survivors don't know why since Jin and his wife
Sun-Hwa Kwon (Yunjin Kim) only speak Korean. Meanwhile, Jack Shephard
(Matthew Fox) proposes that the survivors move to the caves from the
beach.
Plot
A flashback shows Sun at a party. Jin, a waiter, passes Sun a note
telling her to meet him in private. Sun wants to run away with Jin to
America, but he insists they honorably tell her father that they are
seeing each other.
Jack, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly), Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan)
and John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) go to the caves to gather water and
investigate.
Sun is shocked to see Jin attack Michael on the beach for no apparent
reason. Sawyer and Sayid manage to subdue and handcuff Jin to the
wreckage. Michael says the attack was racially motivated, which he
later tells Walt Lloyd (Malcolm David Kelley) is not true. At the caves
they discover two bodies, whom Locke dubs "Adam and Eve". From the
deterioration of their clothes Jack estimates that they have been dead
for 40–50 years, and finds a pouch on them containing two stones: one
black, the other white.
In a flashback, Jin returns from talking to Sun's father, who approves
of their relationship as long as Jin takes a job working for him. One
night after they're married, Jin returns home covered in someone else's
blood. Sun is angry that he refuses to speak of it to her and slaps him
sadly. He tells Sun only that he does whatever her father tells him to
do.
At the beach, Jin tells Sun that Michael has her father's watch. Locke
and Charlie are clearing the wreckage at the caves and Locke tells
Charlie he recognizes him from DriveSHAFT. Charlie is relieved that
finally someone is familiar with his musical background.
Jack and Kate return to the beach and Jack starts talking to people
about moving to the caves. The castaways argue whether to stay on the
beach where a rescue party could see them (and keep the signal fire
burning), or move to the caves, where there is more shelter and fresh
water. The group splits into two camps accordingly: Jack, Locke,
Charlie, Hurley, Jin, and Sun move to the caves while Kate, Sawyer,
Sayid, Michael, Walt, Shannon, and Boone remain on the beach.
In the next flashback, Sun secretly plots to leave Jin and her father,
so she will be free to go wherever she wants. On the island, Sun finds
Michael alone, and in perfect, unbroken English says, "I need to talk
to you." Michael is shocked that she speaks English. Sun tells him that
Jin is unaware of this. She explains that Jin angrily attacked Michael
because of the watch he's wearing, which belongs to her father. Michael
says he just found it in the wreckage and it's nothing important.
At the caves, Locke tells Charlie that he knows Charlie is addicted to
heroin. Locke says if Charlie gives up his drugs, the island will give
him his guitar, which he misses deeply. Charlie hands over the heroin,
Locke shows him where the guitar is, and Charlie is ecstatic. On the
beach, Kate refuses to go with Jack to the caves. Michael menacingly
approaches Jin with an axe and cuts him free of his handcuffs. However,
one of the cuffs remains on his wrist. He returns the watch and tells
Jin to stay away from him and Walt.
A flashback shows Sun at the airport about to leave Jin forever.
However, she can't do it as he expresses a loving gesture to her, and
boards the doomed flight with her husband. That night at the caves,
Charlie plays his guitar as Jack returns with people from the beach.
Production
Originally Yunjin Kim auditioned for the role of Kate. At her audition
she explained she spoke fluent Korean, having been raised in Korea,
where she had starred in several movies. The producers liked her so
much that they created Sun just for her. The character was planned to
be someone who couldn’t speak English, but after examining her
relationship with her husband, the audience would learn that she does
in fact speak it.[1]
Reception
16.83 million Americans watched the episode's premiere.
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